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caribarts · 10-08-2008, 11:08 PM

[quote=warrior;2877553]I think my question could have been more clear. So I will re-ask it.

The are some people who love music and love a genre in particular (Rock, Rap, Trance..) but live in a soca island. So since there isn't that big a market for there music locally, during Carnival/Crop Over they sing soca just because they can make money doing music, even if it is not the music they love. In fact I have heard that some of these very people do not love soca.

The same is also true for some DJs. The place soca because they have to but they are Reggae/dancehall men or Rap heads.

What effect do you think this is having on the soca industry?[/QUO

Because of the way your premise is stated, I am going to say miniscule. Because my music of choice is Juke Music doesn't mean that I am going to turn my back on what is inherently mine. My people before me, left me something that I am supposed to be proud of and want to see that some parts of it/sound continue into the next generations.

What the genres of calypso and its other forms lack :

Development plan
Marketing
*Money*
Established sales plans for the music

If we had 100 artists signed to record labels and these labels spent $40,000 on each artist for promotion and marketing - don't you believe that this would move the genre ahead? Somebody is going to hear and for the record label they would be hoping that quite a few.

We need to establish our own tracking methods to really see how much CD's get sold. Good charts for our music, not these music charts that are out there for our music, where 80% of the songs come from the same country and the same artist.(how can a genre progress in this manner)

I am going to an event later this month that deals with getting your music into the American market, but I am sure everybody will be thinking rock, pop and hip hop. I will be there to say, my music exists, here is a copy of my CD take a listen. We can produce GOOD music, but we have to have followup through out the year, not limit what get's produced to 6 weeks out of the year.

10-08-2008, 11:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
caribarts Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New York Posts: 680 Credits: 391	[quote=warrior;2877553]I think my question could have been more clear. So I will re-ask it. The are some people who love music and love a genre in particular (Rock, Rap, Trance..) but live in a soca island. So since there isn't that big a market for there music locally, during Carnival/Crop Over they sing soca just because they can make money doing music, even if it is not the music they love. In fact I have heard that some of these very people do not love soca. The same is also true for some DJs. The place soca because they have to but they are Reggae/dancehall men or Rap heads. What effect do you think this is having on the soca industry?[/QUO Because of the way your premise is stated, I am going to say miniscule. Because my music of choice is Juke Music doesn't mean that I am going to turn my back on what is inherently mine. My people before me, left me something that I am supposed to be proud of and want to see that some parts of it/sound continue into the next generations. What the genres of calypso and its other forms lack : Development plan Marketing Money Established sales plans for the music If we had 100 artists signed to record labels and these labels spent $40,000 on each artist for promotion and marketing - don't you believe that this would move the genre ahead? Somebody is going to hear and for the record label they would be hoping that quite a few. We need to establish our own tracking methods to really see how much CD's get sold. Good charts for our music, not these music charts that are out there for our music, where 80% of the songs come from the same country and the same artist.(how can a genre progress in this manner) I am going to an event later this month that deals with getting your music into the American market, but I am sure everybody will be thinking rock, pop and hip hop. I will be there to say, my music exists, here is a copy of my CD take a listen. We can produce GOOD music, but we have to have followup through out the year, not limit what get's produced to 6 weeks out of the year.