Spice it up – Sing for Preparedness: It Could be You

It Could be You, a Disaster Song by SNAKEY. This song is performed by Rio “Snakey” St Paul for “Spice it up – Sing for Preparedness”, a disaster preparedness/climate change adaptation national song competition in Grenada. The competition was organized by the Red Cross national societies of Grenada, Barbados and France, partnered with UNDP in Barbados and the OECS and ECHO, the European Commission – Humanitarian aid and civil protection. “It could be you” is the winning song of the 2012 edition. 

What is it? SPICE IT UP – SING FOR PREPAREDNESS is the result of a partnership between the UNDP Youth-IN project and the French, Grenada and Barbados Red Cross Societies, to promote youth volunteerism in disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation through music. The competition was open to everybody. Participants had to write a song about disaster preparedness and/or climate change adaptation on one of the 15 instrumentals made available by local and international producers. The 10 best song of each country were selected to perform at the Grand Finals, sharing the stage with professional artists such as Adrian Green and Alison Hinds. The top 5 contestants from each of the final were offered professional recording and production opportunites.