Products We're really sorry... We don't currently have that one in stock Please add your email and we'll notify you when it's back Email Home» Arrangers» Mat Britain "1-Mat Britain" Price$0.00 "1-Mat Britain" Price$0.00 Notify when back in stock "Adrenalin City" by Mat Britain List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 "Adrenalin City" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-001 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)“Adrenalin City” was composed by David Rudder and appeared on the 1999 CD release “International Chantuelle”. The lyrics refer to the electric feeling that permeates the entire island of Trinidad at Carnival time. From cab drivers to the executive of the bank, the excitement of Carnival is everywhere and in..... List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 Add to cart "Bad Ting" by Advokit & Keone Osbourne List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Bad Ting" by Advokit & Keone Osbourne ISBN SDMB-017 Difficulty: Easy/Medium (great for junior high, high school and college steel bands)Notes- Lead/Tenor part requires a bit of dexterity and understanding of alternating sticking. A few licks will require starting slow and increasing tempo as your band gets the parts under their hands. Otherwise, there is quite a bit of repetition.The separate Guitar & Cello parts are essential. List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Big People Party" by Farmer Nappy List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Big People Party" by Farmer Nappy ISBN SDMB-008 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)"Vibes" was one of the most played songs both on the road and especially for Panorama in 2012 with well over a dozen steel bands in Trinidad choosing this song for the competition. A nice tempo, catchy melody, and great.... List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Bluewater Reggae" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Bluewater Reggae" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-011 Difficulty: Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school and college steel bands)This song came about after listening to a good deal of Reggae, most of which was in a minor tonality. Bluewater is a street name in my neighborhood and the title of the song rhythmically matches the Lead part at letter B. It was written for the beginning band at Vanderbilt University.Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-The Dbl 2nd and Guitar parts at A & B are typical for rhythm guitarists in the Reggae genre. Find a few good examples to play for your students. Obviously, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and many others are good sources for stylistic study. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Break You Down" by Keone Osbourne List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Break You Down" by Keone Osbourne ISBN SDMB-016 Difficulty: Easy/Medium (great for junior high, high school and college steel bands)Notes- Lead/Tenor part requires a bit of dexterity and understanding of alternating sticking. It is not a rhythmically complex arrangement, however, getting the parts to line up and groove will be the challenge.The separate Dbl 2nds parts, and Guitar/Cello parts are essential. List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Breakdown" by Len "Boogsie" Sharpe List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 "Breakdown" by Len "Boogsie" Sharpe ISBN SDMB-004 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)“Breakdown” was composed in 1990 by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe for the Phase II Pan Groove Steel Band. It is a typical up tempo Soca tune with a moderately simple melody in the lead pans and a unique chord progression, typical of Boogsie’s.... List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 Add to cart "Can’t Stop Thinkin' About You" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Can’t Stop Thinkin' About You" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-018 Difficulty: Easy/Medium (great for junior high, high school and college steel bands)Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-This melody popped into my head while walking my dog and thinking about my significant other. I sang the melody into my iPhone, then came home and created the harmonic structure.The melody fits well on a circle of 5ths Lead/Tenor pan which will help beginning players gain confidence in navigating the pan. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Dut dee" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Dut dee" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-013 Difficulty: Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school, and college steel bands)This goofy title is simply the syllables I was singing while coming up with the melody. It was composed for one of my beginning student bands.Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-After a short, easy Intro, the A and B sections are based on a repetitive melodic motif in the upper voices, and an easier than normal strum pattern in the 2nds and Guitars. This pattern can be a nice introduction to strumming and the importance of clear and precise strumming.At letter C, a little music theory can be taught by explaining about relative minor as the tonality shifts from C major to A minor. