By the time you get to this point in a trade career you already realised that there are very few people who have the skill and patience to do what he does. He knows he can teach them and they still aren't going to do it.
This is my very musically blessed brother Jim/Jimi/ Phillip also known as Panman doing what he loves and enjoy doing, creating,making the musical instruments that we call the steelpan
SIMPLY STUNNING, HE IS DEFINITELY A """NATIONAL JEWEL""" , A TRUE (((ARTIST/WIZARD))) IN HIS OWN RANK........PLEASE TELL HIM THANK YOU FOR HIS SERVICES & CRAFTSMANSHIPS TO OUR CULTURE, OUR COUNTRY, OUR PEOPLE, THANK YOU !!!!!!
Thanks to Chas for featuring a living master at his craft. Besides tuning, Jimi is a very talented multi instrumentalist. He plays the electric bass, guitar , keyboards, drums including tassa and all forms of percussion and needless to say a " sick " pannist. What really caught my attention after being pulled into Jimi's orbit, was his ability to arrange any piece of music for pan and it sounded like the piece of music as opposed to pan playing a song. I believe I can write a short book about Jimi but I would leave that for the true writers and story tellers and i hope to see such a thing before we move on to higher plains. I forgot to mention that from time to time Jimi has been commisioned by the Ministry of Arts and Culture and the Ministry of Education to teach the craft/art of pan manufacture and tuning. Lawd, I need to stop now before I really end up writing the book on Jimi "Panman" Philip. Don't stop yet Jimi and huge thanks to Chas Sheppard again.
My chemistry teachers tried this once thinking it shouldn't be that hard, but the both of them gave up and had to say hats off to these people. So massive respect!
Yeah, especially tuning a steel pan is an incredibly challenging thing to doo, there are many variables, and the tuning of each note affects the others around it.
@@chassheppard Indeed, and my teachers found out about that the hard way. They were beating on it for half a year or year (been 25 years since they told me that) and each time they would mess up the tuning somewhere else. They didn't use air tools either, so they really put in the hours of blood sweat and mainly tears I think. The guy who made the first steeldrum must've been a genius and very capable with his hands.
Watching him gleefully freehand the markings reminded me a lot of the joy my machine shop teachers would get out of showing us cute setups and old-school ways to line things up by sight. Really cool video.
I remember one of my machine shop instructors showing us how to sight a 60 degree thread cutting tool in the tool post with an "arrowhead". I had seen my Dad's pitch tool, but had never learned the many uses of it. There's so much to learn, you learn from everybody. Each feller and each gal do the same things different, and the outcome is usually true art! Just because someone else did it one particular way different from your way, take the good parts of theirs and incorporate it into your way and it becomes A BETTER way. Higher quality stuff!
I am astounded by the level of precision that goes into this craft! A very informative video that elicits the highest respect for the talent of this craftsman.
@@pepperypeppers2755 you are righ, but the explanation is, that some time the island's english is so twisted, I went to that minute, indicated by you, to catch the meaning. Thank a lot
@@pepperypeppers2755 the man who taught him passed away a few years ago and he was inducted in the pan fraternity. He is another unsung hero and was responsible for fine tuning what is known as harmonics which is the effect each note has on the adjacent note. That man"s name is Austin Wallace.
Ur right! I asked chatGPT and he wanted to use a welding machine to add the notes one by one haha. Then I told it to not use a welding machine and create bubbles instead in the oil can. Then it agreed and wanted me to make soapy water bubbles and tune those to the right notes..
Lol it's kind of a contradictory statement because your using technology/computers to review the information that you may not have seen otherwise without it.
However, a Trinidadian who went to Mississippi University, USA, pursued pan as his music career. Recalled reading same in the USA, Florida, Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel News paper, decades ago. With help he electronically, amplified his pan, made his career, and publicly entertained, using his academic notes from paper. Real professional. Mind you his parents discouraged him. Hence the issue of mindset. Japan, Switzerland and more, have had exhibits with one country showing students at the events of pan.
