By Andrew Clunis,
Freelance Writer
JAMAICA'S GIFTED songbird Pam Hall has her hands all wet with production. She has just released four CD singles which are sounding the part of making quite an impression on the local music scene. Her single is titled You Shouldn't Vex and she has also released works by Brian and Tony Gold, Bushman and Dean Fraser, with the assistance of Errol Wilson, her co-writer and manager.
She is presently completing a reggae album which she hopes will be out next month.
"It should have been completed from September, but we are recording additional songs and next month is the best date we have," she told The Gleaner.
Following this album, Hall is set to record a reggae/jazz album, in keeping with her image as a jazz vocalist. She is expected to be featured on the series 'Jazz In The Sun' on BET on Jazz. This was recorded last week in Negril.
Pam Hall is keeping herself so busy, she's also talking of doing a Christmas CD.
"I hope to get some good exposure for myself and the other artistes with the singles I have just released. Mine is a precursor to the album and I hope that it will arouse people's anticipation of what is to come," she said.
Hall feels that although not many women have been involved in the production of Jamaican music, the doors are opening for many to get in.
"Not many women have been into production and I believe that has just been a general developmental thing. Women weren't involved in the earlier years so it will take a while. As time passes we will see more women producing as we take our rightful places in most areas," she said.
Hall is one of the most appreciated Jamaican female vocalists of all times. But she says she always wants more.
"My career has been fine, but I always want to be more involved. I want to create, diversify and just get my hands into it. I don't feel good to just sing," she said.
She said the vocal arrangement has been her main gift and that has been passed on to her nine-year-old daughter Tafina Wilson.
"She's already able to make suggestions about vocal arrangements and she's a singer and a gymnast," Hall said.
