DREAM BIG

In my journey I have met, communicated with, encountered many people of many walks of life. I have been to Europe a few times, Asia several times, The Caribbean (obviously) and various cities and towns in North America and all the other places that don't fall in these geographic locations I have access to their residents via the web.


So with that said, I have had and still have to opportunity to communicate with the world. But here's the kicker:


SO DO YOU



I am writing this blog for the aspiring artist, the aspiring DJ, the aspiring writer, I am writing this blog for you as long as you are a DREAMER

As kids we all had big dreams, and for most of us, as we grew older our dreams got smaller and for some of us our dreams went away.

Common excuses are:

"LIFE GOT IN THE WAY" or "WE HAD TO GROW UP"

Someone told me this (I'm not sure who) but I am going to tell it to you

"NOT ALL DREAMS COME TRUE, BUT DREAMS NEVER DREAMT NEVER COME TRUE"


Every success story began with a dream, Every Skyscraper you see, every successful person, every amazing invention you see


SO WHAT IS YOUR DREAM?

Many people claim they want success but don't have a clue about what it is they want to be successful at. You have to know where you are going in order to make the necessary preparations for the trip so take the time to figure out what you really want.

You have to want it so bad that you get excited about it. THE THOUGHT OF SUCCESS SHOULD EXCITE YOU, this is very important because it is this excitement and desire that will help you in the times when you feel like quitting. (and there will be times)

If you are an artist, a DJ, a writer or most fields progress involves exposing more people to your work, i.e. the more people that know about and appreciate your work the better.

I am a dancehall artist/dj/entertainer/creative writer etc etc and I have a email list of over 10,000 people (if you are reading this on blogspot and you are not on my email list go to http://www.reverbnation.com/fudgiespringer and sign up)



I am not trying to imply that I'm a success in dancehall but I do have fans (no matter how small a number) all over the world, and my music is being played in various countries around the world.



I started this less than 5 years ago in Pittsburgh PA being basically an unknown who didn't even know how to mix two songs.



I am no where near my goals by a stretch of the imagination but I do know the importance of continuously reaching out to new people.



When I was marketing my first song "pussy good" I had the mentality that no one is going to help me so if I have to give this song to everyone in the world personally I was going to do it.



so I started reaching out to as much people that I could on all the available social networks, I had cd giveaways everywhere I went, I voiced dubplates for DJs with influence and or DJs with potential.



This wasn't a problem because I did and still do, just as you do now, have access to everybody in the world, right from home at my desk.



Get It?

If you are an aspiring musician like me, get your music in front of new people every day, if you are an aspiring writer get your work in front of new people everyday, if you are a plumber .... get your business card (your business) in front of new people everyday.


The more people you expose the better your results are

Set a benchmark to keep track of your progress (eg. if you benchmark is 3 people a day, a 5 person day is a great day)

Way more people will reject you than accept you (look at me I'm your resident dancehall reject lol)

But that doesn't matter as long as you do what it takes to get to those who will

I have so much to say, pursuing success is one of my favourite topics

But I am not writing a novel

DREAM BIG!!!!

HAVE A BURNING DESIRE TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS!!!!

PUT IN THE REQUIRED WORK!!!!!

DON'T QUIT!!!!

BE EXCITED!!!!

oh and don't forget to ....

DREAM BIG!!!!

Lets switch pon dem

CHANGES.... SWITCHING ... GOOD BAD INDIFFERENT?


"The Definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting the results to vary"

This is an overly used cliche that we may have all heard before but we all at times seem to disregard its simple logic.

We have been taught that "don't change" , "doh switch", "stay real" as if all this is synonymous, people would have you think that change is bad and or frowned upon.


Change is the few inevitable things in life , especially since growth is change, progress is change, "learning from your mistakes" is change.

Do you honestly want to be in the same situation you are in now, five years from now?

If your situation now is the same as it was 5 years ago, how happy would that make you?

So change to me looks like something that we should all aspire to achieve.

Sometimes change is something that you have to consciously pursue, sometimes change requires effort

if you are unsuccessful now and you aspire to "change" or be successful its going to take some effort but it starts with the conscious decision to change or to be a success


this is a poem I wrote (when I wrote poetry)


Success or Failiure?


Which one do we choose?


Do we choose to be happy?


Or we like singing the blues?



Winner or loser?


Which word best describes?


Do we like our situations?


Or are we wasting our lives?



Change or continue?


Which word makes more sense?


Will the present be the future?


Or will it tomorrow be past tense?



These questions & answers are decided each day


But look at our situations,
are we as smart as we say?



Before we get offended,
we should hear our inner voice


The message is very clear


"SUCCESS IS A CHOICE !"



Let me say that in my opinion having alot of money and business success and your personal and family life is a mess is not TRUE SUCCESS

A successful person has that balance of career success and personal and family success.


This weekend for me has been an eye opener or should I say a reminder to open my eyes.

Why do we often have 20 20 vision and can't see

Why do we often have perfect hearing but can't hear and or listen

Why are we so smart and don't think

why do we love so hard and act like we don't care



The new year is approaching fast and I'm not making any resolutions I am aspiring to change

• I want fans who don't like derogatory music, I want to drive with my mom and listen some Springer (so I'll have to be more rounded)


• I don't want to have one of the highest unfollower rates on twitter (so I need to be more weary of peoples feelings)


• I want to be a positive influence on my friends, fans and acquaintances (I need more blogs like this one)


• I want to write more, sing more, perform more, promote more, record more (so I need to quit acting like I already made it)

But most of all I want to make sure home is OK, I've been neglecting home ever since I lived there

Sometimes I feel like I don't live there lol

but home is where the heart is, and its a shame the things that often have to happen for us,(me) to realize and embrace this

My friends join me and aspire to change, Aspire to be more than you are now, decide to succeed in all facets of your life

I know all the reggae songs say we shouldn't switch or change


BUT FUCK IT !!! I'M SAYING WE NEED TO!!! WITH MI OR NOT 2011 I'M SWITCHING!!!!!

