Shooting music videos on the last day I am in Jamaica is quite an undertaking. Run and gun.
These are not my videos per say. I wrote and recorded some songs with a dancehall singer and a producer in Port Antonio. I couldn’t make it back there before I left so they came to me.
Lenni I-Music is driving. Ras Isachar came along. The locations sound cool as hell.
My 3rd trip to Jamaica is almost over. Just shot scenes for a couple music videos with pwile chile. Lenni I-Music was the driver. Ras Isachar was our Spiritual Advisor.
I did the best I could on this trip. And good things happened. This trip was about setting up some real big moves.
…and building the team.
I only did 500 push ups and I set out for 1000. But I didn’t expect to jog that much around Port Antonio and Kingston. I didn’t expect to swim so many times to Navy Island.
…and I didn’t expect to produce these songs with Pwile Chile and his mysterious producer that was really picking up what I was putting down. A Jamaican surfer at the genuine surfer bar we were shooting at today listened to, ‘Is This an Island, or is This a Prison’ and said we had the song he was dreaming about,
Rock & Roll guitar and beats with a Dancehall singer and riddims, and catchy hooks.
Yup. This recipe is Fyah.
Some amazing things happened this time. I haven’t quite processed it all. But I spent 15 months training for this. And it paid off.
Soon forward.
– Musician and writer Davin Michael Stedman has many ventures, such as the AMAZING blog, 100milesofmusic.com. 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: Tuff Gong Television. His single with British band Sherlock Soul is available here.
