It’s been a long time since we launched the PraiseVoice Radio. Time and again visitors have expressed the will to have a choice of the music they listen to and we have listened. You can now listen to PraiseVoice music on-demand. That is, you can choose  the songs you want to listen to anytime 24/7!

Procedure:

1. Log in/Register

   The PraiseVoice Ondemand music is available for free. To access the player, make sure you are logged in, otherwise the system will ask you to do so. If you haven’t registered, please do so by visiting our signup page and keeping in mind the same login usernames and passwords are the same  for ishimwe.com as well.

2. Enjoy!

   Once you have registered, simply log in and enjoy the music.

If you have any questions, concerns or comments, please let us know by using the form on the ondemand page directly, or use our contact page.

Praisevoice has not stopped broadcasting! For security reasons, it is necessary to change once in a while the structure of broadcasting, but the broadcasting files are the same. You can visit praisevoice Radio and follow the links there as given. No shortcuts!

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Just a quick note for those in the Washington, DC area about a concert by the legendary Nick Ngendahayo, Mr “NIWE”. Below are the details of the event:

Note from the organizers: “Just as god calls for the water to evaporate so that it canrain, He calls for us to praise Him so that He can pour out His blessings”

As far as Rwandese Gospel is concerned, the song “Ni iki watanze” went in history as one of the “living classics”, mainly because of its strong message about this life on earth. In the 1990′s the war was raging in the North of the country. Chorale Abagenzi interpreted the song ni iki watanze, to remind people we are just pilgrims on this planet.

Yewe mwana wa Adamu, uriho ugihumeka, mbese ntiwashimira Imana ikugejeje
Oh Son of man, wouldn’t you thank God who guards and sustains you?
aya magingo?
Abasore beza bitondaga, ba bandi beza b’imigenda abo wari uzi n’abo utamenye,
Some of the Handsome and serious young men have come and gone
bagiye ureba wumva ugenda.
and yet you survived.

Ni iki watanze mwana wa Adamu cyatumye urindwa bigeze aho
What have you given oh son of man, so you could be protected
Menya ko ari ubuntu wagiriwe, ngaho nawe ujye ushima uwo Mwami.
It is nothing but grace, so give thanks to the Lord.

Wakoze ibibi mugenzi bibaza umuremyi wawe
You’ve done evil and grieved your saviour
nyamara aracyakurinze kuko agufitiye umugambi
but He still keeps you because he has a purpose for you.
Abakobwa beza bitondaga bamwe barinze ubwari bwabo, abo wari uzi n’abo utamenye,
Beautiful and lovely girls, who minded their youthful ways
bagiye ureba wumva ugenda.
Have come and gone, and yet you survived.

Ntacyo twatanze ngo turambe, ntawaguze ayo mahirwe
We did not give anything to live this long, one of us bought that chance
kuko nabo si kubw’abo kuko ntawanga kuramuka
Even those who no longer are, wanted to stay one more day.
Abagore beza bitondaga, bari imitima y’ingo zabo, abo wari uzi n’abo utamenye Beautiful women who were the hearts of their households,
bagiye ureba wumva ugenda.
have come and gone, and yet you survived.

ABO mu rungano rwawe, BAMWE ntabwo bakiriho nyamara abenshi
Some of your age are no more, and yet many of them
muribo bakurushaga ubutungane.
were more righteous than you.
Abagabo beza bitondaga bazi gucunga iby’ingo zabo abo wari uzi n’abo utamenye
Good men who managed well their households
bagiye ureba wumva ugenda.
have come and gone and yet you survived.

The translation may not have as much of an impact as the original message, but the message spans through generations because every second of our life, we are luckier than someone else to some extend. Do we take the time to think about this amazing grace of being alive? From my understanding, it is the only reason people kill each other, steal or cause other harm to their fellow humans because they don’t grasp the idea that being alive is a gift. So, how special do you think you are that God keeps you alive?

This question has come up more often than any other. It seems many people wish for something like a jukebox where you select a song to listen to. This is a great idea and we have such a jukebox too, but why the radio? To answer this question in the best way possible, it is necessary to explain between “on demand” and “live streaming” technologies both used to listen to music online. This obviously determines the technology of choice.

• On demand technology allows you play a music or video file only when you suits you to. It will be the same file for all listerners even if they opened it at different times. That is, if user A in France clicks on the link for file “Silent night” at 6:00 pm GMT, it will play from the beginning (or designated start time) and can be stopped anytime. The same will apply to user B in USA say at 11: 00 PM GMT. Notice that the user experience is independent of the webmaster’s intervention in this case.
• On the other hand, Live streaming works almost the same as traditional radio or TV transmission (at least conceptually). The program to be listened to is controlled by an individual (or a group of individuals) remotely and whatever changes is carried out by the presenter affects all users. For instance, if user A connects at 6:00 PM GMT and user B comes at 7:00 PM GMT, the latter will be forced to pick from where the former already is (position of stream at server). Much the same way in traditional Radio transmission. I will not go in the specifics of the technology itself, given the scope of this post.

Now, what was the big idea with the Radio? Does it give a better user experience that a self serve setting? Certainly, or not depending on how you look at it. When I created praiseVoice I was excited about sharing the music but I was also concerned with copyright infringement. The Radio reduces the risk of piracy remarkably. The Reason follows from the explanation above because streaming technology doesn’t give the user much of a choice as of what they can do with files. As a matter of fact, in streaming technology you are given access to the server but not the files. On demand you enjoy the benefit of accessing both. Another benefit of “Radio” over whatever else the user wants is uniformity. While someone may argue it’s a good idea to let people do whatever they want, it is also a good idea to do things together. So, if there are 25 listeners worldwide at any given time listening to the same song, chances are they will more than likely pray, think about, read about, . . . the same topic. Of course this has its limitations and that’s why there’s the PraiseVoice On demand. Briefly as security is concerned, streaming is the best choice.

Biologically speaking, our body is nothing more than a transformation of the food we eat, drinks we take and the air we breathe. Without going into details about these processes though – because it ain’t the point of this topic- our overall feeling depends in more than 80% to the combinations of these three, because other factors such as beliefs, sport activities and how we are treated by our peers and family may play a part in how we feel. Read the rest of this entry →