There I was cleaning, the kitchen and tryna colour coordinate the cups #OCDalert! Then BAM! I fell down bum first on the floor. My elbow which I was trying to use to stop from falling dug into the door handle! Now my head, shoulder knees and toes hurt..sob…
I got this awesome swelling on my elbow and my sister tells me its some fluid which I need to ‘rwayo’( I don’t know the English word for this) for it to drain away. I then went into my head(JD style-remember SCRUBS?) when she whipped out some medical terms!
So I thought maybe I should go and stalk people on the internet and what do I find? My kid sister messed with the computer settings while she was watching movies and its friggin bright my eyes hurt and I don’t know how to reverse it…breathe Vicky..breathe Vicky…
My phone is dying and I haven’t got the chums to buy a new one seeing as I am now between jobs (read unemployed) *hint- I need donations.lol. I tried “flashing” it and now I don’t have peoples phone numbers and I have to keep on asking them who they are when they call.nkt!
I then decided to compile my favorite sad songs to help me wallow in self pity, seeing as my day is already jinxed. They are awesome songs and would make you dance on a good day but when you are having a crappy day like mine then they can make you cry buckets!
You know those songs you want to listen to when you just want to be miserable and go through a bad time in your life and deal with it once and for all instead of keeping everything inside.
Sometimes things are not getting better. Sometimes you do not want to dust your self then get back on the stupid horse. Maybe I want to stay in the dirt and inhale the friggin dust and die already. Maybe sometimes the stupid horse is a darn pony which doesn’t support your weight. Sometimes that horse is a stubborn old mule than keeps dropping you down no matter how hard you try to control it. Sometimes the stupid horse is a wild horse which doesn’t want to be tamed.
Sometimes they tell you to leave your fish as there are very many fish in the ocean. What if you do not want another fish, you just that one omena which keeps jumping out of your net. What if the hyacinth has chocked all the other fishes (fish , fishes.. who cares!).
Sometimes you’re tired of being strong and just wanna fall down and cry, no not cry but wail and fight the demons that have held you captive for too long. You want to break down and really feel the pain.
Ok let me save the bad poetry for my poetry blog..sigh! Below are the sad songs with emotional lyrics check them out and thank me later.
Stupid – Toni Braxton
I first heard this song in a Tyler Perry movie. It was at some scene where some lady was crying and it made me want to cry too
…I feel so stupid
Baby gone – Asa
This song is like the most saddest beautiful song ever. When the person you want went away and you wish they could come back
…I wish I could be more for you..
Woiyshe!!!!!
Good man – India Arie
In the lyrics is about a man preparing his wife on what to say to his children if he dies. Reminds me of the soldiers in Somalia
..when the sun comes up and am not home..be strong…
What can I do – The corrs
Imagine someone feeling this way:
..what can I do to make you stay…
Si its too sad??
Where you at – Jenifer Hudson
I never paid this song much attention, when I did it really touched me. It’s so sad but her voice is so beautiful. Reminds me of how I thought this person had my back just coz I had his back. I listened to him and encouraged him when he lost his job till he found another one. When it came for my time he bailed coz he thought he will have to support me, boy did it hurt like a mf. I was so sure he got my back..sigh…
...Thought you were my hero…you were no-show…
Why don’t you love me _Beyonce
..why don’t you love me when I make it so easy to love…
Just watch the video and see what I mean
Coming home – Sauti sol
Watch the video- its reeks of Romeo and Juliet all over again!
Whisky lullaby – Brad paisley feat Alison Kraus
You don’t have to be a country music fan to love this song. The video will make you cry buckets...I know I did.
Easy – Natasha Bedingfield feat Rascal flatts
You have broken up with someone and it hurts like a mf but you are pretending to be happy. Like those chiqs who get dumped then they keep updating statuses to make the ex (who does care anymore) jealous- so sad
Don’t leave me – Pink
I loooove pink she is so raw. She says stuff in her song that should be left in the diary! But she awesome all the same, watch the video- so sad and crazy.
