What is a Pan Tune?

When Steel Talks was recently contacted by a well-known steelpan music academic who expressed some concern over certain tunes which have been listed in the 2011 Pan Tunes lineup.

The heading "Panorama Tunes for 2011" simply means t

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Reflections - The State of the Steelpan - Mark Loquan

The State of the Steelpan - Mark Loquan

Trinidad - I was following from afar the events unfolding in the pan world with some of the latest controversies around payment for pan players, the Ministry and Pan Trinbago appearing not to have a common v

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Global Steelpan Community Watches Trinidad & Tobago Panorama Conflict

Pan People Mobilize for Action as Global Steelpan Community Watches Trinidad & Tobago Panorama Conflict

In the land of pan - Trinidad & Tobago - their steelpan governing body Pan Trinbago recently received a crushing blow when the Trinidad & Tobago G

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Happy Birthday to the Master! The late Clive Bradley

Another year has passed...

Happy Birthday to the Master! The late Clive Bradley

Global - November 4, 2011 would have been master arranger, Clive Bradley’s 75th birthday.

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Condolences to Travis Roberts and Family

Travis (Captain of CASYM Steel Orchestra):

Please accept the condolences and thoughts on the passing of your Father, from the When Steel Talks & Basement Recordings staff, and convey same to the rest of your family.

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More Money for Pan by DeFosto

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More Money for Pan

by DeFosto

Verse 1
You start as a champion culture minister
By putting carnival back in the savannah
When you change the name of NAPA
To the beat of the drum
And you call it
Lord Kitchener’s auditorium
You eve

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Take A Bow! - 2011 Pan Tune Composers

Take A Bow!

Congratulation to all the songwriters, composers, lyricists, arrangers, musicians, vocalists, producers and support teams who contributed mightily to this year’s superb bumper crop of “Pan Tunes” for 2011. Your talent is second to none.

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Happy New Years

Happy New Years to all the members of the WST family.

Pan 4 Life

When Steel Talks

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What is the benefit of a Panorama Tune?

WST member Joel Augustin asks:

Can someone explain to me what exactly is a "Panorama Tune". For the better part of the last 70 years all types of tunes were played by pan sides. The calypsonians sang tunes of humour, social commentary, love etc and t

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Happy Mother's Day 2012

Happy Mother's Day to all.

http://www.panonthenet.com/news/2011/may/mothers_day-5-6-11.htm

WST

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New World Steel Orchestra - by PanPodium

New World Steel Orchestra, originally founded
in 1984 by Arthur France MBE was re-launched
twenty years later in 2004. Arthur was born in
Nevis the sister island of St. Kitts. Among
the most lasting achievements has
been his promotion of the first ever
Lee

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Has anything changed eleven years later? -- Revisited - The Demise of the Steelband Panorama - and the Possible Solution by Nestor Sullivan

by Nestor Sullivan

Global - This year, 2010, steelbands in England participating in the Panorama at the Notting Hill Carnival, played for free. That is, the bands received no monies for appearance fees or for prizes. It is reported that this was due

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WST Special - Bertie Marshall - The Steel Pan Visionary - The Film - Revisted

Bertie Marshall - The Steel Pan Visionary - The Film

Global - Steelpan pioneer and visionary Bertie Marshall is the subject of this film production by film maker, producer, director, pan man and steelpan historian Dalton Narine. This is a fifty-minute

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Licks especially with a guava whip

Talking about Copper's day - he was something else as Trini's like to say. He was also the captain of the Angel Harps Steel Orchestra. In those days playing the steel pan was termed "beating pan" and it was a 'special group' of players that beat pan

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Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to every dad all over the world.

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Reboot -- Roll Call - Celebration of Women In Pan

Global - It’s March and that means this is Women’s Month. It is the month when we celebrate the contributions of women to the world. Normally - as it is a When Steel Talks tradition - we highlight the month through a series of articles and intervie

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The Lost Art of Traditional Pan-Around-the-Neck-Bands

By: Dr. Jeannine Remy -- ( judges comments also included )

Trinidad and Tobago - The entire 2010 Panorama season was kicked off in the south on Coffee Street in San Fernando on January 15th with a preliminary competition for single pan bands. Only o

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Advance Dynamics Responds to 2010 Panorama DVD Criticism

Reply by Advance Dynamics: First let me say that Advance Dynamics receives NO money to produce these DVD's, production costs are covered from DVD sales.

The irony of the comments in your forum is that we COMPLETELY agree with MOST of the complaints

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Donald Trump Takes Over New York Steelband Association - NOT!

New York, USA - Indeed the title of this article is a shocker for some. Did an initial set of confusion rush to your brain? Did you rub your eyes twice to check what you were reading? Good!! Ah - but imagine for a moment that twelve months ago famed

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What is a Pan Tune?

Reflections - The State of the Steelpan - Mark Loquan

Global Steelpan Community Watches Trinidad & Tobago Panorama Conflict

Pan People Mobilize for Action as Global Steelpan Community Watches Trinidad & Tobago Panorama Conflict

Happy Birthday to the Master! The late Clive Bradley

Condolences to Travis Roberts and Family

More Money for Pan by DeFosto

Take A Bow! - 2011 Pan Tune Composers

Take A Bow!

Happy New Years

What is the benefit of a Panorama Tune?

Happy Mother's Day 2012

New World Steel Orchestra - by PanPodium

Has anything changed eleven years later? -- Revisited - The Demise of the Steelband Panorama - and the Possible Solution by Nestor Sullivan

WST Special - Bertie Marshall - The Steel Pan Visionary - The Film - Revisted

Licks especially with a guava whip

Happy Father's Day

Reboot -- Roll Call - Celebration of Women In Pan

The Lost Art of Traditional Pan-Around-the-Neck-Bands

Advance Dynamics Responds to 2010 Panorama DVD Criticism

Donald Trump Takes Over New York Steelband Association - NOT!

Birth of the Steel Drum/Pan

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