'The knowing hand and eye'. Knowing exactly where to hit, how hard to hit and having the ear to know when it's right. All learned over many years. Thank you for showing this master at work.
Thanks for your amazing work! I think it is important to maintain this knowledge and the Trinidad y Tobago culture over time. As Handpan makers we must honor them. Thank you Chas. Best regards from Steel Art Chile 🇨🇱
I can watch artisan craftsmanship videos all day long. Jim Jimi is one of those crafters. I’m hoping he has or has had a few apprentices. Skills like Jimi’s shouldn’t be allowed to die out or be taken over by machines. The sound of a Steel Band is always uplifting, I don’t know if they do sad tunes! Keep up the good work Jimi. Edit: Just noticed the sign above the door. (Steel Pan workshop and school.) That’s encouraging for the future of this art.
Fascinating program. His talent and skill is awesome. Jimmy Phillips is a treasure. I had always wanted to know how the fine tuning process worked and then to see it actually done right to the ornamental rim start to finish was very generous of him to reveal his process. Thank you…🇨🇦🌹🌹🌹
What a great documentation of such a beautiful sound and what goes behind it’s production. Thanks a bunch chas and jimi and the internet for bringing this to my perception.
I am taking a World Music class. The teacher did not assign this video - but I am making sure he and everybody in the class hears about it. Thank you for a really happy half hour. (My favorite part was when I realized he was tuning it at the end with a tuning app on his cell phone. 5000 miles away, I use an app for my violin. Great moment.)
I will never make, let alone play a steel drum, but it I so enjoy watching a craftsman work and learning the process. Mankind is so imaginative and resourceful.
@@panman10jpyou should make your own videos. You are a natural on camera and you could make good money! You are very skilled at your craft! Thanks for the information
@@panman10jp I am in Zimbabwe, Africa, came across your video on Instagram and followed it here. It’s been a revelation and marvel watching you do your craft. How can I place an order with you to ship to Zimbabwe?
Nice, somebody have to teach somebody, and if the teacher didn't teach, then the pupil would not learn, so good job Mr Philip and thanks for putting Trinidad and Tobago on the map one more time.
Thank you for sharing. I am a Somali native and I will introduce this musical instrument to Somalia, East Africa. The sight and sound of our beautiful tropical beaches will soon change. You documenting this man's work will undoubtedly change many people's lives. Thank for all your hard work and for sharing with us.
Such an interesting video. I always wondered how these were made. And Jim is an awesome human being. Carrying on a tradition and willing to show his hard work and dedication.
Thank you for documenting this and making me love pan that much more. I always wondered how this was done. I work on locomotives and occasionally find parts with a pleasant sound but to watch a man turn an oil drum into a musical instrument is magical. Just as a side note, no pun intended, we hammer test parts of locomotives that can work lose. A loose or broken part will sound dead or rattle, where parts in good order will ring. The steps are my favorite because they are in descending order from top to bottom if they have steps that are tapered. The square stepped locomotives all are uniform. We use the iron on bolts but the wooden handles on steps and grab irons. Pedestal straps can be tapped with the leather covered steel toe. They are clear sounding when tight and rattle when loose. New guys must be taught what to listen for.
That’s super cool to hear, I used to do acoustic analysis of engines to predict issues/failures without having to disassemble! It’s awesome to hear that this is still being done by ear in locomotives :)
I'm not a musician, but I listen religiously. There's one song for pan by Cliff Martinez called, "First Sleep," used in the U.S. version of the movie, "Solaris," (or, I think it's pan...it might be baschet cristal). I would like to some day make a pan, and learn that song. I am so grateful to this man for being so open, and complete (and generous) in showing the process. Some day, just a dream...maybe out of reach. Beautiful sounds no matter the genre! Thank you!
I really hope this video gets uploaded to the Internet Archive at some point. People will definitely still want to watch this in 20 years, and probably will still want to see how this was done in 200 (if not 2000) years. It's such good documentation of a process that is deep art, with a fantastic flow and clear presentation. The amount of intuition and experience shown here is amazing. I especially love how his responses to analytical, physics-y questions were almost all intuitive (and am glad they got asked, as I had the same questions, and they were gonna bug me). He doesn't have equations for the size of the notes, because he doesn't need them: all the more amazingly human of an art! That's the kind of handiwork that the nerds come along and reverse engineer into equations, but seeing a master working by feel is magic. Thanks for putting this together, and good luck with the upcoming release!
