Kina Grannis

wow… uke jam! and a marathon runner too. you can do anything ;-)

Kina!

I loved the show at the El Rey, especially the acoustic rendition of “Gangsta’s Paradise”.

Thanks for signing my shirt, and I can’t wait to see your next show!

I always enjoy the more up-tempo songs. Great job!

acoustic gangsta’s paradise? i miss so much way out here!

correction to kinas statement- I met her on the street corner outside the el rey haha

Thats awesome that you are running a marathon for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. My Uncle died of Lymphoma a couple months ago and so its really awesome to see you supporting that.

As for the song..QUITE AMAZING. Im like in love with John Mayer haha i play all of his songs haha and you did an awesome job so now im in love with you! haha

Hopefully someday i will get to see you perform COME BACK TO THE EAST COAST!!

hope i read that right. i would love to hear you sing in japanese. i’d love to hear you sing a song you *wrote* in japanese!

im going to try to start out positive lol i LOVE that song and i especially loved you doing the cover for it :)
btw. you are my hero for being able to run a marathon for a cause you feel so strongly about :)

now for the change of pace (sorry…):
im super sad i missed your show on saturday :( and im even sadder that im not gonna be able to go to the one at UCR (double plus bad…1984 reference if you get my gist)

and to add on the the unbelievable sadness, this is the last blog im gonna tune into for a while since im leaving on my trip (greece, egypt, and jerusalem!!!!! :D) on sunday and wont be back for two weeks (the 14th)…meaning i’ll miss the infamous birthday shoutout for my birthday! (june 7th) hopefully when i come back ill see it on the kina blog? :P

im looking forward to a chance to be able to catch one of your shows when i come back :)
have a good two and a half weeks!!

Tanya

Ah, Kina, the only thing better than John Mayer and Kina is Kina singing John Mayer. Two thumbs up.

And I totally got the chills reading about you running for LLS. I’ve heard about Team in Training, and I know it’s a huge commitment. With all you do, I’m sure it makes it very hard to take on. I work for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, so cancer research is something that is so incredibly important to me and everyone I encounter in my daily life. You rock!

Ya know, that’s the only John Mayer song I don’t like, but I liked this version. Kina, you take a song I hate and transform it into one I can tolerate when Amanda plays it over and over again for a week. Kudos ^.^

Kina you are a true musician, guitar player, uke master, piano player. I am happy we got to see the old Taylor I was beginning to think you forgot about it. Great song, I liked the twist you put on it. I wish you had more shows on the weekends so us poor highschool students can go to your shows instead of daydreaming about them during class hours.

That’s awesome that you’re participating in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society marathon :). I think it’s really selfless of you to take the time out of your crazy/busy schedule to be involved in the quest to find a cure for cancer.

Make sure you drink plenty of water! ;)

Hope you and your family are enjoying a great Memorial Day! mmm bbq…

p.s. I’m sorry to hear that about your uncle Austin.

Sorry, the last sentence didn’t sound right…it was for Austin…not uncle Austin…:/

kina, you remembered…
i’m speechless (aside from these words here)

did someone record that cover?? im too lazy right now to search the youchoob.

great cover as usual. when i saw the ukulele i hella smiled. i love the uke! and props on the marathon training. come back to san fran!! =)

.jd

Wow!! Thank you very much for your reply.
日本の歌でkinaに歌ってほしいのは…絢香 （ayaka）’s songs
you can find her songs on you tube :)
and also 小田和正（Oda Kazumasa）
his music are great!!

ライブお疲れ様でした　：）
someday i will go your show for sure!!!

love

Ahhh Kina!!! that was great! Hooray for marathons! You can do it!!!!!

June 2nd = my bday….

If I don’t get a shoutout from you, atleast everyone here will know it :)

i love this song!! and i love it even more now!!!!!!

the ukulele and piano additions were awesome :]… and yay old taylor! that was exciting!!!!

i’m so glad you’re doing this for LLS. a little girl that’s almost like a little sister to me recently was diagnosed with leukemia, but thankfully, she’s recovered really well and is like a miracle child. we just all hope it stays like this.

ps. your whole family is so awesomely creative. i love it!

