DoctorTrey.com-S02 episode 026: The Icon Strikes Back
We want to further explore the thoughts of the Icon and this is the reason for this show. As you may have heard, Bran has much to complain about when it comes to his “All Star Band.” Believe it or not, his thoughts have been getting a lot of support from our tens of listeners. Who’s the best Sax player in Hawaii? Just ask Bran, he apparently knows. What about Drummers? Just ask Bran, he apparently knows.
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April 27th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Ah, an excuse to find a beer in the fridge - thanks guys!
re: Don Ho / Nathan Aweau - I thought NA was DH’s music director for some period, no?
…how differently do you mic for the podcast with you and the Icon speaking, verses a vocal track for singer (singing a song)?
How are recording studios categorized? …by the size of the physical space to hold the artists, by the amount of tracks you can mix, cost of sessions and services offered, etc? Any idea how many music recording facilities in Hawai’i?
Loved the ‘debate’, there’s a lot more there too. I look forward to listening to more convo between you two. The deal is (in my humble opinion) it’s all subjective, and with personal interjection. I’ve never heard of any rating system that charts and graphs any artist’s talent. In fact, if you can’t define the components which we ‘think’ make up talent, then how you can even measure it? It’s all about data. And speaking of data, the person doing the critiquing would have to be qualified to provide flat, non-biased opinions too.
So the bottom line is that I think a person ends up injecting personal opinion, mixed with maybe popular opinion, and if you have technical abilities you may be able to point out high and low points, but it’s still super subjective. It‚Äôs wonderful to hear both of you guys discuss this topic; I hope you do more.
I’m just grateful to find Hawaiian music - it’s a whole new thing for me, so I’m just a happy guy!
Gawd I’ve got a buzz – gotta sign off for now…
April 28th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
JSFD for the micing of the podcast, we pretty much do it the same way but much less controlled. With a singer we want to get the singer in as much the right position as possible, but with podcasting, it doesn’t really matter all that much.
There are far too many studios to count these days. This is mostly because of the digital revolution. While there are many professional based studios, there are probably even more home studios these days. Many of them can probably get a decent sound. As far as categories of recording studios, i can remember when it was based on track count, but nowadays track count is pretty much a non issue. This again is because of the digital revolution.
Thanks for you comments on the “debate.” I agree with you 100 percent. If we can ever be a reason to drink for even one person, we would have reached our goal. Don’t drink and drive though.
April 28th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Sorry for the long post - must have been the beer.
…love some of the mixing and studio work on old Beatles stuff; the instruments are very distinctly placed and somehow the voices came right through all of it.
You touched a little on marketing or self-promotion, and I think that’s a huge piece of who makes it (financially) in the mega buck pop world. And appearance is huge.
I like an artist based on what they produce, not because I think I can judge their talent, but because of how I feel when I listen or watch their work. However if he or she is a dick, I don’t like their work as much. …kinda like Mel Gibson morphing into a raving psychopath ‚Äì I won‚Äôt go to see anything he does today.
April 30th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Loved the conversation, wish I could’ve listened live, and hope to hear more on this later.
Kimo
April 30th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Trey, try check this site… I was doing a search on a friend of mine (Billy Kekona) and came across this site that these guys are openly asking each other to email one another copies of Keahiwai’s music.. wow.. whats funny is how they all are saying how they love the music so much and how they’re trying super hard to find it and buy it.. yeah right… just google it, and order a copy. if you like the artist…. support the artist….
May 1st, 2007 at 1:17 am
forgot the link
http://www.hawaiistories.com/heidi/2003/06/25/some-music-clips-to-listen-to/