Check out Steven Espaniola's new ongoing blog-series “Anatomy of a Mele”. Each month Steve will feature a different Hawaiian Artist/Producer pairing and go behind the scenes to closely examine one song off of one of their albums, giving the reader a tiny glimpse into the sometimes magical, sometimes arduous creative recording process.
The ultimate goal is to give fans and music lovers a little insight into what it's like to be in the studio. Hopefully it will inspire, educate and encourage the next generation of music makers!
He is articulate and intuitive and has and obvious love for the music that, indeed, all of us on this forum love. His iinterview this month with Raiatea was most excellent.
Mahalo nui for the plug Andy & aunty Wanda! E kala mai...just noticed this ;) The series has been a huge success bringing some much needed attention to the artists as well as the producers. It gets re-blogged each month in SFGate. I have created a new domain to host archived installments: http://www.anatomyofamele.com/archives.html - The list of folks I have confirmed and lined up in the coming months reads like a hall of fame Nā Hōkū ballot ;).
PS...sorry I've been MIA in this group...have been consumed by other projects and social media platforms, but I do plan to pop in more frequently. My own follow up CD is one of those projects that has had my hands full for the past 3 years...getting extremely close to finishing now. So proud of this one!
Steven Espaniola's blog series "Anatomy of a Mele”
Posted - 03/15/2012 : 5:45:38 PM
