Bredrin.
My respect.
I am glad you are happy with ReggaeDubwise.com and look forward to hearing what you do with it. It is a certain shame what happened at that other site. My decision to create this site had EVERYTHING to do with the fact the community was one step short of homeless. I explained to the owner at Versionist his banning of people like Ganjah Fyah Dub and Carl Horton for standing up and speaking true words for the community was unforgivable on Mar 17 St Pats in the forum. He didn't ban me but said "you are right Irish Moss I need to think about this. Thanks." Well what do you do when you make allegations a man has behaved poorly towards a community, lied to them and disrespected them and then he agrees, doesn't apologize or fix his actions? Both GFD and Carl, the former owner of Versionist that maintained it free of charge for a solid year while the new owner was on absentee were BANNED. Both of these people bent over backwards for that community.
This isn't China. It will be if we let these things slide. I must admit there wasn't more vocal support that day in defense of Carl and GFD. In truth, I became more saddened in 2007 with Versionist til this was inevitable. I felt that bickering on forums was folly and building a new home for a soon to be refugee community was what had to be done.
I give thanks that ReggaeDubwise.com is satisfying peoples needs as artists, producers, labels and listeners. My ear is always open to your thoughts. I may take a day to get back though I'm trying to be as quick as I can. I am trying to develop productive avenues for this site and hope to see the artists reach a bigger and more dynamic audience. My hopes are we can dissolve the secular veil that has hidden this community from the masses for sometime. There is too much talent and good music that needs to be heard and recognized. It would overjoy me to see artists from this site be able to distribute their music internationally.
ReggaeDubwise.com is going to be here for the duration. The stats are accurate in the month one. I am very happy with what I see. I thank you all for making it possible and the warm support that you have shown. I am positive we will make this a powerful website that reaches many ears and lives.
Bless
Rob Connelly
aka
IRISH MOSS
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