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[0:00] [Music]
[0:09] hey guys welcome back to p with
[0:11] cranberry of course we are in season 2
[0:14] and finally like this guy was supposed
[0:17] to be here since season 1 but finally we
[0:21] have DJ taffy in the house so DJ Tavi
[0:25] tell us a little bit about yourself and
[0:27] how you got into music first of all tell
[0:28] us what is your real name well first of
[0:32] all my name is tafari Mafi okay um aka
[0:36] DJ taffi refer to as reading beast and
[0:40] and how did you how did you get into
[0:43] music well I I've been doing music since
[0:46] high
[0:47] school I had to get something to occupy
[0:50] myself so I could stay out of trouble
[0:53] okay you know cuz um I have a little
[0:57] anger and everything so the teachers get
[0:59] something that would distract me from
[1:01] those type of things so I gu I just fall
[1:04] into it okay and you've you've been a
[1:06] prominent figure on the Dominica music
[1:10] scene for for a few years now like you
[1:13] all your mixes are very popular if if
[1:15] anybody is looking for you know the
[1:18] hottest and latest thing coming out of
[1:20] domica they have to check
[1:23] YouTube but you with all the the
[1:26] attention you've been getting and you
[1:28] also do your mixes on your YouTube
[1:29] YouTube channel what inspires your
[1:32] selection and your blend process when it
[1:34] comes to your mixes well from from since
[1:38] a young age I I've been very interested
[1:40] in um music like EDM house music those
[1:45] type of things so it's like that that
[1:48] that the thing that that makes my my
[1:49] bits and I'm so unique because it's
[1:51] sound different the elements the the
[1:55] tones the SS they all different because
[1:57] I have that EDM kind of men mentality
[2:00] you know okay and goad goe well if I I I
[2:05] believe if I wasn't living here or if I
[2:08] live in like places like England or know
[2:12] I'll probably be doing Ed music cuz that
[2:14] the music I really listen to okay and
[2:16] you've collaborated with a lot of
[2:18] artists um even and participated in in
[2:21] events like the world cre Music Festival
[2:25] um you've been traveling a lot how has
[2:27] these types of experiences um influence
[2:31] your your career and your musical style
[2:35] well personally
[2:37] the the traveling and being in different
[2:40] shows um interacting with different um
[2:44] International artists and make me see
[2:46] the music on a different level
[2:48] understand and the mix of different
[2:51] cultures helped me to to recreate
[2:55] something that that never been heard
[2:57] before you know and so that that that
[3:00] gives me a kind of a mindset like I
[3:03] don't to just do the the normal Bo
[3:06] everybody making I want do do different
[3:08] things to to make it sound International
[3:12] you know so going out there like places
[3:16] like in um K one love that is the
[3:20] friendship and they have it in France
[3:22] and and I've been on that even like
[3:24] three times already MH
[3:26] um being in that that type of
[3:29] environment in front all of those people
[3:32] give give me a different feeling for the
[3:34] music know I I I've been interested in
[3:37] music along but right now it it giving
[3:39] me the feel to just continue okay and
[3:42] and in addition to to being you know a
[3:45] DJ you you are known for like producing
[3:48] tracks um it's it's like these days you
[3:51] and little boy are the hotest thing when
[3:53] it comes to you know producing and not
[3:56] just producing for Dominican artists but
[3:58] you also have you know Regional um
[4:01] artist on your rhythms how do you
[4:04] approach um your production process and
[4:07] what influences the type of song that
[4:10] you had you have and what when you hear
[4:12] a beat how how do you know instantly
[4:15] that's a DJ
[4:17] Taff well there there are certain there
[4:20] are certain um elements in in in my RMS
[4:23] that anybody can just pick out that that
[4:25] t that make that you know um have
[4:28] certain things people hasn't include in
[4:31] the in the production as a producer and
[4:34] those are the type of things that I like
[4:35] to to incorporate with my rhythms mhm
[4:39] again because I I want my my stuff to
[4:41] sound different from everybody else I
