People haffi stop dis under handed ting. If unno appeciate an luv good music den unno haffi support di artist dem. Unno a cheat yoursef and di artist dem who devote dem time fi unno hear good music. Mi a utta to everyone out deh wen mi mean stop di Bootleg nonsense

with how dancehall going nowadays the only way artists can make money in jamaica is by doing whole heap a stage show

We talk the talk but don't walk the walk...REGGAE & DANCEHALL is a million dollar business...but the government don't see it fit to establish policing systems to protect it like how the rest of the world protect things unique to them...what we a goh doh when the only thing to rescue the poor ghetto youth...>>...is taken from us by these pirates...just fi a few dollars more...The payola issue...that not even make it...cause the stations whey fi protect reggae and dancehall big inna it to...

Chuuu raa.....

Me bex!!

The above article is correct to the point. I was trying to get my two (2) artist,s songs played on the radio in jamaica. And my contact quote me a price for both artist,s and I was like wow 'what do they think I got Millions?.
Payalo is one of the things that is distroying the music industry in Ja. do not blame the foreigners.My artist Carlton liivngston just came back from japan and he tells me the people endorsed the music. Its only in JA they can get away with that

Hear wah!
"Knowledge and Hard Work = Money & Power"
Who knows the MOST gets the MOST.

My advice to the up coming Artist, is to educate themselves about the MUSIC industry inside out.
ie.. Artist/Career Development, Marketing, Sponsorship, & promoting.

Its the Knowledge of sales & marketing that is bringing revenues to Mighty Crown, and they don't drive nothing less than a 7 Series BMW

It is very true what L.A is saying! It is plain and sim-ple like that. I live in Japan, and let me tell you the Japanese over here treating Jamaicans like sh*t! They don't want us put on no dance, the kicking us out of the dance them and they making straight money.

A time we start kick the Japanese dem out of Jamaica, because them really a tek this thing to another level. They might seem nice and stuff, but they are not! They come back and talk all kinda a bad things about Jamaica. Mighty Crown had the nerve to say they are number 1 in Reggae!

Hurrah..finally the penny has dropped! Bootlegging and payola are HUGE problems in the reggae industry and its flouted like the norm. It isn't normal or right! Going into the digital age with these kind of problems can only be detrimental to the music. The charts don't really represent what is going on and what is hot and what is not because payola defines it. C'mon music industry Jamaica its time you cleaned up your act and it should involve EVERYBODY from producers, artists, journalists to DJ's who personally I think are full of their own self importance and have way too much power...you are a vessel to carry the music to the masses and whilst having a personality helps....its not about YOU its about the MUSIC!

That is the thing with opening borders, it allows for competition. With that comes the use of fierce and often times unfair tactics.

Quite a number of our artistes use the melodies and even similar musical arrangement of overseas compositions should other nations see it fit for us not venture there.

We need to look beyond the simplistic way of doing things and seek to educate ourselves on how we can do better.

Once upon a time it used to be said that if you want hide nutten from a black man put it in writing. Well, I would adjust that to read, if you want hide nutten from a Jamaican put it in writing. This has to change, not only does the onus rest with an individual to educate oneself.
The ministry with responsibility for Entertainment should in conjunction with other agencies intimate with entertainment in Jamaica should launch campaigns so that we know and do better.

Competition should force us to always dance on toes and not on our heads. Heads up, we can do better. We always find a way fi break a system. We can foster ways to make BRAND JAMAICA beneficial to ourselves, with others following our lead.

You have to understand, that since digital copying is free, and totally inexpensive, it's going to prevail on the end. No DRM or other crap can stop it.
Don't get me wrong, I love dancehall and the whole Jamaican music scene, but the music industry as a whole needs to adopt to the new age, and instead of trying to defend an old and outdated business model. I'd love for the artists them to earn a good buck, but if you look at it realistically they shouldn't make more than an engineer or a doctor, what for? And in my opinion with a few stage shows in a week they can make more than that. They shouldn't be so damned lazy. It's just that we're used to see artists get rich.

Freedom to the digital world!

If mi can get a album fi $500 pon di road why me a go buy it fi $2000 inna a store? Mi rather get di music fi $500 an spen di next $1500 a stage show.

Well said L.A. Lewis,
butmi know nuh man whe a try stop di progress must vex with yu as usually, some man caan tek the truth, with if we were as organise as others nations then Jamaicans would see more, but its also a business for those doing the bootleg, because of the lack of jobs or being under paid by the employer.

Then again everyone want a piece of the buy and not lok at the big picture. who really benifits from the recording in Jamaica is it the producers (i think not), the Artiste (probably as they charge their fee), the manufacture (they aint losing noting yet until people stops buying vinyl), the radio and tv personalities(hell yea). But if the reggae audience knows what's going on in the industry then they would nknow its not easy on producers and promoters.

LOL BIG UP LA LEWIS- I NEVER SEEN NO LA LEWIS BOOTLEGS YET YOU ARE SAFE KING

rootsippa that mek m i laugh him safe fi true not even him rmx with micheal jackson