Showing posts with label Music Ministry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music Ministry. Show all posts
Saturday, 28 May 2022
Wednesday, 7 April 2021
BowDown
So much is going on and it is very easy to get puffed up in the anguish and despair. However, in this song, we are reminded of the Majestic nature of the creature in making all of us. The author takes time to marvel at the creation and Christ's redemptive work at the cross. We hope you enjoy as much as your spirit is lifted. Stay safe, keep calm.
Monday, 4 January 2021
STUDENT OF THE YEAR!
Optimism, hope, a longing for a brighter sun is what engulfed the whole world, perhaps even the entire universe as we counted the dragging days of 2020. You could see the empty streets mid March, thinking it would only take a few weeks then we'd be back. October, November, December 1st...11th...21st...31st curfews were still on. Thankfully, we can now say this in past tense. Even though the virus is still among us, our resilience has paid off. The cautiousness has helped us curb the menace. We are not afraid, and we shall overcome. Yes, even though we mourn the loss of loved ones, decry the loss of jobs and curse the disruption of our economy, we are standing tall to this giant, ready for a fruitful 2021 against all odds, HAPPY NEW YEAR! There are BETTER DAYS ahead!
Our physical lessons were interrupted as the students had to travel home due to restrictions. Thankfully, a few would be comfortable to continue with the virtual lessons. However, things were never the same or as thriving as we had envisioned while we were doing a post like this last year. The paradox though is that this is the year we have done more especially on the output of the Music Production as well as increasing our visibility. Our social Media handles are doing well as we get more inquiries from potential clients. For all your comments, clicks, following and support in whichever way, we want you to know that we are grateful and that you matter to us. Thank you.
Well, this post is about recognizing our outstanding student. The disclaimer is that all our students are always great, and for this year, they formed a great support team through their hard-work the zeal to know more, submitting assignments despite the challenges we experienced. Below is a conversation we had with our Student of the year, Tina Kasia- an accountant by profession.
Which Instrument did you learn?
Tina: Guitar
Why did you choose the above instrument?
Tina: A general interest. Sounds great.
How did you come to choose DMA?
Tina: I found the lessons to be ideal and class schedules are very flexible.
What can you say about our mode of instruction?
Tina: Professional and friendly.
Were your expectations met?
Tina: Yes
Explain
Tina: I had been longing to play the guitar from a professional point of view. The training has aligned my skill.
Share any general comments for our readers
Tina: The instructor is very professional and has a yearning to teach. Makes you feel comfortable.
We applaud Tina for the award, and we'll be glad to give her a full set of new acoustic strings plus a guitar cable upon her certification.
As the new unfolds, remember that you're never alone. We'll be here bringing you great tunes, fabulous lessons, inspirational stories as well as leadership captions. WE ARE TOGETHER IN THIS!!
Thursday, 24 December 2020
O COME_BEST COVER SAXOPHONE & GUITAR(PLANET SHAKERS)_ STEVIE & DOUGLAS
If you can access this link, then we all have a reason to give thanks. The year has been tempestuous, tedious and disturbing with unprecedented calamities. It is that year that we however, have come to learn what matters most, life. We hope you enjoy this Saxophone and Guitar cover by Douglas and Stevie from Dowe Music &Arts as arranged by Planet Shakers.
Friday, 20 March 2020
Burning Incense(Piano and Voice REHEARSAL)
I remember with nostalgia my life at Campus. This song was birthed at Masinde Muliro University during undergraduate studies. There were four of us who discovered our love for and gifting in Music. We did most of our stuff together and I remember the consitent prayer schedules we had every Thursday night, from 8PM and rehearsals for Sundays. After campus, we dispersed into different cities both literally and metaphorically because we are now Fathers! We recorded an album and this tune was one of my compositions that I still wonder how new it becomes each time I sing it. Well, at the time we were not so good with marketing essentials leave alone digital life. We distributed all the CDs(Mostly free), till presently none of us has any. This photo shows the four of us, the night it was taken was when we had a worship Night with the above song as the theme...should I say people came to me asking for a link and name of the worship band behind the song?
