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Add to My Profile | More Videos Richard Michael Smitha.k.aThe C.H.I.N.ALeaving Trinidad at an early age Richard M Smith, also know as " The C.H.I.N.A " had already mastered the piano, guitar drums, even the steel drums. He has the talent 2 emulate any melodic voice he heard growing up. He came up in a family of prestigious musicians and felt that doing music was a common thing 2 everyone. Traveling back & forth between New York & England, his musical taste had become very wide and he always was the one to lead the local church, school, groups of friends in the song of the day. In high school, he demonstrated his impromptu musical talents repeatedly in a jazz band, chorus and on the rock ensemble. He formalized his musical knowledge, by attending Trinity College of Music in London. There he formed many pop oriented bands in which he was at the forefront. Returning back home was always like stepping backward for “The C.H.I.N.A,†where he would just become basic old Richard known in the New York Underground as "Richie Melody," who at the time was popular in the Reggae & Hip-Hop world. He went 2 school for recording/engineering and then left the very highly popular Center for Media Arts with honors. Now with productional skills under his belt, he was more equipped to do big sessions in any facility since he was the only student at the center who would be artist producer & engineer. “The C.H.I.N.A†has since, done many recordings with different artist. Both producing and being featured, had production deals, appeared in numerous music videos, hosted many open mic shows of all genres, developed as an artist, became more humble 2 the biz, learned a greater love and respect 4 the game . He also has mastered the bass, adding 2 the list of instruments. “The C.H.I.N.A†is a true artist. The fact that he is a profound photographer says a lot for the way he sees things. His son who just turned eight years old, raps, sings and plays the heck out of some drums. Being a single dad, The C.H.I.N.A exposes all of his musical attributes to his son Delaun also know as ("lil crise") "the golden child." He is definitely a trendsetter, an unordinary uncommon spirit and embodies the form of the world thru the music he creates. He has been called "baby prince" the "new sly" & "the ghetto stevie." He needs a vehicle for his music and an outlet 2 the masses with the right company. “The C.H.I.N.A†would be and is planning to be an essential asset to the music industry.LIL CRISE BIO:
Born into a family of musicians this young wonderkin showed early signs of rhythm, I knew I saw greatness when my nephew (my web site http://www.panonthenet.com/woman/2005/Albino-deCoteau.htm)wa
s able to bang out the rhythmic pattern of any song emanating from the radio on his feeding tray, As a matter of fact the only reason the child would cry was when the radio was turned off .I remember his dad would sit him down on his lap at some of his rehearsals when his current gig was the drummer, he’d even make him play the hi hats while he was playing the pedals .Delaun(lil Crise) once said to me"Daddy would drive me crazy with music but im glad he gave me lessons on all the instruments, it helps alot when i do my new Tracks" . Being that his father owns a recording studio in the heart of Brooklyn, where artist are predominantly Rappers, Delaun (Lil CRISE) would ultimately fall under that blanket.His Dad when he finally considered the Pro’s & Con’s of the Biz,wanted initially to have someone write for him and even though he(Lil CRISE) told him he can do it himself he went ahead and Got A local hood star to write 2 songs for him his name was Bells.. aka J2 The R.The 2 songs, "4 The Block" & "Spitting it right" ) were great and every one was exited but when He Lil CRISE bought out his Rap Book/ book of rhymes that he had been secretly working on He (Lil Crise) brought more Himself to the table and of course the ghost writer wouldn’t be needed any more,Crise would go on to write8 songs in total in 3 weeks.On the way to work one day some one told his Dad that since his son (Lil CRISE) was so musical he should put him on the "America’sMost talented Kid" Tv show .. they went & of course to the audition but a blue eyed lil White Kid that sang country beat out delaun aka Lil Crise even though Crise rapped ,played his steel drum(steel pan)two songs , danced did splits well u get the idea..His dad however hooked up with a lady named donna steven at event who then recomended that Crise go to abrams artist 646 486 4600 bonnie shumofsky att tuskania c/o abrams artists 275 7th ave 26th floor ny ny 10001 And present him to her being that she found Delaub(Lil CRISE to be so attractive she said to his Dad " or she will Definitly take him he so cuuuute" .. so with hopes in their hearts the prepared to deliver it in person his headshots which cost wayyyy to much than they were suppose to & worked on two more songs partly written by his dad but Mostly By Delaun aka Lil CRISE .. .the day was Febuary 7th Crise’s BIRTHDAY all dressed up . & happy they took the Cd ,Pictures up to the office & saw a thin black girl as the recp. asked for the lady to whom they were refered & was refused a visit. nevertheless the left the package... they never heard a word.. a friend heard the songs However that Crise Had made & said do 4 more songs & he would sell it in his beauty supply store accross the street His dad had nothing to lose so the put 10 units in the store & within that day they were sold off.. sounds good right .. Hang On.. just when they seemed to have found a way 2 distribute the guy went BUST , had to sell his store..when His dad spoke to the Guy , his suggetion was "Yo God Sell the units ya self" His Dad @ 1st thought the idea to be far fetched ..He took the 8 song C.D to BURT PADEL .. whose assistant was Trevor Baptist who then said he(Lil Crise was too young for the game,& that there was no market for his type of rap (CLEAN) & that kids dont buy albums .. e.t.c " ha" he exclaimed" if bow wow and Romeo could do it, was the world really ready for me" They took the album to the streets songs included his child hood school friends also & so other hood stars The result was the toyBox..
