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This week's artist really allowed the gears in our brains to move in order to have a very deep-seated discussion: Do you HAVE to play/ sing  soca or even calypso in order to be considered 'local'? It was a discussion that didn't necessarily leave us stumped, but it left us wondering what is the industry standard for 'local'? We like Zachary's style, his blended f...

In this weeks episode a good friend of ours Adriel Bailey King suggested this young astronomical guitarist called Zayn Mohammed. Zayn, a Berkelee music graduate we felt was the ideal way to launch our local artist segment. His style, artistic expression, musical vocabulary encapsulated one of the best pivot points to focus on making local more popular, locally. The discussion was heavy to say the...

For this podcast we simply decided to allow his music to speak for itself. There were volumes more that we wanted to speak on however trust us, if you have been feeling the vibes so far up to this point, we believe ALL of these artistes music speaks for themselves. Eshon Burgandy....What can really say? We were absolutely mindblown by the quality of music, arrangements, lyricism and very happy to...

In this episode my friend Jehiah and I discuss the art form of spoken word and how it is affected in Trinidad and Tobago. We analyze the ways and means of helping the artform  come to the forefront of the local music industry. We utilize the style of Odd Thomas in order to gain greater understanding of how to enhance the local circles of spoken word. Jehiah shares some insight into the roots of sp...

In today's episode we look at the old school rapper Ohmega Watts. We determine his style  to be very Tupac and Biggie in the instrumentation department. We also discuss whether artistes should "self promote" as well as whether finding out if there are NOTICEABLE differences between  big named studios and home owned/ friend owned/ private studios. His albums are available on spotify,...

In this first episode we briefly introduce our podcast. We spend some time sharing music from the artist Propaganda. I began following  Propaganda the artist roughly two years ago and since then I've been an absolute fan. Do enjoy our first podcast. Next week's episode will be out and even more fun!!!!!!  Where to find Propaganda's work: https://www.pastemagazine.com/noisetrade/musi...