THE ROAD SHOW JA SONG CHALLENGE

When developing a montage, buffer or known to some as the commercial for a television show can be nerve racking, because you are painting a picture of the show that is meant to attract views, recently we came up with the concept to have a major Reggae/Dancehall artist record a song that would appear on our montage, something we were excited about, and the artist was too; in fact the artist was very intrigued by the content that we had created for the show so far, and believed Road show Ja would change the game for Jamaican television programming forever; then in came management, which took a look at the overall extent of the possible viewership (30 million possible viewer); then they decided to charge us an inflated amount of money (J$600,000); when they originally offered their service for free, as we provided exposure to the song. 

We immediately rejected their offer; with our sincerest apologies to the artist, but we will not conform to business models of the past in a free market society; so we pulled our panel together, to have a real conversation of what we’re doing, we created the show for the people and in development we concentrated on the ideals of exposing the best of our Jamaica to the world while exposing the world to our Jamaica; Road Show Show Ja will travel to some of the most exciting places in the world to find our music, culture and most of all our people living aboard, while segmenting into major lifestyle events and awards show like the Grammy’s, the Hip Hop Awards, Nickelodeon’s, Kids Choice awards and many more. So we decided to get back to our basic concept which really helped our team to refocus, and make sure we got this right.

Then it hit us we needed to take a closer look at Jamaica, and Jamaicans, and what better way to sum up who we are; than to take a look at our countries motto "Out of many one people" words that resonates with people around the world, and true essence  of our music (Reggae/Dancehall music). Giving us one of those Debbie Debz “Oprah Ah Ha” moments; we’ll just give the riddim to the world and see what come back from it. If we truly believe in the concept of our show; then this is the way to go.

Now let take it a little further we're instating a worldwide challenge to all musician that sing/Dj in our great genre of Reggae/Dancehall music; to record a full length song using the word “roadshow” in the chorus the concept of the song is left to the artist creativity (no explicit, sexist, or offensive lyric). We will choose two songs and create a Bedloo.com challenge were the world will have a chance to vote for the song that makes our montage; we will then choose 21 songs to create a riddim compilation; that will follow giving some artists a platform for exposure and possible sales with RoadshowJa.

To enter send an email to roadshowja@gmail.com attn: SONG, and we will send you the riddim. Please attach a bio, links to your social networks, and music so we can create a roadshow profile of you for our follower to get to know you. If your not an artist reading this piece please recommend it to someone you may know. Good luck.       

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WHO IS KONSHENS

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The Arsenio Hall Show welcomed Sean Paul last night; also introducing Konshens to the big stage as they performed there collaborated hit  “Want them all” to almost 3 million viewers were Konshens seemed to steal the show with one verse, and lots of energy. Roadshowja takes a deeper look into the possible impact the performance may have on Konshens career. Directly after the show aired the Google search engine was lit up; with over 6 million searches to his name, it had the feel of Tuffy Anderson scoring the winning goal to keep Jamaica in the running to enter world cup last year which caused an international online frenzy for football lovers. It seemed as if the name Konshens echoed around the world in a click; but who is this konshens , and are we witnessing another high selling top charter in the making in the likes of our small diamond selling fertility of Sean Paul and Shaggy. It’s been some time since a Reggae/Dancehall artist  held a dominant position in the commercial market, and who better to take on the task, but Konshens.  

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In 2008 Garfield Spence more popularly known as Konshens released his brake out hit single “WINNER” as many Jamaicans took to his style, and lyrical execution, and quickly paid attention to his music. After “Winner” the hits kept coming. He even collaborated with reggae sensation Tarrus Riley on “Good Girl Gone Bad" which took off internationally securing himself as a prominent figure in Dancehalll. In 2010 the Japanese based label Koyashi made Konshens a house hold name in Japan releasing his album “Real Talk” in Japan with great reviews, but it doesn't stop there his popularity has had a steady growth in the European, African, and American markets to name a few.

