{"id":592,"date":"2007-07-07T13:45:37","date_gmt":"2007-07-07T13:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2007\/07\/07\/notch-the-best-kept-secret-in-music-today\/"},"modified":"2022-07-17T14:40:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T19:40:45","slug":"notch-the-best-kept-secret-in-music-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/notch-the-best-kept-secret-in-music-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Notch: The Best Kept Secret in Music Today"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"notch\"<\/a> Today\u2019s musical landscape is full of R&B singers that sound the same, rappers that rhyme about the same things and many reggaeton acts that lack originality.\u00a0 While many labels and artists try to imitate others who have succeeded, Notch is the one voice stands above that of conventional music by sticking to a style all his own that was influenced by the people of different cultures in his life.\u00a0 Born Norman Howell in Conn. his first musical influences came from his Jamaican father who is also part Cuban and used to play the bass for a reggae group.\u00a0 He also listened to salsa music and African American slang from his mother\u2019s side, which<\/p>\n

is Black-American and Puerto Rican.<\/p>

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\u201cIt rubbed off on me,\u201d explains Notch about how his background influenced his music. \u201cAnd it shows how they all touched my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

His recently released solo debut album, appropriately titled \u201cRaised by the People\u201d<\/em>, shows how this unique blend of musical styles that he grew up have helped him create a trilingual blend of Spanish, English, and Jamaican patois that he call \u201cSpatoinglish\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are going to question that,\u201d says Notch of the way he is able to sing R&B in a reggaeton track or switch from one language to another in between his songs.\u00a0 \u201cI am able to sound the way I sound because I was raised by different people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notch is not new to the music business, he began his career as the lead singer for the duo Born Jamericans in the early 90s.\u00a0 Eventually the group disbanded in 1998 and Notch decided to cultivate Latin roots through his music.<\/p>

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\u201cInstead of doing the hip hop reggae, I did a lot of hardcore dancehall music, simultaneously I was working on an R&B Latin fusion, and at the time I think the reggaeton movement was blowing up,\u201d said Notch.<\/p>\n

Things took off when he recorded the song dancehall-style song called \u201cHay que Bueno\u201d, which DJ Blass took and made a reggaeton remix and was played on radio stations in Perto Rico and major Spanish stations throughout the United States.\u00a0 He has since been featured on tracks with artists like Daddy Yankee, Voltio, Baby Ranks and producers Luny Tunes.<\/p>

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While his talent began get noticed with collaborations with Latin artists, his label at the time didn\u2019t know how to market him, and because of all those collaborations and tours he didn\u2019t have time to sit down and concentrate on his own album.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther records companies wanted to sign me, saying that they wanted me to be one kind of artist,\u201d says Notch of his encounters with labels.<\/p>

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Then Machete Records came along and told him to do what he likes doing, and his new album does a great job at showing his versatility and the blending of sounds that he is known for.\u00a0 He locked himself down in Miami and Puerto Rico for the production and even though he didn\u2019t get to record in Jamaica like he wanted to, some production work was sent to him from the island.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a real R&B lover, and I try to make it some way to sound reggae, make R&B sound Latin, R&B sound reggaeton.\u00a0 I try to get the Black-American in me try to sound like any culture that has been around me,\u201d says Notch.<\/p>\n

His powerful voice and unique delivery make him truly a one of a kind artist who says wants to be a force to be reckoned with in the future.\u00a0 He wants his name to be up there with Shakira, Daddy Yankee, Enrique Iglesias and others who are able to cater to all audiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m probably one of the best kept secrets,\u201d Notch said.<\/p>\n

To hear some of Notch\u2019s music log on to www.MySpace.com\/notchonline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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