Here’s a release Boyce received from Pyramid entertainment, they are a local show business power broker who controls such artistes as Peter Ram, Philip 7 and Lil Rick who by the way was just adjudged Male entertainer of the Decade by the Barbados Music Awards. Lets take a read and see what they are saying about their French adventure at MIDEM.
Pyramid Entertainment is currently at MIDEM, the world’s largest music industry trade fair at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France. The entertainment company took the decision to be present at MIDEM this year, although not a part of the Barbados delegation, as the benefits from participation in the event over the years have proven to be innumerable and always provides new perspectives for furthering the company’s goal of bringing its artistes into mainstream music.
From January 23-27, the Pyramid contingent will be taking part in both MidemNet, which focuses on monetising music, and the main MIDEM exhibition. As MIDEM offers music professionals from across the industry the chance to network with potential business partners and identify new business opportunities, Pyramid’s representatives already have several meetings with agents and promoters lined up and will participate in several conference workshops including those on digital licensing and new media.
Started in 1967, MIDEM now attracts close to 9,000 of the world’s largest music recording labels, agents, publishers, promoters, online and traditional distributors, live music professionals and artiste managers. This year’s key note line up includes a speaker session with Grammy award winning singer, songwriter and producer Pharell Williams and for the first time the tradeshow introduces the MIDEM Managers’ Village.

Wow that’s some great stuff they did there, kudos to Pyramid, I was hoping they would say something about if what they say about the French women is true, and if its true French men don’t like to bathe and is that why they are known as great lovers, but the entertainment update I can live with.
Darron the admin of Boyce Voice blog is down there, maybe he can investigate the other stuff for cultural purposes and send a report.

It is “time” for Rihanna to do a Soca song and put the genre on the international map”, that’s the “Timeless” position being put out by Ronnie Morris from the Barbados Music Awards.
Ronnie has been getting quite a bit of heat for this on my Facebook page and my FB friends Joyann and Marva insist I must make a comment so I am Boycing it.

I admire what Ronnie has done with the BMA’s and recognizing the contribution of Bajan artistes both old & new, Obviously he has a passion for our Soca music and would wish to see it grow and that is why he would have made his comment.
However I do not agree that Rihanna an obligation to do Soca music or any other Bajan genre.
The point was well made by Mark on FB, why should Rihanna target 3 million people in the Caribbean when you can target 300 million internationally.
She will release a Soca song and do what, try to win “Tune of the Crop”? When instead she could be on the top of the Billboard charts.

I think we should all be extremely proud of Rihanna and how she promotes Barbados.
She was on Rick Dee’s the other day and guess what? She shouted out Barbados and let Rick know that we listen to him here.
That is the kind of publicity you can’t buy.

When she wins awards and international attention is on her, she shouts “Barbados!!” Christ, what more do you want!?

It is noteworthy that many of the international potentials who perform at B.M.A’s do not do Soca.
The reason they choose ballads is because that’s what the international scouts are looking for.
So it’s therefore unfair for us to expect Rihanna to sing a “come and wine pun my bumpa“ song.
What Rihanna needs to do is keep on being successful and hailing Barbados and as Bajans we need to appreciate it more.
Kudos again to Ronnie and the great job he has been doing with the B.M.A’s helping to also put Barbados entertainment on the international map.

Boyce Note; if Rihanna ever does decide to do a Soca collaboration, there’s a popular artiste known as “Ali Singh” that might try a thing with her…

Big News from the Timeless, the Barbados Music Awards will be going regional! From next year the Barbados Music Awards will be no more but will be replaced by the “Caribfest Awards” a brand new initiative from the Ronnie Morris/Russell Ruck Timeless team.

The Caribfest Awards will be seeking participation from artistes in Antigua, Bermuda, Guyana, Haiti, Trinidad, Cuba, U.S territories Puerto Rico, and U.S Virgin islands etc, all the territories in the region.

Ronnie said that funding had becoming problematic as it related to the Barbados Music Awards but there was more potential sources for funding an awards competition which encompassed the Caribbean.
It was stated persons in the different islands had been very receptive to “Caribfest” and after its start up respective governments will be approached for their support.

