1. Jamaican Music Mento R&B Jazz
Sound System Owners (Clement’Coxsone’ Dodd &Cecill’Prince Buster Campell/
SKA 1950s(mainly instrumentals)
A lot of the Jamaican Jazz players were trained at:
Alpha Boys School

2. Players like Don Drummound of the Skatalities
Ska is an uplifting sound reflective of the hope of independence(1962)
1964 : My Boy Lollipop/ sold 7 million copies
Sound Systems are at the centre of the music
The sounds hit the UK in a big way(immigration from the commonwealth)

3. The Dancehall Moves On Rock steady (mid 1960s)
Sweet harmonies (singing ruled)
Slower than Ska
The radio in the USA was playing Soul
Duke Reid produced some of this periods great acts at his Treasure Isle Studios
Dodd and Buster followed suit

4. 1968 and the word Reggae is born
The new generation of players were exploring the electric bass resulting in its aggressive movement towards the front of the mix
This would dictate reggae’s direction for years to come
Affordable Studio technology was advancing

5. Reggae
Electricity played its part as the national grind reached more of the country
Dubs and versions first get noticed as a significant part of reggae’s release schedule
People from the country poured into the capital, keen to get involved in the music
The film The Harder They Come reflects this

6. Rasta Rastafarians have exsisted in Jamaica since the 1930s
Rasta had always staked its claim in the music business Jamaicans began wearing dreadlocks openly
Rasta meeting places were no longer routinely destroyed
Rasta was on the increase because of what was happening in Jamaica during the ten years or so since independence
Rebellion
Music Reflects what is happening in society

7. Toasters Deejaying - introduce the music The version - a remix
Toaster - If you sing or preach over a version (sound systems)