Careful - Musik

Born Wayne Mitchell Dancehall's Hottest Act Recently Celebrated His 21st Birthday. Marshall Spent His Early Years In The Barbican Area Of Kingston Until His Father A Self-Made Successful Businessman - Relocated The Family Uptown. Destiny Moved The Mitchell Family Three Doors Away From The Home Of The Father Of Digital Dancehall Lloyd `King Jammy` James. 'The King' Had Sons That Were In Young Wayne's Age Group So The Waterhouse Studio Soon Became A Pre-Ordained Second Home For The Music-Loving Teenager. `Automatically We Get A Piece Of The Ghetto Inna We Too. We Deh Deep Inna Di Ghetto A Day Time At The Studio So We Get To Realize The Livety And We Get Fi Soak In Wid The Ghetto People And Ketch Dem Mentality To A Level` He Adds Acknowledging The Importance Of The Ghetto Education He Received At `Jammin's Studio. Sparring With 'The Big Man's' Offspring Meant That The Studio Was At Their Disposal Causing Wayne To Start Checking Music On A Serious Level From An Early Age. It Was Early '94 And Bounty Killer Was As 'hot As Hell'. Marshall Recalls Meeting A Few Of The Now Hot Acts When They Were Just Trying To Get A Buss'. For Example The Now `Energy God` Elephant Man Was Then Wearing Tear-Up Clothes And Determine Was Then Begging. Thrown Into The Mix Were The Big Artistes Who Came And Went All Day Long. `At King Jammy's I Got To Know The Ropes In The Deep Heart Of Dancehall - Dub Plate Style!` Using His Pass To The Mecca Of Dancehall Wisely Wayne Began Copying Bounty Killer's Style And Pattern At School - Wolmers' Boys'. `Because I Was At Jammy's I Would Always Have Strictly Pre-Release Bounty Killer Material And Done The Place! Any New Tune That Jammy's Released For Bounty I Learnt Them Straight Away And Was Ready To Pop It Off Anytime Anyone Asked Me At School - All Day Every Day First Verse Second Verse Anything You Want’. The Fruits Of That Labour Are Evident In Wayne Marshall The Artist And Wayne Mitchell The Acclaimed Songwriter. `From A Young Age I Saw The Channel Of Originality I Should Run Through ` Marshall Said. `That Desire To Be Original To Be An Artiste Was Directly From BountyKiller. His Levels Of Meditation And The Standard He Brought The Lyrics To Made Me Realise It Was Something I Should Be A Part Of.` Despite His Adulation For The `War Lord` Age Difference And Bounty's Fearsome Rep For Being Unapproachable Kept The Two Entertainers Apart...For The Time Being. Marshall's Abounding Self-Confidence Allows Him To Freely Acknowledge His Skills And He Recognised His Own Talent For Creating Lyrics As Soon As He Began Penning Soulful Lyrics At 14. `From I Was Seven Years Old I Always Dreamed Visioned Performing In Front Of Huge Crowds Of People ` Marshall Reveals. `Until I Realised I Could Sing And Make The Girls Dem Cry So I Just Sang And Made The Girls Dem Cry!` Parental Influences Often Dictate That Children Grow Up To Become Lawyers Doctors And Pilots And The Like But Marshall's Parents Let Their Son Choose His Own Path. `As An Uptown Youth You Are Convinced That You Should Strive For Something Your Schooling Can Bring You Not Something That Your Natural Talent Can Bring Forth ` He Explains. `I Look On It As A Sin For Me To Neglect My Natural Talent And Force Myself To Do Something Else.` Wayne Marshall Says That He Could Not Imagine Doing Anything Other Than Music `Nothing Else Could Make Me Feel Happy Only Music. I Couldn't Work And Be Happy. When I Was Young I Used To Listen To Music And Sit Down And Wonder How I Used To Feel This Ting So.` As With Most Things It Didn't Take Marshall Long To Work It Out `Musicians Feel And Hear Music Differently From People Who Just Listen To Music. When You Have The Vibes To Write And Create Music You Feel The Real Musicians Around You Easily.` Marshall Says That He Was Influenced By A Number Of International And Local Acts. `Sade - I Felt Her Deeply Growing Up. We Used To Get Vibes From All Different Places -Sanchez Atlantic Starr Bel Biv Devoe Baby Face Beres - All Dem Cats.` At 17 Marshall's Voice Matured Finding Its Natural Pitch In A Song He Wrote Called 'Champagne Wishes Caviar Dreams'. Vocal Versatility Another Trademark Of Bounty Killer Had Manifested In Marshall's Voice Box And He Went For The Gap. `I Decided To Use My High Pitch Sound My Singing Voice And My Deejay Voice To Lock The Whole World ` He Says Explaining His Marketing Strategy. `I Knew That If I Wrote The Right Thing Organized My Stuff Properly That Combination Would Be Unstoppable.` Despite Marshall's Confidence And Natural Talent Jammy's Hit Factory Still Overlooked Him. `It Was Tough Because All The Flavor Yutes I Was Around Were Telling Me My Stuff Was The Wickedest Ting ` He Remembers `but I Just Kept Writing And Holding Direct Meditation In Myself To Find And Bring Forth Originality Out Of Myself.