I-Octane

thumb Byiome Muir (born 29 April 1984), better known by his stage name I-Octane, is a Jamaican reggae dancehall recording artist from Clarendon Parish, Jamaica. He is known for integrating positive and socially conscious subject matter into his music, drawing inspiration from personal experiences and Rastafarian teachings. Quotes I don’t have a whole heap of friends in reggae music because I don’t really like the “friend” thing. Because most of the time when we have a lot of friends we forget the aspects and the principles of the business and the music itself. In Jamaica when you have a lot of friends and friend out the business, people forget and take things for granted. For instance when we have this interview at two o’clock then I am here from one thirty. But if it was like a friend thing then you might be an hour late and be like “Alright, Frass ah my brethren he nah go cuss” and we can start it out later. I am an independent artist and the previous company that was dealing with the album wanted to get the artist into a contract to move with the album. It wasn’t my vision to tie myself into a company. But Crying To The Nation is a beautiful album, Robert Livingstone is a great producer and I give thanks for that. Each album needs to have its own identity. This is the reason why I haven’t saturated the market in Europe already – because I want to travel with a solid record. I don’t just want to do some club shows and cheat the business. When Octane is travelling it’s all about the product I Octane and not just come and try to scrape a few dollars here and there. Crying To The Nation was a great album. Robert Livingstone is one of the best producers in Jamaica. But I never got the opportunity to capitalise on that album in terms of my being there physically. The album itself was there but the machine behind the album was absent. I was to tour on the album but that never came through for me. To get the artist and the album in one sequence was a problem. Interview with I-Octane;By Angus Taylor,Retrieved on 02/24/2014 I’ve taken care of thousands of families. The crime rate is high in Jamaica and if I wasn’t around it would have been higher than that. I’ve converted a lot of youth like ‘yo change up your life’. Once they come in contact with me their perspective changes. I’ve gone amongst some of the most gruesome individuals and never lost my identity. So my calling is different. It’s something I say to myself everyday. So I just used it. People like to seek validation. I don’t need any individual on earth to tell me I’m great. I know I’m great. It depends. I don’t really write down songs. I’m a brilliant person but I write like a pharmacist. I do read a lot and invest in literature so when I’m in the studio, I just put the headphones on and whatever idea comes I start singing. I believe in self-reliance. I didn’t necessarily need a lot of current but there were to be two or three collabs. Sorry was supposed to be a collaboration with Chronic Law or Mavado but it never worked out because of the time frame. Loyalty was supposed to have a featured artist as well. Interview: I-Octane Says He Just Released His Best Album Yet;By Tishanna Williams External links Category:living peopleCategory:Men