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Episode 163 MAHINA ( Singer & Songwriter )
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A coach who builds tougher teams with softer hands. A singer who swapped liquid courage for real conviction. A Hawaii-born artist designing a sound that can live anywhere. That mix is Mahina—grounded, generous, and ready for the world.
We dive into her journey from playing shortstop and coaching high school softball to writing radio-ready songs that people can’t stop singing. She explains how standards changed since her playing days and why positive discipline, respect, and real-life accountability help young athletes grow into strong people. Then we trace her creative arc—from recording vocals in a bathroom with GarageBand to building a collaboration-first workflow with manager Romeo Valientine and producer Mad Mat, shaping hooks that travel and verses that feel true. The origin of “Stay With Me,” her DM to Tehani, and the leap from backyard studios to polished mixes show how persistence and community can turn a good idea into a charting single.
Faith and sobriety now sit at the center of her life. Mahina talks candidly about letting go of alcohol, shedding stage nerves, and trusting God to lead rather than bargaining for outcomes. That surrender changed her performances, clarified her choices, and fed her writing. The new single leans into betrayal and comes out brighter—pain reframed as fuel, a chorus that’s easy to carry, and verses that move from crying in the shower to laughing in the mirror. Call it “Mahina World”: a blend of R&B, pop, and island reggae that nods to old-school soul while reaching for global playlists. Offstage, she draws on years as a caregiver, where listening, patience, and presence became second nature—and where empathy turned work into family.
There’s more on the way: a 10-track album slated for next year, singles rolling out ahead of release, dream collabs, and shows where she’ll tease a few unreleased cuts. Until then, you’ll find her coaching, writing in notebooks, posting more consistently, and remembering why she started—to make music people feel and to help her community shine. If this story moved you, follow and subscribe, share the episode with a friend who needs the lift, and leave a quick review so more listeners can discover Mahina’s voice.
Welcome & Guest Intro: Mahina
SPEAKER_00Aloha, welcome to another edition of the Above the Bridge Podcast. I'm your host, Thaddeus. If this is your first time tuning in, thank you for checking out our show. You can pretty much get us wherever you get your podcast, as well as on our YouTube channel. Please like, hit that sub button, and leave a comment. It matters. And thank you for tuning in. Aloha.
SPEAKER_01Okay, this week my guest is somebody that's been blowing up on the radio and on social media, and her music is pretty cool. And my daughter guys have been singing it. Uh Mahina, what's up, girl?
SPEAKER_02Hey, what's up? Thanks for having me today.
SPEAKER_01Thank you for yeah, thank you for taking time out of your busy day. I know that you're a softball coach and you just came from practice.
SPEAKER_02Yes, I did. I made some time for this though. So I'm blessed to be on this show. Thank you so much.
Softball Roots and Coaching Philosophy
SPEAKER_01You're welcome. Before we get into your music career, I want to know a little bit about your softball career. You played in college.
SPEAKER_02So yeah, I played softball my whole life. I actually started playing baseball with the boys. I was the only girl for like five years when I was little. My dad wanted me to stay playing with the boys, and then finally Kamalani Dung. You know, Kamalani Dung? Yeah, yeah. Her dad actually finally pulled me over to play softball. So he was my first coach. We were team Y, like the original team Y and I. What position? Shortstop.
SPEAKER_01Oh, okay.
SPEAKER_02I played middle and field my whole life. So yeah, and I actually still play, um, still pitch. But anyway, so I played my whole life. I played um high school and then I ended up going to college. I went to a Juco College in Arizona called Yavapai College uh for two years, and then I transferred to um a Christian university in Oregon called Corbin University, and then I ended up finishing there and um coaching for a year.
SPEAKER_01So okay. And now you're coaching in high school.
SPEAKER_02And now I'm the head high school softball coach at Wine Eye. Yeah, this is my second season.
SPEAKER_01Second oh, so you're busy then?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it's so crazy how things have been going, but honestly, it's it's been a blessing to me. Uh I don't know, I'm I'm growing in every every part of my life, I can say.
SPEAKER_01So, what is the difference between softball from when you played and now that you're coaching these kids? What have you noticed is the difference?
SPEAKER_02Um I feel like when I was playing, it was a little bit easier with the discipline. Like we used to listen. Our parents used to be really hard on us. I'm not saying none of the parents now is not hard on them, but for some reason, I just feel like when comparing when I was in school till now to right now, uh the girls are just like a little bit softer, I can say. But we're trying to make them stronger. That's the that's the plan. I this year, this year though, this JB, I've just started a JVC. This is we're halfway through JV season, so this team is good girls, they're great people, great girls. Yeah, they don't complain, they do it, they do it. So it makes me feel a lot better.
SPEAKER_01That's exactly what I was gonna say just from watching sports now from when I used to play, is the discipline. Some of these kids they don't want to respect, and I guess you gotta bring it out of them, but they gotta the old school way of coaching is kind of getting watered down a little bit, in my opinion.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I don't coach the old school way, obviously. I've my heart is so big. Like when I first started coaching, it was so hard for me to like yell and do all these things, but then honestly, I found a way to discipline these girls in a more positive way. Because you can still discipline girls in a positive way, and I think it makes a difference too when you it's not like then they get down on themselves, they think we don't like them, you know. Yeah, I know how it is. I used to be in their shoes, so I know how it is, but yeah.
SPEAKER_01Well, that's cool. At least the girls that you're coaching have someone that who's done it before, and it's not just you, you you're uh you lived it, so they can't really say, ah, she don't know. It's like I did all that.
SPEAKER_02And my story is just crazy too. I tell everybody, I'm not ashamed of them. When I was in high school, I failed 10th grade, I wasn't going to class, I was being a follower, all these things. But I had to I'm trying to teach them how to do better in school, be better human beings, I guess you could say, make sure their priorities are straight.
SPEAKER_03Yeah.
SPEAKER_02And just tell them my story because I wasn't like that, right? Um, now, now and a lot of them are freshmen and sophomores, right? But now is the time to do that because I didn't end up getting my stuff together till I was like junior, senior. And it was a little bit later, but I ended up like dirty passing. So I learned I went the hard way, the hard route. But yeah, I'm trying to get these girls to understand that a lot of the times that we discipline them too, um, I try to pertain it to like real life situations, not just softball. So that's in the real world, so like for example, if they don't bring their jackets or if they show up late, right? I'm like in the real world, when you guys get a job, if you guys show up to work late every single day, what can happen? You're gonna get fired. Yeah, so like they're like, yeah, same thing here. You just get kicked off the team, no, or you can get discipline for them.
SPEAKER_00So yeah, oh, that's good. At least uh they're learning you're teaching them not to be good athletes, you're teaching them how to be good people, people that's the goal.