Yay for running!!!! Guess what I ran the memorial day laguna hills 5k this morning! It’s like the first race I’ve done in about 2 years. My time was 21:07 and I think my 3 mile time was 20:28. I’m so excited for you too. You get to train for a marathon. Running again is soo nice.

LOL i need to hear that!

man, marathon running. that’s always something I find very admirable. I have many who would be delighted to hear that you’re participating for the LLS. You manage to become more and more awesome each week, and this just takes the cake. Keep it up, we’ll be cheering for ya!

and THANK YOU so much for the bday shout out! that really rocked my world just now haha.

Great cover once again, and I love it when you back yourself up. I do that in most of my videos too. Speaking of which, quick Q, did that DVD work? I did a video for my friend’s graduation and that didn’t even play, and it was at a giant event (quite embarrassing), so I’m just wondering.

tillnextweek!

@Kina
Was great to get to see you play a bigger place like The El Rey… the crowd around the bar at the back was a noisy nuisance, but you dealt with it admirably. The one thing I would mention is to watch out for the sound in venues like that…. the guy running the sound board had the bass cranked up so high on your guitar feed, it was drowning out a lot of your vocals and other guitar. Not your fault though, judging from the second act, that’s how they’re set to run there.

Thanks for the b-day shoutouts…. my wife’s reaction was hilarious, “Miss MEGHAN?!??? *(looks this way, looks that way)*… Hey, that’s ME!!!”. There’s more to that story, but don’t think I should post it to stay on her good side.

@Emi
Was nice to finally get to see you at one of these things… and on STAGE, no less! Good work, now my wife wants a salt-shaker with some peppercorns in it to shake along with…

@Dr. G
Nice to see you again… this time you had the table.

@MamaG
Ono…eh?

;-)

Oh, and thanks for the shirt.

-wwar1ace

Oh, and @Kina…. a marathon?!? Wow, I AM impressed. Good luck with that, and way to aspire.

love the way you did this song. i have to say, you may have felt dead, but today you seem veryyyyy alive. even more than usual. something about you in this video makes me feel really upbeat.

good luck with the marathon and training! very noble and inspiring. i’ve been meaning to get into some diabetic causes in honor of my grandmother and a family friend.

on another note, i’d like to try a summer biathlon one day.

Are you Jewish by chance? I am so I’m always curious! Either way, it sounds like fun! Safe travels! Enjoy the Holy Land!

Yes… and listening to the beginning, I was like “Arghhh! This is so familiar….”. When she finally got to the chorus, I was completely suprised.

Happily of course. Coolio is, after all, still cool. Her version made it come off kinda country-rock instead of rap. Maybe she’ll YouTube it for all of you who couldn’t be there. ;-)

I am probably going to get blasted for this, but I’ll be honest anyway. I am not generally a big John Mayer fan; however, this song and his prior single aren’t bad. More importantly, Kina, you did a wonderful job! I’m proud of you for running a marathon, even more so that its purpose is so inspiring! Who cares if the blogs are a little later than usual? just over train yourself!

BBL,

Alan

So cool to see all the parts you mixed for this song, and rather impressive for that matter. Truly you are a several trick pony

Y’know, with the multicolored string of paper, I really wanted you to pull it of your mouth or your ear or something. I just complimented you on your many talents; why not add a little legerdemain to that list?

In return I’ll learn Uke…of course, I was going to do that anyway, unless I decide that a desire to learn a thing should have more spontaneity than “I like a hawaiian things*, and cheap tiny cute things, and fretted stringed things…seems to fit”

*Ok, really just one Hawaiian thing, but it makes all hawaiian associations positive…and a bit wistful :)

Hey Everyone.