Who is SHEKA FAMOUS? A dancer? A THIEF? A cutey? CONFUSED? ALL OF THE ABOVE??

Why do people cross me?
Is it because I sing and play pussy songs?
Dem no know say the pen is deadlier than the sword?


To me a person's word is their bond, If your word is not reliable you are not the type of person that I aspire to deal with, professionally or otherwise.

If you are broke... I am the type of friend that would text you a control number from western union

If you are going through personal problems, I'm the type of friend who can at least always provide a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on.

Most of the people I deal with in the dancehall community, I consider my friends (and the previous 3 statements apply to them)


Since I have been involved in dancehall, I have put together a fairly big network of artists, dancers, selectors and dancehall personalities. Most of whom I consider to be friends. I had an experience this past weekend though that has me re-evaluating how easily I give an individual the title of "trusted friend"



This past saturday I was booked for a dance in Virginia Beach called Pum Pum Audition. Accompanying me was 2 female dancers from Cleveland and a few dancers from Pittsburgh.
Friday I received a phone call that re-arranged my plans (The Cleveland girls couldn't make it)

This was a predicament because as much as I know that people in VA wanted to see me, I know that without some crazy female dancers the Pum Pum Audition just wouldn't be the same.

So I made a few calls to see if I could get some last minute replacements.

Friday evening I spoke to Tasheka Johnson aka Sheka "Famous" on her cellphone 1-201-898-7994 (house 347-587-1869) I explained my situation. She assured me that she could do it, I should buy 2 bus tickets and wire her $US 100 on that Saturday morning.


Sheka called me 9:30am that saturday morning to see when I would send the money. I sent the money about 10am and waited for confirmation from my dancing "friend" that she had received it.

At about noon after not hearing from her, I called. Someone answered the phone and informed me that "her daughter" was not coming to VA because she didn't get permission. At this point my only response was "No Problem"

I called western union to get my money back they informed me that it had been picked up at 10:15 am in Brooklyn.

I called Sheka's phone and It was explained to me by "the mom" that I didn't ask her permission to send "her daughter" any money so why am I calling about it.

Again my response was "No Problem"

I was somewhat, disappointed, surprised and upset, that my "good good friend" would set up such an elaborate scheme to steal $US 100.
I guess dancers in NYC don't do so well... Or just maybe Sheka isn't doing so well, Maybe Sheka need to listen to my song "Fuck and Collect" and won't have the need to steal petty cash and burn bridges.

I decided to make SHEKA FAMOUS ... famous (since I'm sure most of you have never heard of her before today)
I called a few friends from NYC and told them the story (DJ Kenny, Skerrit Bwoy, Rhythm Pink, Famous Kid) and within I few hours I recieved this texts from Sheka

"U NEED TO DONT CALL UP MU FUKIN NAME I WILL FUKIN SEND UR SHIT BACK IN THE FUKIN MORNIN ASAP NIGGA U GOT THE RONG BYTCH (PrettY SHEKA)"

pay attention to her excellent spelling and grammar... shortly after I recieved this text

"GIMME UR STINK ASS NAME ND CITY SO I CAN SEND YA SHIT NOWWWWWW (PrettY SHEKA)"

these texts made me chuckle, I wish she had told me prior that she was the "RONG BYTCH" as she so eloquently put it lol

Sheka dear I don't need the $US 100 as much as you do, and the name and city it came from is probably my name and my city. Hooked on Phonics wasn't available for everyone so I feel your pain and I understand.

I have a feeling that you cannot afford to repay me and I honestly dont want it. Skerrit say him will take di $US100 so if you want to you can give it to him at the next event. Thanks in advance and I hope you enjoyed this blog.

p.s. I love that picture from your myspace so I added it

www.myspace.com/miszsh3artbr3aker

Friends with benefits

In a perfect world these would be the only relationships present


Ladies

1. Imagine a life that just involves you and I having fun without any of the mushy stuff


2. Imagine not getting attached to me after I knocked your back out


3. Imagine you not being upset or hurt when you find out that your best friend is getting it


4. Imagine knowing that nothing can prevent you from getting di good fuck dat you have grown accustom to


5. Imagine me not being upset if you go out and get your back knocked out somewhere else

Tell me this isn't perfect

Tell this wouldn't reduce domestic violence

Tell me this wouldn't lower the crime rate

I know that you want to tell me that I am wrong

... but also know that you cannot honestly tell me that

In the perfect world

That's too bad because

we do not live in the "perfect" world so I just painted an impossible picture

Its an impossible picture for most people because of our feelings, egos, tradition , society etc

We all generally either love hard , or fear the embarrassment and or betrayal affiliated with infidelity

• Case in point there are a lot of people in relationships right now who despise each other but if they found that the other cheated would be devastated.


