Steelbands Listing in T&T

All Aces, 5 Camile Drive, Boissiere Village #2. (868) 642-8732, 685-1885

Arima Angel Harps, Corner Olton and Eastern Main Road, Arima. (868) 642-8308

Arima All Stars, 4 Malabar Road, Malabar, Arima. (868) 798-4719

Bar 22, Symond Valley Rd, St. Ann's. (868) 625-0244

Brimblers, Alberto Street, Woodbrook. (868) 793-6466

Brazil RX 4, 101R Housing Development, Brazil Village, San Raphael. (868) 643-8234

Belmont Harmonic, 131 Belmont Circular Road, Belmont

BP Renegades, 138 Charlotte Street, Port of Spain. (868) 785-6010

Blue Diamonds, 39-41 George Street, Port of Spain. (868) 680-5287

Birdsong, Corner St. Vincent & Cornell Streets, Tunapuna. (868) 620-5285

Belmont City Kids International, 17 Farrell Lane, Belmont. (868) 624-4321

BWIA Invaders, 147 Tragarete Road, Woodbrook. (868) 633-2397

Chord Masters, Laventille Road, Febeau Village, San Juan. (868) 674-6681

Carib Tokyo, 2A Plaisance Road, East Dr y River, Port od Spain. (868) 623-7758

Carib Pan Jammers, Sam Bocaud Road, Cantaro Village Santa Cruz

Caribbean Paradise, Chinapoo, Mor vant. (868) 624-6817, 755-1146

Casablanca, 31 Belmont Circular Road, Belmont. (868) 628-8980

Carib Dixieland, Mt. Pleasant, Tobago. (868) 774-1255

Crazy Golden Eagles, George Street Community Centre, Port of Spain. (868) 624-0486

Cocorite West Wind, Upper Harding Place, Waterhole, Cocorite. (868) 622-8979

Clico Sfor zata, Cor Evans & Harris Streets, Curepe. (868) 663-1679

Courts Sound Specialists, Eastern Quarr y, Laventille. (868) 627-3175

Couva Joylanders, Railway Road, Couva. (868) 636-0528

Curepe Scher zando, Evans Street, Curepe (868) 640-7870

Crescendoes Musical, 19 Desperlie Crescent, Laventille. (868) 624-1584, 686-8200

Dale White's Family & Friends, Stepan Trace & Subero St, Malabar (868) 778-3664

Deltones, Railway Road, Siparia. (868) 677-3888

D’Untouchables Pan Groove, 205 Pioneer Drive, Sea Lots, Port of Spain. (868) 624-3872

Dem Boys, Mason Hall, Tobago

Excellent Stores Silver Stars, 56 Tragarete Road, Port of Spain. (868) 629-2241

Five Rivers Modem Symphony, The Range, Five Rivers, Arouca. (868) 678-1278

Flamboyant Groove, Bld 16-33 North Maloney Gardens, D'Abadie. (868) 642-6317

Flamingoes, Upper St. John's Road, St. Augustine. (868) 663-0197

Fascinators Symphony, 1 Lammie St., El Dorado, Tunapuna. (868) 663-4642

Fifth Dimention, Serraneau Road, St. Francois Valley Road, Belmont. (868) 621-4753

Free-Lancers Pan Groove, 4-8 Apartment G, Prince/Duncan Street, Port of Spain (868) 625-8796

Flabej Ensemble, Abercromby Street, Port of Spain. (868) 755-8100

Gar y Straker's Steel Orch , Eastern Main Rd, Maturita Village, Arima. (868) 747-0229

Harlem Syncopators, 63 Quarr y Street, East Dr y River, Port of Spain. (868) 623-7471 Har vard Harps, Har vard Club, St. James. (868) 632-8379, 659-5197

HCL Valley Harps, Morne Coco Road, Petit Valley (868) 632-3159

Hilanders, 12 Wharton Street, Success Village, Laventille. (868) 623-9150, 772-1662

Hope Pan Groovers, Hope Village, Tobago (868) 660-2138

Harmonites, Churchill R'velt H'way, Mor vant Junction, Barataria. (868) 773-6309

Humming Birds Pan Groove, 13 Fort George Road, St. James. (868) 777-1851

Hi-Larks, C/O Belle's Cafe, Belmont.

