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  Happy Birthday to Liam Teague January 13th  When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist, Liam Teague “I have always viewed the Panorama “arranger” to be more of a composer than an arranger. After one arranges the original melody of a song, one basically adopts the role of a composer for the next seven, or so, minutes of the Panorama arrangement. Of course, one’s compositional ideas are basically still framed around elements of the original song. So, while it is useful that a song does have devices such as what I mentioned can be found in “Vibes,” I also feel humbly confident that I could do a good arrangement even if the original song was lacking some of the aforementioned aspects.” -    Liam Teague See more Relevant Content Liam Teague on Panorama 2016 Up-Close! Arranger Liam Teague - on Panorama 2012 & more Liam Teague - Panorama Arranger New World Steelband Order: Teague’s minor changes make a major note NIU Steelband taking 'Pan on the Inte...

  Lizzie Lowe Happy Birthday to Lizzie Lowe January 12th When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist, Lizzie Lowe “I started playing the steel pans at age 12 with the local steel band, it was so much fun from the very start and I was completely hooked. I enjoyed the social aspect of it all too and the performing side was so exciting as a young person, I just didn't know it was something I could make a living out of when I was older. ” -   Lizzie Lowe Relevant Content Meet Lizzie Lowe