Family potriat
Still by pink. Love how she was able to show how kids of broken homes normally feel
..i will go to bed at night, I won’t spill milk at dinner, I will be good…
Held – Natalie Grant and (In better hands now)
I can never listen to these songs without crying. Reminds me of my pal who passed away (nd my other pal who lost her baby who was only two months old). I saw her phone number on my notebook and im too afraid to erase it, (remember that season of CSI NY where some dude is afraid of throwing away a beach ball coz it had his late wife’s breathe in it). I thought I was crazy for not wanting to get rid of it. I think if I erase it means that I have let go…and I don’t want to.
Someone like you – Adele
Tell me you haven’t sang this song in the bathroom kwa soap! So sad yet so beautiful
Time of the month – Angie stone
Ladies will feel this song more
..my feet are hurting, my back is hurting..
Understand – Joss stone
Its about someone you love but can’t seem to be together for some reason or another and you want to assure them that you do.
..please understand that I won’t always be there when you call…
Why does it hurt – Whitney
You think you have made the right decision but you can understand why it hurts though!
..why does it hurt so bad…
Now that Whitney passed on, it hurts even more listening to it.
Mulika mwizi – Sanaipei feat kidum
This song is effing awesome, dunno why they are not giving it the recognition it deserves in our local radio stations.
What hurts the most – Rascal flatts
You gotta watch the video man. Its painful o
Superwoman – karyn white
..am not your superwoman…am not the kind of girl that you can let down and think that everything is alright.
Heather Headley – I wish I wasn’t
You wish you wasn’t in love with mr.wrong buy you are..hanky anyone???
I cry out- Barlow girl
…I waited for you.. but you didn’t show…
I love the story behind this song, how the girls visited some country which had undergone some war and found some writings on an abandoned house that touched their lives and they added them to the lyrics of the song.
Stole - Kelly Rowland
....She coulda been a movie star
Never got the chance to go that far
Her life was stole, oh
Now we'll never know...
Bob Marley - Redemption song
...Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Give I a hanky, mon.
Me wants to cry...
The acoustics will bring tears to even the strongest persons eyes!
Showing posts with label kenyan musician. Show all posts
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Thursday, 29 September 2011
Hetox songs
By now you know just how much i love music. If i wasn't a teacher i would really love to be a song writer. the thing about music is that there is always a song for everything your are going through.
Today i have collected a few of my favourite songs to help you get through that bad break-up. These songs are to be listened to in the loudest volume possible. Feel free to sing your lungs out and hope your neighbour don't call NEMA on your behind. Get that girl/boy out of your system. P.S. Whatever you do don't do what the lyrics say just vent... and if possible cry a river then afterwards have a warm bath and then ice cream and see how your world will change after the nap.lol
1. I will survive- Gloria Gaynor
Every one knows this one. You have to listen it loud and do a little dance especially at the chorus which i know most of us know.
2. Its not right but its okay- Whitney Houston
You should watch the music video and see the facial expression on whitney's face, its almost like Jimmy Gathu's on the "acha mpango wa kando" ad. Hilarious! and she has decided to go goth on this one(dressed in all black) and notice there's no man in the video.
3Before he cheats - Carrie Underwood
Carrie sings of what shes gonna to the mans cheating ass after she finds out. The music video is hilarious, but dont go scratching whats-his-face's car. The money you will use to fix will cost you your savings.lol
4. Kerosene - Miranda Lambert
this song is meant to help you vent. The one day you are allowed to vent and wallow in self pity and self loathing. As my pastor normally says "you visit anger and pain but don't overstay your welcome". Tomorrow u gotta wake up dust your self and f-ing get on that horse already.
...i started smoking cigarrttes theres nothing left to do...
...i am giving up on love coz love has given up on me...
don't internalize these words though!sawa?
5.You oughta know- Alanis Morrisette
This is especially good when your lover as moved with a fine chiq and your effing jealous. So you decide to attack her too but whatever you do never confront her coz maybe she doesn't know he is a no-good, two-timing,lying-cheating..ok you get my drift.
