![]() While living in Barbados I hanged out with my cousin who was involved in promoting events. Killa” Mapp and Kwency “Superman HD” Griffith.Ĭurrently working on material for Saint Lucia Carnival 2014, Curty sat down with Dazzle after another hard day’s work, to take us on a trek into his musical world.ĭazzle: What motivated you to get into the music industry and the show bizz scene?Ĭourtney: I always liked music and used to imitate a favourite artiste of mine back in the day when I wanted to become a singer. Superman HD captured the title with ‘ Born to Mash Up,’ a song produced by Curty and co-written with Hollice “Mr. In 2012, after the release of 40 songs, he would end the year with his first Power Soca Monarch title since ‘ Happy Birthday Carnival’ in 2006. He also scored the most songs in the Groovy and Power Soca Monarch finals. He is also the winner of three Copyright of Trinidad and Tobago (COTT) awards and the Saint Lucian Producer of the Year award which he won in 2008.ĭuring the 2011, 20 carnival seasons Curty released more music than every other Saint Lucian producer. Back home in Saint Lucia, Curty has won three Power Soca Monarch titles, one Groovy title and one Road March title. ![]() In addition to the titles in Saint Vincent and Bermuda, he also won a Road March title in Trinidad for his work on the Machel Montano song ‘Jumbie,’ as well as the Power, Road March and titles in Grenada for the songs ‘Spice Isle Rock’ and ‘Warriors’ produced in collaboration with Mr Killa. His list of awards is quite extensive and spans across the region. He also worked with Tabia from Saint Vincent with whom he produced and wrote ‘Boom Boom Boom’ – one of his biggest singles to date that won awards in Bermuda and Saint Vincent. He did a course in sound engineering but dropped out of college, confident that “School wasn’t where I wanted to be, I wanted to pursue it on my own.”Ĭurty’s first connection with a Saint Lucian artiste was with Ninja Dan, the two of them pioneers in the “growth of soca music in Saint Lucia.” Since then he has worked with other local artistes including Ricky T, Mongstar, Alpha, Ambi, Superman HD, Q-Pid, Scady Dot P, Selecta Twis and Marie-Anne.Ĭurty has also collaborated with regional artistes such as Machel Montano, Shurwayne Winchester, KMC and Naya George from Trinidad, Ce’Cile, Beenie Man and Christopher Martin from Jamaica, and Tall Pree and Mr. Mary’s College, and the Barbados Community College before concentrating on developing his musical skills. This Saint Lucian is earmarked for stardom and continues to make his country proud with the production of several hit numbers spun locally, regionally and globally.Ĭurty attended the Canon Laurie Anglican School, St. What endears Curty to most people is his sublime humility and charm. ![]() ![]() “All that I aim for, I work hard to accomplish and even more,” neatly expresses the sentiments of this accomplished song-writer, ace-producer and business entrepreneur. For this special edition in observance of Saint Lucia’s 35 th Independence Anniversary, Dazzle magazine features Courtney ‘Curty’ Louis – Saint Lucia’s hottest hit-music producer. ![]()
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