Fearing File Sharing (5) (Webmaster Column)

Dubroom Online - Edition November 30, 2007


"FEARING FILE SHARING (5)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 30 2007 - the rise of the Online Artist Community and the emancipation of the audience who will at least "try before they buy" form two major threats to the very existence of what we call the established entertainment industry.

Is this a thing to lament over? Is it sad, when big ones like Vivendi will go down as a result of the fact they can no longer impose their propaganda on the people?

Is it sad, when people like Madonna will no longer be able to spend too much money on too much wrong places at the expense of too much poor people?

Give Thanks, One Love,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)


ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:
We A Raggamuffin (MP3 Review)
Michael Rose - Shine Eye Gal (Live, Video Review)

We A Raggamuffin (MP3 Review)

WE A RAGGAMUFFIN
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



WWW, November 2007 - When a mix is called "We A Raggamuffin" and the first selection is a crucial worship of JAH coming straight from the very private collection of the Steppin' Youth Sound System, JAH JAH Children know they're going to listen to some more uplifting sounds!

"Raggamuffin" can mean many different things. Sure, it's the name of a specific style of Reggae. The word also refers to Ghetto Youths, many of them involved in Music too.

The Jamaican version of "Gangster Rap"? Hmmm... Not quite. Many of the Raggamuffin or Ghetto Youth give thanks and praises to the Most High in a situation where many would curse JAH.

Yes, survival is a must and even the King James Version says not to judge the poor when they steal a bread to feed himself and his family. A thing which the churches seem to ignore, but JAH doesn't forget it and neither do the Ghetto Youth.

This very reasoning seems to be the theme behind another great podcast by the Paris based Steppin' Youth Sound System. Great selections by Mikal Rose and Yami Bolo, to name just two out of -what is really- many.

The focus of the 23 track mix is on digital riddims, heartically voiced and dubbed where the selectors themselves add stuff to the music continually as well.

A Big Up to all Ghetto Youths we are thankful to forward!


PLAYLIST

00 intro
01 everton blender - create a sound
02 beres hammond - preacher man
03 mikal rose - street life
04 michael buckley - my selecta
05 phillip frazer - sirens
06 scion success - petty petty murderer
07 general levy - inna we culture
08 david vernon - battle get hotter
09 frankie paul - to jah we pray
10 chukky starr - fe the nation
11 half pint - dont try to use me
12 barrington levy - raggamuffin
13 jah mali & remo - oppression & aggression
14 admiral bailey - one more dead
15 sandeeno - mankind
16 sandeeno - champion sound
17 gregory isaacs - kingston 14
18 yami bolo - war monger
19 yami bolo - the revolution
20 junior reid & gregory isaacs & denis brown- not a one man thing
21 junior reid - friend ennemy
22 carlene davis - viva president mandela
23 robert lee & elephant man - run for cover
24 penie irie - war & crime
25 junior reid - badman
26 junior reid - one blood
27 yami bolo - the gun war, the glock war
28 rolex - destruction
29 yami bolo - drugs in the city
30 king kong - here I am
31 cujo - sound killing
32 echo minott - sensitive
33 mikal rose - run dem a run
34 robert lee - undertaker
35 michael buckley - sick a me


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Michael Rose - Shine Eye Gal (Live, Video Review)

MICHAEL ROSE - SHINE EYE GAL (LIVE)
Dubroom (DUB) Reggae Video Review



WWW, November 2007 - Will he be able to do it without the help of those that were there when this track was born? The former lead singer of Black Uhuru gives the answer at his performance at the German Chiemsee festival.

Yes, he's getting older: Michael Rose, the former lead singer of Black Uhuru whose voice turned out to become as similar with the name of the group as Sly and Robbie. His dreads are much longer and he has his own way of wearing them.

His performance at Chiemsee marked the absence of those that were with him during that time as much as the brother's ability to lead a band and backing vocals into performing such a classic tune as the completely politikally inkorrekt Shine Eye Gal.

See!

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Fearing File Sharing (4) (Webmaster Column)

Dubroom Online - Edition November 29, 2007


"FEARING FILE SHARING (4)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 29 2007 - There is a mention of "Internet 2". Partly to "protect" the entertainment industry against file sharing, people are working hard to create a form of Cyberspace where Big Brother knows even more about you than he does now and will shamesly decide for you what to see and what not to see.

