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Music played in the design studio

British Jamaican artist Stanley Smith who’s older brother was a session musician with the Wailers, described me as John Henry, short film link

Stanley Smith central st martins

Protecting Music industry Artists legal rights

In the Caribbean the prime focus of intellectual property is towards the Music industry, because of restrictions of online digital payment systems I sponsored Trinidad's Music industry IP Intellectual Property expert with a international recognized legal qualification, Protecting Music industry Artists legal rights.

Calypsonian, Calypso Rose singing acoustic version of Boney M's Rivers of Babylon at the Jazz Cafe Camden 16 Nov 2016

UNESCO Designates Reggae As 'Intangible Cultural Heritage' in 2018, Trinidad's unique Caribbean musical cultural heritage Calypso, has its earliest recordings held in the BBC archives. Trinidad's archive facilities where deemed inadequacy to preserve them, the BBC recently enjoyed its 100th anniversary and opened the Archives to the public and researchers for the first time.

Claire The old accounts manager of Trojan records, would send me rare DUB CD box sets. As an ex traffic warden she was used to daily death threats.

During the CIVID pandemic produced Gospel

During Lock-down assisted producing Christian Gospel Hymns

Met Quincy Jones after his set at Ronnie Scott’s in Soho a short distance from Cental St Martins in 1992, discussed UK ACID JAZZ Galliano had released "In Pursuit of the 13th Note" I knew the labels AR Artist Representative, Jamiroquai released his first single the same year "When You Gonna Learn" Sony Records soon signed JK with biggest record deal in history, releasing "Emergency on Planet Earth" 14 June 1993 under Sony Soho Square, Quincy Jones had not long conducted Miles Davis & Orchestra at the Montreux jazz festival - Summertime link

The Last Poets previously unreleased late 1970 African American Civil Rights spoken word, the likes of Lauryn Hill grew up lessening to at home.

In 1992 worked on Artwork for the Last Poets recordings with Jimi Hendrix, African American Civil Rights spoken word session recordings with Jimi Hendrix on Guitar, I was asked if I wished to be involved as I would become a person of interest to the Authorities, Sounds strange now the British press had a campaign to ban US HIP HOP at the time, The Last Peots was Black power movement music of 1970's recorded in the weeks before Jimi Hendrix death in 1970 from "Inhalation of vomit due to barbiturate intoxication." the recordings had been left unpublished as the Past Poets didn't trust the Recording industry. digitally scanning Photography and Artwork on a commercial flat bed SCSI scanner using the Knoll brothers Photoshop V2.

I was involved as I knew the operators of a Vegan restaurant in Clampham Junctions with connections to Jools Holland band squeeze famous for songs including "Up the Junction" with lyrics "I never thought it would happen with me and the girl from Clapham" Jools Holland is famous today for the Annual Hootenanny on the BBC where he invited his special musical guests to performs.

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Met George Clinton of Parliament, Funkadelic in 1992 he inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient 2019.

The public have a greater understanding of Digital Bit rates compared to Analog today, CD's Backup media shelf life is 10 years, when people where replacing there record collections with CD's I collected rare groove Vinyl, the originals to the samples in early HIP HOP.

SUB POP Grunge Rock

Spent an evening with Billy Corgan the lead singer of Smashing Pumpkins in a bar in Camden discussing creativity in 1993, the Grunge Rock label SUB POP bands including NAVANA who’s frontman Kirk Cobain famously had a nearly fatal drug overdose in Rome and was found dead one month later in Seattle in April 1994 and knew those involved in producing SUB POP merchandising at the concerts. Miami had become dangerous and had left the US.

Pink Floyd Animals Remix Artwork

(Image credit: Warner Music) PINK FLOYD Animals (2018 Remix) artwork Reconstruction work to Battersea Power Station, train the skills training centre of local skills force to carry out works. Documentary to making of album cover shoot link

The flying Pig on the original Album broke loose and stopped flights at Healthrow airport. BBC article "The floating pig that became a sign of protest" link Loosely based on George Orwell's political fable Animal Farm, rehearsal recordings left off the album "Raving and Drooling" and "You've Got to Be Crazy" "The members of Pink Floyd, were traumatised by the effect that LSD had on their colleague Syd Barrett, who was excluded from the group in April 1968 as he became catatonic and unable to perform." See MedicalTech Mental Health reform, Animals 2018 remix album is being released on Dolby Atoms in May 2024.

MTV Europe

Before YouTube when MTV music television focused solely on played music videos at their Christmas party was invited into the server rooms of MTV Europe in Camden Town in the old Breakfast Television Centre building.

Britpop

Met a producer for ex Take That’s band mate Robbie Williams on his first album in 1997 in apartment in Dubai he had left London as the music drugs culture had become too dangerous.
TAKE That started by openly appealing to the GAY club market the pink pound in marketing terms. Recalling their first video "I got my a___ wiped off, with a mop, and loads of jelly, as me and four of my mates lay on our fronts naked," Williams recalled.

Lived in SOHO notorious red light area of London close to my Art College and short walk to the Trocadiro centre.

Sign on Door Meard Street in Soho, London.

Drum Club Tour of US HOUSE

The promotor of the Drum club held on a Wednesday night in the World famous LGBT+ Night Club Heaven invited me to be artist in residence for the anniversary bus tour of Aldous Huxley’s book the doors of perception starting in New York.

The story of Jim Morrison’s short life and the American Rock band “the Doors” which depicts the use of psychedelic drugs was named after the book, and the film “Slacker” under 30’s unambitious, enthusiastically eccentric and dangerously apathetic, bohemians doing nothing in there lives, where released around the same time.

A tour closely associated with psychedelic drug use, and LGBT+ lifestyle. I declined the offer; part of being an expert is knowing when to say no.

Whitney

These recent reports of Sean Combs, also known by stage names Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, or Diddy being investigated remind me when word reached me, from members of the US Black film and entertainment industry concerned about Whitney Houston increased drug use and string of female partners introduced to their relationship by Bobby Brown. A Reminder of Rick James.

Amy

Was Asked today if I ever met Amy Winehouse, not a silly question my party was filmed by Dutch television as the Camden Town culture of jazz, hip hop, soul of the early 90’s that Amy Winehouse later made famous in the early 2000’s with back to black and better go to rehab. How we keep losing the best to evils of drugs.

Free Advise to others

The best advice I ever received was from the founders of the Scottish Folk Band that wrote the Scottish National Anthem "Flower of Scotland" met at a Burns night Supper In the UAE United Arab Emirates, visiting him in Edinburgh working together over a weekend he told me to "keep copies of your work as one day the public would be interested". most recent visit to Edinburgh to meet bill was in Sept 2019

Tower records Piccadilly Circus
Tower Records Piccadilly Circus

Please excuse any typos, all my own copy and images without any assistance, or plagiarism. As people with only book knowledge mock if there is a typo and they don’t understand.