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The Mindset Towards Steelpan Education in Trinidad & Tobago Needs a Systemic Overhaul at the Government Level

by Salmon Cupid

Over the years I have recognized that on social media, replying to people’s comments is sometimes not advised. Everyone is free to sit in the comfort of their home or workplace and type whatever they feel. They speak with authority on

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Revisiting - Meet Salmon Cupid - Panist, Organizer, Arranger, Director, and Innovator

Toronto, Canada - Recently steelband music history was created on a global scale when the Salmon Cupid-led Toronto All Stars Steel Orchestra participated in the 2019 NBA Champion Toronto Raptors live broadcast celebration parade, as hundreds of tho

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WST in NUMBERS (Numbers do not lie.)

The following is a look at the numbers, as they relate to discussions on WST (When Steel Talks):

• Number of views of WST Interviews: Salmon Cupid 158, Brian Copeland 156, George D. Goddard 199.
• Percentage of WST members who openly opposed the use of

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My Conversations With Salmon Cupid In Their Entirety. (You be the judge.)

George D Goddard

Possible Tax-deductable Donation to the City of Miramar Steel Drum (Pan) Music Classes

Good morning,

I know that we have never formally met, but my name is George David Goddard, a

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The Steel Drum or Steelpan: A Member of the Idiophone Family Of Instruments. (No. 111.24)

The steel drum or steelpan is classified as an idiophone, by the Hornbostel-Sacs Number System (111.24).The P.H.I., E-Pan, MalletKat, and PanKat, however, are classified as "electrophones" (Numbers not assigned). Therefore, the E-Pan is NOT a steelpa

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E-Pan –The Prodigal Adopted-Son ©2013

Salmon Cupid, the inventor of the E-Pan, in his attempt to assert and attach his (version of a MIDI) controller to the hip of the steel drum (steelpan), has been trying to convince the steelband community that he has no intention to compete with the

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Help Bring Pan Into The 21st Century! (Pass It On)

TO ALL WST MEMBERS! Salmon E-Pan Man-Cupid's Toronto All Stars Steel Orchestra, made it to the Top 20, during auditions for the upcoming "Canada's Got Talent" (due to air this March). Please support Salmon and his students, by going to the following

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