You just admit how his going away broke you and just vent. Watch the the video and be inspired to vent.lol
6.I should have cheated - Keisha Cole
When you suspect him of cheating and he just switches everything on you. He changes and says you cheated to avoid being confronted.
A friend of mine confronted her hubby and was whipped almost half to deff, and yes they are still together.jerk!
This is especially appropriate when after you have caught him but you don't intend to leave just yet.lol
7.Irreplaceable - Beyonce
This is dedicated to you who is dating a guy who has no job. I wouldn't call it dating though, more like babysitting.lol. So now you got your senses back and you now he gotta go.
I especially love when she removes his jacket and necklace funny.lol
8.separated - Usher
...If love was a bird, you and I couldnt have wings...
...If love is the Bible, you and i are lost in sin...
beautiful words!This is perfect when you have agreed to separate and go your way coz clearly it ain't working.Feel free to cry during the chorus. I know i did.lol
9.You had me- Joss Stone
...instead of making money you took mine...
..make your mistakes on your on your own time..
Again for you who is dating the broke ninja.lol. I love how she packs her bags and leaves the looser a note(in the music video of course) She calls her girlfriend to crash at her place. This is why you should never dump your girls when you got a new beau.
10.Hate(I really don't like you) - Plain white T's
This is for the guys who have lost the chiq they loved. Its okay you can cry in the bathroom no one has to know.lol.
...hate is a strong word..but i really dont like you...
11.Fuck you - Eamon
..fuck you, you hoe..i dont want you back..
come on say it loud.lol. Look out for the reply to the song(Fuck you right back.hilarious)
12.Ur so gay - Katy Perry
...ur so gay and you dont even like boys...
...you walk around like you're oh so debonair, you pull em down and there's nothing
there...
Its just a mean song to help you get out that anger.Whatever you do, don't drunk dial him and say these words tihihihi.
13.Hit the free way - Toni Braxton
How could i forget her? she has the loveliest of voices. This song is when you have decided after receiving a lot of bull from your now not so significant other. You're not really mad because you saw it coming. You actually feel sorry for the cheater's ass. he has realised what he did was wrong after you have run out of second chances.
...maybe in some other life i'll see you again...
14.Fighter - Christina Aguilera
I admire her perspective on breakups.How she can look at a breakup positively, while i am always busy baying for someone's blood.lol.
...makes me that much stronger, makes me work a lil bit harder,
...makes me that much wiser, thanks for making me a fighter,
...makes me run a lil bit faster,makes my skin a lil bit thicker,
15. Survivor - Destinys Child
This is especially for that ex who made you feel like you can't do anything without him...Like the sunrises and sets in his eyes... like without him you are nothing. Then you need this song to re affirm what your mama taught you. Yous a survivor and you will make it.word!
I love in the beginning how the singers are shipwrecked with tattered clothes because that's how breakups feel like...ship wreck!
16. Since you've been gone - Kelly Clarkson
For when you are in a toxic relationship but you don't see it. After he's left that's when you realize how dysfunctional the two of you were. Now you don't feel so bad, your a bit relieved. now you know what you don't want in a man.lol
17.Pray for you - Jason and The long road to love
Again the singer is just venting and he makes the kinda prayer that God of course wont listen to.
...i pray your breaks go out when your running down a hill...
he's basically being blasphemous.lol. Its amazing what loss of love can make you say.
18.So what - Pink
Of course you're not a rock star but it makes good for when you are angry. Just watch the video and see pink being her usual crazy self.
...i am alright and you are a tool!
Just like a pill - Pink
Still on Pink. The lyrics are hilarious. I love how she plays with words.Just as the song suggests, you are in a toxic relationship and instead of changing for the better you're getting worse. You know in your heart its time to vamoose baby!
19. Cheated on me - Gavin Degraw
one of those woiye songs. He knows she is cheating and he doesn't need to be told because all the signs are there. If you loved "i don't wanna be" and "Chariot" you will definitely love this one
...im love sick somewhere tonight..
