 Any local artist your favorite local artist favorite local artist? I feel like so far my favorite local artist has got to be Bien in terms of his music One of like at a close friends or anything, but like I'm in terms of his music and how he He's been able to stay relevant for a minute. Yeah, Bien is dope Ladies and gentlemen welcome back this SPM bars exclusive interview with Nikita Kering one of our own International Nikita Kering, how are you? I'm fine. How are you today? I'm doing great. Good to see you back. Thank you It's nice to be here. I've been up to Coke studio making music just that You tell me on a daily basis a schedule for a day. How many times you go to studio? I have a studio in the house now. Yeah, I saved up and made my studio at home So I wake up from my bed and my studio is right there. So I'm in studio every day Yeah, how many hours do you spend in studio? It depends it depends how what would I say on a day that it's studio heavy like 12 hours? Yeah, yeah Nikita congratulations. You bring featured on coax studio. What is the feeling? It feels amazing. I grew up watching coax studio wanting to be a part of it for forever So I'm super duper excited and I know that you know, this is the right time You know to for me and this is me at, you know, my my highest level yet So I'm I'm happy that it was now and I'm so I'm proud of myself for that What did you do extra to make sure that you don't miss out on coax studio? What keeps it going? Sorry, what what did you do? What did you did extra to make sure that you don't miss out on coax studio? What did I do extra? I just did my thing. I just did my thing though the same way I'm doing my thing right now just Making music and music that is true to me music that feels natural Not rushing my process. Just something to pull a pole. It's just Yeah, that's it. And I think eventually Real people notice real people and real magic noticed my magic. So, yeah Let's talk about you walking with calligraphs Jones. Yeah. Yeah, it's it's amazing Calligraphy is amazing. He's is very sweet. He's very patient It's very You know, I expected to go there. He's intimidating or like very kept to himself, but You know much who are people one thing I usually says that I really really do prefer working with older people in the industry because They're much nicer and that's what happened with calligraph. He was amazing Any musical lesson you've learned maybe you can share with us musical lesson That any sound can work together, you just have to think yeah, that's it because I didn't expect his his sound to Mesh with mine that easily So, yeah, that's it. Where do you see now the music going once we've done with the release? What do I see the coax studio one going? Yeah, no, you're mashable. Yeah, my mashup with calligraph um Where do I see it going? What I can have a feeling is an international heat, you know, I pray to God that that's what is planned But neither let the less whatever happens with this collaboration I'm gonna wake up tomorrow and work on more and more and more until I have a song like X and bigger and bigger and bigger Yeah You being an international brand international star you've connected with funds your fans are across World your music is being played everywhere. You're topping charts. You're having Streams across the world. What is the feeling now to see your name to see your music touching so many souls across the world? As I was saying when you're vulnerable and when you're yourself I think people recognize that so I think people out there Realize that I'm just being myself and I'm also I guess I I think God that I'm talented and I sing well So I make sure that in each song. I'm giving myself a hundred percent and People recognize that so it feels like I deserve it and I know I deserve it and I deserve to be here and I was patient. It's my turn and I know after me. They'll be even greater people to learn. Yeah Let's talk about music business. You being under a label has it helped you that much? I'm not under a label I've partnered with Universal, but I'm not a signed artist. I'm not signed up to 60 deal or anything like that They're working to distribute my music for me and that's how we're partnering And I think I made the right decision Universal has been beautiful and I think I also can't sit here and say that everybody who works with a record label is gonna have a good experience Or everyone will have a bad experience What I will say though is that More than anything take your time when negotiating those contracts That's literally gonna save you Yeah, it's gonna really save you. Yeah, we're going to be under a music label. Pardon. What don't you be under a label? Because it's not time yet Sometimes you feel when it's time to take that big step and I know that When I look at our strategy as a team We have a strategy and that's not aligned without strategy at this time But eventually it will Now let's talk about split sheet because both of upcoming artists doesn't understand that when you're under a music distribution company Or when you're under a label, there's what we call split sheet the producer of