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Topic: Royal Hawaiian Troubadors Honolulu Students 1904 Cd |
Andy Volk
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David Matzenik
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Posted 21 May 2020 1:22 pm |
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The "essay" on these recordings, and the phenomenon of recorded music on society, is written by someone who is a true student of history. The perspective of the first paragraph is hugely important to anyone who wants to understand the past.
These recordings are probably close to the Hawaiian music Mark Twain spoke so highly of.
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Walter Webb
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Erik Alderink
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Ann Arbor Michigan, USA
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Posted 21 May 2020 4:26 pm
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Just ordered this. Thanks for the heads up, I never would
have heard of this if it weren’t for this forum! |
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Glenn Wilde
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Posted 21 May 2020 4:49 pm
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| I will order this too. Wow! Thanks Andy. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Glenn Wilde
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California, USA
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Posted 23 May 2020 8:21 am
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| Love it, definitely ordering next week. I can't believe it survived from 1904, i'd like to see the recording equipment. |
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Jon Zimmerman
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California, USA
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Posted 27 May 2020 7:54 am 1904? Yup..
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| Glenn: Google ‘phonograph cylinder’.. and via Wiki, check the “engraving†of sounds, via developers of the “dictaphone†machines. Not much on fidelity, but historical ‘records’ nevertheless. |
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Loren Tilley
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Posted 28 May 2020 6:56 am
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That was a project of my friend and occasion collaborator, Kilin Reece. He’s done much research and work regarding Hawaii’s stringed instrument traditions (in addition to being a great luthier and musician). I helped him put together the Kealakai Center for Pacific Strings, a 501(c)(3) non-profit focusing on education and historical research of things related generally to this era of Hawaiian music and Hawaiian luthiery. Check out the website here if you are interested: https://www.kcpstrings.com/
We are working on some very interesting projects and have ideas for more, limited only by time & funding.
There is also a related performance related project that Kilin put together playing music of the era, the Sovereign Strings, which Jeff Au Hoy plays steel for (National,tricone). Here is a link about that: https://hanahou.com/22.3/string-band-revival
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 28 May 2020 7:45 am
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Thanks for this info, Loren!
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Kilin Reece
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Posted 28 May 2020 10:45 am Royal Hawaiian Troubadours CD back story
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Aloha everyone,
Loren passed on a link to this thread and I thought I would take a moment to introduce myself and share a bit of what we are up to here in Hawaiʻi.
I am the son of a longtime forum member and Steel guitarist, Bob Shilling (https://b0b.com/wp/copedents/bob-shilling/) so Hawaiian Lap Steel and Pedal Steel guitar have been a part of my life for quite a while. Bob spent many hours playing pedal steel in numerous Country bands around the Bay Area and got me started on the Lap Steel at around age 13. To his dismay I quickly began disassembling all the instruments in the house and at his insistence found an apprenticeship with a luthier in Berkeley California. I went on to build guitars for the Santa Cruz Guitar Company and then at the Koʻolau Guitar and Ukulele Company here in Hawaiʻi.
I have always had a concurrent interest in music history and as a result of two decades working as a luthier here in Hawaiʻi, last year with the help of Loren we resolved that something more needed to be done to celebrate, and illuminate the pivotal contributions of Hawaiʻi to the evolution of popular music and luthiery. As most here know the birth of the electric guitar owes much to the Hawaiian style of playing. As I have devoted myself to the study of 19th century Hawaiian string ensembles styles and the musical community of the Hawaiian kingdom, it has become clear that the Steel Guitar style and consequent leaps in design it inspired are just the tip of the iceberg.
This CD, featuring a Hawaiian string band ensemble style pre Hawaiian Steel Guitar offers a great musical insight into the music that the first generation of Hawaiian lap style players grew up hearing and aspiring to play. Pioneers such as Joseph Kekuku, Mekia Kealakai, July Paka, Samuel K Nainoa and Ernest Kaʻai to name a few, grew up in a community full of mandolin orchestras, vaudeville theater, opera, minstrelsy and the Prussian military stylings of the Royal Hawaiian Band, all played and heard constantly in Honolulu during the final decades of the 19th century. The musical vocabulary of the violin and flute speak volumes as to the origins of the early Hawaiian Steel Guitar repertoire and technique. The violinist on these recordings also just happens to be Duke Kahanamokuʻs uncle Lui Thompson... but thats a whole other story... I will have this cd available soon on Amazon as well as other releases of early hard to find music from this era.
Our non profits website, http://www.kcpstrings.com is up and running and I encourage you all to visit and join our newsletter, and contribute if you can. This community will no doubt put to good use our digital collection of Steel Guitar sheet music, over 900 free downloadable PDF files spanning the nineteen teens into the 1960s. We have a big vision of what we hope to offer and could use your help!
Mahalo nui loa, -Kilin Reece
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 28 May 2020 5:38 pm
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Thanks for your post, Kilin. Deep appreciation for the spotlight and preservation of this music and its instruments.
I've ordered the CD and looking forward to hearing it.It was such a pivotal moment in American music and at the absolute infancy of recorded media before music became a commodity. Is there a link to the steel guitar music you referenced?
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 28 May 2020 9:34 pm
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Thank you Loren and Kilin, for the links, and your commitment.
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Kilin Reece
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Hawaii, USA
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Posted 29 May 2020 6:29 am Steel Guitar Sheet music
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Hi Andy,
We are in the process of raising funds to build out a searchable platform for the PDFs that is compatible with Squarespace.
Happy to send a sampling to you by email!
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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