In The Mean Time... (Messian Dread Update August 21/22 2014)

IN THE MEAN TIME...
MESSIAN DREAD UPDATE AUGUST 22 2014

WWW, August 22 2014 - Yesterday was the conclusion of the official release of my album "Heavyweight Dubwise". During the last twelve days, while one track was released per day, I've been doing all kinds of things. Things, that not only justify this update, but require them. Read about the midi files, about being accused of stealing from a thief, about all my Creative Commons releases, and more.

the midi files

After kind of rising from my online slumber earlier this year, I discovered a new feature at my web hosting provider. I can watch in real-time what happens on the dubroom.org servers, and I do that a few times a week. This helped me tremendously, because I learned that the Midi Files we've released during the early years of this website back in 1997 were way more popular than I thought. 

Truly, I thought it was more a thing people would go to for old times sake, and an "occasional" producer/visitor of studio.dubroom.org.

How wrong I was.

I knew about "Skream", the Dub Step producer that has used our material for his commercial releases without even crediting us. I knew about some other people who used the midi files for non-commercial reasons, but I was absolutely unaware of the enormous popularity. Yes, that page is visited 1000's of times each week. 

All these people who have been visiting that page, have been reading the copyright notices. Notices which basically prevented honest people from spreading the stuff. And so, thieves like Skream got away with it. If these files would have been released in the Creative Commons domain, he would just have been the next to use that particular file. 

I discovered this year, that the Dubroom is visited every day by much (many? dunno my inglish there) more producers than I previously thought. I really thought that studio.dubroom.org got like a few visits a day but that is absolutely not the case. From all over the world people are visiting the studio, reading the tutorials. Even from places you don't expect.

Gradually, things dawned and I started to see connections.

And so I re-released all the midi files into the creative commons domain. 

I pick my battles and ketching vampires like skream is much more of a worldly, carnal thing than I care to deal with actually. I mean, this is a guy who works in a scene very much comparable with Dancehall and Techno, meaning cokane and dollars using immorality and pompous behavior. He's making his fortune doing these things. To be honest I do not want to have one cent of that fortune. So why am I putting so much energy in this whole dead-bury-dead culture, and why do i not realize that of course vampires are there sucking from the source of life by sucking from Jah people.

Yes, what's new? Hm.... It's not like stealing my Inspiration. It's showing lack of contact with the Source of life.

I see that so many people visit the midi page. Skream is not the only one, I am sure of that. None of them want anyone to know about the Midi file, obviously. So this is the best way to counter these parasites without giving them one more minute of the time that Jah gave me to do things. 

you tube

While "everyone" was downloading and -hopefully- listening to my new releases, myself I was diving deep back in the Dubroom's archives, re-discovering some track I totally forgot about, recalling some precious moments and just having a basic good time with these old tracks. 

I wasn't playing the mp3's on my VLC player's play list, though. I was uploading them all to You Tube, but not at the official Dubroom Channel.

You Tube has this nice feature called "Video Editor". Everyone can make their own video using music that is published under Creative Commons on You Tube, or use video material published at You Tube under Creative Commons. I used the last possibility for the official Dubroom video releases I did in the last time, and I thought it would be nice to give something back.

Throughout the years, people have uploaded some of my Creative Commons releases to You Tube and this gave me the inspiration to open my own personal You Tube channel (called "the Dubroom Dread") and start to upload all music that the Dubroom released under Creative Commons. I've loaded each track in Windows Movie Maker, added some information on the screen, and subsequently uploaded the results to my You Tube Channel at www.youtube.com/dubroomdread.

In essence, I'm providing a complete catalogue of well over 300 tracks to the You Tube community. Nicely sorted in play lists, each one with a download link in the description. Music by Sure Dread, Heartical, Jah Roots, and myself, everything nicely sorted with play lists. Yes, still under construction and therefore not yet "officially anounced", but that will come later. 

It's not even the reason why I write this update, even though it can be quite an interesting piece of information for some. Everyone with a You Tube account should be able to click on the "remix this video" button and start using the music on their own account.

an incredible engagement

Then, when I was uploading my tunes, I saw that one of them was flagged with a copyright notice.

Yes, that drove my attention.

I clicked on the link and saw this:

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I pressed play and, yes, that was my music. It was during a rather dubbed out piece where I use a specific effect. 

