{"id":797,"date":"2011-09-12T09:54:25","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T09:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/music-trainer-to-sponsor-talented-ex-soldiers\/"},"modified":"2011-09-12T09:53:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T09:53:51","slug":"music-trainer-to-sponsor-talented-ex-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/music-trainer-to-sponsor-talented-ex-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Trainer to Sponsor Talented Ex-soldiers,Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Antoine Shaban a music trainer and director of La Musical- a music academy, is willing to train further ex- soldiers and police constables who have previously worked for bands of the security institutions.}}<\/p>\n

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His target is to broaden their talents. \u201cThe majority of former soldiers or police staff who were members of the band, often come to my music school to widen their talents and since some of the lessons are a bit expensive I\u2019m willing to sponsor about 20 of them\u201d he remarks.<\/p>\n

And according to him, offering the sponsorship will be a milestone to promote live music in the country as digital made songs were becoming monotonous and unpleasant to fans of live concerts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason I prefer the ex-soldiers and police is because in their bands have used live instruments in the past especially in ceremonial occasions and most of their music are still played to date.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed in Rwanda digitally produced songs have a tendency of fading away and Shaban who\u2019s in his late 60\u2019s seems to have solution.<\/p>\n

He blames the lack of longevity of songs to the fact that they are not original. That, he says, is because Rwandan musicians rely too much on computer programs such as Fruity-Loops, Kinetic and Music Match which have pre-programmed tunes and beats for almost all musical instruments.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems people like it quick and easy,\u201d Shaban says. But he warns that such software puts a musi\u00adcian in a straightjacket, it is hard to produce some\u00adthing unique,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Shaban believes that computers have a big role to play in music production, but only if used wisely. For him, computers are useful to master songs, meaning balancing vo\u00adcals and instruments.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you listen to rock or jazz music, for instance, you will hear a rich and creative melody from real instruments, unlike Hip-hop, which has amateurish drum beats generated by software.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the music teacher warns that even those who want to use computer-aided music won\u2019t get any\u00adwhere if they do not know how to play the real-life in\u00adstruments they want to use.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wonder why the majority of young producers hesitate to take music lessons. At our academy we have piano and keyboard lessons for Frw 20,000 a month, and quick learners can achieve a lot in that period. Guitar is more compli\u00adcated, here the curriculum takes nine months.\u201d Shaban explains.<\/p>\n

One of Shaban\u2019s students, Andre Mukundire, says he took the lessons after being disappointed by producers when he started singing two years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have the basic music skills and enough money for private sponsorship. Those seriously affected my performance in concerts and believe me, that\u2019s the worst you would wish for as a musician.\u201d He laments.<\/p>\n

The reason for singers and producers not taking music lessons is due to the fact that there are simply no any acade\u00admies in the country, and the few existing ones often lack ad\u00adequate equipment. Here, Shaban thinks the govern\u00adment has a role to play to facilitate music academies since it molds the country\u2019s music industry which may become a viable eco\u00adnomic sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, who knows, it might give us another song worth remembering\u201d Shaban concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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