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Location: big island | aloha!
i uploaded a short video of me playing an original ki ho'alu (slack key) composition on my new 1537.
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | You Tube says the clip was removed due to full frontal nudity. Huh? |
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Location: big island | i am getting a message that the video is not available yet because i just uploaded it and it needs to process. that is strange because i was already able to view it once. no, sorry, there is no nudity! |
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Location: big island | the video was probably inundated with viewers from the OFC is all i can figure! am currently in the process of re-uploading. |
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Location: Tennessee | Pretty friggin' awesome. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Very, very nice. Thanks for sharing this with us. |
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Location: Le Havre (France) | Very very nice !
Very very sweet !
And what a sound !!!
Merci !!! |
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Location: Paris/France | Thanks for sharing !! ;)
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Location: Cicero, NY | Very nice, Lanaki. Great tune and great job on it. Doesn't exactly go with the six feet of snow outside my window right now but that's probably my problem, eh? |
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Location: NW NJ | Lanaki - Really, REALLY pretty. Someday I want to learn to play like that. For now, I just strum the crud out of the instrument and sing my guts out. You have inspired me. |
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Location: big island | mahalo for all the nice comments guys! i am really impressed with the 1537's playability and sound. i am using my marshall as80r amp in this clip, but acoustically the guitar is still primo! edouard (dude) sent me a pm asking for the tab to this song and i explained that it has no tab as it is an original composition that i wrote and i don't write tablature. by the way, i am using the "taro patch" or open G tuning. from bass to treble the strings are: D-G-D-G-B-D |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Lanaki - Very nice! Just the thing to warm me up on this chilly day.
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | I bow to your excellence! Totally sweet!! |
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Location: Up North | Lanaki, you definitely deserve the 1537! Great tune! |
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What tuning is that?? |
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Location: big island | thanks, cliff. it is "taro patch" or open G. D-G-D-G-B-D from bass to treble. |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Man, that was great! Let's start a collection to get Lanaki to the OFC party in May. I could listen to that all day. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I'm going to put you in my will for all the guitars I own, as I now see I can't play any of them... |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | WOW, WOW, WOW ...AWESOME!!!!!! Great job, Lanaki!
Someday when I get to be all the way growed up, I want to play like that! :)
That 1537 sure sounds wonderful! Your talent certainly deserves/ demands that kind of quality instrument. Glad for you...enjoy!!!
Dave
PS, how about a few more vids on the tube? |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Jim,
I'm having similar thoughts. Lanaki, it looks like you have the 1537 set up to your liking. Even though the fidelity of You Tube isn't great, and my cheap computer speakers can't do it justice, you can hear how that guitar rings out and sustains. Simply beautiful! I had a 1537 identical to yours. Someday (soon), I'll have another. It is one that should have never gotten away.
Brad
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Location: south east Michigan | Oh yes.
Very, very nice. |
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Location: SoCal | That was terrific! Very very good for a liberal (or a conservative for that matter!).
I'm relieved that there was no frontal nudity (but I understand that Whiteboy and Clifford were disappointed). |
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Location: Williston Park, NY | WOW, that was great! And I THOUGHT I was a guy who knew his way around the fingerboard.
Gotta learn slack key now! |
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Location: Thailand | Great job. Thankssss. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Outstanding! |
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Location: Gardnerville, NV | Outstanding.
So whats in the guitar? |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by mhaanpaa:
Outstanding.
So whats in the guitar? ya gotta ask jeff w. i ain't found it... yet. (unless it is "mojo") |
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Location: Upper Left USA | The room got 25 degrees warmer and I swear I could smell lotion!
That was nice, good job Lanaki!
Inside is a signature worth 50 cents and a lot of mojo. |
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Location: Texas | Dear Lanaki,
Sweet, nice tune, I like it!
That was very well done.
Great job! |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Super, Lanaki...just super!
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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | Randy:
Wow. Just watched it twice and was highly impressed. Great job. I'm in the process of trying to figure out a way to take partial credit for it...hmmm...I'll tell my wife you're playing the song I wrote for her and that I accidentally left in the case when I shipped it. Ya, that's the ticket!
