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It's no doubt that music production in Kenya is | It's really no doubt that music production in Kenya is continuing to grow tremendously. Unlike before when there were few production houses in the nation, nowadays there are many production studios and several highly talented producers that have appear over time. | ||
In the early 90s, the [http://www.akv.co.ke/ Most Watched Kenyan Music Videos] was at an incredibly low point. This became due to diminishing sales and competition from pirates. Existence of the pirates meant being a singer you could not get your cash back from the recorded music. | |||
This discouraged | This discouraged lots of people from recording and as a result only a few songs were produced. | ||
In the mid-90s, numerous factors came to exist and changed the Kenyan music scene. One of the primary factors that caused the alterations could be the lose of economic Radio stations. Because the air emerged, there was clearly high demand for high quality songs. | |||
Initially, these | Initially, these radio stations played lots of western music including reggae, raga, hip-hop, dancehall, and American R&B. | ||
As people got | As people got shown the western culture, music production studios had to come up with new techniques and tools that will let them produce songs that have been of the same quality as those manufactured in western countries. | ||
To | To achieve this, the music producers were required to utilize computers, software, mixing boards and other tools. Introduction of the tools made music production less costly along with the music produced was good quality. | ||
Most of the music produced right now was packaged in cassettes | Most of the music produced right now was packaged in cassettes nevertheless, there was an audio track which was packaged in CDs. | ||
As technology developed, multi-track layering took over as tool | As technology developed, multi-track layering took over as tool with the new type of independent producers have been recording directly to computer computer drives for guitars, drum machines, keyboards along with other synthesized sounds. | ||
From the late 90s, Kenyan music had grown tremendously and new production houses had came up. New singing groups also came out and commenced singing in styles which were largely inspired with the western culture. To present a Kenyan touch, the music producers needed to add Kenyan melody and instrumentation from the music. |
Revision as of 17:01, 11 November 2016
It's really no doubt that music production in Kenya is continuing to grow tremendously. Unlike before when there were few production houses in the nation, nowadays there are many production studios and several highly talented producers that have appear over time.
In the early 90s, the Most Watched Kenyan Music Videos was at an incredibly low point. This became due to diminishing sales and competition from pirates. Existence of the pirates meant being a singer you could not get your cash back from the recorded music. This discouraged lots of people from recording and as a result only a few songs were produced. In the mid-90s, numerous factors came to exist and changed the Kenyan music scene. One of the primary factors that caused the alterations could be the lose of economic Radio stations. Because the air emerged, there was clearly high demand for high quality songs. Initially, these radio stations played lots of western music including reggae, raga, hip-hop, dancehall, and American R&B. As people got shown the western culture, music production studios had to come up with new techniques and tools that will let them produce songs that have been of the same quality as those manufactured in western countries. To achieve this, the music producers were required to utilize computers, software, mixing boards and other tools. Introduction of the tools made music production less costly along with the music produced was good quality. Most of the music produced right now was packaged in cassettes nevertheless, there was an audio track which was packaged in CDs. As technology developed, multi-track layering took over as tool with the new type of independent producers have been recording directly to computer computer drives for guitars, drum machines, keyboards along with other synthesized sounds. From the late 90s, Kenyan music had grown tremendously and new production houses had came up. New singing groups also came out and commenced singing in styles which were largely inspired with the western culture. To present a Kenyan touch, the music producers needed to add Kenyan melody and instrumentation from the music.