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The FIRST ORIGINAL (RECORDED) COMPOSITION made for a STEELBAND in the HISTORY OF STEELBAND MUSIC -- that I CAN FIND on THE INTERNET!!!

"The Brute Force recording delayed for a year, duly came out in 1952. It was distinguished by an original piece, composed by Hell’s Gate and entitled Cantata. Not only was it original. It contained a wonderful and unrivalled piece of improvisation

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Pan on the Carnival Laniappe 2019 show

Steelpan activities on video from the Carnival Laniappe 2019 show

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Well since we are doing this PIONEER PROJECT in the OPEN as a team project, I feel the need to set my parameters!!!

First of all, as the WISE MR. LAWFORD DUPRES pointed out: It is more of a COLLATING PROJECT than a BOOK WRITING PROJECT. Although I do intend to present to BUGS and MERRYTONESTOTHEBONE and WHENSTEELTALKS and AQUIL ARRINDELL and PAN TRINBAGO and MR. D

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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Two of the greats in one video. Natasha Joseph and Jimi Phillips

Started by Pan Times in Steelband Music

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Man, I did not realize that AQUIL ARRINDELL was a BIG TIME SCHOOL SUPERVISOR touring the island daily to DEVELOP PAN IN SCHOOL

Aquil Arrindell is with Anthony Walker.

Big respect to the chairman of Pan Trinbago Eastern region Mr Anthony Walker. He took me to schools in his region who reached out to him for assistance in acquiring pans for their schools.

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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I love it when EXPATS lament as in this case with SALMON CUPID!!!

"It has been 25 years since I have been teaching Music with the Toronto Board Of Education using the Steelpan as the main instrument. I teach music during the day as a subject. It’s very unfortunate that Trinidad and Tobago is still using Steelpan as

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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A FREE GUIDE to PRODUCING a GREAT PIECE of DIGITAL GLOBAL PAN MUSIC

The WORLD HAS CHANGED!!!

Everything is at your FINGER TIPS!!! So if you have a desire to PRODUCE a piece of GLOBAL PAN MUSIC, I will walk you through the TODAY'S STEPS!!!

You do not have to be able to PLAY THE PAN!!!

You do not need to KNOW ANYTHING

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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Contradictory PAN HISTORY

This first passage comes from a book written by Mark Cozart Riggio (Carnival Culture in Action -- The Trinidad Experience):

OUT OF OIL THERE CAME THE DRUM

In 1945 the voice, still muted, was in the SMALL PANS, Neville Jules:

Ellie and I were in a com

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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I am submitting two debateable dates in one POSTING: The first display in the 20 year-old history of THE STEELPAN in a HIGHLY POPULAR GROUP

After its invention in 1947 the STEELPAN gets featured for the FIRST TIME in 1967 in a POPULAR GROUP -- Just a few notes. But featured, nonetheless.

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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Power Stars - Great performance by the left out Medium 2019 Semi Finalist

Power Stars - Great performance by the left out Medium 2019 Semi Finalist

Power Stars did a compelling performance for the TT Panorama Semi Finals 2019, but got left behind for the next stage.

One might think that their less than 6:57 min/s performan

Started by Jeremy de Barry in Steelband Music

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President of the Grenada Steelband Association, Jason Skeete resigns

The New Today

The embattled President of the Grenada Steelband Association, Jason Skeete has resigned from the body.

Skeete tendered his letter of resignation Tuesday against the backdrop of moves by government to set up an Interim body to run the af

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PAN TALES from the WEST COAST

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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Ah feel that if CHANTAL ESDELLE and JOHANNA CHUCKAREE go to the studio as a team, they could produce a WORLD CLASS PAN CD!!!

They bring down a good SOUND ENGINEER and a good MUSIC PRODUCER from America and they go to the studio and use the INDIGISOUNDS SAMPLES and produce a CD with POPULAR SONGS.

During one of the PANORAMA BROADCASTS, Chantal talked about "the watery glass

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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Where was BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE when EXODUS got the CHACONIA GOLD MEDAL? That is a rhetorical question -- everybody knows where she was!!!

