Since the outbreak of Covid-19, one can easily notice how recording studios have increased in number.

Many might credit it to the pandemic, but renowned music producer Kina Beat real name Clement Nshimiyimana, believes that the reason behind it has to do with the rising number of artistes in Rwanda.

He says that when more players join the industry, it gives a high demand to producers and studios as well.

"In the past two years, Rwanda’s music industry experienced an increase in musicians which is one of the things uplifting our music,” said Kina Beat.

He explained that more players in the industry comes with the addition of studios and producers because five or ten producers can’t deliver for the whole music industry at once.

To him, the merging of new music genres in Rwanda like Drill and Afro pop also contributed a lot in the increase of music studios.

According to Element Pro, one of the top producers in Rwanda from Country Records, studios are profitable businesses, which is why they are gaining more players.

The ‘Saa Moya’ producer told The New Times that it is not only music, but that all proceeding businesses are likely to experience a boost.

"People have already started trusting music as something which can provide sustainable income. This made investors trust the industry and start to pour in money.”

In addition, he says that competition also is one of the leading reasons that are causing the opening of studios day by day.

For Dany Beats, a producer based in Kigali, the development of the country also pushed other sectors to grow, including music.

"Our country is developing at a good pace, which is why our music industry is at the top now.”

"Rwandans have started trusting music more than ever, as opposed to the past when it was seen as a career for dropouts. From that, people are now open to the idea of starting studios or doing production,” he added.

Alex Muyobocye, managing director of Ishushu Ltd which owns a recording studio, attributes the increase of studios to the rise of the creative industry in Rwanda.

He gave an example of how before, a song could take a month in a studio because of the absence of enough studios.

In addition he says that, by solving such issues, many producers emerged and started their own studios to stop traffic in the music industry.

"Music schools also made it easy for new studios to open, because there are skilled graduates who could deliver the best sound,” he says.

Chrisy Neat Beat, one of the few female producers that we have in Rwanda believes that Rwandans have adopted advanced beliefs towards music.

Different people including females are now free to join the creative industry and do what seemed to belong to the other gender, according to Chrisy Neat Beat.

"I can’t say that there are many, but I can assure that there will be even many more studios in the future” she adds.