| Soca music is a dynamic mix of Calypso and | | | | spirits". |
| Indian music. Soca rhythm and beats are hit out | | | | Soca spread around the world like a hurricane |
| on a bunch of different Indian rhythm instruments | | | | after several hits by Soca performer Arrow, |
| like the dholak, tabla and dhantal. It is most | | | | including Hot Hot Hot. |
| popular in the Caribbean, but also has fans around | | | | Soca numbers by several other performers are |
| the world. | | | | also very popular. Soca continues to evolve into |
| Garfield Blackman, more popularly known as Lord | | | | new musical forms. |
| Shorty and Ras Shorty I, was the innovator of | | | | Jamoo |
| Soca music. When Shorty was a kid he always | | | | Jamoo is a mix of reggae and gospel, with a |
| heard Calypso or Indian music being played around | | | | modest following . It was pioneered by Lord |
| him. He created Soca music by combining Calypso | | | | Shorty after he quit performing Soca. Jamoo |
| and Indian music together-- and added lots of | | | | spreads a message of goodness and spirituality, |
| beats toit with a bunch of Indian rhythm | | | | as Lord Shorty had originally intended Soca to do. |
| instruments. Lord Shorty first called this new | | | | But Lord Shorty came to feel Soca performers |
| musical style Solca, representing the true "Soul of | | | | were spreading bad messages in sharp contrast |
| Calypso." Solca became popularly known as Soca. | | | | to its original purpose: "to uplift the spirits of the |
| Lord Shorty wanted Soca "to uplift people's | | | | people. |