 Okay What's up everybody welcome to SPM Buzz my name is Lynn Staxon and today I have such a handsome guest I'm hanging out with Ethan. Hi, Ethan. Hi, how are you doing? I'm doing great. How are you? Great as well Gofiti, happy new year. Happy new year. It's nice to see you I'd like to introduce myself but I'd like to introduce myself So hey everybody my name is Ethan, I'm a singer, songwriter, producer and a merchant of hope I'm so happy to be here with you Merchant of hope? Ethan, I want you to take us back to when Ethan started music Okay Take us back to your journey I tried to say mother womb but professionally I've been doing music for about five years But for three of those years I signed up So I was in a band, I left the Kansas Major career in 2021 2021? Yeah, so this is basically my third year in Kansas And one of the songs that I knew you from or rather where I knew you from I hope it's not wrong Yes, talk to me about that song, you writing it and did you expect the type of reception that it got? Not really, I don't even think as a writer you just want to say that any song is a hit in the past two years So I'm really glad that after two years it's over, people love it that much But the inspiration behind it is Nileko in Love I was meeting Nileko in the end Drunk in love Drunk drunk drunk And it's such a beautiful feeling by the way So you're still in love? I'm really glad that you've experienced such a beautiful song and other songs and experiences And one of the people who really loved the song and they felt they needed to use it It's been psycho and one jiu-jitsu, how was that? I'm clearly speechless Nileko is really beautiful It's a wedding day, it's misscultivated So the fact that they chose that song to commemorate that moment In itself Nilesha just how you never really know how much your talent or your gift can touch someone else So I'm glad that after two years it's been involved in the entire process Did they like reach out to you before they use it, they asked for permission, how did that go? Yeah, they're super smooth They're super smooth with it So I was able to do it from the one jump, that's the procedure So they called me, Ben and Nileko And then Nileko Ben is super funny and I'm the same color So I called Nileko and I said it's perfect And do you think that's something other people should emulate before they go to Miami to reach out to the artist and follow the procedure? Do you think that's something that should be embraced? Definitely, I think so to a point There are times when I talk to someone else and I think it's more than what they imagine For example, I don't know But I think for content creation it's not monetized But if it's monetized and monetized it's too much It's too much for the audience But there's a chance that it's not monetized So it's not a tricky part If it's not monetized it's not a studio or a party And I really love how you write songs Do you write songs by yourself? Yes, yes So I'm mainly a songwriter Although there are times when maybe when I'm collaborating with someone Yes, definitely then Yeah But yes, I do write songs on my own From experience most of the time And most of your experiences are love You love falling in love Love is such a beautiful thing It is Even actually all emotions Even when your heart is broken If I ever get heart broken It's a beautiful thing If I ever get heart broken At least I get heart broken If I ever get heart broken I don't know It's on me But yeah, ideally all those feelings I'm able to manage to tap into them And how different is the songwriting and performance? Wow, that's a good one It's actually quite different Because the performance When it's a bit easy You're super ready for anything But anything can still happen on that day But songwriting gives you a bit more time to write And then go back and edit And performance which is happening right there So I kind of like both of them Because I'm a perfectionist So I will definitely still rehearse and get ready And also when I'm writing I change my mind Let's talk about Brandy Mina Are you guys good friends? Very We're together actually on Tuesday Oh, you are together No, no, no You guys are hanging around on Tuesday We're actually in the studio How is she as an artist? What do you like about Brandy? Brandy is extremely creative Like in the studio And there are melodies already But I feel what I really like about her Is that she is a person Aside from the musician Like who is Brandy As Brandy She's just a very Warm person She's a very nice person Because we've worked together On a certain gig we were doing last year And after that I had a chance To work with her even more Yeah And she got even closer All the people who came to the gig Let's talk about songwriting We know that most artists cannot manage You know to write songs for themselves Is that that one artist who is a very Good songwriter In Kenya? Yes, in Kenya I recommend her to chat for a bit So let's talk about Kenya Yeah, let's chat for a bit But no, no, no In Kenya Wow, she's really good But Mainstream