[4:43] don't want to be sounding the same as
[4:44] this one and that one you know so I I I
[4:48] just love the fact that I can put myself
[4:52] outside of the box M than to be in the
[4:54] same B that everybody trying and join
[4:57] you know okay and as a DJ and Pro
[4:59] producer from Dom how do you see um your
[5:03] role in promoting and the evolution of
[5:06] booya music both in Dominica and
[5:09] outside well I I think I had a had a big
[5:13] part to play in where bu is now um not
[5:18] just me but I talking for myself right
[5:20] now
[5:22] um for the the growth I I see my YouTube
[5:26] channel get in a short space of time
[5:28] like about a year mhm because when I
[5:30] when I just start to blow my YouTube
[5:32] channel was like
[5:34] about um like 4,000 subscribers or 3,000
[5:37] subscribers right now my my channel is
[5:39] Almost 40,000 subscribers right know and
[5:42] I think that because most artists has
[5:43] come to me to PST a song Bo post a song
[5:46] for for me please and but I I I like to
[5:50] tell him it's not just about posting the
[5:51] song you know you can post the song but
[5:55] marketing have a lot to do with it as
[5:57] well check so it's like
[6:00] my my my my way of of doing things I
[6:04] don't know but I my market my marketing
[6:06] skill is a different kind of a thing
[6:08] you're on another level yeah not not
[6:11] normal yeah just not normal and I think
[6:15] I I I can say I I was the the the
[6:19] backbone of a lot of artists that that
[6:21] get to reach out to different islands
[6:23] and so you mhm and what what um in all
[6:27] the these songs that you've heard use
[6:30] which song would you say that you're
[6:32] most proud of or which Rhythm are you
[6:34] most proud of well the Rhythm I'm most
[6:37] proud of is the fun rhm cuz that is the
[6:39] Rhythm that that get me to the place
[6:42] that I am today and it was a rhythm that
[6:44] I never thought that would even go
[6:47] anywhere because that wasn't supposed to
[6:48] be him in the first place right you know
[6:50] it was just a a a situation where I just
[6:53] got my mic and so on so I wanted to test
[6:55] it out and so I just happened to
[6:58] do and then
[7:00] just just put a drums on a b just make a
[7:03] because I like to I like to make my my
[7:07] um my bits and just post a little video
[7:09] make you know and it's from time I post
[7:12] that that little video it's like
[7:14] everybody just go wild on me French
[7:16] people calling me people s Martin
[7:19] calling me people Ana calling me they
[7:20] want to jump on that they want to jump
[7:21] on that and I was like that that's not
[7:24] even a r right and that happened to be
[7:29] one of the biggest R in boy history mhm
[7:32] I can say yeah okay so guys we're going
[7:35] to switch up things a little bit and
[7:37] we're going to go to a segment of the
[7:38] show that we call bu rapid fire where I
[7:40] going to ask DJ Taffy some quick
[7:43] questions and he going to give me some
[7:44] quick
[7:45] answers so we're going to try and test
[7:48] out you know what Taffy's personality is
[7:50] like so Taffy what is your alltime
[7:52] favorite bu Tru to play on a
[7:55] set right now someone else
[7:59] I have two I have two uhhuh someone else
[8:02] and you that is um from Little Bo that
[8:05] is my two favorite Bo song Tell me why I
[8:09] the melody and it the Shiva me
[8:12] especially tell me about that
[8:14] Shiva it you know you know when you when
[8:17] when you hear music and it's like it
[8:18] does just give you visualization of
[8:22] things you maybe pass through or people
[8:25] You' been with and that is the type of
[8:27] Vibes that those two songs
[8:30] okay and if you could collaborate with
[8:31] any International artist who would it be
[8:34] and
[8:35] why well right
[8:38] now I I I never really had a thought of
[8:41] of um I mean everybody
[8:44] call so you should be thinking like
[8:47] who's my dream collab who don't call me
[8:50] yet but I want them to call me well to
[8:52] be honest I never really I never really
[8:54] have a set of who I actually want to do
[8:57] a with I just just my thing is I I I
[9:01] would like to just collaborate with a
[9:03] lot of different island people okay you
[9:06] know which I already started with like
[9:08] nla Blackman um Ricardo D rest in peace
