One of my biggest disagreements with pan people , even on this forum is based on different perceptions of the art-form , and its role in culture and society.
From the beginning , some has seen the steelpan and everything related to it , including the
Most of us Older Folks Always Complain about Pan Progress or Lack Thereof. What is the Vision going Forward for Wanting to Bring Back PAN With MAS on the Roads on Carnival Days? And in the Same Breath Dogging Panorama. Is it really Progress? Or do W
Read more…Since we clearing the air let's look at the time carnival was where the masses sing and dance and free-up themselves from the stress of every day life, but today they are worst off after carnival, they spend there savings, some even borrow from the b
Read more…I would like to voice my observations about a subject I never see much comments on, and that is “The selection of the drums when making pans.”
It is my observation that most modern tuners regardless of where they are from will use almost any availabl
Read more…We are calling on the powers that be to designate Carnival Monday Afternoon for Steelband only, lets get as much bands as possible back on the road for a Steelband Street Party. They could also have a bomb competition for the same prizes as panorama.
Read more…With Steelbands being forced out of our Carnival and packing up their instruments after Panorama, how could we advertises (T&T) as the land of Steelband and calypso when on Carnival days 90 per cent of the music is supplied by D J and 90 per cent of
Read more…As I listen to Mr Waldron presentation at the symposium on Sparrows' career I couldn't help wondering about how far we have moved from being the land of steelband and calypso, it's as if we out-grew these elements of our culture. What is Trinidad to
Read more…On March 15, 2016, I returned to Japan without any idea of what to expect. Were my friends going to lose trust in me as a Trinidadian? Would they ever return to Trinidad? Perhaps they will never play steelpan again and discourage others from doing so
Read more…Remember when most Steelbands had their chief cook and bottle washer, for example North Stars pans tuned by Anthony Williams, tune arranged by Anthony Williams and captain of the band Anthony Williams, or Trinidad All Stars pans tuned by Neville Jul
Read more…My name is Fundile Phaqa, 28 years old from King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape – South Africa. I live in a quiet rural area with the majority of the youth on drugs, alcohol, promiscuity and general lack of access to education and recreation. I a
Read more…I enjoyed reading the various profiles and feeling the joy, passion and pain emanate from the virtual pages as the stories were told. In turn, I want to encourage all the PLAYERS to think COMPOSITION and RECORDING. There is a GLOBAL DEMAND for PAN MU
Read more…Lack of recognition came up in a conversation about pan here in Trinidad and Tobago, which prompted me to write this.
Apart from Esso Tripoli aka Trinidad Tripoli holding the record of being the only Steel Band to stay on tour for six years 1967 to 1
Read more…What I've observed over the years in the Forum is it's the same people that contribute, be it new topics or comments, yet at times you hear "dey always talking anout the same thing" what do you expect when it's such a small amount of members that par
Read more…As if the amount of heat used in tuning a pan is insufficient Dr Keith Rowley, our Prime Minister, seems intent on adding more fire to the pan thing. Or are his pronouncements on Panorama at the Laventille 123 celebration a veiled threat to Pan Trinb
Read more…1. Lord Kitchener -- Old Lady Walk A Mile 2. PanJazz Conversation -- Ol' Lady Clive Alexander/Annise Hadeed 3. Mungal Patasar & Pantar -- Ole Lady 4. PanJazz Improvisations -- Ol' Lady Rudy Smith/Annise Hadeed/Felix Roach & Friends 5. Sadiki Sticks O
Read more…We talk about how we invented the steelPAN but we never acknowledge that we also invented the IRON, true it is the hub of a car but it was us that made it a percussive instrument, we created a distinct sound that we could find any type of steel now,
Read more…I hesitate to an ‘ism’ to the end of my post title as I am not sure if that is exactly the category a certain phenomenon I have recently uncovered falls under.
As some of you know, about 6 months ago I wrote an article about how I with my wife brough
Read more…Subway musicians are humming a happy tune.
BuskNY, an advocacy group for underground buskers, announced that the city has strummed up over $100,000 in settlements for the wrongful arrests of performers.
Musicians and activists gathered in the Union A
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