Umuhanzi w’Umunyarwanda Ray G, uzwi cyane mu ndirimbo ziganjemo urukundo n’imitoma ikora ku mutima, yongeye gushimangira ko impamvu akora umuziki atari amafaranga, ahubwo ari ugutanga ubutumwa buvuye ku Mana no guhumuriza imitima y’abamwumva.
Mu kiganiro yagiranye n’itangazamakuru nyuma yo kumurika EP ye nshya mu mpera z’icyumweru gishize, Ray G yasobanuye ko umuziki we wubakiye ku mpamvu ifatika n’urukundo afitiye iki gikorwa aho kuba irushanwa cyangwa isoko ry’ubucuruzi gusa.
“Nkora umuziki si ukugira ngo mbone amafaranga gusa. Nkora umuziki kugira ngo nshyire hanze ibyo Imana yanshyizemo. Kuri njye, umuziki si irushanwa; ni ubuhanzi. Ukoze ubuhanzi bwawe, ugasangira n’abandi, abantu bakishima,” niko Ray G yabitangaje.
Uyu muhanzi ukunzwe cyane mu karere k’Amajyepfo n’Uburengerazuba bw’u Rwanda, yavuze ko nubwo ataragera ku rwego mpuzamahanga nk’uko benshi babyifuza, ashimira cyane inkunga akomeje guhabwa n’Abanyarwanda b’ingeri zose.
“Njye ndi ku byo Imana yanshyizemo, ntabwo ndi ku mafaranga. Amafaranga aza binyuze mu gutumirwa mu bitaramo, aho ushobora kugena igiciro, ariko ntukagire aho wivanga hose rimwe, ngo uragurisha izina.”
Ray G kandi yashimiye uburyo abantu bamwumvise mu mishinga yagiye akorana n’abandi bahanzi, cyane cyane ubwo baherukaga gufatanya na Bruce Melodie, umwe mu bahanzi bakomeye mu Rwanda muri iki gihe. Yagize ati:
“Bruce Melodie ni umwe mu bahanzi b’abahanga, gukorana na we byari ishema rikomeye. Twahuje imbaraga dushyira hanze igihangano abantu bagikunze cyane, ibyo ni byo binyereka ko ubufatanye bufite umumaro kurusha guhangana.”
Indirimbo baherutse gukorana yitwa “Nyuma Yawe”, yaje ishimangira ko bombi bafite ubushobozi bwo guhuza inganzo zabo n’amajwi atandukanye, bagatanga igihangano gifite ireme, kandi gikora ku mutima.
Ray G yanasobanuye ko umuziki nyawo utagomba gushingira ku nyungu gusa, ahubwo ugomba gushingira ku mpano no ku butumwa. Yagize ati:
“Amafaranga ni ingenzi, ariko ntabwo ari yo muyoboro wa mbere. Impano ni yo ituma ugira umwihariko. Iyo uyikoresheje neza, amafaranga aza akurikira, ariko si yo agomba kuyobora igihangano cyawe.”
Uyu muhanzi kandi yagarutse ku buryo umuhanzi ashobora kugira ubuzima bwiza mu rugendo rwe rwa muzika, igihe cyose yubakiye ku byo yahawe n’Imana aho gushyira imbere amaronko.
Ray G yahamije ko adashyigikiye igitekerezo cy’uko umuziki ugomba kuba amarushanwa hagati y’abahanzi. Yavuze ko ibyo bibangamira iterambere ry’umuziki nyarwanda, kuko abahanzi bahora mu matiku aho guhanga ibihangano bifasha abantu.
“Ushobora gukorana na mugenzi wawe mukabyara igihangano gikomeye, aho guhangana ngo ndebe uwurusha undi. Ni yo mpamvu mpora nshishikariza abahanzi kugendera kuri gahunda y’ubufatanye kurusha irushanwa.”
