UGANDA: Producer Monday Featuring Paddy Man

Paddy Kayiwa Mukasa 

Also known as Paddy Man he is one of Uganda’s prominent producers he won producer of the year in 2011 Pam Awards and in 2010 when Beanie Man  visited Uganda and chose to make a song with Jose Chameleon, Paddy Man recorded the song with Drain based in Jamaica. Which he found very disturbing as he stated,

“It was so disorganized; the studio was congested with people. Everyone wanted to have a handshake with Beenie Man. I was in studio but I felt I was on the streets. We did the song in Dream Studios but people came from town to see Beenie Man. In fact, he came in a convoy, guys really respected him. Jose had gotten him hurriedly because he is an international star who wasn’t around for long, and we ended up recording everything he said. Every artiste had faults and that’s why that song took us one or two months to produce and release.”

His contribution in the music industry is really massive. He started production in 2006 from Kasiwukira studio before joining Dream studios in 2008. He then crossed to Fire Records in 2011 before he started his own studio, Audio 1. Paddy Man has worked on most of the big hits in the country. He was an integral member of the production team behind Bobi Wine’s Kiwani, Bada, and Carolina albums. He also worked on Dr. Jose Chameleone’s Basima Ogenze, Mukisa Gwo, Valu Valu, and now Badilisha hits. Among others, he also did Pain Killer by Aziz, Abakyala Bazila by Jamal, Iryn Namubiru’s Begombeko, Kawoowo, Birowozo and Tebibingi. He has also produced for Pastor Wilson Bugembe, Julie Mutesasira, Judith Babirye and Samalie Matovu. Some of the commercials he has done include Moto Moto and Movit radio jingles. He owns Audio 1 studios in Makindye.  

Professionally, it all started as a result of playing the Keyboard in Church and many artists started asking him to play for them the keyboard during music productions.

He said,

“I respect music of any style. I am not circled into one style and I would not refer to myself as an Rn’b producer, hip hop producer, reggae or ragga producer. I listen to a lot of music of different genres for example Basiima Ogenze was a new style I produced. It wasn’t local and not urban but in between. And I respect every artiste the way they come.”
Some of his first productions were Maama Mbiire by Bobi Wine and Juliana Kanyomozi and Kankutendereze by Mesach Semakula. That’s when people realised he could do something with their music.