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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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 Posted - 09/12/2008 : 02:41:14 AM
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http://www.mele.com/music/artist/peter+medeiros/ko%60olau/
OK, I have searched high and I have searched low. I, gulp, even searched e-bay. No can find. Pau. Nomo.
Is this recording gone forever? Anyone have any idea where it can be purchased, stolen or oddawise kakaroacht?
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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nahenahe
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 09/12/2008 : 07:23:23 AM
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| I stumbled upon one at Jelly's in Honolulu several years ago and snatched it up. It's a great album, and I think Uncle Peter later said he recorded some or all of it in his bathroom! |
Tim Dang
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Peter Medeiros
`Olu`olu
546 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2008 : 12:38:27 PM
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I didn’t think anyone was interested in canned music anymore. Actually my distributor went belly up several years ago and it was too much hassle trying to collect the accounts receivable from him. He had a stroke, we didn't receive any earnings after that happened. He was a good acquaintance so I wasn't going to press the issue.
I was able to get back the remaining stock. They are available just through me. But I will be setting up a website soon for product sales and talk story. They will be available for sale to the public along with the slack key method and anthologies that I use at UH. They will retail at $12.00 plus postage.
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Originally posted by wcerto
http://www.mele.com/music/artist/peter+medeiros/ko%60olau/
OK, I have searched high and I have searched low. I, gulp, even searched e-bay. No can find. Pau. Nomo.
Is this recording gone forever? Anyone have any idea where it can be purchased, stolen or oddawise kakaroacht?
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Reid
Ha`aha`a
Andorra
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Posted - 09/15/2008 : 09:03:11 AM
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Get this CD album whenever and however you can. We have had ours since initial release. It is quite amazing. I am not sure how all the multitracking (except for the chickens) was done with such precision, and I don't know how one person can play so many instruments in so many styles. Moreover, I never could figure out which voice, among the many, was, or is, Peter's "normal" voice. He does some beautiful harmonies with himself on a few cuts, too. There are not a lot of liner notes to give any clues, either (mostly none, actually), so I had a hard time figuring out if this was a concept album, or what. Could be, could maybe be a round-up of all the "old-time" (if you think the '70s were "old-time")Hawaiian styles that ever existed. Could be it can't be pigeon-holed. I intended to write a review of it when it first came out, but never did because I couldn't get my mind around it sufficiently to describe it coherently, even after listening to it a *lot*. On thing it ain't: a random collection. There are "covers", but they don't really sound like "covers". I am not over-intellectualizing this either (did Peter ever do anything that didn't have a point?), but I have long ago decided to just enjoy the ride.
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 09/15/2008 : 09:39:27 AM
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Originally posted by Peter Medeiros
But I will be setting up a website soon for product sales and talk story.
Is that "soon" in Medeiros time (sometime in the next year), "soon" in Hawaiian time (sometime this year), or "soon" in haole time (right now)?! |
Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
Edited by - cpatch on 09/15/2008 09:39:45 AM |
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Peter Medeiros
`Olu`olu
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Posted - 09/15/2008 : 10:49:22 AM
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Originally posted by cpatch
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Originally posted by Peter Medeiros
But I will be setting up a website soon for product sales and talk story.
Is that "soon" in Medeiros time (sometime in the next year), "soon" in Hawaiian time (sometime this year), or "soon" in haole time (right now)?!
Okay, I am a family man first and a musician second and it will always be that way. So I apologize for the delays, but going through cancer a second time with the attendent therapies, if you are lucky, has a way of stopping you in your tracks, and everything else becomes secondary. If you really want a copy email me and I will get a "Ko`olau" album off to you $12.00 plus postage, that is, right now that can be done.
Within a matter of two weeks we will be taking three bids for printing, I will adjust the content page count as determined by what is affordable. The final copyright registration will then be sent off to the Library of Congress following the final galley edit. Hopefully the first editions will be done by the end of October.
These are college texts so they are going to be priced accordingly. The price range for college music texts runs from a low of $10.00 to as high as a $178.00, average at UH is about $80.00 -- 90.00. Our retail price is dependent upon our costs and we won't have the benefit of economy of scale discounts. Ideally we would like to keep it on the low side at about $45.
