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STEELPANCANADA.com - calling all STEEL PANNISTS to play / work from home!

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SteelPanCanada booking: A Pan Player (Pannist) is needed to play for Virtual Online Gigs!

E-mail: 

SteelPanCanada@gmail.com

for information about Virtual Online Gigs!

Calling all STEEL PANNISTS (PAN PLAYERS)!

Play only the melody of a song! 

No instrumental background necessary.

WORK FROM HOME:

This one will be an easy musical booking -

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What are Mechanical Royalties & How Can I Collect Them?

By Nick Fulton

Getting a royalty check is always a win. It means you successfully released music or contributed compositionally to a recording and that all your hard work paid off. It’s also likely not a one-off payment but part of a recurring revenu

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Black History Month Profiles: Stephanie Matthews

This year, for Black History Month, we're taking a look at a group of leaders who are currently active making Black history across the labor movement. Check back daily for a new profile and meet some of the people working to improve not only their

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Steel pan virtuoso Leon Foster Thomas: ‘Some people don’t think it’s a serious instrument’

The Guardian - Kevin Le Gendre

Man of steel … Leon Foster Thomas

The Trinidadian jazz ace garnered acclaim for his remarkable solo work, and has joined the 78-year-old steel band that inspired him. Now, his poignant new album is bringing everything

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Arranger: Pan must be taught in all schools

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Ace arranger, panist and composer Duv

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Anthems on Steelpan at Birthday Reception for Japanese Emperor

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A reception to celebrate the Birthday of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan was hosted by His Excellency Matsubara Yutaka, Ambassado

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Ramsey-Moore reports increased revenue from Panorama in 2023

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

From left, Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Randall Mitchell and PanTrinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore, with Myles Phillips of Tropical Angel Harps, Edmund Willis of BP Renegades (large bands winner) and Na

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A Carnival no longer of the people

Newsday March 2, 2023

"Parents of young children probably aren't keen on explaining why a half-naked woman has her buttocks pointed skyward while a man is pounding (not wining) on her behind, trying to grind her coccyx into chalkdust."

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When Steel Talks extends condolences to family and fans of jazz legend Wayne Shorter

 

Wayne Shorter

In his honor take a listen to the panist Garvin Blakes version of Shorter's "Footprints"

Considered to be one of the world’s greatest composers and one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of all time, Wayne Shorter is a recipient

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THE MOTHER OF ALL CARNIVALS ... who say BIKINI and BEADS ... chasing shadows

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Complete Summary of Results of all Conventional Steel Orchestras - 2023 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - At a glance and on a single page, access the comprehensive summary of results for the Small, Medium and Large conventional steel orchestras that participated in their respective categories in the 2023 Panorama.

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Back to bacchanal

Newsday - Editorial 

THE SUGGESTION made by Pan Trinbago president Beverly Ramsey-Moore that the children's Carnival should be moved to make way for holding only the Panorama competition at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Carnival Saturday was tactles

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Too many Carnival missteps -- this is a STAND ALONE TOPIC ...

Trinidad Guardian 5 days ago

Carnival 2024 takes place on February 12 and 13, which is more than enough time for those in National Carnival Commission (NCC) leadership positions and the three Carnival interest groups to begin preparations and develop

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"MOTHER OF ALL CARNIVALS" MEDIA REVIEW

MOTHER OF ALL CARNIVALS ENDS WITH MEDIA BEATDOWN 

Let us go back to the ANTICIPATION and the PROJECTIONS for CARNIVAL 2023 which was to be THE MOTHER OF ALL CARNIVALS. 

Daily Express October 14, 2022 

“CARNIVAL 2023 is almost sold out,” Minister of T

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Mother of all Carnivals...or miscarriage?

Trinidad Express February, 23rd

Carnival Monday and Tuesday should be renamed “bottom in de road”, as it was the same bikinis, beads and feathered costumes. Those who played in red two years ago, probably played in green or blue this time and could j

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The Carnival is Over

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TTT Trinidad Live Stream - Tuesday Carnival - 2023

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Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Tuesday 2023 ON D ROAD live

Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Tuesday 2023 ON D ROAD live

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Brass Bacchanal 2023

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