There was a button that enabled me to respond to this really bizarre claim. And so I wrote them about the track and showed them the proof that if in fact the recording was used by the claimer, that claimer had violated mine.

I went on to search for this particular artist and the track he released. I discovered it was all over the Internet, at Itunes, Amazon, all the big names had the track for sale.

Time to actually listen to the track, I pressed play at Amazon.com and to my utmost surprise I discover that this was my tune indeed. It even had my voice, it was the Dub that I released and here and there a little thing was added. Even Skream had done more work than this particular individual. I wrote a review that basically said what the track was and my advice not to buy it. The comment was approved by Amazon within an hour. 

During that hour, I had discovered that this particular artist was trying to make a name for himself in that industry which I have exposed in two books and countless of other publications. Yes, the Christian Industry. His particular track was released a few years back. I discovered a trail wherein this person, year after year, pretended to have produced this track and received one compliment after the other. He was all over the Internet receiving good comments about "his" track, compliments which he responded to with "Thank you". 

A righteous anger awoke.

This was no longer a copyright issue caused by a notice of one of my tracks at You Tube.

This was Jah showing me what these blasphemers had done, once again. Stealing the real thing, "sanctifying" it by totally renaming the track and not giving any indication whatsoever about any other source than their own "inspiration", offering it for sale to an audience that is trained into believing that the Most High orders them to only listen to "sanctified" music. Yes indeed, I have seen that before.

Just like the money changers in the temple, just like the one Peter described in the following scripture:

And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. (source)

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; (source)

This guy made merchandise of not just me, but especially his audience. An audience, that believes they should turn to self proclaimed "Gospel Reggae" artists in order to get a blessing from Jesus. A paid blessing. Feigned words, saying he produced this thing. Feeding the flock of Jah, his audience, for filthy lucre.

What a shame. 

What a blasphemy!

Blasphemy? Yes. I didn't mention how this particular artist's name included the Name of the Almighty. Everything he does, he does in the Name of the Most High. The stealing, the misleading, putting the thieved material up for sale, everything.

Of course that is not why I had made the track. That is not why I released it online for free, many years ago. 

I didn't make it to get accused of being a thief, either. 

After all, that was the factual situation. The thief, who stole that track from me, had officially registered his stolen good as his own intellectual property when he put it up for sale. When I then wanted to upload "his" intellectual property to You Tube I got accused for stealing his stolen good. A total reversal of the truth.

Even though everything was easily proven, the situation was far more serious and so I contacted the guy. What followed was a truly bizarre exchange of communication which I would like to share with you. 

I confronted him with the spiritual truth that I just painted in previous paragraphs. Frankly, I asked him how he could maintain such a thing for years in a row and not be confronted with the law written in the hearts of all those that are truly born again. How can you claim to be born again and not be convicted in your heart? I advised him very strongly to consider the words in John 3:16, that quote our Lord saying everyone that believeth in Yesus shall have eternal life.

Initially, my worst fear seemed to materialize in front of my eyes.

He totally ignored everything, and was only interested in a practical work-out. Yes, he would write to all the sites and have them remove the track. Could he still offer it for free, though? 

After pointing out to these specific, very serious things that the apostle Peter wrote about, after my plea for him to check out his position in Christ (if any!), my strong advise to go to the Father with this thing, all he wanted was to hold on to what he got. He could not let go of his stolen good. It was truly, truly painful to witness.

However, not all hope was lost. It took a while before he told me that he had prayed over it and it was his idea that the Lord indeed wanted him to remove everything. I hope he will do what Jah says. That's so much more important than anything else!

in the mean time

I updated the Net Label website and my Ifficial home as well. There are a lot new artist pages and several of them now include You Tube embed's. My Ifficial home now has the right copyright notice with every track, the one page from where you can download all my music is heavily updated as well. Things should absolutely be more clear.

I've got a lot of music to review as well. 

Yes, let me do that.

One Love,
Messian Dread

Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection Track 12: Lone Ranger - Rock And Come In Dubwise

LONE RANGER - ROCK AND COME IN DUBWISE
DUBROOM NET LABEL RELEASE

WWW, August 21 2014 - This is the official release date of the 12th and final track of the album "Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection". Here is: Lone Ranger - Rock And Come In Dubwise.

To close of this twelve-track presentation of heavyweight Dubwise selections introducing an equal number of original Dubroom riddims fresh from the studio in August 2014, another legendary MC. It's amazing how the Lone Ranger, just like all these other legends featured on this album, is still strong after all these decades of really hard, hard labor in the world of Reggae Music and Sound Systems everywhere.

