 about amazing talent yani sa uti ya kutuwa nyoka pangoni hey i tell you and that is the beautiful and talented elsi gach and she is in the building right about now we'll get to know her she'll get to sing for us yani i'm sure you unuta kuskide yo sa uti piya we lazima tu siye hey auto tunes pale hey i know lazima lazima welcome to the cdlc thank you how are you doing i'm doing well thank you for having me thank you for coming yes so before we even go on can you do an acapella for us of that of vumi liya oh my god so beautiful thank you anyway how does it feel having such an amazing voice i don't know i don't know how is one supposed to feel i just i just feel blessed i can say feel blessed yeah so kindly introduce yourself to our audience and tell them what you do and here yeah so my name is elsi gach i'm a musician and fashion designer i studied fashion design and marketing at kenyata university and then i started music a long time ago i did it like seven years ago uh it was a political song it was called usi to let it down yeah and uh during that time i was still a student so i didn't have enough money so i decided let me put it on pause kido go let me hustle hustle and then when the time is ready and have the funds i get back yeah so it has taken a seven-year journey now i'm back yeah it's a long time i live with me liya yeah i can say i've reached the place where i'm seeing the lights at the end of the tunnel yeah yeah okay so yeah so um other than in in that period of seven years other than you trying to finance your music career what other input did you put in to better your music career to better my music career did you take any classes yes i did i did a lot of vocal training i was actually right here at kenyakudan sabatoa did the vocal training some piano classes along that period of time i joined uh the choir at jubilee christian church uh for three years and that's where now i was able to even mold my uh some writing skills in the gospel area because uh i wasn't doing i was doing love songs and the political songs yeah so i wanted to really be mentored and learn more about the word go deep into it learn about praise and worship so by the time i was feeling nice i feel i'm qualified and i'm ready and i'm blessed to be able to now pursue gospel music yeah so then i started with vumilia and then later and we're talking about that in a short while but um you said that your first song was a political song and you were doing love songs why did you decide that i need to make a change or to make a change maybe it was life's challenges you know life's challenges draw you closer to god because you're looking for hope and guidance and direction and then now it just felt like you know uh i think i'm i'm feeling more called to sing gospel music that's the only reason why i decided now to focus on it i'm an artist and you know we and still a human we still go through periods of love relationships and you get inspired sometimes to write love songs so i can say i'm really done with it just that right now i'm focusing on singing the word yeah um it's not many artists who take time to take classes and you know make their but you know vocal classes yeah writing classes most of the artists are kitchen talent you just go in yeah you know so do you think or would you advise artists to take the classes if you can if you if you have the finances to take the classes and take classes to also have better some writing yeah every talent needs to be sharpened every gift you have you have to sharpen it whether you have to read more about it or do even if it's youtube videos training you know you have to find avenues where you can sharpen your tool and never just feel like umefika you're you're always developing and growing and you should appreciate that journey because it makes you better yeah so i would really advise everyone to not take it like uh you know i am gifted and relaxed you have to be even more sad because you're gifted and you have to make sure that you are at your best at all is yeah so what do you think about gospel artists these days you know they do music with circular artist i know this like a whole judgment for gospel artists we judge them different than we judge the other people yeah but what do you think you know we are having artists doing gospel with genget on artists less right in center and you think we are heading in the right direction in that industry i think i mean we shouldn't be too judgmental i feel like people are too judgmental and then of the day everyone is a human uh a gospel artist singing with a gengeton artist that's just getting uh the word reaching a huge audience yeah there's no bad thing about that as long as they're praising god and they're lifting him higher whoever it is they're doing it with it's okay yeah it is getting you the word of God to a huge audience and not limiting it yeah yourself so yeah that's how i feel about it would you do it uh i it has to be like of course it can't be like a really out there gengeton secular artists was jitwak whatever you know we have to be at least somewhere where we can mesh yeah and not compromise the word and the message yeah so i'm not close to it i'm open uh you open to it see if we mesh yeah all right um as a fashion designer before we even get to um what is that one mistake you see people doing when it comes to fashion whether guys or ladies okay guys also they can make fashion they do a lot yeah you can get caught my one rule is um be simple keep it simple don't don't overwhelm yourself with everything studio bungles up to hear see earrings simplicity is the best yeah you can choose if you're wearing big hoops no necklace you're wearing a statement necklace like tiny nice studs or something yeah yeah so keep it simple and you'll be you won't fail when you're simple okay all right where the whole wardrobe i know so let's talk about when we were yeah what is when we were all about when we were is uh it's a praise song it's lifting god higher and uh saying that you know he's the alpha and omega he's everything is worthy to be praised so it's really just a praise song yeah after to me bumelia sasa tuna sama thank you god thank you god we lift you higher yeah all right so if you want to do a collaboration today with one artist that you admire who would it be one artist i really love i have so many aki i love i love joice omondi alice kimansi yeah units njeri ivelin one zero i really love them but if i was first to choose right now one i would say nipi opportunity na joice omondi would be so honored why yeah i love her voice i love her music yeah it it touches me and i love her her melodies the way her music is i enjoy it yeah okay you never know maybe someone is listening out there yes she might have heard yeah so after we knew lewe what is coming up next album yeah i'm still listening a couple of singles uh i have a new song coming out called siwizi billa wewe yeah so it's also just uh saying like you know i can walk through this life i've done this and that but at the end of the day i realize siwizi billa yeah yeah so that's my next song hopefully i can release it by August yeah this coming right okay so thank you so much for coming through um kindly share social media handles okay and tell the people where they can find your music yeah so you can find my uh social media handles are lc gach on twitter youtube uh facebook and instagram lc gach and subscribe to my youtube channel and like my videos and yeah follow in shout out as we wind up uh in a shout out i'd like to say hi to my family and friends and all my supporters thank you so much i really appreciate it it keeps me going please don't stop yeah all right and the million dollar question is dating amast oh is dating amast is dating amast i would say dating is good it's the time where you get to know someone uh will you get to know whether you have the same values interests the same direction so that you don't waste time if you you don't just uh end up with someone who don't watch the same things don't like the same things yeah you're not compatible like we said so it's it's it's good to do even in getting a job you have to go for an interview so that they can see if you can fit in so so the same thing we should apply with your personal life yes you have to enjoy that person so clearly you're not an advocate for arranged marriages i am scary you wouldn't you need to know where you're going i know where you're going staying here to pa and then what forever and ever no you need to know where you're going yes umeskia after interviewing with the entire you connection with my friend Rengia Derek so kindly remind the people social media platforms again you just kill is a umenu liwa yes please follow me on instagram twitter facebook lc gach and youtube channel is also lc gach all right so thank you so much for coming through and wish you all the best in your music thank you so much for having me i hope i can come again and again yes you're welcome i mean you're welcome we support a hundred percent Kenyan music over here amazing talent nice yes so up next is uh something nice okay up next is Uinuliwa by lc gach