Music can be classified as a simple means of expression. However, the history behind the evolution of music and its numerous genres is anything but simple and straight to the point. The evolution of music in a region has a direct correlation to the history of that region as well as the new ways of understanding the world. There was no separation between culture and music in ancient Kenya society and even present day music shows a sign that this practice has been preserved. Music always reflects new rhythmic patterns, which are introduced, bringing with them new ways of understanding time. A very good example of this musical transformation is music from Kenya, which reflects a fundamental part of Kenyan culture but also shows how much progress Kenyan music and music videos have made in line with adjoining itself to globally accepted practices. One trendy traditional form of music, which has captivated a huge amount of young Kenyans, is Choral music. This is because Choral has been an easier way for Kenyans to relay their culture and capture an international audience with a more westernised art form.
The official arrangement of most Kenya music is based on the ostinato. In some concert quite a lot of diverse ostinatos may be used in different sequences at the judgment of the musician. The ostinato form is used in vocal music as well, but it is usually adapted by adding a solo part placed between recurrent unchanging chorus parts. The possibility for difference of this form is exploited to the fullest by a majority of Kenya musicians. However, one trait of Kenya music is its tendency to cause an engaging and lively mood when a musician performs.
When looking at the relationship between music and the environment in which music is produced, you can safely state that this practise of linking the two together has been established over hundreds of years. Even today, music still mirrors the way we communicate and this shows in our heavy reliance on social websites, emails and phone texting.
One might say that this creates a challenge to the progress of Kenya musicians whose goal is to find new ways of creating pitch, accord and consistency, different from the customary ostinato form, and intends to take music forward in the twenty-first century. However, Kenyan musicians have proved their ability to be progressive in their compositions as well as in their ability to keep up with the requirements of time and a seemingly impatient generation.
This progression has been obtained by a number of elements and ranges from the use of high quality studio equipments, to the sheer zeal of a musician to stand out in a very saturated sector, locally and internationally, as well as employing a constant awareness of the structure of musical systems and how they can be used. It is no wonder there has been a great number of collaborations between Kenyan musicians and artists from around the world.
Kenya music has grown leaps and bounds in recent years and the quality of music produced my Kenya musicians continue to impress. This in turn has also spurred a keenness to encourage the boundless talents in the country. Africatv24 is one platform that is keen to promote these boundless talents to the rest of the world. The strategy employed by Africatv24 is not as a reseller but as a free advertising portal for all Kenya musicians to the world at large.http://www.africatv24.com/music_video/kenya >All Kenyan Music
