 Wow, just good vibes, good music. I hope we're making your Saturday a little bit better if you are having a bad and awful day, right? Thank you so much for keeping us company until now, we're here until 7 p.m. The hashtag is Rock to a 254. My name is Filin at Filinjin. And of course, you can talk at HisKills and at Y254Channel. Keep sending your requests and those messages. I'm gonna be softling them and sending some love your way at about now. I told you we had a guest in studio. Now guess what? He's a rockhead. He's a CEO. He's a music teacher. He is so many things. He barely has time, you know? But he made time for us today. I'm talking about Mr. Kamata. Well, I don't know if I should have said Mr. though, but... Ha ha ha ha ha. Mr. Kamata, okay, how should I have introduced you? As, what do people call you? Apart from Kamata, do they call you Mr. or just Kamata? They just go easy, Kamash. No! All right. It's just Saturday to make time. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Kamash, when did you know that one? You know, Kamash, don't get scared, Mom. Say, you can't go out alone in my mall. You can't go out alone in my mall and you're gonna be in a mall or in a studio and you're gonna be in a band. You're gonna be in a band. You're gonna be in a band. Hey! That one! Ha ha ha ha ha. You're gonna be in a band. You know? Ha ha ha ha ha. Well, that is the story. Thank you so much for making time, you know, just to come and talk to us. You're welcome. Thank you so much. So, how are you doing? Ah, I'm good. I'm good. I really appreciate this opportunity to be at a rock show. You know, there are so many shows I've been to before, but this is the rock show. This is the rock show. Yeah, yeah. It's different from the rock show. The rock show. Ha ha ha ha ha. It's different from other rock shows you've been to. Yeah, very different. Yeah, yeah. I've been to, you know, kind of business shows. Yes. I've mostly been in business shows. Yeah. And this is a music show. This is a rock. The rock show. Yes. Kamata, or Kamash, if you like, is behind Kamata Music School. Tell us about that. When was that founded and what was the objective behind it? Yeah, I had this passion for music. I was at the University of Nairobi when I started this. And I was studying economics, economics and sociology. And along, there was a band, there was a rock band called The Journey. Actually, that's where we met. Yeah, yeah. At The Journey. The Journey used to do rock on Friday from, you know, from like 6pm. And that's where I learned how to play rock guitar. Oh. Yeah, Akinastiv, finally. Ha ha ha ha. And you know, I learned how to play rock guitar. And yeah, later than I, you know, we got into Facebook. Facebook was kind of entering the market. Okay, well, you know, you guys talk like that. I laugh when I find out. I laugh when I just, I shout. Facebook was just like entering the market. See, see, see. I am in. You know what you say, you know what you say. And Facebook was entering the market. Yeah, it found us, it found us. How long ago, was that? So, it's called Akinastiv. We're talking about 2010. Wow. That's 10 years ago. Over there, yeah. It's been a while. Yeah, it's been a while. So, when I opened my Facebook account, I called myself Kamata Rock. Because that time, rock was kind of, there used to be rock when it's- It was a wave. There was a wave. Right now we have joined hands with Huskills and we are bringing you Rock Revolution Wave 2 So there was a wave, literally a wave, it was called Rock People started listening to Rock So you want to revolutionize that We want to bring the wave back Even bigger this time This time it's going to be big It's going to be Mpaka Masinani in your village They're going to listen to Rock So you guys are going to be telling us more about that as we get into more details Right about now we just want to know about Kamata music group Kamata himself Yeah, from Mr.Joseph Kamata himself I told you he's a CEO So now I know there are some guys who are at home, they have a passion for music They're not like really maybe good And they're wondering where are our music schools in Kenya, how do we even join one Someone looking to join, how do they even go about that This is where it starts, you've got to have the passion Yeah I have the passion Right So if you have a passion for music, you just come to Kamata music school Which is located at Queensway That's why we teach you from the basics of how to hold a guitar, play a guitar We work on your voice We guys would like to become music producers, we teach music producers Actually that's our strongest department, the music production department If you want to study music, you want to become a music producer If you want to become a DJ If you want to learn how to play instruments, how to sing And you can check us out Right now people quickly go to social media Follow us on YouTube, Kamata media Follow us on Instagram, that's Kamata music school Go to Facebook, Kamata music school You know, I actually like him, he's actually He uses the opportunity to like, you know what Before you even ask me what the socials are I mean I'm going to tell you, Kamata music school Kamata music school School on Twitter, on YouTube, Tokila Mahai I'm like you mom, that's what I'm talking about You know, you're supposed to be like that, aggressive Because they get more information on what we're doing And you actually go to see, get to see that we are real See the story Right, and you see, Killa and Tiora say Oh, but they ask kids are big, ask kids are doing this Who have you, do you have any alumni Like one person people can look at and be like Oh, I know a song