SPEAKER_01That's what this art needs, is good people, to be honest.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, especially Awana, you know, all the violence and stuff going on, and it's it's sad, it's sad, and I don't want these girls to be part of any of that, part of drama, you know. So I talked, I'm there for them too. Like, can I see them? Like, I could tell when they have stuff going on in their lives, right? Yeah, and I asked them if they are open with me, then that's fine. But if they don't want to talk about it, then I'm just there for them. Yeah, I told them make softball. I said this is what I used to do make softball like your getaway, whatever is going on in your personal life, whatever going on in school, relationship shit, whatever, just forget about it, go on the field and just have fun, bro.
SPEAKER_01Oh, that's a that's a good mentality, and one thing I do know about the Wai Nai community is very community or oriented, and families are strong there. And I get plenty drama you hear, but nobody really talks about the good stuff. My wife used to teach at Lehoku um up until a few few years ago, and she would always tell me how close the community is, and it's stuff you don't ever hear about. You only hear, oh, this guy got shot or get on beef over there or something.
SPEAKER_02But because stereotypes, right? That's yeah, as but that's right.
SPEAKER_00I think with uh you being a coach, that'll help start increasing the positive energy being in Why Night.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, and just going off of that too. I just got baptized. I've been going to church for like I was six, seven months now, consistently. Stop drinking everything. So I feel like right now in my life too, it's like I don't know, it's just such a different feeling when I'm doing it through Christ and doing everything that I'm doing in my life through Christ. Yeah. I also trying to like shine his life for me, right? To get to these girls, to get to wherever I'm reaching with my music, the connections, all of that. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01That's awesome. So only recently you've been following the path with God.
SPEAKER_02Um, I've been going to church, but I wasn't consistently. I haven't I didn't get saved fully. I didn't give my life to Christ fully. I was just going to church by myself. Not every Sunday. I didn't get connected with small groups. I've been doing small group, and that's a huge difference too. So yeah. That's amazing.
Discipline Then vs Now
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it's amazing, and uh it's cool to see it working in other people. Uh I have a few friends that I know that kind of just started that journey, and the changes that God is making in their lives has been remarkable, like night and day, kind, and it's like they finally are the better version of themselves, and it's some something cool to see, and it's probably happening to you.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it's it's a different feeling. Like, I I can't really explain it, it's just I don't know. And then I don't drink anymore, or I don't party at all. Like I go out, it was a test for me in the beginning because I used to have to like socially drink all the time, and you know, I would go out and see my friends drinking, and I would have to drink a drink, but no, I just go out, I drink water, but I still have fun, so I'm like, see, I don't have to drink to have fun.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, exactly. Sometimes it's more fun to not drink.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, and even like getting on stage, I used to be so nervous. I felt like I had to like drink a shot or a drink to like kind of chill out a little bit, relax, right? I see that all the time. I would be so nervous, right? And then recently I'm like, it can't be depending on alcohol to perform and do something that I you know am passionate about. I gotta just do it for my heart, right? I gotta grow out of it, grow out of my show. So I've been doing it and I'm getting way more comfortable. I can remember everything I say. I'm like straight time. I remember everybody I meet.
SPEAKER_01That's super cool. It's it's hard in the music industry because I've done a lot of events and concerts, and behind the scenes, I see what goes on in them green rooms and backstage, and yeah, sobriety is the rough one in that industry.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it's and and I get it though. I get it. I do it.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, okay.
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Community, Mentorship, and Real-Life Lessons
SPEAKER_02I used to just sing in the shower. I was that, I was that person, you know, always sounding great in the shower. Um but I also have a fat my dad, my dad and my mom listens to like a bunch of different genres of music, and I just grew up listening to like old school, new school, reggae, hip-hop, RB, and like I would always listen to music, right? I l I loved every type of music, right? And um, we used to sing karaoke. Every time we have like family gatherings at our house, like our family just sings karaoke for hours. And I used to sing, but I used to be super shy. My oldest sister was like in a band, she would enter like every talent show, no shame, just out there singing, like hitting every note great, and I'm like, I wish I could be like that. But I always had the strength to like write. I would write, write music, write my own lyrics. And then when I was in college, it was like my junior year of college. Um, yeah, my junior year of college. I wrote a song. It's like literally in my bathroom. I was telling my friend, I'm gonna record it on my phone. I had um, you know, on Apple, you have the what is it called? Garage band. I had garage band with the mic and the headphones in my ear. And I was like, kid, you just gotta be quiet. Don't come in the bathroom. I'm gonna record this song on my phone. My friend taught me how to use it. So I recorded it, and she was like, Oh my god, it sounds great. So I was like, you know what? I'm gonna just try, go to the studio. So I found a studio, like a backyard style studio, but like I had like like really good equipment. So I recorded this song, and it was called Um Secret. Yeah, it's on SoundCloud right now, still. But then I recorded it and it just blew up in the in the college that I was going to, everybody's listening to it. And so, like, the more people would like hype me up about it, comment, and make you know, say positive things about it, I got more confident. So then I wrote another song. Then wrote, but it was all RB. Started off doing RB. And then two and a half years ago, I finally moved. I never I never made music. I made music my junior year, and then I that whole year I made like three, four songs, and then I kind of stopped. I just got busy with life. I started just working, and I still was living in Oregon. Oh wow, and then yeah, I made a song again, and it was like off and on. I wasn't really consistent with it. And you know, going to the studio cost a lot of money. I didn't know how to record myself at home, I didn't want to learn. And so I moved back home two and a half years ago, and then um I was like, man, I want to try and do Hawaiian reggae music, right? Um, like more rooty stuff, and then I did on my own. I went to a backyard style studio again, and then it sounded great, but I was like, and and then I would go out a lot, so I got connected people and I would just talk story, I would let Nick network and whatnot. And then um uh I wrote stay with me. This I wrote stay with me like a year ago, maybe a year and a half ago, maybe a year ago, but I was like, I'm gonna leave a verse open and I should I want somebody like to be on it. So I was just like trying to figure out what do I want a girl, do I want to want a guy? And then I actually met Sid Spencer at Mowani's, and then I got connected with him, and then I heard about his cousin Tihani, and I was like, this girl has a great voice, I think she would sound great. So I literally reached out to her on Instagram. I didn't even I wasn't even following her yet, I don't think. Like randomly. She probably was like, who is this girl? But she was super cool, super nice girl, like super down. Sent me her uh vocals like the next day, and I was like, Yeah, let's do it. So then we ended up going to this backyard. I would say backyard because it was like at someone's house, my friend's house. They did more rap, right? They weren't used to doing um reggae. And so we did it there, and then we kind of wanted to do it like a like we wanted it to sound super clean and professional. So we were like scooping around for people, and then she got busy, I got busy, and we kind of put it on hold for like almost a year. And we found Calvin. You know who Calvin is, drum-wise, it's the same. He works with a lot of artists, but he's a drummer, um, he's a great guy, too. And we did it like in the day, like three hours. We recorded it, finished it, ended up on the radio, like not even a few weeks later. So it's only been out that stay with me song, only been, it's kind of still fresh. I think it still has legs to move, yeah.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I like it. I seen that you worked with her. I seen her on Instagram. I swear to god, I seen her this past weekend at she performs her Iri Love a lot. That's why, okay. We were at the Kailua Fall Fest. She was there. She, yeah, I seen her in like sitting down, and I'm thinking, like, that girl looks familiar. And then it kind of clicked that she was singing with Iray Love, and I'm like, oh, that was the girl from Instagram and the girl that's on your video.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah. We made a super good girl, she's a great person too. Oh, okay. She's from East Side. Yeah, she's from Waimanalo, Kailua side. Perfect.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02So we did a couple few gigs already together. We performed that song live, I think two or three times. Three times. Um, yeah, and so I got connected with her. She's actually gonna be um performing with me. Um, I'm opening up for Kai Pokapoa's album release party on October 18th. So I'll have her on stage with me. Emoani's YK.