Jimi is so deceiving in his simple and pragmatic approach to life that the casual observer could miss the genius at work in all his endeavors. Getting to know the genius leaves one paying homage to a seemingly ordinary man.
It was amazing for me to realize that steel pan makers knew intuitively the techniques that skilled sheet metal fabricators in industry use: Stretch forming; Drawing: (reducing the size of a piece of sheet metal); Flanging; Hemming: Beading: Bulging: Necking: Planishing: Shrinking. And 'nuff physics involved. I'm sure the pan makers/tuners learned some of these terms long after they mastered the skills. The thing is that these skills have traditionally been used to form sheet metal for structural and mechanical components and visually aesthetic shapes. Trini took it one step further to fine tune the skill for, well, fine tuning.😁. Go Trini!👍. (Oh yuh gon a'ready?)
The question is: how could the man who created this unique instrument have ideas to say well I want to use a steel drum, do all this he did, find international tuned notes(famous do re mi fa sol la si) and turn it into a masterpiece music instrument?!!!! He is just a genious, period. This dude is enormously talented and enjoys doing this art, you can just feel it!! Respect for you with capital R!!
The British colonialists banned African drumming. So the locals would be in big trouble if found with African drums. So they used to drum on anything they could find. Especially metal objects. Which could easily remain concealed. They would have drumming competitions on steel barrels to see who could make the louder sound. Eventually, they noticed that the dents in their barrels would make different tones. So gradually they figured out a way to deliberately dent the drum in a way that it could be used as an instrument with several notes. Two names from Trinidad have emerged as the true genius behind this instrument. I can't remember them but a quick Google search will reveal it. Its been a while since I researched this, but there's lots of useful information about the history on TH-cam, including plenty of footage by one of the alleged inventors. The instrument isn't that old, it's 20th century, so I think the popular origin story is probably true.
Thank You Chas I am an old man just sitting here watching videos and this popped up.. Suddenly not so depressed and down... I had a huge smile.. Much appreciated.. Subbed!
I played a Show on Mother's Day 2000 in Trinidad. A friend took our band to a place that made these pans. Got to see this step by step. I actually bought a small pan and brought it back with me.
Woawww ! Respect to the man insteresting , because they're contributing to the world. This instrument is really nice .Love his personality!Great craft and this was a fantastic interview /doc..Thank You for sharing. (I'm sorry for my english. )I'm french People of Reunion island créole ) I like the steelpan. I play the double second pan.👍👏🎩🎶🎼🎵🌴🍀Blessing.
I pray that anyone hoping to capitalize on this this man's techniques or the craft gives the proper due and compensation to the art form and its innovators.
Awesome guy, Chas! He must have fantastic hearing! What an art- and all because the US Navy left untold millions of barrels on T&T, which was the shipping make up and transition to over seas fleets from their harbors.
I’ve been putting this video off for a while. Don’t know why just kept scrolling past. This is so dang important. Cheers to you and Jimi. Inspiring and educational!
The first person to create a steel drum had to be a genius! My hat is off to him and to this fine gentleman who is taking so much time and effort to explain the complexities of creating one of these unique instruments. It has to be a labor of love.
Thank you for your kind words! This video was filmed as part of a documentary that I'm making about steel pan. You can check out the teaser on my channel if you're interested :)
Jimi Philip is not only a pan player and tuner. Whe is comes to pan, steelbands, tuning tools and equipment, pan stands etc he is an innovator, an engineer, a metallurgist and a scientist.
Interesting .Intriguing. Mind Blowing. Exclusive top of the line master artisan Little known knowledge that literally make us appreciate the diversity and fantastic beauty of music. Thanks for sharing this talented exceptional artist Mr.Jim Jimy Phillip .While we realise how important the world need them.
