Post #192957 by Mr. Ho on Sun, Oct 16, 2005 1:21 PM

Okonkulukoo dood!

Mistah HO heeya to talk story bout drasnin da kine.

While WAITIKI wasn't involved in the original idea to have Drasnin, nor do we know how all that came about, we can comment on the music.

WAITIKI and some freelancers in Florida comprised the Drasnin group that night. Humming FLower did the original negoatiations with the Hukilau and Kiliki but at some point, it must have been communicated that da boyz in WAITIKI read and have degrees in music, and could be part of the Drasnin group. We received the music a week or two in advance; our individual parts etc. The reason he kept saying "first time" is because the new tunes off of Voodoo II had not been performed yet - so all he probably heard was the computer sequence of them in Finale or whatever program he used to write them. Rehearsal Thursday was the first hearing of the tunes.

The Drasnin band had one long rehearsal on Thursday; that was it. Some good cats down there in Florida...the percussionist you saw in back has played with Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, and some other big players.

My feeling is dat Drasnin enjoyed it very much; the album was definitely niche back in 1960 - but THIS AUDIENCE was the NICHE to whom it was sold ! So, I am sure it was fun for him to hear it live, and have so many enthusiastic fans.

For what it's worth, WAITIKI talked to Drasnin lots der, and we're hoping perhaps we can collaborate and maybe he would ask us to help record his Voodoo II record with him. We'll see what happens!

Anyhow, it was all good although I thought Drasnin was gonna kill the sound men on Thursday who blasted Yanni at stadium-level volumes prior to the rehearsal to do a "sound check" which was totally rediculous given the volume levels never came close to what they were testing at.

Ok, dats all from Ho.

[ Edited by: Mr. Ho 2005-10-16 13:22 ]