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Fuh Spite" by Kees Dieffenthaller List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Fuh Spite" by Kees Dieffenthaller ISBN SDMB-015 Difficulty: Medium/Medium Hard (great for high school and college steel bands)Notes:The separate Dbl 2nds parts, and Guitar/Cello parts are essential.This song by Kees Dieffenthaller, better known as Kes, was released in late January 2023, just a bit too late for any Trinidadian steel bands to arrange for Panorama 2023. The first time I heard it I knew I wanted to arrange it for my top college steel band.Having your students listen to the source material is essential. My arrangement follows the form of the song pretty closely and is in the same key as the original, G major. I also did my best to transcribe the vocal parts as closely as possible to the original. I did leave out a few of the vocal flourishes to make the arrangement more playable. List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Jumbie" by Machel Montano List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Jumbie" by Machel Montano ISBN SDMB-005 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)"Jumbie" was composed by Soca great Machel Montano and was part of his 2007 release “Book of Angels”. This high energy, super fast Soca tune was a huge hit in the Caribbean as Jumbie was voted Road March (most played song) at the 2007 Carnival in Trinidad. The Carnival character called.... List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Jump Up With De Steelband" by Mat Britain Based on 1 ratings.List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 "Jump Up With De Steelband" by Mat Britain Based on 1 ratings.ISBN SDMB-002 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)“Jump Up With De Steelband” was composed specifically for the Vanderbilt University Steel Band (Intermediate Band) in the Spring of 2008. While writing this piece I remembered back to what it felt like playing pan with the Renegades Steel Band on the..... List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 Add to cart "Just a Little Bit Funky" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Just a Little Bit Funky" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-014 Difficulty: Medium/Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school, and college steel bands)This tune came about after listening to a bunch of horn bands like Tower of Power and Cory Wong & the Wongnotes. If your students aren’t familiar with bands like these, turn them on to that music. It’s funky and loads of fun!Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-Intro- As I was finishing up this composition, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin passed away. The Intro is just a few bars of "Respect" as a tribute to her. The Guitar-Cello part has a 3-voice chord. Split the part between two (or more) players. If you only have one Guitar player, leave out the top note of that chord.If you aren’t a fan of the "Respect" quote, feel free to start at measure 5. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Kaiso for Olli" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Kaiso for Olli" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-010 Difficulty: Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school, and college steel bands)Kaiso is widely thought to be the word that Calypso derived from. In Trinidad the word Kaiso is still used by some of the older generation. Olli in this case is not a person's name, but is the acronym for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, a wonderful adult education program in Nashville, TN. I am lucky enough to teach three Olli Steel Bands. This song was written for the beginning level band in 2014.Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-The Intro- gives your beginning students a chance to work on unison rolls. Though I usually prefer not to have many rolls in the bass pans, having them roll in the intro gets the entire band working on the same technique. Evenness of sound and roll speed can be introduced to your band. Generally, the higher the note, the faster the roll. Low notes require less hand speed. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Pan In De Party" by Ken Philmore List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 "Pan In De Party" by Ken Philmore ISBN SDMB-003 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)“Pan In De Party” was composed in 1992 by Ken Philmore for the Fonclaire Steel Band from San Fernando, Trinidad. This arrangement tries to capture the active.... List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 Add to cart "Sunday Soca" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Sunday Soca" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-009 Difficulty: Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school and college steel bands)For 19 years I have taught my steel band classes (6 in total) on Sunday's, so it was inevitable I would eventually write a tune called "Sunday Soca". It was composed for my beginning level student band, many of whom have little to no musical experience.Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-The first 4 measures are a great way to introduce rolling to your students. Discussion can include hand speed (faster for higher pans, slower for lower), evenness of sound, and how to keep the underlying pulse while your hands are moving at a different tempo. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "These Tree Tings" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "These Tree Tings" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-012 Difficulty: Easy/Medium (great for junior high, high school, and college steel bands)This somewhat programmatic piece was composed while in the woods with my dog on a blustery fall day. The title has numerous meanings, "Tree" being pretty obvious because I was in the woods! However, the "tree" is also how most Trinidadians pronounce the number 3. I had been discussing Trini slang as well as triplets and different note groupings with my beginning university steel band, and as a compositional challenge, I tried to write a piece using as many note groupings of three as possible (not necessarily triplets), without it sounding obvious I was doing so. None of my students noticed the tri-note groupings until they had learned the piece and I mentioned it to them, so hopefully they are disguised pretty well. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Vibes" by Mark Loquan & Ken "Professor" Philmore List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Vibes" by Mark Loquan & Ken "Professor" Philmore ISBN SDMB-007 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)"Vibes" was one of the most played songs both on the road and especially for Panorama in 2012 with well over a dozen steel bands in Trinidad choosing this song for the competition. A nice tempo, catchy melody, and great.... List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart
Products We're really sorry... We don't currently have that one in stock Please add your email and we'll notify you when it's back Email Home» Arrangers» Mat Britain "1-Mat Britain" Price$0.00 "1-Mat Britain" Price$0.00 Notify when back in stock "Adrenalin City" by Mat Britain List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 "Adrenalin City" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-001 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)“Adrenalin City” was composed by David Rudder and appeared on the 1999 CD release “International Chantuelle”. The lyrics refer to the electric feeling that permeates the entire island of Trinidad at Carnival time. From cab drivers to the executive of the bank, the excitement of Carnival is everywhere and in..... List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 Add to cart "Bad Ting" by Advokit & Keone Osbourne List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Bad Ting" by Advokit & Keone Osbourne ISBN SDMB-017 Difficulty: Easy/Medium (great for junior high, high school and college steel bands)Notes- Lead/Tenor part requires a bit of dexterity and understanding of alternating sticking. A few licks will require starting slow and increasing tempo as your band gets the parts under their hands. Otherwise, there is quite a bit of repetition.The separate Guitar & Cello parts are essential. List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Big People Party" by Farmer Nappy List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Big People Party" by Farmer Nappy ISBN SDMB-008 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)"Vibes" was one of the most played songs both on the road and especially for Panorama in 2012 with well over a dozen steel bands in Trinidad choosing this song for the competition. A nice tempo, catchy melody, and great.... List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Bluewater Reggae" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Bluewater Reggae" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-011 Difficulty: Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school and college steel bands)This song came about after listening to a good deal of Reggae, most of which was in a minor tonality. Bluewater is a street name in my neighborhood and the title of the song rhythmically matches the Lead part at letter B. It was written for the beginning band at Vanderbilt University.Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-The Dbl 2nd and Guitar parts at A & B are typical for rhythm guitarists in the Reggae genre. Find a few good examples to play for your students. Obviously, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and many others are good sources for stylistic study. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Break You Down" by Keone Osbourne List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 "Break You Down" by Keone Osbourne ISBN SDMB-016 Difficulty: Easy/Medium (great for junior high, high school and college steel bands)Notes- Lead/Tenor part requires a bit of dexterity and understanding of alternating sticking. It is not a rhythmically complex arrangement, however, getting the parts to line up and groove will be the challenge.The separate Dbl 2nds parts, and Guitar/Cello parts are essential. List Price: $42.00Price$37.00 Add to cart "Breakdown" by Len "Boogsie" Sharpe List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 "Breakdown" by Len "Boogsie" Sharpe ISBN SDMB-004 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)“Breakdown” was composed in 1990 by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe for the Phase II Pan Groove Steel Band. It is a typical up tempo Soca tune with a moderately simple melody in the lead pans and a unique chord progression, typical of Boogsie’s.... List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 Add to cart "Can’t Stop Thinkin' About You" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Can’t Stop Thinkin' About You" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-018 Difficulty: Easy/Medium (great for junior high, high school and college steel bands)Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-This melody popped into my head while walking my dog and thinking about my significant other. I sang the melody into my iPhone, then came home and created the harmonic structure.The melody fits well on a circle of 5ths Lead/Tenor pan which will help beginning players gain confidence in navigating the pan. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Dut dee" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Dut dee" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-013 Difficulty: Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school, and college steel bands)This goofy title is simply the syllables I was singing while coming up with the melody. It was composed for one of my beginning student bands.Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-After a short, easy Intro, the A and B sections are based on a repetitive melodic motif in the upper voices, and an easier than normal strum pattern in the 2nds and Guitars. This pattern can be a nice introduction to strumming and the importance of clear and precise strumming.At letter C, a little music theory can be taught by explaining about relative minor as the tonality shifts from C major to A minor. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Fuh Spite" by Kees Dieffenthaller List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Fuh Spite" by Kees Dieffenthaller ISBN SDMB-015 Difficulty: Medium/Medium Hard (great for high school and college steel bands)Notes:The separate Dbl 2nds parts, and Guitar/Cello parts are essential.This song by Kees Dieffenthaller, better known as Kes, was released in late January 2023, just a bit too late for any Trinidadian steel bands to arrange for Panorama 2023. The first time I heard it I knew I wanted to arrange it for my top college steel band.Having your students listen to the source material is essential. My arrangement follows the form of the song pretty closely and is in the same key as the original, G major. I also did my best to transcribe the vocal parts as closely as possible to the original. I did leave out a few of the vocal flourishes to make the arrangement more playable. List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Jumbie" by Machel Montano List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Jumbie" by Machel Montano ISBN SDMB-005 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)"Jumbie" was composed by Soca great Machel Montano and was part of his 2007 release “Book of Angels”. This high energy, super fast Soca tune was a huge hit in the Caribbean as Jumbie was voted Road March (most played song) at the 2007 Carnival in Trinidad. The Carnival character called.... List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart "Jump Up With De Steelband" by Mat Britain Based on 1 ratings.List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 "Jump Up With De Steelband" by Mat Britain Based on 1 ratings.ISBN SDMB-002 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)“Jump Up With De Steelband” was composed specifically for the Vanderbilt University Steel Band (Intermediate Band) in the Spring of 2008. While writing this piece I remembered back to what it felt like playing pan with the Renegades Steel Band on the..... List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 Add to cart "Just a Little Bit Funky" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Just a Little Bit Funky" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-014 Difficulty: Medium/Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school, and college steel bands)This tune came about after listening to a bunch of horn bands like Tower of Power and Cory Wong & the Wongnotes. If your students aren’t familiar with bands like these, turn them on to that music. It’s funky and loads of fun!Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-Intro- As I was finishing up this composition, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin passed away. The Intro is just a few bars of "Respect" as a tribute to her. The Guitar-Cello part has a 3-voice chord. Split the part between two (or more) players. If you only have one Guitar player, leave out the top note of that chord.If you aren’t a fan of the "Respect" quote, feel free to start at measure 5. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Kaiso for Olli" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Kaiso for Olli" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-010 Difficulty: Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school, and college steel bands)Kaiso is widely thought to be the word that Calypso derived from. In Trinidad the word Kaiso is still used by some of the older generation. Olli in this case is not a person's name, but is the acronym for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, a wonderful adult education program in Nashville, TN. I am lucky enough to teach three Olli Steel Bands. This song was written for the beginning level band in 2014.Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-The Intro- gives your beginning students a chance to work on unison rolls. Though I usually prefer not to have many rolls in the bass pans, having them roll in the intro gets the entire band working on the same technique. Evenness of sound and roll speed can be introduced to your band. Generally, the higher the note, the faster the roll. Low notes require less hand speed. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Pan In De Party" by Ken Philmore List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 "Pan In De Party" by Ken Philmore ISBN SDMB-003 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)“Pan In De Party” was composed in 1992 by Ken Philmore for the Fonclaire Steel Band from San Fernando, Trinidad. This arrangement tries to capture the active.... List Price: $52.00Price$47.00 Add to cart "Sunday Soca" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "Sunday Soca" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-009 Difficulty: Easy (great for beginning junior high, high school and college steel bands)For 19 years I have taught my steel band classes (6 in total) on Sunday's, so it was inevitable I would eventually write a tune called "Sunday Soca". It was composed for my beginning level student band, many of whom have little to no musical experience.Pedagogical Points/Performance Notes-The first 4 measures are a great way to introduce rolling to your students. Discussion can include hand speed (faster for higher pans, slower for lower), evenness of sound, and how to keep the underlying pulse while your hands are moving at a different tempo. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "These Tree Tings" by Mat Britain List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 "These Tree Tings" by Mat Britain ISBN SDMB-012 Difficulty: Easy/Medium (great for junior high, high school, and college steel bands)This somewhat programmatic piece was composed while in the woods with my dog on a blustery fall day. The title has numerous meanings, "Tree" being pretty obvious because I was in the woods! However, the "tree" is also how most Trinidadians pronounce the number 3. I had been discussing Trini slang as well as triplets and different note groupings with my beginning university steel band, and as a compositional challenge, I tried to write a piece using as many note groupings of three as possible (not necessarily triplets), without it sounding obvious I was doing so. None of my students noticed the tri-note groupings until they had learned the piece and I mentioned it to them, so hopefully they are disguised pretty well. List Price: $37.00Price$32.00 Add to cart "Vibes" by Mark Loquan & Ken "Professor" Philmore List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 "Vibes" by Mark Loquan & Ken "Professor" Philmore ISBN SDMB-007 Difficulty: Medium (great for high school and college steel bands)"Vibes" was one of the most played songs both on the road and especially for Panorama in 2012 with well over a dozen steel bands in Trinidad choosing this song for the competition. A nice tempo, catchy melody, and great.... List Price: $47.00Price$42.00 Add to cart
