Iām extremely grateful for a good year š
A Grammy nomination, a little over 400 million streams, 25 billion views, top 1% streamed songwriters and top 2% streamed producers for 2025
Thanks to all of you who support me and the work I do!
This is our celebration š¤
My first Grammy nominated record!
Iām now officially a songwriter & producer on a Grammy Award nominated album.
A huge thanks to Jesse Royal for allowing me to be a part of his album āNo Place Like Homeā which is nominated for "Best Reggae Album".
Big thanks to Easy Star records, Yungg Trip and Perfect Giddimani and the entire team that made this possible.
Congratulations to all of the nominees!
And thank you to all of you who continue to support me on this journey.
The work continues ā¦
#grammys #grammy #grammyawards
Five years clean and sober today.
We could all use some thin slices of joy sometimes and this is mine to share with you today.
Grateful for everyone who supports me along the way.
Much love always.
Resharing from Adam Taylor who shot this music video š„
Itās been 10 years this month since the release of my video for Build A Kingdom by @iamsimonpipe . It was just the two of us on a whim down Cattlewash, a very simple thought, with a single take and a single shot on my iPhone, and edited the same day.
We went on to win Best Music Video 2016 at the Barbados Visual Media Awards. Hardly anybody has seen the video, so Iām resharing it! Itās not perfect but it was magic and the time has gone pretty fast.
You can listen to the song on all streaming services.
Thank you for the love š
Dominica is one of the most beautiful places Iāve ever been, but itās the people that made it unforgettable.
Spent time here working on some new classical guitar instrumentals for the Quiet Path series and creating meditations for the @breathinginbath project. Both on the way.
Grateful to @sheenaroseinc for making this trip possible and pushing me to finally go for it.
Thank you to all of the wonderful Dominicans who made my time magical .
What iāve been up to recently
⢠Writing with Dan Caplen, Roro, and Chill Bill
⢠Linking up with Pops, and writing/recording with Shontelle
⢠Co-wrote and co-produced Daeās new release āCaterpillarā
⢠āWastemanā with Perfect Giddimani & Yungg Trip out now (co-write/co-produce)
⢠Recently interviewed for an upcoming documentary on songwriting
⢠Writing and recording new music with Casheda Dottin
⢠Recording new music with Krisirie
⢠Tracked guitars for a batch of soca songs for the Crop Over season at Plata Studios
⢠Released the first two EPs in the Quiet Path series - a body of classical guitar music Iām working on
⢠Created a couple paintings for our living room
⢠Spending time with fam - hikes around the island with Reggie and taking in some beautiful views
Grateful for the process, the people, and the moments in between.
More to come.
punk is dad
another wild Saturday night at the Pipes
this is a song that Reg wrote
he played all of the guitar parts
i played bass and programmed the drums
September stuff:
Performed at Mahaliaās Corner with Casheda Dottin and the incredible 2 Mile Hill band.
We did the title track off my 2024 album āJust For Todayā and i played the last couple songs with Cash and the band, including āInto Youā which i co-produced off Cashedaās EP āYearningā.
Shontelle and i released a new single āI Am So Brokenā.
Weāre excited to share this with you and weāre working on some new music too.
In May a small group of Bajan artists went to Toronto for the music festival Departure led by an incredible team from the NCF.
We did some interviews with Amazon Music Canada and those videos dropped this month.
If youāre into Doom/Death/Psychedelic metal, check out āSeeking Sanghaā on your favourite streaming platforms including YouTube.
Itās a side project of mine, and we released a new song called āTormentedā.
Empress Zinghaās reading corner is decorated with some of my lyrics and artwork.
Very heart warming :)
Performed at the Super Reggae concert for Carifesta.
A performance shot with Rhesa Garnes & Rite Side Of Red and some backstage pics & video with Tanya Stephens, Krisirie and Xav.
Chillin with the kiddos.
Iām really honoured to work with so many super talented people and weāve always got lots more in store since it would appear that itās impossible for me to ever sit still.
Stay tuned.
Much love always.
Today Shontelle and i want to share āI Am So Brokenā with you.
We hope it touches you and moves you like it has us.
Back in March 2024, @shonny246 and i linked up to work on a project and after weād finished composing and recording those pieces of music, she asked to hear what iād been up to.
So i started going thru some of the newer music iād been working on, and i played two pieces iād just written hooks to.
āI Am So Brokenā immediately resonated and we started writing.
If youāve ever written with Shontelle, you already know - genius level talent!
We wrote and recorded the verses in about 45 minutes in my little bedroom studio, and i finished up the mix later that night.
Shonny and i spoke earlier this week and i asked her if she minded me sharing the photos of us and her recording in my bedroom.
I know sometimes artists want to be careful about crafting an image that appears āexpensiveā.
I get it. I was told many years ago āThis is show business. Itās the business of putting on a show.ā
Iāve never been good at that part.
Iāve been authentic to my detriment many many times.
Thankfully sheās with me all the way.
āI just want to live life honestly and intentionally. I donāt want to be all smoke and mirrors. Iām not here to sell fake shit to people.ā
Amen my friend.
So this is us. Raw, uncut, authentic - ātorn openā