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Members of the new AMP Executive (front row l-r) Colton \u201cColton T\u201dThomas, Ayeola George, Michele Henderson, Sheldon \u201cShelly\u201d Alfred. (back row l-r) Marie Pascale Affana, Dion Henderson, Yuri Jones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seven members of the Dominica music industry now make up the executive of the Association of Music Professionals (AMP).\u00a0 The voting took place on Saturday 30th<\/sup>\u00a0January 2021 at the Alliance\u00a0Fran\u00e7<\/em>aise with 25 members in attendance and 22 participating via Zoom. Singer\/songwriter and member of\u00a0Signal Band, Sheldon \u201cShelly\u201d Alfred topped the nominees with thirty-three (33) votes and was selected as the Executive\u2019s President.<\/p>\n

Joining him on the Executive are singer\/songwriter Michele Henderson (32 votes) who will serve as Vice President.\u00a0 Singer\/songwriter Colton \u201cColton T\u201d Thomas who garnered 28 votes is the new Secretary while Music producer Yuri Jones and music publicist Ayeola George who both scored 23 votes each are the Association\u2019s new Treasurer and Public Relations Officer respectively.\u00a0\u00a0Music executive Dion Henderson (25 votes) and singer\/songwriter Marie Pascale \u201cMP\u201d Affana (21 votes) round out the top seven voted to the Executive. Henderson will serve as a Board member, while Affana will serve as Assistant Secretary.\u00a0\u00a0The Board will also comprise production manager Arden Forde and producer Arade\u00a0\u201cMaskman\u201d\u00a0Moses.<\/p>\n

The other nominees on the ballot were event promoter and DJ Leroy \u201cWadico\u201d Charles, producer Trevor Etienne, and event promoter Jordan Luke.<\/p>\n

Alfred says he is honored for the opportunity to serve as President and sees this as \u201cthe opportune moment to transform talk into action.\u201d<\/p>\n

He sees AMP as a uniting force. \u201cMy vision is for AMP to be the sounding board and representative body for all practitioners in the music industry despite all the factors we think divide us, such as our roles, experience, gender and access to resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should use AMP as a safe space to accept the multi-faceted nature of the industry, discuss its challenges, gather our resources and be represented with one voice,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Michele Henderson shares this sentiment. \u201cA new day has dawned for Music in Dominica.\u00a0 As the new executive for AMP we will attempt to address the real issues affecting the sector, engaging the necessary stakeholders with a view to act on rather than just discuss a way forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new executive will next meet to determine the by-laws and rules that they will be governed by moving forward.<\/p>\n

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Members of the Dominica music fraternity who attended AMPs meeting and voted in the new executive on Saturday January 30th 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

AMP was registered in Dominica in 2007 with the aim of providing practitioners in the music industry with adequate representation and training in various aspects of the industry in order to bring about a more efficient and less contentious operation of the industry.\u00a0 From its inception, AMP has focused on training, having successfully presented workshops in songwriting, live sound engineering, studio engineering and music business.<\/p>\n

After being dormant for some years, a\u00a0meeting was held on Tuesday 24th<\/sup>\u00a0November, 2020 at to discuss the revamping of the Association. A steering committee was formed to undertake some restructuring activities since the mandate of the current executive, elected back in 2015, has expired. This committee has since been dissolved and replaced by the recently voted Executive.<\/p>\n

Persons interested in joining AMP and being informed on updates within the sector can like the organisation\u2019s Facebook page\u00a0www.facebook.com\/AMPDominica<\/a><\/p>\n

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