I'd say She's like Benzo Yeah, Benzo But also with Brandy She's a tender wheelie Yeah, she's really good Have you got a chance to work with Benzo? With Benzo? No, no, no, not yet actually But we've talked a number of times So I'm glad that at least there's a conversation There's a conversation We're gonna put pressure on Benzo Benzo, if you're watching this please Make this happen We'll just do it There we go Now, it's been a long time And you have so many unreleased songs You know my favorite one, The Witness Please talk to us about The Witness The Witness is a time when I'm trying to express myself I'm in life I'm in a place where I'm in the process of my career I'm doing it intentionally So I feel it's important to be an artist To be able to do what you want And to be able to do what you want I'm a jailer I'm a jailer I'm a jailer I'm a jailer I'm a jailer I'm a jailer I'm a jailer I'm a jailer You better remember my name I put my money every day with my mouth what I said Ideally, I'm a full-time musician right now So Yes And then no longer than What do you do every time? When I'm not doing music, that's a good one I don't know if it's good or not Music is a huge part But I really do enjoy watching movies What else do I do? I swim I don't know if it's good or not But I also pretty much forget the first things I do But I also really enjoy just hanging out with my friends I spend 22 days with my friends I spend a lot of time with my friends Let's talk about your videos Your videos are very unique Like this one that you did with me, Sheryl Yeah, two of us about that video Like the whole concept Do you work on the concept alone? I'm really big on collaborations I really enjoy working with people So most of the time I'm the director I have ideas And then we try to match them But it's always just you Always be alone But after that exact video We do the same process Where exactly should we classify your genre? Are you open to working with other people? You mean like different genres Yeah, you know what I mean Okay, let me be very frank I have a very particular kind of music So I'd definitely be willing to work with anyone I'm too young to make sure To be able to come correct And to me To me I can take So I guess that's very important Yeah, very important But my genre I don't know I don't know how to say it in a box But it's definitely Afro fusion or Afro pop Yeah And when I listen to your sound To say I can classify you For example, Bensol, Nviri Like just how you bring out the loveless When I listen to Nviri, I feel like I'm in love songs at a school of heartbreaks You can say Nviri You can say anything you want Yeah, talk to us about Nviri Like is Nviri someone you can work with? Yeah, yeah, yeah Actually The entire Sojourn Yeah Because they are really good people And they are really good artists Yeah So I'd say I can work with them And luckily When I listen to them I get to drink Yeah But there are conversations There are conversations I get to drink Yeah, previously You had said that To record label How different is it being An independent artist? I think Any independent artist would really Agree that The main problem is to do Yeah You can label You can label it I've been shooting videos On Sundays I've been in the studio Yeah But then now that I am Doing it alone Yeah Sandals and other things Are really hard Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah I think that's the main one To be honest Yeah And let's also come to social media Yeah You came around during COVID At least not Tik Tok Famous, you know, YouTubers Famous Social media platforms with famous Yeah Do you think like right now It's easier to put out songs Than to present these platforms? Yeah If it's easier to put out songs Um Well, it's definitely easier To create songs right now Yeah But the fact that What's going on as I do Mm-hmm Saturation Exactly Yeah So in a mature There's more work to be done Mm-hmm But I feel like It's a I don't even think There's a better time For an artist to come It's a lot easier Yeah Mm-hmm 2023 So 2022 is the release album Yeah So I feel like this year There will be more singles To be back to back Collaboration Is WITNESS part of it? Possibly I mean Since we mentioned Maratha To Itabidi Itabidi Yeah But there are A lot of singles That I don't know Actually before I couldn't take up a scout for a location Oh wow Yeah, we're shooting Itabidi Yeah But there are videos to shoot on Sunday Yeah And just more Mm-hmm Consistency Consistency Yeah Hey guys That was such an interesting Convalescent Ethan Bart Before we finish We'll talk about Socials Okay So On Instagram On Twitter On TikTok On YouTube It's all Ethan Musiki M-U-Z-I-K-I Musiki Yeah Alright guys That was Ethan Musiki Please Please go listen to his music Hey Music Director Atakata Listen to his music Make sure you subscribe to his YouTube channel Na Akitoa Singles Hit 2023 Please Make sure you Thank you so much Ethan for gracing our screen today My name is Liz Jackson See you on the next one Yeah Bart Bart Bart Bart Bart Bart Bart