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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
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 Posted - 05/02/2004 : 01:57:23 AM
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There is more and more Hawaiian music showing up at the Apple Music Store, which can be accessed via the excellent iTunes application (free for Mac and Windows at http://www.apple.com/itunes). If you haven't checked out the Apple Music Store yet it's well worth a look...it allows you to buy legal copies of individual songs for $0.99 each and a full CD's worth of songs for $9.99. Downloaded songs can be played using iTunes, downloaded to an Apple iPod, or burned to a CD. You can listen to previews of songs before you buy. There is no membership required.
Here's a small sample of what's currently available:
- Cindy Combs: Slack Key Lady
- Ozzie Kotani: To Honor a Queen
- Martin Pahinui: Ho`olohe
- Keola Beamer: Island Born/Soliloquy/Mohala Hou
- Various Artists: Songs of the Hawaiian Cowboy
- Mark Nelson: The Water is Wide (Be sure to check out "`Opihi Blues"!)
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Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
Edited by - cpatch on 05/02/2004 02:02:42 AM |
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
1918 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2004 : 1:41:31 PM
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All of those are Dancing Cat Records titles -- bravo to them for wisely getting traditional Hawaiian music on to a _legal_ download site.
Other island record labels have followed their lead: Punahele Productions (Keali`i Reichel, mostly), Mountain Apple (starting with Israel Kamakawiwo`ole), and Quiet Storm (primarily reggae).
Whatever gets island music out _beyond_ the islands, is a good thing! |
Auntie Maria
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huiohana
Lokahi
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Posted - 05/02/2004 : 3:41:56 PM
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| Man, what great times we live in. Able to only download songs we like from any artist. Great times for us. I'm not too sure for the artist themselves. A hui hou, Keali'i. |
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
2187 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2004 : 6:10:55 PM
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| Better for the artists that their songs are downloaded from something like iTunes than from something like Napster. |
Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
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