Independent producers who walk the Party Line and complain along with the majors about File Sharing, do not realize how they themselves will be a victim of their own actions.

For really, there is no real Fearing of File Sharing. The established industry simply fears the independent nature of the Internet as they have seen the rise of the Online Artist Community and an emancipated customer-base who will at least try before they buy...

Give Thanks, One Love,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)


ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:
Rootical Part 7: Pause For the Cause (MP3 Review)
Ziggy Marley - Could You Be Loved? (Live, Video Review)

Rootical Part 7: Pause For the Cause (MP3 Review)

ROOTICAL PART 7: PAUSE FOR THE CAUSE
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



WWW, November 2007 - "Too much claiming of the word DUB without foundation", says the selector of the Ambassada High Power. Subsequently, he delivers yet another foundational mix to the online (DUB) Reggae Massive.

And yes, there's DUB too!

An Ambassada Hi Power Podcast is an experience. Each one of them will come with their own vibe, and that vibe is a dominant vibe. Even when you know the tunes, as they become part of the mix you'll hear a completely different track in a way.

In "Pause For The Cause" there is an exceptional amount of well-known tracks by -obviously- a number of well-known artists. Jr Delgado's "Famine", "Children of JAH" by the Chantells, DJ Ian Irie makes us hear them in a completely different way.

A Jimmy Cliff DUB stands out as well, when it comes to exceptional aspects of the 11th Podcast by the Ambassada. In fact, most tracks come with their DUB or DJ (on DUB) version, like Big Youth chanting over Dennis Brown's "In His Own Way".

Roots Rockers galore in this one, another Foundational One coming from the UK based Ambassada High Power Sound System, who have been serving the (DUB) Reggae Massive with crucial music since the late 1970's!


PLAYLIST

01) Festival 10
02) Children Of Jah - Chantelles
03) Time Fe Unite - U Brown
04) Concentration - Dennis Brown
05) Concentration Dub
06) Famine - Jnr Delgado
07) In His Own Way - Dennis Brown & Big Youth
08) Go Seek your Rights - Mighty Diamonds
09) Material World - Jimmy Cliff
10) Material Dub
11) Peaceful Warrior - Taxi Gang
12) Reality - Mykel Rose
13) I don't Know - Jah Mali
14) Jah a we father - Freddie McGregor


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Ziggy Marley - Could You Be Loved? (Live, Video Review)

ZIGGY MARLEY - COULD YOU BE LOVED (LIVE)
Dubroom (DUB) Reggae Video Review



WWW, November 2007 - Germany is known to have been favored by Bob Marley, and so it is no surprise to see his son performing on one of the country's most popular Reggae festivals.

South Germany, Bavaria to be precise. The place is Chiemsee, a magnificent lake and the location of one of Germany's most popular Reggae festivals. It's the perfect place for a performance by a son of the King of Reggae, given Marley's preference for Germany being one of his favorite U-ropean countries.

Thanks to the Internet, a world-wide audience can now enjoy what otherwise would have been reserved for the ones fortunate enough to be able to receive the Bavarian Public Broadcasts: Ziggy performing one of his father's greatest hits.

Himself being part of the Next Generation, his audience contains a large portion of youths as well.

Enthusiastically, both performers and audience take Bob Marley's work into their generation and make it their own in their own special way.

Enjoy!

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Fearing File Sharing (3) (Webmaster Column)

Dubroom Online - Edition November 28, 2007


"FEARING FILE SHARING (3)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, November 28 2007 - With producers being in a total State of Paranoia, with governments imposing fascistic laws on citizens to "protect" these producers, we have entered into a time that could very well mark the last steps of what used to be the entertainment industry.

For where the industry claims that File Sharing is the reason for their behavior, there is another reason which they do not wish to share.

It's the existence and strength of the independent Online Artist Community who present their works on several websites such as DOWNLOAD.com or SOUNDCLICK.com!

Give Thanks, One Love,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)


ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:
TOK (MP3 Review)
Barrington Levy - Here I Come (Live, 1984) (Video Review)

TOK (MP3 Review)

T.O.K.
DUBROOM MP3 REVIEW



TOK stands for Touch Of Klass. The Jamaican group can wear the name with pride, being known to have restored the discipline of the Vocal Harmony in the contemporary Dancehalls.

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