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Proposed Production of PAN CD by EXPATS/LOCAL is a brilliant idea from Pan lovers, Do we need the green light from Pantrinbago, Govt. or we can do it without permission from anyone.

The proposed PAN/CD is a brilliant idea for moving Pan Music forward both locally and globally. do we need approval or green light from Pantrinbago the governing body for pan, Govt. to produce this show? If pantrinbago is not a part of this produc

Started by earl richards in Steelband Music

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I want to praise three men on this forum for their contributions to STEELBAND MUSIC in the MECCA!!!

Oswald Alexander and Bertel Gittens and Merrytonestothebone are three unheralded pan soldiers who work their fingers to the bone down in T&T and still find time to come on this forum and contribute to the discussions.

Dem three fellahs have some BIG

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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Why do WST FORUMITES spend so much time LOOKING BACK at the SIXTIES (and SEVENTIES)?

I well understand FIXATIONS!!! But, LORD, this is WAY TOO MUCH. The WINDSHIELD in your car is about 80% larger than your REAR VIEW MIRROR and you spend less than FIVE PERCENT of your time looking into the REAR VIEW MIRROR when you are driving. Why? B

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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A VIDEO BY RITSON DOUGLAS

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Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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The Music Industry in Trinidad and Tobago

Looks like now is the time for a new assessment and review...

The Music Industry in Trinidad and Tobago
By:
Ralph Henry
Kairi Consultants Limited
14 Cochrane Street, Tunapuna, Trinidad, WI
Email:
rmhenry@wow.net
Website:
www.kairi.com
Alvin Daniel

Started by odw in Steelband Music

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PATRICK RAMDOO said we playing smart with foolishness amplified band or amplified pans must have been a bad idea,where is it today.? IS HE FOR REAL?

In and earlier post about the difference between TRIPOLI amplified band and HIGHLANDERS amplified pans, PATRICK RAMDOO said bring the history, at the end of the day, it must have been a bad idea, where is it today . Could someone enlighten him on t

Started by earl richards in Steelband Music

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The DIFFERENCE between amplified BAND TRIPOLI and amplified PANS HIGHLANDERS.

In the late 1950's TRIPOLI amplified their band which was on a float with one MIC that captured the sound of the whole band that came thru a speaker box. In the middle of 1960's Bertie marshall of Highlanders attached his MIC's directly to the unde

Started by earl richards in Steelband Music

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Memories - Was it really better back then?

Although Claude is suffering from the concussion Lebron and company gave him in game 6, he does raise an interesting point. Why do we spend so much time in the past when talking about Pan music and experiences? This is not something that is locked in

Started by Bugs in Steelband Music

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Virginia Internationl Pan Fest 2016

This is what happens when you take Local Government, Business interests and the Arts Society working together...Virginia Beach is coast line city promoted as a weekend getaway and family-fun vacation destination. A 3 mile boardwalk along the ocean fr

Started by odw in Steelband Music

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Invaders merry widow waltz, Panorama Finals and Bomb judged Carnival Sunday night, Who won the Bomb Jouvert Morning and what year did this all happen ?

Invaders rocked Town with their Bomb tune Merry Widow Waltz, Steelbands played both their Panorama and a Bomb tune for Finals Carnival Sunday night. The Band that won Panorama and the other Band that won Bomb that night did not win the Jouvert mornin

Started by earl richards in Steelband Music

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If we EXPATS had not Migrated Overseas and living in the mecca of Pan would we see Pan on Trucks as a step in the right direction as the Locals do. ?

If We EXPATS had not Migrated Overseas would we be Hell Bent on bringing back Pan playing and rolling on the road on Carnival days or would we be just as the locals in the mecca of Pan accepting that Playing pan on Trucks on carnival days is a step i

Started by earl richards in Steelband Music

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Was playing " Pan on the Road" overly difficult in the old days ?

