"LIVING808."
WE HEARD HIM ON "LIVING808."
NOW HE'S HERE TO TELL US HIS
BACKGROUND.
John: MIKEY IS HERE TO TELL
US ABOUT HIS IMPRESSIVE
DISKOGRAPHY.
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Mikey: RYAN HIRAOKA IS A NA
HOKU HANOHANO AWARD WINNING
ARTIST FROM THE ISLAND OF
HAWAI'I.
AND HE HAS BEEN GETTING MILLIONS
AND MILLIONS OF STEALS WORLDWIDE
BECAUSE HIS MUSIC IS THAT GOOD.
TODAY WE WELCOME RYAN ON TO
"LIVING808" TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
HIMSELF AS WELL AS HIS
BACKGROUND IN THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY.
RYAN, GOOD MORNING.
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU FOR
QUITE SOME TIME.
I SAW SOME OF YOUR MUSIC VIDEOS,
LISTENED TO THE MAJORITY OF YOUR
SONGS.
THAT MUCH ABOUT YOU, HOW DID YOU
GET STARTED?
I STARTED MY MUSIC LABEL 15
YEARS AGO.
RSP.
I STARTED MUSIC AT HONOKAA
SCHOOL.
UNDER GARY WASHBURN.
WITH MY TWO FRIENDS, JONATHAN
HART, WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US
AND KAMAKOA SING, A GRAMMY AWARD
PEOPLE LIKE FIJI, WE WERE ABLE
TO BE THEIR OPENING ACT.
Mikey: I LISTENED TO THE JRT
OF YOUR SONG -- MAJORITY OF YOUR
SONGS AND YOU ACCOMPLISHED A
LOT.
TELL OUR VIEWERS ABOUT THE MUSIC
PROJECT.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL,
I GOT MY MUSIC DEGREE FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF MANOA.
SOON AFTER I RELEASED BIG ISLAND
LADIES, WE DID A MUSIC VIDEO
THAT WAS FEATURED ON OVER THE
DRIVE LIVE.
AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING FOR
ME AS A SOLO ARTIST.
I RELEASED MUSIC FOR THE LAST 15
YEARS.
I PRODUCED OTHER MUSIC FOR OTHER
ARTISTS.
PEOPLE LIKE BU BRUDDAH WALTON,
SUDDEN RUSH.
I DID SOME SOLO STUFF.
RSP STUDIO.
I'M WORKING ON MY NEW A ALBUM.
STILL URN TIMED BUT I HAVE
SINGLES I'M GOING TO RELEASE.
Mikey: I'VE HEARD SOME OF
YOUR SONGS LIKE "IF I," WHERE
YOU GO I GO.
THEY'RE REALLY GOOD.
WHAT'S YOUR INSPIRATION BEHIND
WRITING YOUR SONGS.
SOME OF YOUR SONGS REACH TWO
DIFFERENT ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM
OF A STORY, SHOULD I SAY.
WHAT INSPIRES ME AS A
SONGWRITER IS I ALWAYS TELL
PEOPLE, IF YOU WANT TO WRITE A
SOMETHING TO SAY.
WHEN I WRITE SONGS, I TRY TO
SOMETHING TO ME.
THERE ARE ISSUES I FELT STRONGLY
ABOUT.
I THINK IT CAME ACROSS IN THE
SPEAKING ON TWO LOVED ONES THAT
GOES, OTHER GOES.
THAT'S THE TYPE OF LOVE I WANT
TO HAVE WITH MY WIFE.
IF SHE GOES, I WANT TO GO.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN
RELATE.
Tannya: WE HAVE RYAN HIRAOKA
SINGING ONE OF HIS HIT SONGS,
WHERE YOU GO, I GO.
ENJOY.
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♪ I PROMISED YOU I GAVE M YOU MY
HEART ♪
♪ IT WAS TRUE LOVE RIGHT FROM
REAL THING BABY ♪
MENTAL ♪
♪ I DON'T WANT TO LET GO ♪
♪ I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU IN MY
ARMS AND WHEN THE TIME COMES ♪
I'M LOVING YOU WITHOUT YOU ♪
♪ I KNOW THAT I COULDN'T GET OUT
OF BED ♪
♪ I'LL DREAM ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ TAKE MY LET BREATH AND SLIP
AWAY ♪
♪ WHERE YOU GO I GO ♪
♪ UNTIL MY LAST BREATH I'LL BE
WITH YOU GIRL ♪
GIVE YOU MY BEST YOU ARE MY
WHOLE WORLD ♪
♪ BABY I'M BLESSED THERE'S NO
STRESS WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER ♪
♪ ANY KIND OF WEATHER WE DANCE
IN THE RAIN ♪
♪ ANY DAY IS A GOOD SITUATION ♪
♪ WE ALWAYS HAVE LOTS OF FUN ♪
♪ YOUR HE' EMBRACE IS --
♪ I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP
♪ WHERE YOU GO I GO ♪
MORNING TIME WITHOUT YOU ♪
♪ BY MY SIDE I WOULD CLOSE MOI
EYES ♪
♪ AND THINK ABOUT ALL THE GOOD
TIMES TOGETHER ♪
♪ AIN'T NOBODY THAT COULD EVER
LOVE ME BETTER ♪
♪ I NEVER COULD LIVE WITHOUT YOU
GIRL ♪
♪ TELL THE LORD HE'S GOT TO MAKE
ROOM FOR TWO ♪
♪ BECAUSE I IF YOU GO I GO ♪
♪ IF I GO YOU GO ♪
♪ I CLOSE MY EYES AND I DREAM
ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ I'LL TAKE MY LAST BREATH AND
♪ WHERE YOU GO I GO ♪
♪ I KNOW THAT I COULDN'T GET OUT
♪ I'LL CLOSE MY EYES AND DREAM
ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ TAKE MY LAST BREATH AND SLIP
AWAY ♪
♪ BECAUSE WHERE YOU GO I GO ♪
♪ WHERE YOU GO I GO ♪