MUSIC INDUSTRY
REGGAE NEWS
18-11-2019 18:09 GMT
REBELLING AGAINST THE STATUS QUO
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| Music industry update | Miami, USA | Indie artist, Honorebel |
Being different is one sure way to make it in any
industry more so than ever before, especially in
entertainment. Standing out from the crowd, and being recognisable sonically and visually are a must and any act that fails to meet any of those requirements could only have a short lived career at best, if it ever gets off the ground at all. Sadly, that seems to be the case today with many popular genres of music especially hip hop and pop. Many acts are sounding alike and with today's overpopulated music scenes that are seeing thousands of new and independent/indie/DIY artists, bands and producers emerge daily it won't be long before their names are forgotten or their songs and albums have been buried at the bottom of a rapidly growing pile of similar sounds. Too much of anything could become a problem sometimes so no matter how good a
sound is no one wants to hear it being recreated and reinvented over and over by different artists. But there are artists out there who still strive to be different, not just sonically, visually and stylistically but in other aspects of their careers as well. Miami, US reggae artist, Honorebel is one of them. From his sound to the way he handles his business, it's hard to find anyone with even vague similarities. He has been thriving in the world of reggae independently since he made his debut several years ago back in Jamaica. He started his own record label, Phantom Music Group in the early days of his career and has built a huge repertoire of music with more chart-topping records than even some mainstream artists. He has worked and shared the stage with almost every notable name in urban music including Snoop Dogg, Akon, Rihanna, Flo Rida,
Lil Nas,
Ed Sheeran and the list just goes on and on and on. Just last week he performed at the world's biggest Jamaican festivals, the Jamaican Jerk Festival which took place in Florida's Miramar Regional Park just a couple of days after his critically acclaimed album, "Above The Noise" was released. "Above The Noise" set the record for one of the most highly anticipated independent reggae music releases of all time. The Jamaica born reggae star announced that it was on the way over 3 years ago when it went into production and then went on to release a plethora of hit singles that progressively took the buzz to the next level almost exponentially each time. At a point fans thought the album would never be released but finally, on the 8th of November it went live on Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play Music and all popular digital music services. It has received nothing but rave reviews so far. The star-studded 16 track "reggae extravaganza", as it is being called features some of the world's biggest names in music including Rick Ross, Charly Black, Shaggy and Wayne Wonder, and features the critically acclaimed singles "Sauce Boss" and "Your Love".
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Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/honorebel/80109915
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