Post #610310 by Luki on Sat, Oct 15, 2011 1:38 PM

You know, I haven't been posting here for all that long, but it seems like there's a possibility that it's not so much that people don't like the classic / real / whatever-you-want-to-call-it tiki music, but that maybe they're simply not as vocal about it, or don't have anything to add to the conversation other than "I like it".

Lucas, the first time I saw a post by you, I clicked around and saw some videos / listened to some of your music. I liked it quite a bit. The other day, I saw a post by Mr. Ho, did the same thing, really liked that, too.

But I don't live in California. Or Boston. Or Texas. Or Florida. Or Hawaii. So I can't go to shows in any of those places. I'm not much of a socialite anyway (I'm an old, first-time dad with a 3-year-old son), as I'd rather spend my nights and weekends with my wife and son than going out to do "grown-up" stuff. Every blue moon, my wife and I go out, but usually to a movie or a restaurant we've been wanting to try.

None of that means that I don't like Lucas' music, or Mr. Ho's or exotica or Hawaiian music...those are my favorite things to listen to when I'm in a tiki music mood, and, along with some other Polynesian music, exactly what's on my tiki playlist. I don't listen to punk or surf or rockabilly.

So people who like "real tiki music" are out there, even if they don't realize that's what they like. Even if they don't comment here.

Threads like this aren't going to encourage anybody to come out of the woodwork, either, because they're fairly hostile, especially in the (usual) context & tone of tiki.