The Dub starts of with Don Goliath singing that well known phrase which gave the title to this track. Don't think this is a remake of anything, though. It's not. What it is, is an original "Riddim of respect" if you will. Respect to all those vocalists riding the musical productions and especially those that can and should be considered legends.

Yes, in 2014 everything looks like as if everything happened in one time. There's the mid-late 1960's U Roy became founding father of the Reggae DJ's, followed by Dennis Alcapone. Then came the 1970's, when Dillinger and Trinity became two of the leading voices in the militant Roots Reggae DJ era and Kojak & Liza was formed. Soon after that, the 1980's when Horseman started in the 1980's recording for Greensleeves Records. 

And in fact, it is.

During the introduction, Lone Ranger says: "Later, will be greater. That's what the farmer said to the potato without planting the manipulator". Now, this 2014, could be that later. We've had all kinds of manipulated potatoes in the form of hybridized forms of music taking everything but the true soul of Reggae Music and turn it into whatever it is since these 1960's when the "potato" was planted. 

One thing still stands strong: (DUB) Reggae Music with that soul of Reggae Music firmly in charge. With respect for the Most High, chanting down Babylon with her ism's and schisms. Built on a solid foundation of drum and bass, making responsible use of the freedom that the Most High wants for His children.

Yes, indeed: just a little meditation to close the first full length Messian Dread album since almost a decade.

Please do not re-publish the actual music, because unlike Dubroom releases before 2014, this release is © Messian Dread/Dubroom.

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This posting is part of a twelve day presentation series (August 10-21 2014) of the album "Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection". CLICK HERE to get the whole album in several formats.

Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection Track 11: Messian Dread - Crazy But Dubwise

MESSIAN DREAD - CRAZY BUT DUBWISE
DUBROOM NET LABEL RELEASE

WWW, August 20 2014 - This is the official release date of the 11th track of the album "Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection". Here is: Messian Dread - Crazy But Dubwise.

This is Dub! Undeniably and unmistakably Dub. This is Dub, from the top to the very last drop. Featuring Assante and US based MC Razaman being dropped into another dimension by an echo machine that tears all the frequencies apart and puts them back again in another galaxy. That's before the very same thing happens with the skanks. Things get so weird that Dillinger drops in and gives the title to this Dub. Which is then subsequently confirmed once again.

Think it's crazy? Well, yes, it is. But it is Dubwise too. And it's an obvious Messian Dread track. The Horn section (recorded in Mad Professor's Ariwa studio) plays a theme very similar to "Ethiopian Dub" (released way back then in the previous century on the debut album "One"), where the drum and bass line are pretty identifiable as well. This is a Dub produced with the love for crazy effects that every Dub Head has.

Please do not re-publish the actual music, because unlike Dubroom releases before 2014, this release is © Messian Dread/Dubroom.

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This posting is part of a twelve day presentation series (August 10-21 2014) of the album "Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection". When you read this after August 22, 2014, CLICK HERE and get the whole album in several formats.

Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection Track 10: Horseman and Dan man - Robber Dubwise

HORSEMAN AND DAN MAN - ROBBER DUBWISE
DUBROOM NET LABEL RELEASE

WWW, August 19 2014 - This is the official release date of the 10th track of the album "Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection". Here is: Horseman And Dan Man - Robber Dubwise.

This is a track for all the rude boys and hooligans. Horseman chants "Riddim", the skanks drop in and the Fire Face Music Horn Section starts to play. The drum and bass drop in, the skanks echo out and the horns get the Dub treatment. Dan Man steps in with a little singing line and when someone calls the police because of yet the next robbery, it's over for the rude boy. "Whatcha gonna do? Him hold you"

Yes, a serious thing yet the track should also be seen as a bit of a lighter one when it comes to, let's say, spiritual contents. After all, this is a track that's part of a full length Dub album, following up a rather serious and spiritual track and predecessing the next one, where the effect machine gets no rest at all. That's not to say that this one is a "filler", though. Not at all, especially not when you like your "dubbing with horns".

Please do not re-publish the actual music, because unlike Dubroom releases before 2014, this release is © Messian Dread/Dubroom.

