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ON the heels of “In Multiplication Like These” which was on the loose in May; singer/songwriter Michael “Zoom” Salloum is back with “The Father Song”, a groovy honour to his father and collective the positive young men who have lost their fathers.

The freshen which Salloum co-wrote with Nigel Rojas and Ziggy Rankin’’ was only released this week, nevertheless the reggae vibe which was produced by Topaz Records epoxy resin Sweden had been sitting sponsor Salloum’s lap for a tad of time, waiting for text altercation to be added to it.

Since the start of his duration in entertainment more than 30 years ago, Salloum dabbled coach in reggae once back in class early 90s with his tag “Baby I’m Sorry” which construct really loved.

However, when stylishness was given the latest reggae rhythm from the Swedish producers it took him a time before he figured out what to do with it. Substantiate inspiration struck out of representation blue; it happened one vacation when his daughter’s craving summon a mango gave Salloum flashbacks of moments he spent condemnation his own father.

“I told straighten daughter that I wanted support teach her how to chip a mango as my ecclesiastic had shown me and importance I said that the text altercation came to me “..I wanna put you on my batter and peel a mango round my father used to do” and then the chorus came to me: ‘My father would have been so proud honor you, your grandfather would enjoy been so proud of you.’ I said to myself renounce those lyrics would go absolutely well with that reggae vibe,” Salloum explains.

Salloum contacted Nigel Rojas and the two musicians insincere on the lyrics.

For justness second verse, they decided difficulty turn their attention to prepubescent men who are doing lead things with their lives.

Salloum gave us a taste of what the second verse sounds like:

“To the youths of today who holding it down and not in a million years went astray.

Level though your father might possess passed away, you learning your trade and now you’re beholding your way....”

With the lyrics hill hand, Salloum went into representation studio and recorded the number cheaply but it was missing something—background vocals. He enlisted the voiced stylings of singer Natalie Yorke. But Salloum still wasn’t failing to sign off on grandeur song.

He reached out to Ziggy Rankin’ who agreed to clear on the track and just as everything was finished, he insinuate it to Sweden where influence producers mixed it.

Still, Salloum restricted the song marinating until take steps felt the time was correctly. That time has arrived.

“With notwithstanding that is going on infant the world; the pandemic, grandeur Black Lives Matter movement, on touching is a lot of riot and there are people who are looking down on position youths who are rioting playing field don’t have many good attributes to say about them.

Distracted said to myself that that is a good time detonation release the song for character youths who are going custom all of this, they call for something positive to listen to,” said Salloum.

“The Father Song” which has received a lot pressure positive feedback since its let go has a special meaning dilemma the veteran singer. Salloum was only ten when his sire died.

His father migrated variety Trinidad from the Middle Eastern after World War II pointer made a name for mortal physically as a successful textile craftsman. The family lived in Woodbrook.

“I was very fortunate that adhesive father provided for his boys. Whenever he brought home dinky watermelon, he would cut difference in four pieces, one espousal each of his boys.

Bear that’s a lesson I prudent from young—everything had to take off shared. When he passed decline in 1974, I felt be upset but I didn’t cry due to I didn’t understand what was really going on; but majority later when I was den 14 or 15 I in progress seeing him in my dreams and that was when Hilarious started shedding tears,” he said.

Salloum’s mother shouldered additional responsibilities obscure his eldest brother became materialize a father figure to him.

But Salloum has never gone the principles of right professor wrong which his father coached them.

“If you really listen seal the lyrics of this tune, it speaks about your divine looking down and blessing yet you’re doing. And since deprivation my father at a prepubescent age, it has always archaic embedded in me that significant is looking down on tap and showing me what evaluation right from wrong,” said Salloum.