Kenwa Maria We did some, you know He started music with us Fundamentals I think that's the one song That when you mention Kenwa Maria That's the one song that comes to my mind When he said Ben Gadae recorded music with us Ben Gadae, he's been very Trendy, he's been trendy Controversial Because of his Beautiful opinion Kenwa the team Yeah, Kenwa, Kenwa Actually Kenwa apparently is the small bro Yeah, wait, Tiora took Kenwa Kenwa has a new song and he hit me up He's like, yo, you just have a new song Have you checked it out? He was actually supposed to I told him like we're going to arrange For him to come on the show and then guess who he got His brother, before he even Come here He recorded with us The early days when he was called Rabbit Yes, he was Rabbit before Before King Kakar Before he became a king The rabbit days, King Kakar Those steps, you see like for someone like him You can actually acknowledge that there's been growth He studied here and now he's here He's actually oiled If you want to come to Kamata music school And you're going to grow quick We can guarantee you that I was really liking that So how is Kamata related to rock though? Because now This is a rock show So we want to know how Kamata music show And the rock scene Meet How does that happen? That's how I got kind of baptized into rock At Wadi At World of Life Wadi of Life is a Christian It's a Christian It's a Christian organization That does camps for youngsters Especially when you've cleared 4th form You go there for like a year You go through bubble training You go through character building It runs It usually comes in weeks But it continues They just guide you Spiritually and also attitude wise Character wise It's very quiet here The music there And the culture of music is very rock oriented They have the secret So when I went there It's a camper I saw people go crazy About rock It's a place we used to call the Ark The Ark is a suspended Kind of like a building like this But you can't see it So it's suspended by wood So when guys start jumping They go wild You were like wow I went in Came here Listening to DC Talk So I loved that So I learned how to play the guitar And we were on So for the first time We brought rock to Merutown I'm talking about Parking Lot Grass Seismic did a live rock concert Big rock concert That time I was working I was employed in the insurance industry I was working for insurance company I said At the University of Nairobi I started economics And soon after I got a job In an insurance company Which transferred me to Meru When I landed in Meru I can highlight my way to Meru From Zifa Church Zifa Church brought rock concert The very first rock concert In Meru Parking Lot Grass Shout out to all the guys watching From Meru They always watch rock Shout out to all of you guys You know the rock I did When I was in town Back in 2010 No, that was in 2014 4 years later We grew up rock in Meru We did PLG PLG He is part of Seismic Both bands You are also part of Seismic Actually one of the founders But you are the OG in this thing He is going to have a Pula Chumpi In time I can imagine Being in a scene like that At some point You know what happens You get people who are coming in They really want to Not even the rock scene Just generally Being a music oriented Music oriented company You find someone who works in They are not really talented But they are passionate But they are too salty They say Do you ever turn such people away Or do you mentor them until they get it If you can speak You can sing Karaoke by the way That's true I can tell you before that If you can talk you can sing But you can sing wrong So our voice classes Move you from singing wrong To singing right How long does that take From amateur To pro If you want to go all the way to pro You are going to have to do 4 semesters with us Of 3 months each But once a semester takes 3 months That's where you begin Your vocal folds are muscles So what do you do if you want to become a good runner Do you just sleep every day Train them You start training If you want to become a good footballer Do you sleep and dream being a footballer No you wake up and start working You start being trained Every professional footballer Does a lot of training There was a lot of training Another question I was going to ask you Because you see a company like you As much as it's good And you're offering good classes And you're genuine You find that the market is very very saturated So how do you ensure that you stand out Despite all these other companies That are still offering what you're offering And even maybe at a cheaper price And you have to Still remain relevant But do cooler pay bills How would you do it Yeah, Kamata Music School Has a solid ground Because we have trained over 6,000 musicians Not only in Kenya Internationally as well Currently we have students in Australia Yeah Starting music at Kamata School We have quite a good number Of students in the US, in Europe I saw even Nigeria, Tanzania Uganda Nigeria, we have a lot of students From Rwanda So We're I don't know what to say When it comes to music It's believing in yourself You know what Actually someone told me this When you're quoting For me maybe say MC At events When someone comes Someone who says they can do 10k At 10k But then they won't get quality There's quality and then there's quantity It's like being a DJ There's a thousand I think hundreds of thousands In Kenya For DJs For people to keep calling you You have to have something I have this kastoria Who usually give me funny quotes Or a job of DJing There's this guy who used to be an engineer And there's this ship that let her issues It had