SPEAKER_00Okay, okay.
SPEAKER_02Nice.
SPEAKER_00Gonna be a fun time. I had a couple questions. When you so you write your own music.
SPEAKER_02Yes. Now I have Romeo as my manager, so we kind of work together in some ways um with writing songs. Um he honestly kind of is bringing me out of my show because we've been doing like more of if you listen to my new song called a knack, I don't know if you you heard it yet. It's more of like a pop song, so it's it was challenging for me, but I think it it he's been helping me a lot getting growing out of my show.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, he'll break down those walls for sure.
SPEAKER_02Oh yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00I love that dude. I got I got some stories about that guy. With I did some events with him, and yeah, he's a good person. The um, so where when you writing your songs, how do you go about writing? And I always want to know this because I I am so fascinated with musical artists because it's it's art. Like, how do you come up with your lyrics? How do you like, okay, I'm gonna just sit down and just write out this, and then next thing you know, it's on the radio. That must be amazing.
SPEAKER_02So stay with me before I never used to like I don't know how to make my own beats where I'm not I don't play instruments or anything like that. So I used to just go on YouTube, find a beat that I like kind of like, or like where the BPM is like match my style a little bit, where I I feel like I could sing to. And this is so weird to do, but I used to like on long drives, I would just play random instruments, instrumental beats. So like I would type up like Hawaiian Reggie, and I found this be similar to staying with me. And I was like, this is great. And what I do is I usually, if I'm doing that in the car though, I'll freestyle a hook and then I'll record it on my phone, like on the voice memo and save it.
SPEAKER_00Yeah.
Faith Journey and Choosing Sobriety
SPEAKER_02Because I had my work, I still have my work phone and I'll just do it. It's so weird to say, but I used to do it like that, and then I used to write it when I get home. But sometimes if I'm home and I'm just listening to Beats, then I'll just like have my book. I like to write on my book, like camera. People do it on their notes, but I like to do my book, and then I'll just write like the hook. I start with the hook, and then because obviously the hook is like the main idea, right? It's like the attention grabber. And then I'll just like fill the verses in where it fits perfectly. But now that I've been working with Romeo, we have um a producer, right? He works with us from Vegas. He works with Kuipo too. His name is Mad Mat. He goes by Mad Mat. But he'll make beats for us too, and then we'll write to it. Oh, that's so cool. Yeah, we just kind of just sit down together, listen to the beat, figure out uh, you know, a topic, and then we'll go from line to line, yeah, and then we'll usually start with the chorus, throw the hook, and then just uh build the song around that, yeah, and then come up with the melodies and whatnot.
SPEAKER_00Oh, that's cool. How how cool was it to hear your first song on the radio?
SPEAKER_02At first, I was like, wow, is this really real right now? Like when I first heard it on the radio, because it got played on uh FM100, KCC and FM100 first. I think Michael Banks got it on there. He reached out to me. Um, very first time, and I was like, my friends, my mom was just like tripping out, like, hi, you're on the radio. That's so crazy. And it didn't really hit me. It didn't really hit me until like I started to get like top five, top five again, and top five again. I was like, oh, this is like real people actually like my music because when you get top five, right? It means that people are like either requesting or shazamming it a lot. Because people like it, I'm like, huh, it's a great feeling when I know people are like enjoy what I'm doing because it's it's it's not easy, it's hard work, it's coming from the heart, right? Yeah, and putting yourself out there, and this is the type of person that I am. Like, I'm such a people pleaser, and when I know that whatever I'm doing is making others happy, it makes me feel great on the inside. Yeah, just like coaching. Yeah, the girls are having a fun and growing, I'm like, something great then.
SPEAKER_00I feel good about it. So technically, your music is to make other people happy then.
SPEAKER_02That's a good way to reach other people and and and they can relate to in a way too, I guess. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00That being said, the thing I want to tell you was my daughter um plays volleyball, and like her little they they play for a Waimanalo club, and her friends was singing your newest song, and I didn't know that was you, I just heard like they're singing it so passionately. I'm like, uh who hurt you? Why are you so passionate about this song? Because your new song is about that, right? It ain't caught, yeah. Yeah, oui, you're too young to be have that. Like, why are why is this song so meaningful to you? And I didn't know it was you because they were just singing it. I'm just like, what the heck?
SPEAKER_02And it's it's catchy, that's why, right? Like even if the words don't really relate to the kids, like the melody is easy to sing along to. That's that's the go-to, though. Yeah, I want people to be able to sing the song easily.
SPEAKER_00So, what was what was your inspiration for that song? Was someone messed you up? Good question.
SPEAKER_02No, Romeo and I write that song too. We worked on it together. Um, someone messed up. I don't know. We just wanted yeah, it was Romeo. It was Juliette, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00Makes sense, yeah.
SPEAKER_02Um, no, we kind of wanted to target females and just how females, and not only just females these days, honestly, it could be males too, right? Just the concept of the song is getting betrayed, you know, when you put your full trust in someone, and obviously they cheat or they mistreat you in any way and hurt you, but it's more of growing from those those situations, right? Like still being able to know that you know there's still life ahead. You can still learn from whatever it is, you can still be happy. Um, sometimes you choose the wrong people. Sometimes situations happen like this. So people make mistakes too, right? But and we get hurt, we get hurt, we cry, whatever. I've been through it, I've been through it many times. I'm not gonna lie. I didn't write this song specifically for anyone, but it's just a good song for people to relate to. Um and I wanted it to be more like upbeat happy and not sad. So if you listen to the lyrics, it's about getting caught in the act. Like I explain like situations of this guy getting caught, right? Cheating, and then towards the middle to the end of the song, like I used to, you know, like used to cry in the shower. I'm used to cry in the shower, yeah. So so you wouldn't hear. Now I laugh in the mirror. I'm brand new. So like it's like I used to be sad, but now I'm growing, I grew I've grown from it, and now I'm happy with my life.