Konshens wasted no time and made a conscious decision to establish his own label in 2010 “Subkonshus Music” to concrete his presence in the market; as not only an artist, but a young independent CEO; his entrepreneurial spirit also lead him to launch his own shoes line in 2013 called Konz876 which show signs of success. Who know were the Konshens train is headed, but all signs lead to success. We at roadshowja implore you to keep your eyes on Konshens as he continues to make a for himself in the music industry.

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SOPHIA BROWN ON THE MOVE

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Sophia Brown maybe considered one of the hardest working artist in the reggae/Dancehall industry, show casing her work around the world in such places like, Dubai, Israel, France, Australia, Italy, and many more; rocking festival crowds of over 100,000 people.  For over a decade Sophia have wowed us with songs like; Catch me if you can, Tonight is the night, Give me the good love, Love you Pure, I’m a rose, and Weak to you. Receiving great review from radio stations, and fans around the world; In 2009 she was nominated for an EME Awards for "best new female artist”; then in 2013 she was nominated for Irawma awards for her internationally renowned compilation “Reggae in motion”.

After “catch me if you can” found itself in the top 25 preliminary rounds to be nominated for the “Reggae album of the year” Grammy Award in 2013, Sophia’s team has been determine to get the Grammy nomination now more than ever, So they wasted no time dropping two new singles “Sugar Cane” and “Touch Me”; following suite with a video for “Touch Me”; which they premiered on Jamaica’s hottest entertainment channel; Hypetv where they plan to gun directly at Jamaica and the diaspora as a whole; with plans to take it on the road leaving no stone upturned, and road Show Ja will be watching closely. Both singles will be distributed by Zojack and made available on ITunes

We caught up with Sophia to see what she thought of 2013, and what she has in store for 2014? “2013 was a good year for me musically; extending the brand Sophia brown in a good way leading into the New Year 2014 kicking off with two new singles touch me and sugar cane. The video for touch me is getting all the attention I hoped that it would receive; so for 2014 more new music, more new videos; as I continue to work on a new album, and I look forward to fulfill all the performances that I have scheduled”. Sophia Brown.

Road Show Ja wishes Sophia Brown all the best for 2014 and remind fans to follow  her on sophiabrownmusic.com, facebook, twitter, and other social network sites.  

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REBIRTH OF THE RYNO

The stage was set kiprich; ready for war; he  looked into the crowd and commanded their respect; as if he was the Don gagon himself ready to take Sting for another year. Unbeknownst to him Black Ryno had a different idea of how the night would go down, and once he touch the stage the crowd knew this would be a night to remember; in the space of three exchanges Ryno had stolen the crowd leaving kiprich in dismay, but he would not go down without a fight. Ryno stayed on the attack until the crowd named their victor; Black Ryno. Sting 2012 may not have worked out in his favor, but he returned to Sting 2013 with blood in his eyes and slayed the returning champion leaving him wondering what hurricane just pass through; Ryno showed jam world that he is indeed the stinger; clutching to his new belt, as if this was only the beginning. 

Ryno seems to be at the top of his game; and Road Show Ja is sure that he has many challengers; looking to make a name for themselves in the industry headed his way. One of which is newcomer Gage who has been trying his best to gain Ryno's attention; Gage in a recent interview on ER called Black Ryno the “Dancehall Football”; Road Show Ja reached out to Ryno to see; if he had a response; Rhino said “Gage is a good artist, but is no match for my wittiness, and tends to live in Tommy Lee’s shadow”. We may have to wait till Bring the sting 2014 to see if Gage gains any momentum with Ryno or will his shots become the echos of his own voice as it did with Tommy Lee. 

Black Ryno is ready to attack 2014 with no mercy; he recently released two new singles; Blessing, and Bicycle; of which he recently shot a video for Blessing, that will be hit television very soon. So make sure you follow Black Ryno on; YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Road show Ja will be watching as the year progresses keeping you in the know #igotmyeyeonyou.