Here is how the nomination process will work for “Caribfest”; there would be a committee of 20 persons that would be selected from the islands along with 5 international judges, the committee would then nominate artistes from all the areas. The eventual winners would be decided by the voting public from throughout the region.

In response to persons including myself, who expressed concern over the demise of the Barbados Music Awards especially after the excellent show which was staged on Sunday, Ronnie stated, if enough funding was made available to Timeless, they might still do the Barbados Awards event but it all depends on the support they get.
Ronnie wrapped up by saying local artistes now having to compete with regional counterparts for awards would now raise the bar as it relates to entertainment standards.

At the conclusion of the press conference there were no snacks served, which was ok cause I am not one of those people who go to events looking to get things to eat, so I did not notice there were no snacks nor drinks.

Boyce is out

I cut my hair and practicing Snizing which is what Tyra Banks calls smiling with your eyes, cause I looking to be a show stopper when I step on the red carpet at the BMA’s on Sunday yuh idiot!!
Below is a release Ronnie sent on what will be happening that night, I don’t see my name down to do anything so I guess he is saving me to be a surprise guest. Dorothy will also be there, after all, she knows Rihanna…

Patrons who purchased tickets to the 2010 Barbados Music Awards, being held on Sunday, January 10th at the Garfield Sobers Gymnasium, are in for a treat, as the event will be staged as a double feature which will begin with the entire 5th Anniversary Awards ceremoney, then end with a full concert by American Idol queen Fantasia.

“The concept is to have the full 2-hour Barbados Music Awards ceremony, complete with the award presentations, awesome performances by Barbados’ best including Edwin Yearwood, Natahlee, Livvi Franc, Jaicko, Ruby Tech, Ruth Collymore and others, along with the awesome Michael Jackson tribute which includes the phenomenal talent of Cerish Breedy, Tanya Clarke, Kareen Clarke, Ria Borman, Dwayne Husbands, TC, Omar McQuilkin and Alison Hinds among others.

Following that there will be a brief intermission, and fans will then be treated to a 45-minute Fantasia Live in Concert, which, to our mind, is a spectacular celebration of five years, being acknowledged by the global music industry, through the presence and participation of the likes of Joseph Jackson and Fantasia Barrino, along with the numerous major executives and global media which will be joining us for the event’, Ronnie Morris, Director of the annual Barbados Music Awards said.

The Barbados Music Awards is considered to be one of this island’s most prestigious annual events, and is also recognized as the Caribbean’s finest annual music awards event.

Happy New Year from Boyce Voice, want to wish you the best for 2010 etc and so on and so forth.
Let us resolve to make New Years resolutions and stick to them and one of mine is I will update Boyce Voice more regularly, so let’s get to it then.

I open up this New Year by writing about something old, no I am not writing about myself, I am writing about two amazing television shows that are living proof that when you create an excellent and quality product, it is timeless and will live on forever.

Am Boycing about the television shows “The Honeymooners” and “The Twilight Zone”.
On 2010 New Years day two television Network channels showed marathon back to back episodes of both those shows, so you might ask, what’s so damn amazing about that??
This,” The Honeymooners was produced in 1955 and the “Twilight Zone” is from 1959.
Despite the age if these “television dinosaur productions despite the fact that they are in black and white, in 2010 over 40 years since they have been produced, they still continue to be entertaining .

When I watched Jackie Gleason as Ralph Crandon in “The Honey Mooners” I still found him to be funny and the plots to be hilarious. In contrast to some current stuff that I find boring, Example “Everybody Loves Raymond” they must mean everybody except me, and “Tyler Perry’s House of Pain” cause that’s how I find Tyler’s so called comedy, painful to watch.

“The Twilight Zone” still continues to be intriguing and well written. Taking you into “another dimension of time” with guest appearances by young stars that made it big afterwards like Clint Eastwood, William Shatner, Robert Redford and more.

The original “Honeymooners and “Twilight Zone” Television shows are examples of how “form is temporary but class is permanent”.