SPEAKER_00It's gone. Yeah, it sounds like this song is gonna be like the local girls' anthem. Like when it's gonna help them get through a lot of uh tough situations. But that's you know those songs, it's like they they draw strength from it's it that's that's exactly how I was thinking when I heard uh your song, and when my daughter Dem's friends were singing it, I'm like, what it this gonna be on something, like everybody, this is gonna be like on TikTok videos, and but you know how I was saying it was more of like a it's a local like reggae song, but there's also pop in there, right?
SPEAKER_02You can hear the pop. So I'm like, it could be a local girl too, but I feel like it could be real worldwide too. Like people in the mainland or across the world could relate to the words and jam to it.
SPEAKER_00That's one thing I did notice about your tag is Mohina world music. And for me, that I thought that was super cool because you're not just targeting Hawaii and the islands, you're like you're going global. You're like, I'm I want like, in my opinion, you're trying to reach music, your music to be as broad as everybody in the world can hear it, not just targeting uh Hawaii or yeah, and that resonated with me because it's like that's how your mindset gotta be. You can't just be thinking small, I'm going worldwide, going global.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, and it and it honestly all works out too because I've said this before, like I've talked to people before and I explained how you know I started an RB. RB was like the first genre that I started doing, right? But I also enjoyed pop. But I also I come from Hawaii, I'm an island girl, right? So like putting all these genres mixed in one, it's like a different song. It's a different song to where like not only Hawaii people can relate to, not only mainland people, but even people like in different countries, right? Like, yeah, yeah. It's cool to cool to like look at and and know that that's my target, that's my goal to bring people on the road.
SPEAKER_00And I thought that that was super cool, and and that's that shows strength. I thought I was gonna ask you, what would you kind of define your sound as? Like what would be like it's not like you said, it's not RB, it's not island, it's it's not pop, it's kind of a mesh of like a hype.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I don't know how it's hard to explain. I guess I just mash up all these different that's fine, world, worldwide, right there. Mahina world. That's my sound, Mahina World.
SPEAKER_00Right on. I heard okay. That's that's that's you're creating your own sound, it's like defining your own music. That's kind of cool. That's different, that's not normal, and that's that's kind of be uh, yeah, that'll be a thing, and then people are gonna have your vibe too eventually. It'll catch on to you.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, um, but humbly, humbly. I do all this humbly, and it's so crazy because I people like they tell me oh my god, you're the people from Wine, like he's so famous now, and I'm like, yeah, I'm still a human being, just like you are. I don't act like that, and I don't ever want to be that type of person where I'm like, hi macamaka. Yeah, I pray to the Lord that that never happens.
SPEAKER_00It's called hum humble pride, humble pride.
SPEAKER_02Yep, it's good to be confident, right? But when you're cocky, it's a different, different thing.
SPEAKER_00It's definitely different, and I feel like I would tell because I used to teach martial arts, I would tell my students this. The you don't need to tell everybody you're the man. If you if you the baddest person in the room, they're gonna know you don't gotta tell nobody. So, same with you, like everybody's like, Oh, you're this and that. Like, you don't need to say a word, like they're already trying to figure it out, or they're finding out already.
SPEAKER_02You don't gotta your actions, right? The things you're doing shows everything.
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Finding Music and First Recordings
SPEAKER_02Oh, they love my they sing every I swear every single day I come to practice, I'm walking in. They're like, stay with me, Raddy. Even on the bus rides to the games. I'm just like, I record them once in a while and I post it, but they're like, they hype me up, they hype me up all the time. Every day we play music. Can you play your song? Can you play your song? I'm like, and they know every single word to the song, so I'm like, damn, these girls, these girls got it. You guys are gonna have to be on the next the next video.
SPEAKER_00Oh yeah. Oh, that's one thing I want to bring up because I seen your guys' videos, and I never I always forget to ask this when I have a musical artist on, but this time because you just brought it, I'm gonna remember. How is it making music videos? Like, do you play the song in the background? Because I I feel like it'd be so weird to be singing on a beach and like oh, everybody's looking at me, or like.
“Stay With Me” and Collaboration with Tehani
SPEAKER_02Yeah, so um I didn't really we're working this is this caught in the act song is the first song that we're actually doing a whole like concept of like different you know like what is it called like act story board making it start like a storyline storyline story yeah it I never done this before we're still working on it but like the whole video with like Tehani on the beach if you're talking about that one yeah there's a lot of tourists around us we had a speaker it was another one but we were singing and they're like jamming with us everything but um no it's not it's it wasn't weird not at all okay I would I would think for me personally I'd be like oh I don't know like how you perform for nobody like the cameraman just the cameraman there like explaining go on the single you know he's behind the camera telling us what to do but that's cool it used to be obviously we put the the song over it right when we yeah yeah but it came out good I feel like the music videos kind of make the song pop and obviously it's good marketing right yeah yeah yeah did you uh have an easy time performing live when you first started out no no like I'm in my car practicing or I do rehearsal by myself at home yeah I sound great super confident oh and I like in the beginning I am way more confident now I can say because I've been doing it a lot more often yeah um but I would get so nervous my voice would get shaky and I'm like my my butterflies in my stomach would just go and I'm like ah but um I think just like just like playing sports I had to think about just like doing anything else that you're just starting right yeah performing life right um you kind of just gotta grow into it you you gotta start somewhere right so I just looked at it in that way I'm like you know I can't be discouraged even though I didn't sound the greatest I gotta just keep growing from here right just keep pushing myself to grow out of my shell and I did I did so now I'm like having more fun with it and like more dance moves I talk more now so I'd ask where what was your first live event I used uh in when I was in Oregon I did like very small RB stuff RB shows and it was a little bit different right RB because you don't really a lot of the times you don't have a live band it's more of like you know singing over kind of but and the setting was different to dark rooms like at more of like at clubs and stuff like that so okay but when my first event in Hawaii was oh this one was he's kind of a big one too I opened up for Eric Bellinger oh um yeah and I was super nervous but that's when I was like drinking and took a shot or two and I was like kind of just liquid courage liquid courage yeah yeah but I was still nervous um no but in the beginning it was I was still having fun even though I was nervous I was still having fun I can say that oh that's cool what was the biggest crowd you performed for um biggest crowd I performed for let me see um I have a song where IA I don't know if you know what it is yeah I know I I had him on my show yeah already we have a song I just featured in one of one of his songs so we opened up at the water park it was kind of a big event too oh cool um who do we open up for this is kind of wild this guy from Cali what was his name I can't even remember his name uh you guys was the main act anyway yeah yeah well when I think about it I'll let you know oh his name was something polo what is it damn I can't even think I don't really listen to so much of his music but I I know like one of his songs I think anyways yeah it was kind of a big crowd okay yeah I can go to