Heres a clip of THE BEST PERFORMANCE of Kina’s El Rey Set.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=34985760

i know, very short. i was just so into it when it began that i never whipped out the cam.

enjoy!

this is kina’s best cover or at least most creative.

u totally snapped on this one kg. amazing

i posted a comment earlier but this is the first time i saw it i posted my comment via my iphone haha

but i got to see the video just now. so goooooooooooooooooooooood

thanks for the plug alongside chris sexy dimple cendana. =)
see u thursday. i am excited to have mama g watch me perform for some reason haha

oh and also… very very beautiful of you to run the marathon for that cause.. wow. u never cease to amaze and inspire.

thats so beautiful that ur taking on a challenging endeavor for the sake of others, for the sake of the needy. may God bless you 100 fold for that… and strengthen your heart and legs during ur run!

sounded good to me… but i do like a little more bass.
were you close to the side walls or up front? cause that could also be why her vocals were drowned out and the low end seemed louder.
i was near the sound booth, cause thats where the best mix usually is…

and that second act was just LOUD….
glad you got by those musubi sniffing dogs safely.

glad you got something…. since you couldnt get your DSLR in there..
how did the pics come out?

pretty grainy, im just gonna wait for ernie’s flix.

that looked so fun! thanks for posting it, russ.

Nice cover Kina…and capo-less too! That’s a rarity.

In high school in the late 80’s (you know…around the time you were BORN!) I ran cross country, and I remember the long runs well. I still do run a bit, but nowhere near as long as you’ll be doing in your marathon training. I’m very impressed you’re taking on this challenge. Just make sure you wear great shoes and don’t skimp on the carbs…you’ll need the energy! (And you don’t want to end up as skinny as the neck on your guitar!)

Have fun and remember…you can do it.

I don’t pay attention to Mayer except through other people. Don’t feel alone.

ok now that REALLY put a smile on my face. thanks for sharing!

Hi Kina!
Just dropping a note since i’ve been very very idle on this blog ^_^
I still watch all your videos and still love your voice! Needed to say that for now.

So when are you gonna play a nice japanese song for us? Since you are, i think, quite good at it…
Arigato gozaimasu *bows* (still learning)

Kina-

Awesome Cover!!!!!!!!!!! I love this song, and you do a Fabulous Job, seriously, it was fan-frickin-tastic!

Very cool that you are running a marathon, verys cool.

i loved this blog…the song…loved it!

Take Care,

Jen :)

that was freakin’ awesome!!!! haha now i really wanna hear the whole thing!

REGARDING HELP WITH SONG CHOICE 4 SINGING IN JAPANESE (:LOL cunningly putting it in Japanese;)

Maybe not a Japanese song, but Seal’s Kiss From A Rose (Batman Returns) would be a suitable song for K or K+E or M+K+E to try, as you will probably find it very easy to get the English Lyrics, etc, if you don’t know it already, and people will most likely know it as you’re singing it in Japanese, plus you could switch over into English part way through like in the following link within the Cherryblossom Garden(:-

http://www.cherryblossom-garden.com/1/angelaaki1.5.html#rose

2 get an idea of what you (K) would most likely sound like, check out this snippet at(:-

http://web-cache.chocomaru.com/jplayer.html?G_655&d%7C%7F20k%7Fb51&EJ66703261&5&nrrv%3C%29%29qqq%28hciqoha%28ei%28lv%29rtgemY%60itYebl%28nrkj9MC_%3BCUEJ+4%3E5%3E&7477%3F67741

& 4 M+E’s ba da dums and entertainment check out(:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0uPYqWR1zE

If you don’t think it suitable, there’s plenty more Artist/Songs/Lyrics to peruse within those links, but hey, what about your Gaelic roots too(:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZtuv-mP5r0

Also, You Tubes jenny0285 likes ukes, so I’m pretty sure she’d appreciate your latest video Kina and I hope to see your fingers doing much more manoeuvring around those black and white notes in future videos, here’s someone having a try at Kiss From A Rose on a Steinway, so maybe we’ll be hearing a better version of the song from you on yours sometimes soon:)

I wish you good luck along the way in ahieving the stamina to have the stamina to complete the marathon at the appointed time and THANK U 4 having been a You Tube friend till I closed my account Kina8D and wonder whether your 1st Taylor was Josh Halverson’s beforehand, as it looks the same/similar enough 2b it?