[9:13] I I collaborate a a lot of island people
[9:16] shik car guad so I just want to just mix
[9:20] up the cultures and and not just make a
[9:22] beat and make them drop on it but I want
[9:24] to incorporate their culture in in my B
[9:27] so can you can give it a different a
[9:29] different song Can their people can can
[9:33] feel the Vibes the same way like they
[9:34] feeling their own okay and what is the
[9:36] most memorable event you've performed at
[9:39] in Dominica and outside um well for
[9:43] outside I can say k one of MH um in
[9:47] France okay that is the biggest sad I
[9:49] ever seen in my entire life that is like
[9:53] being here and people all the way up to
[9:56] to about um to um buttons oh wow and
[10:01] probably even further okay you know that
[10:04] that is that is my most memorable event
[10:06] ever and most memorable event in
[10:09] Dominica
[10:11] um Dominica
[10:13] mhm
[10:16] wow so I I I I do so much events inica
[10:20] yeah but which one standing out the
[10:23] most there there was one
[10:27] event in um in the stud
[10:30] on
[10:31] trucks and as a matter of fact that when
[10:34] I just had to to to f in on on the truck
[10:38] Vibe I think that was last Carnival
[10:41] Carnival opening I think after part I
[10:44] can't remember exactly I I think I think
[10:46] it was uh after opening of Carnival in
[10:50] the stadium they had a bunch of trucks
[10:52] just packed and playing music no it
[10:55] wasn't that one it was it was after
[10:57] Carnival oh okay was Mal ah okay okay
[11:01] okay right and it's like from from I me
[11:04] I've been on truck before that but it's
[11:07] like the the the environment of the
[11:09] people and so and feeling the music and
[11:11] it give me a whole different like it
[11:13] justes give me a little chill MH because
[11:15] it's like from from a person that used
[11:17] to be down there listening to the bands
[11:20] and up there it like a whole switch over
[11:23] you understand yeah um what is one track
[11:28] that never failed to move the crowd when
[11:30] you're
[11:31] performing
[11:34] um well for
[11:37] me any song that that that that plays
[11:40] only funny RM I get especially overes
[11:46] any song that plays on the phone him he
[11:49] plays this describe your DJ in style in
[11:54] freewoods um
[11:57] energetic um
[12:00] very selective MH as in know exactly
[12:04] what to play for people MH and
[12:09] um try to find the last
[12:12] word hype okay hype
[12:16] okay all right so we're moving on sound
[12:19] off right now DJ Taffy with the rise of
[12:21] digital platforms we we we've talked
[12:23] about your YouTube but with the the rise
[12:26] of digital platforms like YouTube Tik
[12:28] Tok they transformed the music industry
[12:31] yes how has that sort of shift impacted
[12:35] your approach to your DJ and your music
[12:38] production well because these days is
[12:40] like the the the social media can either
[12:43] make a break you yes it is true um well
[12:49] busting out in in into the the whole um
[12:53] music thing the Tik Tok and the things
[12:55] was already there for me to utilize mhm
[12:59] um so it's like I basically just just
[13:03] run with it because I mean those those
[13:06] are the does marketing strategies the
[13:09] social media MH once once you can get
[13:11] your stuff on social media you can get
[13:12] people looking at it or or listening to
[13:14] it on the social media platform then
[13:16] then you already have a crow right um so
[13:19] you've you've been collaborating like
[13:21] you say with a lot of island people and
[13:23] a lot of people outside of Dominica um
[13:27] how important do you think that these
[13:29] collaborations are when it comes to the
[13:31] growth of boyo well I going to tell you
[13:35] they they are they are very important
[13:37] because if you look at it bo boy music
[13:42] right now is like everybody want to be a
[13:43] part of it now MH
[13:45] and I see the way that that we
[13:48] collaborate with the artists and so it
[13:51] even give the boy a wider reach because
[13:53] they have they have their own following
[13:55] as Suka job whatever it is they they
[13:58] have their own their own set of people
[14:03] we have it own set of people so if them
[14:04] those two set of people come together
[14:06] you going to be a wider range for for