• There are men who have multiple women and if he finds that one of them cheats he would be devastated


• There are people who go into committed relationships knowing that they will not be faithful


• There are unfaithful people in relationships who won't stop but dread getting discovered


• You also have the people who as them buss a nut dem fall in love


• Then you have those who want to just fuck you once, no strings attached

these and many similar situations are prevalent in our "unperfect world"

We are taught to grow up, find a mate, get married, settle down and live happily ever after

sounds lovely doesn't it

I guess it could be argued that in a perfect world Everyone would be in a "Monogamous Relationship" and have the above mentioned scenario

Hey perfection for you may not be same as perfection for me so lets just agree to disagree on that

but as I said before

"we do not live in the "perfect" world so I just painted an impossible picture"

Dreams never dreamt never come true so I am an advocate of striving for perfection...


So good luck trying to achieve that beautiful scenario of monogamy


Me personally.....

I'm trying to find me some more friends with benefits

MY GIRL IS CRAZY AND SHE HATES YOUR GUTS

Which man ever hear anything similar to this from one of yu breddren dem?


The first time I heard this from my boy I thought it was weird but I ran with it.


Think about this scenario


A good friend of yours that you hang with all the time has a woman or starts talking to a new chick



All of a sudden your boy starts talking all kinda shit about the woman,

"She's nagging"

"She trying to trap me by getting pregnant"

"All she does is argue"

"She drew a weapon on me"

"I can't take this shit no more"

As a friend you may suggest that if this woman is so negative or makes you so unhappy you might wanna explore other options.
After you make your comments or suggestions based on his portrayal of his woman

He goes to her and says

"Mi breddren doh like yu"
"Mi breddren say mi fi leave you"
"Mi breddren say you trying to trap me"

The Young lady now dislikes you and in defense of her self (and disgust that someone who knows nothing about her good just dislike her like that) says

"Your breddren is a hater"

"Fuck your breddren"

Then he returns to say and says what his girl said about you and in response to any questions about why she feels this way his response is something stupid like

"Mi no know!"

or

"That bitch is crazy! I already told you"

Is this a weird picture?

Does this only happen to me?

It has happened to me 3 times in the last 3 years

The first time I didn't handle it well .....but each subsequent time I went straight to the source and in every instance

I found mi "breddren" to be the instigator and often times just a straight liar

Coming to a logical explanation of why this happens to me hasn't been entirely easy
But maybe if I had a friend who portrayed himself to be a whore I wouldn't want him to be cool with my girl
hmm (nah cause a lotta my friends are whores, if you have to worry about your girl fucking your friends maybe you aint picking the right ones did you not read my blog endorsing having sex with my best friends girl check it out again ***click here***)



Mi a send this out to all a mi breddren dem, If mi and yu a breddren mi nah go look you woman
In the past I must confess I used to give mi breddren dem a 1 woman allowance
Dat means you your main girl (and you get to choose who she is) is safe, off limits but anything else is fair game.
I have changed my stance since then now I give mi breddren dem a 3 woman allowance
So as long as you no go 4 or more you don't have to worry about me and your girl,
that is unless she try fling up the ting on me in which case considering that I am not gay would be governed by a next set of rules

Please refer to this blog for clarification http://fudgiespringer.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-would-fuck-my-best-friend-girl.html


And Ladies if yu a one a mi breddren dem woman and me a try offa yu its either one of two things

a) I don't know about the relationship or
b) If you were paying attention you'd realize this, you are number 4 or higher on the squad

hey I'm sorry to break it to you like that but pay attention!
So going forward I don't want nobody to tell me that they girl hate me, because if she don't know me its impossible for her to hate me so as I always say emphatically

CUT THE BULLSHIT!!!!

A WHORE SEEN AT CARNIVAL

Carnival , soca music, calypso and all these things have never been something I paid much attention to.

A lot of reggae heads probably go to NYC's labour day parade or Toronto's Caribana and have a great old time and yet hardcore reggae people still don't really claim soca as one of there favourite music or even as something that they like.





Me personally I have many friends from all over the caribbean and I have been known to play a little soca segment at maybe a college party or if I wanna mix it up a little at BCIF. And when I say "little" I mean "little" lol my soca segment has been the same set of songs for over 5 years with may 1 or 2 adjustments, (Kevin Lytttle, Rupee - Tempted to Touch & Jump, Roll it Gyal, Mamacita just to name a few)


Bottom line Soca anno really my ting (Straight reggae/ dancehall mi say)


Forward to Summer 2k10


After years of declining I decided to accept and invitation to Boston Carnival (which would entail a weekend of straight soca music and parties). This year my schedule was free and I decided to go outside of my box.

Lemme tell you this when they say,

"No sleep til Monday!"

They mean that shit


I'm not going to draw this out with all the details of my weekend but lemme just say:

1. I got to Boston Friday we went to a Body Paint party which was over at 2am den we start pree some after parties
2. Saturday morning we up at 6am to go to Jouvert (a pre- carnival road march)
3. Around 1pm we go home for an hour then back on the road for carnival until about 8pm
4. At 10:30 pm we on the road again going to an Annual Camoflauge Party which again done at 2am the after party preements
5. Sunday morning by 10 am we on our way to a Soca boatride til 3pm then Sunday evening various cook outs and a party called last lap.

I'm a party person, believe me....

BUT I COULDN'T HANG!!

Along the way I realized that soca music is happy music and its audience transcends age. Its the first time I've ever seen old people and young people partying together (not posing like at reggae parties, but dancing and galavanting) and not in individual segments but none stop vibes


I also realized that Trinidadians can drink and ain't no shame in there game lol


And I now can palance, chip on the pavement, sell pipe, wine on anything,jump with no behaviour, invite girls to jump on my jumpa cable....

SOCA MAD!!!

its like a daggerer's dream , the women are sexy and can wine their asses off, they drink a whole lot and they don't mind to "Get on bad!"


