Young musicians from Kisii town have expressed their dissatisfaction with the rates charged by music recording companies in the area.
Led by Kelvin ‘Malle’ Onchari at Mwalimu International Hotel on Tuesday, they asked the govvernment to intervene and set fixed rates for a single record.
They said increased charges, which were ranging from Sh20,000 to Sh30,000, were making many of talented youths to bow out of the industry due to their limited finances.
Onchari also asked the Film and Classification Board to make public some of the requirements for video production contents since most music visuals were censored by the board for allegedly “not meeting the standards.”
“I am seeing many youths bowing out of the music industry. We really struggle a lot to write, sing and record music but unfortunately, the rates of recording in town are a bit high and something should be done to regulate it,” he said.
“Many of us will be rendered jobless because our career is under threat. They are charging a lot and mostly, we do not really get good returns from the music. The Kenya Film ( and Classification Board) should also tell us the ingredients for the standard video,” he added.
Onchari asked the county government to come up with a recording studio that can enable budding artistes to record their music at a subsidised rate.
“If private recording studio owners are not ready to listen to our plea, we request the county government to come up with one so that we can record music at a subsidised rate,” he said.