 Welcome back. You are watching Rock to Alive right here on A White Paper TV where all of our rock music, so if you're requesting, put that in mind, right? Now, thank you so much for staying with us. I can see Fredric Klaus and Asama Haider. I'm Trindin from Voi Taita and during this show, you're making my sato awesome and you're making ours just by watching the show. And being right here, someone else's, if time allows it, please play me. I'm broken by Sita, featuring Emily. Now, we just played Sita, their newest release. We just played it right here. It's called The Dangerous. One of our top three songs at six. Make sure you go vort your favorite. Now, the first song is by Rich. The song is kindy or very on Rich from Kenya, obviously. And then you have Dream State. The song is Are You Ready to Leave? And then the third song, of course, is by Sita, Dangerous. It's on our tour of vort. And then Fredric Klaus and my wonderful, such pure awesomeness. We agree with you. Thank you so much for being here. Now, guess what? I told you, I've been telling you for the longest time, we have our guests that are going to be joining us right here in studio. And here they are. Despite COVID, they managed to pull through and they are right here. So I'm just going to go ahead and let you guys say hello. So I'm going to start on my far right. Hi, guys. My name is Sarah's. Hi. This is Kanyaki. Yeah. Now, people can finally, you know, people can finally put the face to the neck. We talk about Kanyaki every single show because he is always watching. He's always tweeting. So we're like, oh, shout out to Kanyaki. Why do we have these things going on? We're always talking about him. This is Kanyaki. Team Rock Tour Kanyaki. Now you put the name to the face. He made it. Welcome to the studio once again. This is the first time. Ah, not once. Oh, we are good. Actually, we've done good for everything. Despite the pandemic, COVID-19, we are still surviving. And we are doing things in the bedroom or the sitting room. Yeah. But when I just say, trip me to the fridge, the bedroom, the sitting room, you know, you speak, yes, we are snaking a lot. Like that's all we are doing. But now for someone who's never heard about Kanyaki, they don't know who you are or what you're all about. Can you just go ahead and reintroduce yourselves with a nice. OK, I used to be one one. Kanyaki used to be one month. But I got a couple of guys and we came up with a band. Right. And the first Kenyan rock band that does ghost play in a vernacular language, that is KU. And we applaud all this. Yes. And we are proud of you, like totally. We are 100 percent very proud of you. And how about you? What do you do for the band because you're part of Kanyaki as well, right? I'm usually on the back line. Yeah, I play drums. He's the drummer. Ladies, we have a drummer in the building. Yeah, right. And what most people don't know is that his skills right here, our DJing was actually part of Kanyaki. Yes, he was my guitarist. But a couple of years ago, I got a job. What's up, Buddha? I wish he could just ask you what happened. But we're going to be talking to him in a minute. But today we just got a focus on Kanyaki. You're the reason we are here. So, OK, before we even get started with the interview and everything, before you even play for us, I want to know, you know, COVID-19, it has affected all of us like across the world. Most people are like dealing with it. So what are you most grateful for, just fight COVID-19? Because that's what I'm asking everybody, even the guys at home, what are you most grateful for? Oh, Kanyaki people in the bus? Yes, please do. Please do. Let me go and have my Bible. Not in the book of... He's giving us a vast people, a vast. We're told that Kanyaki is not just a rock artist. He is a gospel rock artist. I'll just guess this. I don't have the specific vast in the chapter, but I will read the Bible says that after Noah, due to the Ark, it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. But it came in the 4th one. Right. And the rain stopped. So the challenge that you're going through today, tomorrow, they will come. And it's coming soon. Right. And it will not end. Despite the COVID, despite everything, with the struggles that you're going through, they will come to end. To me, the 4th one, it means the pattern that in the number 4th one, represent the door of a new day. Otherwise, I'm saying the 4th one is coming. The hope, the promise, if you don't quit, the rain will stop. I don't know which kind of a rain is on your life or my life or Silas' life. But the Bible says that the rain will stop. The chance will fall. All right. And you will enter the promised land. God believed in second chances and your vision will be fulfilled. It's around the corner. So keep there. Your 4th one is coming. Our 4th one. Keep the hope alive and the faith alive. It's coming. Our 4th one is coming, people. Who is inspired? Yo, can you shout a name, man? I didn't hear any name, man. Oh, amen. Dude, amen. Amen. Amen. Yeah, our 4th one is coming. Our 4th one is coming. I just joke at me, man. All right. Well, thank you so much for making time just to be here today. Sure. Now, you are a rock artist. And in Kenya, you know, rock is not mainstream in Kenya. Sure, sure. Yet. I like to say yet. Yeah, you know, that's why we're here. It's not mainstream yet. I hope that we are getting there. Now, what are some of the... How do you deal with that? Because being just an artist is hard. Now, being a rock artist is another thing. So, what are some of the challenges you encounter being a rocker that you know non-rockers don't go through? One is production. Right. And... Finding a good producer is hard. Very hard. Who gets what you do. Yes. But the main one is actually for the video. Right. Audio, I do believe, because