Big up all my friends that are deep in the soca world, Ashley , Skerrit Bwoy, Problem Child, Hypa Bajen ... A whoring yute join the team zeen



I am Fudgie Springer from dancehall, dutty fridaze, whoring and touring and I found out in Boston that..

I LIKE SOCA MUSIC

THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND YOU

I was told this recently by a person who was trying to express their "lack of fondness" for me


the person never like me!!!



At first I was kinda upset


"Who the fuck are you to be saying such things to me?"


This however was a primary example why emotional responses and or reactions are generally the worst ones especially when something is deemed negative.


The truth of the matter is this person was right!


The world does not revolve around me


I may want it to

I may act like it do

but it doesn't and it never will


The more I thought about this cliche

The more revelations came to me


The world doesn't revolve around my eloquent acquaintance (I wont misuse the word friend) either


And my dear reader , I hope you are sitting down because, guess what.......



THE WORLD DOESN'T REVOLVE AROUND YOU...



We all are naturally narcissistic, we all love ourselves and we all like when others praise us, compliment us, look up to us...


It is therefore very easy to create a false image of our self, its very easy to think that we are more than we actually are


It is easy to get carried away the the "hype" or the "hoopla"


We all seem to be naturally defensive also, eg. we deny love due to fear of hurt, we at time takes offense to general statements, when others don't share our point of views we often view them as the "enemy" or the "opposition"


But It's very important to always remember


THE WORLD DOESN'T REVOLVE AROUND YOU...

• Selectors if you are at an event and the sound playing makes a speech about fake friends or badmind people then plays a hot song about that topic don't be offended because thats the only way to introduce such a song.

• Artists, If a selector doesn't like your songs or doesn't play your songs that doesn't mean they are against you


• Ladies if a man who is courting you tells you that you are the most beautiful woman he has ever met that doesn't mean that you are hotter or a better catch than every other woman in the world.


• Reader, If you don't like this article and you generally just can't stand Fudgie Springer, that doesn't mean I'm going to stop writing, singing or spinning and I'm definitely not going to lose any sleep if you confirm these feelings.

THE WORLD DOESN'T REVOLVE AROUND YOU...

ONE MAN TO DI PUM PUM (myth or reality??)

Ladies have you ever cheated before?


Please don't be offended if I tell you that I already know the answer

Lets try another question:


Will you cheat in the future?


If I was a betting man I would say both questions have the same answer.



The funny thing about this is, most women (probably including you) would disagree with or maybe even find my words insulting.


Why??????


Is it conscience ? is it guilt ? are you in denial ?

Think about my words, if need be, take the time to re-read my words

Why did you assume that my speculated answer to both questions was "YES" when it could have been simply "NO" ?


Lets revisit the title


ONE MAN TO DI PUM PUM (myth or reality) ?


This is a popular song done by new music sensation Gaza Slim

I chuckle when I think about the following question:



How many people think that Gaza Slim is only sleeping with one man?

and in the parties how many of the women who react to this song are keeping it real?



I have had the "luxury" if you will of being on all sides of this issue. I have been the man she is cheating with, I have been the man she cheated on and in all fairness I have been the man she is faithful to (the last instance is the least common).


I have always had the stance that every man who straight cheats, but I also think that women are way better cheaters. Most men get caught up at some point but I know women personally who have cheated for years and never get caught.


This is scary to a man who knows (thinks he knows) that he has a special, faithful woman at home.



I had a discussion recently with a young lady and it was very disturbing to me

The subject at hand was a woman who cheated on her man with a mutual friend. My stance was you cannot blame the man mainly because



1. She was the one in the relationship

2. It is very difficult for a man to turn down pussy (we ain't gay)

• Her stance was that a woman can do what ever a man can do sexually.
• Her stance was if a woman gets a sexual offer (which most women get several everyday) if she feels like fucking she gonna fuck.

She was 100% right. But guess what...

I don't think any man wants a woman who thinks that way.

• Ask the men who fuck the most women if they want a woman who thinks like that and we all know the answer.
• Ask a man who can and will be committed to one woman if he want's a woman who thinks like that

Call us hypocrites....

whatever!



but Beenie Man said it best in his song on Stephen Mcgregor's catalog riddim


"A woman cannot do what a man does and still be considered a good woman"



One Man to di pum pum ?


If you are a woman only you can accurately answer this and no matter what you decided I still love you

"JAMAICAN MEN ARE CHILD MOLESTORS!" WTF!?!

This topic is very offensive to me

But some of the people reading this need to cut the bullshit because they contribute to this mentality.

Every morning I walk three miles for excersize purposes as well as to clear my mind and think about various things.

This morning I was texting a friend back and forth and she said something to me that was very disturbing

"My daughter thinks that all Jamaican men touch and make sexual advances to under age girls"


I am a naturalized citizen of the United States of America but cut the crap I am and will always be a Jamaican Man

not only that I'm a Jamaican man who openly admits to being a whore

but hold the fuck up!!!!!!!

Child Molestor ? Pedefile?

Certain words should not even be affiliated with me in no way shape or form

I am into women (grown women!!!!!) and many other Jamaican men I'm sure share my sentiments!