Until then, Aloha.
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
2187 Posts |
Posted - 09/15/2008 : 1:33:07 PM
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| Sorry Peter, that was meant to be playful...as an author myself I know how slow the process can be. I also thought the cancer was in remission or I wouldn't have joked in the first place. Please accept my most humble apology (and prayers). |
Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
Edited by - cpatch on 09/15/2008 1:33:59 PM |
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Peter Medeiros
`Olu`olu
546 Posts |
Posted - 09/15/2008 : 2:50:56 PM
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Originally posted by cpatch
Sorry Peter, that was meant to be playful...as an author myself I know how slow the process can be. I also thought the cancer was in remission or I wouldn't have joked in the first place. Please accept my most humble apology (and prayers).
No offense taken. You think I was slow before I'm even slower now. I now have to use a cane to get around.
Anyway I do have an existing PayPal account which can be used to expedite purchases. I wasn't planning on using this particular account or even doing sales at this point in time. But I have found my payments through this account to be secure. So for now it will have to do for online transactions. Otherwise I am all for the U.S. Postal Service to get things done.
Aloha PM |
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Peter Medeiros
`Olu`olu
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Posted - 09/16/2008 : 2:45:02 PM
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Originally posted by Reid
... I don't know how one person can play so many instruments in so many styles. Moreover, I never could figure out which voice, among the many, was, or is, Peter's "normal" voice. ....I had a hard time figuring out if this was a concept album, or what. Could be, could maybe be a round-up of all the "old-time" (if you think the '70s were "old-time")Hawaiian styles that ever existed. Could be it can't be pigeon-holed. .... I have long ago decided to just enjoy the ride.
...Reid
Reid,
I meant to answer your questions earlier but my Apple G5 just went through a system failure so I have been addressing that issue, although I automatically save all of my files, I'm just making sure all of the HD is safely backed up before sending it off to repair.
In regards to multitracking the album; among the other hats I wear is that of an audio engineer. So I know what I am doing in the studio. I’ve been recording just about every other day for the last thirty years, and my hearing according to my Ear, Nose and Throat doctor is as good as a teenager’s. The end product though was pretty much out of my hands once I shipped it off for replication. They over-compressed and squeezed out the dynamics.
Regarding the question, how can I play so many instruments. The answer is simple, I am one of the crazy people, but instead of hearing voices in my head, I hear music all of the time. I came from a very musical family, I heard or played music just about every single day of my life. I first started playing the ukulele by the time I was in kindergarten. From an early age I had an awareness of how a stringed instrument should or could sound. I can play most stringed instruments once I know what the tuning is. As a consequence I am able to play just about all the parts of an arrangement.
Ozzie played on three songs, Ulili e, Lanakila Kawaihao and Hilo e. I sang, played and overdubbed all of the other tracks except for the tracks that Oz played. I was able to compose and arrange commercially for local television and film for several decades. I know just enough piano to be dangerous -- so I stay away from it.
“Moreover, I never could figure out which voice, among the many, was, or is, Peter's "normal" voice.” I sing most comfortably in the key of G. I am also quite comfortable with the keys of C, Bb, D, F and A. The song that best shows my normal voice is the Greenrose Hula. Slack key as I know it always involves singing and telling a story. You could just play instrumentals, but it wouldn’t tell as much of a story as a song with words.
“I had a hard time figuring out if this was a concept album….”. Yes, this was a concept album. I picked these songs and arrangements because I had learned most of them as a kid and I didn’t hear them sung or performed anymore, I missed hearing them. So I figured go for it – just make it so like it can be listened to in the car like a sound track from the North Shore to Kaneohe. It is also a vanity product, because I have known for a long time that I was just as good an artist as those I heard on the radio and who were well known but because no one else wanted to record me, I had to put it out myself. And that is always a dangerous thing to do. And yes it was recorded in my bathroom. You should have seen Oz’s face when I told him he had to sit on the toilet so I could record him. Anyway, I am glad that you do enjoy the album.
Thanks for the plugs.
