So I’m going to really start concentrating on putting my own music out on my record label. I have a Christmas album out on there and things like that, but there is a track I’ve done with a South African producer. I don’t want to spill all the beans, but we are going very Afro-tech. The cover will reflect that, and we have a little video where we are animated in it. Someone animated us, and it looks very much like Wakanda. So I’m going to really start focusing on my own label, and I believe that anything you focus on and put your energy towards will reflect that and will get bigger and better. The label is called Ny-O-Dae. It’s the same name as my publishing company. My mother always told me when I was a kid: “There’s nothing like having your own.” I’ve always He said, “We have to talk when you get back.” Now, everyone knows what “we gotta talk” means! He said, “No, it’s not like that. I’m just wondering if this is what I have to look forward to—you never having time for me. Is that what this is going to be?” I said, “You know what, let me call you right back.” I never called him. He kept calling and calling. If you’re that short-sighted, than you can beat it! Eventually I picked up, and he said, “I’ve been calling and calling you.” I said, “You don’t have to, I’m good.” ES: That’s a great story. RR: After interviewing 4,000 people, it’s very hard not to do an interview when someone’s doing an interview. Right, it’s just second nature. ES: So, Inaya, is there anything else that you’d like to share that I haven’t covered? I don’t know if I mentioned it the last time, but I have my own record label. I’ve had it for quite some time. I’m really going to start focusing on it, because I’m always on everybody else’s label, and I really have neglected my own. followed that. I just need to put more energy into my own. ES: You’re right. Artists really have a hard time making money these days. Yeah, you need at least seven streams of income. Oh, and did you know that last year Adidas licensed “Keep Pushing”? They showed the song during the Grammys. Actually, they remixed the song, and they had Dua Lipa, an award-winning pop artist, singing it. They had to send me the music, and I had to approve it. That was so cool. I get to approve Dua Lipa! So I was watching the Grammys with my mother, and all this new music was showing up during the commercials. All the songs that had sync licensing, you see them with The Gap and things like that. It was getting toward the end, and I told my mother, “Man, they’re not going to play ‘Keep Pushing.’” Then maybe the next commercial, no sooner had I said that, it came on. I was screaming. That was a great feeling. That’s a peak watch hour. So millions saw it, and that was brilliant. https://mn2s.com/booking-agency/live-roster/inaya-day/ Inaya Day will perform at The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker Street,on the 8th August. Facebook: /INAYADAYOFFICIALPAGE Twitter: @INAYADAY
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