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| From Left: Jose, Myk, Douglas and Hoseah, 2012/13 |
Yesterday as I was thinking about how sickly the world looks currently, I was in a spontaneous worship hour where songs just flow as I play an instrument while singing. One of our new students had come to say goodbye as we shut down physical lessons following COVID_19 directive by the government (and of course sane conscience). I could hear her sing out some of the songs she knew. Since most of my compositions are normally congregational (or easy to follow), Burning Incense caught her easily. Today morning she sent me a message giving thanks for the worship session saying her spirit was lifted. My prayer is that everyone of us will use what we've got to give hope, lift up and offer solutions in whatever area of life we are gifted in. As you listen and even join in this song, may you find healing in whichever area of life.
The effect of this song in my life is indescribable. However, let me keep it simple. In the evening, we had a scheduled recording with yet a former Student_Milcah. She's one of the background vocalists in the upcoming album-Mimi na Wewe . Being a student from the former college I used to train, she just knew me as a msic trainer and not a worship leader. And the fact that the album we are doing is on general themes mostly about Africa and mental health, I was not surprised to hear this:
"So you don't do worship music enh?"
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| From Left: Milcah, Douglas, Judith and Lucy, 2020 |
I started to explain then realized that was a waste of time.I just sang the song and discovered a video was being taken. Let me skip the "wows" and just say, I had to do it again, with her back up and recording the audio a little professionally. what you see up there is the outcome.
We are grateful for the journey we have made so far and the fact that our recording studio is up and running and giving as the opportunity to record good music is a blessing we can not gainsay. A midst the anguish that the world may be in, we hold on to faith that we shall overcome. Stay put pal!
Sunday, 17 February 2019
Touch A Soul: 2019 Valentine Edition
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| Touch A Soul Banner Made By Activate Graphic Solutions |
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| Dowe Music & Arts Team with the children |
With all the fuss on social media about the men’s
conference on Valentines Day, we at Dowe Music visited beautiful souls in one of the slum areas
in Nakuru. Located off town just near the Lake Nakuru Game park is a home with
a courageous woman. Elizabeth (a.k.a Mama Ng’endo) is a lady full of compassion
and love for the less fortunate. She houses sixteen abandoned children by
either irresponsible beings of a human or because of the cruel hand of death.
Soon after our expedition at the coast last week, we
embarked on a fund drive to facilitate the visit. Well, before I delve much
into this, I must mention that this visit became more relevant because of the
Human Centered Design approach we applied. By Thursday, earlier week, we had
not yet found a suitable orphanage to visit. Bu suitable I mean a place where
we would get all the children at the same time. Most of them had some children
in boarding school.
I was privileged to participate in the MWF 2019 interview.
It happened that the panelist came late. Instead of each of us minding our own
business and rehearsing what to say as it always happens in most job
interviews, I told the group of five sharp looking ladies and one Gentleman to
turn the chairs around. We did our introduction and that’s how I knew Susan.
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| Susan |
Susan is a soft spoken lady graced with empathy for the
underprivileged. Despite having growing up in a middle class family and
currently having a good job (Things I came to learn later after the visit), one
can only wonder why and how she has a heart to take occasional visits to Mama
Ng’endo and do shopping for the children. It was after everyone had shared
their stories that I told Susan about my interest in her visits to the home.
For the past one year, I have come to appreciate the power
of story-telling and connecting with people. Little was it known to me that the
lateness of our panelists (We all know that it is not in an American to be
late) was a divine chance for me to make contacts with great change makers.
Thankfully, I have contacts of all of them: Orpah, a volunteer with G-Unite,
Sakuda a founder of a High School, Birir a fellow Yali Nakuru Alumni and the
founder of Go Green and Linda.
Back to the top story. We did chat with Susan and on asking
how we might help the home, she had every detail on her fingertips. Normally,
we always think of bringing clothes and sadly (or is it fate), those that are
torn and want someone to take them instead of turning them into dusters. Susan
gave me a list of things that the home was in dire need. On top of the list was
that there’s a need for well- wishers and sponsors to help Elizabeth educate
the children. Well, this would be beyond our scope as our company has barely
broken even and it’s still taking off. However, what if by you reading this
story you can give it a shot. You can get our contacts at the Dowe Music &Arts website.