If you enjoyed this clip, check out my feature length steel pan documentary "Sounds Like Steel," available for free on my TH-cam channel.
fantastic documentary!
Superb
Thank you
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Wow. The man has a whole technique developed over time. A real artist. Great work here Chas. World class.
Thanks :)
Yes, the music is beautiful one of my favorite sounds
Some tuners would almost NEVER agree to do this. You can tell, he is willing to leave back a legacy!!
I am beyond grateful to Jimi for his willingness to share his knowledge. This documentary project would have been impossible without people like him!
By the time you get to this point in a trade career you already realised that there are very few people who have the skill and patience to do what he does. He knows he can teach them and they still aren't going to do it.
@@chassheppard Is there any way we can tip him? I've been waiting my whole life for this lesson.
@@Plateaudweller Cnidaria Dr Essex feed d hi
@@Plateaudweller Accurate.
This is my very musically blessed brother Jim/Jimi/ Phillip also known as Panman doing what he loves and enjoy doing, creating,making the musical instruments that we call the steelpan
That's very cool. Have you ever given it a go to make a pan yourself?
Your brother is amazingly gifted and talented wow. The knowledge, the ear it must take to do this...
Jimi is talented and gifted. Music is in his blood. It's an honour watching and listening to him in this video.
SIMPLY STUNNING, HE IS DEFINITELY A """NATIONAL JEWEL""" , A TRUE (((ARTIST/WIZARD))) IN HIS OWN RANK........PLEASE TELL HIM THANK YOU FOR HIS SERVICES & CRAFTSMANSHIPS TO OUR CULTURE, OUR COUNTRY, OUR PEOPLE, THANK YOU !!!!!!
He reads the pan like a keyboard! Awesome 😊
Thanks to Chas for featuring a living master at his craft. Besides tuning, Jimi is a very talented multi instrumentalist. He plays the electric bass, guitar , keyboards, drums including tassa and all forms of percussion and needless to say a " sick " pannist. What really caught my attention after being pulled into Jimi's orbit, was his ability to arrange any piece of music for pan and it sounded like the piece of music as opposed to pan playing a song. I believe I can write a short book about Jimi but I would leave that for the true writers and story tellers and i hope to see such a thing before we move on to higher plains. I forgot to mention that from time to time Jimi has been commisioned by the Ministry of Arts and Culture and the Ministry of Education to teach the craft/art of pan manufacture and tuning. Lawd, I need to stop now before I really end up writing the book on Jimi "Panman" Philip. Don't stop yet Jimi and huge thanks to Chas Sheppard again.
I'm glad he's putting forth real music and not rap and hiphop.
I want to hear more of his story!!!
@@Meeckle Check this link and you will hear Jimi Light up the club with his pan playing in a live setting.www.youtube.com/@panman10jp
Judging from your knowledge of the man and your articulate words, I think you are more than qualified to write that book!
My chemistry teachers tried this once thinking it shouldn't be that hard, but the both of them gave up and had to say hats off to these people. So massive respect!
Yeah, especially tuning a steel pan is an incredibly challenging thing to doo, there are many variables, and the tuning of each note affects the others around it.
@@chassheppard Indeed, and my teachers found out about that the hard way. They were beating on it for half a year or year (been 25 years since they told me that) and each time they would mess up the tuning somewhere else.
They didn't use air tools either, so they really put in the hours of blood sweat and mainly tears I think.
The guy who made the first steeldrum must've been a genius and very capable with his hands.
@@LogiForce86 I imagine first steeldrum was just one note, not so bad!
It was an honour to watch this man share his skills.
I'm speechless every time a see craftsman/musician like Jimi. What a legend!!!!
Oh my word when he turned the pan over and started reducing the tension you could hear it go thru an octave it was awesome
I am an engineer and it amazes me the talent this man has for his chosen craft.
Watching him gleefully freehand the markings reminded me a lot of the joy my machine shop teachers would get out of showing us cute setups and old-school ways to line things up by sight. Really cool video.
