Kenyans have been exposed to ever growing music from the western and southern parts of Africa. Such music have been tossed to Kenyans at the expense of budding and established local musicians. You will need extra fingers to count the number of Nigerian and South African songs starting from Davido, P-Square and Wizkid just to mention a few.
The following ways could help toss the Kenyan Music on an international platform.
- Paying homage to pioneers will help Kenyan artists appreciate the golden aged music and even to those who invented it. Today’s music cannot be differentiate to be Kenyan because one doesn’t know it is Kenyan music because it is being sung by a Kenyan or it is sung in Kenyan audience. The Nigerian music is greatly influenced by the 1970s music and is only fused to synch with the X generation. Wyre is such an artist who has tried to keep intact with the music legends
- Adopting to cultural and traditional authenticity in music industry, though Kenyans were colonized by the British, the Nigerians have their Agbadas, Ghanaians with Kante and the South Africans with Zulu fits, but Kenyan artists lack such traditional test, they have almost gone the white man’s way in music.
- Music language and style have always been confusing, for once foreigners could easily mistake some of Wyre and Redsan’s music to be Jamaican because of the Patois pidgin used in Jamaica. While we have enjoyed such music as Skelewu, Azonto and Congolese Lingala music without caring the meaning carried, Kenya has never heard such songs, and if so, very few caught the attention of the Arica mother land.
- African continent collaborations will enhance such shoot of the Kenyan music to the international platform. Such done with Victoria Kimani will help propel the Kenyan music.
- Kenyan artists should do music with an international mind rather than only Kenyan bound music. Also tribalism should be shamed due to its contribution to such shambolic music promotions.