(868) 623-8796, 781-3190

Inncogen Pamberi, Santa Cruz Old Road, San Juan. (868) 622-3117

Ice Water, 1 Bagatelle Road, Diego Martin.

(868) 632-8155

Is We, 31 Nelson Street, Port of Spain.

Jah Roots, Ernest Gardens, Warden Rd, Pt. Ligoure, Pt Fortin. (868) 648-4283

Kalomo Kings, Pleasantville Avenue, San Fernando. (868) 657-9855

Kool & The Gang, Benares Street, St. James. (868) 770-8443

Laventille Pan Strummers, 45A Laventille Road, East Dr y River (868) 624-8323

Laventille Serenaders, Corner St. Barbs & Laventille Road. (868) 625-1608

La Romain Super Vibes, Southern Main Road, La Romain. (868) 653-9541

La Creole Pan Groove, La Puerta Avenue, Diego Martin. (868) 776-9311

Laventille Pashphonics, Upper Pashley Street, Laventille. (868) 627-9242, 743-3913

La Horquetta Pan Groove, Jules Bernard, Crescent, Phase 5, La Horquetta. (868) 643-0683, 763-5187

Longdenville Claytones, Depot Road Junction, Longdenville. (868) 671-3148

Maraval Blanca 47, Morne Coco Road, Maraval. (868) 629-3191

Music Makers, 19 Straker Village, Picton Road, Laventille. (868) 749-0171

Martineau's Natural Mystic, Patience Hill, Tobago. (868) 639-4414

Magic Stars, Jai Ramkissoon Lands, Brazil Village. (868) 643-8171

Marsicans, Mausica Street, Arima. (868) 667-3137, 795-2910

Merr ytones, 1 Bagatelle Road, Greenhill Vlg. Diego Martin. (868) 632-4439

Mor vant Ebonites, Dos Santos Street, Mor vant. (868) 756-4515

Mercenaries, Palm Tree Junction, Toco Main Rd, Toco

Magic Notes Rebirth, Pole 264 Talparo Main Road, Brazil. (868) 643-8171

Moods, Sedennah Terrace, Southern Main Road, Curepe. (868) 645-6461

Mt. Moriah Pan Movement, Wharton Street, Vistabella. (868) 657-8471

Motown, Jadoo Trace, Via Navet Road. (868) 653-1705

Melodians, Cocorite Road, Bellamy Street, Arima. (868) 667-3788

N.L.C.B. Fonclaire, Dottin Street, San Fernando.

(868) 788-1826

New World Symphony, 55 Kassle Street, El Dorado. (868) 645-5156

Neal & Massy T’dad All Stars, 46 Duke Street, Port of Spain. (868) 632-8187

Nu Tones, 6 Cor yat Lane, Arima.

(868) 754-8281, 646-1044

Nostrand Symphony, St. Paul Street, Port of Spain.

New Age Trendsetters, Francois Street, Enterprise, Chaguanas.

Nuttin Big Pan Groove, Upper Morne Coco Rd, Petit Valley (868) 637-8754, 761-6937