[14:08] both M genres okay and how do you
[14:12] because a lot of people are on YouTube
[14:15] and you know these days people drop in
[14:17] tracks like every few days every every
[14:21] week every two weeks how do you ensure
[14:24] that your mixes and your your tracks
[14:27] stand out in a m that is so saturated
[14:31] well it it's all about planning you know
[14:35] and so you never know when somebody
[14:37] going and drop something mhm um unless
[14:40] they marketing it and they they putting
[14:42] it out there that they going to drop
[14:43] something but it all it's all about
[14:45] planning I I'm a type of person that has
[14:48] has look at my analystics of my um of my
[14:52] content on YouTube
[14:55] and that is what that does let me know
[14:57] when I should drop on a next song okay
[15:00] cuz I as watch the growth of the song
[15:02] not all songs will will will hit 10,000
[15:05] views in in couple days that songs I
[15:08] will that that will be 50,000 views in a
[15:10] day according to to the um the song and
[15:14] also the marketing strategy
[15:17] and
[15:19] personally the the the way the way they
[15:23] FL to it in right the way FL to in there
[15:27] is like huge especially now in this
[15:30] season of carnival coming up you going
[15:32] and expect a lot of songs coming out one
[15:33] way and the other so it's just you that
[15:36] have to know how to plan your thing
[15:37] properly and Market your stuff okay so
[15:41] Taffy I going to play you some of your
[15:43] own readings and I want you to tell me
[15:46] when you hear that reading the first
[15:48] thing that comes to your
[15:53] [Music]
[15:55] mind that room
[16:01] I tell you that that first as soon as I
[16:05] I already know that that is the that
[16:06] make travel for the first time to
[16:08] perform that was in Anga I think in
[16:11] 2023 mhm um yeah I travel to play for
[16:16] Halloween party me and
[16:18] Quan um that R is the reason why I had
[16:22] travel to go for my Island okay
[16:34] [Music]
[16:39] what's the first thing that comes to
[16:41] mind well first thing that comes to mind
[16:44] is from how far I I I I come with with
[16:50] my part Quan M you know because I can
[16:53] remember those days as a matter of fact
[16:54] that that song started out from more I
[16:58] can remember for sure mhm and it was
[17:01] just me and K you know and
[17:03] and I I like the fact that I know the
[17:06] only person that that had that had
[17:10] uh a growth mhm you know and I my right
[17:15] now Kan is even bigger than me yeah you
[17:18] know so I that that is person that come
[17:20] to my to my mind is is Quan because we
[17:24] come from that Superstars people pop up
[17:27] into he he making that big hit song
[17:29] Someone Else and we collaborating on on
[17:32] living alongside of little okay next
[17:37] [Music]
[17:41] [Laughter]
[17:45] [Music]
[17:48] [Laughter]
[17:53] one
[17:55] anybody okay
[18:01] [Music]
[18:06] first thing that come to mind that's the
[18:09] business
[18:12] sh okay and you have a new
[18:19] one 11 days ago it was
[18:22] [Music]
[18:27] posted this thing like comes to mind the
[18:29] first thing that comes to my mind when I
[18:31] when I hear that is is my Improvement on
[18:34] my fingering skills okay um when I when
[18:37] I when I just start I mean I could
[18:38] always play keyboard play piano but as
[18:42] the time pass by my fingering skills get
[18:45] a lot better it improved by a lot you
[18:48] know and things got a little easier for
[18:50] me in terms of flexing of my fing okay
[18:54] and and what what is the intention for
[18:56] this reading because it says not offer
[18:59] for um performances or songs so what is
[19:02] the do you have anyone in mind for the 4
[19:05] read well yes and no um the in the in
[19:12] the in the weight is right now with the
[19:15] keyboards and everything no um we have a
[19:19] a situation
[19:21] where people let just take anything and
[19:24] just decide like yeah they just go and
[19:26] make a song with that and it doesn't go
[19:28] the right way doing it right right you
[19:29] understand so they just take a beat on
[19:31] YouTube and just okay I can sing that
[19:34] doesn't look that way you have to inform
[19:36] the person that produce it B what is
[19:39] their terms and conditions