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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to panist Delphina James
The legendary pan pioneer, bandleader , arranger, tells his life story and of his associations with two great San Fernando steelbands, Guinness Gondoliers, and Guinness Cavaliers.
"At the age of 22 in 1965, Lennox “Bobby” Mohammed became the younges
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Is there any place on here where we can list "for sale" items? I have a pan to sell.... please advise, thank you!
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Read more…How do you see steel band music evolving over the next 3 years? Is there still an appetite for musicians to make recordings of steel band music? Do you see a global market for quality instrumental music featuring Pan?
Please let me know your thoughts
Read more…First of all, I want to give a warm hug to all my brothers and sisters in the wonderful community of steel pan in the opportunity to write for the first time in this invaluable window through which we learn, we who love this form art.
Greet Besides,
Read more…I am always struck by the notion that some insist on seeing the steelband's future purely as business.
And I'm not talking about the professional panist, or even the small 'side" that does gigs and may even be doing quite well.
And obviously for a
Read more…We come out to play composed by Jamma & the Original Defosto was the most popular tuned played in 2013 Trinidad Panorama. With a total of 10 Steel Orchestra performing this song on the 50th anniversary of Trinidad & Tobago Independence and 50 yea
Read more…I would like to Big-Up RAY HOLMAN for being the only arranger who was there 50 years ago as an arranger and then is here 50 years later as an arranger. This is a big milestone that should be recognized, acknowledged and appreciated. I would hope th
Read more…Recently there was a big discussion on the use of The Electronic Steelpan. I thought I should share this clip of BP Renegades practicing in their panyard as they get ready for the road, and other performances for the 2013 Panorama and Carnival season
Read more…This is my review of the Clive Bradley Memorial Classics and Carols Music Festival at Brooklyn College on Saturday, December 8th, 2012. My expectations of the bands were, for the most part, exceeded. I do think the criteria of the event need to be be
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