![]() In addition, he said, he is not looking for a handout from the ministry but would like the copyright law here to be reviewed. The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Tourism, Stitchie said, should have had some system in place to cater for those people. The pandemic, he further noted, has left many in the entertainment industry on the breadline. “It really was an experience being on the same stage with these men,” he shared. Stitchie shared this stage with big name singers like Kes and Iwer George. To date, the biggest stage he has performed on was Carnival 2019, in Miami, Florida. Instead, he was invited because of the popularity of his earlier songs, the ones that were never recorded. Stitchie explained that his tours overseas to perform did not come through arrangements with any organization or government ministries. COVID-19 brought a halt to his performing and travelling, the two things he loves most. Prior to the pandemic, he performed at numerous concerts overseas including in England, the United States, Canada, French Guiana, Suriname, the British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Montserrat, and Antigua. ![]() In fact, the pandemic, he said, threw him off track and prevented him from making an income as per usual. You have to make clean music also,” he said.įor the singer, nothing good has come from the pandemic as it messed up his plans for last year. “My kind of music is like the 80s, 90s music because I realize that is the music that still mashing up the place. The artiste shared that what he has learnt more than anything else from his years in the music industry, is knowing what his fans like. But Stitchie believes he works better on his own and he is continually working towards learning all the Ps and Qs of the music business. All of these bands, he shared, contributed to honing his many talents. Music is life to me,” he said.īefore his one man band act, Stitchie was a member of a number of bands including the GDF Frontline, Mischievous guys, Sheriff’s Deputies, Chosen Few, and the Undertakers Band through which he became an established entertainer. “I didn’t grow up with a lot, and music has helped me financially and helped me achieve certain things in life, my talents and material things also. In addition to all that, he also builds his own musical tracks. Sometimes his performances last a couple of hours or more. Stitchie, the Vibes Machine plays the keyboard, sings, DJs and operates an amplifier and equalizer during his performances, engaging his audiences and making them ask for more. Surrounded by a musical family, it is no wonder Stitchie was able to create his own one man band. His brother, he said, had a passion for drumming and learnt to play the drums while he took up playing the keyboard, an instrument he can play remarkably well today. ![]() When he was young, he and his brother had a ball of time every time they found a tin which they quickly turned into drums. ![]() ![]() Stitchie grew up in church where his father played the guitar, and his mother sang. The three songs were recorded at C Fanatic Rekords, situated at ‘C’ Field Sophia, Georgetown.īack in the 1990s when the singer entered the local music arena, he did mainly Dancehall covers, many of which were Beenie Man songs. They are part of a 12-track album the singer is working on. His new releases are “Spanish Thing”, which is a Latin/Soca fusion in genre “Big Girls”, which is a slow Soca and “Boat Cruise”, a Soca/Dancehall mix. ![]()
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