Our Boys, Kirk & Fort Streets, Scarborough, Tobago. (868) 639-2250

Panatics, Water Wheel Compound, River Estate, Diego Martin. (868) 632-4821

Petrotrin Phase 11 Pan Groove, Hamilton Street, Woodbrook. (868) 627-0909

Petrotrin Hatters, 100 Lady Hailes Avenue, San Fernando. (868) 652-2341

P.C.S. Starlift, 187C Tragarete Road, Woodbrook. (868) 622-9308

Pandemonium, 3 Norfolk Street, Belmont. (868) 795-8476

Pamberi, Santa Cruz Old Road, San Juan. 642-4097, 663-1314

Pan Pipers, Eastern Main Road, St. Augustine

Potential Symphony, Upper Sixth Ave, Malick, Barataria. (868) 674-1980

Pan On The Move, Sorzano Street, Arima. (868) 667-3397

Panasonic Connection, Macoon Street, Victoria Village, San Fernando. (868) 671-5264

Parr y's Pan School, 165 Eastern Main Road, Tacarigua. (868) 640-4822

Pan Stereonetts, Cumana Village, Toco. (868) 670-8217

Peakes Yacht Scrunters Pan Groove, 13 Jeffers Street, St. James. (868) 622-9550

Pan Fanatics, Bacolet Street, Scarborough, Tobago. (868) 639-4772

Pan Vibe, St. Francois Valley Road, Belmont. (868) 623-2144

RBTT Redemption Sound Setters, Montgomer y Road, Bethel. (868) 639-8219

Rhythm Rockers, Sanchez Street Ext., Arima. Rhapsody Rebirth, LP# 53 Evelyn Ave, Tumpuna Road, Arima. (868) 643-5821

Rio Claro Koskeros, Railway Road, Rio Claro. (868) 644-1149

Scorpion Pan Reflections, Haigh Street, Carenage. (868) 632-1703, 658-9376

Spellbound, Western Main Road, Carenage. (868) 633-3404

Spree Simon Harmonics, Cor Picton & Eastern Main Road, Laventille. (868) 774-4861

Super Sonics, Cor St. Francois & Serraneau Roads, Belmont. (868) 624-2575

St. James Tripolians, Fort George Road, St. James. (868) 683-8508

Southern Marines Steelband, Southern Main Road, Marabella. (868) 658-2564

Shades In Steel, Pointe-a-Pierre Road, Vistabella. (868) 658-0554

Self Help Marines, Egypt Village, Point Fortin.

(868) 648-5564

Siparia Pan Patriots, Alexander Street, Siparia.

(868) 649-1472

Sundowner's, Cor Mt. Moriah & Pointe-a-Pierre Road, San Fernando. (868) 652-4656

San Juan All Stars, 20 Saddle Road, San Juan.

(868) 638-2456

Star Sapphire, Temple Street, Arima.

Sagicor Exodus, Eastern Main Road, St. Augustine. (868) 662-1205

San Juan East Side Symphony, Eastern Main Road, Barataria. (868) 638-5831

Sangre Grande Cordettes, 38 Foster Road, Sangre Grande. (868) 668-4423

Simple Song, 42 Pinto Road, Arima.

(868) 667-5540

Solo Pan Knights, 157 Eastern Main Road, Barataria, (868) 624-9970

Southern All Stars, 8-10 Carib Street, San Fernando. (868) 653-8015

St.James North Stars, 63 Bombay Street, St. James. (868) 622-0364, 794-7021

Starland, Techier Main Rd, Techier Vlg, Point Fortin. (868) 648-4056

Samaroo Jets, Surrey Village, Lopinot Road, Arouca. (868) 642-7024

Surrey Symphony, Pole 22, Lopinot Road, Surrey Village. (868) 642-5800

Tornadoes, 20 Richardson Street, Point Fortin. (868) 648-3734

T&TEC East Side New Dimension, Zion Hill, Belle Gardens. (868) 660-5058

Thunderbirds, Guarata Village, Maracas, St.

