People wanting music infrastructure for h’enjoyment but aren’t prepared to sit and have the difficult conversations or do the behind the scenes work is borderline exploitative.

Let’s keep it real. You want people to do the work you’re not prepared to do or financially back. Sometimes you have to just admit we are where we are because some people didn’t pivot, didn’t mature, didn’t lock in because they wanted to chase the bag and that “bag” was going to be handed to them.

Autonomy was not part of your journey.

Been in a bit of funk recently but it hasn’t slipped my awareness that the @metpoliceuk used their resources to fund a record shop which preyed on the unsuspecting Black men that would frequent it. The hypocrisy being that I work in an electronic music space which consistently… Pushes out messaging allowing young adults to practically experiment safely with Class A drugs. The entrapment of young Black men using a vehicle of social mobility such as music which for some is all they have to change their circumstances is beyond wicked.

Some speak from the intellectualised theoretical perspective only because they’ve never had to deal in the practical context. Sitting indoors in your formative years reading books whilst others “lived it” to then chastise people in your adult years is a practice I’m not cool with If you don’t understand a way of living. You can always listen sometimes. But in relation to youth and criminality. I don’t think some people understand outside the dictionary definition of what happens in “endz” ...to say there’s a psychological effect is an understatement.

Of course it’s always “Happy Mother’s Day”....But this day, this year, after the week we’ve had feels so disingenuous it’s unreal. I can definitely understand now how Mothers Day would have been devised by men to atone for their behaviour the rest of the year. There’s duality in parenting which means the experience of a mother is directly related to that of the father. So a mother is VALUED by collaboration.

Culture is something you live and breathe because it’s something you’re passionate about. Counter-Culture that has to be developed to change real problematic aspects of society has to be undertaken with the same vigour. Hence why some of us sound like “broken records” Men have to openly disagree and professionally adhere to new standards. If as a man you are uncomfortable of having one to one conversations because ironically you yourself fear repercussions/reprisals then simply withdraw all support to start with. Especially professional.

Nuns in a Dublin monastery dancing to South African dance music! 😅👏🏾🔥 Pound for pound investment almost always starts with cultural exchange. All of these viral videos are broaching the export experience of “niche” sounds that are otherwise deemed non-commercial. Music can hit spaces FIRST that the respective makers of the genre may not be able to reach. I traveled the world based on music I made or played on my radio show which peaked interest. That’s how international markets for music are now built.

Women in music don’t doubt yourself. Start punching. Go for whatever. Shoot your shot. I’ve played with big big man that clang. I’ve played with big big man who don’t make their own tunes. The landscape is full of chancers. Don’t worry about being ready. You learn on the job! ❤️ Chances are you’re taking advice from someone who can’t beat match but is saying “work harder”..... listen!! You’re ready. Most of us started on pirate. No formal broadcast training. We just picked up things. Get started. The help is out there. ❤️👌🏾

This is not a witch-hunt. This is going to be revelation on exactly why this behaviour, the institutional racism within my industry of work won’t be tolerated any longer. I understand many watching these next tweets have existing relationships.... and I completely understand also that there are those who will chose to observe rather than engage in any part of what I’m going to say next. But I’m not having a discussion on the timeline about this other than the solution..

Shall we talk about Black female vocalists on House music tracks used for authenticity but never making the visuals for the marketed video or worse yet credited as the featuring act?! 🤷🏾‍♂️ Albeit paid session singers, providing top line and sometimes even lyrics for tracks but receiving zero visibility EVEN though they have aspirations as solo acts themselves.

Brothers and sisters of all races. I tell you. The fuckry runs deep in this shit.