It looks like the T&T government is satisfied with performance of the World Governing Body.
Do you see any changes in the way PanTrinbago run things or is it the same ole same ole?
Read more…I an not a great fan of the World Governing Body of pan in T&T but have grown to respect them for their ability to manipulate the legal system and shut-down their opponent. Eleven months have passed and they are still running things and it don't lo
Read more…We are all grateful to the companies that sponsor our steelbands in the mecca, heaven knows they are needed, but there is a negative side to sponsorship, being that the bands grow to depend on them for most things thus hindering their ability grow.
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Read more…Trini born David De Castro and his contribution to Pan and Calypso
Dave De Castro and his Fabulous Calypso Steel Bandits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LBuWgTIuwE
Dave De Castro and his Fabulous Calypso Steel Bandits
Read more…Hi there guys, really glad to be here!
I have just bought a Mappo C Tenor from Trinidad [my second steel drum].
I don't know if it's a mentality and I am trying to find faults because I don't trust that it survived the Atlantic crossing without ge
Read more…If you had to produce a CD of GREATEST PANORAMA HITS, which TWELVE songs would you put on that CD? There are roughly 600,000 Trinidadians living in various parts of the world, so there might be a fair amount of interest in such a product. Let us say
Read more…I often wonder if it is necessary to for steelbands to put out the money they do on uniforms for panorama? It's no easy task outfitting one hundred plus people and you can tell by the way some of them look that they put out some good dollars in order
Read more…To all who think that the steelband "golden era" has passed and we must accept it's status as it is todayI say shame on you, to all who have this defeatist attitude to wards the steelband and carnival, I say shame on you, to all that say that the yo
Read more…When Steel Talks extends birthday greeting to songwriter Mark Loquan...
click to check the pan related works of Marc Loquan over the years http://ning.it/19wCbDe
Read more…When Steel Talks extends condolences to Keith Marcelle on the passing of his mother-in-law Mrs. Verna Payne.
Read more…It grieves me to see the truth in plain sight and people not seeing it, when they bought out peoples choice Fonclaire won it one year in 1971, those days they added up all the marks of all the judges, some time in the eighties the late 70's somebody
Read more…I was thinking...we all consider a "real driver" as someone who knows how to "drive a stick (shift)" or a car with manual transmission. I say we should also consider a "real panman" or a "real panwoman" as someone who could "wrap a (pan) stick", from
Read more…Condolence to David Zephrine on the passing of his brother, KENNETH ZEPHRINE who departed sometime yesterday morning. Kenneth was a member of Westside Symphony (Bwia Sunjets) and was also a Cowbell man in Phase2.He lived at one time in Washington DC
Read more…I read all these discussions about the acoustic pan and the electronic pan and pan on the road for carnival -- but I never see any discussions about PAN MUSIC. We have tuners and arrangers and composers and music graduates and professors at every lev
Read more…My money is on ADLIB led by Andre, I haven't heard the band, but after losing in U K, Andre will come with a Vengeance, so watch out N Y, HERE COMES A MAN WITH A VENGEANCE
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Before I begin, I would like to share with you ALL, my attitude and opinions on RACISM. A couple years ago I wrote the following poem, titled None Of My Friends Are Niggers:
None of my friends are niggers
Though many (of them) are of African descent.
Aug 30:
Catch Canada's Pan Fantasy Steel Orchestra (competing in tomorrow's 2013 NY Panorama) tonight, practicing at 1072 Atlantic Avenue (between Franklin and Classon Avenues, Brooklyn)
Read more…I wanted to share what works for me... to bring my pan on stage and not be drowned out by the conventional amplified guitars and the sort. Also, to dispel the myth that you cannot mic a pan without feedback.
I added a picture of my rig, and yes, I
Read more…Condolence to Anthony 'Ike' Hinds family and friends on the passing of his
beloved sister.
