We Want We Videos; “Time for Change” Music Video
Some thing which was brought to my attention when I served as a judge in the Barbados Music Awards nominee selection process recently is the volume and quality of the music videos that are being produced by our Barbadian acts.
I was totally blown away by the special effects, abstract concepts and high production quality in videos by “Kite” “Masala” along with Philip Scantlebury among others. What puzzles me is that we have a government owned television station that boasts they are “we tv” and we never see these outstanding local productions. Instead we are treated to old videos by Atlantic Star, Peabo Bryson and Engleburke Humperdink (I can’t even spell his freaking name) who don’t give a rats ass on whether they show on we tv or not.
Other local videos like Peter Ram, Biggie Irie, Ayana John and the video we feature here, David Kirton come to mind for being top quality productions. Ronnie Morris mentioned at the meeting that credit goes to the executive producers for financing these videos and that is true, but credit also goes to the technical people for their shooting and editing of these creative productions.
I am involved in video production and I know it is not easy.
Fortunately we have “we blog” Boyce Voice so we can highlight we videos as we have been doing, so lets do it then, this is David Kirton and he says its “Time for a Change”. I agree with him 100%.
If during the reading of this blog there is any thing I might have written which might have incensed or offended you, GET OVER IT! There are many things I read and hear in the media on a daily basis that I don't like either. SO DEAL WITH IT! You are welcome to leave your comments though. Make sure and come back yuh hear !!!...
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:00 am
Hear ! Hear!
I endorse the comment because to my mind
The refusal of Barbadian radio and television people to PROMOTE and play Barbadian music is tantamount to TREASON
It is an underminding of the very fabric of Barbadian heritage and existence and it is something that needs to be challenged and tackled with all the energies we can muster
We need to protest through marches, petitions and all other means available including the call-in shows. THIS A SERIOUS MATTER.
I myself intend to do something about this NOT PLAYING BAJAN MUSIC SYNDROME (NPBM)that seems to be affecting the media houses in Barbados. Sometimes the amount of Jamaican and American music that the stations play and the way the radio personalities promote the music leaves me to conclude that we have deep psychological difficulties that we need to treat in order to move forward as a people. Right now -at this moment –08:50—friday nov 2 –i am listening to a local radio station the dj is saying that he is putting people in the mood for the weekend. What is he playing???- ‘bare’ jamaican music. Hurrah ! HE has now switch to playing some bajan reggae artistes—NOT ENOUGH though !—–The D J–is now playing David Kirton and he is saying that he is pulling the curtain on Bajan Music after three(3)songs–wow!
I intend to get together all the persons who have recorded music in Barbados to march to Bay Street -to River Road and to the Pine –that is if the police give permission
November 20th, 2007 at 9:02 am
we got nuff local music videos, but de people wont show um look at dis artist fuh example http://www.kadriwalcottonline.com
he do da music video bout 4 munts now and de people wont play um, dum wont even play he songs on de radia, i feel cbc shud be in de hands of de entertainers and not politicians, friends and families, cbc is one big mob, only check fuh dum own and not de lil man who strugglin, anyways i outta hay