Growing up in war-torn Sri Lanka motivated Franklin Fernando
to go to battle. But instead of taking up arms, he armed himself with a Fender
Stratocaster. After relocating to Canada, Franklin branded himself as RasTamil – combining ‘Ras’ (Rastafarian)
and ‘Tamils’ (Sri Lanka’s minority people) – and began making music that
reflects the hope of cultures around the world coming together.
In an effort to work with the best in the Reggae industry, RasTamil reached out to Bobby Digital, initially requesting that
he mix a song for him, but to his surprise, he was instead given a rhythm
produced by the veteran producer for him to voice on. The result is the new
single; Bluffing.
According to RasTamil:
“The story behind the song is a long
story. It goes back to a 5 year long experience I had with the music industry
people I thought were true friends, but who ripped me off with a grant money I got to make my first
album. There were times they threatened me with emails saying my music career will
go down. They made very negative comments, you know. They also tried to stop
people who wanted to help me. But with the help of Most High, I was able to
remain strong and come out of people’s negativity little by little. In the end
I got this opportunity to work with Bobby Digital, which I’ve been trying to do
for a very long time.”
He went on to say: “When
I wrote this song I had those threats in
my mind which I am metaphorically using the "Blade" for. The message
from this song is for the true soulful people who work hard every day and
sometimes along the way they run into people who are wolves in sheep clothing
and pretend to be friends and play with your trust. But if you are positive,
strong and fearless you can conquer evil ways u know.”
Listen Bluffing
here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMAEvbuDjz8
DJs send an
email to mjentmusic00@gmail.com for
the MP3
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