PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s visit to India Published on January 14, 2012
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's visit to her ancestral village Bhelupur in the Buxar district of Bihar, India.
Martin Daly: One-legged mission One stated purpose of the mission to India is said to be the promotion of Trinidad and Tobago as a unique tourist destination. However the travellers to India have left without the item that most makes us unique, namely, a steel orchestra.
The travellers probably do not even know of the high capability of the steel orchestra of playing music drawn from India and thus able instantly to captivate the potential tourists whose business we seek. They have thus gone on a one- legged mission.
Conscious Chutney - NYU Steel - Spring Concert 2017
NYU Steel performs a Liam Teaque arrangement of Conscious Chutney by Ras Shorty I at the 2017 NYU Steel Spring 2017 concert. NYU Steel is part of the prestigious NYU Percussion Program.
Yuh know how many times I come on THIS FORUM and complain about dem INDIAN CHUTNEY BOYS in TRINIDAD?
They are the biggest disappointment, really. Because they have a foundation that they could exploit -- but they are stuck in a VILLAGE MENTALITY with their lyrics. And they need to put a lot more work into finding THE CHUTNEY BLEND that could tie back into INDIA and the INDIAN DIASPORA around the world. They have NUMBERS to appeal to. REAL NUMBERS.
But they get TIE UP just like the AFRO-TRINI MUSICIANS grabbing the LOW HANGING FRUIT in the MECCA.
Now the myopic music does not bother me personally. Because I was born into that culture and I could enjoy it as much as any other TRINIDADIAN. But my issue has always been -- don't try to bluff me with how you are planning to take WE TING GLOBAL ... because I just happen to believe that when it comes to GLOBALIZING SOCA & CHUTNEY & PAN ... well, I will put it in a CALYPSO LYRIC from BARBADOS!!!
TRINIDAD GOOD MORNING!!!
I DOH WANT TO BOAST
BUT I UNDERSTAND GLOBALING PAN & SOCA & CHUTNEY MUSIC THE MOST ....
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PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s visit to India
Published on January 14, 2012
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's visit to her ancestral village Bhelupur in the Buxar district of Bihar, India.
Martin Daly: One-legged mission
One stated purpose of the mission to India is said to be the promotion of Trinidad and Tobago as a unique tourist destination. However the travellers to India have left without the item that most makes us unique, namely, a steel orchestra.
The travellers probably do not even know of the high capability of the steel orchestra of playing music drawn from India and thus able instantly to captivate the potential tourists whose business we seek. They have thus gone on a one- legged mission.
Conscious Chutney - NYU Steel - Spring Concert 2017
NYU Steel performs a Liam Teaque arrangement of Conscious Chutney by Ras Shorty I at the 2017 NYU Steel Spring 2017 concert. NYU Steel is part of the prestigious NYU Percussion Program.
Yuh know how many times I come on THIS FORUM and complain about dem INDIAN CHUTNEY BOYS in TRINIDAD?
They are the biggest disappointment, really. Because they have a foundation that they could exploit -- but they are stuck in a VILLAGE MENTALITY with their lyrics. And they need to put a lot more work into finding THE CHUTNEY BLEND that could tie back into INDIA and the INDIAN DIASPORA around the world. They have NUMBERS to appeal to. REAL NUMBERS.
But they get TIE UP just like the AFRO-TRINI MUSICIANS grabbing the LOW HANGING FRUIT in the MECCA.
Now the myopic music does not bother me personally. Because I was born into that culture and I could enjoy it as much as any other TRINIDADIAN. But my issue has always been -- don't try to bluff me with how you are planning to take WE TING GLOBAL ... because I just happen to believe that when it comes to GLOBALIZING SOCA & CHUTNEY & PAN ... well, I will put it in a CALYPSO LYRIC from BARBADOS!!!
TRINIDAD GOOD MORNING!!!
I DOH WANT TO BOAST
BUT I UNDERSTAND GLOBALING PAN & SOCA & CHUTNEY MUSIC THE MOST ....