the guy who shall work for me used to be my... Actually, he used to be my guitarist. So, he's my producer. Although now he's talking to a... Heo. That's one challenge. Secondly, it's market. I wish you guys can just come and think of... They recognize law because the same, same genre of music that is there like reggae, hip-hop and etc. Okay. So, Sarah, do you just play drums for Kanyeki alone or do you even play in the mainstream industry? Like, if someone once has a live show, they want you to come play with them, do you do that or you're just like 100% about rock music? You perform for a rock band other than Kanyeki or you are just like... You're free to play for anyone rather. So far, I'm just playing for Kanyeki. When I'm still open for options, you know, it's all about the money. Yes, please. Someone finally said it. No hard feelings, very. No hard feelings. The money, yeah. Yeah, usually that's... I'm just playing for Kanyeki at the moment. Right now for Kanyeki. But he is open. Guys, ladies and gentlemen, he is open to play for anyone as long as these mind me. He's doing this for passion. Yes, he's gonna definitely help you. No, I know these for a fact. There are some people who listen to rock, but then they'll never admit it, like in front of people. You know, there's this thing, people feel like, did you rock Stringy Amashetani? Yeah, but they won't. He is not... He's a rocker who actually plays gospel music. So, what do you tell someone like that? Someone who's pretentious and just like faking it? What do you tell them? Very simple thing. Be yourself. Be yourself? Yeah, be original. You see, Jali, what people are going to say about that. You know, I want to also know about your latest jam. You have a new jam, or it's called Mwega. For those guys who don't know. And actually, he's gonna be launching it right here. Okay, you actually launched it. But you played it. We actually featured it on Auto 3. We actually featured it like two weeks ago. I think, yeah, that should have been two weeks ago. We played it right here and we absolutely loved it. So, tell us the inspiration behind that. Where does the inspiration come from? Mwega and what is Mwega actually all about? What is Mwega? Mwega is basically good. Kekui for good. Good? All right. Sour. And now, what does this song have to do with good? The song is just based on the book of Psalms. Dude, it comes from the Bible. Did you guys realize? It's actually in the Bible. Psalms chapter 34 verses 8. I just read the Bible. The verse says that, taste and see the Lord is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. Yes. You taste and see how good he is. Taste and see how good God is. That's what the song says. Yes. All right. But in a rock way. In a rock way. Amen. In a rock way. Amen. You missed it. You missed it. You missed it. He said, amen. He said, amen. Can we get an amen? I'm all about that. But now, I understand what you've said. First of all, production and everything is hard. But why aren't we getting videos? Most rockers are not giving us videos. When is the video for Mwega dropping? Because that's actually a main challenge. When you're playing, for radio, it's fine. But when you're playing on TV, that becomes really hard. Playing audio on TV. So, when is the video dropping? Let me say that I can promise that for now. Because the COVID, amen to Chapa. Because before the COVID, before March, we had a schedule to do a video for men and women. And now due to the COVID thing, now traveling from Nairobi to where the borders and everything, we went back to Karuniko or Yumba. So, now we have another project called Mwega. I don't know when to do this video. Okay. Yeah. But hopefully when COVID ends, we actually get a video. COVID, not even one. We're gonna get videos. Videos. Awesome. We're keeping our fingers crossed. Yeah. Serious, what's the best thing about being a drummer? For you. Like, what inspires you to just, like, wake up and be like, you know what? I love what I do. What's the best thing about doing that? Because I think, basically, it's... I'm the one who says what the band does. Ah! Okay, he calls the shots. I keep the time, by the way. I just keep the time. He does. Does he keep time? Yeah. Actually, he got here before you. So that's true. He's actually here. That makes sense. All right. Now, I know most people want to hear what Mwega is all about. I'm down for that. So are you ready? You're gonna be playing for us. Right? No. Do you want to play guitar? No. You want to play guitar? No. I'm a pro. You know what I'm saying? I'm not a pro. I'm not a pro. But if you're playing for... What song are you playing for us? I wanted to play the song called Karamunai Fuku. A pen and a book. All right. That's what it's called. Pen and a book. Karamunai Fuku. It's... All right. Keep your speakers. They've gotten it. But non-speakers. Maybe like most of our fans at home. That means the pen and a book. Are you ready to do this? Are you ready? It's your turn. Yeah, I'm good. I'm good. Okay. I'll just be here. I can't hear my voice. Everybody's vibing. You know what I'm saying? We're just like feeling the vibe and everything. Cool. Now it's amazing. But now my director is saying... I'm so good at singing. I'm so good at singing. I'm so good at speaking. Man is free guys. So good at translating. Okay. I like that everybody gets it. Okay, I forgot this song I wrote, basically I don't have feelings but this song is addressed to our moms, the moms out there and the dads who are out there, not to give up, not to lose hope, not to keep fire, and this song is dedicated to our feelings who are out there. We don't get most of that so that is dope. At least now we know, it's not just his skills, when you're doing mother's day, father's day, now we have a play, we have one to add on our playlist. Okay, now