Hey, the music industry operates a lot like the Big Six. A really thoughtful article about the state of the music industry now, and the changes needed to grow it. Chief among them--transparency. Particularly about who pays who for what, and how much. Sounds like the very thing authors--new and old--have been asking for from the … Continue reading The Music Industry Needs A Black Box…So Does Publishing
Trinbagonian Words And Phrases For the Expert Tourist
Some of you may have seen this clip of John Oliver calling out Jack Warner over the FIFA bribery scandal: Needless to say, it did not necessarily go over well with all the citizens of my country. Many of us are embarrassed by the whole Warner thing, and some people felt Oliver was using our own … Continue reading Trinbagonian Words And Phrases For the Expert Tourist
Taylor Swift Is Alright With Me
I like Taylor Swift and I'm not ashamed to say it. I don't, in fact, think she writes bad music. I like her tunes, I rock out to them all the time, and her Bad Blood video was everything, dahling, just everything. Does she sometimes come across as the branded version of every good American … Continue reading Taylor Swift Is Alright With Me
Carnival Time Again
It's Carnival time here again in Trinidad and Tobago and if you know me, you know I love to talk about my country's biggest festival. It literally sweeps everything from our mind and gets the body moving to the music. It's just one week away, with this Friday being Fantastic Friday and I'm looking forward … Continue reading Carnival Time Again
Good Quotes– A Brief Guide To Extempo Calypso And Some Epic Insults
I have always been addicted to quotes and a good insult. Must be the Trini in me. We love to end an argument by just shutting it down. We even have a form of improv calypso that we call Extempo. It's two contestants getting on stage with no idea what the topic will be. The only know … Continue reading Good Quotes– A Brief Guide To Extempo Calypso And Some Epic Insults
Soca Music on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’!
Yep. One of the routines on Fox's dance competition, So You Think You Can Dance--which I am a huge, HUGE fan of as a former dancer myself--actually featured a very popular soca tune that played a lot during Trinidad's Carnival season. Although it's not sung by Trinidadians--who actually invented soca--it's definitely very familiar to all of … Continue reading Soca Music on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’!
Can’t Get You Out Of My Head…
There's this comeback a Trinidadian comedian left on her Twitter recently and I can't stop laughing at it in my mind. She was having a Twitter war with another Trinidadian celebrity, and a Twitter follower commented on it, admonishing her and telling her to basically act like a lady. Wrong move. The comedian destroyed her. … Continue reading Can’t Get You Out Of My Head…
Beautiful Music
My sister found this artist a few months ago because music is even more her thing than it is mine--and I freaking love music. Since then, I haven't been able to get this song out of my head. There's something about this that reminds me of Ladysmith Black Mombazo and Paul Simon and Yuna all … Continue reading Beautiful Music
Earworm – This One is for the Road
I'm having a lot of fun posting these so I hope you're having fun listening to them. Today's songs are from our most popular soca artiste by far - Machel Montano. He's performed with international stars such as Pitbull, and he's been doing this a long time. Since he was a child, actually. He's sold … Continue reading Earworm – This One is for the Road
Carnival Vibes
Feeling some Bunji again today so I'm linking to another of his new songs for Carnival 2014. Some people think this will be the Road March this year. For those of you not familiar with the concept, the Road March is the song that plays the most during the parade of the bands on Carnival … Continue reading Carnival Vibes
R.S.A. Garcia 