Narell has witnessed pan yards in South Africa, and he has led master class clinics in remote cities like La Crosse, Wisconsin. During the audience-questioning portion of the program, both musicians are asked to discuss their rehearsal habits . Music is about playing. He uses the culture of Trinidad as an example. There, musicianship avails itself to the entire society.
Music helps build the culture's soul.
When Dr. Taylor and Narell discuss the energy created by a steel pan orchestra, Narell points out the influence of pan size on audience and musician. Larger steel pans, shaped like oil cans, require the drummer to maneuver about the instrument in order to strike the correct notes . When a group of ten musicians begin to move around formidable objects in unison, the audience contagiously responds by dancing. Andy Narell sees the steel pans as an instruments that can break down barriers between musical forms. When Narell visits the pan yards in Brooklyn and hears as many as four bands practicing, he knows that his ambassadorship to the steel pans has taken root.