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The 'real' Ce'Cile wants to perform locally ... Says Jamaican fans don't appreciate her

Ce'Cile traded in her 'bad gyal' persona for the role of ambassador at the recently concluded Jamaica Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers (JACAP) society's Open House Forum held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

Speaking passionately about her role, Ce'Cile was generous in her praise of the copyright body of which she has been a long-standing member.

She disclosed that she had benefited tremendously since signing to the collections agency.

The JACAP ambassador left no stone unturned as she urged fellow artistes to get their act together and become members of JACAP.

"We always complain about the fact that, 'things not going right' well, here is an organisation that is doing a wonderful job of trying to turn this hustle mentality into a serious business," Ce'Cile stated emphatically.

Getting a bit more personal, the artiste, who recently returned from Europe, where she performed on several festivals, explained that there are two Ce'Ciles, the local and the foreign.

She said the 'real Ce'Cile' was not wanted in Jamaica and, as a result she performs her more serious, but equally entertaining songs at festivals such as Rototom, where she is embraced and respected for her complete repertoire, rather than a sample of salaciousness, slackness and gyrations.

"When I was on my way from Europe, I thought to myself , 'Okay, mi haffi go mek some fool-fool song for Jamaica now," Ce'Cile admitted, to much laughter from the capacity audience at JACAP's Open House Forum.

Ce'Cile, in the capacity of a JACAP ambassador, ended with a call for her Jamaican audience to listen to her songs and learn to appreciate the real Ce'Cile.

"I need to feel that I can perform the same songs at Rottotom and in Jamaica," she said.

Guest speaker at JACAP's Open House Forum was Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Anthony Hylton who commended JACAP for hosting such a timely forum under the theme 'Understanding Copyright and Valuing the Rights of the Creators of Music'.

Also present at the forum were several members of the music, media and entertainment fraternities including Mikey Bennett, Gussie Clarke, Herbie Miller, Frankie Campbell, Clyde McKenzie, Evon Mullings, Teddy Laidley, Mr Lexx, Tanice 'Soulchild' Morrison, Derrick '10 Percent' Brown, Brigitte Anderson, George Golding, Francois St Juste, Joan Hutchinson, Judith Alberga and Adrian St Louis.

The emcee for the evening was Desmond Young, a board member of JACAP and president of the Jamaica Federation of Musicians.

Source: Jamaica-star

CECILE HITS FINAL LEG OF EUROPEAN TOUR

Motherhood has not slowed down Jamaica's favourite 'Bad Gyal' any because less than a year after the birth of her daughter, Cecile's career is firing on all cylinders with performances scheduled for five major festivals this month.

"I had to abruptly cancel a lot of shows during the summer of 2012 because of my pregnancy so I before my daughter was four months old, I got back on the road immediately to fulfill my obligations. Now I am pushing full speed ahead with my European tour, I have some wonderful performances lined up for my fans," Cecile said..

 The final leg of her summer tour kicked off on August 10 in  Hoostraten, Belgium at the Antilliaanse feesten. One week later, she will be doing performances at the Furuvik Festival in Gayle, Sweden, then the Rototom Festival, Spain on August 21st, after which, she will hit 'Fest in the Park' in Oudenaarde, Belgium on August 23rd, and then climax her tour with a bang at the annual Chiemsee Reggae festival in Ubersee, Germany. 

Before the Summer leg of her tour, the 'Bad Gyal ' also performed for her fans across the Caribbean in the islands of St Thomas, Guyana, Martinique, 

Cecile has always been known as a tireless worker in her professional dealings in the music industry. So, last year, only four months after delivering her daughter, she rocked audiences in St Martin, Guadeloupe and a sold out premier performance in Dubai at the Music Room. Then she hit the road, doing a four week stint which saw her doing performances in Nuoma, New Caledonia, as well as four shows in Australia. After this blitz of performances, she kicked off the first leg of her 2013 European Summer long tour making stops in Luxemburg/France, Estonia, Denmark, Reunion Island, Finland, and multiple stops in Germany. 

"The tour has been fantastic so far, and my fans can look out for some amazing performances during this final leg of my European tour," she said.

CECILE TO PERFORM IN DUBAI THIS DECEMBER

Kingston Jamaica - International recording artiste Bad Gyal CeCile is eagerly anticipating her trip to Dubai in December 1st.

“I am excited about going, it’s always a great experience to visit different cultures to see how the music is penetrating those markets, and I am definitely looking forward to the trip,” she said in a release.

She will perform at the Majestic Hotel's Music Room and judging by the fan response on Twitter, her fans are all "waiting" impatiently for the arrival of Jamaica’s ‘bad gyal’.

A tireless recording artiste known for her distinct swagger and up-to-the-minute street vocabulary, Cecile has barely missed a beat since becoming pregnant and having her baby girl on August 27th. And now that she has returned to music full time, the dividends are already paying off.