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Exellent,I enjoyed every second of it ,what strings/gauge did You use,and how did You record it ?...Condensor mic. off the marshall ? :confused:
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Location: big island | Vic,
i put a new set of 80/20 bronze elixir nanowebs light gauge on yesterday after placing another shim under the saddle. stellarjim had it setup very nice for standard tuning with the two shims but playing slack key (loosening a few strings) caused too much buzzing.
i recorded directly into the mini dv video recorder (sony dcr-hc20 cheapie!) with an added external hotshoe mic that does better for music. the guitar was amped with the marshall acoustic soloist as80r.
i am delighted so many have enjoyed the song. i should copyright it! |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by stellarjim:
Randy:
Wow. Just watched it twice and was highly impressed. Great job. I'm in the process of trying to figure out a way to take partial credit for it...hmmm...I'll tell my wife you're playing the song I wrote for her and that I accidentally left in the case when I shipped it. Ya, that's the ticket!
Jim well jim, it looks as if we will have two women on our hands both thinkin' the song was written for them. as of yet, the song is untitled, but i am considering, "Makanani" (ma-ka-na-nee) which means beautiful eyes and describes my wife so well. (maka is eye(s) and nani means beautiful.) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Beautiful song, wonderfully done. You deserve that guitar!! |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by BluesSailor:
Man, that was great! Let's start a collection to get Lanaki to the OFC party in May. I could listen to that all day. the swmbo says i cannot go without her so can you collect enough for her too? she can dance authentic hula and looks much finer in a grass skirt than brad... |
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Location: SF Bay area, California | Enjoyed Muchly!
Congrats
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Location: Australia | Nice job and nice tone, do I detect a little chorus ? |
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Location: big island | hey richard,
the marshall as80r does have a stereo chorus. you have good ears! |
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Location: Michigan | It just pisses me off that someone could play for 3:30 minutes without missing a note once.Playing that long Lanaki you should of at least hit one wrong note for us.
Absolutly FANTASTIC !!! GWB |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | After listening to Lanaki's beautiful composition a few more times, the shimmering tones coming from from his open tuning with some chorus effect sounds a little like a hammer dulcimer. |
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Location: closely held secret | Randy, I just got a chance to listen to this. Absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us!
You should consider doing a studio recording of this. |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | Very nice, Lunaki!!! The expression on you face really tells the story, but I do have to ask, Does the 1537 deliver what it is hyped to be? |
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Location: closely held secret | Phil, you need to turn the volume "up" when you watch the video... |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | I am blessed with one myself, I just wanted to see if you can describe it in your own words ;)
I call it "mystical or magical" some call it "mojo" ...phil |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by philmax:
Very nice, Lunaki!!! The expression on you face really tells the story, but I do have to ask, Does the 1537 deliver what it is hyped to be? hi phulmax :D
i am really loving the 1537. it is perfect for my fingerstyle of playing and the sound is exactly what i was hoping to find in an ovation instrument. this guitar has character, aka "mojo", and is very responsive. i have only three guitars on my wish list now: a UTE, a UTE 12 string or a 1688-5 12 string, and one of those mcpherson things.
i do play other styles of music that might be better on a UTE like country/bluegrass with a lot of hammer-ons and loud rhythm. |
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Location: Oakton, VA | Very pretty tune indeed.
Thanks for sharing.
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | Thanks for the reply Lunaki, my 1537 looks like yours, and is a dream to play.
Now if only I could play like you!!! You should post more stuff! phil |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
After listening to Lanaki's beautiful composition a few more times, the shimmering tones coming from from his open tuning with some chorus effect sounds a little like a hammer dulcimer. aloha professor,
i use a brushing technique with my index finger which you can hear behind the melody notes and also do this percussive thing using a sharp downstroke with the fingernail of my middle finger from time to time. this does give it a dulcimer feel as you mentioned. what does not come through the video real well is the bass notes being played with the thumb. you can hear them but no where near as loud and clear as live. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by philmax:
Thanks for the reply Lunaki, my 1537 looks like yours, and is a dream to play.
