 We are engaging you guys on social media to know how kumbusha mu like, comment, subscribe to our pages and also follow us for a follow back. Now I would like to remind you guys the topic of discussion we had today. If you remember back in the days when you were a kid, there are some myths and beliefs that you were told about what life is or where you came from and later on as a mature person came to realize they were lies. That's what we're talking about so please let us know what some of the beliefs that you were told on our social media platform at e-circuit TV show or Y244 YouTube channel. So now I'm going to tell you about the name of Tara Pella and Karibu Nisan on set. Before you go into the conversation, I've just talked about the topic of discussions. If I remember that I was a junior in my school and that I'm a senior in school, I would have told you that I was fine. so maybe there are some of the few things that you were told as a kid. Are you saying it's a bribe? Yes, I remember that I was a senior in school. So why did you say that you were a man and why did you come to this? Because you were sitting at your doorstep. Why is that? Yes. Tito Aa Na semwa Ya, namikiwa ya kikiwa Kuli wa hendpeka Uki onda k WEI Uki onda kwa pisa kwa bara-bara U flimidua Maka tlea Kanda hendpeka Uituha Ui kaka kwa maiko Ui kakita Riku Sina Kwa na sina Maka sina Ya kak Griwa Ui kaka Ui kaka Ui kakima Ui kaka Ui kakika Ui kaka Ui kaka Ui kaka We are friends before the pandemic. I hope you don't pass it to your kids as well. Safisa na naivu. Thank you so much for making time to be with us. Terapela. I want us to start with the brief history. Tell us a little bit about yourselves. Maybe I'll form the question to you. Davies, you tell us a little bit about Terapela as a group. How you came to form this old group together. So we were friends before even we went to high school with Brian and other three members who are absent today. We had this passion of a genre of music, a capella, and him and some two other guys were absent. They were in the same school. So we used to meet in church and share and sing in the youth, maybe a group called ambassadors. And then we came to realize this genre of music, that's a capella music. So the moment we finished form four we felt that we should maybe make a group. That's when we started 2014, we started singing, going to mission schools and maybe churches up to this point. So it's been like four years. Mekuja professional in the game in 2018. One now due and two tracks. Okay, now maybe I move to you, Brian. You can tell us about if not a capella, what would you be doing? If it's not a capella, I'll be an actor. I love the stage. You have the skills of an actor. Yeah, I do man. I've been acting since primary school and I think it shifted when I arrived in high school. Because in high school I was asked to join a singing group that is the choir of the school. Since then I think I've never turned back. To you Titu, maybe we can talk about your mentors when you're young as a young capella artist. And who are some of these mentors and why? Okay, when we were starting we used to look up to some groups. In Kenya a couple of capellas groups that have not been yet heard of. But then they are good. So some of the groups that we used to look up to were older brothers who used to mentor us, called one of our code. So they are really good capella music. Generally let's say worldwide we look up to people like Vokapipo, Pentatonix and the likes. Titu, let me ask you why. What are some of the skills in your development of choral that you've learnt you like to share out here? Musically. Musically I think it's about the vocals. Since we started singing our vocals have really improved. So the skills that we've earned I think it is by practice. So maybe someone out there might have an idea about music. But if you don't put it into practice it can never bear fruits. So music is about practice and practice. Safisa, as a team you six and unfortunately three won't make it. We do apologize for that. But then how do you go about concert programming? Like how do you prepare for a concert as a team you guys? Maybe Titu you can go. You can answer that. About concerts we've noted organized one for Terapella. But it is coming this year. We organized for last year but so many events happened that we couldn't find the time maybe. The proper time to arrange for the concert. But what we basically look for sponsors and some people can invest in good music. We bring them together. We maybe search for a sound producer and maybe somebody who lets sound equipment. We talk to him. Talk about the brand. He'll be building brand by maybe sponsoring us in an event. And then that's how we plan for music. We first for our concert. We reach out to people who can assist us. Now we bring in our part as Terapella. And then the concert happens. That's what we're looking for too. Now kumekwanae conversation just like my fellow colleague here Mike has talked about. Playing KAE. Now do the Terapella artists also face the same thing? Like Soutenu Naskiko Kunjer? Okay currently what I can say is Terapella is a new genre in Kenya. It has been there but it has been there actually. But it wasn't like so much what announced. It wasn't announced. So what you're trying to do right now is we're just trying to get it outside there. We are facing the same challenges. No airplanes like whatever our friends said earlier on. But we're just trying our best and believing in ourselves as an artist. Maybe we could talk about some of the shows that you perform. Maybe some of the platforms that you guys have been. And maybe what are the some of the experiences that you got from this exposure? So far we've been performing all over. I guess we have been doing performance in