Ibi bijyanye n’ihame akenshi akunda kugarukaho, aho avuga ko umuziki si isoko, ahubwo ari igice cy’ubuzima aho umuntu ashyira hanze ibimurimo, akabisangira n’abandi.
Yatanze urugero rw’uko akenshi abahanzi bashobora guhurira ku gitekerezo kimwe, bakagihuza, bikabyara indirimbo ikomeye. Yagize ati:
“Iyo ukorana n’undi muhanzi mukuzuzanya, bitanga ibihangano bifite uburemere kurusha iyo utekereza guhangana. Umuziki ni igikoresho cyo gusangira ibyiyumvo, si icy’ubucuruzi gusa.”
Ashimira abafana be mu gihugu hose
Nubwo Ray G akenshi agaragara cyane mu bikorwa byo mu Ntara y’Iburengerazuba, yemeza ko ibihangano bye byamaze kugera hose mu gihugu, ndetse no mu mahanga, kandi ashimira cyane uburyo abantu bamushyigikiye.
“Hari ubwo abantu bavuga ko ndi ‘regional artist’, ariko njye mbibona ukundi. Indirimbo zanjye zicurangwa hose, abantu bazumva ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, ku mateleviziyo, no ku maradiyo. Iyo ubona ibyo, wumva ko ibikorwa byawe birenze akarere.”
Ray G yasabye abafana gukomeza kumushyigikira, ariko cyane cyane abasaba kumva ibihangano bye batitaye ku byo abandi bavuga, ahubwo bagasobanukirwa n’ubutumwa buri mu ndirimbo ze.
“Nkora indirimbo ziganjemo urukundo, imbabazi, guhumuriza. Iyo umuntu yumvise ibyo akabyinjiramo, aba afashe ingingo y’ubuzima ikomeye. Abahanzi dufite inshingano yo gufasha abantu binyuze mu buhanzi.”
Yiteguye gukorana n’abandi bahanzi benshi
Ray G yavuze ko umuryango w’ubufatanye ukiri mugari, kandi ko yiteguye gukorana n’abandi bahanzi bo mu Rwanda ndetse no hanze yarwo, igihe cyose igitekerezo kizaba gifite icyerekezo gifatika.
Yongeyeho ko nta rwikekwe agira kuri bagenzi be, ahubwo ahora yifuza guhuza imbaraga n’abafite intego n’inganzo isobanutse.
“Sinzigera mfungira umuryango uwo ari we wese. Nkunda ubufatanye, nkunda guhanga udushya. Icyo nshyira imbere ni ukureba niba igitekerezo gifite umumaro. Nubwo yaba ari umuhanzi ukizamuka, igihe afite ubuhanga n’icyerekezo, turakorana.”
Icyerekezo cye gishingiye ku ndangagaciro
Ray G ashimangira ko umuziki we wubakiye ku ndangagaciro z’umuco nyarwanda, kubaha Imana, n’urukundo afitiye igihugu. Yifuza ko n’ibihangano bye bizakomeza gutanga ubutumwa bwubaka sosiyete.
“Umuco wacu ugira byinshi utwigisha. Ni cyo gituma nkora indirimbo zitambutse gusa ku rukundo rw’abantu, ahubwo zikagusha no ku rukundo rwa muntu ku Mana, ku gihugu, n’ubumuntu muri rusange.”
Ray G akomeje kwerekana ko atari umuhanzi ushishikajwe gusa no gushaka amafaranga, ahubwo ko afite intego ndende: gutanga ubutumwa, guha abantu ibyishimo, no kubaka sosiyete binyuze mu bihangano. Ubufatanye bwe na Bruce Melodie ni intambwe ikomeye igaragaza icyerekezo gishingiye ku nganzo n’ubufatanye, aho guhangana.
Mu gihe abandi benshi bishora mu irushanwa ridafite umumaro, Ray G ahitamo inzira yo guharanira ubusabane n’iterambere rishingiye ku ndangagaciro z’ukuri, agasiga ubutumwa buzahora bunyura imitima y’abamwumva.
