Dahvid Slur Sound it! Reggae Music is Alive
Jamarado chats with rising Trench Town roots artist, Dahvid Slur about his new video for Sound It and latest releases – Tik of the Clock and Mirror Mirror, with Ugandan artist Black Fuego and Sekkle The Vibe. Dahvid's musical vision embraces internationalism and positive vibrations. He's performing at the Bring Back The Love festival in Portmore, JA with Sizzla, Gyptian, Dre Island and more on 24th August 2018. His tracks are featured on Jamarado in So Hot Right Now and Now Beatz. Also available to download on Itunes. Follow @dahvidslurmuzic
Dahvid what made you want to be an artist? Well, music started at home with my older brother who played the guitar and he taught me the basics from which I worked. By playing guitar, you can create your own melodies and rhythms. It’s a great base for any artist to start out. I also sung at Church and in the School Choir. And music was always around me at home and in the streets. I remember aged 10 or 11 hearing the Stone Love Sound System playing in the street near my house and something inside me clicked. Hearing a Morgan Heritage track was also very influential in making me want to get into music. Who have been your biggest musical inspirations and why? When was your first performance and what did it mean to you? Around about the time of my Brother’s wedding – he asked me to sing my own track Good Woman. I’d written it about a girlfriend that was very special. What do you want your music to bring to people? Enjoyment and a clear message about positivity, love, understanding and compassion. It is also about the stories of my struggles – through conveying that I hope people relate and feel comforted knowing that we all go through things and are not alone in our struggles. I want people to feel the power of healing.
How do you write a track? Sometimes I get the instrumental first and go from there. I write mostly at night. Music after midnight. What’s been the highlight of your musical career so far? Releasing EP The Ingress. The Introduction. My own introduction to the world. It's musically based on different styles. I guess it's a taster of what I can do and the diversity of reggae. Fusion. It definitely has cross-over appeal into Hip Hop, RnB and Dancehall. Another highlight, was one of my first performances opening a show for Sizzla in Montego Bay. I got up morning early and went to the Edna Manley music college and we left out on a trip from there. It felt natural and fun to be with other people and was my first official performance. It was definitely a learning experience and I found out a lot about show prep, the process and performing. I was unforgettable and where your hard work comes alive and feels good. I got a good reception from 400 people - so, I give thanks for that. | What's been your biggest challenge to date? Biggest challenges. Not getting to produce music exactly as you want because we don’t have equipment. We do what we can and try to make the best of the resources we have. You mentioned some female artists you liked, Lila Ike, Sevana and Samori. What do you think the industry is like for women? I do feel that sometimes Jamaican men aren’t giving the women that much chance. I have been at many open mic events where male artists take the mic and it's hard for women to get their chance. They don’t give them that much opportunity. It's tough for women. Men in our culture can be forceful. There's much work to be done to give women support in our industry and it would be good to see more women producers. Where are you most at home? In the country. If I hadn't been a Reggae singer I would be a farmer. You can't beast connecting with the land. What do you enjoy most about life? Many things but helping people achieve their goals - as long as they are positive!
Lastly, where's Reggae at right now? It's global but we need to get it to do better commercially and make sure the artists are supported. There as so many festivals and concerts all around the world. It's truly wonderful to see the movement. Dahvid's tracks are available for download on Itunes and CDBaby. For concerts and festivals bookings please contact Iffa Cush @iffacushmuzikgroup
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Dahvid Slur - Sound it!
Reggae Music is Alive
Jamarado chats with rising Trench Town roots artist, Dahvid Slur about his new video for Sound It and latest releases – Tik of the Clock and Mirror Mirror, with Ugandan artist Black Fuego and Sekkle The Vibe. Dahvid's musical vision embraces internationalism and positive vibrations. He's performing at the Bring Back The Love festival in Portmore, JA with Sizzla, Gyptian, Dre Island and more on 24th August 2018.
His tracks are featured on Jamarado in So Hot Right Now and Now Beatz. Also available to download on Itunes. Follow @dahvidslurmuzic
Dahvid what made you want to be an artist? Well, music started at home with my older brother who played the guitar and he taught me the basics from which I worked. By playing guitar, you can create your own melodies and rhythms. It’s a great base for any artist to start out. I also sung at Church and in the School Choir.
And music was always around me at home and in the streets. I remember aged 10 or 11 hearing the Stone
Love Sound System playing in the street near my house and something inside me
clicked. Hearing a Morgan Heritage track was also very influential in making me
want to get into music.
Who have been your
biggest musical inspirations and why?
When was your first performance and what did it mean to you? Around about the time of my Brother’s wedding – he asked me to sing my own track Good Woman. I’d written it about a girlfriend that was very special.
What do you want your
music to bring to people?
Enjoyment and a clear message about positivity, love,
understanding and compassion. It is also about the stories of my struggles –
through conveying that I hope people relate and feel comforted knowing that we
all go through things and are not alone in our struggles. I want people to feel
the power of healing.
How do you write a
track?
Sometimes I get the instrumental first and go from there. I
write mostly at night. Music after midnight.
What’s been the highlight
of your musical career so far?
Releasing EP The Ingress. The Introduction. My own introduction to the world. It's musically based on different styles. I guess it's a taster of what I can do and the diversity of reggae. Fusion. It definitely has cross-over appeal into Hip Hop, RnB and Dancehall.
Another highlight, was one of my first performances opening a show for Sizzla in Montego Bay. I got up morning early and went to the Edna Manley music college and we left out on a trip from there. It felt natural and fun to be with other people and was my first official performance. It was definitely a learning experience and I found out a lot about show prep, the process and performing. I was unforgettable and where your hard work comes alive and feels good. I got a good reception from 400 people - so, I give thanks for that.
What's been your biggest challenge to date? Biggest challenges. Not getting to produce music exactly as you want because we don’t have equipment. We do what we can and try to make the best of the resources we have.
You mentioned some female artists you liked, Lila Ike, Sevana and Samori. What do you think the industry is like for women? I do feel that sometimes Jamaican men aren’t giving the women that much chance. I have been at many open mic events where male artists take the mic and it's hard for women to get their chance. They don’t give them that much opportunity. It's tough for women. Men in our culture can be forceful. There's much work to be done to give women support in our industry and it would be good to see more women producers.
Where are you most at home? In the country. If I hadn't been a Reggae singer I would be a farmer. You can't beast connecting with the land.
What do you enjoy most about life? Many things but helping people achieve their goals - as long as they are positive!
Lastly, where's Reggae at right now? It's global but we need to get it to do better commercially and make sure the artists are supported. There as so many festivals and concerts all around the world. It's truly wonderful to see the movement.
Dahvid's tracks are available for download on Itunes and CDBaby. For concerts and festivals bookings please contact Iffa Cush @iffacushmuzikgroup