Why would this young lady have such a negative image of "Jamaican men"

- Maybe cause she is under 18 and 75% of the jamaican men she has encountered since puberty has tried something inappropriate

- Maybe she has seen Jamaican men in there 30s and beyond date girls 16 and under

- Maybe she has been to Jamaica and seen young girls 16 and under with babies to grown Jamaican men

- Maybe she knows young girls (friends) who have been abused by jamaican men, maybe she has herself

I am speculating but as I speculate it angers me because I know men who would fall in one or more of these scenarios

you probably know a few a dem too

I found this one article "Too many sexual predators in Jamaica" and it read and I quote:


"Young girls living in inner-city settings come upon an understanding of the utility value of sex long before their counterparts in uptown suburbia do. Many do not have the benefit of brand-name high school tutoring and two-parent households, so they observe their mothers and her movements and know that with every new "uncle" the household will eat better in the coming week.


To compound the problem, many of the men who grew up in the inner city did not have the benefit of proper socialisation, either by way of a viable family unit or through a reasonably well delivered education process. So some simply do not know how to approach a woman in the search for sex. Having limited skills in this area, their focus moves to girls of 12, 13, 14 years of age and it is then that the problem catapults itself into statutory rape (where only a small percentage of men doing it are ever prosecuted) and into abduction, violent rape and murder.


There are many uptown men who visit downtown dances specifically to pick up underage girls for sex. It is the biggest open secret. It is not my understanding that this type of sexual predation leads to violent rape although, under the law, it is rape. What usually happens is that because of the poor supervision by mothers and/or the financial ease or benefit the mother believes she will get from the unholy and illegal union, uptown men indulge in sex with these underage girls and not only get away with it but are, in instances, lauded for "helping out the family"


I hated reading that article because it's hard to dispute what it says, It doesn't make the case of the "moral" jamaican man any stronger. Fudgie Springer aka di gyal dem whore is far from being an angel but I am not a monster who can hide behind lack of education or poverty to justify robbing children of their childhood.


Some man tell me say "Look pon her ! Yu no see say a big woman dat? " even when her birth certificate proves that she is not.

It makes we wonder if when a MALE CROSS DRESSER do up him ting and look like a big sexy woman if these same man would be interested?


There are a lot of beautiful adult women in the world, Let the children be children

My name is Fudgie Springer and I'm a proud Jamaican Man and I do not put children in sexually inappropriate situations



LET THE CHILDREN BE CHILDREN AND GO LOOK BIG WOMAN!!!


VYBZ KARTEL - NEVER TURN A RAPER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on6RRQV05As

REAL FRIENDS NEVER CHANGE

At times our inspirations comes from the most unexpected places.

"Real friends never change" This was the title of a party that was held in Pittsburgh recently a party that I told people to attend, one that I wasn't planning on attending, one that I honestly never took the time to read the flyer thoroughly enough to even notice how true and inspiring the title was.

To be honest I didnt even notice the title.

Lets think about this for a minute:

REAL FRIENDS NEVER CHANGE

I'm sure if we all think about this we may come up with different interpretations of this bold statement, we may not all even agree with this statement.

I think you cannot be too literal when brainstorming this.

Everybody changes, You are not the same today as you were 10 years ago and to be quite honest if you were it would mean that you haven't progressed. So change when it comes to people is as inevitable as aging and dying.

So it would be an accurate statement if I say "All friends change" (which would seem contradictory to my title)

So let us elaborate on our title and say "ALL FRIENDS CHANGE BUT REAL FRIENDS REMAIN FRIENDS IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE CHANGES"

I started my career in music about 6 years ago and a DJ who could barely mix who was too shy to talk on the mic, Today I am known by many, I have played music in many places all over the world, I can mix, MC and keep a party moving by myself and I even have song songs that get rotation in dancehalls all over the world.

Have I changed ?? Hell Yeah!!!!!!!!

Do I consider myself successful? Not by any stretch of the imagination because I have a long way to go to achieve my goals

Am I hype? I don't think so (But I am very confident and I'm sure there are people who would disagree with me)

Think about yourself... Think about your present situation and your situation 6 years ago

Think about the people who claimed to be your friend during that time period

Today a lot of those people you wouldn't say are your friends

Those people are not your friends today because they were never really your friend at all

REAL FRIENDS NEVER CHANGE even though ALL FRIENDS CHANGE because REAL FRIENDS REMAIN FRIENDS IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE CHANGES

Vybz Machine (my self and Undateka) came to terms with Capri Bar in Pittsburgh and agreed to a 6 month contract to provide entertainment on Fridays. We call di dance:

BOMBO CLAAT!!! IT'S FRIDAY!!!!

Well Jul 9th was the first installment of Bombo Claat Fridays and if it was any indication of what this party is going to be like we are going to have an enjoyable summer here in Pittsburgh PA.

We plan to have flyers circulating before next week, every week we plan to give away reggae cds (mixes, promos, albums etc) and I will develop various specials to keep the night spicy and interesting and create a product that every one looks forward to experiencing every friday. eg. on friday jul 9th we had a limbo contest and the winner recieved $1000

BOMBO CLAAT!!! IT'S FRIDAY!!!!

We also plan to use my contacts in the industry to bring different entertainers to Pittsburgh (dancers/selectors/artists) and keep the friday nights different and fun. We are not charging a cover at this point and we are going to do our best to keep it that way while providing something that you would be willing to pay $10 for. NO COVER

BOMBO CLAAT!!! IT'S FRIDAY!!!!

Check out the audio from the inaugural dance (the following cd is a recording of the last hour [the event is from 10-2])

http://www.mediafire.com/?jqj1ubyjkln

We will record every week and the audio will be available on the web via my blogs, twitter, pittsburghreggae.net and lamarclan.com

And this summer and beyond we gonna have all of Pittsburgh saying,

BOMBO CLAAT!!! IT'S FRIDAY!!!!

p.s. all selectors, sounds, dancers, artists with interest of passing thru the event gimme a link

Mek We/ Give It Up Available on itunes, Amazon and all digital outlets

Let me start this by saying thank you to every one who has been assisting with the promotion of my new single Mek We/ Give it Up. Di ting a gwaan good pon di road already in a short period of time.

