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Global - ....Since then, the people of Trinidad and Tobago have developed the steel pan, which is now their national instrument. What once was music from car parts, paint pots, oil drums, and biscuit tins turned into the powerful, tuned, hammered-out steel pan we have today.
Keishaun Julien, a steel pan musician based in Trinidad and Tobago, has been playing the steel pan since he was 5-years-old and, along the journey, has found his true passion in music.
“Music has really allowed me to see the world, share my talent, share the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, and touch people’s lives in many different ways. It’s something that I enjoy doing, and I live for,” Julien said.
....“The steel pan is one of those instruments that brings together all the cultures and unites us,” Julien said. “It is something that we as Trinbagonians identify with—it’s the raw identity of the creative people of Trinidad and Tobago.”
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