I remember one of my machine shop instructors showing us how to sight a 60 degree thread cutting tool in the tool post with an "arrowhead". I had seen my Dad's pitch tool, but had never learned the many uses of it. There's so much to learn, you learn from everybody. Each feller and each gal do the same things different, and the outcome is usually true art! Just because someone else did it one particular way different from your way, take the good parts of theirs and incorporate it into your way and it becomes A BETTER way. Higher quality stuff!
I am astounded by the level of precision that goes into this craft! A very informative video that elicits the highest respect for the talent of this craftsman.
exactly. every hammerblow changes the sound :)
Every steel pan is a masterpiece, because nobody taught him to do that, experience and talent only.
Well done man!!!!
1:18 he says who taught him in the first two minutes
@@pepperypeppers2755 you are righ, but the explanation is, that some time the island's english is so twisted, I went to that minute, indicated by you, to catch the meaning. Thank a lot
@@pepperypeppers2755 the man who taught him passed away a few years ago and he was inducted in the pan fraternity. He is another unsung hero and was responsible for fine tuning what is known as harmonics which is the effect each note has on the adjacent note. That man"s name is Austin Wallace.
Pan fraternity Hall of Fame.
Like a large language model. Trained all his life
No computer or technology can teach you this. Absolutely amazing this is Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 own yesss!
Ur right! I asked chatGPT and he wanted to use a welding machine to add the notes one by one haha. Then I told it to not use a welding machine and create bubbles instead in the oil can. Then it agreed and wanted me to make soapy water bubbles and tune those to the right notes..
Lol it's kind of a contradictory statement because your using technology/computers to review the information that you may not have seen otherwise without it.
@Rj Williams us in trinidad already knew about this tho
However, a Trinidadian who went to Mississippi University, USA, pursued pan as his music career. Recalled reading same in the USA, Florida, Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel News paper, decades ago. With help he electronically, amplified his pan, made his career, and publicly entertained, using his academic notes from paper. Real professional. Mind you his parents discouraged him. Hence the issue of mindset. Japan, Switzerland and more, have had exhibits with one country showing students at the events of pan.
Such a unique sound. I hope this technique never gets forgotten
'The knowing hand and eye'. Knowing exactly where to hit, how hard to hit and having the ear to know when it's right. All learned over many years. Thank you for showing this master at work.
Thanks for your amazing work! I think it is important to maintain this knowledge and the Trinidad y Tobago culture over time. As Handpan makers we must honor them.
Thank you Chas.
Best regards from Steel Art Chile 🇨🇱
@@SteelArtCL Thanks guys ❤️
I can watch artisan craftsmanship videos all day long. Jim Jimi is one of those crafters. I’m hoping he has or has had a few apprentices. Skills like Jimi’s shouldn’t be allowed to die out or be taken over by machines. The sound of a Steel Band is always uplifting, I don’t know if they do sad tunes! Keep up the good work Jimi.
Edit: Just noticed the sign above the door. (Steel Pan workshop and school.) That’s encouraging for the future of this art.
this is what TH-cam is made for. This man is a legend
Watching this artist at work made this feel shorter than 37 minutes! Incredible talent and dedication to his craft.
This guy Jimi is awesome. What a great neighbor to have =)
Fascinating program. His talent and skill is awesome. Jimmy Phillips is a treasure. I had always wanted to know how the fine tuning process worked and then to see it actually done right to the ornamental rim start to finish was very generous of him to reveal his process. Thank you…🇨🇦🌹🌹🌹
now this is true 'pan handling' - amazing skill/craft/art
thanks to all involved for sharing this process
What a great documentation of such a beautiful sound and what goes behind it’s production. Thanks a bunch chas and jimi and the internet for bringing this to my perception.
Thanks so much for the kind words ❤️
I am taking a World Music class. The teacher did not assign this video - but I am making sure he and everybody in the class hears about it. Thank you for a really happy half hour. (My favorite part was when I realized he was tuning it at the end with a tuning app on his cell phone. 5000 miles away, I use an app for my violin. Great moment.)