I am now happy to say that the single is now available on itunes, amazon, napster , emusic you name it.

ALL DIGITAL OUTLETS BABY!!!!

Di Gyalsta feel like somebody pickney right now lol Regardless of how well the sales do I think the promotion will be priceless.

Y'all my people and I am not going the route that most dancehall producers are going and trying to strong arm anyone to buy anything. Let me just prove it right now.

MEK WE F@(K (raw) http://www.box.net/shared/85oqa9arhm

GIVE IT UP (clean) http://www.box.net/shared/nc5b2mqpjq

The above links are the download links to the raw and clean version to the single Free of charge. Availble to you and all your contacts if you choose. I don't want anything, especially not 99cents, to hinder anyone from having the song.

FUDGIE SPRINGER - MEK WE/GIVE IT UP itunes link:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mek-we/id372233904?i=372233932&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

FUDGIE SPRINGER - MEK WE/GIVE IT UP amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003M330PE/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1274237666&sr=8-1

If you decide say you want to contribute 99cents to the movement though thats fine too. Myself and Undateka and everybody at Lamar Clan a put in whole heap of work and you are going to be pleasantly surprised with a lot of of future releases . Mek We/Give it Up just a kick of many great things. So I leave it in your hands, If you wanna support via itunes, amazon thats cool , if you just wanna download the song for free and let people hear it.. HEY THAT'S COOL TOO!!!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!! LOOK OUT FOR MY NEW SONGS

"NAH GIVE UP" AND "FAMILY" coming soon

My Japan trip from hell for lack of a better comparison

As y'all know I have been to Japan more than 12 times in the last three years, initially because my son and his mom resided in Yokohama City and I paid the bills so I may as well sleep at the house every now and then :o). This also gave me the opportunity to network and start doing a lotta shows in Japan. I was and still am an advocate of visiting and supporting Japan. The people are nice the culture is rich and enthralling. They embraced reggae music and jamaican culture like no where I have ever seen. So for Jamaicans or reggae lovers in general Japan is an ideal travel destination.

Lets forward to present time April 2010. My relationship with my son's mother Rie Matsuo has gone south. She doesn't let me talk to my son as much and or see him via skype and or other messengers. She moved out of "our" apartment to an undisclosed address. My son's birthday is April 8th and my most recent trip to Japan was supposed to be a special one because:

1. I would get to spend his birthday with him for the first time in Japan

2. I was performing (not DJing) at Emergency a big bi-monthly dance at the Yokohama Bayhall


The trip started off kinda rocky, Rie informed us the day of the trip via email that she would be unable to pick us up (my brother Evan and myself) at the airport because she had to work. No problem since I've been to Japan so many times I new how to get around, so we took the Ycat bus to Yokohama City, then a train to the station closest to our "hotel" that she recommended and we reserved.

When we got to the hotel we found out that it was actually not a hotel but a "hostel". When dude told me that I was like,

"Yow I've seen that movie B!!!"


The rooms were tiny with a lil bed and a TV, the bathrooms were coin operated, 100Yen for 4 minutes and the had a lounge if you wanted internet, you had to change your own sheets, and a whole bunch of other stuff that the proprietor claimed was "European Style".

And to make matters worse when we linked up with our friends Captain C, Bigga C, Barba they informed us that the spot was in the garrison and it wasn't a good idea to stay there. smh Go figure. Thanks Rie !

We obviously had to make new accomodations


The next day we rented a car. Captain C cosigned and they took my drivers license (my PA drivers license) copied it , we purchased the insurance, got the lil Mazda and went on our way. Evan and I then went to the Totsuka area to visit some of Rie's family (she wasnt taking our calls).

That same day we were in a car accident, a collision at an intersection both cars were totalled. The people in the other car were rushed to the hospital and myself and Evan were left by the cars to wait for the police. I was later informed that we werent taking to the hospital because we were standing and the emergency personel didn't speak english. [ I guess they just knew we didn't speak japanese by looking at us, since they said absolutely nothing to us]

[ read the article about the accident here http://pittsburghreggae.blogspot.com/2010/04/fudgie-springer-in-car-accident-in.html ]

But to make a long story short, my left knee was swollen (it still is), Rie was forced to leave her busy job and come talk to the police and the "investigation" started.

Few days went by I limped around to a few parties, Rie was giving us the run around about seeing Jr, and I had to go to the Totsuka Station to make a statement.
I was there for 3 + fucking hours, they asked me about high school, college all my jobs in my life.... At first I was very cooperative until they asked about my international license. When I answered they told me I was lying and started mentioning "GENEVA"

Mi say to mi self "WAIT!!! IF DEM PUSSY YA NO TRUST MI WHY MI FI TRUST DEM?"

So mi tell dem say mi withdraw di whole statement unless someone I knew eg Captain C can read it to me to verify that it represents what I said and they declined.

I went back another day but this time I printed and signed my own statement in english and brought it with me. I was there for another 3 + hours because for them my statement wasn't sufficient and they had to make up their own Japanese statement. I even asked if they could draft an english version of their statement to make me comfortable and they declined. They also informed me that I had to go to court because of my refusal to sign.

DEM NAH WORK WID ME SO WAH MI SUPPOSED TO DO? WHAT WOULD YOU DO?


