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| M.i.e.n - Producer and artist. also decrying the airplay status |
It is wonderful to hear news on the new law on airplay. For sure it is a very welcome idea to have Kenyan music get 60% airplay.
Some of our Kenyan artists have had a rough time with our local radio and TV
presenters who overlook our own music and prefer to play foreign music. They only
play a few from those that part with some tokens and purport that our music is not
quality. These people keep on lamenting about the quality of our local artists whereas artists from neighbouring countries come to do their recording here. Artists like Chameleon and Bebe Cool to name but a few, started from Kenyan production houses and they have been rocking Africa. Daddy Owen,Nameless and Wahu have won continental awards before with hit songs from the local studios. Let nobody lie about quality of music. In Kenya it is not about quality of music because there are many nice songs that have never come to light because the poor artists can't part with some token.
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| Shaddyyokko - Has two albums but airplay has been a tall order |
I have said it here before that Kenyan presenters are unlike those in other countries who go searching for new vibes and bringing them to the fore. A new artist will part with money to have his/her music played on air. This will only play once or twice and then disappear as the presenter waits for the next dose of money. In this case the presenter does not upload the music in the circulation such that if fans request for the songs they can not be accessed by other presenters/Djs.
Music by artists like Abbi Nyinza, Achieng Abura,
Makadem etc are respected abroad but how many times do we hear about
them on local radio/TV? Some of us in Kenya don't even know about them yet they rock
outside Kenya. Haven't our presenters heard about them too? Why are they not playing their music and preferring to play West African music many times a day?
I say Hurray......for the Kenyan creative artists who have always been sidelined by our own.
