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No Music Day is a yearly event created by Scottish musician, Bill Drummond, who was concerned about drawing public attention to what he perceived as the demeaning of music around the world.
Drummond had at one point in his career become worried that music was gradually losing its essence as an art form due to the thoughtless attitude of users in contemporary society. Then fed up with this and with the fact that music was no longer being used properly, he had decided to set aside a date to “listen to no music whatsoever”.
He chose November 21 of every year to mark the No Music Day because it was the eve of the Feast of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
This yearly tradition is marked by the Copyright Society of Nigeria. The society has decided to celebrate it across Nigeria on September 1 2017.
In a statement made available to newsmen, the group says it will dedicate this year’s edition, themed Music for National Stability, to drawing the attention of Nigerians and government to the widespread infringement of the rights of songwriters, composers, performers, music publishers, record labels and other stakeholders in the music industry.
The group has also decided to request radio stations across Nigeria not to broadcast music between the hours of 8.am and 10am on Friday, September 1, 2017 as a sign of solidarity with the nation’s creative industry whose potential has become weakened by large-scale copyright violation.
Rather than play music, the statement says, the stations should devote the time belt to interviews, documentaries, debates and discussions that focus on the rights of members of the creative community in Nigeria and the potential contributions of creative activities to the national economy.
According to the Chairman of COSON, Chief Tony Okoroji :“Our objective is to engage the people and government at all levels on the potential contributions of music to the socio-economic development of the nation and the need to deploy the substantial comparative advantage, which our nation possesses in this area, so as to provide jobs to the teeming masses of Nigerian youth who parade the streets with little hope
“The project will, among other vital things, activate a forceful campaign against hate speech in Nigeria, which is threatening ethnic harmony and peace in the country, and also enhance the vigorous promotion of the Nigerian Music Industry, so as to contribute meaningfully to the nation’s GDP.”