Download Hawaiian Music

[cabanalane]

First, I want to pay for it. Nothing illegal.

I can't find any websites to download some MP3 songs from the past. I'm looking for less popular local groups like Krush, Kasuals, etc.

I found CDs, but I don't really want all the songs, just the specific ones I want.

Please let me know where.

[DannyWilliams]

Yeah where can ya find Hawaiian Music LEGALLY that is....:D

So far iTunes does have a few but not as big at the moment :(

[Mista Bumpy]

If you enjoy listening to streaming audio over the Internet, the place to go is Live365.com. Of the tons of different free online radio stations hosted there, there are no less than 103 featuring Hawaiian music of all kinds. Furthermore, if you have a simple streaming audio recorder on your PC (Google will help you find the many hundreds out there, many free. The average price is about $15-20), you can record the music as it plays. It’s all perfectly legal and you can hear everything from slack key to island/Rasta to popular, you name it.

Aloha!

[Random]

Hmph. Maybe Apple should consider allowing local online retailers to sell local music in their AAC format for local people.

Then again, why should Apple listen to me? They're nothing more than a mainland-based corporation :rolleyes:

[Lanikaibabe]

You can try:

http://www.octunes.com/

[pzarquon]

Eesh. OCTunes (http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=9996)? Stay away.

Post your wish list. We can keep an eye out in local used CD stores. I'd be happy to mail them to you. Whatever you do, steer clear of the BurnLounge system.

[infinitypro]

Eesh. OCTunes (http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=9996)? Stay away.

Post your wish list. We can keep an eye out in local used CD stores. I'd be happy to mail them to you. Whatever you do, steer clear of the BurnLounge system.

What's your thoughts on this? BTW we do have a "store", downloaded a few albums successfully, but haven't done much since mostly because we became iPod owners soon after.

UPDATE: PZ, I searched BURNLOUNGE and read the other threads. But, BurnLounge has converted to MP3 and is DRM free (well, there are a few files that are not). Regardless, I realize it was the MLM, WMA, DRM (did I miss any?) aspect that was, well irritating.

[Lanikaibabe]

I should have probably noted that I haven't used octunes -- just read about them somewhere or heard about them and saved the link.

Most of my music is bought on cd; or given to me from a friend; or listened to on streaming radio; or awhile ago downloaded from free sources (and then I usually bought the cd anyway).

The one thing about downloading individual songs... what I notice is (me being a fan of music in general) -- is that you don't get the "theme" of what the artist has put together on the album itself. For example... I had downloaded a few songs from Peter Moon Band's "Cane Fire" cd that I liked. When I bought the cd there was a certain feeling of the project of choosing those songs that almost told a story.

I buy the cds to support the local artists and it gives me something to look forward to.

[mel]

The one thing about downloading individual songs... what I notice is (me being a fan of music in general) -- is that you don't get the "theme" of what the artist has put together on the album itself.

This is generally true, but the market has changed so much that the single track now rules. Given that anyone can buy a track for around 99 cents each, and the fact that a lot of people don't want to buy a whole album with only a few good songs; single tracks now rule the day.

Throw all of these tracks into an iPod or another music player, create a mix or just press shuffle, the chances of most people listening to an album the way an artist intended is less these days than before.

Also in time many record companies will recompile tracks from various albums or artists and create a whole new compilation that is as far away from a theme that you can get.... except that it is maybe a "best of" collection. And these are very popular given that many by the same artists are re-compiled and re-released all the time.

[Lanikaibabe]

So true; that we are living in a single track world now. My hubby and I were talking about this fact the other night (based on the 25th anniversary of the cd) -- and how this technology is still valid and nothing new has truly come about... and then he had to remind me that the "new" thing was the single mp3 file. (Ok, so I'm showing my age).

...so why is it that we still call them albums anyway? :D

[Leo Lakio]

This is generally true, but the market has changed so much that the single track now rules. Given that anyone can buy a track for around 99 cents each, and the fact that a lot of people don't want to buy a whole album with only a few good songs; single tracks now rule the day.
So true; that we are living in a single track world now.Although this generally applies only to the mainstream musical world. Music buyers who invest in jazz, classical, and similar not-as-popular genres still tend to go for the full album. Part of this is due to the older demographic of this audience (hence less likely to adopt technology newer than CDs), and part of it has to do with the overall "theme" or "concept" aspect Lanikaibabe noted, more common in the afore-mentioned genres than in much of today's disposable pop.

[mel]

I agree Leo. The big difference is that pop music of all genres outsell jazz, clasiscal and other niche formats by leaps and bounds. In time the single track will dominate this field as the older people and maybe even the CD format fade away. Younger consumers who are used to getting digital music will probably apply the same standards to these other genres in terms of single track purchases.

If you look at the overall music market, I think it was stated somewhere that WalMart and BestBuy are the top 2 retailers, and they mostly sell full length CDs. Third and climbing is Apple's iTunes music store. And I can safely assume sales of single tracks dominate there.

It is no wonder the music industry is falling over themselves trying to beat or at least match Apple in the digital download game.

[Leo Lakio]

The big difference is that pop music of all genres outsell jazz, clasiscal and other niche formats by leaps and bounds. In time the single track will dominate this field as the older people and maybe even the CD format fade away. Younger consumers who are used to getting digital music will probably apply the same standards to these other genres in terms of single track purchases.You are absolutely right, Mel. The CD will likely survive (as vinyl has - barely, and for a selected purpose), but even the wee percentage that presents classical music has been accepting the digital download era; a number of major orchestras now make material available from their websites only, rather than packaging a CD release.
It is no wonder the music industry is falling over themselves trying to beat or at least match Apple in the digital download game.They have been steadily watching their (formerly huge) profits plummet in recent years, as they lose control over what the public hears and how they get to receive it. And as someone who has been connected to the music industry (both within it and peripherally) for over thirty years - I'm overjoyed to see the change. Control of the art form is shifting from the business side to the creative side - how very socialist!

[Lanikaibabe]

And as someone who has been connected to the music industry (both within it and peripherally) for over thirty years - I'm overjoyed to see the change. Control of the art form is shifting from the business side to the creative side - how very socialist!

Do you believe that most in the music industry feel this way? One of my favorite artists from long-ago is, what I call, "selling out" and doing what the record label demands of him. Instead of working on the creative-side of things; he's pumping out cds of crap music that I just refuse to buy any longer. I wish he would tell the business-side off and just produce and arrange what he usually does best and just give his real fans the mp3's on a website somewhere.

[Leo Lakio]

Do you believe that most in the music industry feel this way?Most? Probably not. Certainly not those who prefer the taste of money over caring about the art. I've never gotten wealthy in any of my work, so I don't know the addiction that well.

But the industry folks and creative types that are open-eyed about the future, while perhaps not pleased about it, accept it and are trying to find new ways to work within a shifting paradigm. I know of some in the Hawaiian music industry who are developing new paths - theirs will be the success stories we talk about a decade or so from today.

[akrauth]

I would try itunes if I were you.


Aloha,
'Alika