In­nis Fran­cis

in­nis_fran­cis@ya­hoo.com

So­ca and dance­hall song­writer, Jivrelle Joseph has tem­porar­i­ly changed ca­reers and is now mas­ter­ing his skills as a de­sign­er of pavers and step­ping stones.

The San Fer­nan­do res­i­dent has tak­en a break from dee­jay­ing and song­writ­ing and is work­ing as a ju­nior ma­son with his fa­ther Hay­den Joseph, to make dec­o­ra­tive foot­paths for gar­dens.

Joseph, 24, said it all start­ed when he tried his hand at mak­ing pavers for his aunt, and re­alised it was a lu­cra­tive skill to help him take care of his fam­i­ly, which in­cludes his two-year-old daugh­ter. How­ev­er, he is not giv­ing up his ca­reer as a DJ since that is his pas­sion.

Jivrelle with completed square and circle stepping stones.

Innis Francis

“Well as we can see, COVID-19 come and lick up every­thing. There are no DJ jobs right now. From do­ing DJ, I tran­si­tioned in­to song­writ­ing.

“I have awards that I re­ceived from pri­ma­ry and sec­ondary school for song­writ­ing. I have a so­ca song in store for Denise Bel­fon, but she is out of the coun­try at the mo­ment,” he said.

Joseph, who is work­ing for Joseph Sr Con­struc­tion Com­pa­ny, is cur­rent­ly fo­cus­ing his cre­ativ­i­ty to bring beau­ty and am­bi­ence, to pri­vate and com­mer­cial land­scapes with his sig­na­ture de­signs. He has been mak­ing cir­cle and square step­ping stones and is mov­ing in­to oc­ta­gon and hexa­gon shapes.

He said with the Christ­mas sea­son ap­proach­ing, step­ping stones are sought af­ter dec­o­ra­tive fin­ish­es for home im­prove­ment projects.