Let the Music Play: A Tribute to Johnny Cash

Aloha, I am happy to announce the release of my new single "Let the Music Play (A Tribute to Johnny Cash)" and accompanying pictorial video montage. This song was written as a tribute to my main musical influence Johnny Cash. Over the past five days I have been blogging about the different aspects of Cash's …

Five Days of Johnny Cash: Day 5

I have a very special announcement coming today to celebrate Johnny Cash's birthday, so this is this is the final installment of my five days of Johnny Cash blog in which I posted a significant song that contributed to my understanding, love and appreciation for Johnny Cash the artist, musician and man. By 9 am Hawaiian time today I …

Five Days of Johnny Cash: Day 4

I have a very special announcement coming tomorrow, so this is day four of my five days of Johnny Cash blog in which I will post a significant song that contributed to my understanding, love and appreciation for Johnny Cash the artist, musician and man. I will blog about one more song tomorrow morning before a special reveal …

Five Days of Johnny Cash: Day 3

I have a very special announcement coming this Thursday, so this is day three of my five days of Johnny Cash blog in which I will post a significant song that contributed to my understanding, love and appreciation for Johnny Cash the artist, musician and man. As I set out on my professional music career it was …

Five Days of Johnny Cash: Day 2

I have a very special announcement coming this Thursday, so this is day two of my five days of Johnny Cash blog in which I will post a significant song that contributed to my understanding, love and appreciation for Johnny Cash the artist, musician and man. While I was deeply moved and effected at a young age …

Five Days of Johnny Cash: Day 1

I have a very special announcement coming this Thursday, so this starts my five days of Johnny Cash blog in which I will post a significant song that contributed to my understanding, love and appreciation for Johnny Cash the artist, musician and man. For me I have to start with "Folsom Prison Blues". I first heard …

Unearthing Secrets of the Ranch

Always more to learn, always more to discover. Knowledge is like a bottomless well that you can always draw more water from. Today was a day in which I was able expand even further my understanding of the paniolo and their history in Waimea. The day started out normal enough, as I covered the basics of …

The Sources of Our Songs

This coming week I have the honor and privilege of leading a group of students around the island exploring the meaning and history of Hawaiian mele and the places they are about. In four days we will visit four different areas of the island and learn a song or two that tells a story about …