Music is food for the soul

   Music is the food to the soul, everybody loves music. Music in Kenya started sometime back when people knew only of the -œgenge- genre of music with few named artists. As time went by, some artists started growing interest in hip hop in which is not well appreciated in Kenya today. The reason why I say this is because it does not receive enough airplay in our radio and television stations.

  More artists are finding their way in the studios as they are becoming versatile and exploring and giving more in music today. Compared to the early days when Kenya was establishing music, I can say that the Kenyan music is being recognized even in the other countries. From observation, Kenyan music is growing at a very fast rate but it is miles away from its destination for it is facing are stiff completion from other African countries as well as the Western countries.

  Long gone are the days when our media houses used to give the western music full airplay for as for now we have radio and television stations that are strictly playing Kenyan music. With good support from the Kenyan media houses, Kenyan music is bound to grow for Kenyan people have learnt to appreciate Kenyan music and are learning to trace their roots.

  The world of music is doing great as each comes new in the world, but that's not the case on Kenyan music. Every day an artist in the country must enter a studio hoping and believing that his or her music will make it in the charts or possibly the internationals awards.

  Different artist get there fames through the different lyrics they sing about for example environment, love, and art among many more. In Kenya love songs popularly known to many as RnB and reggae music take the center stage each dawn.

  Underground artist are always the ones who come to the limelight because they struggle hard to be on top unlike the different artist who have made it and they fade away with time.

  The government should start taking tax on local music that is produced in the country this will help cub the issues of piracy, and we will see them on high mountains.

  Upto early 90s we used to listen to foreign music and even our clubs used to play that music. Our own musicians used to sing old school music which was only referred to as outdated by the youths who are the majority in Kenya. Mid 90s the likes of Kalamashaka came up and that was the turning point of Kenyan music. They were first seen at channel O Television .This gave artist hope to venture into music as a career. Our own musicians have taken Kenyan music to the next level. MTV Base, Trace TV and Channel O are playing Kenyan music. Music in Kenya has enabled many Kenyans to earn a living in the right manner and who didn't have a future.

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