We are honoured to announce that Shontelle’s song Battle Cry has been chosen for the historic compilation “Yes We Can: Voices of a Grass roots Movement”.
 The official album celebrating Barack Obama’s Presidential Campaign will be made available tomorrow!
 
The above announcement was made by Shontelle Layne’s management earlier this week and that is quite an honour indeed.
 With a mere t-shirt on, Barbadian Shontelle Layne has been going places, and I don’t mean to the supermarket and beach like I’ve been doing.
She has been making an indelible Stamp on the international music world.
 Not only are her songs making it on Obama’s compilation but her song t-shirt has been burning up the airwaves.
Its number 37 on the international music charts and still looking to move up especially with the release of the music video
Shontelle has gone a long way since performing in Bacchanal Time calypso tent.
In 2005 she made her debut in the tent performing “colours” with Natalee, also in that year she wrote the famous “Roll” song which is performed by Alison hinds.

While some might have said the success of Rihanna was a freak occurrence, Shontelle is evidence that opportunities exist and that even from in Barbados there is a chance you will be discovered. So it benefits you to be always be your best regardless of where you perform as you can never tell when an international scout is in the audience.

It is also important that we support with a capital “S” our people making it outside, not only like Shontelle but Rihanna and David Kirton etc. We must be sincerely happy for them because if it could happen to them, it could happen to you.When you speak of them only say good things and glorify their accomplishments other wise I’ll have to curse your ass.
 But I digest*, back to shontelle.
Now the international sky’s the limit for Barbadian shontelle Layne who is going places and “only with her t-shirt on”.

Congrats to Shontelle her management Sonia Mullins and her dad Raymond!

*I did that digest thing deliberately so don’t be home laughing saying that Peter Boyce is a cant write idiot, yuh idiot!

Our local artistes continue to make impact internationally, Rihanna, Shantell, Livi Frank etc… and believe it or not a MAN is also reaping some success.
Remember some time ago I wrote about how only women were making being recognized internationally and it was looking like I would have to get a sex change to make it big?
Well after I saved up all that money up for the operation David Kirton is giving us hope there is still something out there for us men….

Here’s some info his manager/wifey Noelle sent out regarding David’s latest milestone.

David Kirton signs with UK Number # 1 Music Distributor.

David Kirton’s live performance at the 2008 Royal Chelsea Flower Show produced more than vibes among the beautiful and exotic blooms it also secured a distribution deal with the United Kingdom’s # 1 music Distributor Nova Pinnacle. His award winning album Time for Change will be launched in the UK September 30th. Kirton’s guitar driven
hybrid of rock – pop and reggae  moves past the reverent Caribbean
rhythms of the past and on to the airwaves, dance floors and digital
devices of future. It sits comfortably in play lists surrounded by
Jack Johnson, Nora Jones, Sting, Bob Marley, Seal and Ben Harper.
Kirton’s fans are not looking for prison stories, hate messages or
graphic sex songs to download on their ipod.  His music touches the
heart, head and feet, making you feel, think and dance.
Kirton pulled a hat trick at the 2008  Barbados Music Awards  winning

Reggae artist of Year, Reggae Song of Year (Green Camouflage)  and Best video. He was also nominated for the coveted Entertainer of Year.

Congrats to David Kirton and management  from Boyce Voice!

This morning at 9.30 is will be the funeral of Rolland Stephen.
Rolland was an entertainer who contributed quite a number of years to the industry.
I had known him as the manager of the musical band Axis for quite a number of years. In the era of the 80’s and 90’s Axis was one of the popular attractions, which packed venues across Barbados including the Ship Inn.
Axis featured people like Ian Allyene, Carol Ann Scantlebury, Ray Armstrong and Kim Derrick to name a few.
One of the first entertainment events I ever put together featured this group. Back in 1994 I organized a show/fete at a Club in Christ Church and I would have worked with Roland then.

What I did not know was that also a member of that famous Bajan group “The Dynamics”, of Wendy Allyene and the Dynamics fame. He has therefore left a perennial mark and made a valuable contribution to our music Industry.
That’s why tonight at the Ship Inn in St Lawrence Gap some of the same names mentioned above reunite for a special benefit concert entitled “Axis through the years”.
Carol Ann Scantlebury with whom as you know I am quite affiliated has come back to Barbados for this special event.
And when was the last time you saw Ray Armstrong on stage? Not since his days with Krosfyah right? Well for one night only you can see the entire original Axis crew doing all the back in time tunes from the 80’s and 90’s.
Also guest stars like Gabby, Gillo Blood and more. Special appearance by the band Masala.
Proceeds from this event will go towards Roland’s three daughters, your contribution will only be $20.00 so come out and participate, I’ll be there looking for you at this musical Tribute to entertainer Roland Stevens who passed away last week; May he rest in peace…..

Whoa, Its Raining cats and dogs today, but lets forget the dogs and focus on the cats…

look at that little black pussy cat above, isn’t it cute? who would think that liking a little pussy cat could end you up in before the law courts. 

A cat loving friend of mine catmailed me and asked if for their catty edification if I could republish my “very pussy story” that i did some time ago as these are some very catty times we are living in..

 and in my cat loving eagerness decided to oblige, so click on below link with your paw..

a very pussy story

Once upon a time cats were bitten now they are the “biteys”, above is a pussy cat biting a person’s foot, would you let a cat bite you? you have got to be careful with your foot around a cat

Cats were once very docile creatures now every where you look its a cat attack, here’s a cat attacking a dog, thats quite a cat kick…! must be a kung Fu Cat

Heres a cat slapping another cat, WHAPAX! thats quite a slap for a little cat

The thing is men like cats and women like cats but few people are afraid to say, Ian Bourne is a self confessed cat lover he has even put a picture of it on the web, that’s how much he loves his cat.