Reaching out to the current class of students, they suggested
a budget so we can do a one-month shopping. I was so excited for a bout ten
seconds then a thought came. Who was going to foot that? These young people?
Long story short, we set a target which was surpassed by about $20 (Ksh.2000).
We are grateful to everyone including friends of Dowe Music &Arts (Those
who are neither alumni or current students) for the support you gave.
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| Elizabeth "Mama Ng'endo at her home, Sewage Area, Nakuru |
We arrived safely on Thursday evening, 14 of February. Mama Ng’endo gave a story that made all of us
appreciate life. Her husband was brutally murdedered in 2007during the Post-
Election Violence. They found his lifeless body lying in a trench. Well, I have
been preaching peace and singing about it for long but for once I felt a deeper
unction to do this more and more.
She picked up herself and thought about life
and what lessons God had for her in the new status of widowhood. A thought of taking
care of orphaned children came in. Being a Christian, she thought so little
about her meagre resources and how she would cater for the children. Elizabeth
narrated how sometimes she wakes up to a toddler as young as a month old
abandoned at her doorstep. This was so heart breaking especially as I
remembered Susan telling me a testimony of how a child was almost dying of malnutrition
and now she was a bundle of joy, months later, in the hands of Mama Ng’endo!
After introduction and short speeches from both the visitors
and the host, we had an awesome moment of acoustic guitar music. Our repertoire
was graced with Paul Clement’s Amani, Angel Benard’s Siteketei and Kuliko Jana by
Sauti Sol. This was the first for one of our students. As we went back to
office, Ms. Waigi had a comment to make.
I didn’t know it’s this nice to help someone less fortunate…thank you so much for organizing this.
Touch a Soul will be here again in a year’s time. Remember,
at any point in life, there is always someone less privileged than you. Dare to
touch a soul!
The writer of this
post is the founder of
Dowe Music & Arts and the
frontier of Art4Leadership.
He is a Yali Alumni based in Nakuru.
Monday, 28 January 2019
START OFF WITH PEACE: Art4Leadership
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| Mitchelle and Faith Before the performance |
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| Dowe Music & Arts Students |
On January 12, 2019 Douglas, the director of Dowe Music
& Arts joined other passionate youths as a participant of Cohort 6 in a
leadership training that will take place between January and March this year.
The first session was on self-awareness and it is a good report from the
fellows that the facilitators did their job well. We are also grateful that it
is in this event that the song No To Poor Leadership got airplay and it being a
simple tune, everyone sang along joyfully.
We are joining YALI’s theme for the year #LeadingforImpact
as we shall be organizing Art4Leadership events more prepared and seasoned for
the same. It’s a brilliant year and we can not operate below the standard.
Starting us off was an event at the American Corner on
SOCIAL INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY. The facilitators were Joseph Njinju (YALI
Alumni) and Douglas Ogutu. He reminded young people that at the very basic
essence, every one should be treated as first human and then the rest can follow.
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| Joseck, Yali Alumnus Welcoming youths |
From Dowe Music & Arts, the song Different Colors by the
late Lucky Dube was tweaked a little and you can only admire how the young
people echoed the line, We are ALL Kenyans. It is our hope
that this message will keep ringing in the participants’ heads until they
influence all their circles to embrace love, peace and harmony.
On Thursday 24th 2019, it was a glamorous day of
starting off our Art4Leadership Concerts. Held at the Knls Nakuru, the event
was in partnership with the American Corner, Mid rift Human Rights Network and
The YALI Network. The main Speaker, Mrs. Winnie Machila, the head teacher of
Milimani Primary School gave a motherly advice to young people to embrace
peace. She challenged all an sundry that if we all cultivated peace, vices such
as corruption would find it hard to sprout.
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| Mrs. Machila Addressing Youths |
The musical performances as well as poetry from the Dowe
music Team was all about peace love and harmony. Through the easy-to-learn own
compositions, the audience couldn’t help but sing through as they pick up the
challenge posed. The resolution for all the participants was that peace is
everyone’s role. Dear reader, do you mind taking up the individual task in
upholding peace.