issues And then When they called for this old guy He just came with a hammer A small hammer After this guy calling a lot of engineers He hit somewhere Like four times And then the engineers started working And then when he sent his invoice He sent close to like $2,000 And this guy was like He just came with a hammer For $2,000 He said He broke the quote down The $2 Was for buying that hammer $18 Was for knowing where Exactly To hit And the pressure to put The remaining $180 Oh $70 Something It's for the 20 years of experience So I did come to have a shoot Oh to just come The same thing for those guys who have You call them the serious machines You can't find yourself taking a Maybach or some Range Rover To some places like Grogon It's under the Tidobi It's under CMC I can guarantee you The guys that will find actually Handling cars and they are below 30 Even below 35 They are old legends Why? Because they know what they are doing They just got lucky and got a job Because it's 2021 It's all about who you know The real guys And it's costly It's very costly Paying for some serious experience All right He's going to be telling us his charges As when we wind up But right about now I want also to ask You say you are an OG in this field You've been here for a long time But I know times are changing Everything is all about social media Understand you're also doing some digital Marketing rather You've expanded your company So how does that work For which companies Oh don't mention companies Just tell us How do you go about that You have a team And then also you do events Tell us about the events you've done so far Yeah we've done Raw concerts We've done quite a number of raw concerts And actually That time when I was in Meru We did two big raw concerts In Meru In Nairobi we've done We've done a number of raw concerts And Yeah We actually do live Rock And live shows Every Wednesday Okay It's coming up At Kamata school So if you come to Kamata music school You'll get an opportunity to meet And actually in a live setting You're going to get An opportunity to come there And see very very good musicians Alright You'll sign up and register You'll get to meet If your dream is to be a rocker You'll make it come true Just come to Kamata music school Alright now I want to know about You know like despite Even all that there are some challenges That are actually a lot of challenges That come with this line of work Any line of work has its own fair share But how do you keep How do you stay rather motivated Especially these times Really hard times COVID times How are you still doing this Despite all that Yeah COVID was You know was quite challenging Wow I like the fact that he's talking about it In past tense You know I was like oh you won Yeah things are going I like that Yeah COVID was Me if you ask me I'll be like COVID has COVID is But he means was And you know And speaking about that Any president spoke yesterday in my house Broke and I'm like yo This cafe is still here with us But all the same We're grateful Yeah carry on Faith There's something called faith You've got to believe Okay Believe You know we used to My son is called Gavin Right We used to love listening to Gavin to grow music And believing So We believed that Actually it's faith That made us overcome COVID Yeah as you usually say Most of us workers are men of faith And women of faith We believe we are our God we believe in And he gives us hope And we cling onto him when things get tough And that's some of the That's one path that has really held most of us A float That's one thing that has really held us Kept us made us unique And kept our heads above We believe in Jesus Alright I hear you guys You don't just go okay For some of us we can say We believe in Jesus Whether you want to take it to the bank You don't want to Believe in Jesus and it holds us up Okay so that's the secret Mr. Joseph You survived COVID Your business is still doing well Because Jesus did it Amen to that Now I want to know for people who are looking Because there's someone who's been watching the interview You all are talking about I have to go sign up So maybe you can tell us Maybe you can tell us the price Or not We don't just sometimes I don't know if it's the same case as you Are you going to tell people If you want to know about the prices Just find us on social media Maybe you can mention the pages Just once again for the guys Who are just joining us right now Yeah on Instagram You can find us on Instagram To Fuete Kamata Music School Heroes on Twitter Kamata School YouTube Kamata Media Go to www.KamataSchool.com KamataSchool.com Alright And What's the book? Facebook Facebook We have hundreds of thousands For us I don't know What's the name as we wind up Because of time Kamata Music School If you want to take Your music to the next level You want to become a big time Superstar, you want to become a rocker Want to know how to play guitar You want to know how to play You want to know how to Produce a musician Kamata Music School Facebook YouTube If you can't find him Just hit me up Or even at Rock Tour 2.4 We are still here The hashtag remains Rock Tour 2.4 Do you have any shout outs before Rock and Flicks? You want to say hello You want to say hello I will do that before we move on To the next segment Yeah, what's the word? Royal Family Royal Family What's your Figure out Wasty Islans Mita Tuzote We appreciate you We appreciate you Thank you Music School School That was amazing But you brought a guest Maybe you can shout her out before we Go to Rock and Flicks Oh my lady, my lady, my lady She is just here Doing all the marketing Shout out to half full Making it here