...i don't need writing on the wall, i have felt it for so long
20.Leave(Get out) - Jojo
I cant believe she was a teenager when she sang this song. The "boys stink" tee left me in stitches. ..and the way she drops the phone? priceless.
Great song to hetox to... have a listen.lol
Monday, 19 September 2011
the joystick
Me and one of my girlfriends(or is it my girlfriend and I? who cares)were talking a few months back..yes about men.you got me! She made a very crazy comment that left me in stitches.She was saying that she couldn’t believe that as women we follow men around just for their “joysticks” while they get to have boobies,hips,thighs,tushies and the “pink Cadillac" to play with.She feels cheated especially since her level of carnality happens to be more that the average womans.But I wouldn’t call her a nympho though, its too much to the other side.lol.
I think she was only saying that out of anger seeing as she had recently broken up with her boyfriend of two weeks.I am serious, she was in a serious relationship. Did I say serious? Yes serious.For two weeks.lol.
My friend is interesting but today I want to talk about something totally different.The penis but we will use “joy stick” for today.
As much as I would like to keep it PG its already too late, my potty mouth is already on auto pilot.
The joy stick is very important for lovers explains why men are so protective of it.One of the good thing about being a woman is that we can fake orgasms and get away with it but for man if you cant deliver the goods(the pun so intended) you cant fake it even if you tried.You can stall but eventually you will get caught.
I happen to have lots of male pals(platonic relationships fyi) and they have taught me a lot of things about the “joystick” that I never knew before. Like this pal of mine never used to like to get brain from his girl and she thought she was doing it wrong. They broke up and I wondered how a man in his right mind would refuse brain. It turns out he had a problem but he was too embarrassed to go to a doctor.The problem was when he was doing the nasty he could get water but the milk...not so much.
If you don't understand what i mean then maybe your too young to be reading this.
I did little research on the internet and I discovered that it a problem that can easily be fixed.I offered to take him to the doctors but he has refused. When i hear the word Gyno i just picture women sitting at the reception poring through the magazine waiting their turn. In my small mind Ive never known that men need to be checked too. I just hope it wont ruin his chances of getting kids though.
Did you know that every community has its way of circumcising their boys? yup! Like there's this tribe that when they circumcise they pull back the foreskin and tie it below the joystick and it looks like a ribbon hanging below.My friend insists that it increases pleasure in women...I wouldn’t know though...but i would be lying if i didn't say i was curious...
Coming from the lake side we never used to circumcise until the early 80’s so people don’t worry anyone born after that is circumcised. Those that weren’t take themselves when they are grown. We just don’t make a big deal out of it like the rest of the other tribe(no offense though). A good friend of mine who is only a few years younger than me recently went under the knife after his new non-luo girlfriend pointed at his you-know-what and screamed “eeeew gross”.
Girls can be so cruel.
He now tells me that all the hullabaloo around being circumcised is bs and if anything It reduces sensitivity and he doesn’t enjoy doing it like he used to. They have since broken up and he regrets doing it(the circumcision I mean) but I think its because he did it for the wrong reasons.
I once joked to my pal that I didn’t like the way he liked holding his chuchu to stop his trousers from falling and he scolded me for calling his joystick chuchu. He says it made it sound like something small and useless. H explained to me just how crucial that thing is and why as a man he was put here on earth to please women. He proceeded to tell me that if he ever loses his ability to satisfy a woman he would die. Like he was created to just "put milk in our cocoa" and nothing else. This "thing" really is a big deal for men. I remember my friend being involved in an accident and broke his leg in two places.I was concerned whether he would ever walk again but his boys only wanted to know if his joystick is working properly.
Seriously!!!
When his girlfriend moved in to take care of him they kept on asking if he has resumed his "duties" in the boudoir.I was appalled because not once did i think about his joystick but it was all his boys could think of. Imagine he told me he'd rather be in a wheel chair but be able to "deliver the goods".
Again men you are weird!!!