The writer is the founder of Dowe Music & Arts
Monday, 1 October 2018
This Is Africa
This Is Africa
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| The writer at KUCC Photo: Chris Bosire |
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| A section of the participants after Design Thinking class |
All is well that ends well. Week two was rather a tedious
week at the Yali RLC East Africa especially for folks like me who had to tackle
the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People for the whole of Saturday. Well of course,
friends from the SDA either missed part or whole because of the calling to the
almighty. I know this introduction sets a somewhat tiresome mood to discourage my
reader from following but then, please, read on.
My week started on a high note if you may recall the Mimi naWewe tune that I had composed in the previous post. As it is whenever a track
turns out to be inspiring, we want to make sure that all our friends get the
message. For sure, I’m grateful to the Cohort 28 team and all others without
the center for the support through compliments, watching, liking and
subscribing to our YouTube Channel. You all made my otherwise packed week very
smooth and educative. Much gratitude, and I should note in amazement for the
facilitators Mrs. Sandra Owiti, Humphrey Anjoga and Rose Karimi for using the
song as either a teaching aid or icebreakers during the sessions.
The three lessons for the week were:
Design Thinking,
In this, the overriding question was: What Problem are you solving, who
are you solving for? I must admit that this is a question that has
caused sleepless nights in my stay here as I reflect on why Dowe Music & Arts exists. Basically, the course challenged me to design solutions (whether
education or entertainment) with the end user in mind rather than my own
experiences. Nasreen Dhanji and Daniel Fang, who were the facilitators did us justice
by throwing us into the deep end of more practical and less talk. Nasreen said,
“Ideas are cheap, anyone can come up with them, it is what you do with them
that matters.” We couldn’t agree more, of course after the last day of our
understanding.
This is Africa
Day three came with unmatched enthusiasm and joy unspeakable.
Never have I seen a lady so passionate about Africa’s transformation like the
facilitator of THIS IS AFRICA, MRS Sandra
Owiti. Her demeanor goes before her to arrest your conscience and you can do
nothing but listen to her and flow in the conversations she guides. The simple
rule of “Don’t be defensive…” preceded our discussion on the stereotypes we
have held about various African countries. Honestly, how we laughed about the
weird things we hear about other countries without fear of judgement and/or
myopic insecurities was just admirable.
I can only wish that such can be the
same case when people from different tribes of Kenya talk with an end goal of
revolution and the fight against negative ethnicity. By the end of day two, we
all had agreed that the statement ‘This is Africa’ is not a negative one as to
connotate corruption, backwardness, wars and colonialism but vibrance of
culture, hope, innovation, education, peace and the reverence of the almighty.
7 Habits of Highly Effective
People
Few weeks before reporting to the center I had a glimpse
into the book ‘7 Habits of Highly
Effective People.’ Habit #5 (Seek First to Understand Then to Be Understood)
stuck in my mind and was a great motivator for me to attend the program. I
think, this book reshapes the mind. I just can’t quite grasp how Franklin Covey
penned this down. Methinks it’s with the help of a higher hand- The Almighty.
To be honest, the content therein is too rich to be covered in two days. Participants
can only be fare to their budding brains if they take time after the graduation
to read and meditate through. Dear reader, I’d recommend this a million times
for you to get the copy. Once again thank you Mr. Anjoga and Mrs. Karimi for
taking us through.
29th Saturday, 2018. Have you watched a movie in
which zombies are trying to fight to get to areas where social amenities are available? Such
are the kinds of faces I’d see especially from my group as we ‘groped’ to the Restaurant for supper. One would thing that our heads had been filled up with gallons
of gasoline for which we were told to carry carefully. Here we were, required
to prepare for a music performance at the Deliverance Church in Kahawa Sukari,
Nairobi the following day. I finished supper in my normal time and went the usual
hostel balcony with my violin and guitar. Twenty minutes into our agreed time
no one showed up. I kept rehearsing the song Mighty to Save by Michael W. Smith.
However, after 10 minutes, we had a
quorum of about 12 tired but enthusiastic beautiful and handsome youths rehearsing.
After everyone got their part (not to professional standards though) I handed
the guitar to a talented friend from Rwanda- Victor Pacifique.
