CULTURAL NEWS, VIEWS, REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS VOL. 5 ISS. 3 SEPTEMBER 2007 FREE? WOW! More Info On Page 2 LYRIC MUSIC GROUP PRESENTS THANKSGIVING LONG WEEKEND OCTOBER 5, 07 KOOLHAUS (TORONTO) OCTOBER 6, 07 CLUB NEMESIS (BRANTFORD) MARLON ASHER “Ganja Farmer” REGGAE ICON SIZZLA KALONJI MUNGA HONORABLE “Bad From Mi Born” For An Onlne Version Of Our Magazine Check: WWW.REGGAEXCLUSIVE.COM Email: [email protected] Web: www.caribbeanmusic.ca/reggaex reggaeXclusive -- Web Site: www.reggaexclusive.com --- Phone: 416-287-1335 -- Email: [email protected] Pg - 2 ACTION PROMOTION 12 YEAR ANNIVERSARY & CAVEMAN 32 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Featuring TAURUS RILEY NATURAL BLACK and more SAT. 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This song was charity events island wide. on the Music Mountain Label. one of his most popular His musical influences and That same year, he also songs to date. favorite artists are Dennis released “Girl now-a-days”, Brown, Bob Marley, Linval “Wicked Apartheid” and “Don Armed with his arsenal of Thompson, Toots and the Bonds” produced and profound musical lyrics, he Maytals and many more. released on the Dennis Star now performs on many stage Label. shows all over North America In the early ‘80’s, he came and Jamaica with artists across a program called Upon migration to Canada such as Luciano, Dennis “record jury”. This gave him in 1993, he recorded “Lost Brown, Buju Banton, Beres an in-depth overstanding of my Love” on the Bull’s Eye Hammond, Capleton, Beenie how songs should be written. Label produced by Mr. Bevin Man, Sizzla, Anthony B, Errol RA-SA-NAI This program explored Jackson, who also co- Dunkley and many more. musical arrangement, lyrics produced songs for Kings of (THE ARTIST FORMERLY and melody techniques. After Kings CEO, Colin Levy’s (aka Words of Wisdom from KNOWN AS DENNY DENTON) appearing on several local Iley Dread) first album. Not RA-SA-NAI: Ra is Love, so let shows, he gained the one to sit and wait, Ra-Sa-Nai us continue to live in love confidence necessary to continued laying tracks. In and respect each other. Born Denton Cousins (aka pursue a musical career. In 1995, he recorded “Dollars Build the unity so that we can Ra-Sa-Nai) in the parish of 1979, he wrote his first song Nah Value” on the Little gain the strength. Highly Portland in the beautiful entitled “Nuclear Weapon” Melody Label out of Miami. Bless! island of Jamaica, W.I. Like that was later released in He continued on his musical many other artists he got his reggaeXclusive -- Web Site: www.reggaexclusive.com --- Phone: 416-287-1335 -- Email: [email protected] Pg - 4 REGGAEXCLUSIVE’S VIEWS our industry has to offer. in print. I believe that you are many were already aware! But all ineffective as ‘music I have been around and a part What I am about to write sellers’ for the Canadian artist of the scene for a time now about is the fact that Leo and have been so for a LONG and am really tired of “second Cripps, a radio show host in time and that this trend must place”. That isn’t exactly the Calgary and Janaya Ellis of change in order to grow this place we are really in; I’m Souljah Fyah is about to industry. Many artists alluding to a mind set when I outsell every radio personality question why we either listen say “second place”. in Toronto as well as artist in to you all in the first place. Toronto 100 to 1. They are Many veterans have told me This is a competitive world JULION’S VIEWS enthusiastic about what they personally that they would and a competitive business consider to be a great project never give any of you their and having performed, played, and are selling them to their music as it is a waste of space spun, sung, created, pressed “A WAKE-UP CALL” audiences. A part of my and time. I will be saying and burnt reggae music for strategy was to involve as much of this, so I give you a close to 40 years now, it is many people as possible so if chance to rebut in print or on unacceptable to me that we hen I was a child 10 of the 20 took on these your shows in advance. don’t have a stronger Wgrowing up in roles, we might sell a few units presence in our own country. Jamaica, whenever one of my and make a mark and open Many of the current artists elders wished to ask a doors for other artists and today feel the same way about There is an old saying that question that needed some other projects. all of you! There is no goes something like, “You level of intellectual response effective way to sell Canadian can’t be a king abroad until from my little head, they would A part of my article will reggae if you folks are you are a king at home.” And start the questioning with that touch on the ineffectiveness involved! Maybe, we are that adage is true! Many in the dreaded “Stick a pin….”. Once of the Toronto radio putting undue pressure on community spend time you heard that, you had better personality as it pertains to you, as the ‘system’ is set up bitching at mainstream radio, get on the thinking cap and selling an artists product. If against you. Mainstream especially Flow 93.5FM as if stay focused. So I took a page the role of the DJ is to just radio with it’s ‘rotation’ system ONE station is supposed to from the elders and stuck a play good reggae music, all of are able to grow and sell save our plight. The problem pin with the letter I wrote, you have that covered, as I, artists from even foreign isn’t Flow! It is my askewed basically to the ‘industry’. I like many other fans do enjoy lands. With only 2-3 hours perception that ‘someone’ put industry in quotation as, in much of the music that you per week, you are not able to else will come along and save my humble estimation, there spin. So keep playing what use such a system. But do us and sell the reggae music! really isn’t one.