I want to know what has been your highlights in the game? Like what's been your biggest stage so far? What have you achieved so far? You're like, yo, that was good. I actually got to play there. Apart from Nigeria, I was in Qatar last year in March of, I think on March. Did you hear that? You're in Qatar? Yup. Yeah, being a rocker is cool. Planner to remember Wuku Kenya for years. They've never been even to Ganga, guys, or you can not a rocker. I don't know what you're waiting for. Hopefully it's God grace. Now, so, okay, you know, not us, but it's about him, the big man upstairs. Yes. Yeah, shout out to him as well. They're here because of him, right? Okay, so what do you mean, what do you mean most about, like, you know, we're not leaving in normal time. So what do you mean most to be, you know, to try coronavirus? Are you, what's the first thing you're going to do? The first thing, I think after the coronavirus, the first thing I think I will do, I'll go to church. The second thing, I can't wait to go for gigs. That's the one thing that you need to do. I know. Gigs must be, I need to come behind me. Yesterday I was just feeling nostalgic. If you're here, just head over to our Twitter, that's at Rock 2 or 2.4. Just check out the videos. We have performances from the gigs before, and I'm just like, we need these days back, man. What do you mean most serious? What do you mean most serious before? Like, what were you enjoying before corona that you can't right now? The one thing you miss the most? Studio sessions, party sessions, concerts, you know. I don't have to shed a lot of weight for that, because basically I've been doing pilgrims in the house. So I'm really looking forward to going back to the same. Right. Okay. Me too. We are all definitely looking forward to that. And Kanyaki, also, I need you to inspire the guys at home. You know, the people in the, maybe not even in the rock scene, some who are even in the mainstream scene, there are a lot of people who are gigs. Like, I don't know, this weekend there's a gig. I'll get my 2000, I'll get my 20s. There's none of that. So what will you tell them? Like, maybe just try to give them hope. And maybe if you have a business idea, I'm going to just say what to bring you. They say that you are saying awesome media space where they've changed to YouTube. Hi guys, welcome to my YouTube channel. Well, that's one way. Do you have an alternative? What else can they do? And what would you just tell them during this period? Wow, this period. I think we have, we can start off some beads, with the less than a K, let me say that. We can do some smoky, Maya, you could buy those guys the DNA. Okay. Constantly. Right. Come be there. Or else, if you are blessed to have a, maybe a Moti, look like for vegetarians, and then you sell. Yes, even in our estate there are those people. Like, what's the Magari saying? You want to, want to hulk like, no, it's actually, it's not, it's not hulking. Why are you hulking? Like they, they hulk like fruits and vegetable boys. Yeah. When you go to a lafoo, from Guaruna Park to a park, then you start selling. Yeah. All the passes being that I just noticed yesterday, by the bigger, bigger, faster carry. Oh, you. We're selling Nyanias as a business. Yes. Yes. You know. I was like, yeah, that's the household money. Yeah. Desperate times. Desperate times. Yeah. And these are desperate times. Right. Yeah. Also, another thing, who inspires you? Or who would you want to be like? Like, if you get to that level, you're like, dude, I made it. Mama, you made it. It's like, who's that one person? Or two. I don't know. There's this guy called, I look upon him. He's called Mike Kennedy. All right. This is the real vocalist for the band Ultra Bridge. Also, there's a guy that I do follow, actually. When you listen to my music sometimes, if you're very keen listening to my music, if you feel that element somewhere, or Ultra Bridge somewhere. All right. We actually love Ultra Bridge as well. We play them sometimes. So we dig it. Who? Like maybe as an artist, come on, drama, come on. I mean, who's the one person that inspires you? Before you wrap these up, we have to play some of your music before time, before time runs out. Travis Barker. Most hip-hop artists actually, even post Malone, they even did something together. So Travis Barker, who else? My Linzata. All right. So there's two inspirations. Well, your last words are your last ones in your social media before we play your music. Yeah. You start today, Kenyaki. No, not me. Social media at Syro. Syro? Yeah. Just that. Okay. Pay it. S-I-R-E-R-A-W. All right, Syro. But most guys read it as Cirero. Cirero. I do call it Cirero. Always on the show, Musemae Cirero. Kenyaki, why can't people find your music? And those looking to buy your music, why can't people buy your music? If it's on YouTube, what channel and social media as well? Actually, YouTube, you're only free. They download for free. So we go to Bad Camp. We have some out to there. And social media, we are on Twitter and Kenyaki244. Right. Kenyaki254. Do follow him, guys. Make sure you follow him. Yes. Yeah, it's Kenyaki244. Yeah. All right. The same thing in Instagram is just KenyakiBand. Cool. Yeah, and we are looking for guys to subscribe to our channel. Guys, please subscribe on our YouTube channel, which is Kenyaki244. No, no. KenyakiBand. Just KenyakiBand. Yeah. All right, that's on YouTube. Make sure you do that. And he's, MuskaeBlamisema, he has a video coming out. No video, videos coming out. And you're looking forward to that. So right now, we're going to be taking a very short break, come back, and we're going to be playing your performance from, are you guys ready? Heavy on the Beast Awards. Just a snippet, a little bit of that. Play you, move back, then come back to you about this.