J-BONE & THE FOUNDATION ROCKERS HI-FI PRESENT

Greetings Massive!

Welcome to the brand new Foundation Rockers Hi Fi podcast!

Although I was unable to respond personally to each and every one of you who emailed a request to be on this list, please know that all of your kind words did not go unnoticed or underappreciated. As you took the time to thank me for what we did on the air at WPFW, I am now taking the time to thank you for tuning in throughout the years – especially those of you who said that you still had cassette tapes of the first shows! Ya need to put those on a CD and get them to me so I can periodically upload them to the site here.

This post is really just a test to make sure that I am getting the right hold on this new format – please bear with me as I navigate this new forum. As my dear friend Fredstone from the mighty Johnstone reggae band pointed out (www.johnstonemusic.com), it will be a bit different, and take a minute getting into the mindset that although the music will be recorded live, the audience will only hear it afterwards. Those big forwards we always loved to get from you will not come via the telephone inside the studio anymore, but rather via messages posted to this blog. Like I said, it’s going to take me a minute to get my head around that.

But with all that being said, the audio contained here is a little dub thing I had done many years ago for a birthday bash held for Zee of the group See-I (www.myspace.com/seei) – which will explain the occasional reference to them throughout the recording. Quick historical note, See-I were the ones who originally brought me out to do one of my first ever live gigs (way too many years ago now to count) at some small, now long gone, joint that at the time was right across the street from the 9:30 Club. I remember D-Train (Moja Nya, S.T.O.R.M., et al fame) was there and it being just a nice easy vibe – although there was only about 15 people in the house. D was another cat who has shown much love from the beginning. Make sure to check him and whole S.T.O.R.M. crew out at: www.stormreggae.com.

Remember, this is only a test – however I do hope it will bring you some enjoyment. Once the show is officially off the air (Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 is the finale), my sincere hope is to begin uploading new shows here once a week.

And by the way, if any of you out there have experience with this blog/podcasting thing and have suggestions/instructions on how to make it better/more accessible, I’m all ears.

Until such time.

Stay easy.

J-BONE