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THE RETURN OF MAGNUM'S KINGS AND QUEENS OF DANCEHALL

Yes Jamaica; the Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall is fully charged  for another exciting season. The objective of MKQ is to discover, encourage and showcase talent to aspiring Dancehall artists. It incorporates Dancehalls fashion, lifestyle and the best of Jamaica’s culture. There may be no greater platform with the ability to launch a dancehall artist career in Jamaica, and with MKQ’s popularity growing abroad the diaspora gets a chance to watch the making of a star.

 Participants enter for a chance to win a recording contract, and a cash prize of $ 1,000,000.00  but most of all MKQ is giving Dancehall artist a chance at a career in a 3 billion dollar (US) a year Reggae/Dancehall market where artist such as Shaggy, Sean Paul, and many more have toured the world, and seen diamond selling (more than 10 million copies sold) success. The weekly Fashion Segment returns this season with a people’s choice cyber challenge; known as; “the designer fan competition” giving fans a chance to win $50,000 at the end of the season.

Magnum Kings and Queen Team

With six successful seasons under the belt, and season seven (lucky 7) hitting the airwaves with a bang the Wray and nephew brand Magnum seem to be growing along with the show as viewership seeps over sea creating more demand for Magnum Tonic Wine and other Wray and Nephew products. This season kicked off with the annual talent search for Jamaica’s undiscovered talents; from Sav-la-lamar to Kingston, encountering massive lines of people at every stop ready to give their all for a shot on the hit television show, but first they had to make it through the judges; who had to go through thousands of  contest to find 28 hopefuls to form; teams; castle red and castle blue.

Yanique Barrett

Season seven returned with the host with the most Yanique Barrett also known as the curvaceous diva who seems to be back with a new fire in her eyes. Since Yanique took over the hosting position at MKQ ; she has gained a permanent place in hundreds of thousands of homes across  the country and abroad, the fired up host recently took to her video blog to give fans an intimate behind the scene look at what to prepare for; on MKQ season seven, and fans have responded to her with over 350,000 view across Youtube on her must resent post; with 70% of those view coming from outside of Jamaica, ladies and gents our Yanigue seems to becoming a brand of her own; I think we will be seeing big things from the curvaceous diva in time to come.

Magnum Kings and Queens Judges

The judges are back with world renowned producer Scatta Burrell, one of the most talented lyricist to come out of Dancehall Professor Nuts, and the ultra-diva, Miss. Kitty; the boss lady juggles her time as a Digicel ambassador, host of the hit radio program “Mss kitty Live” on Nationwide 90FM and link up radio;  returning with a slimmed figure to die for, but don’t be confused by the new fizzeek Miss Kitty is not one for the faint at heart some may say she rival; Simon Cowell of American idol with her blunt approach of giving contents the truth with no mercy “step on her stage at your own risk". MKQ also welcomed a new cast member, Dayne “Chike” Morrison who will be holding down Digicel Di Endz ready to recap with artists after their performances.

Last night Castle red; delivered some excellent performances, and Road Show Ja enjoyed every bit of it; while sipping on a couple cold glasses of magnum; our team took to twitter , and facebook; with hashtagged highlights like; Hummy Bling hitting the stage with (#readyfidead), but then he forgot is lyrics, Tassy Diva’s digicel endz moment with Chike giving us a new hashtag (#cripcrip), The Vybz Twinz took the stage as (#teamred) dropping (#dontmakanoise) and Professor Nuts followed up with (#crankitup), but Perdo Don gave it to the crowd with “Mi waah upgrade from grata to blenda”; bringing Miss. kitty to her feet with a (#lalalalala), and  Candy K’ told Magnum (#magnumsimiyah). The night left us wondering who will be back next week so in the words of Pedro Don the resumes are in let’s see who gets the job..

So be sure to tune in to the Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall on TvJ every Saturday night at 9:30 pm; follow them on facebook, twitter, and instagram, and don’t forget to hashtag (#MKQ) to post your comments about each show and for live highlights follow Road Show Ja on facebook, twitter, Instagram, and Bedloo. Wray and Nephew has always been a brand of the people, entertainment, and having a responsibly good time so hit the social networks and express yourself.

