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The Jamaica Sound System Federation is located at 13 Minott Terrace and welcomes visitors who can experience how sound systems are built from the ground up. Visitors may also test how they sound on the microphone on the house sound system, Jam One Sound. For more information contact Alpha Boys School Radio by email or on Facebook and we will.
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Jamaican soundsystem culture: history How Jamaican soundsystem culture conquered music From Sir Coxsone to DJ Kool Herc, soundsystem culture has played a pivotal role in music's evolution. So.
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The first real big name in Jamaican Sound System history was 'Tom the Great Sebastian' (below). Possessing a system that's hailed as the classic model and influence for many of the systems that came later on.
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Sound System'skultur The Sound System culture from Jamaica is arguably an important milestone for the development of music in the world. Sound System is the reason and a root cause to the birth of Ska, Reggae, Rocksteady, Dub, Dancehall and many more in between that we all know today.
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Tony Myers, co founder of the Jamaica Sound System Federation, introduces the history and purpose of sound system culture in Jamaica. From making their own s.
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If you think this sounds ridiculous, then you have fallen into the same trap as many that have come before you. The term 'soundsystem culture' refers to a musical culture born in Jamaica in the late 1940s and early 1950s, revolving around street parties and loud music. Originally, this took the form of people making their own large speaker.
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The Sound System's Humble Beginnings With the end of the War in 1945, thousands of rural Jamaicans trekked into Kingston in search of work as Kingston begun to experience a fair amount of post war led industrial growth. The burgeoning population in Western Kingston filtered eastwards but largely set themselves up between Western and downtown Kingston.
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From there on, there was this innovation, the Jamaican Sound System. My third apprentice, Fred Stanford, very witty type of a fellow, he's the one who nicknamed Tom Wong 'Tom the Great Sebastian,' [a nod to the star trapezist the Great Sebastian, from the hugely successful 1952 Cecil B. DeMille movie, The Greatest Show on Earth ].
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Everything about Jamaican soundsystem culture is rooted in competition, including the size of a crew's speakers. As things got more and more out of hand, speakers began to tower over audiences,.
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Howard revolutionized Jamaican sound system culture. As the owner of the famous Solophonic Disco, he brought together major Jamaican sounds, creating a vibrant musical hub in Kingston. His events weren't just about music; they were cultural experiences that showcased his unique talent for selection and curation. Dancehall Innovator
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Jamaican Sound System reflects on the socio-economic and political changes taking place in Jamaica during this time that led to the modern-day sound system and what cultural theorist Julian Henriques has called a kind of "sonic dominance.
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Incidentally, the very first systems in Jamaican played jazz, r'n'b & pre-reggae forms of Caribbean music, from the 1940s onwards.
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As a result of the lack of live music in Kingston, the sound system was born. To the left, is a photo of a sound system.. His goal was to create music with more of a Jamaican sound inspired by the R&B that was already enjoyed at the sound systems. The studio was started on Brentford road in '61. Dodd said that at first they were just.
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The culture emerged in Kingston, the capital city of Jamaica, in the 1940s where customised Sound Systems would play American rhythm and blues music and other forms of popular music in the streets or in yards to ever growing audiences.
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The Alpha School of Music, with support from American Friends of Jamaica, was pleased to organize an applied workshop exploring Jamaica's distinctive sound system culture as part of its Reggae Month activities on Monday, February 27. Moderated by Alpha instructor Dr. Dennis Howard and featuring panelists Tony Myers (Jam One International) and Ronnie Jarrett (8 […]