“There were times when I would suddenly realize making music is a crazy pipe dream. I would see bands that did super well in South Africa still struggling to survive, or even people on the international level who are doing well but financially can't really support themselves.” PeopleWellsStillsDreamRealizingLevelsSupportStruggleCrazyBandMusic IsSouthInternationalSouth AfricaPipePipe DreamsStruggling To Survive Author:St. Lucia
“When I was growing up, it was still during Apartheid, so the country was very shielded from the outside artistic world. Anything that was too subversive was basically banned. All the music that we got from outside of South Africa was the poppiest, least subversive music that you could get.” WorldStillsCountryGrowing UpGrowingSouthArtisticSouth AfricaApartheidSubversiveBanned Author:St. Lucia
“I think I was just too young to even understand what was going on. When I was still living in South Africa, there was still so much racial tension.” ThinkingStillsYoungSouthTensionSouth AfricaRacial Tension Author:St. Lucia
“My family still lives over there [ in South Africa] .I miss them terribly. I would say that most of my life over there was probably very similar to the sort of life someone would experience growing up somewhere like Australia or in the US.” StillsGrowing UpGrowingMissingMy FamilySouthAustraliaSouth AfricaStill Life Author:St. Lucia
“I met the guys at HeavyRoc through the drummer in St. Lucia, Nick Brown. He is Ben from The Knocks' cousin, and at the time we'd been doing some work together, but everything was still very much in the unsure developmental phase (even though I'd been in it for a year and a half). I told him that if he was going to play the music for anyone that he shouldn't say anything about it and should just play it and see if anyone says anything, and he did it one day at their studio and they loved it and got it touch.” IfsShouldYearsStillsPlayTogetherGuyHalfMetsOne DayStudiosBrownWorking TogetherPhasesSay AnythingCousinDrummerUnsureDevelopmental Author:St. Lucia
“Sometimes, I even learn new techniques from my students. Although I am still a student at the Art Institute, I think that I have learnt a lot from the classes that I have already taken.” ThinkingArtStillsSometimesClassTakenStudentsTechniqueInstituteAlready Taken Author:St. Lucia
“It's sad that some people still believe that artists die poor. This is not the case in this day and age.” PeopleBelieveStillsAgeArtistDiesPoorCasesThis Day Author:St. Lucia
“"St. Lucia We Love" is actually a song produced by Stratosphere music (also St. Lucian). The CEO of Stratosphere music approached me and wanted me to produce a music video for this song which was already a hit in my country. I felt privileged to have been chosen to do such a video. So every time I went out to shoot a scene from the video, I would get a still shot from the scene to tease the public. The photo of the amazona versicolor is is an actual scene from the video which was released on St. Lucia's Independence day (22nd February, 2013).” Has BeensStillsCountryWantedSongFeltLove IsProduceSceneShotsIndependenceVideoChosenPrivilegedCeoTeaseIndependence DayFebruary Author:St. Lucia
“Many of my students learn different techniques online and I have learnt a lot using this medium. Art is picking up in the Caribbean but it's unfortunate that we still have people looking down on it. Many persons who don't know better think that having a career in art is a waste of time. I guess the public just needs to be educated some more.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsPersonsArtStillsDifferentCareersStudentsWasteArt IsTechniqueMediumsEducatedOnlineWasting TimeUnfortunateCaribbeanLooking Down Author:St. Lucia
