Hari igihe umuntu ava iwabo ashaka ubumenyi, amahirwe mashya
n’uburyo bwo kugera ku nzozi ze, ariko urugendo rwo kubigeraho rukamujyana kure
y’aho yakuriye. Ku bandi, ni urugendo rwo kwagura impano no kumenya uko isi
ikora. Ray P Mastertouch na we ni umwe mu banyuze muri uru rugendo, aho yamaze
imyaka irenga 10 muri Kenya, ahuza kwiga n’akazi ko gutunganya indirimbo.
Uyu mugabo umaze imyaka isaga 19 ari mu rugendo rw’umuziki
nk’utunganya indirimbo, avuga ko 2026 ari umwaka wihariye kuri we, kuko yongeye
kubona amahirwe yo gukorera mu gihugu cye, agakorana n’abahanzi nyarwanda
ndetse n’abandi bantu asangiye na bo umuco n’ururimi.
Mu kiganiro yagiranye na InyaRwanda, Ray P yavuze ko
gusobanura uko yiyumva muri uyu mwaka bimusaba amagambo menshi, bitewe
n’ibisobanuro kugaruka mu Rwanda bimufitiye.
Yagize ati: “Uyu mwaka kuwusobanura bishobora gutwara igihe
kinini, kuko birashoboka ko ari wo mwaka wonyine naba maze hano mu gihugu
cyanjye, nyuma y’imyaka 10 ishize. Ni umwaka udasanzwe kuri njye, ndi kumwe
n’Abanyarwanda bagenzi banjye, ndi kumwe n’abavandimwe, ni umugisha rwose kuri
njye.”
Iyi mvugo igaragaza ko kuri we, kugaruka mu Rwanda atari
uguhindura gusa aho akorera, ahubwo ari n’umwanya wo kongera kubana n’abo
asangiye na bo igihugu, no gukomeza umwuga yatangiye mu myaka yashize.
Ray P Mastertouch avuga ko imyaka yamaze muri Kenya
yayikoresheje mu bikorwa bitandukanye, birimo gukurikirana amasomo no
gutunganya indirimbo z’abahanzi baho. Yari atuye i Nairobi, umujyi uzwiho kuba
ihuriro ry’ubucuruzi n’imyidagaduro muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba.
Yasobanuye ko urugendo rwe rutari urwo kujya muri Kenya ngo
ahagarike umuziki, ahubwo ko yakomeje kuwukora, nubwo hari igihe amasomo
n’ibindi bikorwa byamusabaga kwita ku bindi.
Ati: “Nari ndimo gushakisha nk’undi mugabo wese. Ntabwo nari
ndi mu Rwanda, nari mu Mujyi wa Nairobi mu gihugu cya Kenya.”
Yongeraho ko akigera muri Kenya yahise akomeza ibikorwa byo
gutunganya indirimbo, mbere y’uko yerekeza cyane ku masomo no mu bindi bikorwa
byari bimufitiye akamaro.
Ati: “Nka ‘Producer’ nakoze indirimbo nyinshi cyane cyane
nkigerayo, kuko nyigerayo nahise nkora umuziki, ariko nyuma y’aho njya mu
bijyanye no kwiga, njya no mu bindi bintu bitandukanye. Gusa nakoze indirimbo
nyinshi muri Kenya.”
Mu byo yibuka muri icyo gihugu, harimo gukorana n’abahanzi
batandukanye, by’umwihariko abo mu muziki wo kuramya no guhimbaza Imana, wari
ufite umwanya ukomeye mu bikorwa bye.
Ibi bigaragaza ko nubwo yari kure y’u Rwanda, umuziki
utigeze uba ikintu yasize inyuma burundu. Yakomeje kuwukoramo, ahura n’abandi
bakora uyu mwuga kandi yunguka ubunararibonye mu isoko ritandukanye n’iryo yari
asanzwe azi.
Mu myaka yamaze i Nairobi, Ray P Mastertouch avuga ko yagize
uruhare mu bikorwa bitandukanye byo gutunganya indirimbo, anagirana umubano
n’abandi batunganya umuziki.
Mu bo yagarutseho harimo Producer Cedo, ukorana n’itsinda rya
Sauti Sol, avuga ko ari inshuti ye kandi ko bajyaga bungurana ibitekerezo ku
bijyanye no gukora indirimbo.
Yanavuze ku ruhare yagize mu bikorwa bijyanye n’indirimbo
z’umuhanzi Bahati, wari ufite aho ahuriye na Jumbo Records, cyane cyane mu
bijyanye no gucuranga no gutunganya ibice bitandukanye by’indirimbo.
Ray P anavuga ko ibikorwa bye muri Kenya byamuhuje
n’abahanzi bazwi, barimo Bien-Aimé Baraza wahoze mu itsinda rya Sauti Sol na
Joshua Baraka.
Izi ni zimwe mu ngero zigaragaza uko imyaka yamaze hanze y’u
Rwanda yamuhaye amahirwe yo gukorana n’abandi no kwagura ubumenyi bwe mu
bijyanye no gutunganya umuziki.