RIGHT-CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRACK IN MP3 FORMAT (320 KBPS)

This posting is part of a twelve day presentation series (August 10-21 2014) of the album "Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection". When you read this after August 22, 2014, CLICK HERE and get the whole album in several formats.

Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection Track 9: U Roy - Mash Down Satan Dubwise

U ROY - MASH DOWN SATAN DUBWISE
DUBROOM NET LABEL RELEASE

WWW, August 18 2014 - This is the official release date of the 9th track of the album "Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection". Here is: U Roy - Mash Down Satan Dubwise.

Of Course, Daddy U Roy himself does not need an introduction. It simply is an honor for the Dubroom to be able to legally present the founding father of (not just) Reggae MC-ing riding an original Dubroom riddim. Mash Down Satan Dubwise has more than enough lyrics to make it absolutely clear that U Roy is absolutely not intending to take it easy at his old day. He praises the Most High and chants down Babylon continually, morning noon or night. 

Producing the full lyrical track from which this Dub is taken was quite an experience as well, where his enormous experience most definitely was guiding the process even though it came in the form of recorded material. The result is a very carefully dubbed track, that sometimes remincenses King Tubby's style and at other places makes heavy use of effects that weren't around during these early years of Dubwise. This one is a Dub of Raspect.

Please do not re-publish the actual music, because unlike Dubroom releases before 2014, this release is © Messian Dread/Dubroom.

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This posting is part of a twelve day presentation series (August 10-21 2014) of the album "Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection". When you read this after August 22, 2014, CLICK HERE and get the whole album in several formats.

Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection Track 8: Seamus - Babylon Dubwise

SEAMUS - BABYLON DUBWISE
DUBROOM NET LABEL RELEASE

WWW, August 17 2014 - This is the official release date of the 8th track of the album "Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection". Here is: Seamus - Babylon Dubwise.

Actually, this is a very special track on the album and one of the reasons is that there is hardly any knowledge about the singer that's featured on it. Still, this is one very crucial singer as you can hear in this five minutes and fifteen seconds of Dub from a full lyrical track that has at this moment still the "unreleased" status. His voice remincenses Junior Murvin (Police and Thieves) here and there, on top of "just" an overall highly impressive melodic style of singing. 

Starting of with a drum roll and riddim (skank) section soaked in echoes, at the tenth second a Dub siren enters and the drum and bass start playing. The drums (a steppers with a full blown snare) and the bass are of the solid kind, the kind that works very well in a Sound System set with an MC. The Dub is of the straight forward kind, the kind that just waits for some toasting, the kind that makes you wonder about the vocal version. 

Please do not re-publish the actual music, because unlike Dubroom releases before 2014, this release is © Messian Dread/Dubroom.

RIGHT-CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRACK IN MP3 FORMAT (320 KBPS)

This posting is part of a twelve day presentation series (August 10-21 2014) of the album "Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection". When you read this after August 22, 2014, CLICK HERE and get the whole album in several formats.

Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection Track 7: Prince Jazzbo - Rastafari Dubwise

PRINCE JAZZBO - RASTAFARI DUBWISE
DUBROOM NET LABEL RELEASE

WWW, August 16 2014 - This is the official release date of the 7th track of the album "Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection". Here is: Prince Jazzbo - Rastafari Dubwise, introduced by Lone Ranger.

Actually, it would be more appropriate to speak about an introduction by Lone Ranger, Jazzbo himself and the Fire Face Music Horn Section. "Rastafari Dubwise" is an easy skanker, a Rub a Dub style track that will make you move along with the drum and bass line. While the echoes go from right to left and back again, Jazzbo drops in every now and then, leaving just enough food for thought and meditation about Jah.

Whatever you may think when you hear "Jah Rastafari", truth is that Jah is the One to be feared, the Head of creation. Whatever you may think when you hear "Rastaman" truth is that a true Rastaman is that humble lion Jazzbo speaks about. Whatever you may think when you hear Dubwise, truth is that Rastafari Dubwise is another heavyweight original Dubwise selection straight from the Dubroom studio.

Please do not re-publish the actual music, because unlike Dubroom releases before 2014, this release is © Messian Dread/Dubroom.

RIGHT-CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRACK IN MP3 FORMAT (320 KBPS)

This posting is part of a twelve day presentation series (August 10-21 2014) of the album "Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dubwise Selection Without Objection". When you read this after August 22, 2014, CLICK HERE and get the whole album in several formats.