The presentation, according to Godfrey (YaliParticipant) and Madam Esther (PhD Student at Kenyatta University from Nigeria) our
corresponded, the presentation was wonderful. One would think we were members
of the same church. Just to reiterate, the photos you see below are for youths
from about 13 countries in East and Central Africa, diverse spiritual
backgrounds and cultures. My question to you is this, ‘When is it worship to you? Is
it when you have members of your church alone? Is it when everyone is a regular
church goer? Is it when everyone knows how to fast? THIS IS AFRICA!
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| Yali Rlc Cohort 28 performance at Deliverance Church, Kahawa Sukari |
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| Godfrey (Front Left) Following the Sermon |
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| Esther (Second Row Left) with the Yali Team |
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| Yali Team after the church Service |
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Art4Leadership Season III: Empowered To Empower
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| DoweMusic junior students. From left: Kyle, Sonia and Scott |
August 24, 2018 goes into the records of Dowe Music & Arts as one of the important days on which an Art4Leadership event was organized. We can never be thankful enough for the Kenya National Library Services in conjunction with The American Corner for availing the ample and efficient space.
The theme for the day was “Empowered
to Empower” where more than fifty young people discussed the importance of giving
back to the society. The outstanding fact was that one is never too poor to
offer a helping hand.
The youths were challenged not to wait until they are
well endowed resource-wise for them to consider empowering others. From a discussion
that sought to find out what unique ability distinguished each one of them from
the other, the message that at least everyone in the world has something they
can do better than others was driven home.
The event was spiced up by Dowe Music & Arts junior
students performing with guitars. The speaker of the day, who is also the director of the initiative, joined them with his violin accompanied on piano by the Academy's admin Ms. Mwihaki a.k.a Michieygial.
This was an event which also saw children from New Life Home Trust attending. Even though they had come to see one of their own, Sonia performing, the children were lively and some shocked the whole group by the way they participated actively in the discussions. Two of these, Oliver Daima and Judy Bahati became darlings of the whole team due to their boldness and eloquence. When asked about what she had learned, Judy calmly responded, "How to love people!" Led by Mr. Daniel Omitto , Adminstrative assistant, the group is a lively time one wishes to stay around them, all the time.
Towards the end, YALI Alumni gave short
speeches sensitizing the youths about the need to join the network as well as
giving tips on the just opened application for cohort 31 and 32. If you are
interested in applying, click here. Take a look at the photos below to get the gist of the event as you plan to attend
upcoming events.
Applications for Cohort 31 and 32 is now open. Apply!
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| Youths from Nakuru Listening actively |
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| Judy Bahati from New Life Group responding to a recap question |
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| YALI Alumni Kate Cheptoo on how to apply for YALI RLC opportunity |
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| YALI Alumni Amdany enlightening youths |
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| YALI Alumni Oliver Jemuge on how to join YALI Network |
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| Music performance by DoweMusic Team |
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| From Left: YALI Alumni Oliver J., New Life Group child Oliver Daima and MLM Consultant Oliver Kibet |
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| Oliver Kibet Pitching his idea |
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| Young Oliver presenting a song |
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| Ms Mwihaki, DoweMusic &Arts admin rehearsing for the event |
The author is the founding director of Dowe Music &Arts and the frontier of Art4Leadership
Saturday, 4 August 2018
Art4Leadership In Nairobi
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Douglas Giving A presentation on TransparencyPhoto: Joseph Jinju |
At Dowe Music & Arts, we believe that it is not just enough for an artiste to learn the musical language but how to use the skills and/or talents for the benefit of the very society s/he speaks to is very paramount. That is the reason we have Art4Leadership, an initiative that seeks to mentor youths for both present and future roles whether or not they get leadership posts.
On
3rd of August, 2018, Dowe Music & Arts a privilege to host an
Art4Leadership event at the American Reference Center, Moi University, Nairobi
campus. The topic Good Governance and Transparency was well embraced with young
people learning that it is not only the role of the government to foster good
governance, but also the citizen’s task. A challenge was posed on the youths to
get involved in the leadership forums to be able to understand fully how they
can cause positive change in the society.