Really glad you enjoyed the video :)
I will never make, let alone play a steel drum, but it I so enjoy watching a craftsman work and learning the process. Mankind is so imaginative and resourceful.
I worked along side this gentleman in Montreal some years ago.
Hi Mr Mills😊
@@panman10jpyou should make your own videos. You are a natural on camera and you could make good money! You are very skilled at your craft! Thanks for the information
@@panman10jphow do you clean the barrel of the oil?
@@panman10jp you sir are a national treasure. Keep doing what you do best, the community appreciates you 😁
@@panman10jp I am in Zimbabwe, Africa, came across your video on Instagram and followed it here. It’s been a revelation and marvel watching you do your craft.
How can I place an order with you to ship to Zimbabwe?
27:10 the way he tuned that note in… mind blowing! What an awesome skill
And the incorporation of technology to refine and enhance. 👌🏾 Passionate and skilled tradesman with a solid process.
Nice, somebody have to teach somebody, and if the teacher didn't teach, then the pupil would not learn, so good job Mr Philip and thanks for putting Trinidad and Tobago on the map one more time.
Thank you for sharing. I am a Somali native and I will introduce this musical instrument to Somalia, East Africa. The sight and sound of our beautiful tropical beaches will soon change. You documenting this man's work will undoubtedly change many people's lives. Thank for all your hard work and for sharing with us.
Birthplace Laventille Trinidad ❤️🇹🇹❤️
Very cool! I always wondered how they were made.... I love Jim's casual nature yet knowledgeable demonstration.
Very intuitive and microtonal facility, this man knows where sound lives.
The mastery that it takes to craft an instrument like this is remarkable. What a master craftsmen.
God, man. What a blessing to able to witness this process. The passion is immense.
I could listen to this man talk all day, seems like he has a heart of gold 😊.
Such an interesting video. I always wondered how these were made. And Jim is an awesome human being. Carrying on a tradition and willing to show his hard work and dedication.
Stumbled on this video by accident but man I got to say I'm happy that I started watching. Awesome work and such a talent 👍🏻
Thanks so much of the support, this video was produced as part of a documentary I'm making on Steel Pan, so there's plenty more coming.
This gentleman is a national treasure. He must be kept safe at all costs.
who threatened him??? ready to save like 😅
I remember hearing these as a kid for the first time, I was enthralled by the sound.
Thank you for documenting this and making me love pan that much more.
I always wondered how this was done.
I work on locomotives and occasionally find parts with a pleasant sound but to watch a man turn an oil drum into a musical instrument is magical.
Just as a side note, no pun intended, we hammer test parts of locomotives that can work lose. A loose or broken part will sound dead or rattle, where parts in good order will ring. The steps are my favorite because they are in descending order from top to bottom if they have steps that are tapered. The square stepped locomotives all are uniform. We use the iron on bolts but the wooden handles on steps and grab irons. Pedestal straps can be tapped with the leather covered steel toe. They are clear sounding when tight and rattle when loose. New guys must be taught what to listen for.
That’s super cool to hear, I used to do acoustic analysis of engines to predict issues/failures without having to disassemble! It’s awesome to hear that this is still being done by ear in locomotives :)
@@chassheppard
By ear and feel.
I diagnosed an engine block crack because I felt the odd vibration in my feet.
I'm not a musician, but I listen religiously. There's one song for pan by Cliff Martinez called, "First Sleep," used in the U.S. version of the movie, "Solaris," (or, I think it's pan...it might be baschet cristal). I would like to some day make a pan, and learn that song. I am so grateful to this man for being so open, and complete (and generous) in showing the process. Some day, just a dream...maybe out of reach. Beautiful sounds no matter the genre! Thank you!
I really hope this video gets uploaded to the Internet Archive at some point. People will definitely still want to watch this in 20 years, and probably will still want to see how this was done in 200 (if not 2000) years. It's such good documentation of a process that is deep art, with a fantastic flow and clear presentation.