Joseph

Trinidad East Side Symphony, Upper Sixth Avenue, Malick, Barataria

Tamana Pioneers, Four Roads, Tamana. (868) 668-3257 / 8226

Trinidad Nostalgic, De Gannes Street, Arima. (868) 667-0182

Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, Air ways Road, Chaguaramas. (868) 676-0909

Tobago Pan-Thers, Golden Lane, Tobago. (868) 639-3957

Trinidad Pan Connoisseurs, 65 Western Main Road, St. James. (868) 622-0981, 755-1672

Tropical Angel Harps, Southern Main Road, Enterprise, Chaguanas. (868) 665-0315

TCL Group Skiffle Bunch, Coffee Street, San Fernando. (868) 657-8803

T&TEC Power Stars, 114 Western Main Road, St. James. (868) 628-4926

Tunapuna All Stars, Barath Street, Pasea Recreation Grd (P.B.R.). (868) 663-5301

Tobago Buccooneers, Chance Street, Buccoo, Tobago. (868) 639-8519

Uni Stars, Old St. Joseph Road, Laventille. (868) 623-6710

Untouchable Pan Illusion, 2 Panchoo Lane, El Socorro. (868) 672-3110

United Sounds, La Retret Road, Wallerfield. (868) 667-1318

Woodbrook Modernaires, Cor Tragarete Road & French Street, Port of Spain.

Woodbrook Playboyz, 24 Woodford Street, Newtown. (868) 628-0320

West Stars, 17 Parakeet Ave, River Estate, Diego Martin. (868) 759-5186, 637-6952

World Wide, Mt. Hololo Road, St. Anns. (868) 624-4563, 678-3336

West Side Symphony, Riseland Local Road, Patience Hill, Tobago. (868) 639-5186

Witco Desperadoes, Upper Laventille Road, East Dr y River (868) 752-2742 the end of the day, putting out that kind of money and getting back even less than half of it is at the least discouraging. Yet, producing an album is necessary for any artiste to do for all the obvious reasons I mean, what’s an entertainer without an album? But by the same token, what good is spending money on a product that you know is going to leave you in the red.

It goes without saying that a lot of things that ride on the existence of an album tend to suffer in instances such as these. Take music videos for example. In an industry like ours where little or no emphasis is placed on selling albums due to low returns, music videos are few and far in between. With the advent of local television stations such as Gayelle and Synergy, dedicated to showcasing local culture, especially music, a few more videos are being produced. But the amount of videos that exist as opposed to the amount of songs that exist is far out of proportion. Their role in the scheme of things is more about keeping the artiste and their songs in the public’s eye, rather than an expensive ad for an album based on one of the album’s pick hits.

Contrary to a lot of the perceived opinions of the islands and the mentality of their people, when it comes to handling business, some bodies have already begun to devise innovative plans to help reduce the effects of piracy on the industry These projects are quite similar to international trends such as the evolution of Napster, the popular on-line file-sharing software that saw a 1% decrease in music sales in the 2004/2005 period. With a restructure of the facility, music is now being offered at a very nominal fee that can be achieved through the advantages of using the digital media. It excludes the consumer having to pay for packaging, reproduction, shelf space and even from having to buy a collection of songs rather than the consumer ’s song of choice. In

Trinidad and Tobago’s situation, lawyer Anabella Davis has spearheaded a drive to give street vendors who sell pirated CDs, a legal licence to obtain, reproduce and distribute music on behalf of the local entertainers. The system is one that offers returns to the artiste, on music sold and will have an association of vendors who will, from the official launch date, be thereafter referred to as “entrepreneurs”. They will receive a mastered copy of the entertainer ’s music, and they must handle the reproduction, packaging and distribution of it. This takes a big bite out of the artistes’ production budget, and at the same time allows the actual work to be sold at the “pirate price” which is usually a lot cheaper than store price. Thus far, some artistes have shown interest as well as Liaison Officer Sean Julian of the Ministry of Culture and Gender Affairs. That’s about one of the best examples of how serious the industry is treating this problem.

The point is piracy is harming the industry from many different angles. We should think twice about our “music acquiring” options this Carnival… well at least we hope you will. Get your original albums from legitimate record stores and ensure that you support the local musicians and vocalists who put their all into m aking C arnival the musically stimulating sensation it is.