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Bron
Aloha
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 Posted - 09/02/2002 : 12:13:33 AM
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My significant other and I just returned from the Aloha Music Camp on the Big Island.While there, we had the good fortune to visit the newly opened Grass Shack Records recording studio located in Kealakekua Bay. This is a state-of-the-art facility and is such a wonderful space! I felt like moving in. If you've entertained the idea of recording acoustic music, this would be the place to do it. Richard, the engineer who creates magic (and owns)Grass Shack Records has recently fulfilled his dream of building this beautiful facility. I think it'd be really fun to plan a trip to the Big Island,including a session at the studio. Richard really knows what he's doing and has enormous fun doing it. Plus his rates are extremely reasonable. Check out his website: www.GrassShackRecords.com For all those returning to the camp next year, you owe it to yourselves to check this place out.
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RichardH
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 09/04/2002 : 7:56:38 PM
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Thanks for the note Bronwyn!
Hey, the Gabby festival was great at the Hilton Waikaloa last Saturday. You should have stayed around another week!
FYI, starting Sunday, Sonny Lim and Betsy Curtis are coming in to do an album of old classic Hawaiian tunes. Sonny's day job is being a paniolo and he will do the guitar work and also play bass.
You heard a few of Betsy's acapella songs when you were here. She grew up in Kailua Oahu and learned hula from Mrs. Beamer. She is incredibly talented, and is known as the the best female vocalist on the Big Island. Our family has known Betsy for 25 years since back when she was singing with Cyrus Green and Johnny Spencer. She always asks me what I want for my birthday, and I always ask her to sing "Waika" - the arrangement Johnny did for her. I finally cornered her and recorded it acapella about a year ago...got tired of waiting for my birthday.... I put a highly encoded version of it on my web site, because everybody might want to try celebrating this way!
Thanks again Bronwyn! Oh, btw, a couple of your significant other Donley's slack key numbers are up there too in MP3. He did a great job!
Aloha,
Richard
Richard
Grass Shack Records
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Pauline Leland
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 09/05/2002 : 01:20:40 AM
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RichardH,
Thank you and Donley Smith and Betsy Curtis for the mp3's. I am enjoying them very much. I see why Betsy Curtis is so esteemed; what a lovely voice she has.
I wish you success with your studio.
Aloha,
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RichardH
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 09/05/2002 : 04:00:08 AM
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Thanks Pauline, I'm glad you like them.
Donley did most of those in one take, and it was his first time in a studio. His guitar is all curly koa, a Santa Cruz I believe, and Donley has given it a voice to match.
I will pass your compliment on to Betsy. As we get close to the release of the new CD with Sonny Lim, I'll post a few of the songs on the Grass Shack Records site.
Thanks for the note!
Aloha,
Richard
Richard
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RichardH
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 09/11/2002 : 04:25:56 AM
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Grass Shack update:
I tracked Sonny Lim and Betsy Curtis Sunday, and they performed Kalamaula, Kalana Na Pua, The Song of Old Hawaii, and Waika.
It was a joy to watch them. Sonny is full of the gentleness of Hawaii, and it came out in his guitar, uke and bass work. When I watched Betsy sing, it was as if her voice caressed the words like a hula dancers hands. The recording embodies that feeling. I did some scratch mixes and was grinning the whole time.....
We'll have a couple more sessions in the next six weeks or so, and the CD should be done hopefully by the end of November. I'll put a few on the website in MP3 format when they become final.
Aloha,
Richard
Richard
Grass Shack Records
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