Soca Music is making its way to the Grammys. Caribbean Entertainment Hub will like to congratulate some of soca music’s top Trinidadian producers who are amongst the Recording Academy’s new class of invitees.

According to the Recording Academy, the extended membership invitations are a reflection of its commitment to excellence and further growing its robust membership body. With over 2,710 new invitations to established music professionals from wide-ranging backgrounds, genres, and disciplines, the invitations also reaffirm the Recording Academy’s recognition of the important contributions of people to influence progressive changes within the music industry.

The 2021 new invitees included the following soca producers Anson Soverall (Anson Pro), Mevon Soodeen (Xplicit Mevon), Kyle Phillips (Badjohn Republic), Mical Teja & Kevin Beharry (System 32), Kevin Charles (Stadic Music), Alex Gooding (Lunatix Productions), and more.

Well-known producer Kasey Phillips of Precision Productions (who is already a member of the Recording Academy and Anson Pro were both very instrumental in encouraging producers in Trinidad and throughout the Caribbean to apply for membership. Kasey had this to share:

“We worked in lockstep with the former head of Global Music, Marlon Fuentes, who advocated and championed our culture at the Academy. Together we created a new track/single Grammy award and re-defined the entire field in order to overcome stereotypes and cliches.”

Now that they have the producers in the mix, Kasey says that they will be targeting songwriters and artistes next, he also further explained that having more Caribbean people as voting members will help to push soca music to one day getting a Grammy Award.

“We can submit soca songs under the new Global Performance category but if we don’t have people who rep the culture we can’t make it past the first hurdle or round.”

Phillips said this is the first step in soca getting more recognition and stressed that it is important for more albums to be registered for consideration.

In an interview with Looptt, Kasey shared that getting accepted is a great feeling and a great step for soca music.

“We now have a seat at the table and we now have a voice, we aren’t just members, we are voting members and it is important for local producers and creators to have that voice, it is a step in the right direction.”

In order to participate in the process for the upcoming GRAMMY Awards, new members have to accept their invitations by September 15, 2021. The first voting ballot opens on October 22 and closes on November 5. To celebrate the new class of invitees, the Recording Academy is activating across its social channels, giving the music industry and music fans a look into what it means to be a member of the Recording Academy. New invitees will be featured across Instagram Reels, Voice Tweets, and Instagram Lives hosted by Recording Academy staff and executives. Activations can be followed on the official Recording Academy Instagram and Twitter pages.

Click to learn more about the Recording Academy’s membership process and requirements as well as the new class of invitees.

The 64th Grammy Awards is carded for January 31st, 2022, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Sources include: https://tt.loopnews.com, https://www.grammy.com

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