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slkho
`Olu`olu
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 Posted - 01/13/2005 : 12:00:20 PM
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Auntie Karl, your my new hero...right on.
From the first thread on this subject it has sure generated a lot of heat, Enough said. I believe you voice what many of have thought as well.
Maybe I'll look you up in about 2 years, I'll be taking a shot at Denali in '06.
Great photo, you gotta be using one HUGE thumb-pick. yuk-yuk
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Auntie Nancy
`Olu`olu
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2005 : 4:12:50 PM
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'Eh Karl!
Howzit? More aunties than uncles - who you think has to hang around and take care of keiki? Actually, when talking to an older gentleman, or asking a question like: "Uncle, how you play this?" or "how you get opihi?" or say "Uncle, time for kau kau" it's good - and in our (yours and my) age group, we easily call each other auntie and uncle, sometimes teasing... "uncle Lino, please make bahbahcue fish" (obviously the early missionaries were all from Bahstahn)
It's probably the same for you to go to Hawai'i or come here so go there. But if you come here, please stop in, stop over, or just stop. But warning... so far my only Kumu is slkho Rik.....
- we have lots of dolphins in the bay today, but too many clouds in the sky.
Aloha!!!! |
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slackkeymike
Lokahi
440 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2005 : 6:53:38 PM
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When I first joined this site, this was a new topic...I even replied. Came back in here recently, and it is still alive. I have listened to a fair number of players. Today, for the first time, Cindy Combs. Not a natural born Hawaii'n, but excellent NTL. Not even sure if you guys are discussing THAT issue anymore! However, I still maintain that if an artist who LOVES the style and is willing to relocate to the source AND practice, then it does not matter where one is from. Its the age old pattern of desire leads to guru leads to enlightenment leads to excellence leads to recognition leads to followers and so on (it repeats). BTW, somewhere in there is a heck of a lot of practice!!
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wdf
Ha`aha`a
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 01/18/2005 : 4:52:23 PM
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Playing for me is very personal. I play what I enjoy. I play for myself and anyone else who might want to listen. It just happens to be in the slack key style. I'm not Hawaiian; I don't come from Hawaii (although I visit as often as possible); I'm enjoying learning the culture and the music from the masters.
Sheila and I just returned from Kauai and were wowed by the likes of Ken Emerson, Pancho Graham and Kirby (I'm embarassed - I've forgotten his last name). We got to meet up with Karl and jam a bit (Karl you missed the big thunder and lightning storm with the tornado watch!!).
I don't think that we need to be constrained by a particular perception of what slack key should be or by who one should be to play it. I'm too old to sweat the small stuff.
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slkho
`Olu`olu
740 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 05:43:22 AM
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Well said Dusty.
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 08:35:22 AM
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Dusty
You hit the nail on the head,man.
OK by us we missed the storm; got back here to a week of -55-60 that puts a lot more fear into me than 10 gazillion volts shootin around the sky for a few hours. Lightning MIGHT strike you, but that cold just gets EVERYWHERE:) |
Karl
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wdf
Ha`aha`a
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 4:21:10 PM
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BBRRRRR...
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2005 : 4:51:30 PM
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How'd you do dat!?!?!!?!?!? Dusty?
Are those the ones you left at the motel in Kapa'a? |
Karl
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2005 : 4:58:26 PM
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Well, go check out David Kamakahi's latest CD, "Pa'ani" and answer me this question;
Can a Hawaiian kid write and sing and play cajun, mexican, old timey country, Eagles-style ballads, on the uke, and still be worth listening to?
Ya, you betcha.
I know this thread could go on forever, but I thought I'd give the kid a boost here. Great album, and his voice, just like his dad's, is so nahenahe. A good listen, and I hope he does more. |
Karl
Frozen North |
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