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EDI'S MUSE We dedicate today's posts to the spectacularly gifted Edi Seymour. Q1. Who are you? I am Edi Seymour, a Kenya...
13/07/2020

EDI'S MUSE

We dedicate today's posts to the spectacularly gifted Edi Seymour.

Q1. Who are you?
I am Edi Seymour, a Kenyan singer- songwriter, producer, all- round instrumentalist. I play the guitar, drums and the keyboard, and I love music. I feel like I'm lucky that music chose to use me, you know?

Q2. What is Music to you?
Music is the force, the energy... It's God. The way God said 'I Am', music is. I feel like it is the language that I use to pass on what I believe in.

CONNECT WITH EDI:
° On Facebook: Edi Seymour
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° On Twitter:
° On YouTube: Edi Seymour https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0CvP47MRk2cLd0l4v7FoWg

VIEW OUR COLLABORATIONS WITH EDI:
¬ Music by Edi Seymour feat. Lexxi
https://youtu.be/amXDOwS3o6g
¬ Lose It All by Edi Seymour
https://youtu.be/1DgNWpuU4i0

EDDIE'S PROJECTS:
¶ Take Two EP - out now on YouTube
¶ Let Love EP
¶ Sanctuary Sessions

Q4. Where do you hope music will have taken you in the next few years, or how do you hope or see it benefitting you as a...
10/07/2020

Q4. Where do you hope music will have taken you in the next few years, or how do you hope or see it benefitting you as a wholesome individual?
I would love to tour. I used to do a bit of photography so I’d probably pick it up again if I was moving around a lot.
That aside, at the very least I’d like to make a reasonable living from it – financial independence sounds nice.
At the most I’d like to create a more enabling environment for African creatives, make the industry a more viable place and thus easier for them to make a living from.

Q5. In your opinion and experience, what do you think music should be to people?
I don’t know if should police how people consume music, I think about how I felt when people have different interpretations of my songs. I’ve always thought it was pretty cool, the differing perspectives.

CONNECT WITH RUMBI:
° On Facebook: Rumbi Michael https://www.facebook.com/thenairobinomad
° On Instagram: .rumbi

° On Twitter: https://twitter.com/m__rumbi
° On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ichaelumbi

RUMBI'S PROJECTS:
¶ The Nairobi Nomad
¶ Just Another June Album - out now on all of Rumbi's platforms

08/07/2020

Happy midweek, people!

Today we bring you a heartfelt and moving number by titled "Different".
It was genuinely a pleasure working with him on this song, and we hope you love it as much as we do!

Head on over to our YouTube channel for this amazing song and much more!
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Q3. How has your journey in music been thus far?There have been a lot ups and down but the most standout thing would be ...
07/07/2020

Q3. How has your journey in music been thus far?
There have been a lot ups and down but the most standout thing would be growth. Whenever I compare who I am now and who I was when I started I get shook.
I'd say it's interesting in terms of the fact that there are quite a few times where I felt like stopping music. I've had a lot of change of heart. Initially I was very big on the idea of collaboration, because community over competition really helps with growth.

But I've also learnt that my work flow does differ quite strongly from most of the artists I've met so I've found it very difficult to work with people.
But the upside to that is that I've forced myself to learn things I probably wouldn't have been that interested in. I mean, I've done live loopings, which is pretty cool.
I've performed live when I've done solo work. It's really covered the spectrum.
I've had to do predominately song-writing, production, I started singing, I started rapping. Occasionally I do a little bit of spoken word. I really feel like I've been all over the place and I've had a lot of fun with it.

CONNECT WITH RUMBI:
° On Facebook: Rumbi Michael https://www.facebook.com/thenairobinomad
° On Instagram: .rumbi

° On Twitter: https://twitter.com/m__rumbi
° On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ichaelumbi

RUMBI'S PROJECTS:
¶ The Nairobi Nomad
¶ Just Another June Album - out now on all of Rumbi's platforms

RUMBI'S MUSE We dedicate today's posts to the masterly Rumbi. Q1. Who are you? My name is Michael Rumbi. I am an occasio...
06/07/2020

RUMBI'S MUSE

We dedicate today's posts to the masterly Rumbi.

Q1. Who are you?
My name is Michael Rumbi.
I am an occasional rapper (more and more of late), sometimes singer and everyday creative. I’ve been involved in music ever since I was young but was very inconsistent with it.
I started taking it a lot more seriously when I founded Rozzi@Work in 2016 and branched into solo work after I moved to South Africa. There I brought together my instrumental and song-writing abilities, eventually adding production.
Outside of music, I’m currently studying – wrapping up my undergrad. I also help out my artist friends with some their music admin.

Q2. What is Music to you?
Music is something that conveys emotion, and that’s probably why I fell in love with it, first as a listener and eventually as a creator.
The ability to share how I feel, or evoke something from within has always amazed me. I make music that’s meant to be felt.

CONNECT WITH RUMBI:
° On Facebook: Rumbi Michael https://www.facebook.com/thenairobinomad
° On Instagram: .rumbi

° On Twitter: https://twitter.com/m__rumbi
° On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ichaelumbi

RUMBI'S PROJECTS:
¶ The Nairobi Nomad
¶ Just Another June Album - out now on all of Rumbi's platforms

03/07/2020

Happy Friday, people!

We are grateful for the chance to bring you amazing music to start the weekend off on a good note.
We look forward to sharing with you another amazing gem by the dedicated titled "Chasing Dreams".

