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wcerto
Ahonui
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 Posted - 02/06/2008 : 06:47:38 AM
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Here is a new and innovative approach to marketing a musician. This is Makana's electronic press kit for his new musical release, Different Game. http://youtube.com/watch?v=BooHm7awVy8
In this video, Makana speaks to the topic of "slack" rock. What do you other slackers have to say about that?
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 02/06/2008 : 4:47:42 PM
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That's so Salieri!
I mean Makani.
I mean Makana.
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 02/06/2008 : 7:49:47 PM
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| The first and only time I heard him play was in a small club in Kailua that's no longer in existence. He was then a young teenager still learning from Sonny Chillingworth. He has changed his name, and also his style and approach several times since then and I think he's still trying to find himself musically speaking. He is obviously a very talented musician and we'll just have to wait and see what he ultimately does with that talent. |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 02/06/2008 : 8:50:38 PM
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| I've seen him 3 times in the past year each time at a different type of concert in the Santa Cruz area. Each was the type of performance that just grabbed your attention and just left you shaking your head at the talent that he has. He seemed very aware of his Slack Key roots and played lots of songs from his Hawaiian Music repertoire, but with a drive and pace behind it that sets him apart. At all three concerts he paid homage to the time he spent with Sonny Chillingworth by playing songs he learned from Sonny. He clearly loves pushing the envelope of what Slack Key means to him, personally. He left each performance to a standing ovation. He was very friendly and approachable during and after each concert. One concert was a free kani ka pila at our local Hawaiian restaurant the night before he played at a paid concert. So he is very generous with his time and talent. I have about 3 hours worth of video that I took at two of those concerts (with his permission) and I watch them many times to re visit his performances. I'm not a musician, so I can't comment about how other "slackers" view him. But when I think about some of the music done by icons of Hawaiian music such as Eddie Kamae, Peter Moon and Led Kaapana I don't think that he is doing anything wrong at all by playing a "Different Game". |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 02/06/2008 : 11:45:27 PM
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I really do admire Makana's versatility, and powerful right hand techniques...
and wish he'd consider a slack key teaching video...or mixed technigues.
His more traditional slack key cd is still one of my favorites.
One year at Maui slack key festival he came out and played blindfolded for the first song...
Anyone who plays that well, playing with a blind fold is no big deal...
It seems better to come out and "make contack" and more importantly, SOME semblance of eye contact around the audience...at least now and then.
The personality "package" is the sense of a live interaction...sometimes we fake it, or feel less out-going...but the blind-fold was disconcerting with an artist I wanted to feel greater connection to...
Still, being backstage that year (06) with George's group allowed a little conversation, and he shared graciously a few tidbits on a song...
After viewing some of the video clips, they convey some interesting visual cues that watching a live performance does not imprint as accurately...
hand positions, some technique ideas etc...
and a general sense of warmth, sincerity, and a sincere personality maturing...amidst a more commercial sorta feel on some of the clips...
Traveling alone must be at times difficult...and isolated...
The road is usually easier with a good friend (or sane/functional band...
They do turn up!
Of course, traveling with a full Band is sometimes a nightmare...like a polygamist marriage going bad.
And anyone with Makana's talent finds and makes friends at each stop along their musical path.
But I always try to be sincere, even if I don't mean it.
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 02/07/2008 : 07:24:29 AM
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| Mahalo markwitz & Kapila Kane for your comments. I hope I get the chance to see him sometime soon. |
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sm80808
Lokahi
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Posted - 02/07/2008 : 11:17:31 PM
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Here is a new and innovative approach to marketing a musician. This is Makana's electronic press kit for his new musical release, Different Game. http://youtube.com/watch?v=BooHm7awVy8
In this video, Makana speaks to the topic of "slack" rock. What do you other slackers have to say about that?"
Cool find Aunty. Electronic press kits kind of remind me of political ads where someone is trying to "win my vote". That said, I like political ads, they are entertaining.
In re: to Makana the musician, from everything I have seen of him, he seems like an interesting performer with the costumes and such. I know he has chick appeal. I have had a few girl friends (as opposed to "girlfriends") tell me they thought he was cute/sexy. He seems to give off the aura that he is one of those deep, sensitive musician types. I guess chicks dig dat, ha?
Musically speaking, I am actually kind of indifferent. I don't feel any that tingle or get chicken skin when I hear him. Nothing I have heard (which is probably limited) sounds remarkably fresh or new. That one flashy lick he was doing (the quick pull-offs on the high string) was kinda cool and reminiscent of Angus Young (AC/DC) style licks. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 02/08/2008 : 02:35:49 AM
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Makana definitely has chick appeal. Even though I am your "Aunty", I can still remember the old days when I appreciated that sort of eye candy.
The first time I ever heard Makana was on a compilation CD that we bought on one of Norwegian's cruise ships, first trip we ever took to Hawai`i. He was doing "E Nihi Ka Hele". I had never heard a voice like that. I searched and found the CD that had it on there (one of my first buys from Auntie Maria). I was not really taken by other music on the same disc. http://www.mele.com/music/artist/makana/koi+au/ It was a bit oo...too...well, too something to suit me. I guess it seemed too all over the place. I love his Hawaiian stuff. I am less than in love with the other stuff. He can play some darn swell guitar. He is young enough to be able to move them fingers pretty fast. He is young enough to look good when he plays a show without wearing a shirt. And he is young enough to pay respect to the kumu and kupuna. That is a very good thing.
And he is young enough to try different tacks when marketing himself. That, too is good. If you are going to try to make money in the music business, you've got to treat it like a business and come up with a marketing plan for your product. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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