Olivia Ambani is a singer, songwriter and marketer whose song Falling Star from her debut album THE AWAKENING was featured in a movie “Just In Time” currently showing on NETFLIX. How did that happen within months of releasing her album last year? Her recount of this sounds almost fictional.
In this episode, Olivia and Njeri begin the conversation with her experience finishing her album last year. how she stopped waiting for someone to come along and discover her, writing from a place of deep vulnerabilities, making her dreams come true and how the album's release has opened up great opportunities for her.
Njeri and Olivia share their own experiences on how things just align but the role that creatives have to play in preparing for that moment and putting themselves out there. How does she manage to juggle marketing with singing and songwriting and how do they feed off each other.
Olivia's story of how she bootstrapped for her Awakening album production and release is full of knowledge bombs; educating herself on copyright, the music business and being intentional about owning every aspect of her music.
The final part of their convo dwells on the new Alternative/underground Kenyan sound and the different ways that artists and musicians are making money beyond the conventional music business and marketing models.
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