Exposed Vocals Interviews unsigned artist Kai

Exposed Vocals: How did you hear about Exposed Vocals? What made you decide to sign up?

I heard about it from a follower of mine on twitter. I looked at the massive hype y’all got and decided to follow up.

Exposed Vocals:  So tell us your story. Where did you grow up? What made you decide to become an artist?  

I grew up in Lusaka – Zambia’s Capital City. Greatest place on Earth lol .

I have always loved music, and i decided to give it a shot after some pressure from my friends and people who heard me rap. And I can say it worked out well.

Exposed Vocals: How did you come up with that name? What was your inspiration behind it?

What Kai? … Long Story…  Let’s just say I need about three hours to explain it … Might let you know on my next song. I like the name though. haha

Exposed Vocals: What do you think about online music sharing? Do you ever give your music away for free? Why?

I think it’s great, as an upcoming and unsigned artist it’s an important method of sharing your music with everyone especially in the beginning. And it gives you as an artist a chance to flood the industry with your music.

I do give my music away for free and I do that coz I want to get my music out there. The most important thing is to have people embrace my music so that in the future they won’t hesitate to spend a few bucks to get that new Kai song /Album etc. so giving away your music for free is a good thing if you starting up and hey the best things in life are free anyway..lol

Exposed Vocals: Since everyone was a start-up once, can you give any smaller or local bands or artists looking to get gigs and airplay some tips?

Be Original, have lots of rich content, keep a positive outlook, be energetic, and never give up.

Exposed Vocals: Do you ever make mistakes during performances? How do you handle that?

I do, I’m human!  I just keep going and ignore it .No one really notices anyway.

Exposed Vocals: Do you tour? Anything interesting happen on tour that you think our readers would enjoy hearing about?

Not yet but soon hopefully. I would love to share every moment of my tours with the world.

Exposed Vocals: Where do you usually gather song writing inspiration? What is your usual song writing process?

I write about my life experiences and everything that goes on in my life and around me.

I don’t have a usual song writing process, for me its random it can happen anytime and anywhere.

I can be on bus home and witness a fight or something and then I’ll incorporate it with a similar situation in my life and create a master piece tada!! Haha.

Exposed Vocals: Do you have a band website? What online platforms do you use to share your music?

 I don’t have a website at the moment, still under construction. I Mostly use reverbnation , soundcloud , facebook and twitter to share my music.

www.reverbnation.com/kaithejuggernaut

www.facebook.com/kaithejuggernaut

@Kai_Juggernaut

Exposed Vocals: What are some really embarrassing songs that we might find on your mp3 player?

Haha good one! Uhmm

1 . No Flex Zone by Rae Sremmurrrrr whatever..lol

, 2 . An Old Demo of mine .Thats about it.

Exposed Vocals: If you were given half a million dollars and a year off, what would you do? How would you spend it?

Mhmmm.. i would get my folks that beautiful home they’ve  always wanted , invest in my brothers graphic design skills , build a  good studio and and enjoy myself .

Exposed Vocals: Any planned studio upgrades? What are you working with now?

I’m in and outta studios all over the country…lol  . I have a lot of creative input to the production and mixing side of things (particularly my vocal production) but I’m not at a stage where I can produce my own music, I’m still watching and learning.

Exposed Vocals: How do you find ways to promote your music? What works best for you?

Through social media like Facebook, twitter etc. Twitter and Facebook work well for me.

Exposed Vocals: If you could perform anywhere and with any artists (Dead or Alive) where and who would it be with? Why?

Whoa!! Got lots of artists to choose from.  Let me break it down a bit

On stage with Tupac (Mhsrip) at Heroes Stadium here in my country. haha yep!! REAL!!

Jay z, Brandy, Brenda Fassie (Mhsrip) ,and Macy Gray at the Barclays centre .

And Michael Jackson at The 02 Arena. Mhsrip

Exposed Vocals: So, what’s next? Any new upcoming projects that you want to talk about?

Wow there’s a lot of projects coming, a mixtape, an EP and An Album plus lots of videos and a small series … more to be announced soon.

Exposed Vocals: If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?

Living

Exposed Vocals: Do you remember buying your first album? Who was it? What was going through your head?

Albums yes. 2002 was a year of real hiphop for me.

Eminem – The Eminem Show

Nelly – NellyVille

Jay z – The Blueprint 2

I was just getting into the whole hiphop vibe.

Exposed Vocals: How do you juggle the rest of your responsibilities while trying to stay ahead in your music life?

as an artist it isn’t easy to manage with other things How I juggle it is I take days off to manage my other responsibilities and then I can catch up with my music.

Exposed Vocals: What should fans look forward to in 2015?

Lots of new music , gigs , videos etc – A better ME ..