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Gussie Clarke

Today’s person imma blog about is Gussie Glarke.

Augustus “Gussie” Clarke (born 1953, Kingston, Jamaica), is a reggae producer who worked with some of the top Jamaican reggae artists in the 1970s and later set up his own Music Works studio.

I met Gussie at Anchor Studio in 2005. Lemme tell you how the connection was made.

In 2004 i did the Spiritual War Rhythm with Radic for his song entitled “Spiritual War” in which APS production guys who i was working with, they hustled the rhythm to gyptian’s producer, “spragga” who voiced Gyptian on the rhythm . It was all a complicated scenario, so i was advised to look for a publisher. Someone referred me to Gussie who they said was the best in the Caribbean so i started to inquire. My friend Roneisha, who was also pursuing her singing career i did some tracks for her in my home studio setup and Gussie heard the tracks and were interested in signing me to his company. I got signed in June 2005 to a publishing deal, as i was very excited and hungry to do music, i frequently started to visit Anchor Studio to learn as much as i can from any and everybody. It was there i started to use protools and got the chance to be exposed to studio technologies. Gussie provided a room for me and other creators to expound on our talent. I even referred a few friends to Gussie to get signed and we worked on projects with Gussie.

Well big up to Gussie, i got to meet a lot of influential people in the music business, I got a chance to have publishing interests on Rihanna’s first official album “A Girl Like Me”, I mixed my first movie “Glory to Glorianna”, i learned protools, i learned the music business, etc.

Right now he continues to be one of the most influential persons in the Jamaican music industry, also being the authorized Digidesign dealer in Jamaica.

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