EARL: Is not me who start the talk, eh!!! But after the dismal failure of the TRINIDAD PAN SOLOISTS to make a mark on GLOBAL PAN -- don't we deserve to RETHINK THE ADMINISTRATION of the STEELBAND MOVEMENT in T&T. Ah cyar call it THE MECCA no more.
"Pan Trinbago reached begging status .Sorry to be so harsh.
Duvone Stewart, Renegades , a Barbados based Trinbagonian (Panorama on Instagram) and now Exodus led the way with keeping the fraternity's best alive and sane for the past
You have all these MUSICAL GENIUSES down in TRINIDAD and NOBODY was able (willing?) to pull her aside and point out her OBVIOUS WEAKNESS as a PAN SOLOIST.
And remember: I doh know NOTHING ABOUT PAN OR PAN MUSIC or ANY KIND AH MUSIC!!!.
... but since then TRINIDAD HAS BEEN "LEFT BEHIND" (Is not me who say that, eh) ... and thanks to AINSWORTH MOHAMMED engineering THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL PAN RAMAJAY ... we should now SEE THE LIGHT and STRIVE to regain our SUPPOSITION as THE MECCA OF T
... THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!! In which case, I have a few suggestions.
They should forget about the INTERNATIONAL JUDGES and PICK SOME JUDGES FROM TRINIDAD ... that will ensure that the TRINIDAD PLAYERS WILL "WIN" and SAVE FACE.
KHUENT ROSE alone could SOLO MORE than TRINIDADIAN ... So BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE, why neglect yuh PAN CULTURE ... yuh making me FEEL SAD .... TIME for PAN TRINBAGO to SET UP some PAN RECORDING STUDIOS IN TRINIDAD ....
As a former player of a big 5 steelband who played in the original Pan Ramajay Competiton held at the Exodus Pan yard where all Steelbands/contestants performed on the same STAGE, with the same MICS, LIGHTING and ACOUSTICS, the playing FIELD was leve
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, W.I. - The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Culture has received recommendations by the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) (copy of letter of April 1, 2020) relative to Vincymas 202
Re: Steel Pan Blueprint For Success (Rough Draft Edit)
Hi to all,
Recently, a pan colleague asked me what were my ideas on what needs to be done to “revive the pan movement...” (as he put it). In relation to that question, I though I wou
Time to think about PANORAMA 2021 because nothing else eh happening WITH PAN.
Now I am hoping that if these TWO PAN GENIUSES (Well, MARCUS ASH is more of a MUSIC THEORY GENIUS -- ah doh know if he could really play THE PAN) get together that they S
For the last decade I was on THIS FORUM complaining bitterly about the LACK OF CALYPSO in the PANORAMA ARRANGEMENTS. And things got even worse in the last 5 years as the trend towards what I called "putting all kinda junk in the arrangement" became m
The International Pan Ramajay competition saw the winners of the three categories emerging from a country other than TT. The competition attracted regional and international pannists from Japan, US, St Maarten, Barbados, Denma