Now if only I could play like you!!! You should post more stuff! phil "lunaki" reminds me of lunacy. like "phulmax" reminds me of being full to the max. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by jpcannon:
I'm going to put you in my will for all the guitars I own, as I now see I can't play any of them... i've got this in writing jpcannon! |
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Location: Houston, Texas | Lanaki, I think everybody has said it already, Very Nicely Done! I just have one question, what is that you keep glancing over and looking at? The pot of spaghetti or the kids? :D |
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Location: big island | :D :D
rick,
actually, i was looking out the window in anticipation of my 4 grandkids being delivered to me by their mom so i could babysit them a few hours. they were due any moment and i wanted to tape the song before they arrived. no way was it gonna happen after! the pot of spaghetti was simmering and my girls were being babysat by barney as i was recording. |
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Location: closely held secret | Tip #1: Place the monitor near or behind the video camera. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Tip #1: Place the monitor near or behind the video camera. hey john,
i didn't set up a monitor. that would be scary. i kept the lighting dim cuz i hadn't even combed by hair or popped my zits yet... |
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Location: GA USA | You know what's good for zits? Lots of pork.
Great job, Randy. I really enjoyed it. I'm just glad to know people who can play that well. |
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Location: closely held secret | So what were you looking at? |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
So what were you looking at? read my reply to joyful noise above. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
You know what's good for zits? Lots of pork.
Great job, Randy. I really enjoyed it. I'm just glad to know people who can play that well. yeah cap'n. that's why they call it cured ham and cured bacon. it didn't cure MY zits though.
thanks for the compliment! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Lanaki, if I may be so presumptuous as to speak on behalf of the entire OFC, thanks for joining our group and being so willing to share your talent with us. |
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Location: big island | "aw shucks, professor..." (lanaki types as he turns several shades of various colors...) |
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Location: closely held secret | Ah, as usual I'm a few posts behind. Good reasons to be looking out the window. Nice work completing the song with potential distractions! |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | My mistake LANAKI, I've got to slow down, Sorry Bro! Still Great playing!!!phul |
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Location: big island | no prublem, phul! interchanging vowels can be interesting sometimes. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | You have little kids, grandkids, hair to comb and zits. What are you a teenage grandfather? |
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Location: big island | just kiddin' about the zits, mark. yup, i feel like a teenage grandfather which i suppose is better than bein' a teenage werewolf or mutant ninja turtle. |
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Location: Michigan | Still pissed off ,,, Lanaki please show us that you are human and play something we can watch that you miss a note on.
PLEEAAASSSE
I will never play in front of anyone again.. Maybe thats a good thing . GWB |
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Location: ranson,wva | great playing randy,,,if i had half the skill that you have maybe i could wear out more than the first 4 frets...lol i realy enjoyed that tuen...jason |
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Location: big island | GWB, in reality i messed up a few times during that clip. the first time is when i smirk and wipe my finger on my pants. since i am still getting used to the narrow necks on my adamas and this guitar, i do not hit some of the notes plainly and i can hear strings rattling agains my fingernails. those are the things that just add color/character to the music though, like string friction. some folks are very technical, clean players. i ain't one. mahalo, GWB. |
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Location: big island | hey jason, thanks so much! |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | If you ain't a clean player, I'm under a huge pile of dirt! |
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Location: big island | paul simon is a clean player. never rattles or buzzes a string, even in live performances. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Sometimes, I go to watch a performer or a duo that are 'good' and they really inspire me to get my guitar out and 'aspire'.
Other times, if the performers are truly amazing, it just depresses me and I think "I'll never be that good, why do I bother".
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Location: Orange County, California | Lanaki,
You're truly blessed with talent. That song is purdy enough to be in a music box. The only reason Jeff W hasn't made any comments is he's too busy rigging a miniature catapult to hit him in the nuts for selling that guitar to Jim in the first place, and then further confounding himself as to "why he could never make it sound like that?"