I was at the salon a few days ago and I came across Jackson Biko's articles in True Love Magazine and he insists size matters.Ive also peeked in his blog- bikozulu.wordpress.com and he writes oh so beautiful.I want to be him when I grow up!
I especially loved how he gives instructions on how to handle the dick. Apparently it’s a sin to hold it in your hand like a cigarette but you are supposed to hold it with your whole hand.Whatever happens never give it corny names like "junior" or "the small guy" but names that imply greatness. No matter how angry you are at your man refrain from calling his joystick belittling names because it could do irreparable damage to your relationship.Remember when you cheat on your guy he automatically assumes his dick wasn't good enough for you...men are even crazier than i thought.
And some dude was telling me that when he is getting brain he hates when the lady concentrates only on the head -i mean the other parts need love too. Come on ladies be liberal with your moufs.lol
Just when you think that you have understood men they come out and lay on this information on you-and they say we are complicated. Men you are as complicated af Jeez! all this fussing for just a dick*runs and hides*
Im back.lol.Anyhoo I leave you with this poem I wrote when I was in college,when I was young and not so innocent.
The intruder
Unusual soft body,
clothed in a big gown,
Like a nuns habit,
His feet is surrounded,
With thick soft wool,
Like a Persian rug,
His long thick trunk,
Elongated,sophisticated,
Like a giraffes neck,
Born half blind,
But sees a lot,
Like a two-eyed person,
Whenever exicted,
He becomes hot and hard,
Like a diamond,
He has the capacity,
To bring both pleasure and pain,
Like the suns rays,
Though warned about him,
Many still stumble and fall,
Like new born calves,
Despite his evil side,
I want to encounter him,
Like the intruder he is.
for more poems check out vickyspoems.wordpress.com.
i swear i feel like a rapper promoting his music or something like that.
good night people.
I think she was only saying that out of anger seeing as she had recently broken up with her boyfriend of two weeks.I am serious, she was in a serious relationship. Did I say serious? Yes serious.For two weeks.lol.
My friend is interesting but today I want to talk about something totally different.The penis but we will use “joy stick” for today.
As much as I would like to keep it PG its already too late, my potty mouth is already on auto pilot.
The joy stick is very important for lovers explains why men are so protective of it.One of the good thing about being a woman is that we can fake orgasms and get away with it but for man if you cant deliver the goods(the pun so intended) you cant fake it even if you tried.You can stall but eventually you will get caught.
I happen to have lots of male pals(platonic relationships fyi) and they have taught me a lot of things about the “joystick” that I never knew before. Like this pal of mine never used to like to get brain from his girl and she thought she was doing it wrong. They broke up and I wondered how a man in his right mind would refuse brain. It turns out he had a problem but he was too embarrassed to go to a doctor.The problem was when he was doing the nasty he could get water but the milk...not so much.
If you don't understand what i mean then maybe your too young to be reading this.
I did little research on the internet and I discovered that it a problem that can easily be fixed.I offered to take him to the doctors but he has refused. When i hear the word Gyno i just picture women sitting at the reception poring through the magazine waiting their turn. In my small mind Ive never known that men need to be checked too. I just hope it wont ruin his chances of getting kids though.
Did you know that every community has its way of circumcising their boys? yup! Like there's this tribe that when they circumcise they pull back the foreskin and tie it below the joystick and it looks like a ribbon hanging below.My friend insists that it increases pleasure in women...I wouldn’t know though...but i would be lying if i didn't say i was curious...
Coming from the lake side we never used to circumcise until the early 80’s so people don’t worry anyone born after that is circumcised. Those that weren’t take themselves when they are grown. We just don’t make a big deal out of it like the rest of the other tribe(no offense though). A good friend of mine who is only a few years younger than me recently went under the knife after his new non-luo girlfriend pointed at his you-know-what and screamed “eeeew gross”.
Girls can be so cruel.
He now tells me that all the hullabaloo around being circumcised is bs and if anything It reduces sensitivity and he doesn’t enjoy doing it like he used to. They have since broken up and he regrets doing it(the circumcision I mean) but I think its because he did it for the wrong reasons.
