John: WELCOME BACK TO
LIVING808.
AWARD WINNING SINGER SONG
WRITER AND UP FOR A PAIR OF
HOKU CUES THIS YEAR.
TELL US ABOUT HIS NEWEST CD
AND INSPIRATION BEHIND IT.
WELCOME KAMUELA
KHON 2
PORTRAITS.
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPETITION
AND ALTERNATIVE ALBUM.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE
NOMINATED?
REALLY COOL.
EVERYONE WORKS REALLY HARD ON
CDs AND ALBUMS AND TEAMS
WORK HARD ON IT.
IN THIS CASE, I WAS MY OWN
TEAM.
JUST HAPPY AND I'M HAPPY FOR
ALL OTHER NOMINEES AS WELL.
THAT WE AGAINSTER GET
RECOGNIZED.
John: PORTRAITS WAS
RELEASED DECEMBER OF 2017 AND
NOT LONG AFTER YOUR SON'S
BIRTH.
TELL ME ABOUT THE INSPIRATION
BEHIND THAT.
YES.
WELL, CAIUS WAS BORN.
ONLY TOOK ME ABOUT A YEAR TO
MAKE.
CD ITSELF WAS MADE OVER 8
YEARS.
CAIUS CUTIE.
LOVE OF MY LIFE.
John: LOOK AT HIM!
YEAH.
MOTHER DID THAT.
BEAUTIFUL MOM.
John: MOM DID A LOT OF
THAT WORK, BY THE WAY.
YES.
ALMOST ALL OF IT.
John: EIGHT YEARS.
WHY DID IT TAKE YOU EIGHT
YEARS TO COME OUT WITH ANOTHER
ALBUM?
STUDIO FROM TIME TO TIME,
STUDIO UPDATES.
TRAVEL, WRITING SONGS.
I WANTED TO WRITE A SONG
FOR EVERYWHERE THAT TRAVELED
TO.
YOU COME ACROSS INSPIRATION
EVERYWHERE.
AND THAT WAS KIND OFRMY
MANTRA.
John: THERE'S A SONG ON
THE ALBUM PORTRAITS THAT IT
SAYS, FEATURING THE COLLECTIVE
WILL.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
THAT'S A LOT OF GUEST ARTISTS
THAT YOU HAVE IN THE SONG.
ON THE ALBUM.
TELL ME ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE
WILL.
WELL, STARTED WITH IDEA
BETWEEN MYSELF AND GUY, TWO
GUYS, THREE GUYS NAMED
STERLING HIGA, KYLE MAKK AND
DARIAN NEWTON AND MYSELF.
DECIDED IT WOULD BE GOOD TO
GOT A LOT OF RAW TALENT, BRING
IT ALL TOGETHER, IN THE NAME
OF MUSIC PUT TOGETHER.
TRADE TALENT FOR MONEY.
THAT WAS THE IDEA.
LIKE TO EXTEND THAT OUT TO
ANYBODY OUT THERE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECORD
SOMETHING WITH ME, EVERYTHING
FOR SONG WRITING TO THE FINAL
PRODUCT, LET ME KNOW.
I MEAN, I DON'T CHARGE.
I JUST CHARGE YOUR TALENT.
THAT'S IT.
John: WOW!
VERY COOL.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE LITTLE BIT
OF A CD TOUR.
HERE WITH US.
TALKING ABOUT IT.
TELL ME WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU.
SO WHAT'S NEXT IS I JUST GOT
ON THE SLACK-KEY TOUR LAST
YEAR AND WE WENT OUT TO THE
WEST COAST HOPEFULLY, I'LL BE
DOING A FEW MORE THINGS WITH
THEM.
AT THE SAME TIME, I'M TRYING
TO PURSUE A DIDERING IN
NEUROLOGY -- DEGREE IN
NEUROLOGY, SCIENCE MASTER'S.
I'M IN SCHOOL AND THEN I'M A
DADDY AND I AM TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS FOUNDATION THAT
I'M ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS
OF, CALLED RYAN'SLIGHT.ORG.
TRYING TO DEVELOP THAT
FOUNDATION FROM HUMBLE
BEGINNINGS AS A MUSIC THERAPY
TO FULL ON BRAIN RESEARCH
FOUNDATION ONE DAY.
John: WELL, GOOD LUCK TO
YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
SUCCESS.
GOOD LUCK AT THE HOKUS AND
WHAT ARE YOU SINGING FIRST
TODAY?
TODAY, GOING TO BE DOING.
John: OR PLAYING I SHOULD
SAY.
YEAH.
I'M GOING TO SING A SONG
CALLED SIMPLE LOVE.
John: APPRECIATE IT.
TAKE IT AWAY.
MAHALO.
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