Greetings all.
My first official blog in which i must say i needed to try something to get my views across somehow,,, with the hope someone actually reads em... anyways. On this small island called Trinidad and Tobago we see life from the television. Now its a good and bad but lets not get to deep into that for now. Talent comes in many forms but in T&T we really don't appreciate our locals .. like really we don't....is another story. Working alongside DLL Productions he opened my eyes to a world where a man decided that he will give up everything to do what he believes in.. and what he believes in comes with sacrifice in this island, music. I would like to get more indept about DLL Productions but i must share this video which he produced for a dude name Tahir, hope to meet him or at least have a conversation with him one day so i can see where his head is at because the fella has some skills i must say.
Tahir - My Girl
Moving right along....
To be a music producer or just dealing with music production/entertainment on the whole is a challenge because we see things in this way..... once its local its rubbish... but when i see peoples like Chromatics, Guitar Dan, 868 Nebula, mayne it puzzles me why our local artits are struggling to make it like seriously we really don't know how to appriciate our own ??? Now.. don't get me wrong I love soca music however honestly its gets annoying after a while for me for i don't really care who hates me for saying this but it have few soca artists i will listen to whole year and 1 of those few is Mr Machel Montano.. say what you like about him, the man is a boss.. he produces hits every year (for 35 years i believe) and its music you can listen to on the fly and not just during carnival season, so for those soca artists who complain about not hearing their music during the year, work more cry less. anyways... on to Chromatics
Chromatics
I have a respect for this man for which he was one of the first pioneers of doing what he wanted to do and how he wanted to do it. He sings Hip Hop/Rap/R&B , real name Matics stage name Chromatics.. hey thats the man name so don't ask lol... Anyways... I first heard him in a local band for i was like mann!!!... he sounds like a angry trini! lol,, but as time proceeded and he ventured on his own his music began evolving to a point now i always tell myself anytime i hear him, thats commitment!!.. I say that because if you know this dude quite frankly this guy faced many upsets dealing with the local radio stations, to promoters to false friends towards his art. Traditionally we are a banana republic like it or not............ ok slight sarcastic humor there but we still carry that mentality... Soca or Calypso is deep whiten our culture so it would be hard for us to accept our own actually making foreign music into our own culture,,, wait wait,,stop.. i like Jay z , Busta Rymes, Chris Brown, even oh helll Micheal Jackson!!!!!!!!!!*moon walks*!!! so why is it we can't accept our own singing the same type of music with the Caribbean swag we all love and cherish ? Are we still bent into the banana republic mentality that we can't escape the cycle that we cannot appreciate our own???... hmmm i used the banana republic slang again :S my bad..I kid I kid but when you think about it,,, i don't regret it because when i see artists like Chromatics striving to make a dollar the legal way it hurts me because, its a business and as a small businessman it hurts.
YESS I SAID IT HURTSs because i have a small business as well ((shameful plug Mario Technics)) and other ventures in technology,fashion,events etc anwys.. not straying form the point, nothing in this wooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrllldddddddd is harder than trying to make something of yourself because i don't kno if its all over the world but OMGGGGGGGGG TRINIDADIANS LOVEEEEEEEEEE TO KEEP ANOTHER TRINIDADIAN DOWN..... once your out of the system and trying to do things on your own.. your not good enough or, this company has it better, or this website etc,, like WDF give me a chance test my goods or services you may actually like it, damm even mamaguy me (( for the foreigners mamaguy or mamagusim is more or less making someone believe something or they are someone that they are note... :// of sort )))) and listen to what i have to say. I am sure any small ((trini)) businessman can give a testimonial about how hard it is to survive on your own.. WORST YET in the music industry dammmm thats not nice,,, its not nice when you have organisations and companies who wouldn't play your music because its not commercial enough or it sounds to local.. yes i actually heard that word before... and you know what i can go on and on about this but its not going to change in a flash, its going to take years of talking, and promoting, and pfft honestly i don't think our backward fellow Trinidadians can change but i believe time heals and once it have people like chromatics battling hard for what he/she believes in, others will follow. Chromatics keep up the good work *salute*
On other Topics.. this week i will be doing my weekly "BIG UPS" and this week goes to nebula868. *salute* you all have come a long way from rolling in a foreign used car to rolling in a sunny lol.. honestly i wasn't a fan until i heard that sound which it took a while to gain my favor but it eventually soaked in and thats whats music is about!. The Confidence tune .. YESSSSSSS i rate it well done fellas keep it up.. and do not become to americanized in your music following is a good thing, but stick to the basis of originality which y'all do very well i must say and hey,, the world is at grasps
Nebula868- Confidence
This is the end of my first post and stay tunned,, i got them cracker stories and reviews on technology stuffs, fashion shows, parties etc byes for now
OutNbaD
