#UpNext: Trybal delivers love and positivity with a difference
Though he started on his music journey somewhat late, Trybal hopes to bring the love and positivity that reggae music is known for, but deliver it in a different way.
The 30-year-old, given name Alwayne Francis, said that his late entrance to a career in music is due to some “fight” he had to endure from others within the industry but he is adamant that with his love for the art and his talent, he can make a great impact.
Here are seven questions with up-and-coming artiste Trybal:
1. Who is Trybal?
I am fun and I am trying to do something different. So even though most of my songs are reggae and they are saying most of what other people are saying, I try to sing them in a different way.
2. When did you get into music?
I started doing music late, in about 2015. I started late because that’s when I really fell in love with music and when I started writing my own stuff. I did have some love for it before but I had issues with finances— I still do— and I didn’t have the links because in music it is really links do things, even though it should be your talent— which I do have. But for me it was mainly the financial part of things.
3. What are some of the messages that you try to portray in your music?
I try to do more positive music, telling people to keep their heads up, and crying for the people, and then I have more love songs, what you could maybe call ‘Reggae Souls’. I haven’t put out music recently, the only legal one out now on Audiomack is called ‘Crisis’. But I am working on music that should be released soon.
4. How do you plan to stand out from the crowd of artistes coming out now?
I try to stand out with my vocals mainly. I try to find some sweet notes and I really enjoy finding and creating new sounds. I try to make my own sound I guess, so I won’t really sound like anybody else.
5. What has the reception been like?
The songs that people hear from me, they love them because they are positive songs and some of them are love songs. The thing is most of them aren’t put out legally because I don’t want to be using certain riddims. Engineers sometimes don’t want to give you good riddims so I just try to YouTube some songs and the ones that speak to me I just write something on it.
6. Where do you see yourself in the future?
My goal is to be successful in music. What I need to do for myself is be more committed. Even though I do get a fight— I don’t know why but I do— because where I am from, if you want to voice something, the riddim that they give you may not be the best and this doesn’t motivate me to put out my all. But music is very important to me so I won’t stop doing it, I won’t stop writing it because I believe in myself that nothing beats time, and if it should be, it will be.
7. What is next for Trybal?
People can expect some projects soon because I am currently linking with a record label I used to work with so by October new music should be coming.