Summary:
The reading was on all of the reggae artist from back in the day, like around my parents time ( & thats old ). They were talking about an establishment that brought up big major stars such as Gregory Isaacs even though he died just last year, Dennis Brown, Junior Delgado, the Tamlins, Black Uhuru, Luciano, Beenie Man and Yami Bolo. They were big major hit reggae artist and was just trying to have some light shined on them before they had made it to be so successfull. They was also talking that when people hear that something nice is happening in Jamaica the first thing they think of is Kingston. It is the capitol, but its not the only main town that is used to help bring up jamaican artist, its just a more popular place. Kingston is so big they classify it by numbers. Its more of the connection to the movie Shottas where the movie was filmed in Kingston 10, waterhouse. well back then kingston didn't have numbers.
Quote:
" They're not working today; Sly's come in just to talk and nobody's quite sure where Robbie is." ( Bradley 356 )
- My feeling towards this quote is that it is untrue. I may have interpreted it wrong, but i think it isn't true. if you read the paragraph before this quote they call up reggae artist that are king of the dancehall right now and are still doing it big. Like for instance Beenie Man he recently just made a chune last week called " Hot after we " and he's still in the business and working today.
Reaction:
My reaction on the reading is basically that i had a very big connection with what i read. The connection was so big i had to go and show my parents.They had a lot of old school back in the day artist that they were talking about and it made my parents feel like they was apart of something. To their surprise i like some of the old school music they listen to, so it gave me a more broad understanding of what went on back in my parents time and not just from their perspective, but by others and the author himself.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Part two "Simmer Down": page 150- 232
Summary:
This reading was mainly on the new style of music. A lot of musicians were trying to make and keep up with the new styles. They were discussing how a thing called " riddims" came along, its the same thing as rythm its just because jamaicans don't pronounce their "th" or like to say rythm. It sounds weird to us. They also talked about Bob Marley and how at first it was Bob Marley and the Wailers. They also made a comparison because Jamaicans seem to love jeeps and BMW's so they were saying we loved it the most because of the acronym standing for " Bob Marley and the Wailers ". Also certain record shops were not entered on a Friday or Saturday because of the idlers and because of the new releases that came from the UK that most of the woman would take and bring down there.
Quote:
" Most importantly, the electric guitar chopped out upfront chords on the second and fourth, straight down with a crisp channk! . . . channk!: it wasnt unusual for guitarist to tune their lowest string in with the bass and augment what the bass player was doing."
- what really stood out to me about this quote was the way they expressed the noise of the guitar.
Reaction:
My reaction on this reading was more expanded. I learned more about the types of instruments the jamaicans played. All along i thought it was just the drums, i didnt know they played guitar, piano, and all them things. i thought they generated them when they were making the riddims. I also learned about the people and most of the music was recorded and what some woman's main purpose was out there as to the record production thing.
This reading was mainly on the new style of music. A lot of musicians were trying to make and keep up with the new styles. They were discussing how a thing called " riddims" came along, its the same thing as rythm its just because jamaicans don't pronounce their "th" or like to say rythm. It sounds weird to us. They also talked about Bob Marley and how at first it was Bob Marley and the Wailers. They also made a comparison because Jamaicans seem to love jeeps and BMW's so they were saying we loved it the most because of the acronym standing for " Bob Marley and the Wailers ". Also certain record shops were not entered on a Friday or Saturday because of the idlers and because of the new releases that came from the UK that most of the woman would take and bring down there.
Quote:
" Most importantly, the electric guitar chopped out upfront chords on the second and fourth, straight down with a crisp channk! . . . channk!: it wasnt unusual for guitarist to tune their lowest string in with the bass and augment what the bass player was doing."
- what really stood out to me about this quote was the way they expressed the noise of the guitar.
Reaction:
My reaction on this reading was more expanded. I learned more about the types of instruments the jamaicans played. All along i thought it was just the drums, i didnt know they played guitar, piano, and all them things. i thought they generated them when they were making the riddims. I also learned about the people and most of the music was recorded and what some woman's main purpose was out there as to the record production thing.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
page 89- 149
Summary:
The title of this section is called " The Train to Skaville " which I believe they got the title as a way to blend and mix in the genre "ska". With the contributions from the sound systems, which i believe i was talking about earlier, they were now being sold and promoted by radio station, and became a self-serving political motivation. They compared the sound systems to time now. Basically they say that in Kingston there is more Jerk spots than there is recording studios. Music is still an hype thing, its just select few places have them like back in the day. They will never die down in a sense, but people's interest are in other things. Another thing that seemed to be a conflicting issue was the fact that slavery was going on, and right after the white man no longer had control, the black people (jamaicans) didnt really have anyone else to have a smart mouth with so they started hating one another, and it came to the point jamaican made a new motto.
Quote:
"Out of many, one people", was the new Jamaica's motto" (Bradley 107)
-This quote really defines alot. it says how people should live. You'll always have many people around you, but only one will be the realest, only one will help you prosper, only one will be the last man standing.
Reaction:
My reaction on the reading was simply, i learned something i didnt really know before. I know that on the Jamaica coat of arms it says that motto, but i never really took the time to analyze it, i never really understood how it came about until i read this section. it makes me look forward to more things that are in the book. it just might actually explain more about jamaicans and why they act the way that they do,
The title of this section is called " The Train to Skaville " which I believe they got the title as a way to blend and mix in the genre "ska". With the contributions from the sound systems, which i believe i was talking about earlier, they were now being sold and promoted by radio station, and became a self-serving political motivation. They compared the sound systems to time now. Basically they say that in Kingston there is more Jerk spots than there is recording studios. Music is still an hype thing, its just select few places have them like back in the day. They will never die down in a sense, but people's interest are in other things. Another thing that seemed to be a conflicting issue was the fact that slavery was going on, and right after the white man no longer had control, the black people (jamaicans) didnt really have anyone else to have a smart mouth with so they started hating one another, and it came to the point jamaican made a new motto.
Quote:
"Out of many, one people", was the new Jamaica's motto" (Bradley 107)
-This quote really defines alot. it says how people should live. You'll always have many people around you, but only one will be the realest, only one will help you prosper, only one will be the last man standing.
Reaction:
My reaction on the reading was simply, i learned something i didnt really know before. I know that on the Jamaica coat of arms it says that motto, but i never really took the time to analyze it, i never really understood how it came about until i read this section. it makes me look forward to more things that are in the book. it just might actually explain more about jamaicans and why they act the way that they do,
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