Terry's beach banner

By Terry Joseph
August 30, 2003

FRESH from an historic tour of Japan,the Tunapuna-based Exodus Steel Orchestra will tomorrow become only the fourth such organisation to receive the Chaconia Gold Medal, ranked just one rung below Trinidad and Tobago

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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Ronald Lewis started a good conversation and Kathleen Perrot Toppin start TELLING IT LIKE IT IS!!!

Ronald Lewis

Yesterday at 7:24 AM

nobody was listening in the early 90's when Roland Harrigin hook up with Panyard...it make BIG NEWS in TT and in the pan world...the government counter-act by spending $40 million tax payers money in steelpa

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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I think that BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE made a GOOD DECISION to appoint a LIAISON OFFICER to all STEELBANDS

So I would like to offer my ideas on some of the initial functions this appointee should address.

When you consider the number of STEELBANDS across TRINIDAD and TOBAGO, you immediately see a geographic constraint by hiring someone who lives in Tobago

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Long time most large bands Panorama tunes were calypsoes by Sparrow,Kitch, Shadow,Melody, etc,etc now the whole thing change up is only Soca Tunes.for Panorama 2019 by large bands..

I see most of the large bands are playing a soca tune for Panorama 2019, So what has happen to the traditional Pan tunes we used to get from Sparrow, Kitch, Shadow, Melody, de fosto, Rudder. etc etc, Are there no one to take their place to compose an

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2019 Trinidad Music Releases + "2019 Soca & More" (OFFICIAL)

2019 Trinidad Music Releases

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"THE BEST PLAN FOR PAN" (1995)

In the Sunday Express February 12th 1995 Lloyd Best presented “The Best Plan For Pan”. He produced a further series of articles in the Express newspapers from April 29th to May 2nd 2001 outlining his concept of school in pan. There were also his famo

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i found a photo

I found a classic photo I had saved I would like to share with When Steel Talks. its of Boogsie, R. Greenidge, China Man. other legends from bands at Universal Studios, Disney, L.A. along with my dear friend Kenny Williams who just passed away R.I.P.

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The FIRST ORIGINAL (RECORDED) COMPOSITION made for a STEELBAND in the HISTORY OF STEELBAND MUSIC -- that I CAN FIND on THE INTERNET!!!

Pan on the Carnival Laniappe 2019 show

Well since we are doing this PIONEER PROJECT in the OPEN as a team project, I feel the need to set my parameters!!!

Two of the greats in one video. Natasha Joseph and Jimi Phillips

Man, I did not realize that AQUIL ARRINDELL was a BIG TIME SCHOOL SUPERVISOR touring the island daily to DEVELOP PAN IN SCHOOL

Aquil Arrindell is with Anthony Walker.

I love it when EXPATS lament as in this case with SALMON CUPID!!!

A FREE GUIDE to PRODUCING a GREAT PIECE of DIGITAL GLOBAL PAN MUSIC

Contradictory PAN HISTORY

I am submitting two debateable dates in one POSTING: The first display in the 20 year-old history of THE STEELPAN in a HIGHLY POPULAR GROUP

Power Stars - Great performance by the left out Medium 2019 Semi Finalist

President of the Grenada Steelband Association, Jason Skeete resigns

PAN TALES from the WEST COAST

Ah feel that if CHANTAL ESDELLE and JOHANNA CHUCKAREE go to the studio as a team, they could produce a WORLD CLASS PAN CD!!!

Where was BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE when EXODUS got the CHACONIA GOLD MEDAL? That is a rhetorical question -- everybody knows where she was!!!

Ronald Lewis started a good conversation and Kathleen Perrot Toppin start TELLING IT LIKE IT IS!!!

Ronald Lewis

I think that BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE made a GOOD DECISION to appoint a LIAISON OFFICER to all STEELBANDS

Long time most large bands Panorama tunes were calypsoes by Sparrow,Kitch, Shadow,Melody, etc,etc now the whole thing change up is only Soca Tunes.for Panorama 2019 by large bands..

2019 Trinidad Music Releases + "2019 Soca & More" (OFFICIAL)

"THE BEST PLAN FOR PAN" (1995)

i found a photo

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