How I got the name “Calypso Ted” is far from magical. I wish I could say that my first words as a baby were “Daaaay-O” from the Harry Belafonte song. I wish I could tell you that I was playing steel drums at carnival time in Trinidad and the other steel drummers started calling me “Calypso Ted.” Nope. Didn't happen.
Now I'm a guy who loves Calypso music and everything about steel drums. And my first name, coincidentally, is Ted. In prior years you could find me through my websites - CoolPanMusic.com and SoundsTropical.com. Now these were nice descriptive names, but they didn’t convey who I am and what I'm passionate about. Now this really happened. One evening, I was at the Reformation Brewery in my hometown of Woodstock GA at a Creative Circuit MeetUp. The special guest that evening was artist and speaker Von Glitschka. He gave a talk on Fear and Creativity. It got me thinking. At the break, I was talking with two mind-blowingly talented artists - Daniel Flores aka DaCreativeGenius.com and WaymanHumphrey.com aka TheMaddPenciler about branding. They had cool names. What about me? After singing for them the intro of Day-O, I mentioned the "Calypso Ted" idea to them. The guys liked it immediately. (FYI - singing “Daaaay-O” in a crowded brewery will turn a few heads.) So that evening at 8:30PM - Calypso Ted was born – at 5 feet, 9 inches tall and 195 pounds. And yes – you could say that his first words were “Daaaay-O.”
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