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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
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 Posted - 02/22/2012 : 1:23:08 PM
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So it's Oscar time...No Oscar here, but awareness could surge!
Obviously any Oscars would be advantageous to our cause!
What"Dueling Banjo's" and "The Circle album" of Nitty Gritty fame did for bluegrass in the 70's,and then "Brother where art thou"...what year was that?!
And Hey, George Clooney ain't no slouch.
The linking of visuals with music is so powerful!
When a strong cinematic sequence, or story is linked, well I guess Tony Robbins would call it "neuro-associative linking"....which existed before he marketed his psychology.
(hey Tony, try that fire walk over Kilauea!)
whatever...
So, As Kalena and I catch up on our Oscar films, well this one's on for tonight if possible.
It's already re-psyched myself, not only about seeing and hearing it, but about playing more and doing it for joy....(short trip).
Just sometimes I need a boost like this to say, "This is what I like to play for soul food!"
So I am late getting to the movie...but my wife and I will be catching up as Oscars approach....
But this one, I'm going tonight!
I had heard "The Descendants" had a slack key soundtrack, and said,
"REALLY ? no kidding?!" And then got busy with my non-Oscar activities.
But something to look forward to is nice.
Thanks to Oscar and thanks to the producer, my manager and my family! |
Edited by - Kapila Kane on 02/22/2012 1:25:10 PM |
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noeau
Ha`aha`a
USA
1105 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2012 : 10:21:07 PM
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| If had more live performance then maybe exposure would have had a greater impact. But music was more of an emphasis in Brother versus Descendants. |
No'eau, eia au he mea pa'ani wale nō. |
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donkaulia
Lokahi
249 Posts |
Posted - 02/27/2012 : 09:49:43 AM
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| Oscar for Best Adapted Screen Play is good enough to spike sales for Hawaiian Music. Awesome! |
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JimC
Lokahi
USA
135 Posts |
Posted - 02/27/2012 : 12:47:52 PM
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| Did you notice as the winners were making their way to except the award for best screenplay the house band for the Academey Awards was playing the intro to Ka Makani Ka'ili Aloha ? very cool |
Jim
http://www.ohanahulasupply.com
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Pupule
USA
4551 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2012 : 11:20:41 AM
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| I finally watched the movie on DVD this weekend. I enjoyed it a lot and am amazed at how the music is featured so prominently. I cannot helped but think how many people have been turned on toward authentic Hawaiian music. |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2012 : 11:25:21 AM
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| Don't forget that the movie won the Golden Globe Award for best picture, and George Clooney won the Golden Globe for best actor, and, I believe, there were Golden Globes for direction and screenplay, too. |
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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2012 : 12:30:30 PM
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I, too, finally got to watch the movie last week- it never played in the theatres here that I noticed, but I noticed the DV at the checkout in Wal-Mart and had to buy it.
I, too, expected more of a connection between the family and the land. I haven't read the book, but I suspect the director chose to include more universal themes over those specific to Hawai'i. I was slightly disappointed, because I was hoping for a bit more of Hawai'i in the story.
But, it was very well done, and very moving. Well worth watching.
On the music, as a thirty year "Waipi'o boy" I certainly appreciated the three versions of Hi'ilawe! But I was surprised to see, in the credits, that the author of the song was listed as "Traditional". As documented in the newspaper "Ke Aloha Aina" in 1906, the song was composed by Samuel Kalainaina in 1892.
The rest of the music was a mixed bag. Although I'm not in love with every song they chose, I am certainly appreciative that they decided on an all-slack key soundtrack!
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Having mentioned the 1906 version of Hi'ilawe, as it is the oldest version (that I know of, anyway) in print, I thought I would share it here. It is somewhat different than any modern version.
The following is the best transcription of the exact text and punctuation I could make, considering the age of the original, quality of my copy, and terrible type to begin with. Some errors may be in the original, some may be my interpretation of certain letters. All capitalization and punctuation is in the original, the double question marks are two letters that were completely unreadable.
Anyway:
Kumaka ka ikena ia Hi’ilawe,
I ka Papa lohi mai o Maukele,
♦I pakele mai au i ka noi Manu,
HeuWaheau nei puni Waipio,
♦Aole no au e loaa mai,
He uhiwai au no ke kuahiwi,
♦He hiwahiwa au na ka makua,
He lei a-i nu ke kupuna,
♦No Puna ke ala haliia ??i,
Noho i ka wai-lele o Hiilawe,
♦I ka poli no au o Haiwahine,
I ka pali aloha a Hainakolo,
♦Ho’okolo aku au i ka nui Manu,
Ua like ke kaīna me ka Uahoa,
♦Kuu hoa ia la o ka Lealea,
I ka nui mano iho haunaele,
♦E ole kuu nui pihá Akamai,
Haia a’e na ale o ka Moana,
♦Hao mai ka moana kau i ka weli,
Mea ole ia i nei hookele,
♦Ka Helena a Uleu pili ka napo,
Honi malihini au me kuu aloha,
♦He aloha ia năni ua leiia,
Kuu pua Miulana poina ole,
♦Haina ia mai ana ka puana,
Mai poina oe i kuu aloha.