It'll be live soon, and we hope you'll love it as much as we do. :)

Do feel free to show Bmixx some love on his pages, and visit the link in our bio for more!

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Q5. In your opinion and experience, what do you think music should be to people?I'm not going to put myself in a positio...
01/07/2020

Q5. In your opinion and experience, what do you think music should be to people?
I'm not going to put myself in a position where I dictate what music should be to them. Like I said, it's a very highly personal thing. I think we should allow music to be whatever it means to each individual person.
But I will say that all the things listed that could potentially be things to people are really good things. So, music is all of the above and more.

CONNECT WITH TETU:
° On Facebook: Tetu Shani
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° On YouTube: Tetu Shani https://www.youtube.com/user/juuyes

VIEW OUR COLLABORATIONS WITH TETU:
¬ Hold It Steady by Tetu Shani
https://youtu.be/b-HoKIBAlQg
¬ Round and Round by Tetu Shani
https://youtu.be/cAAwhvtHp-o
¬ Samalina by Tetu Shani
https://youtu.be/7089DqD3K1Q

Q3. How has your journey in music been thus far? My journey in music do far has been a treacherous one. I see my journey...
30/06/2020

Q3. How has your journey in music been thus far?
My journey in music do far has been a treacherous one. I see my journey as sort of this epic kind of pilgrimage, kind of like Lord of the Rings. And I think that's such an accurate or rather appropriate analogy because music is such a marathon, it's such a long term thing. At least if you're planning on making a living from it.
My journey has been frustrating. A lot of my journey had been me sort of feeling that I should be much further along than I am. A lot of the journey has been wondering why more people are yet to interact with my music, but I choose to take it in stride, just do what I love and hope for more growth as I move along.

Q4. Where do you hope music will have taken you in the next few years, or how do you hope or see it benefitting you as a wholesome individual?
I'd just like to achieve greatest impact. In a few years I'd like to be playing for an audience of 10,000 people plus, and I've been making very deliberate steps to achieve that goal.

CONNECT WITH TETU:
° On Facebook: Tetu Shani
° On Instagram:
° On Twitter:
° On YouTube: Tetu Shani https://www.youtube.com/user/juuyes

VIEW OUR COLLABORATIONS WITH TETU:
¬ Hold It Steady by Tetu Shani
https://youtu.be/b-HoKIBAlQg
¬ Round and Round by Tetu Shani
https://youtu.be/cAAwhvtHp-o
¬ Samalina by Tetu Shani
https://youtu.be/7089DqD3K1Q

TETU'S MUSEWe dedicate today's posts to the brilliant Tetu Shani. Q1. Who are you? I am Tetu Shani, a Kenyan performing ...
29/06/2020

TETU'S MUSE

We dedicate today's posts to the brilliant Tetu Shani.

Q1. Who are you?
I am Tetu Shani, a Kenyan performing artist, singer- songwriter, Self- taught percussionist and guitarist. I have had the honor of featuring in the Global Music Awards 2017, CNN African Voices and Best Live Band Sondeka Awards 2018.
More importantly, I am a son, brother, husband, father and friend.

Q2. What is Music to you?
Music, to me, is many things. Though my music can be defined as Urban Folk, I personally don't think music was ever meant to be one thing. It's self expression. It's the way that I challenge myself. Music is healing. Music is very, very catered to the individual. Music is universal - every culture and people has a form of music.

CONNECT WITH TETU:
° On Facebook: Tetu Shani
° On Instagram:
° On Twitter:
° On YouTube: Tetu Shani https://www.youtube.com/user/juuyes

VIEW OUR COLLABORATIONS WITH TETU:
¬ Hold It Steady by Tetu Shani
https://youtu.be/b-HoKIBAlQg
¬ Round and Round by Tetu Shani
https://youtu.be/cAAwhvtHp-o
¬ Samalina by Tetu Shani
https://youtu.be/7089DqD3K1Q

Hello, good people. :) We hope you're keeping warm and safe during these interesting days. Within the course of the next...
26/06/2020

Hello, good people. :)

We hope you're keeping warm and safe during these interesting days.
Within the course of the next few weeks, we will launch a segment where we celebrate artists who we have had the pleasure of working with, and some who we hope to work with in future.

The segment will be titled 'Muse Sessions' because of the fact that music as an artform requires inspiration to fuel it. Each artist is uniquely different, and we would like to share with you each musician's form of inspiration and outlook on music, from a personal perspective.

We hope to give each of you a chance to know the gifted artists behind their equally splendid hits, and reaffirm the fact that good music, and good musicians, are still very much present among us.

We hope you'll love it!

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"Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul".¬ PlatoThere is much truth in this, especially in s...
24/06/2020

"Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul".
¬ Plato

There is much truth in this, especially in such times as these.
We are glad that art in its fullness is our companion, and that we can find joy in it.

Happy midweek, people!
Feel free to enjoy good music with us via our YouTube channel. :)

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Dear amazing individuals,RE: THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT! We dedicate this post to you, to thank each and every one of you...
22/06/2020

Dear amazing individuals,

RE: THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT!

We dedicate this post to you, to thank each and every one of you for continually supporting us by liking our posts, following our pages and subscribing to our channel.
We also cannot forget the more than superb artists we have the grace and privilege of working with, because without you we would not have come as far as we have. :)
All of you, and the love of music, are why we do what we do!

So, thank you all so much, and we look forward to sharing more and more amazing music with you!
We appreciate you!
Cheers!

Yours truly,
The Rata Project. ❤️

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