schools. Churches, corporate events, concerts. So the experience so far that we have gained is that the stage fright is normal. We let Kianza say. So as a crew we have grown and as personally I can say performing on stage has been an experience. We are here to meet new people. Your stage fright is normal. So I guess the experiences we have had as builders. As Chirapila music. Now let's talk about branding and awareness as marketing out here. You've done covers as well. Maybe we could talk about some of the importance of having covers in talent enhancement. Maybe Titu you can tell us. I can say importance of covers. You cannot do a cover of some music that has not been had. That has not trended maybe. So the importance of it is people can relate you with the group that you've done a cover for. All the musician you've done a cover for. So when you do a cover we usually look for the top artists or some trending music. We do covers for the songs and that's how they trend. So when you do a cover you must consider if the song is known to people. You cannot do a cover of some maybe, some artists maybe who has never been had. People will wonder what these cover maybe. We've never heard of the guy. So when you do a cover you usually look at the trending music and artists. Then we cover them with our own style of acapella and other artists with their own style maybe. Now in the game in this industry have two tracks and one audio. Maybe we can talk about which among the three in Kwanawako. There is Tangu and there is the cover for Christmas one, The Silent Night. Which one was the breakthrough for you guys? Okay so far if you look at our channel that is the Terapella YouTube channel. You'll realize that the song that has the most views it's Tangu. So as for us we count Tangu as a breakthrough. But what introduced us to the market was the Xmas. Because it was I think a new tune, something cool and guys loved it. You'll be performing Tangu and Kwanawango later in this interview? Yes we will. You'll be performing Tangu? Yes we will. Tangu. Tangu? Because Mkono we are waiting for the video first. For the video to be out. Let's talk about Tangu. What inspired this track? Who was the producer behind it? Like how did it come to be about T2? Tangu. We arranged it as a group. And then we went to the studio. It is called RemX. Somebody was our brother, our friend, you know him. He is Ben Jitz. The one we did the cover by just away. Yeah just away. Yeah by Kabere, the Agapella cover. We went to the studio with this idea of the song. We had only Stanzone and the chorus. And because we thought it was something cool it should not belong. But we went. It challenged us to maybe come up with a second stanza. He helps us in arranging music, our music. So he is our producer, our friend, our brother. And Tangu was not as it was before but it has become better through his help. So he is one producer that we respect so much. T2 sorry. Let's talk about what is the message inside this music at Tangu. What is the message in turn? And who is it supposed to listen to this kind of music? Okay the message about Tangu. It's all about knowing Christ. At first a couple of us were not, let's say Bonagene. They used to maybe do other things apart from singing. So it was a calling personally to other members in the crew. So the message is about the life before and life after knowing Christ. So Tangu comes, the part we are now after. Now you have known Christ. You are born again now. Now you are born again. Okay to the gospel lovers out here. I do hope you do like this band here. And support them, go to their YouTube channel. Maybe you can give us the social media. And maybe one piece of advice that you will give to these upcoming conductors or akapella artist. We are using camera for. Camera for? Yeah. Okay so to our fans, we are Terapella. We thank you for tuning in first of all. We love Y254. Thanks Moris for the invite. So our social media handles are, there is a YouTube channel Terapella. There is Facebook Terapella under the same name and there is Twitter too. All of them run on the same. Terapella music. Terapella music, Terapella music. So one advice we can give to our artists or the upcoming artist is art is an art. Music is a music. Let you not be defined by the type of music that you want to sing. We as artists, we have an obligation to educate the generation and entertain the generation. So whatever part of venture in music you want to go into, you just go into it and do it to your level best. That's all I can say. Yeah you've had it itself. Maybe what are some of the future projects to Kimalizia real quick? We've spoken about the concert coming out. God willing this year we can drop an album maybe later. If things go well. There is some more music coming maybe on March. We have some music, some the video for Konoako. We have another cover coming and we have many projects coming. So this year will be a very busy year for us. And we will be performing also in churches, corporate events. So if you want to invite us, you can send an email to Terapella music, a Gmail, Or another platform. We have contacts there you can reach to us. So this year we want to just work musically. So Safisana, now you've heard from the people themselves, Terapella music. Go into the YouTube, support these guys by liking the page, sharing and also subscribing to the YouTube channel. Terapella music and also at us at E-Seku TV show. Ingiya Instagram, Pali, like the photos that we have. Also comment and let us know what you think about our topic of discussion. That some of the maids and believes Mkwem Nambom Kwa Dogo later on Mkwem Tungkubi came to realize there were lies. So reach us to us on social media. From this aside we want to take a short musical break. But don't touch that art. We'll be right back.