uh he could go to a show and do his thing he's he he get he's that guy he's good yeah yeah I actually just um seen him this weekend we played in the celebrity football game I don't know if you've seen that oh yeah yeah yeah oh it was so fun it was almost where was it at Laluhua High School oh okay okay yeah there's a lot of singers too there are a lot of influencers people do podcasts oh that's super cool news yeah what's super it's good networking networking yeah now we all friends yeah we follow every everybody we follow each other on Instagram everything that's super cool how important is social media for you to kind of push your career forward um I think I told this to Romeo and because he asked me like what is the challenge and for me I'm not used to posting a lot of content every single day right but when it's come when it comes to music like I'm starting to learn because Romeo knows a lot about social media he he's been in this industry for a long time right he knows what he's doing so he explains to me all the time I'm like it's hard because I don't do it every day but I should post something every single day about my new song right about staying with me and it's a challenge but it's very important because there's a lot of the times where you post it could be anytime in the day but some people are not on Instagram right yeah you don't see it all the time so like the the people that's following me not everybody looks at my stuff right so to post every single day you reach people even like because my page is not private reach people around the world it's like TikTok too yeah yeah I don't understand it yeah I don't either I just I'm learning about being more consistent with posting because yeah I the more I post the more people are gonna be able to hear my songs listen to me know who I am you know so for that it's it's amazing because the internet is 247 and it's like what you're trying to accomplish is worldwide the yeah the the reach is uh endless so I feel and music is uh it transcends cultures uh states countries whatever good music can be um is relatable to anywhere any place I mean look Bad Bunny's gonna be at the Super Bowl and like he's not even American or but like he doesn't even sing in English so right that might be me one day not sure yeah guarantee why not right you never know right you just gotta be it better be when the Niners are in the Super Bowl because then you give good luck that would be crazy that would be insane that'd be a dream yeah then I'll have to tell your manager to hook up tickets yeah we're taking you with us yeah guarantee because he's a Niner fan too yeah he's a huge Niner fan yep okay I want to take this short moment to shout out our sponsor iRip Detail Supply they're your one stop shop superstore for everything you need to detail your vehicle they have a store in Temple Valley shopping center as well as Winnard Mall.
SPEAKER_00Their staff is amazing they have everything you need and they are very knowledgeable of everything that they have in the store and they can help you. They're also doing a trunk or treat event in Temple Valley shopping center so give them a look if you go to irepdelsupply.com and use promo code ATBPot upon checkout you will receive 15% off your entire purchase order aloha um so right now he was telling me that you're getting ready to create a a full album are you that's what you're working on now yes we actually flew to Vegas I think I just I told you my our producer is Matt yeah Matt Matt is his name right he um he lives in Vegas so we flew to Vegas when was this I would say like three weeks ago okay we stayed in the studio for like two days straight just jamming out songs and just learning from him that was our first time meeting him and he's a great vocalist he plays like every instrument good producer yeah good vocal coach too so that was a good experience yeah um for this album though we're we need to get this Matt is actually coming for Kuiposing so he's gonna be here for like a week or two while he's here we're gonna finish the album oh nice so it it's it works out yeah and you're you're almost done completing it yes but this album isn't we're we're kind of trying to push singles from the album first okay and then next year is the goal probably in the middle of next year we're ending so that it's like how how many songs are you trying to put on and it's so hard to like because I have like a quite a few songs done already I listen to them all the time I'm like I gotta be patient I gotta be patient I gotta be patient.
SPEAKER_02Say ho this one's a banger I can't wait to launch it already yeah yeah there's about like 10 songs on this album maybe like wow that's a lot of work it is it's a lot of work but I enjoy it I enjoy it I'm learning every step of the way every every song we do I feel like I'm growing and they're not all the same either yeah that song like pop yeah it's a mixture like I was saying it's a mixture of R and B pop in Reggae so I'm excited to for everyone to hear and for everyone to also see my growth right yeah especially my family my family like I've already see my family because I'm so busy right my mom's always like why you gotta do this why you gotta do that like we miss you right that's how just how it is um but I know and they hear my stuff and they see what I'm doing and and then they see it already right they see the moves that we're making they're gonna be proud of me so that's super cool that's what that's the goal of every parent right is to be proud of their kids. Yeah that's my goal successful life right yeah yo um did you figure you don't have to say it if you're not ready but what did you figure out a name for the album I have like a few different ideas of what I'm gonna be calling it but I'm not gonna say it yeah even Romeo asked me in our interview I was like nope they gotta wait yeah so keep them guessing keep them guessing keep them guessing keep them guessing yeah what what would be some of the goals that you would make for yourself in the in the future um right now my goal for the the time that right now and I I want to like have a feature in my song especially if it's some I'm just gonna say it KMA minor is one of like my huge inspirations in the music in reggae especially for females I've loved her since she first started so like I would love to have her as a feature on one of my songs that's the goal and obviously other people that's been in other females or males that's been in the industry singers that's been in the industry for a long time I have experience but I guess in the the future I also like I want to make this like a career where I travel and this is our everyday thing.
Writing Process and Working with Romeo
SPEAKER_00Like right now I still work a full-time job and it's nothing to do with music right oh what do you do um so my cousin is my manager but I work part of the ship it's like a subcontracting company part of the shipyard oh okay oh that's good then but believe it or not I wear like steel toe boots I get dirty everything I drive a fat pit flatbed truck oh you're like okay so from that to coaching to playing music all over the world you're gonna have a pretty cool uh pretty cool movie when you blow it up right then I seen that girl she was wearing one highlighter shirt and she was dirty had gloves on then the next thing you want to see me on stage it's the same girl she looks different yeah that's me and then then you can be on an OC16 coaching a softball team with the one I advisor and everything that's the girl you see no but I feel like right now in my life even though it's busy there's so much and I'm seeing this humbly right there's a lot of gifts that God has blessed me with yeah and right now is the time that he's telling me you need to just go out there and use it you need to grow in on in all these different fields so yeah that's what I'm doing I'm following his path that's what I'm doing and it for from my own experiences when you seek God out he does answer you just gotta know how to how to listen and the biggest test is or the biggest hurdle is like releasing the reins and be like okay this is this is where you want me to go I'm gonna just go with it and instead of trying to figure it out yourself I I used to always tell my friends yeah you want to make God laugh tell him your plans for the future because he's a whole different idea see that's the thing I in in the past I used to pray about God do this for me I want this can you help me with this right right instead these days I'm just like God lead me to where you want me to be where you want me to go like I'm I'm walking with you I'm following you right but where are we going with this?
