Of course he did; he encouraged him under a watchful eye, letting him tune the tenors, while he focus and balance the back ground voices, I'm in the National archive trying to locate an Evening New article headline, Piano pan serves North Stars we
Read more…Happy Birthday Cathy Shaw, Wishing you many more, and keep on playing the Trinidad & Tobago Instrument, Steel Pan
The thing is , sometimes we get so caught up in thoughts , ideas , and opinions , that we forget reality .
The reality is that we've never standardized TUNING, and since we still have pioneering tuners around, some of whom may still have their prefe
Read more…In the late fifties and early sixties, Southern Marines Steel Orchestra was considered by many to be the sweetest sounding steelband in San Fernando.
A big part of the reason was because their captain, Milton "Squeezer" Lyons, one of the band's foun
Read more…Perhaps that is why Calypso started to loose its appeal.
It did not stop for Lent.
I remember how excited I used to get when 12 noon Glorious Saturday came around and calypsos and Steelband music returned to the radio. How many of you remember those
Read more…I wish to get a proper feel of the reaction to this question and would appreciate your response.
As popular as it is, thousands of people searching on Google for this type of band would enter the phrase "steel drum band" in the search query instead o
Read more…Been loving 'Street Party' lately...it represents to me the Despers sound and a nostalgic view of Panorama gone by. As Clive Bradley would say Despers was his Pan University.
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Thanks WST/Pan Times for your continued dedication and service you provide your membership.
Your Tribute To Women In Pan “Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form had me thinking.
On Panorama Finals night we saw Pan Trinbago leadership offer
Read more…Now that Carnival is over have you really listened to what All Stars has played. Smooth offerings year after year, no matter what his supporters think, is what people who listen to Steel Band music call disposable music. Music that his own players re
Read more…We come out to play & Pan in the Atmosphere
Pan will remain in the Atmosphere as long as total disloyalty is paid to the panist composers, I personally found many comments towards both tunes was as if it was 1 persons work. But all the WST members
Read more…Pantrinbago has released the results of the 2014 Small and Medium Bands on their Web Site.
Read more…Congrats Glenroy...from WST to Trinidad Express
Part 2
To me, growth of the steelband means more participation by our youth, more opportunities to generate income, and more steelband activities throughout the year.
This is why I have been an advocate f
I have always maintained that Trinidad's Carnival has suffered in quality as steel-band participation in the carnival parade has diminished.
The most visible demonstration of this over the last few years is the fact that while rest of the carnival
Read more…Helllo?....can anybody help me out...i would like to know some of the best tuners in trinidad...or where in trinidad i can buy a really good sounding second pan...any help will be appreciated
Read more…On the subject of pan tunes, my friends, a thought recently came to me.
Do you realize that the both the sound of modern soca and the creation of pan tunes were results of the diminished participation of the steelband on the road at carnival?
Here's
Read more…Members have you ever experience jumping up with your band on a carnival day and on seeing another band passing you went and take a chip or a jump with them ?. Well this happened to me, I was jumping up with Highlanders Steel Orchestra on Carnival
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