Transparency
was widely discussed with the weightiest point being that for a country or any
organisation to grow well, systems must be created to ensure accurate dissemination
of information on time. The youths learned that it is not just whistle blowing
that is the key to achieving transparency, but the how.
The speaker quickly reminded
the energetic minds that voicing out for change doesn’t have to be violent. He
pointed out that one ought to take the right measures including making use of
established bodies like Transparency International to share concerns. He also encouraged the artistes to use
their talents well with an aim of speaking out the change they envision.
The
event was spiced up by Music on Africa. The audience found it easy to sing a
long the simple but rich message passed across through the music. Songs, as you
may tell, are persuasive in nature and singing along helps one to reflect on
their role as citizens of Kenya as well as sons and daughters of the black
soil. You can listen to Say No to Poor Leadership and Carry On by clicking here: Afrika Songs Below are photos of the Dowe Music Band.
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| Photos: G Kariuki |
As
the event ended, it was a privilege for the young people meeting the co-founder
for You4She Initiative where they empower girls and women on Menstrual Hygiene
Education. Elizabeth Mang’eni, Mandela Washington Fellowship 2017(MWF 2017) and
Young Africa Leadership Initiative-Regional Leadership Centre (YALI-RLC Cohort
11) Alumna enlightened them on the why and how to join YALI NETWORK. She encouraged
them to reach out to her for essay reviewing and consultations regarding MWF
and YALI RLC.
Elizabeth Mang'eni advising youths
Photo: Joseph Jinju
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
WHO SHOULD SING GOSPEL MUSIC?
Well, someone is about to say, “Yes, I got the Discernment Spirit.” That’s alright, whether or not you know the artiste, take the same lyrics, put on a beam balance with some of the lines we get from some of the fulltime gospel musicians. I bet you won’t really need to stress the Holy Spirit to show you the right lyrics to embrace. Let’s get back to the big question: Who should sing gospel music? Perhaps we should define the term ‘gospel.’ There are just thousands of people who have defined this word whether in school, church or even in the devil’s camp. However, for the sake of this post, I will just state the simple meaning. The word gospel refers to “Good News” and in the Christian circles, it’s the good news about Jesus Christ, the man who died on an old rugged cross for the sin of humanity. This portion of the holy scriptures can help amplify the message better:
Luke: 4:18-19: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.`
I tend to think that any song that should be classified as gospel needs to meet the above criteria as set by the master of Good News Himself. In this sense then, does it matter who does it? In some instance, days after Jesus had died, Paul, a murderer who would later become one of the important pioneers of the church, noted that he did not care whether or not those who preached the gospel did it out of malice or not. The main agenda is to see the message moving. Years before the coming of Jesus, his great grandfather would cry out thus: Psalms 150:6: Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD. This statement validates not only human beings but any other thing that has life to talk about the goodness of the creator, acknowledging the wonderful works of the maker.
The only danger of relying on the secular artistes in relaying the gospel is that doing so puts the Christian at a vulnerable situation to fall into heresy. So, it is important to scrutinize the lyrics before fully endorsing them. This, I should add, requires a deeper understanding of scripture since the composer may not be aware of the errors they make. Perhaps a simple advice I could tell secular artists is to always consult their Christian friends whenever they want to write a gospel song.
The problem with this again is that many a Christian are too shallow to be relied upon for such a task; otherwise we would not be having some shameful songs on our Television sets, on top of the charts, composed by ‘Born Again’ fellows. Wonder how this comes about? Check who their mentors are! God is not limited, if He used Nebuchadnezzar, changed Paul’s heart, he could send a gospel tune to anyone. Let the shallow Christian continue with gymnastics, He said he will even use rocks.