SPEAKER_02And this is where I am right now this is where the calling that he's he's telling me I'm following his the path that he has right now in life so and that's what faith is right is to believe something that you can't like tangibly hear or see it's like okay I'm I'm putting my faith in this is the direction you want me to go and I'm going all in and like that's hard not not many people can do it but when once once you do it and you see it working in your life then it's like oh okay okay yeah and and not only that there's the worldly stuff around me too can be huge distractions for myself I mean I've been yeah I've done a lot of bad stuff in my life I'm not gonna lie but now that I'm fully walking with God and I'm wholeheartedly just all in with whatever I'm doing too it's just such a different feeling like I don't even care about the worldly stuff anymore at all. Like I don't let God handle everything for me. I don't let him lead me to wherever I gotta go.
Hearing the First Radio Spins
Kids Singing “Caught in the Act” and Its Message
SPEAKER_00Well whatever it may be I I would always say to be older and wiser you have to be young and crazy because I was young and crazy so was Romeo I know we talk about that all the time it's so funny I had a I had a crazy past crazy time growing up I was a I wouldn't say I'm a I was a bad kid but I was a rebel child rebel yeah that's a good it it gives you street smart though yeah I definitely am street smart yeah I can change my own tire if I go flat on the freeway for sure well that's a skill most girls don't have I can well my dad is a mechanic so that's another benefit for that okay I'm gonna have to teach my daughter that she's gonna be driving soon and yeah oh how old is your kids she's 15 I get one daughter and she's 15 yeah I'm just yeah I'm just in it right now like she's making sure she don't do dumb shit right now but navigating that but uh yeah I think like you said like you you gotta sometimes learn things the hard way to learn and I'm realizing that with my daughter because like I'll see her making mistakes and I want to just stop her and be like hey no do that or just like uh sometimes it's good for her to figure it out her own self you know I mean yeah a lot of the times my mom would be that parent like no do that not do this and I think she I feel like she kind of gave up on me when she stopped doing that but I just have to learn the hard way honestly I just have to I never listened to her that's why growing up but now that I'm like older wiser and more mature and on a different path in my life I look back and I'm just like okay now I understand I understand why I was why you send me all these things I was just telling my wife that that um the stuff my parents used to do for me I didn't even realize how important it was until I was older like what whenever I was um playing football or fast baseball or fighting I could look in the stands and they were there and for me at the time it was just oh my parents in the stands or they bring food for the potluck and all this kind of stuff and it never when I was going through it it wasn't it's just what my parents did. I it wasn't anything but not doing it for my daughter I'm thinking like holy crap like my parents now you understand yeah and it it it just made things full circle and it made me appreciate all the stuff they did for me and it's it's weird that it it had to take myself to grow up and and I guess live through with my daughter to understand what they did for me without doing understanding it when I when I was living it is kind of weird. Yeah yeah yeah but it I guess that's part of growing up yeah you said your parents used to play all kind of music for you so their musical taste inspired you um well we yeah like listen yeah listen to my dad used to have like a bunch of CD books you know he used to have CDs I think he still has it like in our storage but like I'm talking about like crates of them a lot of them obviously everything is on like the phone now right oh yeah yeah it's different now I had all those CD but I get them right a look like yeah my dad had a big one too yeah I don't even yeah everything's on my phone but what what artists inspired you and were the artists you used to like jam out to when you were younger talking about RB I would say like Aliyah okay was the wow it's so hard because I like so many different artists depending on my mood I listen to still listen to old um but I have like my uncle he actually just passed away um a couple weeks ago he was in the music industry so I got to see him perform he is more of like Hawaiian uh Kikiki Allah oh okay yeah so he's been yeah and then I just watched my sister grow and she was in a band like uh they would they would perform a lot they didn't record music or write music but they performed a lot uh and we just would always sing at home oh that's super cool it's so hard to think about like a specific artist but Kimmy Minor is one of one of them that I've been listening to listening to from when I was like younger yeah I like Ecolu I like even today I listen to a bunch of music too but the oldies it's different I was I was just gonna ask that like what do you think about the newer music now versus like the old stuff because even my daughter listens to songs that I know she wasn't even born when came out like the old songs is raw it's like yeah you can you can feel it like even the words in the song is it's like realistic yeah soulful yes yeah so I think that's what I can connect to um I'm not saying like this music now because there is some artists that you know yeah sing so far music but it's not the same yeah it's not the same yeah yeah especially like hip hop and stuff like that like I grew up with like Tupac biggie like poets that shape uh culture now I listen to rap I'm like what the this this is crap they rap about stuff that they're not even they don't even have yeah or they're not going through realistically that just kidding funny thing you say that because I I I started to do like I do gigs right and like nobody know but I can low key kind of rap so I'll I'll rap the whole song of juicy and before yeah like but I know every single word yeah and and just listening to the words too when I'm rapping I'm like he talks about a struggle yeah but when he had a his daughter his mom you know how she was when he was younger what he used to do he was the hard hit kid too you know like all this stuff he was poor he didn't have it all like real stuff real situations in life yeah so and it's and it's different i i appreciate that i i'm maybe because i'm older i don't appreciate the newer stuff and that's probably what my parents were like too like ah your move your music sucks you don't know what this that that but because my daughter listens to old older music she listens to aliyah she has a aliyah shirt like and it makes me feel good to know like my music or my generation of music will stand the test of time because the younger generation is still listening to it no even like my dad yeah like Bobby Brown I know every song of Bobby Brown because my dad that's his that's his jams okay that's my prerogative right that's yeah yeah or every little step I think yeah yeah new addition too back in the day was Bobby Brown huh yeah wait was that a right yeah every little step I think he sings that song too yeah yeah my dad sings that songs all the time that's super cool are barking on it I know right I get I I get them out there too in my house so yeah yeah um what would be your biggest goal for a venue to perform at like where would you what would be cool for you to perform at um like roadwide or in Hawaii both both honestly it would be such a cool thing for me to like be part of the whole whole offense okay when they travel and do it around around the country I get I guess um but for me too at the same time I I would love to be the artist who opens up for hip hop artists or RB artist right like that Hawaii girl that travels and does gigs or gig shows with like big artists like what can I think of like Summer Walker like if I was to open up for Summerwalker or any type of pop artist that is huge like that would be such