BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - A Nevisian recording artiste and calypsonian has declared that despite the many challenges he would continue to make the sacrifice of travelling over to St. Kitts to perform with the aim of assisting to improve the art form in the Federation.
David ‘Watusi’ Wade of Bath Village, who plys his trade of selling his music on CDs between Nevis and St. Kitts said that there is a lot a room for improvement in the calypso arena.
His selections for this year’s Carnival are ‘People Are Crying’ and ‘Actors Acting Up’; the latter addresses foreigners who come to the Federation to participate in the Carnival celebrations.
Watusi, who is also a taxi tour operator, explained the ideology of the other song, stating that the people are crying and it is quite natural.
“Everywhere you go people are complaining and people are crying, and I want to bring that message to the higher heads that something is not right because there are too many complaints.”
He added that the response from the audiences thus far has been pretty supportive for his songs and it seems as if they were relating to the sound of the crying that is going on in the Federation.
Watusi also revealed that his preparations for this year’s Carnival are going along “pretty well”.
He however highlighted some of the difficulties he faces.
“One of the main difficulties is the expenses to travel from Nevis. That is the most significant part of it because it takes a lot out of your pocket. Sometimes you have to deal with different things like catching the boat early in the morning and sleeping over, but it is all part of the sacrifice.”
Watusi indicated that one of the supporters of the art form in the Federation, Carlton Dupont, showed his appreciation by giving him a contribution in an effort to encourage him to continue this endeavor.
He also indicated that Dupont had found his songs very interesting.
Speaking about his projections for this year’s Carnival, Watusi said, “First I have to take it step by step and hope that I will get through the elimination and get to the final and be able to present a song in a higher quality for the competition.
“I believe once I put my song over the right way I should really make a place. So, it leaves for me now to concentrate and do what is best for the song and do what is best for the people of this Federation.”
Watusi also called for artiste to be better compensated and for workshops to be established to improve the calypsonians’ ability.