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SHAKING UP JAMAICA!

We at Road Show JA are excited to introduce our newest ambassadorship “Island Shakes and Eskay Catering” brands built to tickle your tummies. If you’ve ever had a milkshake fancy that had to be fulfilled than Island Shakes is for you, but wait there a forbidden twist there’s alcohol, yes a milkshake with a buzz, and fans of island Shakes pure into Quad night club in New Kingston every Friday to get their sweet fix; with ingredients like; Oreo , Black forest, Cappuccino, Espresso, Cheesecake, Cotton candy, and more; infused with a little tipsy we can see why, so go get your happiness in a cup.

If you think that’s it your wrong Island Shake is mobile and will shake up your corporate  events, weddings, Birthday parties (kids party include non-alcoholic beverages), and even large concert, but we have another twist lets throw Eskay Catering into the mix and make your event something to remember; having Eskey chiefs at any event will give your guest/patrons a food orgasm that they won’t forget. The already famous Eskay Catering have done it all, and together with Island shakes offers a new experience that is certain to get Jamaica talking.

Roadshow Ja encourages food and drink adventurers who have a appetite for great and exciting taste to try Island Shakes, and Eskay Catering and tell us about it on twitter. Don’t forget to check in with us from time to time as were on the move and in March, 2014 you’ll also be able to find Island Shakes at the Ambassadors lounge on old Hope Road in Kingston. New hashtags #iamaislandshaker #eskayfoodbullies

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"ALKALINE" THE CHRIS BROWN OF JAMAICA

His fans call him the youngest, and the baddest, ladies Dancehall is about to have a new face by the name of alkaline. It’s time to pay close attention to this one; his marketing, has been surrounded by his free expression and he is not letting up. The last time we at Road Show Ja have seen young women respond to an artist in Jamaica like this; was with the King himself Beenie Man, but Alkaline seems to be growing in his own space and time. The confident with a humble undertone; alkaline caught our attention so Road Show Ja took to the streets to survey what fans had to say, and out of 300 people; one comment the ladies had in common was Alkaline is the Chris brown of Jamaica (without the issues); which lead us to believe there’s a bigger story here.

Recently Alkaline promoted and headlined his own show; and the ladies showed up, to bruck out; we’ll leave you to Youtube to see it for yourself. Sky is the limit for this young artist. There’s no doubt it’s just a matter of time before the world comes knocking, and they will. We decided to do some fact checking to see how big his fan base was, and where better to look than the social networks; where we found he had 27.9 million view to his content across Youtube , 20  million hits to his name on Google, 2 million hits to his various hashtags; with a presence on Facebook, and Twitter; numbers are worth its weight in goal; just in monetization, and content harnessing; where looking at a possible $600,00.00 US dollar without counting sales from download, yes impressive numbers for a young artist in this market.

Alkaline

Earlier this week; the alkaline camp was shaken up by the departure of his manager, but the fire has already been lit, and both will go on to bigger and better things. Some may not agree with most of his lyrics, and apparently trend setting styling’s, but you can’t deny that he has something special, questions has lingered for some time about his tattooed eyes, here’s a spin that you might find interesting; it’s been said your eye are the gateway to your soul, and in some cultures covering the eyes is a form of protection from evil or simply evil minded people; we've even heard mixed views about his tattoos of choice, and I reiterate his choice; yet tattooing has been part of African warrior culture from the beginning of time. We say loosen up people, and dig a little deeper finding another level of consciousness, and allow this young artist to evolve.

Alkaline

We have a gut feeling there is more here than meets the eye; so road show Ja will go out on a line and throw our endorsement behind the young warrior. We understand one thing; numbers don’t lie, and the more exposure he gets the more powerful he become play apart in his evolution,  and be careful not to jump to unfounded Judgments. Road Show will be watching closely; don’t be surprise if Alkaline become the artist to bring Reggae/Dancehall back to the Grammy stage.

“Come over baby look inna mi eyes; love is pain, but you hafi try, do what eva mak you happy yeah you bring joy inna mi life” Alkaline

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