Help make Soca & Calypso Music a category in iTunes, Apple Music & other music platforms
To whom it may concern
We, the people of the Caribbean do appreciate the availability to sell our music via your services (iTunes), however, we would like in return to be respected as an individual "genre" of music.
Similar to the Reggae genre, Soca and Calypso are styles of music that transcend years of culture and history in the Caribbean and we would appreciate to not be grouped and bound into the class "World Music" as our Caribbean counter parts Reggae and Dancehall are not.
Please let me know how we can make this change so that our genre of music is represented accurately as "Soca & Calypso" and readily searchable and available to the world. This form of music is know worldwide and should not be under shadowed as just "World Music" as most of the music is based on our Many different Carnivals/Celebrations that are celebrated in most of the Caribbean Islands. Please also be aware that Soca & Calypso music stems from almost the entire Caribbean (English, French, Spanish and many more languages).
Please consider this letter and I look forward to hearing the response to this minor request but a major step for our artists & our culture to be heard and discovered for "OUR" art form - Soca & Calypso.
I urge Soca & Calpyso fans to stand up for our music.
1. Please sign this petition (originally started by Ryan Butcher) so that our representation of our art form can come to life as its own entity on this, the most major, music store in the world (itunes).
2. Hashtag: #Socaitunes on all social media outlets
3. Click the link below or go on iTunes and purchase any Soca Artist music:
Blaxx, Patrice Roberts, Destra Garcia, Denise Belfon, Nadia Batson, Alma Boy, Motto, Lavaman, Lil natty and Thunda, VGHN, Iwer George, Tallpree, Shurwayne Winchester, Nessa Preppy, Majah Hype, Dawg E Slaughter, Preedy, Sekon Sta, Erphaan Alves, Adam O, The Mighty Sparrow, Calypso Rose, David Rudder, Kevin Lyttle, David Rudder, Terry Lyons, Jus D, Hyper Sounds, Rudy Live, Wendi, Claudette Peters, Shall Marshall, Marzville, Mr Legs, GBM Nutron, Faith Callendar, Lil Rick, Peter Ram, Lead Pipe & Sadis, Runi Jay, Swappi, Ultimate Rejects, MX Prime, Ricardo Dru, Rayzor RQB, Bunj Garlin, Fayann Lyons, Skinny Fabulous, Kes The Band, Lyrikal, Mr Killa, Farmer Nappy, Kerwin Dubios, King Bubba, Edwin Yearwood, Teddyson John, Leonce, Angela Hunt, Nailah Blackman, Machel Montano, Rupee, Alison Hinds Super Blue...
Thanks for your support.
TeamSoca.com
Updates
Reached 10,000 supporters
January 29, 2021
January 29, 2021
We need to hit ten thousand signatures to prove our genre demands a dedicated category on all major platforms. Post the link to your Facebook feed right now and tag Apple Music so they see this movement growing.
Reached 1,000 supporters
November 22, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
November 21, 2017
November 21, 2017
We are approaching one thousand signatures and we need a final push to hit that target before we go to Apple. Post this link on your Facebook wall right now and text three friends to ask them to sign. This genre deserves its own category and we need these numbers to prove it.
November 20, 2017
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need a final push to cross that threshold. Please post the petition link on Facebook and text three friends to bring them on board today.
2,131 Comments
As a podcast that highlights our experiences as two young women fo Caribbean descent returning to New York City, soca & calypso music are a part of our everyday soundtrack. These genres of music can stand on their own and we hope that Apple Music allows them to do just that!
Soca had held its ground from the beginning of time. Well know celebrities and artists from around the world have utilized the genre. It’s only right for it to have its own category especially wth how well it is doing presently. The soul of Calypso requires its own platform.
I Jamaican and I listen to ALL kinda of Caribbean style music. I love my dancehall and reggae but yes Soca and calypso is different. I want to be able to find SOCA songs under soca and not “dancehall or reggae” that’s so narrow to our actual selections.
Caribbean culture includes all genres of music, and it's crazy how I still have to explain the difference between soca and reggae to friends. This will be a better way to organize soca music into its own category, and give people a space to explore at their own leisure.
Soca music is being use by numerous major A-list music stars e.g. Justin Beiber, Drake, Pitbull etc and therefore should be recognized as it's own category to acknowledge it's roots and the original artist that made soca music so popular.
Give soca what's due to it
Why can't this petition end already
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Help make Soca & Calypso Music a category in iTunes, Apple Music & other music platforms
To whom it may concern
We, the people of the Caribbean do appreciate the availability to sell our music via your services (iTunes), however, we would like in return to be respected as an individual "genre" of music.
