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Archived: Bunji Garlin Faces Unnecessary Repercussion after Breaking One Big Rule.
1. NEVER LISTEN TO ANYONE’S MATERIAL.
2. NEVER SING ANYONE’S MATERIAL.
Those were two major rules created by Trinidad and Tobago’s most powerful musical couple, Fay-Ann and Bunji Garlin, when they first established themselves as a unit. In recent hours, Bunji Garlin’s name has been caught in a web of Twitter posts started by an unknown musician, who goes by the name of Jason Shields with the sobriquet, Fireone. Bunji, in an exclusive interview with ETCETERABUZZ.COM this morning said while he did in fact listen to the song sent by the artiste, approximately one year ago via Twitter, he found it hard to tell the budding artiste that he did not particularly like it. He simply said nothing.
Fay-Ann and Bunji made a musical pact that included not listening to anyone else’s music.
PHOTO COURTESY: Teeography.
Bunji told us that years ago both he and his wife, Fay-Ann Lyons had vowed, in a musical agreement with each other that they would never listen to anyone else’s music or sing anyone else’s material. He said he was now feeling the effect of having broken that agreement in part, by simply listening to a song created by a budding artiste, who had so requested. “Unless we are really going to work on a song, we try not to even listen to the music from producers,” he told us. He explained that over time, because of the limitation of musical chords and scales, there is the possibility that music created could sound similar to older music. He said this was not the case with this particular song however, noting that the song submitted by FireOne himself, really sounded nothing like his hit single, “Carnival Tabanca.”
In earnest, both singles do in fact carry identical titles but then again, how many times before have we seen this occur? Numerous. For Bunji Garlin however, this isn’t the issue. He noted that when “Carnival Tabanca” was released a few weeks ago, fellow entertainer, Shurwayne Winchester congratulated him on the song and even mentioned that he too had just wrapped up production on a song that was very similar. “I never even heard Shurwayne’s song. So these things do happen,” said Bunji. “It’s an unfortunate situation but I’m not going to dwell on it. God knows my heart and sometimes God is the only witness,” he rationalised.
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Set for the weekend with gigs in Antigua and Barbados, the Viking of Soca as he’s been coined, says he understands what all artistes, especially budding artistes go through to get their music out and he could never see himself damaging a new entertainer’s chances of making it. He also reminded us of his ability to freestyle, saying, “After a man see me freestyle on stage, what would make anybody think that I would need to steal someone else’s material?”
Regretful for having broken the vow he made with his musical and life partner relative to listening to other people’s music, Bunji Garlin says this is a lesson. He advised other entertainers to cover their bases where this was concerned, noting that things often happen very innocently.
FIREONE’S ‘CARNIVAL TABANCA’
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BUNJI ‘CARNIVAL ‘TABANCA’
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Caribbean Buzz
Terri Lyons Expands. Artiste Show Immense Creativity on New RC Mas Monday Wear.
There’s no box to be held in. Terri Lyons is proving that as she moves into the Monday Wear market, partnering with RC Mas ahead of Carnival 2027.
The reigning Calypso Monarch Queen of Trinidad and Tobago and multiple time Queen of Queens, on Thursday, revealed her creative ability in the mas making sector, sharing her design, ‘Purple Paradise’ – a carefully created design that’s all hers.
The entertainer told Ebuzztt she had the idea and went to the masterful, Kinaji Couture, admitting that Kinaji is a force in the market. “She does a lot of bathing suits and prototypes for bands locally, regionally and further abroad. I knew she could do it and she did execute it perfectly. I just added the flowers,” said Lyons.
In 2027, RC Mas will bring Mystical Garden to life and with the band’s theme considered, Lyons’ floral embellishment makes it abundantly clear that her creativity is disciplined and mindful. She shared her process exclusively with Ebuzztt, highlighting the time taken to design with pen and paper before sharing with Kinaji who brought it all together seamlessly. “This was a lot of work. I sat and drew it all out and I stuck every flower and the diamond studs myself,” said Terri, before adding, “I ain’t doing that again,” with a laugh. The artiste said she’ll have extra hands on board to assist in future.
CHECK OUT HER PROCESS HERE
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