All this time PraiseVoice has been broadcasting on a bitrate of 40kbps at 22040Hz mono. This is was mainly due to the fact that we had a large audience of users in areas without access to broadband Internet connectivity. As the Internet ages and the broadband technology reaches more areas previously not covered, statistics show us that a large number of our listeners now use connections strong enough to support 60Kbps at 22040HZ Stereo!! As of today, February 1st 2012, we are increasing the bitrate connection to  60Kbps at 22040HZ Stereo!

1) Higher sound quality

The higher the bitrate, the better the stream sound quality. This is simply due to the fact that a higher bitrate means lower compression rate which in return translates into “better quality”. This feature had been requested by many users in past years. However, as I explained earlier on, to accommodate everyone else in areas  not covered by broadband, we held it  off for a while.

2) Smartphone era!

Three weeks ago, I was traveling by bus and listened to PraiseVoice radio all the way on my android smartphone. Like many android, iphone blackberry users, we can surf the web on the go. PraiseVoice has been revamped to work on smartphones. If you want to listen to PraiseVoice on android, you need an app that can read .pls files. We recommend winamp for  android. If you use iphone, itunes  is  just  fine. A higher bitrate is preferable on smartphones than small ones for the simple reason of quality.

All this in the sole effort to provide our visitors with a good gospel music experience.

Wewe ni Bwana juu ya mabwana
You are the Lord of lords
ufalme wako wadumu milele,
Your kingdom is forever
Wewe ni Bwana juu ya mabwana
You are the Lord of lords
umetukuka milele Amina!
You are forever glorious, Amen!

Ukatoka juu mbinguni ukaja hapa duniani
You came from Heaven to Earth
ukamwanga damu Kalivari ili nipate kukombolewa.
and shade your blood at Calvary, so I may be free
Na nimeokoka nimeoshwa dhambi nimekuwa safi nitakusifu milele na milele ne milele.
I have been saved, my sins are washed away, I am clean I’ll praise you foreever and ever.

Majaribu yaja, shida nazo zaja kila siku ni katika vita
Trials and temptations hurl, everyday I am fighting
adui hatasika kunimaliza nami nimeuona mkono wa Yesu
the ennemy will not hesitate to end my life, but the hand of Jesus I have seen
Msada wangu, tegemeo langu mwamba imara kwake nasimama
He’s my help, my strong tower, I am firm with Him
nimeweka imani kwa Yule aliye muaminifu
I put my trust in the Fiathful One!

Sema namiii
Talk to me, oh Lord…

Hakuna kama  wewe, akuna ajazaye Roho, wadumu….Baba milele na milele,…
There’s none like you, who can fill my Soul, [you reign] forever father,…

As it is clearly stated on the who we are page, praisevoice.com and ishimwe.com are really about nothing else but Gospel music. That is the music style we chose because it is the only style that we are passionate about. As many way wonder, the simple answer that it is simply because it is the only kind of music that seems to carry some tangible life in it! I won’t in details about that, but I should mention that while Rock and roll, reggae, hip hop,… all have some reason to be and people to listen to them, Gospel music is the only music  genre that really touches the soul. This is a personal choice and it is not arguable, at least not in the interest to change things around. We built our services around that idea and that is pretty much that!

So, I encourage all of you who have stood with you since 2004 to continue showing your support and moral standing with me in this task assigned. This summer 2011, in Sherbrooke, Quebec we will have the first “Joshua generation” gathering, in which PraiseVoice and ISHIMWE.com will play a big part! Stay tuned and more will be posted here!

Be blessed and let’s get together and praise the Lord!

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First of all, praisevoice.com  has been revamped to provide a better user experience and enhance interactivity between users and management. The main idea is to build a virtual family around “world gospel Music”. In this post I will cover a few davantages of using praisevoice services.

1. Meet other Gospel enthusiasts
   If you hav e visited praisevoice recently (or ishimwe.com  for that matter) you probably realized that you can now connect with other people who share the same passion with you about gospel music, especially from Africa.
2. A good opportunity to promote your services for free.
   This may sound cliché, but it shouldn’t. We all would like to let the world know more about what do in a way or another. For instance, if it’s a choir based in Gitarama – Rwanda for instance, it wouldn’t hurt to let those in Canada what you’ve been up to. Would it? So, why not start a group. It is free and you have total control over what can be done in that group such us who can join, what  kind of forums to have and so on. This is a good opportunity to let the world know about yourself and what you do. PraiseVoice is crawled by Google on average every 8 hours. This means you can undoubtedly be sure that not only will your content be shared and propagated throughout the net fast, it is done in a way to make it unique!
3. A good opportunity to help
   I might have started PraiseVoice and ishimwe, but I am not alone in this ministry. I don’t mind input from others. Once you log in your account you have a chance to share what you think about PraiseVoice and what you would like to see changed. This helps not only you, but also everyone else  ina way or another. So, please do log in ! For instance, how do you see praiseVoice radio? What would you like to see changed?

While the management is doing all possible to make PraiseVoice a more user friendly and interesting baord, you have a say in it too. So, speak up and let the world know you were here!

Back in 2005, when I created PraiseVoice, I was hoping to bring together all those “world gospel Music enthusiasts” to a common ground where we can share the music and other ideas. For instance, a place where artists meet listeners. The recent changes at PraiseVoice aimed at making it and ishimwe.com a more “socially involved” community. The idea was to make the PraiseVoice community that has been growing remarkably over the past years, interact more.

In the past few weeks the response has been positive with more participation both from the administration of the site and the general Public. For instance, in the last three weeks the amount of data shared between users is more than double the amount shared on the entire site in the entire month of May! !!

In the end the change was necessary and it has proved worth it so far!

As I was roaming the net today, I came across this beautiful song and thought of sharing it with others especially on praisevoice. It gave me some push forward and hope you will be encouraged as well as you listen to it and ponder the meaning behind the melody.

God is in control by Twila Paris

This is no time for fear
This is a time for faith and determination
Don’t lose the vision here
Carried away by emotion
Hold on to all that you hide in your heart
There is one thing that has always been true
It holds the world together

God is in control
We believe that His children will not be forsaken
God is in control
We will choose to remember and never be shaken
There is no power above or beside Him, we know
God is in control, oh God is in control

History marches on
There is a bottom line drawn across the ages
Culture can make its plan
Oh, but the line never changes
No matter how the deception may fly
There is one thing that has always been true
It will be true forever

He has never let you down
Why start to worry now?
He is still the Lord of all we see
And He is still the loving Father
Watching over you and me

watching over you…watching over me..
watching over every things..
watching over you..watching over me..
every little sparrow..every little things…