By now I know there's someone who feels that I'm just trying to justify secular artists. Yet the same person doesn't feel Christmas is complete without the church putting O Holy Night on the carols list. Follow this link to read the story behind this acclaimed hymn: The History of O Holy Night
The writer is the founder of Dowe Music & Arts
and one of the worship leaders
at Mavuno Church, Nakuru
Thursday, 28 June 2018
Groove Awards: The Call for Credibility
Since Groove is a gospel platform, I think it’s recognition as the largest and perhaps the best awards wing has to achieve a high standard as far as Christianity is concerned. Anyone involved in the process should realize that s/he is the salt and light of Kenya and that in most cases whatever s/he does is likely to be an endorsement to the others. Kenya is a growing democracy which is still struggling on matters transparency and good governance. With great names such as Groove and the many respected artistes we watch on TV and interact with, it’s only fair that, if these names belong to true believers they must needs understand that they are a lamp set on a city hill. Then we can use groove as an example every five years when we vote for national leaders. In my opinion, I think the Groove Awards Team can look into the following areas that compromise credibility in their voting system:
This is 2018, Technology is at its best
It’s very easy to send continuous messages for the whole month without one having to create a new one every time. All you need is to download an automated sms program, create a message and the receiver’s number. Then you set the frequency of your messaging. Well, we are normally encouraged to vote as many times as possible and this maybe is the best thing one can long for. The question is, what does the voting as many times as possible mean? I tend to think it’s just enough for me to vote once, and since we are just enough a crowd in this country, most of whom love gospel music, one is enough. There’s need for a criterion that prohibits voting beyond once. This way, we are likely to get genuine winners. Since Safaricom is among the sponsors, I’m pretty sure they have a way of effecting this. I just hope I am not destroying any business.
Africa’s Battle, “the rich vs the poor”
With the open system of voting, there are ‘brethren’ who are likely to marshal their way up to the trophy table via sms system. If one wants to win the groove award by all means, just like our honorable politicians, their pocket will have their say. This is how: Get a few youths from your fans in various regions. Buy some lunch or supper on the selected days and buy different sim-cards. There you go, you have a voting ‘company.’ Wait for the big announcement on the D-day. On the other hand, if you are just beginning your journey and you’ve released a nice, scriptural song but there’s no cash, in this system, “wait upon the LORD.”
Anyone Can vote
Groove has come a long way. It’s no longer at the stage where the team is struggling with publicity. In the Kenyan law, one cannot vote in the general elections if one has not attained eighteen years. And even after that, it’s a must for the citizen to register for voting. Since music is a worthwhile career and if we want to maintain its pride, it is high time the crew thought about changing the voting style. They can borrow a leaf from Grammy Awards. I don’t think just anyone should be allowed to vote. We end up getting votes from people who have not even heard the songs but because they are buddies with the artists, the ballots are cast.
I hope this message reaches the organisers and if they deem it fit, may they implement it.
Sunday, 22 April 2018
Sight Reading Assignment
We are glad that you are progressing well with the musical journey. Some of the concepts seem challenging but we encourage you to keep up with the champion spirit. To see your assignment, Download the Sight Reading Assignment pdf file here then upload your work on sound cloud. In the comments section below, copy and paste the link from your assignment as indicated in the instructions.
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Dear Parent,
Friday, 16 March 2018
Blending:Transposing And Concert Instruments
Having trouble knowing what you should be playing with your buddies who have transposing instruments like the Piano, Violin? Download A guide to Transposing and Concert Instrument Keys
Monday, 1 January 2018
Guitar Chords
Saturday, 11 February 2017
Harp of the Soul
There was a time a song could make me cry, could make me sleep, could make me laugh, get me inspired but I always yearned for all of them in one package. The want became the need until when I sang that all felt right and that’s the beauty of good music. “Your body is the harp of your soul. And it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds.”- Khalil Gibran. Every music instrument produces its own sound melody but with the same progression it's swift, sound and liberating, and with a touch of passion, practice and purpose it gave meaning because practice isn’t the thing that you do once you are good.
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Thursday, 24 November 2016
A night at Masinde Muliro University Christian Union
Friday 25th November 2016 at NightCome let's experience Worship in an intimate manner with our King of Kings. Douglas, the founder of DoweMusic will be playing violin for these famous songs, Agnus Dei by W. Smith Burning Incense by The Obededoms and I enter the holy of holies by Paul Wilbur. I trust God it shall be a 12 minute experience of its own. See you there. For a full grip of what shall be taking place, click http://theobededoms.blogspot.co.ke/?m=1 It will be a privilege ministering amidst these servants of God.www.facebook.com/dowemusik