Hope you are ready. Im proud to know this is my great nephew that has an independent cd with thousands sold already, & been on two syndicated rap shows (bet,& bcat) & having performed @ ny’s harlem week, & for the and 1 Players & for lil kim & associates in & around her latest video shoot , He missed his chance @ performing @ the NBA Allstar due to a conflict with booking people..he has since done espn, The Lab ,will be @ wingate park on the 19th for the youth fest, will be @ harlem week again on the 20th of august 2006 , done the iguana lounge on 54th street in mahattan. take two club in brooklyn , chocolate monkey on flatbush in brooklyn. The flex cable show . released a second album called The age of wisdom which in 4 weeks has sold over 1000 copies.hand to hand.in the following link he’s playing the steel pan ,look for him in the pictures(http://www.panonthenet.com/panorama/2004/crossfire/
panoramaCrossfire2004.htm) Lil Crise is on his way...o did i mention he has his own publishing @ the tender age of 12 years oldwho just turned 12 years old, raps, sings and plays the heck out of some drums. Has a album out that sold many copies so far the new one is on it’s way & the Lava which is the new mix tape Crise produced is on the streets now also so if u see them on their grind our lil Stars stop & get an album ,a dvd , t-shirt. something from our indi artist its love Lil Crise is Now on Itunes we are very happy to announce here are the links that will take u to them .. Just Click this link for downloads Lil Crise’s latest album THE AGE OF WISDOM or click on the next Itunes Link 2 get the downloads off the 1st album he released when he was 10 years old but recorded between the ages of 7 & 10 years old .......... u can get them(each song) for 99 cents a songs .. Thank u for your support http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/lilcrise2005/
here’s a lil about my great Aunt the tallented Musician/Director of Culture in Trinidad who wrote my Bio.. She is a Star in her Own right Mrs. Merle Albino-de Coteau??Personal Bio??Mrs. Merle Albino-de Coteau is a retired Director of Culture, in the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Women’s Affairs. She is a daughter of the soil having being born into a musical family in Success Village, Laventille (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago). Albino-de Coteau, besides being an organist at the Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, in Success Village, Laventille is a teacher/lecturer at several institutions throughout Trinidad and Tobago (T & T). She is also the Music Director of Music Makers’ a music school that was founded thirty (30) years ago at which she continues to use her expertise in guiding the students to success in their music education. Albino-de Coteau is Editor of the book "Learning Can Be Fun." Mrs. Albino-de Coteau, a graduate of Mc Gill University, Canada and of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is also the holder of several awards for contribution to music in T & T. She was honoured on the twentieth (20th) anniversary of the National Woman’s Action Committee for her contribution to Culture, in particular the Calypso Aft form in February 2004. She is also one of the recipients of a Kwanza Award (2001), a nation award, the Humming Bird Medal (1993), and a Sunshine Awards (1989) at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), for her contribution to culture, particularly for calypso and steelband activities. Her experience as an arranger began way back in 1969 with Chase Manhattan Bank Savoys’ (no defunct) which gave her the distinction of being the first Female to arrange a Panorama Selection "Mas in May by Sparrow." She continued arranging for several bands, including her schools’ steelband, Mt. Hope Junior Secondary "Is de Mas’ in we by Sparrow" and Music Makers’ "Toco Band" by Kitchener, and the Pan Handlers’ Steel Orchestra for whom she arranged "Ritual Fire dance by De Falla for "Pan is Beautiful" II in 1982. Mrs. Albino-de Coteau, is still an adjudicator of many competitions including the World’s Steelband Music Festival (2002-2004); Panorama in T & T (from 1973-2005); Panoramas in Antigua, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent; Labour Day in Brooklyn, NY (since 1975-2004); Montreal Carnival (from 1980-86); Music Festivals in Grenada and St. Vincent (in 1980s); Parang Competitions (1991-1995); the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) Calypso Competitions (1980-2004), City Bank’s "Twelve and Under" (1994-2002), with Hazel Ward Redman and "Scouting for Talent" (a talent show in T & T) from (2000-2002). She is a lecturer for the Republic Bank Pan Minors Scholarship Programme, and at the Centre for Creative and Festival Arts (CCFA) at UWI. She is currently Programme Co-ordinator for the National Steel Orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago (NSOTT), and the Co-ordinator of the music literacy programme for Pan Trinbago’s Pan Tuning