 People welcome back and I'm sure you're having a very good time Uko Nyumbani just like we're having a good time here in studio and this place has been made so holly this morning that we have to get somewhere to start at Christmas day we start with tea and then we go to Zoda That's why we are here this morning to just make your morning and we are in studio with a gorgeous beautiful girl she is an artist her name is Shaini Ann thank you so much you're looking gorgeous and lovely oh thank you you too you're looking beautiful thank you so much thank you so Shaini Ann Nani and Yanzam Zike Lene well Shaini Ann is a Kenyan artist and Yanzam Zike this is when I was 12 but officially I started recording my own music 2015 yeah that's me so when did you discover that you had this uh when I was still young I used to sing I used to go to church and I grew up in bands so it has been a journey so there is a musician who is a Kenyan artist but eventually he is a Kenyan artist and he is a popular artist I think it's an African world I think it's an African world so African music has to be like it has to be like a root so it's just normal and music is music whether it's gospel or sacred or inspirational music is music so naimba mziki wa inagani ah I can say naimba mziki wa kwa inspire watu, kwa entertain watu mziki ambo una ulu umbe ana ni mziki gani umefanya before like when you're starting when you're starting your journey your career into music how was it uh what challenges did you face when you were just starting a lot of challenges uh as a lady it's normal kupichiwa challenges people wanting something in return like want to kwa have sex na wewendo wak fukishu kwa maringwa kwa ah it has been a quite journey in kwa na challenges but I thank god niku apa na bado na ngangana tu na mziki uh una bata kwa mba kabla uh an up coming artist to uh a record mziki ake kuna wali watu akuji wa kudangani wa kwa mbe uh na taka kupromo tu mziki wa kwa and then you go do the music after you do it's just daze like that and it's just so painful to an up coming musician who is putting her all energy in whatever she's doing and then along the way the music just and I kill the music have you undergone through such yeah I've undergone through that na uh una doa oku o manamziki uh nilazimu biti challenges kamaizu manaki uta kuna watu atauna talent but kuna mitu hatauna ile talent buki ake hatauna na bitu zingime so that's we omtu atitaka kutumia iwa kitu ingime kuku doili aku push so uh una fika mailu na una like so ita lintangu uro na infamina to make a vibhaya ama ita lintangu uro na infamina ingi ama li kama hapa una zai give up but kama ukuna focus but the moment we can understand your value we can understand where we nani I think utu kamaizu na kwa mi challenge but una zi bypass too wow so kuna wali wa na mziki ambawa na kujaba dai kusema kwa mba the someone who held my hand for me to be where I am today wali kuna mutu ambaya me kushikam kono a kukufikisha maailu me fika yeah of course ani kuna atuengiza nambawa mi nishikam kono kuna atuambawa na trust talent iangu kunyuma kuna atuambawa they just believe in me and trust in my talent nwa atuengiza na it's a big team in nambawa mi nishikam kono to kiyanzana my family to kiyanzana my team my manager, my boss people that are pushing my music those are people who believe in me mziki kwa kuna lipa yeah music is a business and bisha la alazi me kwen na profit I cannot just do business and buy any CD if any aspiring artist na takaku venture into music na muambia kwa mba it's something that pays and he or she should not like be reluctant about it yeah it's a business as you know it depends on your mindset when you go to school, it's a business when you go to school, it's just a something anyway when you go to school, it's a fun it's a travel anything that you do it's just your mindset if it starts with you what do you think what's your perspective about the issue so the moment your mindset comes to business then it's a business wow so you find that most artists when you wanna up come or rather up coming artists una go to an event or rather let me ask do you perform in events first of all yeah I do so you find that an artist amenda ku perform at an event and he or she is an up coming artist and then they are harassed and all that unapata kwa mba ume perform hau jali poa haa such things you make happen here before ah see heaven me as it's just happen here but it doesn't mean I'm to come by ame be anta kwanza mziki so I want to let him perform at an event mm hmm let him perform at an event but if he is busy he can't afford to perform at an event let him perform at an event let him perform at an event so if you want to perform at an event you have to come at an event just be determined you say man here is a challenge and I'm