February, 2013 has shaped up to be one of the most exciting
for fans and lovers of Soca! As Carnival
season is upon us, Team L3 traveled to Trinidad & Tobago to speak one of
the industries hottest talents, Ms. Patrice Roberts!
Interviewed by Tricia ‘ZJ Sparks’ Spence, Patrice opens up
on an intimate level as she shares some of the pressures and stresses she faced
as a newbie to the business while learning from the master of modern day Soca,
Machel Montano. The artist also gives us
a peak into her work out regiment which keeps her in fabulous shape.
What did Patrice say when Sparks asked “Your beauty is rather unique,
has any modeling agency approached you or designers to model their line?”
Dawn
Richard is no stranger to the spotlight.
Being in P. Diddy’s group Danity Kane, she was front and centre with the
Rap mogul and didn’t disappoint. With
the group dismantling, Dawn has found incredible success as a solo artist.
Interviewed
by the UK’s Portia Clarke, Dawn explains her new sound and her reasoning behind
calling her fans ‘Hearts.’ She also
explains why being an independent artist without a label was a blessings in
disguise, giving her more bargaining power.
Readers
will appreciate Dawn’s intelligence as she tells Portia “Usually when an artist is coming out and
they have an album, which gets the response, but for us to have an EP and get
this, it was great. With the
distribution deal, it worked out better because we have more of the sales
revenue and don’t have to go through a middle person which is the label who
would take more money, and change the direction of what we wanted to
accomplish….”
Rounding out the
interviews, Heike takes a trip to the Bahamas to speak to Peter Runks who
arguably is the #1 Reggae export from the island. Peter is open and candid as he shares his
experiences in the industry and the support he’s received from home and abroad.
Our International
DJ feature is none other than Trinidad & Tobago’s Kaotic
International! As February is Black
History Month, we explore the offerings of Music Africa in Toronto, and as it’s
also the month of Love, Canada’s leading songstress, Ammoye, rocks lover’s
Valentine’s Day with her HOTTT new singles.
We have charts, the
hottest Valentine’s Day couples, beauty features, music marketing 101 and hot
new releases. All this and more at www.L3Magazine.com!
