Congrats to family friend Napua Makua on her Female Vocalist award for her album Mohalu!
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Re: Na Hoku: Congrats, Napua
Originally posted by tutusue View PostUmmm, Ron, Pohaku's thread is about Napua...not what you did or didn't do last night.
To help prolong the celebration of Napua's victory and being, what can we learn about her from those that can share?
From last year http://news.yahoo.com/video/honolulu...makua-22095459
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Re: Na Hoku: Congrats, Napua
Ron, what is your criteria for "truly good" music?Last edited by anapuni808; May 30, 2011, 04:25 PM."Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be."
– Sydney J. Harris
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Re: Na Hoku: Congrats, Napua
Gabby and his pals comes to mind for local music, Alfred Apaka, Pua Almeida, the Rogers family, the Hawaii Calls gang of 50 years, of course Iz had some awesome stuff, that was the nadir.
These day's I'd almost go for just what doesn't totally suck. To answer your question completely you'd have to spend the year listening to my collection, most of which REALLY sucks to many, which only proves my point There is lots of really good music out these days, but it's not the stuff of legend, those days exist mainly in my collection, which is still expanding.
Sunday nite at the Marriott represented some of the current crop. Wednesday nite at Kanikapila Grill with Cyril Pahinui, steeler Jeff Au Hoy, Peter Moon Jr., Jeff Teves will too.
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Ron, with all due respect to your tastes: "what doesn't totally suck" is not really a criteria as it is totally subjective to your own personal tastes. As is most music - we all like what we like. Plus, you seem to lean towards steel guitar. So, for you to just make the judgement that no good music can be found these days is really unfair to the hard-working musicians that are out there performing for the rest of us.
and BTW - your signature line that says "If you're in" Oahu? how can you be IN an island? I would think it should say "If you're ON" Oahu. Just sayin'......"Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be."
– Sydney J. Harris
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Re: Na Hoku: Congrats, Napua
Originally posted by Pohaku View PostCongrats to family friend Napua Makua on her Female Vocalist award for her album Mohalu!
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Re: Na Hoku: Congrats, Napua
Originally posted by anapuni808 View PostRon, with all due respect to your tastes: "what doesn't totally suck" is not really a criteria as it is totally subjective to your own personal tastes. As is most music - we all like what we like.
Plus, you seem to lean towards steel guitar. So, for you to just make the judgement that no good music can be found these days is really unfair to the hard-working musicians that are out there performing for the rest of us.
Yes, I more than lean towards steel, I promote it and the few players of today that I like every chance I get, but how does that lead to me saying there's NO good music to be found today, did I ever say that? I can go see really good local music most any nite of the year, just in town alone (or with somebody... ), but as years go by the best keep dying off so it gets harder. I'm just not into much that isn't top shelf, and it's a very high shelf, but yet I'm not too snobish to not just enjoy. Kinda like hula, there are lots of good hula dancers, but very few that REALLY have IT.
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And a bigger difference between what was vs is, is that decades ago you could walk thru Waikiki/Honolulu and be barraged by great music at nearly every doorway (usually with steel guitar ), now you're lucky to find anything suitable 'somewhere' on any given nite.
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