Reggae music critics and insiders have been raving about her new reggae tracks, "If You" and "Girl on the Side" which have been enjoying a lot of airplay. Another single, the dancehall-flavoured "Put It Deh" CeCile is bombing FM radio into submission, leaving many to wonder how she has been able to seamlessly re-enter the competitive industry at such a high level.

The Bad Gyal mom worked throughout her pregnancy (up to 7 months) so few people realized she was actually pregnant.

“I didn't do a lot of club shows because my fan base expects me to be sexy, I focused instead on doing festivals where the emphasis is more on the music,” she said.

Now, she is back at her sexy best.

Only two months after giving birth, the energetic diva wowed thousands of people during her first gig at the National Arena in Jamaica on October 15th. Her virtuoso performance during the homecoming for the Jamaican Olympic athletes dubbed "Jamaica's Music History Honoring Our Olympic" emphatically announced her return to music.

“I loved the reception of the audience, it was great,” she said.

CeCile, a homegrown star from Manchester who attended Bishop Gibson High school, landed two major international collaborations this year, both of which were released during her pregnancy. One was the sexed-up party song "Boys Boys" with Brazilian Group Bonde Do Role which was produced by Mad Decent and Diplo.

“Diplo sent me the track, and it was just a blank track and he asked to lay down some vocals about boys, the band vocals were not even there yet, and the song just took off,” she said.

The other was the offbeat and funky ‘Galaxies and Stars’ with Doctor P wowed Europe as another massive dub step banger in the vein of her radio hit Gold Dust which, coincidentally,  is now back on  BBC's 1xtra A playlist.

“Dubstep is big in the UK, and the ‘Galaxies and Stars’ did well, but it is the Gold Dust song which has really taken off, it was even played at the NBA All Star game earlier this year,” she said.

Cecile was unable to appear in the videos for the international collaborations as she was pregnant at the time of the shoots. 

She performed in St. Maarten on November 17 for the annual Boardwalk Festival along with Steel Pulse and returned to fan favourite Guadeloupe on November 24.

Expect a huge tour announcement for the badgyal for the 2013 season and a slew of new reggae releases including hits from super producer Chrome on his Cardiac Series, ZJ Liquid, Johnny Wonda on Corna Shop, G Money's Prime (Kenya) to name a few!

CE’CILE REPS THE FEMALES WITH 'CHEATER'S REVENGE

Kingston Jamaica - Sassy songbird Cecile has never shied away from tackling controversial topics that are considered taboo in the Jamaican society. And her latest foray into the dynamic of sexual power in relationships center’s around the single, 'Cheater's Prayer the Female Refix (Cheater's Revenge)' a counteraction to Chris Martin's worldwide reggae hit of the same name where she declares outright that she is considering cheating on her boyfriend, whom she suspects is having an affair with another girl.
Produced by ZJ Chrome, the single has been in heavy rotation on local FM radio but is also generating considerable buzz in countries such as Bahamas, Belize, St Lucia, Kenya and is often played right after Chris Martin's 'Cheater's Prayer'.
"Chris had asked me to do it initially but I didn't want to do it, and then when I saw the reaction to the song in the clubs, I had to do it," Cecile said in a release.
"Another song on the same riddim, 'If You' is an answer but not a direct answer to Cheater's Prayer because there had to be a female side to this lover's dilemma, and then I ended up doing a dub for Chrome called Cheater's Revenge. And surprise surprise, it is the dubplate which got big and because of the demand, and so we put that out as a song, it is not even recorded properly, but there was such a great demand for it, especially in the Caribbean, with disc jockeys wanting to play it back to back with Chris' song, that it had to go out fast," she said, laughing.
Cecile said that music insiders soon realized that disc jockeys and selectors were actually recording the song off the radio, and dropping it on reggae mixes with the name of the disc jockey embedded in the song. So a decision was made to release the song as a single with Chrome's name edited.
"People were recording it off the radio with Chrome's name in it, it was crazy. In St. Lucia, a lot of females called the disc jocks over there and told them that there was another version, and asked why it wasn't being played. They actually felt slighted that it wasn't being played, and then they got their wish," she said.
Cecile has performed the song several times locally on stage shows, most notably at a PNP end-of-campaigning concert, the day before the national elections.
"The song got a big forward there, both man and woman love it, it is just one of those relationship songs which strikes a chord with people," she said.
The lyrics go:

Wait till him lef the yard/is ah next man ah come in ya/just wait till him lef the yard/a wah da bwoy ya tek mi fa

A good woman dont want want fi cheat

But some ah dem man ya ah over do it

Gal after gal after gal pon the street

We choose to be real but anno like we caan do it

Well, we anno fool, caan tek we fi fool

Disrespect we no tek, we can gi yu bun too

Yu waan play games, yo, yu wicked and rude

But I got a big surprise for you

The song has become a big favorite in local dances because it is an anthem for empowered females. And nobody can represent that particular segment of the population quite like Cecile.