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
1597 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2012 : 06:42:27 AM
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Thanks for posting that Chris. I will copy it into my mele files. My understanding is that over the years, lots of folks added verses to the song (probably a fun thing to do at a Kanikapila). So now the song is up to some 50 verses or so. 
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Mahope Kākou...
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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2012 : 1:03:31 PM
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Sorry! The 'okina in the first "Hi'ilawe" was my addition, not in the original. After writing the word thousands of times, it just slipped itself in out of habit. Please delete it from any copies for authenticity. The rest of the (seemingly random) accent marks are in the original.
Lawrence, I'm glad you copied it into your files. The point of posting it was to spread it as widely as possible in the slack key community so it wouldn't be lost.
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cyril
Lokahi
USA
110 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2012 : 6:37:04 PM
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Here is another interesting development for the Descendant's soundtrack. We did a screening for the film festival and a panel with Dondi the Music Superviser. It was good fun. Then we did a performance where most of the artists on the film played their song complete and then Jeff Peterson, Makana, And myself did a kanikaila. Everyone liked it. We are going to repeat this event Screening, interview and lineup for the Seattle Slack Key Festival inNovember and in L.A. For Mitch's one. Maybe S.F. and N.Y. If Fox agrees.
The Grammy Chapters will be promoting the events as a way to learn more about the Music in film and who decides what and like that. So not only the Hawaiian music fans will be interested.
The CD is being nominated for a Grammy in Sound track category and Gabby has been submitted for nomination as lifetime achievement and Hall of Fame for Grammy.
We were told Fox will be promoting this nomination and so many more people will be finding out about Hawaiian music from this film.
There is talking of a prequel / sequel where the family gets more connected to their land and history. Kaui is now working on a book about Colorado so maybe after that she will think about it more.
I did receive 2 fully autographed copies of the DVD. One for our Hawaiian Museum of Music and Dance collection and one for me to watch... So I did watch it a few more times already. I still love the story and the music. It is such an honor to have my dad up on the screen. And the rest of the gang too. |
Cyril Pahinui
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Claudia
Lokahi
USA
152 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2012 : 03:57:51 AM
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Hi Cyril, please keep me and Admin posted if there will be a Descendant screening/interview/musician line-up event in New York! Mahalo nui loa.
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guitar yogi
Akahai
Kiribati
67 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2012 : 4:35:38 PM
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| Uncle Cyril, I wish you and your family the best of luck at the Grammy awards, I especially hope that Gabby will win the Lifetime Achievement Award- this would be a great thing for the music that we all love so much. If your band and friends play in San Francisco this fall, as well as the Seattle Slack Key Festival, I hope you all will also play a show in Eugene, Oregon at the Shedd Institute. Eugene is midway between San Francisco and Seattle, and the Shedd Institute now specializes in bringing the greatest Hawaiian musicians to Oregon as part of their "Now Hear This" concert series. Keola Beamer, Dennis Kamakahi/George Kahumoku/Richard Ho'opi'i, Hapa, Willie K and now Led Kaapana are all part of this concert series, I hope you'll be next to sign up for a show. Their website is: www.theshedd.org. Phone #: 541 687-6526. And mahalo for the great show in Seattle last fall! Matthew |
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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2012 : 5:42:55 PM
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| And here I thought all this time you were from the Gilbert Islands. |
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cyril
Lokahi
USA
110 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2012 : 11:01:49 AM
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| Aloha Matthew, Mahalo for the information on theshedd. I will try to plan something with them. Jeff just came back form Japan ands there is interest in our Descendants' touring program over there too. We will be focusing on this for this year's Seattle Slack Key Festival also. And Paris in July. I haven't been back to Paris for a few years so it is exciting to be going there again even though very long travel schedule. Hope to see you in Seattle and maybe in Eugene also. Cyril |
Cyril Pahinui
cyril.cyrilpahinui.com |
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guitar yogi
Akahai
Kiribati
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Posted - 05/18/2012 : 3:10:49 PM
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| Mahalo Uncle Cyril, Hope to see you again soon, too! By the way, The Shedd also has a music school with classrooms, so maybe you and Jeff could do a guitar workshop also. Have fun in Paris!! Matthew |
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The Descendants movie impact on Hawaiian music?
