Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:58 pm
yeah like in dnb a soundboy is sometimes a good thing, eg. record labels and some artists named after it
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:13 pm
Blackdown's blog is blackdown.soundboy tho...
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:35 pm
if the word 'soundbwoy' is indeed a 'cuss' what does one call the dude at the buttons/ sorting the levels out ?
Engineer? Isn't that an in studio term only ?
gw
Engineer? Isn't that an in studio term only ?
gw
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:39 pm
soundman
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:40 pm
blackdown transcends such narrow cultural entanglementsjonunderwood wrote:Blackdown's blog is blackdown.soundboy tho...
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:10 am
lol!Parson wrote:blackdown transcends such narrow cultural entanglementsjonunderwood wrote:Blackdown's blog is blackdown.soundboy tho...
give that man a pipe!
Re: Over what?
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:30 am
Not to labour the point, but it's a laugh, and I'm not going to be happy with an answer until David Rodigan shows up and posts.OoGuN wrote:I'd say it's definitely an insult, as other people mention, soundbwoy's are always getting *string up! *killed * massacre* etc.
You never hear "Big up soundbwoy!".
and for a term that is used so much in dub, reggae and dubstep, how come no one ever used it as a band name.
DJ SoundBwoy would probly be the same as calling yourself "DJ Wank"
or DJ Waste (hmmmm)
The reason soundbwoys are always getting mash-up and buried is that it's the engineer from a rival sound that is getting cuss down.
And what about this: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/177509-01.htm
Why would a compilation of Jamaican music be calling itself 'Soundbwoy Superstatus'?
Another thing is there might be some distinction to be made between a 'soundboy' and a 'soundbwoy'.
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:43 am
i guess what it comes down to is whether or not being called boy offends you
if you're in a rival soundsystem you're gonna be pissed
but if you came up thinking dieselboy was the coolest you might not care
if you're in a rival soundsystem you're gonna be pissed
but if you came up thinking dieselboy was the coolest you might not care
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:01 am
Yeah that makes sense. Sound engineers might call themselves 'soundboys' sometimes but to be called a 'soundbwoy' by the opposition is an insult.Parson wrote:i guess what it comes down to is whether or not being called boy offends you
if you're in a rival soundsystem you're gonna be pissed
Parson wrote:but if you came up thinking dieselboy was the coolest you might not care
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:41 am
As many people have correctly stated, soundwoy or soundboy is a derogatory term to refer to someone in control of a sound but not man enough to do it well. It could be levelled at a Deejay (MC in UK), Selector or Sound System owner.
This term is used in the Sound Clash (where rival systems compete for the crowds approval) to denounce a rival sound.
This term is used in the Sound Clash (where rival systems compete for the crowds approval) to denounce a rival sound.
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:38 pm
took this from a http://niceup.com/patois.txt which was linked in the wattaclart? thread:
SOUNDBWOY : usually a derogatory way to refer to the selecter or
: other personality in another sound system. This term is
: most often employed in clashes, on dub plates built for
: clashes, and so on. Sometimes it is not used in such a
: negative manner, but most of the time one refers to the
: someone in the crew as a soundman, not a boy.
SOUNDBWOY : usually a derogatory way to refer to the selecter or
: other personality in another sound system. This term is
: most often employed in clashes, on dub plates built for
: clashes, and so on. Sometimes it is not used in such a
: negative manner, but most of the time one refers to the
: someone in the crew as a soundman, not a boy.