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Music business conversations with hosts Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Nigel A. Campbell focused on the Caribbean.... more
FAQs about Music Matters: The Caribbean Edition:How many episodes does Music Matters: The Caribbean Edition have?The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.
March 08, 2022Episode 39: Caribbean Music Across the Pond: A Conversation with Seani BLaura and Nigel speak with BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ and selector Seani B about his prominent role in putting Caribbean music on the radio in the UK and beyond, and on global playlists. Bashment party vibes from the Caribbean and beyond....more1h 19minPlay
November 30, 2021Episode 38: Hard Truths: A Conversation on soca with Jaiga TCLaura And Nigel speak with soca entrepreneur and facilitator, Terron Callender, JAIGA TC, on the way forward for the music genre. This TV producer, radio announcer and hit soca writer and artiste, among his other qualifications, gets real on the possibilities of soca in the global music industry highlighting pluses and pitfalls....more1h 12minPlay
November 13, 2021Episode 37: A new season, a new beginning for the Caribbean music industryLaura and Nigel begin the fourth season of the podcast with a conversation on the outlook and some of the recent happenings within the Caribbean music industry after 20 months of the COVID-19 pandemic....more48minPlay
July 07, 2021Episode 36: Soca begins GRAMMY Best Global Performance contentionLaura and Nigel speak with soca producer Kasey Phillips and former Grammy Awards genre manager Marlon Fuentes about the clear opportunities towards recognition of the genre within the Recording Academy by their facilitation of the soca producers' significant membership drive in 2021. This first step is a real world initiative that can move the needle on Caribbean music's growth in a rebranded World music category....more1h 7minPlay
June 24, 2021Episode 35: Licensing and global collaborations, Braveboy to the WorldLaura and Nigel speak to Trinidad and Tobago EDM and hip hop artist and songwriter Braveboy about his many unique collaborations with global artistes from Albania to Taiwan, and almost everywhere in between. Those connections have produced music licensing deals that are more important in a world recovering from a pandemic. Lessons learned, advice shared in this wide ranging conversation about Caribbean possibilities in the music world....more1h 17minPlay
April 23, 2021Episode 34: What's Chrending? A Music business Conversation with Fay-Ann Lyons AlvarezLaura and Nigel chat with soca star and music entrepreneur, Fay-Ann Lyons Alvarez on her music career, live and recorded, during the pandemic and her move into streaming music platform development with the launch of her new service, Chrending, and moves to expand Caribbean music....more1h 4minPlay
April 08, 2021Episode 33: Digital Innovation in the Caribbean Music IndustryLaura and Nigel have a conversation on the implications of the small steps in innovation happening in the digital music space of the Caribbean music industry. As the pandemic continues with the future dependent on outside forces, Caribbean music creators and business people have to move to the leading edge of the innovation curve to remain relevant. With the proliferation of digital solutions existing, we have to pivot the business models to our situation in the islands....more1h 1minPlay
March 21, 2021Episode 32: The Role of Video in the Promotion of Soca MusicLaura and Nigel chat with Navindra Harbukhan of NH Productions TT on the role of video in the promotion of soca music. He gives a masterclass on how video can break this music to the world. He gives a masterclass on how video can break this music to the world. He says, "...we are at the point where video is king. If you are an artiste, and you do not have a video for your song, you are doing music wrong." BOOM!...more51minPlay
December 21, 2020Episode 31: Caribbean Music Industry ConversationsLaura and Nigel speak with Jamaican music industry lawyer and entrepreneur, Lloyd Stanbury on the Jamaican and wider Caribbean industry, looking forward, post-COVID-19. Utilizing his role as co-founder of IRIE-FM and one person responsible for the establishment of the Caribbean Music Expo and many music organizations on the island, he provides an effective overview of where that island's industry went, is going and has to go....more57minPlay
December 15, 2020Episode 30: A Conversation with Destra GarciaLaura and Nigel continue in The Soca Sessions with a fun-filled yet open chat with the Queen of Bacchanal, soca star Destra Garcia on her career and how she has been able to sustain her brand for more than two decades and through the COVID-19 pandemic. The business of soca is revealed as Destra talks about longevity with innovation, albums and streams, media dominance, contracts and career....more43minPlay
FAQs about Music Matters: The Caribbean Edition:How many episodes does Music Matters: The Caribbean Edition have?The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.