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TOO MUCH POLITICS -- LET ME GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT "GLOBAL PAN MUSIC"

Now, people had to see that PAN-ROCK production by Tracy Thornton. And most PAN LOVERS will give a knee-jerk response: "I doh like ROCK and ROLL!!!"

Well, I did not see that video through the eyes of the song they recorded. I saw it in terms of QUALI

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Well it is good to see JEFF NARELL finally getting some RECOGNITION!!!

Everybody is always screaming ANDY ANDY ANDY and very few people know about JEFF!!!

The renowned University of Southern Mississippi Steel Pan Orchestra will welcome international recording artist Jeff Narell as part of a special performance set for 7

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THIS FORUM has a lot of DEMANDS on the TRINIDAD CARNIVAL starting with STEELBANDS ON THE ROAD FOR CARNIVAL!!!

They want BIG TRUCKS off the road!!!

They want THE SOCADROME shut down!!!

They want LARGE AUDIENCES attending the DIMANCHE GRAS SHOW!!!

They want SOLD OUT SEATS for the CARNIVAL PARADE on Monday and Tuesday at the SAVANNAH!!!

They want DEE JAYS off o

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The question is: Can Trinidad educators, performers and historians come together and set international standards and expectations around the PAN?

This is not my question; this question was posed by MR. BUGS.

(Everybody knows my question which I have been asking for years since I came on this forum: When will some Trinidadian make some decent PAN MUSIC that could get some global sales and airpl

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Highlighting Panchromatic Steel of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Highlighting Panchromatic Steel of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Time to let go all of this recent depressing bacchanal and accumulated rubbish from the past carnival season; and to get back into the music.

This is what the steelpan is for; a trip Down de

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I think that at least TWO EXPATS should be on the NEW PAN TRINBAGO EXECUTIVE!!!

Look how much EXPATS do for GLOBAL PAN!!! Except that PEOPLE IN TRINIDAD have NO IDEA!!! Well, just look at WHEN STEEL TALKS and just look at ELLIE MANNETTE!!!

I could write a list LONGER than the 100 CANDIDATES who are currently lining up to TAKE OV

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So where is the GLOBAL STEELPAN PERFORMANCE INITIATIVE from IMBERT and DOLLY with all the GLOBAL DIPLOMATIC connections we have?

TRINIDAD and TOBAGO has DIPLOMATIC CONNECTIONS (Inside and Outside) with LORD KNOWS how many countries around the world. And you mean they cannot use that SPRINGBOARD to get our artistes DISPLAYING the PAN AROUND THE GLOBE.

People like MIA GORMANDY a

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Anthony Joseph just gave THE FORUM a BIG CLUE in terms of producing GLOBAL PAN MUSIC

QUESTION (asked by Anthony Joseph): Do you all think Andy Narell will be successful if he used a full steel orchestra instead of all the top class musicians that he features in his recordings and live performances?

And since GLOBAL PAN MUSIC has been

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If KIM JONG-UN could agree to meet with TRUMP, then DOCTOR DOLLY should agree to meet with THE CIP to discuss succession in PAN TRINBAGO!!!

Dear Doctor Dolly: It is time to REMOVE KEITH DIAZ from office and replace him with THE CIP in the BEST INTEREST of PAN PROGRESS. That "OHIO EVENT" on Saturday should be a WAKE UP CALL to every PAN LOVER in the MECCA.

It is time for THE LOCALS and TH

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They PUT Chalkdust in Last; and they PUT Duvone in First; and Keith Diaz (The Last BadJohn Leader in Steelband) is stepping down. Those are my three TAKEAWAYS from the 2018 Carnival!!!

The winds of cultural change are blowing across T&T like a Category 5 Hurricane ... in this wonderland of Calypso, in this wonderland of Steelband -- where I was born, God Bless Our Nation.

(I used to lime with Baker in Washington D.C. -- and he gave

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Let the truth be told: How Shorty deceived the status quo to create Sokah

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Is KEITH DIAZ still THE PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO? What happened to the "PROMISE" to step down after Carnival?

Well, since they are coming off the GREATEST PANORAMA in the history of the event, maybe they are still counting the money and we could expect to hear from them about the PAYMENT to PAN MEN some time in the NEAR FUTURE. Their main opposition -- THE C

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Noise in the Carnival and Dr. Aziz and Russell Providence

It is interesting to note that after raising awareness to this issue on this forum with specific reference to the steelband, relative to the first known initiative by Dr Aziz back in the 1970s, and a followup study documented as having been done in 1

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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & All Days from Pan Rocks!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & All Days from Pan Rocks!

"Carol Of The Bells" by Pan Rocks from the Project LA Sessions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7SuqOt64-k

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USSA 2017 Election Results

Chairperson - Martin Douglas

Vice Chairperson - Anthony Joseph

Secretary - Travis Roberts

Treasurer - Matthew Bascombe

Officers will serve for three years...

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Intelligence in understanding the Electronics in Pan

Since no one can answer the questions put by me I will move on to the electronic era and what it can do to prolong the existence of pan and pan players. I will start by stating electronics is not totally man made. Nothing is totally man made includin

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IT LOOK'S LIKE U GUY'S AIN'T GOT ???

These people are stealing hundreds of millions of pan men/women tt dollars money, and y'all talking about  a miserly $5 million tt dollars, you guy's ain't ready man, so here it is again, Public Knowledge/ Public Domain, NEWS / NEWSDAY SECTION A Satu

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King Crazy talks on Ignorance Pan Tune 2018

https://whensteeltalks.ning.com/video/trinidad-calypso-2018-king-crazy-mighty-jamma-interview

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IT LOOK'S LIKE U GUY'S AIN'T GOT ???

These people are stealing hundreds of millions of pan men/women tt dollars money, and y'all talking about  a miserly $5 million tt dollars, you guy's ain't ready man, so here it is again, Public Knowledge/ Public Domain, NEWS / NEWSDAY SECTION A Satu

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PAN EARTHRQUAKE in Japan

Looking back -- 100 players

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