Well after that it seemed like everybody I knew in Japan was upset with me because I wouldn't just sign the paper. After my show in Yokohama
[ the pics can be found here http://pittsburghreggae.net/pics/thumbnails.php?album=6 ]

I went into a room where everyone was hanging out and people I never met b4 were advising me to sign. I thought to myself,

"damn was there a meeting kept and I wasn't invited?"

Since then I decided to fulfill my obligation and do the show in Tokyo and then just take weh mi self from them. This make everybody even more upset. Di man dem unfollow me pon twitter. Write all kinda tings bout me in Japanese. One translator told me that somebody "one of my "friends"" told his twitter followers that I am an idiot and that no one in Japan should book me. One dude said me and him "Cyaa fren again" and the bull shit goes on and on..."

Mek mi tell yu dis:

p.s. nobody cared about my swollen knee but I made it to the doctor results from xrays and mri forthcoming


1. BE YOURSELF, DON'T LET ANYONE OR ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE FORCE YOU TO BE OR DO SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE OR DO

2. NEVER SIGN ANY DOCUMENT THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND OR IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN THAT YOU SHOULD

3. PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES ARE IN FACT DIFFERENT DON'T TAKE IT PERSONAL

4. BIG UP ALL MY JAPANESE SUPPORTERS AND BIG UP MY NON-SUPPORTERS

5. FRIENDS HAVE DISAGREEMENTS, IT TAKES MORE THAN THAT TO END REAL FRIENDSHIPS



FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER http://www.twitter.com/fudgiespringer

IMRadio Artist Widget

We are PLATONIC FRIENDS I don't want to fuck her

Does that shit sound ridiculous to you too lol I had to chuckle while I was writing that.

Have I ever met a woman who I wouldn't have sex with at least once ?

SURE !!!!

but in each instance she was either:

a) old as hell,

b) unattractive as hell,

c) had some medical problem or

d) was a relative.

But hey I'm a heterosexual self proclaimed whore so maybe the rules are different for me

I think the whole concept of Platonic friends is a myth a lie a scam (referring to heterosexual people)


Lets first of all define PLATONIC FRIENDS

"love (for one of the opposite sex) free of sensual desire"

When mi read this definition it makes me think Plato was a faggot

Make mi get this straight you love a girl but you have no desire for her

That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my life


Males and females have a natural attraction, men when in contact with an attractive female naturally has specific urges. (naturally wah fuck her) [read this]



I already stated my reasons why I probably wouldn't sleep with a woman (at least once)

but there are other reasons why a person would not sleep with a woman

1. If you are in a exclusive relationship


2. You work or do business together


3. The person was in a prior relationship with friend or family member

and we probably could come up with other similar reasons to keep it non-sexual if you will

But I ask myself if you would fuck someone if you weren't in the current situation is your relationship really platonic?


Ladies cut the bullshit you can't be that naive

You think he just likes to hang out with you right?

He just enjoys helping you out doing those little odd jobs that you need done

He just a great guy right evey time you call on him he is there

Try out this excersize:

Jokingly make a sexual advance to him and see how he responds

Just try it, What do you have to lose except the word 'platonic" from in front of the word "friend"


I am going to go out on a limb and say they should change the meaning of Platonic to "FUCKING GAY"

because no heterosexual man really wants just a Platonic female friend

So Ladies all your platonic friends want to fuck you and will if given the right opportunity

Every single one (who is straight)

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFEE

Twitter me this twitter me that

Just a few short years ago everybody was into myspace, facebook, Hi5, Tagged etc

All of these are social networks are somewhat very similar, some people use them for networking, some for business, some seeking relationships, some just because everybody else is doing it.

Today Twitter seems to be taking over.Everbody is tweeting, from the biggest business down to the big breast girl that works at Pizza Hut has a twitter page.

Let me tell you about my first experience with twitter.

As most of y'all know I use reverbnation to keep in touch with my fans, friends and contacts via my email list.

I remember reverbnation giving me the option to use twitter to update my status, so I signed up not knowing what I was really doing. I imported some friends and every now and then I tweeted just to update my reverbnation page.

Thats how I started but I honestly can't tell you how I became the avid tweeter that I am today with my 17,300 + tweets as of today.

Lets break it down. When you tweet you basically type what you are doing?

That's it!!!!

simple is it?

So you might ask yourself what is the big deal, well whoever thought up twitter was actually a genius. Let me tell you why.

We all in some levels have narcissistic qualities, We all love our selves and in essence love talking about ourselves and we all like to believe that people give a fuck about what we are doing, thinking, planning, promoting etc

So twitter gave us all the medium to quench our desire to tell people what we are doing

Its gets deeper than that, unlike other social networks where individuals are mutual friends, twitter has a follow, follower system. So you have to follow somebody, and if they choose to they can follow you back or not.In many instances you will see someone with thousands of followers but that person is only following a few 100 people

eg. @RevRunWisdom has 780,000+ followers but he follows 0 people

again with this feature twitter plays to your ego, many people want as much followers as they can but really don't want to follow that many people

SOME PEOPLE WILL EVEN GO TO THE EXTENT OF FOLLOWING YOU AND THEN UNFOLLOW YOU WHEN YOU FOLLOW THEM TO "APPEAR" IMPORTANT eg @MRNUHSEHNUTTIN

So it was inevitable that twitter with the correct promotion would've been a success, since it strokes your ego and if you manage to build a sizable followship it is a great tool for marketing, promotion and networking.

If you are new to twitter you have to remember certain things.