going to do whatever it takes because I want to be able to perform at an event as long as we will focus here is a challenge mm hmm what do you think about your language mm hmm mziki wa kenya wana mziki wana shinda kusima play kenyan music play kenyan music wana mziki wako wana feel wamba wana cheers wad kwa wangwaili ambayo ungependa ah kitu na zasema music is a journey mm hmm and it's a long term business mm hmm we invest a lot for you to get something back mm hmm so umtu aki tegemi alik utanzam ziki leo leo leo wanzi kuchizwa leo leo kwei uhi iti leo leo no high end evil mm hmm it's a process enye nika mam toto nasda liwa you have to crawl you have to wanzi kutembea iwa pole pole tu so umtu asiwe na pupa na mziki it's just a step na lazima uchkukua kila tuwa ambay na teki kana dofu kia pama lingu umtu asiwe na pupa na mziki wewa ilikuchukua mudagani na ukajua kwa mba sasa nime mek like I'm the musician that I've always wanted to be ilikuchukua mudagani tanguanzi mziki I can say nimda mrefo since 2015 mm hmm nianzo kumba nama band zada siji tambui mininani asi jukama niza kwa ndika mziki baka puni eni mefkia bada onia tuwa and I'm still there's a lot to learn you see so umtu aki ata kama mefkia uko na ono mefkia bada kuna vitu kuna fawfani manake umziki una mambomengi so iti ukshafi kia puni ono mefika there's a lot to see anu nambua in every room there's a lot to learn nazima kuna room of improvement there's mistakes and yuna fawzinga tia uba dilisha so music it's a process mm hmm so do you write your own music yeah I do write my own music so so uh most of the time you find that an artist uh is doing his or her music alafu una pata kama copyright issues yeah zeme kwa effectu ewa ah zina effectu ono mziki ote mm hmm yeah is oni vitu zina effectu ono mziki ote because uh it's Kenya mm hmm iya na Kenya music na other countries me different mm hmm so I think watu wailan kwishi na yutu mm hmm challenges Kenya na face as a an upcoming musician mm hmm a lot of challenges people want want to take advantage mm hmm ah watu ono ono tumiwa witness yako mm hmm and as a lady watu nuwa takuchukulia kivengine mm hmm these are the challenges na yonokyunga na putia siyomi pekiango me vitu zeni ziko mm hmm na apu ya sometimes una una dika nyimbo mm hmm you feel like this song is big mm hmm but then haipati le impacten yon ataka mm hmm it's something me inaku discourage sana mm hmm because when you write something you're expecting it to be something and it's a communication yonu ono taku fikiwa tukada so when ono na ile impacten me kwa andogo inaku disappoint mm hmm wow before we continue remind viewers where we confind you on social media well uh my name is Shani Ann as I've said before and you confind me in Instagram, Facebook, YouTube come on Shani Ann just follow me share my work kwa YouTube subscribe to my channel follow me in Instagram Facebook umtapata mazori sana apu mm hmm yaa so Shani Ann anaji husisha nama bogani me gine side hustle that keeps her going well Shani Ann is uh an influencer and an inspirational mm hmm um me being an artist it's just an icon mm hmm but uh my dream or my passion is to inspire someone outside there mm hmm so uh ni mediusisha na mambo na women empowerment mm hmm fighting for child abuse in the uh abuse pure kwa youth mm hmm is onibitu zanyambazo watu ana pitiya our society is na pitiya sana mm hmm so ni kawana me as an artist it's good kujib brand pure kwa mba ja watu ama kwa inje akun aono utetezi mm hmm so mi mika ma ni me patahina fasya kwa maili kama hapa Belika kuweta mésaluwa ka kwaored juices wa bari ki amitri isuizu uzi, irawe Ngeprenda sana, wasfanya tu mziki kujibenefituao, wasfanya tu mziki wa ukuwe unainspayam tu, wasfanya tu mziki wa ukuwe growth to someone else. Namziki wa kenya piya, I think unafanya vizuri sana, namziki wa tu anafanya vizuri sana. Ngao na tu wa ngei nile tu wa tu wa learn through music, we can do this and this, we can come together and do this thing, we can help someone, we can hold others hand. Ngao tu takiku ungei sana, because today is just all about vibing to music and enjoying and ushering in the weekend. Ngao tu na taka kusiki wa kwa mba shaini an, ane zafanya nini, kimziki tu one you perform for us. It's okay, but before I do that I would just want to send my appreciation to my team. Wasfanya wa Tofik, Belala, Ajab, Isak, Yasin, T-heats, Pilayon, Byron, Kamikami Roman, Isak and Jams Moringa, our personal assistant. Ngeprenda sana kwa appreciate how because bilawa wa I don't think it will happen. We'll be leaving you with Shaini An, she'll be performing for us some of her music and it's been a pleasure having you this morning. We appreciate you Natunajua Kwa Mba Ume Bambika throughout this morning and up next will be Bounce by Val. So stay tuned and Shaini An, the flow is yours.