How did i get here?

I was recruited by a Jamaican Reggae artist and his record label manager. He contacted me on MySpace in 2009 and introduced me to her over the phone. She taught me about the industry while he talked about the island and his perspective of the business. 

After he met me, he no longer wanted to work with me. Before he stopped talking to me, he introduced me to the Jamaican music industry in Facebook.

We had developed the idea of starting a company, so I proceeded online on my own. Because I was in his professional network, I started talking to them. I introduced myself, my situation, my goals and our dreams. A Dancehall artist came to me. It was about graphics. I asked for permission from my first artist:

“Hi, babe. There is an artist in Jamaica who wants to create our graphics,” I ventured.

“We don't do this in Jamaica, Kitty. Artists do not work with other artists' managers,” he hedged.

“How am I going to do this without help, babe? He wants to create graphics, and we need graphics.”

​“You really want to do this, don't you?” … “Yes.” … “Okay. Fine. Work with the man.”

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My new artist and I worked together while my first artist stayed in the background asking me about my activities. After a few months collaborating online, we started talking about getting together in Jamaica. My first artist was furious.

"Don't go to Jamaica," he warned, "something terrible will happen. 

He was right. I went and things got really bad... until my friends, family and fans turned it into an extremely good thing.