When musician A Pass came out to request music stakeholders to stand as one and fight against the kind of foolery (as he so believes) that is going on the music industry, this sparked an entirely big discussion online as music stakeholders are now out here trying to find possible measures for music that is released to the public.
While very many people are in favor of a regulation in the Ugandan music industry, there are a few people that prefer the free flow that has been going on for a while now. There are a few music stakeholders that are in agreement with A Pass, stating that Ugandan music is losing value because creatives are suffering a huge blow as their music is no longer being heard.
They argue that music lovers focus more on music that is totally in educative and unhinged yet it is not even Internationally marketable. There are a few music stake holders however that are of the view that music lovers are the ones that choose the music they want to consume so it is no one’s fault and gate keeping the music industry has nothing to do with consumer preferences.
DJ Nimrod for one believes that it is music lovers that choose exactly what they want to listen to because if everyone is given an opportunity to release music, that means it is out there for people to hear so if they choose to ignore this educative music, that means they prefer the unhinged music more and no one can take that from them.
“It is all about preference. The music you may consider unhinged is what the people currently love. It is a choice that no one can influence. My brother recently came out with a 42 track album of good and educative melodies and no one even gave him an ear. People want the music you consider unserious.” He stated.
According to Nimrod, Uganda as a country is unserious so if you want to release serious music in an unserious country, that is upon you but that should not be a factor to limit people that release unserious music.
“Ugandans are unserious people. That is it. How do you expect them to listen to your serious music?” he stated.
In regards to regulating music that is circulating in the music industry, Nimrod stated that he does not advocate for a regulation in the Ugandan music industry because he would prefer it if consumers choose the kind of music they want to listen to.
“Let us not regulate the kind of music released in our industry. It is only fair to let Ugandans take their pick. That is the best way we can keep the Ugandan music industry alive.” Nimrod stated