The amount of intuition and experience shown here is amazing. I especially love how his responses to analytical, physics-y questions were almost all intuitive (and am glad they got asked, as I had the same questions, and they were gonna bug me). He doesn't have equations for the size of the notes, because he doesn't need them: all the more amazingly human of an art! That's the kind of handiwork that the nerds come along and reverse engineer into equations, but seeing a master working by feel is magic.
Thanks for putting this together, and good luck with the upcoming release!
Jimi is so deceiving in his simple and pragmatic approach to life that the casual observer could miss the genius at work in all his endeavors. Getting to know the genius leaves one paying homage to a seemingly ordinary man.
There is an active attempt to take down the internet archive by international regulators right now.
It was amazing for me to realize that steel pan makers knew intuitively the techniques that skilled sheet metal fabricators in industry use:
Stretch forming; Drawing: (reducing the size of a piece of sheet metal); Flanging; Hemming: Beading: Bulging: Necking: Planishing: Shrinking. And 'nuff physics involved.
I'm sure the pan makers/tuners learned some of these terms long after they mastered the skills. The thing is that these skills have traditionally been used to form sheet metal for structural and mechanical components and visually aesthetic shapes. Trini took it one step further to fine tune the skill for, well, fine tuning.😁. Go Trini!👍. (Oh yuh gon a'ready?)
Love his personality! Great craft.
I could watch this guy work and tune all day
The question is: how could the man who created this unique instrument have ideas to say well I want to use a steel drum, do all this he did, find international tuned notes(famous do re mi fa sol la si) and turn it into a masterpiece music instrument?!!!! He is just a genious, period.
This dude is enormously talented and enjoys doing this art, you can just feel it!! Respect for you with capital R!!
The British colonialists banned African drumming. So the locals would be in big trouble if found with African drums. So they used to drum on anything they could find. Especially metal objects. Which could easily remain concealed. They would have drumming competitions on steel barrels to see who could make the louder sound. Eventually, they noticed that the dents in their barrels would make different tones. So gradually they figured out a way to deliberately dent the drum in a way that it could be used as an instrument with several notes. Two names from Trinidad have emerged as the true genius behind this instrument. I can't remember them but a quick Google search will reveal it. Its been a while since I researched this, but there's lots of useful information about the history on TH-cam, including plenty of footage by one of the alleged inventors. The instrument isn't that old, it's 20th century, so I think the popular origin story is probably true.
So great of him to share this…
😮 first time seeing this instrument. I'm more than impressed. The man is a legend, his precision and attention to detail is crazy.
I’m so glad I’m able to show off this amazing instrument to new people. A full documentary on pan will come out on this channel in a few weeks.
Thank You Chas I am an old man just sitting here watching videos and this popped up.. Suddenly not so depressed and down... I had a huge smile.. Much appreciated.. Subbed!
Thanks for the support! Hope you enjoy the rest of the BTS episodes as they come out :)
Thanks random youtube suggestion. Very enjoyable to watch an artist like him do what he does. Massive skill there!
Glad you enjoyed it, you can follow the documentary that this is a part of ❤️
No shit man! this dude is outstanding. An excellent musician builder. I hope that he passes his craft on to others.
Such a talent you don’t learn that overnight that’s years of learning and this man’s got it down pat such a creative person
Mr. Phillip is one very talented and patient man. Thanks for the video. It's wonderful to see such craftsmanship.
As a pan fanatic, I absolutely loved this video. Thank you Jimmy for taking the time to share with us.
Jimi is a master of his craft. 👍👍
What a sweet and down to earth person!!
This is absolutely beautiful!! What a process...science AND art....
This guy is super smart. Like legit high IQ. Very impressive! A true craftsman and engineer! I am left in awe.
I played a Show on Mother's Day 2000 in Trinidad. A friend took our band to a place that made these pans. Got to see this step by step. I actually bought a small pan and brought it back with me.
Woawww ! Respect to the man insteresting , because they're contributing to the world. This instrument is really nice .Love his personality!Great craft and this was a fantastic interview /doc..Thank You for sharing. (I'm sorry for my english. )I'm french People of Reunion island créole ) I like the steelpan. I play the double second pan.👍👏🎩🎶🎼🎵🌴🍀Blessing.
