Panama Music & Screenworks was formed pretty much out of necessity. Two good friends decided to produce a record the other had dreamed up of songs of The Beatles recorded by musicians in Cuba. The one knew less than the other about the music business, but the former was sold instantly on the idea and the potentials of the project, so he put up the money so the other could go to Havana and produce his brainchild. The record was produced, and it was excellent, a musical gem.

Confident of the uniqueness of their CD, the two were hopeful they’d find a label that would market their wonderful production to the world. With that they’d be free to record a second CD they'd thought of while the first was being made.

It wouldn't be that easy, as they came to find out. Doors, BIG label doors, were knocked on for almost a year. A good number of executives liked the record, particularly it’s unusual and attractive concept, but…well, you know how it goes, the doors opened just a bit and then...nothing. At one point, the partners accidentally discovered that their record's idea was about to be hijacked by one of the big label execs that had promissed to seriously pitch the CD to his seniors. That compelled them to release the record under their own label and kill any chance of an outright ripoff of the concept.

Releasing the label on their own turned out to be a more serious undertaking than they had imagined. But then, that’s another story. Thing is, that’s how Panama Music & Screenworks and our label PMS came to be. Put hastily together on a slim shoestring budget to get the record, OUR record, off the ground and out in the world. Our firstborn, facing gigantically uncertain times, particularly for the music industry which finds itself today in the throes of convulsive pains and radically transformative change.

It’s been more than a year now since we released our CD and we’re proud to say that Here comes...el Son has been steadily making quite a name for itself. That’s helped PM&S along too. We’re poised to release our second record, and a third—a sequel to the first—is pretty much in the pipeline. We’re still underfinanced, but we’re managing to keep above water just fine. So it goes for labors of love.

Please browse around our site and find out more about who we are and why Here comes...el Son is such a unique record. We’re very grateful that you’ve come by to visit. Bienvenido y pase adelante.