a cool experience because I feel like my music too it can like I was saying it it's music that can be around the world people can easily listen to it and sing along to it right it's relatable for sure it's very relatable so like yeah I wouldn't mind going around the world and and opening up or even just singing with um RB hip hop artists that'd be super but if I was the headline too one day why not right and they open up for me exactly that's the goal yup how how do you feel about that whole the whole new for me it's more of a kind of a newer thing of country music being super popular especially on the islands and you're gonna blame Maoli for that but I'm not a big fan I was thinking about Maoli the whole time you do ask yeah are you into it or yeah I love country music okay it's great it's good good music maoli does it great too I honestly I don't think anybody can do it like him yeah he's like one of one with that but I listen to a lot of country I listen to a lot of Luke Hombs I listen to a lot of a lot of Mori on and I even listen to Lord country too oh okay I've been to country concerts too when I was in the mainland a lot of my friends that's all they used to listen to they used to take me to like every concert oh okay oh yeah you're in Oregon Oregon's cool ice i got to snowball has a lot of concerts too I didn't realize like I oh yeah I've seen Marijuana poems what else I just see it I think newer up and coming artists too I can't remember but good good singers too but I've been to I seen Sciza live yeah my daughter lose her shit for Sisa that's that's one uh one artist that she really likes yeah oh and she's she's up there too now she's great yeah yeah yeah I was saying that I got to go Oregon um to snowboard I went Mount Hood yeah oh so beautiful there too yeah that's a good vibe up there is had um yeah it was it was I seen some local people up there too but not many oh really no there actually there's kind of I guess for I was in Salem Oregon and there was kind of a lot of locals there or going to college there I guess like oh yeah in Monmouth which is like a city 20 minutes over yeah so I got to see a lot of Hawaii people there was a lot of Hawaiian people too oh nice yeah but that or um Oregon itself is so beautiful the scenery is beautiful I've been on some beautiful hikes too with my friends green nice and green remind me a lot of big island where I'm actually from oh okay do you ever go back to visit oh yeah I just was there this weekend oh really for a fundraiser but um lately we used to go every summer when I was younger my mom would send us off to visit my grandma and my papa and my c all my cousins because her sister's kids all live there too um but it's hard now too busy yeah oh so you gotta come to Oahu now yeah but do you get to go port you so you haven't been Oregon uh much then oh the last time I was or in Oregon was I would say like three months ago my sister lives in Seattle and long story short I still have friends in Salem Oregon um but I used to be a caregiver so I used to take care of old people I took care of a lady and her husband she had dementia she passed away and I ended up taking care of her husband when she passed away and then I had to I decided to move back home oh okay all kinds of stuff huh so I I went back and visited him and he missed me so he calls me all the time telling me how much he misses me so yeah oh that's super cool I um I used to be a caregiver back in the day I was I was a C un certified nursing assistant yeah yeah it's sad it's it's such a warm feeling in my heart because I love old people just me as much as I love little kids like babies and little kids but like when they pass when when my client passed away I was with her for like over three years.
SPEAKER_02When she passed away it was I was like heartbroken for a little while yeah so I was like do I want to do this because everyone's like you should work in a facility you know how much old people lives in facilities right oh yeah and I do things in my heart like I was saying so like I you start to build these relationships and it's more of like you start to like grow and look at them more as like family right they're not just a client and that's how I felt so like he would always her husband would always tell me too when she passed away thank you for everything you did like um my my my wife would say this too you're more like a granddaughter to us and I was like So sweet of you.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. Yeah. I was the same. I worked at a nursing home called Aloha Healthcare in Kaneoy, and I got attached to some of these old older people because they lived a whole life of memories and they lived through world wars and the great and they tell their stories, and it's crazy, huh? And most of the time they just like somebody listen to them. And I was always down to listen because I learned from them and you show show them a little bit of attention and and aloha and oh, it it just they just brighten their day.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, that's a good feeling. Yeah, this lady had dementia, so she had like and i i seen the progression from when I first started, and it got worse and worse, right? Over time. And the sad part is when you have dementia, the only memory that they really have is from when they were little. I don't know if you know this. So, like, she would tell me stories about when she was little, and then she would like cry and tell me because her dad was sick. Oh, she would like tell me, oh yeah, it was crazy. And I would like to sit there and cry with her because I felt so bad.
Defining “Mahina World” Sound
SPEAKER_00I'm like, Yeah, well, I'm human too. Yeah, they could connect with them, and yeah, at least you made her life uh a lot better before she went, and she may not have remembered, but at least you you will, yeah, it's the it, you know, it and her her family was there, like her kids would come and visit her, her husband.
SPEAKER_02He could still remember, so like they knew that I was there for a reason, you know. Yeah, okay.
SPEAKER_00I want to take this short moment to let you know about a brand new RB day party. It's called Laid Back, it's gonna be November 9th at the Capitol Modern. It's uh DJ Hoppa Boy and myself are putting this thing on, and you can get your tickets at this website right here. Go get them now. They're gonna sell out soon. They're gonna be good music, great DJs. We're gonna have some good food from Whiskey Smoke, and it's gonna be such a fun event. Please go check out their Instagram at laid back and yeah, give us a look. Aloha. Well, we've been going for an hour. I know you're super busy, and I appreciate you taking time to uh come on my show. And I just have one favor to ask you is when you blow up and you're super big and winning Grammys and all that stuff, that you come back on my show and don't forget about me and uh have another cut cool conversation with me in the future.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, of course, of course, of course, I'm not gonna forget. Yeah, um, yeah. Tell your daughter, I also said thank you too for listening to my music.
SPEAKER_00For sure. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02What's your daughter's name?
SPEAKER_00Aria. Aria.
SPEAKER_02Aria, okay. Aria, thank you, Aria. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Um, social media, where can people find you? And also where can people find your music?
SPEAKER_02Um, everything is Mahina World for social media. I have a website too called MahinaWorld.com. If you go on there, I just recently posted I have like merch, I have upcoming stuff, I have music videos, um, literally all my information is even to book gigs, it's all on that website. Mahina World. My Instagram is Mahina World, TikTok, everything. Um, but to find me on the music side, it's just Mahina All Caps, M-A-H-I-N-A. So you can find my music on Spotify, YouTube, all that.
SPEAKER_00And for us, as always, you can find us at Above the Bridge Podcast on Instagram. Our YouTube is Above the Bridge Podcasts, and our website is atbpod.com. And my personal Instagram is Thaddy Daddy High. All right.