I read a news story on the net this week, where a firefighter give mouth to mouth resuscitation to a cat to bring it back to life, afterwards he said, “it tasted like fur!” Now we all know what a cat taste like, unless you knew from before.. did you? maybe the cats got your tongue…

In an attempt to prove that I am not intellectually challenged let’s deal with a topic with some political intrigue.

So today instead of Boyce Voice we will be “Boyce Underground”, that’s a totally original name I just came up with.

Have you been hearing about the scenario where the opposition leader Basdeo Panday was banned from the Trinidad sitting of parliament for using a laptop computer while parliament was in session.

I have never heard such igrunce yet; imagine banning a minister from official business for looking using a computer.
As a man who is addicted to using technology myself that is bare c***!
You know how much time I spend at meetings looking in black berries, palms and computers engaged in activity related to the same meeting. 

The speaker of that house needs to be informed we now live in a technologically advanced world
where instead of writing things on paper people now use computers; panday could easily have been preparing his speech for later presentation. 

What you are reading now was written using my black berry, I hardly ever write and the few times I have people tell me my handwriting is atrocious. So I have learnt to use the technology so people understand what I am trying to say.

Enough about you Peter, back to Panday, now they are saying in order for him to enter parliament and participate in the up coming national budget debate, he must apologisé for using the computer, that’s another bunch of c***.

Panday is being forced to apologisé for being technologically advanced. I know Panday is not no sweet bread, but in this case we should see his position.

You would think in a country like Trinidad where the crime rate is so high that members of parliament would have much more to occupy their time than stopping an old guy from using a computer.
*Crap

I was talking to 2 female friends recently, and they were lamenting the fact that in the average work place men are paid more money than women for doing the same job.
A woman doing a job with the same qualifications and experience as a man would take home less money, doesn’t that strike you as a tad unfair? Isn’t that like sexual discrimination?

Mention of sex brings me to my Boyce point for today, one profession for sure where women are paid more than men than men is the Porn industry.
Boyce sacrificed all one of his morals and did investigations for you on the subject of how much more women in the porn industry were paid in contrast to men and the difference was a astounding.
The average male porn star gets $300 to $400 a scene or $100 to $200 if he is new, it is even said there are some men who do it for free.
A woman on the other hand gets a whopping $100,000 to $250,000 a year which is pretty damn impressive.

So there are women like Jenna Jameson is a multi millionaire all from porn, Tera Patrick who now owns her own porn company which generates over 30 million dollars per year
Maria Takagi from Japan who makes $86,000 per film and the list of highly paid porn women go on.
And we men get a mere $400 per scene and some even do it FOR FREE. Men reading this should feel like dogs then. I think the fee that a porn man is paid is “hard on” a man considering that he has the “hard” job of maintaining one, and infront of hot lights and cameras, that can’t be easy.
I think the message being sent here is vaginas are worth more than penises so a man taking his clothes off ent saying nothing but a woman? now yuh talking!

I have noticed how ever that the fact that female porn stars are paid more than men is not herald with any great celebration by the feminists of this world, female porn stars have managed to “break the glass ceiling” as it relates to pay and it should be recognized.

Boyce Disclaimer; Do not feel that because I wrote about “be a whore” last week and now “Porn Star Pay” that I am encouraging persons to enter that industry, by all means stick to your 9 to 5  $2000 per month job. you might not be the richest person but a better person

I wanted to put up pictures of porn stars with this but Darron needs to fix my picture upload thing..

Who will take over when the tall philipian goes to crack jokes in beyond the pearly gates?
Have you ever thought of that?
Well I am inviting you to think about it now; your brain is not busy! Who will be the next person to step into Mac Fingall’s shoes when he is gone?
Not only is there a dearth of comedians in Barbados but there is a dearth of people aspiring to be comedians, which is sad.
Nobody wants to make people laugh.

Think bout it, who do we have that is funny in Barbados?
(I mean funny ha ha)
There’s Trevor Eastmond accomplished comedian who has been around for a number of years. He is known for his colorful language. Then you have Alf who has been making a name for himself performing in the Crop Over Cavalcades.
Then there’s Mr. Kb Kleen, again another comedian/Mc who is known for operating mainly during Crop Over specifically in Bacchanal Time.
And then There’s Mac Fingall, Mac is considered the maestro of mc/comedians in Barbados. His busy performance schedule not only in Barbados but internationally is testimony to his talent and how much in demand he is.

Then there’s Madd Entertainment who is known for situation comedy skits.After you go past the above mentioned entities that just about it.! Did I miss anybody?

Oh yeah, Jenifer walker is another good comedic talent but she only MC’s every once in a while.
My point is 25 years ago the persons who dominated the comedy scene are the same people who reign now.
And the person who stands head and shoulders above all is Mac.
We are hard pressed to identify a successor to Mac; every one wants to be a freaking singer no one wants to make people laugh.
I am not talking about the political public figures that make people laugh at microphones without intending to I mean real potential comedy talent.
Maybe NCF needs to start having comedy work shops in schools to identify new talent, and have Trevor Mac and KB develop teach and pass on their skills so that our dearth of comedy can be filled.

Hey, speaking of dearth of talent reminds me of my self,

I am a bit of comedian too myself, “There is a dearth of talent in the void of my brain” I want to be known for saying that….

Boyce is out…..