Steelband Music (1315)
Buying a Pan In Trinidad
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
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How The Steelbands enabled the rise of modern Soca Music in T&T
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
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REMEMBERING THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF STEELBAND BOMB TUNES
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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The development of the pan in the early days
On the subject of the development of the pan in the early days, I got this information from noted Trinidadian historian, journalist and writer, Bukka Rennie and I was really impressed with his detailed knowledge.
As we delve into the history of the s
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2014 New York Panorama
I'm an Antiguan who used to play pan for Pan Rebels but decided to quit because the arrangers here in Brooklyn didn't impress me till last year. At the Bomb Competition 2012 i firmly believe that Despers USA won that competition hands down. That musi
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The steelband flag woman in the early years.
I've always felt that the story of the steelband flag woman was more a creation of our beloved calypso legend, the late Lord Kitchener, than reality.
True, there were flag women in the early days of the steelband, but these women were in the minority
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PAN IN THE GRAMMY AWARDS? ...HUH!
Pan in the Grammy Awards?.... Huh!
Someone can verify this… but I have just been told that some guy got an award at the Grammys that is related to pan. It is some music educator award, apparently he had some four steelband ensembles. What I can say
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IS THE HISTORY OF THE PAN EVOLUTION DISTORTED?
There are so many conflicting narratives even though we had (and still have) live eyewitnesses to this very recent history. Sometimes you get the feeling that every EGO wants to be THE ONE to tell the tale and dismissal of all other voices has become
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We need more participation
Anything worth discussing needs more participation but not participation for participation sake. There
should be solid ideas of a positive nature that would enhance the discussion and not take away from it.
Let us have quality rather than quantity. U
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Othello
I first met Othello through my brother, the late Colin Clarke, at a rehearsal they held in South Miami. Approximately 26 years later, I had the pleasure of hearing Othello at the Sun Trust Jazz Brunch in Fort Lauderdale, where he had a small but ver
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PAN NEEDS A STAR
Pan needs a S-T-A-R in North America. One who could fill nightclubs and concert halls from the mountains to the prairies and from sea to shining sea. We have thousands of players in bands -- and on the KFC circuit (one piece, two piece, three piec
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Steel Pan on #YouTube
YouTube is the second largest search engine on the planet. We don't think of it as a search engine, but in addition to being an excellent video resource, it is used as a search engine. What I would like to see on YouTube is more quality music featuri
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Othello Molineaux - The Unmentioned Jazz Improvisation Master
Whenever mentioned is made of the great pan soloists and jazz improvisation masters, none is made of Othello Molineaux? Why is that? Othello's and Monty Alexander's Ivory and Steel, Othello's works with the legendary Jaco Pastorius and the legendar
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Steel drum bands on #Twitter & Facebook
Social media is the best gift to musicians as it provides a platform and a huge microphone to connect with the rest of the planet. But how many Pan players do you know that use Twitter to engage with potential clients? Many Pan players are active on
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Perceptions on the Pan
I have a confession to make, pan people.
I've come to realize that my perceptions on the steel pan are derived from my relationship with the pan, and I'm thinking that the same applies to just about everyone else on this forum.
I "beat pan" from
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Happy Birthday to Panist Delphina James
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to panist Delphina James
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