SPEAKER_02Um, yeah, thank you so much for having me, honestly. It was this was this is fun.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, thank you for having a great conversation. I did check out your uh website and I did see your merch, and I really like the uh verse Philippians 413.
SPEAKER_02And yeah, that it's a verse, it means a lot to me. That's why I just yeah, if you look at all of my merch too, it'll be like on the at least on the tag or whatever. Um, yeah, I grew up my my mom had cancer twice. So she's a huge inspiration. She beat cancer twice, and I was in college or whatnot, and this was just a Bible scripture that she always didn't live by. And if you like read it, right? I can do all things to Christ who strengths me. So even though she was going through all of that stuff, facing all these health issues, she overcame it because she was a strong believer in God, and you know, God don't put just anybody, and I I in the time being I was just like so upset. Like, my mom gotta go through this. She's like a good person, she's a good soul, right? Yeah, but God puts his strongest soldiers in the toughest battles because he knew she was gonna beat it. That's the one I was thinking. So this Bible verse means a lot. My whole family is everywhere in our house.
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SPEAKER_00Yeah, I thought that that was super cool, and I thought that it was something different to see on somebody's merch page. So I I wanted to say to tell you I appreciated that to be able to see something like that on someone's merch page because that's not common, you know what I mean?
SPEAKER_02Thank you. Yeah, thank you.
Coaching Meets Music: Performing Live
SPEAKER_00So um also wanted to shout out your manager because he's the one that put me on to you a couple months ago. He sent me your Instagram link and he said, Check this girl out, she's gonna be big, and this is my first time managing somebody. So, shout out to Romeo Valentine, somebody that I got to work with. Uh we did a house party event at one of the clubs back in the day, and he's somebody in the night industry that I felt was genuine, a genuine person. He was also someone real and someone fun to be around, and it's very rare to see people or experience people like that in the industry that I'm in. And I also got very inspired by the dad that Romeo Valentine is, and uh wanted to shout him out. And yeah, I'm I'm grateful to have him as a friend too, and he's he's very inspirational. So I'm glad he's he's your manager.
SPEAKER_02Romeo is a great human being, you know. Every person that I've talked to that knows him, and a lot of people know him, obviously, and they're all for good reasons. Yeah, I I don't think I've heard one bad thing about Romeo ever. Even if I were to ask, nobody would have anything to say. So that tells me a lot, right? Like he's trustworthy, he's a man of God, he's a good dad, right? Yeah, good person, like he means well, and so for the longest time there were people like hitting me up to try and manage me or be a part of this team or be a part of what I got going, right? And I would always be so hesitant because I don't, it's hard, it's hard to trust anybody these days, right? Especially in this industry. This industry can be very sticky, yeah. So and then, but I don't know, God came into my life. It was at the time where I was just going back to church and like I met him, and he would tell me about his walk and what he got going in his life, and like it just the captain's so fast, and now we're we're here today, like doing all these things. He's such a hard worker, he does so much for me to like the networking and behind the scenes and and the the social media videos that you see. He he's a talented guy, yeah, definitely.
SPEAKER_00And he's he's definitely solid. I think it's cool because what he explained to me was that you're he you're the first person he's managing, so yeah, he's figuring it out with you, and um he doesn't miss, and I remember he was blowing up uh this brand called Young Hawaii, and it it was it it was gaining so much steam, and we were uh collaborating with him at at that uh club event at the fix. And yeah, he's he's he's a good dude, and I'm glad that that's the person you're trusting with your career to guide it to where it needs to be. It's gonna be cool to see the future, yeah.
SPEAKER_02And and I'm happy because like even the people that we've been connecting with, like obviously, Romeo knows people, he knows what he's doing. So, like the people that we connect with, they're great people too, like all along the way. And I'm excited for what the future holds for us and and this this what we got going with with this music. It's exciting, and I can't wait for you guys to all hear it. Yeah, maybe I can send you a little snippet of some stuff, but yeah, for sure. I keep it a secret. Yep, keep it. We always tell everybody if you if they like hear the unreleased, you gotta come watch me live. Oh, that's it. Because I've been playing on live, yeah.
SPEAKER_00Okay, so the new stuff you're gonna be playing live then. Only a couple of them.
SPEAKER_02Only a couple of them.
SPEAKER_00Teasers, uh teasers, teasers, yeah.
SPEAKER_02So the next show, Kaipus show, Kaipo Kapo is um album release. I'm gonna be performing two to three unreleased.
SPEAKER_00Okay, all right. And when is that? October 18th. I'm one second key. Perfect.
SPEAKER_02I go on at 9:30 to 10 o'clock. So it's only 30 minutes, but I'll I'll be I'll be there.
SPEAKER_00Okay, I'll try and make it to that. I know Kaipo too. We used to work here with him too, yeah.
SPEAKER_02Oh, he he grew he's grown too as a person, he's been on our team too a little bit, helping me out.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, he's a hustler too. Oh, yeah. Yeah, so right on. Well, I'm excited to see you how far you take this career, and um yeah, I appreciate you taking time out and any advice that you you want to give me? Um I'll tell you this what uh the singer from Caval told me when he was on my show is play your uh play your music from your heart and always um do it because you love to do it, regardless of what happens uh on the outside. Like if if you love what you're doing, then everything else doesn't matter. So just keep doing that, keep doing what you love, don't change your style or what you're doing because you think it's gonna be cool for somebody else to hear, do it back because of how it makes you feel. That was the advice I would say, because I'm not a musician, but um me personally, the advice I would say is keep following God, and I think I I would tell you to don't be scared to take risks, but I think you're already you're not gonna be scared, so yeah, just keep doing your thing, girl, and just um live in the moment. Enjoy every single moment. When I used to compete, um I would always enjoy every little moment, like when they wrap my hands, or when I walk to the ring, or like after, like it was something that I took in and just was in that moment to appreciate because when it's when it's done, then like you don't want to have any regrets. I guess that makes sense.
SPEAKER_02I find in the moment go all, yeah. No, totally, yeah, yeah. I can totally really. I feel like I'm on on the right path. I got the right people on my team, so we're heading in the right direction. But taking all of that advice in for sure. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for having me.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, my pleasure.
SPEAKER_02Blessing.
SPEAKER_00Yep, right on.
SPEAKER_02God bless you, God bless you with being a dad or your daughter. God bless your family.
SPEAKER_00Yep, thank you. I'm in the middle of it right now. She's a teenager, but she's a good kid. She plays she's uh plays volleyball for her school and and club and stuff like that. So she has she has that outlet, you know what I mean?
SPEAKER_02Oh, yeah, keep her a part of something.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, right on. Well, shaka's for the cameras. Wait, hold on. Right on. We're out. Shout out to Artist Group Network. Aloha.
SPEAKER_02Aloha.
