How to conquer Puerto Rico. Go back to Puerto Rico, go on TV and suit up. Sing a medley of my cousin Daniel Santos’ hits with local musicians.
Allow me to paint us both a picture of this stop on the march to promote ‘Free Your Mind’.
You tell the hosts and the audience at home and in local watering holes, a few of his legendary tales in Spanish. The stories you were told at family gatherings, that illuminate the pages of history in Latin America. The adventures that made El Hefe a legend.
Then pull out your acoustic and kick into ‘Free Your Mind’. After that juxtapose how Santos MADE IT singing so good in the shower in a tenament in New York a band leader knocked at his door and hired him on the spot, with how Anthony Cameron discovered you at Sly & Robbie’s studio in Kingston.
It’s important to have a vision. It’s important to know what cards you hold and the ones you can potentially obtain.
It’s important to prepare. Even if I am not completely fluent, I can memorize those stories.
I can have a publicist pitch it to the stations in San Juan.
It’s possible. You can chase destiny. You can gamble with it. But sometimes you can ride along side it like two horses, and jump on the next one, and then the next.
Like that moment I met Red Rose, I was ready.
Hold on tight, but don’t be afraid to let go.
Oops, there’s a new hook right there. The muses, they follow me everywhere I go. And they’re thirsty.
Davin’s new song has become a global earworm and Caribbean dancehall hit. Listen here on Reggaeville: DAVIN MICHAEL STEDMAN & ANTHONY RED ROSE – FREE YOUR MIND FEAT. SLY & ROBBIE WITH LENKY MARSDEN. The video is now available on Youtube.
– Musician and writer Davin Michael Stedman has many ventures, such as the AMAZING blog, 100milesofmusic.com. In the spring of 2018 he spent weeks networking in and reporting from Kingston, Jamaica. He will return there soon for more recording. His single with British band Sherlock Soul is available here.