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Reid
Ha`aha`a
Andorra
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Posted - 09/17/2008 : 03:06:25 AM
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Peter,
What you just wrote could stand in for liner notes - both interesting and amusing. Although, I am one of those who can't get enough liner notes because the really good ones are so informative. Too bad notes cost so much to put on actual paper with the CD. I didn't mean to slight Ozzie; I knew he was on those tracks (and you mention him on the liner). You know, I am sure, that he is one of our (Sarah's and mine - and more than a few other people) heroes. I hope you put the seat cover down when you made him sit on The Throne.
About your voice: it wasn't only the keys you sang in that made your voice sound different, you used different sound production techniques, too - like chant styles. So, the timbre changed, too. That used to be common among people like Uncle Ray, but very rare, today (apart from falsetto, and some of the interesting things that Keoki Kahumoku occasionally does).
Music for me is not just sonic wallpaper; I am utterly incapable of not concentrating totally on a piece, and engaging those parts of my brain that still work - it doesn't matter what kind of music it is. Can't walk and chew gum at the same time, I guess. So, a few years ago we were driving the long 8 hour haul to Down East Maine, and I listened to Ko`olau for a good part of the trip, while Sarah drove. It never palled; mind and emotions were totally engaged. Too bad the album never got the distribution it deserved.
The recording "industry" is a very peculiar thing, especially in Hawai`i where everything is so personal, and there are so many people scrapping over small pieces of a small pie. I know something of the mutual back-scratching, and personal compromises, that must happen in order to be recorded. So, just because "no one else wanted to record you" - and some other artists I know, has nothing to do with intrinsic talent or ability.
...Reid
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sm80808
Lokahi
347 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2008 : 09:17:19 AM
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Peter Medeiros
`Olu`olu
546 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2008 : 09:35:11 AM
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Originally posted by studentaccount1
Is it possible to pick up a copy locally here on Oahu?
Yes, this should be very easy email me at slackkey5093cf @ hotmail. com. |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2008 : 10:23:20 AM
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Peter, I just sent you an email regarding your CD.
Can't wait to get my hands on a copy. Here is a link that has a nice review of the CD plus three sound clips. Enjoy.
http://starbulletin.com/2002/07/19/features/records.html
Quite the honor to be compared to Gabby, The Sons and early Peter Moon Band all in the same review. Kudos, and all the best. |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
Edited by - markwitz on 09/17/2008 10:26:08 AM |
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Peter Medeiros
`Olu`olu
546 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2008 : 10:49:09 AM
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Originally posted by markwitz
Quite the honor to be compared to Gabby, The Sons and early Peter Moon Band all in the same review. Kudos, and all the best.
I was mentored by Peter Moon for many years and learned from the best starting with my dad, than Liko Martin, and Sonny Chillingworth. Because of my relationship with Peter I met and studied Gabby and also Leonard Kwan. However, I chose not to become an entertainer but too teach. So there were a good number of current artists who studied with me at the University in the 70's, 80's and from 1999 through today. Yes it is an honor to be compared to them, but all I am doing is passing on what I learned from them. |
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Mika ele
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 09/18/2008 : 12:40:48 PM
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I am one of the lucky ones to have picked up a few copies from Peter in Kaneohe last time I had lessons with him. Not that he needs it, but I will second and third the previous opinions that this is an excellent album and a very good one to add to your Slack Key Library.
CPatch - you may borrow mine for a listen if you remind me next time we meet at Slack Key Open Mike. I think I gave a copy to Chunky/Monkey as well. |
E nana, e ho'olohe. E pa'a ka waha, e hana ka lima. |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 09/24/2008 : 10:49:30 AM
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Originally posted by markwitz
Quite the honor to be compared to Gabby, The Sons and early Peter Moon Band all in the same review. Kudos, and all the best.
Aloha Peter,
The above quote from me does not do you enough justice. I received my copy from you a couple of days ago and have been listening to it on and off since then. Sometimes just a favorite cut and sometimes straight through. It is very unique while at the same time being very traditional. A breath of fresh air! I'm so glad I had you send me a copy. I will enjoy playing tracks from it for my listeners at the radio station. My favorite songs by the way are Kui Tree, Nani Ko'olau, Kane'ohe and 'Opihi Moemoe. Just a super CD!! |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
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Peter Medeiros - Ko`olau
