Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania - Presently, he is a mostly self-motivated, self-taught, self -financed - panist, arranger, teacher, promoter, recruiter and tuner who is single-handedly leading the charge to bring Pan and the steelband to Tanzania in a very big way.
Robert Issa may be the greatest Pan lover/enthusiast on the content of Africa. Facing challenges of instrument supply, training in the art form - just to start - Issa is a true example of following his heart, and determinedly staying the course.
In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Robert Issa shares his significant and considerable history with Pan, along with his dream for the instrument and artform in his homeland of Tanzania, and more.
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Mr. Issa: You should try to contact Ellie Mannette in West Virginia (http://www.mannetteinstruments.com/) and tell him about your LOVE and PASSION for PAN (and your AFRICAN PAN DREAMS) and try to see if you can get to his TUNING FACILITY for some TRAINING.
It is worth a TRY!!!