I just heard Ephraim Serrette live on CTV express his delight and amazement at Boogsie's imaginative use of the Nokia Ring Tone at the beginning of his 2018 Panorama arrangement of Kes' Hello, and i am so disappointed at the ignorance of an"Expert" who just misinformed the global community tuned in live to Panorama.

For the information of the world and Mr. Serrette of course, and to Boogie, the Nokia Ring Tone was first done by a steelband arranger from Denmark, yes Denmark, back in 2011 when he arranged Destra's "Calling Mih" for Sangre Grande Cordettes.

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  • While on the subject of firsts, he (Boogsie) wasn't the first to introduce the "One Note Jam" either, it was Bobby Mohammed with Guinness Cavaliers in the early Sixties.

  • Great music!

    • Agreed. It's a pity Bradley never finished the arrangement in '88 and the band failed to make it all the way, and it's rather unfortunate that the band failed to make an appearance this year in any round. I see them bouncing back bigger and stronger though.

  • Having considered the comments and sentiments of the distinguished Ms. Gillian Bishop, and her agreement with his eminence Mr. Anthony Joseph who both undoubtedly threw the baby out with the bath water in their responses to the subject discussion, I have no doubt in my mind that they would both readily agree with the logic behind this French journalist's line of questioniong, and it's relevance, and quite likely identify with her reasoning. 

  • The top bands are so close it will probably come down to execution, tempo and tonal quality final night as all the arrangements are very complex. 

    • Anthony go up top and start the discussion on Gillian's topic. You have the skills for that!!!

  • Dear All,

    I cannot believe that, after listening and watching so many hours of wonderful pan music played largely by the children of our nation playing our National Instrument, that we are devoting so much time to an issue involving a commentator who simply and honestly misstated an obscure piece of information. I agreed with Anthony Joseph's main comment that we can and should make a positive contribution to the discourse. I most certainly did not endorse every dot and comma of his statement, just its essence. Let me say that, standing on the track at the Savannah yesterday, as I have done for decades, I felt an amazing sense of pride and hope that our young people are embracing this instrument in larger numbers than before, that their friends are on the ground as enthusiastic supporters. Supporters of steelband at home and those of you who reside abroad should feel good about this. I'd like to talk about stuff like this on this excellent forum, not whether Boogsie was the first with the Nokia ring tone or whether the long-established band Cordettes is worthy of mention. What do you think of the emergence of the party song as music of choice for these big bands? I would certainly like to discuss the shameful reproduction of sound in the Grand Stand. and could we discuss the diametrically opposite styles of arrangement of the same song by the two top bands separated by a mere four points. one very light and sweet like the voice of the singer, the other going deeper into the realities of crippling violence in our country....Come on, gentlemen, the music is the main event here.....Let's talk

    • Well said Miss Bishop, it's very heart warming to see the high percentage of youth in the pan world and competing at the top levels.I,m not as fortunate to be standing on the track at this time but I see all the images and videos via the electronic media. I'm looking forward to one of the grandest and most competitive nights of pan in recent years next couple Saturdays in the big yard .May God bless TNT and our youths!

      • Having the Bands roll down the drag in the preliminaries like the early days will have such a positive impact on the youth today .

        But there is too much concern over how much money bands make with the bar in panyard judging.

        • Agreed. Panyard judging TO MY MIND was always a bad idea. And it took away the magic of the semi final night on the Wednesday and Thursday of carnival week. Terry Joseph came up with the panyard judging idea but his rationale was that the bands would earn money selling stuff in their yards. That never happened...not enough to make a difference. The popular bands are so ram-cram full of people trying to get a good position, they dare not move to get a drink or a cup of corn soup. I hear there was a move to revert to the original format but....maybe 2020...who knows?

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