included "Smile" sung by the two. About this experience, he said: "I had so much fun producing for my parents and I'd like to produce for other people too." He has stated that he would rather choose to become a producer in the long run: "My mom and dad have been singing for thirty years and counting. I don't see myself singing for the next 30 years." In September 2012, Nievera won New Male Recording Artist of the Year for Overwait at the 4th PMPC Star Awards for Music. Nievera self-released Nightmares, his second album which he solely composed and produced, for free download from his website in December 2012. In March 2013, Nievera embarked on his first solo show called The Nightmares Concert, based on the Nightmares album. It was held at Teatrino Greenhills in San Juan, Metro Manila, and also featured songs from Overwait and performances by The John Sung Band and The Walkie Talkies whose members were Nievera's classmates in college. Zia Quizon was a special guest. The show was produced by Pops Fernandez, Nievera's producer mother: "I guess my mom liked the songs and the album and she said you need to have a concert. So she planned out going to Teatrino, paying the downpayment. With everything else she said: 'You fix it, you pick the songs,'" he related. Nievera had recently signed with Viva Artists Agency, which he said "helped with rehearsals" for the show. The Nightmares Concert was also staged in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan between March and April. He was announced to host Daily Top Ten, a music show of Viva TV featuring up-and-coming Filipino musicians. At Myx Music Awards 2013, he was nominated for Favorite New Artist. Nievera was named Promising Male Singer/ Performer of the Year at the 44th Box Office Entertainment Awards in May 2013. In January 2014, Nievera said that he was planning "to do a lot of things, music-oriented, Internet-oriented, and out of music-oriented." He announced that his contract with PolyEast would expire at the end of the month, and he was "starting a new band but it's going to be an independent release." He explained that he "won't get a record label" because "I wanna do it on my own ...I wanna know how it works." Nievera had been conceptualizing a third album with his new band, which he was intending to release online for free