1. Twitter is public, anything you tweet even if it is a response to someone specific, anybody can go to your twitter page and see it.

2. Making your page private defeats the purpose, its twitter for crying out loud, if your page is private only those you follow you can see your tweets, therefore it is impossible to network, if you try reaching out to someone the will not see your tweets. I personally dislike following private twitter accounts because a) I can't see what kinda things you tweet about (to decide whether or not you are worth following) and b) I don't feel like I should have to ask you for permission to follow you (who the hell do you think you are?)

3. If you not tweeting now you gonna be on twitter in the near future (trust me) so just give in and go to twitter.com and sign up

4. Tweet from your phone, most phones have twitter apps that make the tweeting experience favourable, almost everybody who is anybody has twitter, and twitter is real time, so think about twitter offers you the opportunity to connect with say "Shaquille Oneal" @THE_REAL_SHAQ [Yu can send a message to Shaq phone or almost anybody yu can think of if they tweet]

Bottom line Twitter is genius, its the new way to get information real time and to share information real time, it is single handedly the fastest growing social network in the history of social networks. Get with it and make sure you following me @FUDGIESPRINGER .

I AM A WHORE AND I ENDORSE TWITTER.

DANCEHALL FRIENDS

DANCEHALL FRIENDS

Friendship is a topic that if you were to go by dancehall music is an extremely bad thing or a crazy thing to be involved in.

• Bugle- Please protect me from my frens while I try to protect myself from my enemies lord
• Mr Vegas - We no wah no fren from dem
• Tony Matterhorn - Mi no wah no fren from no bwoy
• Daville - Mi no wah no new fren cause dem anno true fren
• Jahvinci - Watch yu frens that yu smoke with and run joke wid

What is a friend? and why does our culture seem to condemn friendship?
Let me make this very clear there are various types of friends.

NEW FRIENDS

Is there a time period when its OK to make friends? Its been my observation that when an individual is down he has no problem getting friends and help from "new" friends but when this same individual starts having some form of progress making "new" friends is undesirable.
What is the logic behind this? I have always thought this was one of the stupidest things that was always promoted in dancehall.

Everybody wants to believe that there is someone out there for them. A soulmate if you will, a "friend" for lack of a better word to spend the rest of your days with.
Everyone was born alone unless you were twins or triplets etc so I guess we should live life with no friends (since if I gather any friends the would be "new")
All your current friends at one point was a "new" friend

FAKE FRIENDS
Fake friends are opportunists, they usually pretend to be your friend based on the things you can provide them whether it be money, contacts, clout or sometimes services you can provide.

TRUE FRIENDS
Before we start talking about "true friends" let us at first look at ourselves and our current situations. Are we true friends to any particular people? Do we have the capacity to be true friends?

• True friends are selfless not selfish
• True friends will support you even if it hurts his own interest
• True friends will help without you sending a request without expecting something in return
• True friends keeps it real with you, let you know what you need to hear not what you want to hear
• A Mother is a true friend to her child

Are you a true friend? Can you be one?

I have to believe that all the songs that I made reference to could not have been talking about "true friends"

From a personal level I appreciate all my friends, I would not be who I am today without friends, I will not progress to my full potential without some friends that I'm sure I haven't even met yet. Big up all a mi true friends, big up also the not so true friends you have time to turn it around. And to my future new friends I look forward to meeting you.

REPRESENT FI YU TRUE FRIENDS

FUDGIE SPRINGER THE SELECTOR: WHORING AND TOURING 2010 (ALL PROMOTERS LINK UP)

I started out as a selector, lotta people don't even realize that, last year because of the growing popularity of my music I shied from playing the sound. When we had audiomaxxx.com King Raj always had my audio's from various parties for sale on his site (don't ask me how he got 'em). I have played in many cities in the US, several cities in Germany, several cities in Japan, several communities in Jamaica and in Pittsburgh PA the city I reside I'm known more as di top selector than as a reggae/dancehall artist. Bugle if you talk to him will tell you I was one of the selectors who a endorse him ting from way before him "excersize everyday and him still not fit"

MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TO AN EVENT THAT I SPIN THINK I'M PRETTY DARN GOOD.

FUDGIE SPRINGER LIVE CHAMPION THURSDAYS 14

http://lamarclan.com/audio/ChampThur14.MP3

FUDGIE SPRINGER LIVE IN LOCKPORT NY (JAN 2K9)

http://lamarclan.com/audio/1LockportNYjan09.MP3

FUDGIE SPRINGER LIVE IN PITTSBURGH PA (VALENTINES DAY 2K9)

http://lamarclan.com/audio/Bombo6Valentines.mp3

FUDGIE SPRINGER LIVE CHAMPION THURSDAY 11

http://lamarclan.com/audio/ChampThur11.MP3

Check out anyone of those audios for a flavour of what my sets have been like. I am providing these because I am currently taking bookings to play music (as well as perform my songs if that is what you want) I am selecting in Brooklyn Jan 16th (tentatively if the promoter do fi him part), March 19th I will in Atlanta GA playing the sound, from April 5th to April 19th I will be in Japan so all Japanese promoters link me ASAP to secure your dates. Working on some things in Los Angeles and still working with some Germany promoters to put some thing together but those dates are mainly to perform my songs.

In 2010 I plan to establish myself as a top selector (not just a yute that like to dagger and have a bunch a fuck songs) Take this opportunity to be apart of this movement from the beginning.

412-726-0017 (my direct number in the USA)

vybzmachine@gmail.com (my email address)

CONTACT ME RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!