Hawai‘i Music Industry News, Reviews and Opinion from Keola Donaghy
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Posted in Misc..
– January 31, 2007
As I mentioned previously, I promised the participants at the Maui Hawaiian Music Conference that I’d post a .pdf copy of my PowerPoint presentation, so here it is. I hope to do a podcast of the presentation, perhaps in an expanded version, sometime next month. E nanea (enjoy!).
Posted in Misc..
– January 29, 2007
Mahalo to Kenneth for forwarding this article from EQ Magazine. It talks about some of the issues that were discussed at this past weekend’s Hawaiian Music Conference on Maui. The conference had the best turnout of any I’ve attended so far, and most of the panelists (some of whom have presented at every conference) have honed their presentations well. I promised to post my PowerPoint presentation here when I got back, and will do so when I get back into the office.
A big mahalo to all of the presenters, especially to Skylark Rossetti, Mark McGuffie and the rest of the HIEDB staff for organizing the event, and to Kamehameha School on Maui for hosting it at their spectacular campus.
Posted in Misc..
– January 28, 2007
Kenneth Makuakāne give us the absolutely positively last reminder about tomorrow’s Hawaiian Music Conference at the Kamehameha Schools campus on Maui. It is probably too late to call or email Skylark to register, but for you procrastinators out there, you might be able to register on-site.
Kenneth has something special up his sleeve for the keynote presentation, I’m going to try to video tape it and put it online at some point. I put together a PowerPoint presentation and will probably turn it into a podcast and put it online next week. At the very least I’ll post the presentation as a .pdf.
Posted in Misc..
– January 26, 2007
The gentlemen of Holunape will host “A Tribute To Hawai‘i’s Songbird: Lena Machado” tonight at the Hawai‘i Theatre at 8PM. The Honolulu Advertiser features an article written by her granddaughters, and the Star-Bulletin’s John Berger includes more coverage of Holunape themselves, their motivation for doing such a special show, as well as background information on Lena.
When I was doing the research for my M.A. thesis, I actually considered including Lena and Aunty Alice Nāmakelua, however, I could only find one thirty-second or so clip of her speaking in Hawaiian to compare with her sung Hawaiian; it was a brief telephone conversation she had with Larry Kimura on the old Ka Leo Hawai‘i radio program. In the end I found so many recordings of Almeida, both speaking and singing, that I focused on his music alone.
Posted in E Ola Ka 'Olelo Hawai'i.
– January 26, 2007
John Berger reviews Keola Beamer’s new release, Ka Hikina O Ka Hau, as well as Tony Ku’s “King’s Songs of Hawa‘i” and Tim Coffman’s “The Rhythm of Paradise.” Wayne Harada features the debut of Green Light Go (featuring Kimo Kahoano’s sons), Reid Kapu Ku and Olivia The Band.
Posted in New Release.
– January 26, 2007
If any of you tried to look at my Hawaiian music blog aggregator and got a “you are not authorized” error, it should now work OK. Please try again.
Posted in Misc..
– January 25, 2007
Keola Beamer’s latest release, Ka Hikina O Kau Hau, has been out for a bit over a month, but KB has just now gotten CDs in stock. You can order directly from him, and if you would like your copy autographed, use his online order form (this can’t be done from the album page).
Posted in Misc..
– January 24, 2007
I’ve been playing around with the idea of an aggregator for Hawaiian music news feeds. What it does is gather new from the RSS feeds of various blogs and combines them into a reverse-chronological list of posts by the authors of these feeds. This sample shows what the aggregator has compiled from my own MySpace blog and the MySpace blogs of Bryan Tolentino, Kenneth Makuakāne, Steven Espaniola and Henry Kapono. If you have a blog with an RSS feed and would like to have it added to the aggregator send me the URL of your blog. It doesn’t have to be a MySpace blog, it can be any kind of blog as long as it has an RSS feed. If you don’t know if your blog has one, just point me to the blog and I’ll try to figure it out.
I need to acknowledge, again, Dave Winer who has been championing this “river of news” concept for a long time. I haven’t been totally sold on the concept for my own feed consumption, but do see it’s value in this kind of context.
Posted in Falling Bits and Bytes.
– January 24, 2007
The Garden Island Arts Council presents a stellar lineup of Hawaiian music this spring as part of their E Kanikapila Kākou series. Performers include Lei’ohu Ryder, Maydeen ‘Iao, Mike Kaawa, Brother Noland, Brittni Paiva, Walter Keale, Dennis and David Kamakahi,Pilioha, Kenneth Makuakāne and many more. See their website for more information.
Posted in Misc..
– January 23, 2007
According to the New York Times, the major record labels are moving closer to releasing music on the Internet with no copying restrictions — a step they once vowed never to take.
Posted in Recording Industry vs. The World.
– January 22, 2007
Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA) is searching for a song for the 30th Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award Show for the year 2007. They’re looking for an original song that is unique, original and captures the theme: ‘Ālohilohi Ka Lei Hōkū, Celebrating 30 Years — The Stars of Distinction. Please download the attached .pdf file for more information and to print out the entry form. All entries must be received by February 28st, 2007.
