YOUTH FEATURE: PRESLEY SCOTLAND
Presley Dunstan Scotland was born in Castries, St. Lucia
in 1984. He's the second of three children raised by Mary Sandra Scotland and
Presley Joseph in Wilton's Yard, Castries. Presley is also
a proud father of three (3) year old, Haeven Skyy Scotland also of Castries, St.
Lucia. With the support of his family he has
managed to keep his head up in the music industry.
Presley at first had a passion
for Architectural Technology which didn't sink in like the passion of music.
Despite all the AutoCad classes his parents arranged and paid for, it never
took away his love for music. Currently, he works primarily in the medium of
the music production industry. With an eye for composition, vision and keen
interest in writing and producing, the independent individual and talented
entrepreneur who goes by the stage
name “Scottish”, continues
to put the music samples together which enables him to create extraordinary
music. Presley also uses his vocals to bring his music across through his music studio named “Star Trax Studio” which has provided
many services for various local artists in the North of the Island.
Presley has been involved in music production for the past ten (10) years. His
studio portfolio includes artists such as
Mary G, Mongstar, Ninja Dan, amongst many others for whom he
produced, arranged, mixed and mastered musical projects. His stage name is Scottish which rooted
from his surname Scotland
Presley has worked
with various music genres including R & B and dancehall. Despite the
passion for dancehall music, he decided to divert further in the Groovy and
Soca Arena after being behind the scenes as a producer for so long. Presley has
released two (2) Groovy songs and one (1) Power Soca: namely, ‘Stampede’,
‘Doh Do Dat’ and ‘Gi Dem Trouble’ respectively. In his own words “I love the feeling I get when I produce
music” and further “ it's something I am good at and love doing and will continue doing no matter
what’’. Presley will continue to be a music expert and a success story
that his daughter will be proud of.
His first single “Stampede”
was released at the beginning of April 2013; a groovy song that reflects the
movements of people reveling together on the road behind the truck during the
carnival festivities. United, wearing their costumes of different colors
representing their own countries, all over the world coming together as one to
enjoy this wonderful event.
With the exceptional feedback he received from his first single as
indicated above he decided to release his second single “Doh Do Dat” during that
same month; a song that emphasizes on how people react when they see other revelers
enjoying themselves during the carnival season.
This encouraged Presley to go deeper into the participating in the
competition for Carnival 2013 by release yet another Power Soca called, Gi
Dem Trouble. This song encourages
revelers to express themselves when playing mass without thinking or caring what
anyone says or thinks about their behavior.
As a famous music artiste once said “Music
is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up
until you die”. Paul Simon. Music will indeed grow and mature with
Presley, and will be a lifelong career.
YOUTH SPOTLIGHT: KAREEM STANLEY
Kareem Stanley, born on December 12, 1992 grew up in the Mabouya Valley. In 2009 he progressed to graduating from the St. Mary’s College where his sense of Art and dynamic personality was discovered. An extrovert and entertainer, Kareem attains the attention of people everywhere he travels, if not with his amazing talents then it is with his cunning wit.
His artistic journey began when he made a conscious decision to follow his cousin and art teacher Ted Sandiford, his role model. Constantly observing Ted with his hysterical antics, Kareem then began to develop his own identity, making his name as one of the top artists in his class. Ted was the first individual to introduce Kareem to the world of photography, placing a DSLR camera in his hands; at that point Kareem fell deeper in love with art excited to capture time into frames. Photography is the heart of this artist; working in unison with his eyes, his camera an extension of himself is used to portray the beauty of this world. Kareem’s desire is to be a professional photographer to impose a positive name for St. Lucian photographers.
Kareem is multi-talented and versatile in the forms of art, with acquired skills in graphic design from the age of 14, song writing, singing, poetry, graphite drawing, music production, live music [keyboards and drums] and drama; all facets that aid in his overall development as an artist and building his image.
From an early age he was introduced to the stage, Kareem, no stranger to crowds, took on the persona of the entertainer he was, stage fright and nervousness forgotten. Kareem has been the master of ceremony for various shows all over St. Lucia; opening shows for international artists such as Dj Nicolas, a gospel artiste from Jamaica. In 2010 a very inspired Kareem decided to start a music band named “Higher Definition”, in an effort to channel his emotions in music. He and his band has done several performances all over St. Lucia and he hopes to continue this success.
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