A good friend of mines has been looking into getting a radio show dedicated towards steel pan in NY the deal is almost done but he fears not having enough listeners
Read more…STEELBANDS in TRINIDAD have been conditioned to STRETCH DEY HAND AND BEG. And that is all they would ever do in MY LIFETIME and CECIL LIFETIME and BEDE LIFETIME and GLENROY LIFETIME.
Even though BUGS tell me that he is ah YOUNG "COLOUR TV" LIFETIME F
Read more…Show me your MEDIA REVIEWS and your RECORDINGS and RECORD SALES and RADIO ROTATION and GLOBAL PERFORMANCES if you want to ARGUE with me.
Otherwise, LEAVE IT BE!!!
Read more…A few thoughts about Carnival
To begin with, let me say that PanOntheNet is by far the best site on the net for pan and carnival. It is better than the Pantrinbago site by far. My only complaint with them is that they should make the list of tunes fo
Read more…Getting the world to accept new ideas on a grand scale has many facets. First, the idea was must be born and developed into some form of production, whether that be a song, movie, book or other known expression of thought. But equally important are t
Read more…“....Having been around the Caribana festival in Toronto for years, I thought I knew a bit of the culture and art form. But there is nothing like actually trying to master the instrument, with all of th
Read more…Sweet Briar College
Virginia, USA - ....There was a lot happening at Sweet Briar College last week, especially musically. Nineteen core members of Trinidad’s renowned Skiffle Steel Orchestra and their leader, Junia Regrello, came to campus to teach,
Read more…Not me, eh!!! Not me!!! (Check out all my posts from the start!!!)
But BIG BIG MEN on this forum get fool by DOCTOR DOLLY with all she promises -- especially with all the FORENSIC AUDIT B--- S--T!!!
She running under nice cover!!! And as you'll know
Read more…I have tried to bring a "TODAY VISION" of PAN to this FORUM.
"But when ah talk nobody wouldn't hear
Like stick break up in dey ear!!!"
(Sorry, Iwer, for stealing your line!!!)
However, all the OLD TIMERS on this FORUM are going to DIE and leave PAN
Read more…NIU Today
Illinois, USA - NIU’s Cliff Alexis is retiring, and he’s going out on a high note.
The longtime co-director of the world-renowned NIU Steelband – and master of the art of building steel drums – will be feted during a concert in his honor b
Read more…Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Caribbean Airlines Invaders Steel Orchestra will make its debut on the local carnival scene on Sunday, April 23. The group will be part of Bacchanal Jamaica’s road march band which will make its way throughout the Corporate Area streets.
“Caribbean
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By Ron Johnson
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday April 13, 2017 – The steel pan of Trinidad & Tobago is sometimes credited as being the only musical instrument to have been developed in the 20th century. The modern version of the steel pan emerged i
Read more…It just looks as if the NEXT legitimate attempt to remove this corrupt executive will come in OCTOBER 2018.
Gregory and Dane and Aquil gave it a good shot; but the RIGHT HONOURABLE KEITH DIAZ is just too politically skilled to be overthrown by subjec
Read more…Is best they forget the FORENSIC AUDIT and do a MANPOWER AUDIT on PAN TRINBAGO!!!
Sources within the CDA said there were employees who were misfits for many positions as they lacked qualifications and “did absolutely nothing all day.”
Sounds like a d
Read more…It seems like they have made Steelband music a sit down and listen thing unlike yesteryear when people danced and had fun, is this good or bad, does this contribute to the stagnation of the steelband in the Mecca?
Read more…Ouachita Baptist University
Arkansas, USA - Ouachita Baptist University will host Tiger Steel, the university’s steel drum ensemble, in concert in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall on Monday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free and open
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Excellent for introducing people to steel, IMO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lTQR-KZBkw
Read more…Every one in life have a role to play. Some people just can't help it, their role in life is to create strife and confusion. One must learn to live with that only because, you did not write the script.
Pan Trinbago Inc T.C, has been under attack thr
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