involve if you involve a writer US service involved Well split sheets are not necessarily connected to a record label or anything like that It is your agreement with with the people who contributed to your music That shows, you know Yeah, each person each person's contribution So that when you do make profits from the music then everyone who contributed can earn from it So no one should say that they are not signing split sheets because they are not signed to a record label Everybody should sign a split sheets and as an artist it should be in your best interest to make sure that your producer and everybody That you're working with it's earning from from from from the music because they contributed so Why would you want to take away that right from them? So anybody who's contributing to a song even if you wrote one word Even if it's 0.1% contribution you deserve it make sure you sit down with the artists and negotiate on split sheets And if you don't know what to do Contact like just I guess such for IP and entertainment lawyers And I'm sure one of the one of them can can can clearly guide you It's not complicated. I just I feel like there are lots of gatekeepers So sometimes as an upcoming artist, it's hard to to know the answers to everything But but just be curious research And don't ignore advice like this Yeah, we wind up any international Collaborals projects coming up local you featuring local artists because we've seen it really you featuring local talent Yeah, I've never done it before but I said we are going like we're doing it now I have about Three colabos so far with local artists Not gonna say but I've posted it so probably people can already tell who it is But yeah Many many colabos many many colabos coming I've never done colabos before primarily because I'm I was so trying to find myself and find myself And also people don't realize when you're collaborating with artists sometimes there's so much pressure Because you know sometimes you're in a room and you feel So little in front of the great So it also took Building up confidence. Any any local artists your favorite local artist favorite local artist I feel like so far my favorite local artist has got to be bien In terms of his music Wanna like at a close friends or anything but like I'm in terms of his music and how he He's been able to see relevant for a minute. Yeah, being is dope Now said so is having their own last show happening early next They say the last Yeah, they say this I did not know it's the last one. Oh, that's sad Are you planning maybe to attend? I I don't know I don't got many concerts like that But if it's the last one I bet I attend I didn't plan to but now I get our plan to There was a mixed reaction online because tickets were a bit high against or saying like this too much Do you feel it's high-time Kenyans none to appreciate their own by buying what is there for them? Yeah, it's we're going for 20,000. Yeah, I mean I mean at the end of the day, I guess economy is going down and Also artists people really need to realize that Unless your artist is really really up there. You're not earning so much money So if you love the band enough go and invest in them I mean if you don't that's you but the people who love them will invest in yeah You're planning maybe of your show one month show Yeah, I would really really love to do that. Maybe I'll you next year I just need to release some of the music I've already made some dope stuff. Yeah, randomly. What's a favorite social media app? Instagram why is the ground Instagram because So many ideas they have reels, so then it's kind of like tiktok And I think also it's like that's the app I grew up using so like I know it the best out of all of them I'm not too much into tiktok But I guess after Instagram is tiktok. So yeah, Instagram We saw you the other day parliament There's a proposed bill on parliament to ban tiktok and Kenya because Kenyans are misusing it. Are you aware about that? I mean, I don't even know honestly when it comes to anything political in this country. I'ma leave it to God Kenyans are misusing the app now. I Honestly, I don't know anything about that. I'm not misusing the app. So as I said As we wind up talk to your fans amazing fans that have been there with you since they won your family your management They've just been amazing Honestly for my my fans are the most patient people and they don't bully me into releasing new music They're a bit more patient is me So and I'm just grateful anything that happens nowadays. I don't ask for much. I'm just Grateful Yeah, thank you so much for speaking to us. Maybe at least you give us something Something yeah Hey guys, it's Nikita carrying and we're with spam but spam or SPM. Oh, it's not bomb buzz. Oh my goodness Hey guys, it's Nikita carrying here and you're with SPM buzz. Thank you for having me. Cheers Okay I ain't trying to be oh eggs that don't call if you Try never buy from my way. I'm on top of my game. I'm away. I'm away. Yeah Hey guys, it's Nikita carrying and you're with SPM buzz. Cheers. Thank you so much for having us always having us having time for us Thank you