Amaze kugaruka i Kigali, Ray P Mastertouch yahisemo kongera
gushora imbaraga mu bikorwa byo gutunganya umuziki, ashinga studio yise Ray
Music.
Uyu mushinga uje mu gihe umuziki nyarwanda ukomeje kwaguka,
abahanzi bashaka amajwi meza n’uburyo bushya bwo gukora indirimbo zibafasha
kugera ku bakunzi babo.
Mu mezi ane ashize kuva yongeye gufungura studio ye, Ray P
avuga ko amaze gukorana n’abahanzi batandukanye, barimo Gauchi The Priest, Mr
Kagame, Diplomate, Lil John na Tuff Gang, ndetse n’abandi benshi.
Kuba amaze gukorana n’aba bahanzi mu gihe gito, bigaragaza
ko ibikorwa bye byo muri studio byongeye gufata umurongo, kandi ko yifuza
kugira uruhare mu rugendo rw’abahanzi bakorera mu Rwanda.
Ray Music kandi ni uburyo bwo gukomeza gukoresha ubumenyi
yungutse mu myaka yamaze mu bindi bihugu, akabuhuza n’impano n’ibitekerezo
by’abahanzi nyarwanda.
Ray P Mastertouch yatangiye gukora umwuga wo gutunganya
indirimbo mu 2007. Ibi bivuze ko mu 2026 amaze hafi imyaka 19 muri uyu mwuga.
Mu ntangiriro z’urugendo rwe, yakoze cyane cyane muri
Uganda, nyuma aza gukomeza ibikorwa bye mu Rwanda no mu bindi bice by’akarere.
Avuga ko yagarutse mu Rwanda mu 2010, nyuma aza kujya i
Nairobi muri Kenya mu 2014, aho yamaze imyaka myinshi akora ibikorwa
bitandukanye birimo umuziki no kwiga.
Nubwo urugendo rwe rwamujyanye mu bihugu bitandukanye,
ibikorwa bye byo gutunganya indirimbo byakomeje kuba kimwe mu bimuranga.
Mu ndirimbo zizwi yakozemo harimo “Bagupfusa Ubusa”,
yahuriyemo abahanzi benshi, ndetse na “Revolution” y’umuraperi Pacson, yamamaye
mu muziki nyarwanda.
Izi ndirimbo ni zimwe mu zigaragaza uruhare yagize mu muziki
nyarwanda, cyane cyane mu gihe umuziki w’imbere mu gihugu wakomezaga gushaka
uburyo bwo kwagura amajwi, imikorere n’uburyo bwo kugeza ibihangano ku bakunzi
bawo.
Nubwo umuziki ari wo mwuga Ray P Mastertouch amaze imyaka
myinshi akoramo, avuga ko umuryango we utigeze wishimira cyane ko awukora.
Ibyo byatumye arushaho gushyira imbaraga mu gushaka uburyo
yakomeza gukurikirana inzozi ze, nubwo atari buri gihe byabaga byoroshye.
Iyi ni imwe mu mbogamizi abantu benshi bahura na zo mu
rugendo rwo guhitamo umwuga bashaka gukora, cyane cyane iyo uwo mwuga utabonwa
kimwe n’umuryango cyangwa abantu babakikije.
Kuri Ray P, imyaka yamaze mu muziki, ingendo yakoze ndetse
n’akazi yakoreye mu bihugu bitandukanye ni ibice by’urugendo rumugejeje ku
cyemezo cyo kongera gukorera mu Rwanda.
Kugaruka kwe muri 2026 no kongera gufungura Ray Music ni
intambwe nshya mu rugendo rwe. Nyuma y’imyaka irenga 10 muri Kenya, aho
yahuzaga amasomo n’umuziki, yongeye gushyira imbaraga mu gukorana n’abahanzi bo
mu gihugu cye.
Nubwo imyaka yamaze hanze y’u Rwanda yamuhaye ubunararibonye
n’amahirwe yo gukorana n’abandi bakora umuziki, kuri we uyu mwaka ufite
igisobanuro cyihariye: kuba ari mu gihugu cye, ari kumwe n’Abanyarwanda, no
gukomeza gukora umuziki mu rugo.
Ni urugendo rwibutsa ko rimwe na rimwe kwishakisha bisaba kuva ahamenyerewe, ariko ko aho umuntu akomoka hashobora gukomeza kuba ahantu yifuza kugaruka kugira ngo yubake ibindi, akoresheje ibyo yigiye mu nzira yanyuzemo.

Ray P Mastertouch yavuze ko nyuma y’imyaka irenga 10 yamaze
muri Kenya ahuza amasomo no gutunganya indirimbo, yagarutse mu Rwanda aho
yongeye gufungura ‘studio’ ye ya Ray Music
KANDA HANO UBASHE KUREBA IKIGANIRO TWAGIRANYE NA RAY PMASTER TOUCH
