{"id":1613,"date":"2014-05-21T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T17:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2014-05-23T21:10:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T21:10:57","slug":"a-visit-with-mark-yamanaka-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/interviews\/a-visit-with-mark-yamanaka-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visit With Mark Yamanaka &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Visit With Mark Yamanaka - Part 1\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/14g9pvV3K5A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"TotallyGuitars.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/onlinelessons\">Totally Guitars &#8211; Online Guitar Lessons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My trip to Hilo in May 2014 was mostly for Rebecca\u2019s graduation from The <a title=\"University of Hawaii at Hilo\" href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">University Of Hawaii-Hilo<\/a>. Fortunately it included opportunities to spend time with some local musicians and teachers.<a title=\"Mark Yamanaka\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainapplecompany.com\/mark\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Mark Yamanaka<\/a> is a young Hawaiian player who released his first album, <a title=\"Lei Pua Kenikeni by Mark Yamanaka\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mele.com\/music\/artist\/mark+yamanaka\/lei+pua+kenikeni\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lei Pua Kenikeni<\/a> in 2010. It was well received by critics and fans, and went on to win four <a title=\"Hawai\u2018i Academy of Recording Arts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nahokuhanohano.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Na Hoku Hanohano awards<\/a>, including Album Of The Year and Song Of The Year. He is up for ten with his second release, <a title=\"Lei Maile by Mark Yamanaka\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mele.com\/music\/artist\/mark+yamanaka\/lei+maile\" target=\"_blank\">Lei Maile <\/a>and our visit was done just two weeks before the 2013 awards were going to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>We started with a traditional Hawaiian song, then talked about his personal history, growing up in Hilo, how he came to be a musician, about the Hawaiian tradition of male falsetto vocalists, the difficulty of singing in the Hawaiian language, and ended with a look at his first album Lei Pua Kenikeni.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Visit With Mark Yamanaka \u2013 Part 2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/blog\/interviews\/a-visit-with-mark-yamanaka-part-2\/\">Watch part 2 of Mark Yamanaka&#8217;s Interview<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Totally Guitars &#8211; Online Guitar Lessons My trip to Hilo in May 2014 was mostly for Rebecca\u2019s graduation from The University Of Hawaii-Hilo. 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