Recently , I posted the following on Facebook , and I thought it worthy of discussion on this forum

"Sometimes I think that in our desire to ensure that pan players be compensated , we forget the reason why most of us started "playing the steel pans

Started by Glenroy R Joseph in Steelband Music

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Looking for an Iconic piece of Pan

Hello everyone,
What do you think is the most significant piece of pan music we have recorded? Music I should be able to source on a record....
I am looking for our equivalent of Beethoven's Ode to Joy. Something timeless, iconic, makes you stop and li

Started by Michael Parris in Steelband Music

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Old Lady Walk a Mile

Does anyone have the written musical score for Old Lady Walk a Mile? I am looking for it to add to a calypso medley.

Started by Yolanda Morean in Steelband Music

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Semi Finals Results

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Congrats in Order for Phase 11 Pan Groove for Their Brilliance in Topping The Semis.

''Which Bands Placing's You thought Were Either Too High or Too Low.?

Started by VALENTINE YOUNG in Steelband Music

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SOCA MONARCH MONEY cut in half ... Trinidad turn upside down

When my party was in power we gave the SOCA MONARCH producers SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS and now this other Government cut the allocation in HALF. And that is their constituency. Ah never see thing so; like the country turn upside down.

http://www.newsday

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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Hymns and Gospel music recorded on Pan

Hi,

I'm trying to find hymns and gospel music recorded by steel orchestras or ensembles. I have found some online but not much. I would like some good quality recordings or cds. Where can I find them?

Started by Ronalie Alphonse in Steelband Music

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BERTEL GITTENS tells it LIKE IT IS!!!

The reality ON THE GROUND (in Trinidad) is that there are THOUSANDS of TRINIDADIANS (like Bertel Gittens and Gerard Clarke and Alima Garcia -- PAN ON D AVENUE) who never left Trinidad and who have worked (their whole life) CONTINUOUSLY to MOVE PAN F

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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IMPORTING OUR OWN CULTURE AND STEELBAND TECHNOLOGY:

It is a shame that a big band like Skiffle Bunch cannot produce some young Trinidad Arrangers from their sponsored band. You have over a hundred players every year and the question is. Why can't you train some of them in music and arrangements? By im

Started by John dunbar in Steelband Music

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GOING FOR GOLD 50th Anniversary (CD)

In line with some of the discussions that have been going on recently about the GOVERNMENT stepping up to the plate (spending money) to promote the culture, this link provides some good analysis. There are many other articles out there covering this

Started by Claude Gonzales in Steelband Music

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Proposed Production of PAN CD by EXPATS/LOCAL is a brilliant idea from Pan lovers, Do we need the green light from Pantrinbago, Govt. or we can do it without permission from anyone.

I want to praise three men on this forum for their contributions to STEELBAND MUSIC in the MECCA!!!

Why do WST FORUMITES spend so much time LOOKING BACK at the SIXTIES (and SEVENTIES)?

A VIDEO BY RITSON DOUGLAS

The Music Industry in Trinidad and Tobago

PATRICK RAMDOO said we playing smart with foolishness amplified band or amplified pans must have been a bad idea,where is it today.? IS HE FOR REAL?

The DIFFERENCE between amplified BAND TRIPOLI and amplified PANS HIGHLANDERS.

Memories - Was it really better back then?

Virginia Internationl Pan Fest 2016

Invaders merry widow waltz, Panorama Finals and Bomb judged Carnival Sunday night, Who won the Bomb Jouvert Morning and what year did this all happen ?

If we EXPATS had not Migrated Overseas and living in the mecca of Pan would we see Pan on Trucks as a step in the right direction as the Locals do. ?

Was playing " Pan on the Road" overly difficult in the old days ?

Looking for an Iconic piece of Pan

Old Lady Walk a Mile

Semi Finals Results

SOCA MONARCH MONEY cut in half ... Trinidad turn upside down

Hymns and Gospel music recorded on Pan

BERTEL GITTENS tells it LIKE IT IS!!!

IMPORTING OUR OWN CULTURE AND STEELBAND TECHNOLOGY:

GOING FOR GOLD 50th Anniversary (CD)

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