So I’ve been seeing musician Kamuela Kahoano all over town recently. I decided to internet-stalk him to find out more about him:

supercw: hey. do you have like 3 minutes to talk?

kamuelamusic: sure what’s up

supercw: well, first of all thank you for sending the songs…wow, i like your contemporary music

kamuelamusic: they’re all different, thanks

supercw: so the album isn’t like all one genre?

kamuelamusic: we had a plan for all across the board potential. whoever bit, that’s where we were gonna go, but we have other plans now and better songs on the way

supercw: whoever like audiences or recording execs?

kamuelamusic: particularly radioplay audiences that would get the attention of the recording execs and create a following. in theory

supercw: so you’re going for it now huh. what is your background? you grew up here right?

kamuelamusic: yeah. Kapahulu

supercw: what got you in to playing music?

kamuelamusic: me personally? an ukulele provided by Gramma at 6 yrs old, but it goes much deeper than that.

supercw: you’re, like, ridiculously good at ukelele. sorry i don’t think i spelled that right. so did you have formal training or did you just tinker around and teach yourself?

kamuelamusic: reedikulus, c’mon everyone knows that. I have no formal training…but I wouldn’t say that’s an advantage. But it did give me the freedom to expand on my own color.

supercw: if you had to describe your music to someone like me, what would you say? like, your color

kamuelamusic: well mine is much different from Analogic’s, but my time will come…I’ll say for now that it’s like Damien Rice meets Coldplay…it’s made for the cause of music therapy

kamuelamusic: I’m more concerned with Analogic’s sound, which I would say sounds like Rage, mixed with 311, U2, and Shinedown, but my band would hate me for saying that. they don’t want to be “labeled” but they don’t know that identifying singles out the real fans and keeps haters in their hating ground. I’m no music therapist, but I heart smiles, young and old, so my hard times become everyone’s strength music. I could be wrong tho.

supercw: I am hearing all kinds of good feedback about you from your gig at Rum Fire. When do you play there again?

kamuelamusic: well, Fridays normally

supercw: so you have Analogic and your solo stuff. and Analogic is the one having the cd release at cw’s or kamuela?

kamuelamusic: it’s for Analogic. mine will be a couple months after

supercw: so people who go to the one at cw’s on the 3rd can expect more of the reggae/311/rage sort of sounds?

kamuelamusic: yes…our drummer and guitarist wrote Shark in the Water and Stuck out and Let The Love Flow. I wrote Chemistry and I Got Issues. Although Brent Paul, our bassist is a great songwriter too.

We have a second EP planned, but not until I finish my CD.

supercw: so is CW’s pretty fun then? i been meaning to get over there. they have a cool name.

kamuelamusic: I would say see for yourself…

supercw: ok