We all love the steel pan. Are there any innovations that our pan community is looking forward to?
Read more…Since then, I have started a steel band here in Australia, and regularly try to find a recording that must have been made by somebody, probably to do with Renegades, of Kitch's ' Carnival is Over'
Renegades played it after carnival and panorama, in t
Read more…The philosophical concept that the pan invention brought with it the ability to unite the differences created by race, ethnicity, skin color and class is becoming more and more prevalent in the overall modern writings of the history of pan by histori
Read more…I'm watching the Carnival parade on CTNTWorld and I'm thinking, Carnival is big money.
Band leaders,costume creators and designers, caterers, retailers, DJs,Soca singers and bands, transportation companies etc. etc., they all make money off the Carn
Hi,
I think in today`s steel bands music as one can observe there is a great amount of improvement
and maturity in the music that`s being put forward; many youngsters are improving their musical knowledge and skills in the academic forum, I think it
Read more…2012 steelband panorama favorite song vibes time for the professor to win he paid his dues
Read more…I was curious if anyone downloads steel pan music? I have over 1000 songs from different bands and orchestras as well as steel drum artists to. I'm looking in particular for I'm yours by Jason Mraz instrumental steel pan style. I can't seem to find
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I am a pan fanatic for more than 40 years and attended TT Carnival 1976 and 1981. Would like to attend 2012 and find accommodations ideally with other pan lovers to visit pan yards and who know the scene.
Hopefully withing walkin
Read more…Boogsie's Tribute to the Calypso King of the World is now on Sale.
Mp3s can be purchased online from CDBaby.com or from the Percussive Harmonic Instrument Facebook page.
In Trinidad, the physical retailers are Kam's (Long Circular Mall), Crosby's (St
Read more…This group was the official home based band in the T&T Pavilion and played daily. Some of the players were Knolly from the Coast Guard, Tobagonian Cesar, Roach, Briathwaite from the Police Services.This group was made up of Government employees for o
Read more…Re-mastered or re-engineered recordings; mainly for those of us who may have missed out.
I think it will also help raise much needed funds for Pan Trinbago and the performing bands.
According to what I have heard over the past years listening to WACK
Read more…First Allison Hezekiah, then Pat Bishop, now Jeraldine Connor. These are icons in the culture of T&T. They propagated for the culture to go mainstream. They got some rewards but not enough to propel the culture to international markets. They all pas
Read more…The greater the superhit the greater the possiblity of it being copied in some form or fashion. That's why Record companies try to recapture the cost of production in its first sales of records. Then after that it begins to pay royalties to the artis
Read more…The of the song "Yellow Bird", is really a Haitian folk song named "Choucoune".
Here's proof of that.
http://www.haitian-truth.org/harry-belafonte-yelow-bird-the-story-of-choucoune-stolen-legacy/
Us panplayers, have always thought this to be a T&T fo
Read more…I believe that we need to keep up with technology which will assist with moving pan forward. With applications like the #1 Steelpan App, it gives the world access to steelpan like it has never had before. These are positive steps towards educating th
Read more…As I listen to Kim Loy Wong's Hylanders of 1957, and Bertie Marshall's Hylanders of 1964, I'm blown away by the incredible advancements made by the steelband in a relatively short time span of seven years.
Many others may have contributed to the gr
What are your thoughts of the performances by several steelbands which performed during WeBeat Festival 2011?
On the Thursday night at the Pan Explosion show Rhapsody Steel Orchestra opened the show with what has become their customary fusion of PH
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Global - It’s Mother’s Day all around the world, and Steelpan Moms and Steelband Music-related Moms - are as important and revered as any on the planet. Over the years they have been commemorated in song, and, also in steelband composition as well.
Guys I am going to Notting Hill Carnival for the first time and I need the Pan people to give me some tips and resources for checking out the Pan scene: the panorama the J'Ouvert and the routes taken. Also if you know of any non-hotel accommodation
Read more…I wanted Pan enthusiasts take on the five best pan tunes. My list :
Rebecca
Woman on the bass
Pan by Storm
This feeling nice
American patrol
does not matter if it is panorama, festival, bomb, 21st century, just your personal choices. 1 2 3 4 lets
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