Global - ....Bad lighting, bad editing, bad audio and a host of other production issues. Maybe it is time that Pan Trinbago step back and review the products that are released in its name. In a forum thread that was supposed to be focused on the availability of the 2010 DVD produced by Advanced Dynamics for Pan Trinbago - steelpan music aficionados, specialists and collectors slammed the low grade production, and callous attitude and portrayal depicted by the DVDs, of Trinidad and Tobago’s national panorama competition.
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Noah you got jokes. LMAO... The better question is why would an award winning production company not give a similar "effort" for the panorama.
Also the point of "in this age of Blackberrys, PS2, etc... the quality should be better" is contrary to the truth... do you think someone watching a video on a handheld device through those dinky speakers cares about 5:1 surround? The truth is, and you could ask any music producer, that today when music is sold as ringtones, videos are compressed and broadcast on youtube, that high fidelity is sadly a thing of the past, at least in the mainstream. Of course most of us people who actively and closely listen to pan are not part of that population, but we are the minority.
And I wouldn't be too impressed by the statement "award-winning production company"... what award, from whom? For the record, I agree that the quality could be better but I'm not sure if Pan Trinbago cares to put in the money to bring in a higher-end production company. Think about how much money is hemmorraging from that organization as they put on panorama, and then consider the potential returns for such an investment... with piracy, youtube broadcast, etc. in what is already a fairly limited market, well... you do the math... it's a sad statement but it's a reality.
venue, sound, and lighting are separate entities. you can have stellar sound in a less than perfect venue, once good quality sound engineers are hired to do that job. i remember long ago seeing ultra-high-quality shows by the likes of Jeff Beck, Al DiMiola, and the Grateful Dead in what were basically oversized barns in Colorado, but the bands themselves brought in their own sound people who had the skillz to make any venue, even those oversized hangars, sound like Carnegie Hall. it can always be done, IF expert sound ppl, who know what they are doing, are hired. but that can only happen IF the event producer is willing to spend the money necessary to HAVE those experts.
call me crazy, but to me, one would think the SOUND for panorama would be the ultimate priority, and the expense most worthy of greatest expenditure. The music is THE most important part.
but no, the sound this year was crap. it just was. believe it or not the sound on the CD is vastly superior to what we heard live on finals night; i'm guessing this is cause it was taken right off the soundboard, as opposed to what the audience heard out in the air.
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