I once joked to my pal that I didn’t like the way he liked holding his chuchu to stop his trousers from falling and he scolded me for calling his joystick chuchu. He says it made it sound like something small and useless. H explained to me just how crucial that thing is and why as a man he was put here on earth to please women. He proceeded to tell me that if he ever loses his ability to satisfy a woman he would die. Like he was created to just "put milk in our cocoa" and nothing else. This "thing" really is a big deal for men. I remember my friend being involved in an accident and broke his leg in two places.I was concerned whether he would ever walk again but his boys only wanted to know if his joystick is working properly.
Seriously!!!
When his girlfriend moved in to take care of him they kept on asking if he has resumed his "duties" in the boudoir.I was appalled because not once did i think about his joystick but it was all his boys could think of. Imagine he told me he'd rather be in a wheel chair but be able to "deliver the goods".
Again men you are weird!!!
I was at the salon a few days ago and I came across Jackson Biko's articles in True Love Magazine and he insists size matters.Ive also peeked in his blog- bikozulu.wordpress.com and he writes oh so beautiful.I want to be him when I grow up!
I especially loved how he gives instructions on how to handle the dick. Apparently it’s a sin to hold it in your hand like a cigarette but you are supposed to hold it with your whole hand.Whatever happens never give it corny names like "junior" or "the small guy" but names that imply greatness. No matter how angry you are at your man refrain from calling his joystick belittling names because it could do irreparable damage to your relationship.Remember when you cheat on your guy he automatically assumes his dick wasn't good enough for you...men are even crazier than i thought.
And some dude was telling me that when he is getting brain he hates when the lady concentrates only on the head -i mean the other parts need love too. Come on ladies be liberal with your moufs.lol
Just when you think that you have understood men they come out and lay on this information on you-and they say we are complicated. Men you are as complicated af Jeez! all this fussing for just a dick*runs and hides*
Im back.lol.Anyhoo I leave you with this poem I wrote when I was in college,when I was young and not so innocent.
The intruder
Unusual soft body,
clothed in a big gown,
Like a nuns habit,
His feet is surrounded,
With thick soft wool,
Like a Persian rug,
His long thick trunk,
Elongated,sophisticated,
Like a giraffes neck,
Born half blind,
But sees a lot,
Like a two-eyed person,
Whenever exicted,
He becomes hot and hard,
Like a diamond,
He has the capacity,
To bring both pleasure and pain,
Like the suns rays,
Though warned about him,
Many still stumble and fall,
Like new born calves,
Despite his evil side,
I want to encounter him,
Like the intruder he is.
for more poems check out vickyspoems.wordpress.com.
i swear i feel like a rapper promoting his music or something like that.
good night people.
Monday, 25 July 2011
untitled
My brother has read a few of my blog posts and thinks they are too long with weird titles. Come to think of it, the only novels he’s ever read are the set books given in high school. I guess he doesn’t have the patience for reading, especially since some books have been adapted into movies. Normally I don’t care what people think but my brother is usually level headed and knows how to put things into perspective. The down side is that he has made me so self conscious that I don’t even know how to title today’s post. I decided to go with ‘untitled’. Today am just going to give my two cents on what I think Kenyan musicians should improve on, as a concerned listener.
I love music very much: am eclectic when it comes to music preference. There’s only one genre that I just can’t seem to understand, JAZZ. To me it’s and acquired taste, what with all them funny noises the musicians do between singing and some times closing their eyes and making their face funny too. My brother has tried to teach me some jazz by playing a few notes on his guitar but I still can’t quite get it. I must admit though the Kirk Whalum guy’s CD he gave me is really growing on me.
For one some don’t take good care of themselves. Have you ever been to a Kenyan music concert and after the first song the musician was panting as if he had run for miles? I mean would it kill them to work out once in a while?
Especially for those who music is their sole source of income.
Take care of your voice too .You can’t MC at an event all day then go for an overnight concert, that’s too much for your voice to take! Invest in a good voice coach to help you get even your diction right for crying out loud.
