John: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING808."
MIKEY CAUGHT UP WITH HIM A FEW
MONTH AGO WHEN HE SANG HIS NEW
SONG ON "LIVING808."
TODAY KALA'E PARISH IS ABOUT TO
TALK ABOUT HIS NEWEST ALBBUM.
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Mikey: IN AUGUST HE RELEASED
HIS NEWEST SINGLE, "AFTER THE
NOON."
KALA'E PARISH IS HERE TO TELL US
WHAT EXCITING NEW PROJECT HE HAS
IN STORE FOR ALL WAS YOU.
KALA'E, GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD MORNING.
DOING GOOD.
HOW ABOUT YOURSELF?
Mikey: I'M DOING GOOD.
TRYING TO STAY SIX FEET AWAY
FROM EVERYBODY.
I KNOW I LOOK DIFFERENT BECAUSE
I DON'T HAVE A HORSE ATTACHED TO
ME.
I WASN'T TOO SURE WHAT I WAS
GOING TO EXPECT.
I WAS EXPECTING ONE HAT OR
SOMETHING.
[LAUGHTER]
THAT THOUGHT PROCESS SUMS UP
"LIVING808."
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT OUR
MUSICIANS AND WE LOVE KEEPING UP
WITH THEM.
YOU STARTED WORKING ON A
PROJECT.
YOU CREATED AN ALBUM.
HE JUST RELEASED IT IN
DECEMBER.
SINCE.
CALLED "WHERE I RESIDE."
IT HAS SIX ORIGINAL SONGS
WRITTEN BY MYSELF.
SOME SINGLES I'VE RELEAS RELEASED LIKE
"AFTER THE NOON."
Mikey: THAT WAS GOING TO BE
MY NEXT QUESTION.
CAN WE EXPECT AFTER THE NOON?
WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND
THE ALBUM?
ALL SONGWRITERS WRITERS
THESE ARE THE SORNIN SONGS THAT I FELT
BEST REPRESENTED ME.
I WANTED TO BRING NOT ONLY
COUNTRY MUSIC BUT I WANTED TO
INCORPORATED OTHER STYLES OF
MUSIC THAT WOULD SHOW THE
VERSATILITY OF WHAT I WANT TO BE
AS A MUSICIAN HERE IN HAWAI'I.
A LOT OF THE SONGS I CAN SAY
THAT THEY'RE EITHER PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE HEARD FROM
OTHER PEOPLE, JUST HAVING
CONVERSATIONS.
YOU GET INSPIRED BY IT.
YOU PUT IT INTO A MELODY AND
CREATE A SONG.
Mikey: I TALKED TO SOME
ARTISTS AND THEY HEAR IT IN
THEIR HEAD, THEY HEAR IT BUT
SOME REASON THEY CAN'T GET IT ON
PAPER BUT WHEN THEY RECORD, IT
FLOWS INTO FRUITION.
THAT HAPPENS A LOT.
THAT'S THE FUN PART OF
RECORDING.
I'LL COME IN WITH AN IDEA AND
ALIKA AND COUPLE OTHER PLAYERS.
PLAYING ON THE SPOT, PEOPLE
START POPPING UP WITH IDEAS.
WHAT ABOUT THIS?
THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT FUN, THAT
CREATIVE POSSESS.
THIS EP WAS THAT.
I HAD A LOT OF FUN WORKING WITH
ME TEAM AND COMING IN WITH THE
MUSICAL AS WELL AS COMPOSITIONS.
IT'S BEEN FUN.
Mikey: IF ANYBODY WANTED TO
YOU CAN FIND MY EP AND THE
PLATFORMS.
APPLE MUSIC, SOMEWHERE.
Mikey: MAYBE NEXT TIME I'LL
BRING AN ANIMAL.
YOU CAN BRING ANY ANIMAL.
Mikey: SO GOOD TALKING TO
YOU.
TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF HIS
WE HAVE KALA'E PARISH.
♪
♪ WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT
MISSI --MISSING YOU THIS MUCH ♪
♪ MAYBE IF I CLOSE MY EYES IT
MIGHT GO AWAY ♪
♪ I HOPE THE STORM DON'T STAY ♪
♪ MUST BE THE RAIN DROPPING AT
NIGHT ♪
♪ YOU NEVER SAID A THING TO MAKE
MY LIFE CHANGE ♪
♪ IT MUST HAVE BEEN THAT ♪
FIRST TIME ♪
♪ I TASTED YOUR KISS AND EVERY
PARTS OF MY BODY WAS NOT THE
SAME ♪
♪ IT MUST BE THE RAIN, IT MUST
BE THE RAIN ♪