Similar to the Reggae genre, Soca and Calypso are styles of music that transcend years of culture and history in the Caribbean and we would appreciate to not be grouped and bound into the class "World Music" as our Caribbean counter parts Reggae and Dancehall are not.
Please let me know how we can make this change so that our genre of music is represented accurately as "Soca & Calypso" and readily searchable and available to the world. This form of music is know worldwide and should not be under shadowed as just "World Music" as most of the music is based on our Many different Carnivals/Celebrations that are celebrated in most of the Caribbean Islands. Please also be aware that Soca & Calypso music stems from almost the entire Caribbean (English, French, Spanish and many more languages).
Please consider this letter and I look forward to hearing the response to this minor request but a major step for our artists & our culture to be heard and discovered for "OUR" art form - Soca & Calypso.
I urge Soca & Calpyso fans to stand up for our music.
1. Please sign this petition (originally started by Ryan Butcher) so that our representation of our art form can come to life as its own entity on this, the most major, music store in the world (itunes).
2. Hashtag: #Socaitunes on all social media outlets
3. Click the link below or go on iTunes and purchase any Soca Artist music:
Blaxx, Patrice Roberts, Destra Garcia, Denise Belfon, Nadia Batson, Alma Boy, Motto, Lavaman, Lil natty and Thunda, VGHN, Iwer George, Tallpree, Shurwayne Winchester, Nessa Preppy, Majah Hype, Dawg E Slaughter, Preedy, Sekon Sta, Erphaan Alves, Adam O, The Mighty Sparrow, Calypso Rose, David Rudder, Kevin Lyttle, David Rudder, Terry Lyons, Jus D, Hyper Sounds, Rudy Live, Wendi, Claudette Peters, Shall Marshall, Marzville, Mr Legs, GBM Nutron, Faith Callendar, Lil Rick, Peter Ram, Lead Pipe & Sadis, Runi Jay, Swappi, Ultimate Rejects, MX Prime, Ricardo Dru, Rayzor RQB, Bunj Garlin, Fayann Lyons, Skinny Fabulous, Kes The Band, Lyrikal, Mr Killa, Farmer Nappy, Kerwin Dubios, King Bubba, Edwin Yearwood, Teddyson John, Leonce, Angela Hunt, Nailah Blackman, Machel Montano, Rupee, Alison Hinds Super Blue...
Thanks for your support.
TeamSoca.com
Updates
Reached 10,000 supporters
January 29, 2021
January 29, 2021
We need to hit ten thousand signatures to prove our genre demands a dedicated category on all major platforms. Post the link to your Facebook feed right now and tag Apple Music so they see this movement growing.
Reached 1,000 supporters
November 22, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
November 21, 2017
November 21, 2017
We are approaching one thousand signatures and we need a final push to hit that target before we go to Apple. Post this link on your Facebook wall right now and text three friends to ask them to sign. This genre deserves its own category and we need these numbers to prove it.
November 20, 2017
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need a final push to cross that threshold. Please post the petition link on Facebook and text three friends to bring them on board today.
2,131 Comments
Soca has never had anything to do with reggae, so I don't understand why we're always lumped into the reggae genre. "World/Worldwide" Also bothers me because newer genres like Afrobeats & Reggaeton (Urbano Latino) have their own categories, but not Soca.
As a podcast that highlights our experiences as two young women fo Caribbean descent returning to New York City, soca & calypso music are a part of our everyday soundtrack. These genres of music can stand on their own and we hope that Apple Music allows them to do just that!
Soca had held its ground from the beginning of time. Well know celebrities and artists from around the world have utilized the genre. It’s only right for it to have its own category especially wth how well it is doing presently. The soul of Calypso requires its own platform.
I Jamaican and I listen to ALL kinda of Caribbean style music. I love my dancehall and reggae but yes Soca and calypso is different. I want to be able to find SOCA songs under soca and not “dancehall or reggae” that’s so narrow to our actual selections.
Caribbean culture includes all genres of music, and it's crazy how I still have to explain the difference between soca and reggae to friends. This will be a better way to organize soca music into its own category, and give people a space to explore at their own leisure.
Soca music is being use by numerous major A-list music stars e.g. Justin Beiber, Drake, Pitbull etc and therefore should be recognized as it's own category to acknowledge it's roots and the original artist that made soca music so popular.
Give soca what's due to it
Why can't this petition end already
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Soca has never had anything to do with reggae, so I don't understand why we're always lumped into the reggae genre. "World/Worldwide" Also bothers me because newer genres like Afrobeats & Reggaeton (Urbano Latino) have their own categories, but not Soca.