Programme. She has been a panelist on many a forum, including a recent Symposium on the Contribution of Women to the Steelband Movement at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, USA. Mrs. Albino-de Coteau is also one of the examiners for the Solo Pan Examinations at the CCFA, of the UWI. She also conducts steelband courses in Invaders’ Panyard for nurses attached to Port-of-Spain General and St. Ann’s hospitals. She teaches youth in St. Mathias Church in the Laventille area to play pan. Mrs. Albino-de Coteau is married and is the mother?Michael de Coteau and grandmother of Nyasha and Aneysha de Coteau. [email protected] ? © and courtesy Merle Albino-de Coteau Send your articles and/or pictures for consideration to [email protected] Thank u Aunty Merle for everything Daddy & I love U & thank u For all the music u passed on to Him "The C.h.i.n.a" read a lil about my dad’s uncle my uncle too the greaT ALDWIN ALBINO... Here’s his Bio... ALDWIN ALBINO Pan Player, Arranger Aldwyn Albino, the first child born in the musical family of the Albinos of Success Village, Laventille, was given a well rounded education. He began music with both parents who were musicians in their own right. At age twelve he took lessons, together with his sister Merle, from the village music teacher Rita Daniel; but he was never satisfied with playing only the five finger exercises and little tunes. After some doing, he convinced his parents that he wanted a crash course in playing by ear and went to Dawlet Ahyee [ensemble] for about three months. From there it was no turning back. He would play any song he heard on the radio. He started playing the organ in St Dominic’s Church, Morvant, as his sister Merle was playing in the village Church, Corpus Christi, Laventille. Aldwyn was always restless and went to explore, so he began frequenting steelband yards. He began arranging for City Symphony, where he got the opportunity to arrange his favourite tune Dream of Aldwyn. At this time; Aldwyn arranged for orchestras such as Norman "Tex" Williams and later, Joe Chet Sampson. He then turned to transfer his knowledge to the youth. He was organist at the Assumption Church, Maraval, which then led him to form a choir with children from Bossiere RC School. When he taught at Calvary RC, he got pans from Angostura and had the first school steelband which performed at the Rosary Church in Port of Spain, in November 1968, with selections such as Kyrie Elesion, Sanctus, Agnus Dei and Zacchaeus; with the choir from the same school accompanying their school master. Aldwyn was the resident pianist for Scouting for Talent for many years and for Ricki Tikki, the children’s show, [billed] on Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT). Aldwyn migrated to Canada where his musical talent was [further] explored. He is organist at the Catholic Church in La Salle and has played at the St Patrick Church in Montreal. He is a teacher at Laurendean - Danton School and has music classes in keyboard, violin, guitar and Recorder. Aldwyn Albino, a son of the soil, a pannist of yesterday and one who helps to keep the Trinidad and Tobago culture alive and will even though he is in North
MY OTHER UNCLE"S BIOhere’s a lil about my great Aunt the tallented Musician/Director of Culture in Trinidad who wrote my Bio.. She is a Star in her Own right Mrs. Merle Albino-de Coteau??Personal Bio??Mrs. Merle Albino-de Coteau is a retired Director of Culture, in the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Women’s Affairs. She is a daughter of the soil having being born into a musical family in Success Village, Laventille (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago). Albino-de Coteau, besides being an organist at the Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, in Success Village, Laventille is a teacher/lecturer at several institutions throughout Trinidad and Tobago (T & T). She is also the Music Director of Music Makers’ a music school that was founded thirty (30) years ago at which she continues to use her expertise in guiding the students to success in their music education. Albino-de Coteau is Editor of the book "Learning Can Be Fun." Mrs. Albino-de Coteau, a graduate of Mc Gill University, Canada and of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is also the holder of several awards for contribution to music in T & T. She was honoured on the twentieth (20th) anniversary of the National Woman’s Action Committee for her contribution to Culture, in particular the Calypso Aft form in February 2004. She is also one of the recipients of a Kwanza Award (2001), a nation award, the Humming Bird Medal (1993), and a Sunshine Awards (1989) at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), for her contribution to culture, particularly for calypso and steelband activities. Her experience as an arranger began way back in 1969 with Chase Manhattan Bank Savoys’ (no defunct) which gave her the distinction of being the first Female to arrange a Panorama Selection "Mas in May by Sparrow." She continued arranging for several bands, including her schools’ steelband, Mt. Hope Junior Secondary "Is de Mas’ in we by Sparrow" and Music Makers’ "Toco Band" by Kitchener, and the Pan Handlers’ Steel Orchestra for whom she arranged "Ritual Fire dance by De Falla for "Pan is Beautiful" II in 1982. Mrs. Albino-de Coteau, is still an adjudicator of many competitions including the World’s Steelband Music Festival (2002-2004); Panorama in T & T (from 1973-2005); Panoramas in Antigua, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent; Labour Day in Brooklyn, NY (since 1975-2004); Montreal Carnival (from 1980-86); Music Festivals in Grenada and St. Vincent (in 1980s); Parang Competitions (1991-1995); the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) Calypso Competitions (1980-2004), City Bank’s "Twelve and Under" (1994-2002), with Hazel Ward Redman and "Scouting for Talent" (a talent show in T & T) from (2000-2002). She is a lecturer for the Republic Bank Pan Minors Scholarship Programme, and at the Centre for Creative and Festival Arts (CCFA) at UWI. She is currently Programme Co-ordinator for the National Steel Orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago (NSOTT), and the Co-ordinator of the music literacy programme for Pan Trinbago’s Pan Tuning Programme. She has been a panelist on many a forum, including a recent Symposium on the Contribution of Women to the Steelband Movement at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, USA. Mrs. Albino-de Coteau is also one of the examiners for the Solo Pan Examinations at the CCFA, of the UWI. She also conducts steelband courses in Invaders’ Panyard for nurses attached to Port-of-Spain General and St. Ann’s hospitals. She teaches youth in St. Mathias Church in the Laventille area to play pan. Mrs. Albino-de Coteau is married and is the mother?Michael de Coteau and grandmother of Nyasha and Aneysha de Coteau. [email protected] ? © and courtesy Merle Albino-de Coteau Send your articles and/or pictures for consideration to [email protected] Thank u Aunty Merle for everything Daddy & I love U & thank u For all the music u passed on to Him "The C.h.i.n.a" read a lil about my dad’s uncle my uncle too the greaT ALDWIN ALBINO... Here’s his Bio... ALDWIN ALBINO Pan Player, Arranger Aldwyn Albino, the first child born in the musical family of the Albinos of Success Village, Laventille, was given a well rounded education. He began music with both parents who were musicians in their own right. At age twelve he took lessons, together with his sister Merle, from the village music teacher Rita Daniel; but he was never satisfied with playing only the five finger exercises and little tunes. After some doing, he convinced his parents that he wanted a crash course in playing by ear and went to Dawlet Ahyee [ensemble] for about three months. From there it was no turning back. He would play any song he heard on the radio. He started playing the organ in St Dominic’s Church, Morvant, as his sister Merle was playing in the village Church, Corpus Christi, Laventille. Aldwyn was always restless and went to explore, so he began frequenting steelband yards. He began arranging for City Symphony, where he got the opportunity to arrange his favourite tune Dream of Aldwyn. At this time; Aldwyn arranged for orchestras such as Norman "Tex" Williams and later, Joe Chet Sampson. He then turned to transfer his knowledge to the youth. He was organist at the Assumption Church, Maraval, which then led him to form a choir with children from Bossiere RC School. When he taught at Calvary RC, he got pans from Angostura and had the first school steelband which performed at the Rosary Church in Port of Spain, in November 1968, with selections such as Kyrie Elesion, Sanctus, Agnus Dei and Zacchaeus; with the choir from the same school accompanying their school master. Aldwyn was the resident pianist for Scouting for Talent for many years and for Ricki Tikki, the children’s show, [billed] on Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT). Aldwyn migrated to Canada where his musical talent was [further] explored. He is organist at the Catholic Church in La Salle and has played at the St Patrick Church in Montreal. He is a teacher at Laurendean - Danton School and has music classes in keyboard, violin, guitar and Recorder. Aldwyn Albino, a son of the soil, a pannist of yesterday and one who helps to keep the Trinidad and Tobago culture alive and will even though he is in NorthLil Crise is Now on Itunes we are very happy to announce here are the links that will take u to them
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Just Click this link for downloads Lil Crise’s latest album THE AGE OF WISDOMor click on the next Itunes Link 2 get the downloads off the 1st album he released when he was 10 years old but recorded between the ages of 7 & 10 years old .......... u can get them(each song) for 99 cents a songs
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