CaribWorldNews, TORONTO, Canada, Fri. Jan. 9, 2009: A new advocacy campaign is urging social network, MySpace, to officially list Soca as a musical genre on the portal.
The initiative titled, Bring Soca to MySpace, is lobbying to make it easy for fans to browse Soca music online and interact with their favorite personalities.
The campaign is being organized by Karen L. Richardson, a Canadian-based radio personality and founder of Mustard Seed Media.
`Every other style of Western music is up there,` says Richardson, who is known as `Nurse Karen.` `We are simply asking MySpace to give soca artists the respect they deserve. Artists already use the site, but they have to describe their sounds as Reggae, Tropical, Fusion or Zouk. There is no category that represents them. As a result, Soca artists never have the chance rise to the top of MySpace music charts. Soca is way bigger than that, so the time is now for a change.`
Richardson says the `Bring Soca to MySpace` campaign has four main aims. They include the creation of a Soca category in MySpace Music and the featuring of Soca artist profiles on the site splash page.
At present, MySpace considers the Caribbean to fit under the umbrella of Latin America. Therefore Caribbean users often login to into a Spanish-language interface featuring the latest in Reggaeton and Latin Pop.
Richardson believes that the end result of the above recommendations will create a win-win situation for the Soca music industry, fans and MySpace alike.For more information, to get involved or to join the Bring Soca to MySpace group visit: http://groups.myspace.com/socanow
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Hey Charlotte Trini!
Thanks for posting the info. If you are in support of what so many of us are trying to do, be sure to send your logo to nursekaren@hotmail.com, to be included in future outgoing correspondence.
There are also some great images you can add to your blog. We appreciate you sharing the info!
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