SOCA on iTunes

I decided to express my opinion on this after reading, commenting and visiting the related websites found within a post on Saucy's Trinidad Carnival Diary.

Now I am all for promoting Trinbagonian culture and content but not when the artistes don't do their part. What the writer of the email doesn't realize is that we (Trinidad & Tobago) are not players within this iTunes/Music industry. We have setup our own Music portals and should probably support them instead of supporting the iTunes Music service. Is there a problem with them... as far as I have seen they have properly grouped by Genre... and thats what the writer seeks... grouping by genre...

I just tried to log into the iTunes store and guess what... I can't... maybe the should allow people from T&T use their locally based international Credit Cards in the store.... instead I have to work around the system if i really want content from ITunes... or get it elsewhere...

I have used emusic before and only cancelled because I was getting most of my music from other sources.... I got Kitchener and Sparrow albums from there... and some other real old Kaiso albums too...

Why this need to see SOCA as a genre... the Mighty Sparrow was featured on Wyclef Jean's The Carnival but guess what it wasn't Calypso he was singing... it was some R&B/Soul vybzzzz...

The music of TNT is genius, you know what it takes to make not one but a few hit songs every year, year after year consistently that is what Calypsonians and Soca artists do - and this ability has to be respected. Damn even the Beatles stop making music after a few years.

HITS... where in the Caribbean for Carnival... yeah tru... they get played in all the world's Carnivals for two days and many steal melodic structure from the Top40 on a regular basis... if they dont borrow their own riddim from before... sorry if i seem synical... but if we (Trinbagonians) and the artists dont mind this... and call it our culture then we deserve the recognition that the world affords us...

I have always marvelled at this clip from Machel Montano HD...



(edit while watching the T&T Sports Person of the Year Awards)
the background music of the video production features dancehall and hip-hop... genres that were born out of calypso... what a laugh... did First Citizens approve the audio used in these videos? did they consider that it was an award ceremony for Trinbagos best? and we want iTunes to give us a genre... sheeeeeeet