Posted in Na Hoku Hanohano.
– January 22, 2007
This will be my last reminder about the Hawaiian music conference that will be held on Maui on January 27. A stellar lineup of panelists will discuss songwriting, engineering, legal and copyright issues as well as promotion of your music at this event which will be held on the Kamehameha Schools campus in upcountry Maui. There is a special $25 rate for students as well. I’ll be there, will you?
Posted in Misc..
– January 21, 2007
Tiffa Cruz Garza of the Girlas joins the long list of Hawai‘i musicians who has lost a treasured instrument to thieves. This feature in the Star-Bulletin includes a picture of the prized gift from her father Ernie Cruz, Sr. If anyone sees the instrument or knows of its whereabouts, please call Tiffa at 258-7242. Hopefully this instrument finds its way home as Brother Noland and Mike Ka‘awa’s did last year.
Posted in Misc..
– January 18, 2007
The voting process for the Hawai‘i Music Awards got off to a rocky technological start yesterday, but JKai and crew got the problems fixed very quickly and things to be going fine now. Please take a few minutes to vote for your favorites.
Posted in Misc..
– January 17, 2007
It’s one of those “good news, bad news” situations. Online music sales have doubled, but they fail to make up for the steep decline in physical CD sales.
Posted in Recording Industry vs. The World.
– January 17, 2007
Online voting for the Hawai‘i Music Awards began late last night after a few technical glitches were worked out. Remember, all fans of Hawaiian and Hawai‘i-released music can vote, so get out there and support your favorites. Just click on the “Hawai‘i Music Awards” graphic at the top of the right hand column on this page. Of course, I would be grateful if you’d consider voting for Makuakāne in the Traditional Hawaiian category. Kenneth’s release was mistakenly placed in the Contemporary Hawaiian category when the HMA site first went online, and JKai quickly fixed it.
Posted in Hawai'i Music Awards.
– January 16, 2007
Both John Berger and Wayne Harada feature reiews of Pali‘s most recent release. It includes the music of some of the best known acts of the second Hawaiian Renaissance era, including C&K, Keola & Kapono Beamer, Kalapana, Summer, and Country Comfort, and some of the original artists are featured in the recording, including Henry Kapono, Randy Lorenzo, Malani Bilyeu, D.J. Pratt, and Charlie Recaido.
Wayne also reviews new releases from Ho‘āla and Sean Tiwanak, while John features releases from Paul Hanna as well as Keith and Carmen Haugen.
Posted in Misc..
– January 14, 2007
The 10th Annual Hawaii Music Awards – People’s Choice voting will start on Monday, January 15 in the late evening and will run through February 12th. Log onto www.hawaiimusicawards.com to vote. Anyone in the world with Internet access can vote. Commercials promoting the Hawaii Music Awards voting can be seen tonight (Sunday ) on OC16 at 7pm, during the new Brown Bags To Stardom show. There are two 30 second commercials featuring the covers of the cds and DVDs submitted.
Posted in Hawai'i Music Awards.
– January 14, 2007
Get applications and information online for the 23rd annual “Ka Hīmeni ‘Ana” old fashioned singing contest at the Hawaii Theatre on August 4, 2007. Deadline to enter is May 5, 2007. Monetary prizes and recording contract with Hula Records will be awarded.
Posted in Misc..
– January 12, 2007
The Star-Bulletin’s John Berger offers pictures and coverage of the release party for Kaukahi’s “Life In These Islands”. Joining Kaukahi onstage were Jack Johnson, Kimo Kahoano, Nalani Choy, Lehua Kalima Haile, Amy Hanaiali’i Gilliom and Chino Montero. Wish I could have been there.
Posted in Misc..
– January 11, 2007
Kenneth Makuakāne will be performing his original compositions and telling stories about their origins to the visitors at Volcano’s National Park on Saturday, February 10 at 10AM. Other artists and artisans will demonstrate crafts ranging from lauhala hat making to shell lei demonstrations and more.
Posted in Misc..
– January 11, 2007
Doctor Trey has an interesting post on this history of the well-known song “Hawai‘i ’78″ and its authorship.
Posted in Misc..
– January 11, 2007
Mahalo to Bryan Tolentino for passing on the URL to the Coco Palm Pictures site which contains videos for Bryan’s “Ka ‘Ukulele Lele” and Hapa’s “Lei Manoa.” Very nice stuff, indeed.
Posted in Misc..
– January 11, 2007
Show Notes: Trip to Maui, Keola Beamer’s upcoming release, Maui Music Conference, Nā Hōkū Hanohano deadline, Hawai’i Music Award balloting, Raiatea Helm’s MySpace site. Music from Ahumanu, Slack Key World, Maui Jam. 19:46, Size: 18.8 Mg.
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Posted in Hawai'i Music Awards, Na Hoku Hanohano, Podcasts.
– January 7, 2007
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