KENYAN ARTISTES COME UP WITH MUSICIANS BIG FOUR AGENDA

Local artistes have decided to work together to overcome their common challenges that have always ailed the music industry and made it lag behind compared to their counterparts in Tanzania, Uganda, Congo, Nigeria etc.

Local artistes who attended the MusicBig4 Agendas meeting

In a meeting that was convened on 25th September, 2018 by Rufftone, Ben Githae and Nonini, artistes in attendance lamented and cited how disadvantaged they were due to a constitution that had not been fair to steer growth in the local music industry. However, they were informed that the Music bill 2017 that has good things for the growth of the industry had been taken to the senate and first reading had already taken place. The convenors urged artistes to get ready to participate by bringing in their presentations when called upon at the time of public hearings. They observed that this effort would help revive the industry whose fortunes have been dwindling due to copyright laws that do not protect the local artistes. They have plans to petition His Excellency the President Hon. Uhuru to intervene and save the local music industry where artistes invest and work hard but never see the fruit of their sweat.

Artistes participating in the days deliberations

It was observed that it was not easy to penetrate the music industries in the above mentioned countries due to stringent policies put in place to lock out foreign artistes whereas our industry is open for them. The artistes observed that the success of artistes like Diamond Platinum, Chameleon  and Davido is due to the home-ground support that made them big in the social media before getting known beyond their countries. Kenyans were urged to be proud and support their artistes so that they may also outgrow Kenya and go beyond.

Airplay has been so skewed to an extent that foreign music dominates the airwaves making foreign artistes earn higher royalty incomes than their local counterparts. Artistes endeavor to petition the President to direct Communications Authority to enforce copyright in broadcasting and the local airplay quota of music content to 60% against foreign/international music content. They said that this would be a good start but cited that the percentage allocated for local music content in most of the continent ranged from 80% to 95%. 

Artistes agreed to bring on board all stakeholders who use music to work on ways that would help out the local artistes so that they can concentrate on creativity knowing that their work would yield and make them live a descent life.

Below are the Musicians Big4 Agenda on a post that was used for invitation;

RIDE OR DIE BY THE BAND BECA HAS IT ALL

It is a season of new hits and every artiste is preparing for the December holidays with potential hit songs so as to reap well during the festivities. One such group bombarding the studios with hard hitting bangers is your favorite girl band The Band BeCa that consists of immensely talented singers, Becky Sangolo and Carol Kamweru that previously gave us hit songs like Toka, Brathe, Tonight and 1234.

The Band BeCa has resurfaced with a new song called Ride or Die that is so catchy and likely to make a quick bang in the clubs in the East African region and beyond. With a nice track produced by Jack On the Beat fans should be bracing themselves for a sweet sing-along song whose audio is officially out. The girls who champion girl power have just shot the video of Ride or die that will be out soon. When asked what their fans should expect this festive season, they said that due to much love from their fans who keep on encouraging them on, they have a couple of nice tunes that will carry them into 2019.

Below is the link to the new song Ride Or Die on Youtube;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i9aqPp4kHI

Becky Sangolo (Left) & Carol Kamweru (Right)

This tantalizing tune has been done in a pop genre and might have a huge potential among the youth especially that it has an easy sing along nature. Those who have listened to it may attest that the song writer and the performers did a great job. For now what is left with in our thoughts is how the video will come out. When asked about the video The Band Beca said "We've actually put in our best and expect the best from our video producer. We pray that it comes out lit".

The Band BeCa were Kenya's Big Break through group for Coke Studio Africa 2017 say they have plans to do shows in the East African region and even beyond with a view of promoting girl-child and women empowerment projects. They want to use their ever growing fan base to reach more youth for sensitization. They hope they will be able to visit schools to give the girl-child hope and support. 

When asked about their social media life they said,"We invite all our fans to our social media handles so that we can interact from time to time in order for us to understand the direction they want us to take and give them the best. We have live appearances both on Facebook and Instagram on especially on Wednesdays. We call our online show 'Live with BeCa'. Anyone with a topic to discuss or a question to ask has a chance to interact with us coz we love people. So stay tuned''.






Let's stay tuned as per their request. We may subscribe to their Youtube channel and wait for notification of the video of the new hit song #RIDEORDIE

Below find more of The Band BeCa songs that have won the accolades and even awards;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNxSXpScyEg - Toka​ 

https://youtu.be/LYbxq63bD68​    -   Brathe Club Version Official video

https://youtu.be/-ZhyZhJk9-E       -    Brathe Smooth Harmonies Official Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjvFUMbwLtU - The Band BeCa X Petra –​   Tonight 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z7Vu60UC8c – 1234 Official music Video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i9aqPp4kHI - Ride or die by The Band BeCa

http://kenyanmusik.co.ke/blog/1234-by-band-beca/

https://kiss100.co.ke/band-beca-release-their-new-track-1234-and-its-serving-all-sorts-of-sauces/