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“I just need a manager to take things to the next level.”Sound familiar?If you’re a music artist building your career in the Caribbean, Africa, or another emerging market, chances are, you have either said this, [...]
Reality Check You can be incredibly talented and still feel like your music career is stuck. This is not because you aren’t working hard. It’s not because you don’t believe in yourself. It is because [...]
When a recent Trinidad court ruling ordered Janet Calliste, widow of the legendary Black Stalin, to pay over TT$360,000 to photographer Angelo Marcelle for unauthorised use of a photograph, shockwaves rippled through the cultural [...]
On May 10, 2025, the Queen’s Park Savannah in Trinidad was buzzing with excitement as the R&B Brunch Festival welcomed international artist Keyshia Cole to the stage. But what should have [...]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is shaking up the music industry in ways that were once unimaginable. From AI-generated beats to algorithms curating personalised playlists, technology is redefining the way music is created, distributed, and monetised. [...]
Previously, we distinguished between the concepts of sampling and interpolation which are creative techniques that music makers use to incorporate someone else’s work into their new productions. Recently, the controversy surrounding Trinidad Killa’s “Eskimo” [...]
In a recent public post on Facebook, Soca artist Militant shared his annual royalty statement from the Copyright Music Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago (COTT). It showed that his net earnings for the year [...]
By Farley J. Joseph |Founder, DianJen A new year is always a great time to look at where you are in the music industry and create your key goals for improving what you [...]
By Farley J. Joseph |Founder, DianJen Recently, I received a copy of the book Rethinking the Music Business as one of the prizes for winning the best paper award at the Young Scholars [...]
Many in the Caribbean dream of being full-time musicians! However, over the past decade, one of the most pressing questions we have received from artists during our training programmes is: How do I make [...]
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