Sesame Street has an awesome clip of one being made back in the 70’s. Got me hooked on the cool sound!.
Wow,wow,wow.❤❤❤
FASCINATING! Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful video. Jimi Phillip is a great instrument craftsman and it was fascinating to watch him work his steel magic!
This big man: Dedicated to fabricating joy and making the World a happier place.
I pray that anyone hoping to capitalize on this this man's techniques or the craft gives the proper due and compensation to the art form and its innovators.
Very good thought. Yes, compensation to the art form and it's innovators.
thank you for the video, that is really cool. the work put into the steel drums actually takes a lot of skill and practice. loved it!!!
A master at work. I love the way he uses the minimal amount of force required to get the result he wants. Thanks for sharing this!
This was cool, thank you for filming/uploading and thank you Jimi for sharing with us
What a Craftsman. Basic tools. Tuning by ear.
Awesome guy, Chas! He must have fantastic hearing! What an art- and all because the US Navy left untold millions of barrels on T&T, which was the shipping make up and transition to over seas fleets from their harbors.
I’ve been putting this video off for a while. Don’t know why just kept scrolling past. This is so dang important. Cheers to you and Jimi. Inspiring and educational!
I am blown away. Have always love Steel Drum sounds, now I totally appreciate them!
The first person to create a steel drum had to be a genius! My hat is off to him and to this fine gentleman who is taking so much time and effort to explain the complexities of creating one of these unique instruments. It has to be a labor of love.
Saw a piece of this on Facebook reels and I decided to come here and search for the whole process, it's so satisfying.
I am honored to witness this Master of his trade work and perform. Thank you for taking the time and sharing. Many Blessings to you good sir!
Thank you for your kind words! This video was filmed as part of a documentary that I'm making about steel pan. You can check out the teaser on my channel if you're interested :)
So well presented. Presenting the ancient ways and some of the modern shortcuts. And the reasoning behind every move.
Thanks for the support ❤
Happy memories of the pan yards in Trinidad. Thanks for posting.
This video has been added to things I never knew I wanted to know more about. Thank you
Thanks! Ig you want to learn even more about pan, this was shot as part if a documentary that will be released for free on this channel :)
Great invention Trinidad&Tobago 🇹🇹 🇹🇹 ❤
Great video. One of the most comprehensive and best explained processes on video out there.
I love this man. Thanks Chas
i really appreciate , ive been wanting to build drums for years
This was a fantastic interview/doc. Thank you for sharing. I’ll definitely be watching the other videos too.
Thanks so much for the support :)
God bless Trini hands ,they invented a the Steelpan gifted people ❤🇹🇹👍
A craftsman of sheetmetal and music fusion!
That's some beautiful engineering...love the buoy furnace
Jimmi is really an innovator. It was a privilege to work with him!
That is amazing. I never thought so much went in to those, beautiful
Simply amazing! I love listening to the soft sound of steel drums. What a skilled artist!
Bro u are d one greates of all tuners/inovater in d industry keep on inovating
Im from trinidad, thank you for making this vid 🇹🇹
Thanks for the support! This is part of a steel pan documentary I'm working on, so there's lots more to come!
Jimi Philip is not only a pan player and tuner. Whe is comes to pan, steelbands, tuning tools and equipment, pan stands etc he is an innovator, an engineer, a metallurgist and a scientist.
Amazing ...
Hope you upload a video of this guy playing for some time...
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I'm amazed at how far the drum bottom can be stretched to form the pan. How someone came up with this idea and then the measuring device. Amazing!
INCREDIBLE craftsmanship!
The guy is great and talented. Solute !
Could watch this man work for hours!
the miracle of TH-cam - exactly what I was looking for, THX Mr. SHeppard !!!!!!
Beautiful work and a heavenly sound comes forth.
Interesting .Intriguing. Mind Blowing. Exclusive top of the line master artisan Little known knowledge that literally make us appreciate the diversity and fantastic beauty of music. Thanks for sharing this talented exceptional artist Mr.Jim Jimy Phillip .While we realise how important the world need them.