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Watch -- Steel bands in Britain: their history and future

Legends and Pillars of the Steelpan Music Art Form - Who is Mikey Enoch?

Listen to the late iconic steelpan pioneer, tuner and panist Mikey Enoch in his own voice.

This seminar was captured at a When Steel Talks/Basement Recordings pan class in the early 1990s.

Tuner Mikey Enoch was unequivocally one of the pillars of the

Today marks the completion of TWO YEARS of BEVERLEY and TEAM REBUILD ruling PAN TRINBAGO -- I wish that they could come on here and SHOW THEIR LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS ... along with FINANCIAL REPORTS

... there was NO FINANCIAL REPORT in 2019 -- and you CANNOT BLAME COVID FOR THAT!!!

In 2020 they are BLAMING COVID for not producing a financial report. Yet they sent a TREASURER on THIS FORUM to boast about her GOD-GIVEN ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS -- and

Here is a SONG that is PERFECT for a TRINIDAD PAN SOLOIST to TAKE GLOBAL because it allows for THE PERFECT DECAY FOR THE PAN -- a litte bit of TALENT and CREATIVITY and we could BEAT MOLLEE CRAVEN

Unintended POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES as KAMALA HARRIS heads to the WHITE HOUSE -- LATINO GROUPS putting HEAVY PRESSURE on GAVIN NEWSOM to PICK A HISPANIC as her REPLACEMENT

In  TRINIDAD POLITICS they like to say: "IS WE TIME NOW!!!"

In California THE LATINOS (MEXICANS, REALLY) are putting it in more formal language: “Our voice remains missing from the highest levels of our government, even though we are 40% of the state

Watch --The Arranger's Corner - Special Guest Kareem Thompson

Our next featured artist is straight out of Brooklyn, NY. One of our generations most prolific pannist. He has worked as a sideman with some of the caribbean jazz artist of today such as Elan Trotman, Etienne Charles, and more! We welcome Kareem TheD

THE STEEL PAN BUILDER

STEEL PAN BUILDER

Dance Bands from the Romantic Era

Meet Earle Wong - Tuner, Recording Artist, Educator, Panist and Engineer

Global - “If I do have a blueprint, it is embedded in my head. The younger tuners today have a more systematic approach with actual measurements. Older tuners still eyeball a lot of the steps. In today’s world, we have a lot of specialization where

Taking the Divali Nagar on to virtual platforms

Trinidad Express October 23, 2020

Now in its 34th year, the Divali Nagar has grown into the largest celebration of its kind in the western hemisphere. Now the producers expect that this virtual run because of Covid-19 will attract as large a number o

THE FUTURE OF RECORDED STEEL DRUM MUSIC: SYNTHESIZED PAN TONES!!! THE TRINIDAD PAN WORLD has to open its EYES and MIND

But even when we CONSTRUCT the PERFECT PAN TONE, you still have to learn to REPRESENT IT from the KEYBOARD.

OUR PAN SOLOISTS and THESE SYNTHESIZER PAN TONE DEVELOPERS all try to make THE PAN sound like a PIANO -- that KILLS the UNIQUE MUSICAL BEAUTY

Well whenever they build THE CALYPSO MUSEUM in TRINIDAD -- I am donating ONE RECORD ... an autographed copy of ACTION IS TIGHT!!!

Personally, I consider ACTION IS TIGHT to be the FIRST SOCA SONG RECORDED. At the time that I asked ROSE to autograph THIS ALBUM she told me that it was worth $100 -- way back in 1993. But I think that it is worth a SPOT in a CALYPSO MUSEUM!!!

An examination of Steelpan Production - Archives Of Ontario

Ontario Canada - This documentary by Claire Prieto and Roger McTair examines steel drum production, education, performance and cultural influence in Ontario in the 1970s and 1980s. It follows the stories of men and women who work with steel drums in

Education Catalyst for the Creative Sector

by Sunity Maharaj

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....We talk ad nauseum about a future built on innovation but keep missing the dirty tricks that history has played in bequeathing us the legacy of an economy where it is possible to become a multi-million

On the road to BECOMING A CYNIC - growing up in TRINIDAD I was told that TRINIDAD WAS THE LAND OF THE HUMMING BIRD and I swalloed that HOOK, LINE AND SINKER ...

... so in 1978 I moved from WASHINGTON DC to SAN FRANCISCO ... still full of my TRINIDAD IDEAS. A few weeks later I went out into the backyard of my NEW SURROUNDINGS and got the SHOCK OF MY LIFE -- a HUMMING BIRD was hanging out next to a tree in THE

'The Amazing Race' spent $2M, employed 300 locals while filming in T&T

CBS

It all started with an adrenaline-pumping zip line over the turquoise waters of Macqueripe Bay back in 2018. Now two years later, the world is getting another chance to see T&T's cultural and environmental splendour on CBS's reality game show,

Like PEOPLE GONE SILENT on the VIRTUAL CARNIVAL ... and I sitting here wating for UPDATES!!!

Well is a GOOD THING I have THE NFL and the WORLD SERIES and the 2020 TRUMP DEFEAT and the DSS SOU SOU to keep me OCCUPIED -- so I don't have to sit and wait for UPDATES on THIS VIRTUAL CARNIVAL 2021 with 55 MILLION VIEWERS WORLDWIDE!!!

2020 NAB (National Association of Broadcasters Show) - NEW YORK -- OPENS TODAY!

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)

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PAN TRINBAGO uses the COVER OF COVID to avoid releasing ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT -- postponing THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING scheduled for THIS MONTH ...

POSTPONEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

Two years in a row -- NO ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT!!!

At least DIAZ and FORTEAU used to RIG THE REPORT and PRESENT SOMETHING to FOOL the GULLIBLE PAN PLAYERS!!!

Amazing Race game show lifted Tobago’s spirits

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly Ancil Dennis said the popular American TV show The Amazing Race, which featured Trinidad and several historical areas in Tobago, has boosted the sp