1-What do you think about the actual urban sound in Harrow? And the urban sound in UK? What changes you see in the actual music about the digital media and the liberation of tracks via internet ? What do you think about SoundCloud, Ustream and other free media devices? What do you think about Megaupload and S.O.P.A / P.I.P.A.?

BECAUSE OF DIGITAL MEDIA MORE ARTIST ARE GETTING A BETTER CHANCE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, STUDIOS ARE CHEAPER TO RENT AND MOST ARTIST CAN AFFORD TO BUY THIER OWN EQUIPMENT, ALSO BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET THE ARTIST NO LONGER HAS TO DEPEND ON THE RECORD COMPANY TO MAKE A LIVING. LONG LIVE THE INTERNET.
WHEN I STARTED RECORDING IN STUDIO ONE WITH BOB, IT WAS DIFFERENT FROM TODAY, YOU HAD TO SING THE SONG FROM START TO FINISH, YOU COULD NOT STOP AND START. AND IF YOU MADE A MISTAKE THEY WOULD KICK YOU OUT OF THE STUDIO. ALSO THE ARTIST WAS MUCH MORE FRIENDLY WE ALL HELPED EACH OTHER TO WRITE OUR SONGS AND TEACH EACH OTHER. YOU DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING TODAY.

2-Can you tell us about recording in the past with the legends Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer? It's still in rotation in our radiostation! How began the connection with Hugo Lobo and Dancing Mood and the people of Argentina?

HOW I MET ONE OF THE GREATEST REGGAE BANDS IN THE WORLD DANCING MOOD, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THEM BY DENNIS BOVELL AND THEY ASKED ME TO RECORD A BEAUTIFUL TRACK FOR THEM CALLED (ALFIE) AND AFTER I DID THEY ASKED ME TO DO A SHOW IN ARGENTINA, AND I MUST SAY I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH ARGENTINA AND ITS PEOPLE, THEY ARE ONE OF THE KINDEST NICEST PEOPLE I HAVE EVER MET. JAH BLESS ARGENTINA. RESPECT.

3-What are your inspirations in the beginning of this 2012? What artists and producers do you like? Can you tell us about your connection with Dennis Bovell?

I AM INSPIRED BY THE GREAT NUMBER OF BANDS ALL OVER THE WORLD PLAYING GREAT REGGAE AND SKA MUSIC, AND IT MAKES ME FEEL PROUD TO KNOW I WAS ONE OF THE MUSICIANS FROM THAT LITTLE COUNTRY THAT INSPIRED THE WORLD AND BROUGHT SO MUCH LOVE TO MANKIND. MANY LEADERS AND GOVERNMENTS HAVE TRIED TO UNITE MANKIND BUT NONE HAVE DONE SO AS MUCH AS JAMAICA AND REGGAE MUSIC. I LOVE ALL KINDS OF MUSIC NO MATTER WHERE ITS FROM. AND I BELIEVE THE YOUNG PRODUCERS OF TODAY ARE GETTING BETTER BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS AND THEMSELVES.

I MET DENNIS BOVEL IN THE EARLY 80tis AND WE HAVE REMAINED GOOD FRIENDS EVER SINCE . HE INTRODUCED ME TO BMG RECORDS FOR WHOM I RECORDED A HIT SINGLE ''STAND BY ME'' WHICH HE PRODUCED ALSO AN ALBUM CALLED ''KING COOL'' I ALSO SANG AND TOURED WITH HIS DUB BAND FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. DENNIS IS NOT JUST A GOOD SINGER BUT ALSO A GREAT BASS PLAYER AND ENGINEER, ONE OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS.

4-Maybe a 2012 tour in Southamerica? What music of Southamerica do you know and like?

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO ANOTHER TOUR IN ARGENTINA THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE SO LOVING AND KIND, AND ALL ARGENTINES LOVE MUSIC. MUSIC IS THEIR FIRST LOVE AND THEIR LAST.

5-Can you write any words of free speach to our radiofans around the world?

I WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUT A MESSAGE TO ALL PEOPLE OF THIS EARTH, THE GREATEST MEDICINE GOD GAVE TO MANKIND IS THE GIFT OF MUSIC, SO TAKE PLENTY OF IT, REMEMBER IN THE BIBLE THE ONLY THING THAT COULD CALM KING SAUL WAS TO LET LITTLE DAVID PLAY SOME REGGAE ON HIS ARP. MUSIC IS THE ONLY LINK TO PEACE, BECAUSE IT HAS NO COLOUR. JAH BLESS

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Por Diego Barreiro

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