` Marshall Was Bursting To Record On Wax So A Friend Organised An Audition One Evening With A Producer At His Studio. After A Nervous Introduction The Producer Insisted Marshall Sing Over A Track He Was Listening To In The Studio Ignoring Marshall's Pleas To Sing Something Original. `Sing Back Weh The Singer Sing?` Marshall Asked Himself. `This Old Time Music That Mi Not Even Listen To?` As A Result Wayne Faltered And The Producer Dismissed Him As 'needing Nuff Voice Training Yuh No Ready Yet.' The Artiste Decided He Was Going To Disprove That Producer `I Decided That I Was Going To Prove Him Wrong ` Marshall Says Voice Still Thick With Defiance. `Prove That He Gave Up On Something Good Because He Didn't Want To Listen To My Little Song That I Wrote Specifically To Impress Him That Day.` Disappointment Fostered Self-Doubt Because He Was A Big Man In The Business But The Drama Didn't Even Last A Week. He Simply Focused Harder On His Vocals. At Last The Chance Came To Voice On The Bada Bada Riddim - The Vehicle That Propelled Wayne's Jammys Labelmates Ward 21 To Stardom. Marshall Rode Their Wave Of Success Travelling With Them On Shows And Collaborating With Them On Songs. `Ward 21 Got Bigger And King Always Forced Me In The Package - Made Me Travel And Eat All Some Food ` He Says. `King Always Push Me Inna Di Link Hard Even Before Me Ever Had A One Hot Tune.` Despite His Larger-Than-Life Persona Marshall Is Eager To Learn And Not Above Taking On Board Criticism. So Wayne Attended Voice-Training Classes Of A Very Pleasant Little White Lady Who Has Schooled Almost Everyone Currently Calling Themselves Reggae Or Dancehall Artiste. `Every Day I Was There For An Hour ` Says Marshall. `I Was Caught Up In The Studio Flex And Didn't Even Have A Car But I Made Sure I Dedicated Myself To Her Class.` His Friends Noticed The Difference In His Voice. `You Ready ` They Told Him. Wayne Marshall Buss…now He Is Rated By All The 'yutes' Loved By All The Girls And Respected By His Fellow Artistes. This Is Exactly How He Always Imagined It Would Be. Nowadays His Name His Face His Voice Are Everywhere And If A Selector Needs A Forward In Any Dance Just Play One Line `true True True Whooooo.` Wayne Marshall Is One Of The Few Entertainers From Upper St. Andrew Who Has Been Able To Garner The Respect Of Everybody From The Ghettos To The Boardrooms. He Reasons That The Key Is His Lyrics And Music. `I Won't Be Singing About 'under Woman'. I Choose To Keep Things On A Conscious Level Because It's All About The Music And Its All About Reaching People. I Also Have To Sing About Reality So If Is Party I Will Sing About That And If It's About Struggling And Survival I Will Do That Also.` The 'criss Car'- A Lexxus If You Must Know The Hot Girls The Fame The Money. But Most Importantly For Him Is The Ability To Express Himself In The Way He Feels Most Comfortable Musically. After Following Wayne Marshall Around For A Day One Thing Became Abundantly
clear For Him This Musical Journey Is Not A Game It Is His Life. He Likes To Tell A Funny Story About The First Time He Realised That He Had Become 'Wayne Marshall'. `I Was Going Down To Do A Show In Westmoreland Somewhere Past Negril. So It Was Me And Jazzy T Driving And We Stopped To Ask Directions At Dis Likkle Place In Whitehouse. So We Stopped Dis Yute Pon Him Bicycle And Talk To Him And When We Were Driving Off Me Just Notice Di Bicycle Skid In The Middle Of The Road And Him Spin Round And Him Ask 'a Wayne Marshall Dat?' It Blew My Mind. That Was When I Realised Just What Was Going On And At That Time I Wasn't Doing That Many Shows And My Songs Weren't Even On The Radio Mi Neva Did Islandwide.`
His Parents Are His Biggest Fans ‘they Play My Music And I Don't Think It Is Because I Am Their Son But Because Them Really Check For It. They Like What I Am Saying And How I Deliver It.` Marshall Speaks About His Role Models
Who Is His Role Model? `Music Wise My Role Model Is Bounty Killer Straight Because A
Bounty Killer Mek Mi Start Deejay. As Wayne Mitchell My Role Model Is My Father Because Him A Come From Nothing And Build Himself Into A Big Man Businessman Yuh Understand And Show Light To Him Youths And Mek Him Youths Dem Go A Di Right School. My Father A Mi Role Model Definitely Mi Couldn't Seh Noboby Else Ah Mi Role Model As Wayne Mitchell.` Wayne Marshall Is The Performer And Wayne Mitchell Is The Regular Dude Reasons The Entertainer. `Wayne Mitchell Writes Di Music Wayne Marshall Just Present It.` read less