マスター・チューナー／David Beery by Smarty Pans Music of スティールパン製作＆専門ショップ Trinidad House
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僕はパン製作が大好きだ。と云うのも、誰かが何処かで僕のパンを味わい奏でているということを僕は知っている。いつだって自分はそれでハッピーになれるってことなんだ。バンドメンバー全てが、自分が製作したパンを演奏している。いつもそれを聴くたびにどんなに感動するだろう。
これと比較出来るものはない。特にスチールパンは人々の生活にたくさんの喜びをもたらすものだから。どういうわけか、僕はパンを自分の子供の様に考えるのが好きらしい。ちょっと馬鹿げてるかもしれないけど、でも、子供みたいなんだ。それぞれのパンが持つユニークな性格を考えるとね。ひとつひとつ見た目も違う、音も違う、それに時々ウワーッとなるようなことだってある。…特に自分が思う様にチューニングさせてもらえない時とか！けれど、パンは誰かの世界をバラ色にするんだ。
自分が作ったパンを見送るって云うのはいつも辛いものだよ。店でどうしようもない気分になるんだ。逆に言えば、稼がなきゃいけないなら…ええっと…誰か他の人が自分のパンを評価してくれるのを知るってことは、いい事だね。
Dave Beery
How and why David Beery Started Making
I first heard a steel pan in the late 1970's at a local swap meet. As a kid I thought they were really cool. In high school my band director bought a small steel drum for the marching band. We played on it in the field show and everyone thought it was the cats pajamas!
Later in high school the jazz band took a trip to Santa Cruz, California where I saw Michael Carney and Gigi Rabe playing steel pans in a jazz quartet. After seeing them play I decided that steel drums were not just really cool, but totally cool.
For college I decided to study music at San Fransico State University. But after one semester I realized it wasn't the place for me. The only other place that seemed suitable was California State University Long Beach, which was familiar to me because that was where Michael Carney taught percussion - and steel drums! So soon I found myself attending CSULB. Very soon after that I joined the steel drum orchestra. At first I played the six bass, and then began to play the quadraphonic pans. I was quickly becoming a pan fanatic.
That year, Dr. Carney invited me and another student to attend a steel drum workshop with him in Cannon Beach, Oregon. The workshop was put on by Ellie Mannette and his crew. I was there to learn to play better, but while I was there I was able to hear Ellie talk about making pans, and see him tune a few notes. I thought it was a really neat craft. 'Someday perhaps I will take a stab at it', I thought.
Months passed and as the new school year began I met my good friend Chris Wabich. He was also interested in making steel drums. The next thing I knew, we were on winter break bashing out steel pans in his basement in North Carolina! I was truly intrigued with the craft now.
I decided to keep going and try to make a really good one. Of course, as soon as I made a good one, it wasn't good enough. So I continued to try to make a better one. And a better one after that. And a better one after that! It was soon apparant that I would never be completely satisfied. But, through all of this pan making, I learned to love the art.
Now here I am making steel pans for a living! It's been an amazing journey. At this point I simply wish I could make more pans! So many barrels, so little time...
performs on his hand crafted Smarty Pans steel drums throughout the Southern California area.
Smarty Pans Musicはアメリカ・カリフォルニアにあります。Trinidad Houseでは、年に１〜２回、日本でも直接ワークショップを受けられる機会を提供しています。
Hardworking Bryant Evangelista is Smarty Pans Music's Most Valuable Player!
Without Bryant, we would not be able to build the world's best...
Smarty Pans Steel Pans! Bryant has mastered the art of fabricating steel pans and is always looking to refine his skills and create even better pans for Dave to tune.
Bryant is also a professional percussionist. Check him out in the video below performing with Daniela Mercury at the Latin Grammy Awards Show. He's the percussionist center stage behind Daniela second from left.
Last updated 2012-01-03 / Copyright 2010 POMC Enterprise. All Rights Reserved.
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