I'm inspired. And though I'm not a big fan of alternate tunings, my 1537 now sounds like a poi farmer owns it. I'm trying hard not to copy you (no problem, since I can't play your song for beans), but I think I'm getting something like an "Island blues" (if there was such a thing) groove going. Thanks!! |
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Location: big island | thank you, muzza...i think.
i believe my rightful place is in the first group and i would certainly rather be an inspiration than a depressing agent.
when i watch tommy emmanuel play, i get an inspired depression. i will never be that good but tommy ain't here to play music for my kids, family and friends.
i have a 17 year old daughter who lives in north carolina with her mom. she posted twice today on the youtube page and brought tears to my eyes. my wife posted while she was at work and my mom, whom i have not seen in a dozen years, also posted. crazy woman sent the link to everyone she knows online and i am getting inundated with emails and a couple offers to record it professionally. seriously, i had no idea the impact of a sweet little melody.
keep strummin' friend. even if you never play for anyone else, when you are playing a guitar, it will take you places and comfort your spirit. |
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Location: big island | hey fred! mahalo.
jeff w is the one who made the first post on the youtube page. thank you for posting there too.
i think everyone who plays guitar owes it to themself to try an alternate tuning just for the heaven of it. the open G "taro patch" is an excellent one to experiment with. (D-G-D-G-B-D by dropping the 6th, 5th and 1st strings for those who might not know). barre the 2nd fret and you get an A chord, barre the 5th and you get a C, barre the 7th and you get a D, etc. and then you have all those extra fingers to pluck notes with. there's an old saying in Hawaii: "minimum effort, maximum pleasure" and that is what slack key is all about.
strum your open G and then play what would be a Amin7 chord in standard and then move it up two frets and back. the possibilities are about endless and it opens up a whole 'nother musical universe.
"island blues" hmmm...now that's a musical thought! |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | Thanks for the music lesson on Island Blues, I'm gonna try it...phil |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Ah, as usual I'm a few posts behind. Good reasons to be looking out the window. Nice work completing the song with potential distractions! john,
thanks so much for your post on the youtube page. i appreciate it! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Lanaki, Great tune. I hope you will contribute something to the next OFC CD. |
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Location: closely held secret | Randy, you're very welcome. Beautiful work like that should be acknowledged. |
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Location: big island | i am humbled and greatly appreciative of all the support extended to me by the members of this forum.
Mahalo Nui Loa!!! (thank you very much) |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by Lanaki:
thank you, muzza...i think. Yes, Lanaki, it WAS a compliment - from the heart, mate. |
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Location: big island | i'm happy to see no one has offered to buy your guitars, muzza! |
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Location: big island | by the way, anyone can accompany this song if you can play G, C and D7 chords in standard tuning. bust out your guitar and strum along with my video. you'll figure out the chord changes. it's quite simple! |
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Location: Wheeling, WV | hi Lanaki,
Very, very nice......nice sounding, nice writing, great execution, great guitar sound....and what nice responses from everyone, you may have some really good things come out of this posting....I hope you do, music like that deserves to be heard by many........On a lighter note, what to you keep glancing at off to your left? I know it's not sheet music, because you wrote the sweet piece....I'm picturing bikini clad babes walking along the beach outside your guitar filled beach house, into a crimson sunset, as i sit here surrounded by snow and ice, with humidifiers inside my precious axes....whatcha think guys? Thx for the tune, Lan,,,,,,,,
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Location: big island | aloha guitar1580,
thank you for your kind words.
if you read back several posts you will see where others asked the same question about what i was looking at and my response to "joyful noise" (rick).
i live up the mountain about 6 miles from the shoreline although i can see it from here. there's no bikini clad babes outside my window, just a pasture with cattle the likes of which can be seen all over west virginia. there's also a road out front and a majestic view of mauna kea mountain, the highest mountain in the world measured from base to summit. sorry to rain, or should i say snow?, on your parade but that's the reality of it all. i'm really glad you like my tune! |
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Lanaki Playing Original Slack Key on new 1537-4