Then there are the interviews ...jeez! Its painful listening to some of them. I remember one musician being asked what genre of music he specialized in and he didn’t know the meaning of ‘genre’.
Do these people even read?
Come on if you intend to take over the world you need to do your research and know your stuff. Read about those who have been there and learn from their mistakes. I would highly recommend biographies too. I swear if I ever have to suffer another interview on telly of a musician putting his hooves in his mouth I will kill my self.
My brother once told me to be an entertainer you need to: do something he cannot do-be creative, tell him something he does not know, make him think for a minute and if all fails make him laugh at least (smart man, I tell you). I like his thinking, I just wish musicians could do this. Have you ever listened to a musician singing so horribly that you knew you wouldn’t attend any of his live performances even if they paid you ?well I have and it really is annoying.
I also don’t buy the am-trying-to be-myself bull some try to sell us. Imagine if some of us went to our bosses and said we won’t follow rules because-we were trying to be our selves (I bet most of us would be unemployed the next day). Sometimes you have follow what’s trending and wow your audience .e.g. I remember in some interview where 50cent was saying the way he had gone to perform his new songs but the audience kept asking for ‘in the club’ because they like it so much and he had to indulge them because that’s what he’s paid to do. So trying to be yourself is cute and all but it don’t sell records.
So sometimes the Kenyan musicians have nice songs and you’re happy to support them, that is until you see the music video and you change your mind. Some try to put nice cars borrowed from mash auto to impress the audience who know very well they can’t afford the car. Makes me want to go settle at the bottom of the ocean. The music videos don’t have to be over complicated people, look at Madtraxx - get down its so simple yet very entertaining. You don’t have to copy western styles to make it in this industry.
Don’t get me started on the ridiculous stage names. I recently heard that there’s a musician in Kenya called Bedbug. There seven kinds of wrong with that name, am not even going to get into it now! There’s a band called six pence none the richer and the story behind the name will blow you away, if not make you love them more.
As much as musicians love music it sometimes good to have other sources of income. Be a good business man too, there a reason why they call it show business. One can make money from other interesting venture like: Liz Ogumbo who is mixing her love for fashion and music, Amani mixing her music and doing commercials, Sanaipei Tande and her love for karaoke,radio presenting and some are doing clothe line etc. At least you have something to fall back on if your album doesn’t sell like you hoped.
As much as I m saying to treat music as a business you need to genuinely love it too. It goes a long way in making your performances more electrifying. Dela on one of the interviews said that for every performance she always makes sure she performs at least one new song. That point right there made me love her even more. This woman love what she does, you can see it in her face when she performs. Believe me if you are faking it the audience will find you out soon.
You need to look good, for real! Your career depends on your looks, am sorry we the audience judge you harshly. You can’t have a bad hair day, because I have never seen anyone in the office having a bad hair day and since you’re a musician 24hrs a day you just cannot have a bad hair day. It doesn’t have to cost a fortune either to look good, especially since we have Ngara where you can go in the evening when the kanjo askaris are not around and wear a large hat to hide your face and shop till you drop.lol
Don’t forget the bogus beefs that they normally have with each other. Seriously! Why cant you just do your thing and forget what the other person is doing, battle it out in your music. Make your music so good that people want to be you jameni. Those beefs are so 90s no one listens to them any more, at least I don’t.
That being said there’s no love lost between me and the Kenyan musicians as I know they have the potential to make it big even outside Kenya. In fact some are even well know outside Kenya than in Kenya (that’s a story for another day). It would be nice to see musicians’ able to live off their music and help grow this struggling industry.
I love music very much: am eclectic when it comes to music preference. There’s only one genre that I just can’t seem to understand, JAZZ. To me it’s and acquired taste, what with all them funny noises the musicians do between singing and some times closing their eyes and making their face funny too. My brother has tried to teach me some jazz by playing a few notes on his guitar but I still can’t quite get it. I must admit though the Kirk Whalum guy’s CD he gave me is really growing on me.
For one some don’t take good care of themselves. Have you ever been to a Kenyan music concert and after the first song the musician was panting as if he had run for miles? I mean would it kill them to work out once in a while?
Especially for those who music is their sole source of income.
Take care of your voice too .You can’t MC at an event all day then go for an overnight concert, that’s too much for your voice to take! Invest in a good voice coach to help you get even your diction right for crying out loud.
Then there are the interviews ...jeez! Its painful listening to some of them. I remember one musician being asked what genre of music he specialized in and he didn’t know the meaning of ‘genre’.
Do these people even read?
Come on if you intend to take over the world you need to do your research and know your stuff. Read about those who have been there and learn from their mistakes. I would highly recommend biographies too. I swear if I ever have to suffer another interview on telly of a musician putting his hooves in his mouth I will kill my self.
My brother once told me to be an entertainer you need to: do something he cannot do-be creative, tell him something he does not know, make him think for a minute and if all fails make him laugh at least (smart man, I tell you). I like his thinking, I just wish musicians could do this. Have you ever listened to a musician singing so horribly that you knew you wouldn’t attend any of his live performances even if they paid you ?well I have and it really is annoying.
I also don’t buy the am-trying-to be-myself bull some try to sell us. Imagine if some of us went to our bosses and said we won’t follow rules because-we were trying to be our selves (I bet most of us would be unemployed the next day). Sometimes you have follow what’s trending and wow your audience .e.g. I remember in some interview where 50cent was saying the way he had gone to perform his new songs but the audience kept asking for ‘in the club’ because they like it so much and he had to indulge them because that’s what he’s paid to do. So trying to be yourself is cute and all but it don’t sell records.
So sometimes the Kenyan musicians have nice songs and you’re happy to support them, that is until you see the music video and you change your mind. Some try to put nice cars borrowed from mash auto to impress the audience who know very well they can’t afford the car. Makes me want to go settle at the bottom of the ocean. The music videos don’t have to be over complicated people, look at Madtraxx - get down its so simple yet very entertaining. You don’t have to copy western styles to make it in this industry.
Don’t get me started on the ridiculous stage names. I recently heard that there’s a musician in Kenya called Bedbug. There seven kinds of wrong with that name, am not even going to get into it now! There’s a band called six pence none the richer and the story behind the name will blow you away, if not make you love them more.
As much as musicians love music it sometimes good to have other sources of income. Be a good business man too, there a reason why they call it show business. One can make money from other interesting venture like: Liz Ogumbo who is mixing her love for fashion and music, Amani mixing her music and doing commercials, Sanaipei Tande and her love for karaoke,radio presenting and some are doing clothe line etc. At least you have something to fall back on if your album doesn’t sell like you hoped.
As much as I m saying to treat music as a business you need to genuinely love it too. It goes a long way in making your performances more electrifying. Dela on one of the interviews said that for every performance she always makes sure she performs at least one new song. That point right there made me love her even more. This woman love what she does, you can see it in her face when she performs. Believe me if you are faking it the audience will find you out soon.
You need to look good, for real! Your career depends on your looks, am sorry we the audience judge you harshly. You can’t have a bad hair day, because I have never seen anyone in the office having a bad hair day and since you’re a musician 24hrs a day you just cannot have a bad hair day. It doesn’t have to cost a fortune either to look good, especially since we have Ngara where you can go in the evening when the kanjo askaris are not around and wear a large hat to hide your face and shop till you drop.lol
Don’t forget the bogus beefs that they normally have with each other. Seriously! Why cant you just do your thing and forget what the other person is doing, battle it out in your music. Make your music so good that people want to be you jameni. Those beefs are so 90s no one listens to them any more, at least I don’t.
That being said there’s no love lost between me and the Kenyan musicians as I know they have the potential to make it big even outside Kenya. In fact some are even well know outside Kenya than in Kenya (that’s a story for another day). It would be nice to see musicians’ able to live off their music and help grow this struggling industry.
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