Kina, lovely rendition as usual… very well done.

As for your marathon training, I admire your dedication and it is definitely for a very good cause. Those who have been affected by the illness and those that are fighting it as we speak are greatful for caring individuals like you. The passion and generosity you show is wonderful.

I forgot to put this link in my last comment(:[-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6u13MLLWlo

but as either my trying to put it in, made my previous comment fail:( or the comment was not suitable to pass the moderator (Misa maybe?) this is now just given for the moderator to see the link that I was going to add and to take note that I now don’t have a website, that’s why I put formerly imsabafa at You Tube, so that Kina knew who it was, plus I realised that my name wasn’t going to show once I’d pressed save, so I edited it to what it should have been.

So this whole comment is just to be read/discarded by the moderator because of the last post not having worked out – unless it’s just not showing up yet, in which case, please pop that link in somewhere by where it says about the famous make piano – sorry 4 having wasted your time, this is the kind of thing that made me close my You Tube/other places previous to that – things just don’t work out and I run out of patience! I’ll not bother you anymore, although I was only trying to be of help. Probably permanent bye but still wish you all good luck.

Ooops ;)

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OK, here’s a few more pics from Kina’s performance at the El Rey this past weekend. These were all taken with a friend’s small point & shoot:

Kina rockin’ a uke…

Kina addressing her fans…

Inside the El Rey Theater…

(there are three more pics in the comments to her previous video… ;-)

wait what?

hhahah.. jk. but she’s #11 most discussed today – music!! (at least for now!) i cant find the other ones tho…

oh and #22 most viewed – music

actually im not, def Christian
but yeah im super excited!!! :D

Hey! I was just wondering, do you record with your laptop mic or did you buy one instead?

My mic is really static-y…, so I’m debating whether or not i should buy a mic.

If you use your laptop mic, which laptop do you have??

hello Kina! I just got the shirt i bought for my sister (still waiting for the XXL). My sister really loved it! I’m trying to convert her to become your fan and I think the shirt will help. Thanks also for putting a little note with the shirt. Her friends saw it too and they really loved the design. They were talking about buying shirts for their group. Thanks again!

@ Brittney Kina uses a macbook and usually uses just the internal mic.
@ glim Good news! New tshirt order just went in today!

these honors come and go. Wat I am more excited about is kina being on the most subscribed list ALL TIME for musicians

awesome awesome awesome!! You need to come to the charlotte, NC area and play.. i’m sure you’d have tonnnnns of fans there!! :) Keep it up!

@mama g or kina
how long does it usually take for someone to get a shirt after placing the order? any idea?

…’cause i’ve been slacking on it but i really need a kina shirt! and i’m moving (overseas) soon haha (although i will be back in august!) so i don’t know what to do!

OMG I AGREE!!! I’M STARTING AT UNC CHAPEL-HILL THIS FALL!!!! we should totally get kina to come!

Depends on if it’s in stock… in some of the girls’ sizes, there is NOTHING so you have to wait until the new order is done. Email me with what design you want and in what size and I can give you a better idea.

Something amazing just happened…. the comments page loaded in 6 SECONDS.

@Miko By my estimation, she’ll be on that list in two to three weeks.

I am so sorry that I can’t make your show with Kina. Mama G will be there but I can’t get away from the practice. You better have another in SoCal so I can go.

yeah yeah… Mama G in da house…..

Did something happen to the server, on my laptop the page loaded super fast too. Maybe the people running the server heard this cover and said we need to get her a better connection or something cuz this girl is great. That would be pretty amazing if that did happen.

Kina if you ever read this: How do you figure out chords for your covers? I know when you make originals you play chords that flow together, but for covers is it any different?

Thank you for the good news mama G! I’m excited to get my Kina shirt! I really think it’s a great gift for someone you know and it’s a good way to introduce Kina to the people who don’t know her yet.

no problem dr g!

i wont be having a show in socal anytime soon, nor will i have a show anywhere anytime soon! =T i am putting music on the backburner. (omg, kina did i use that phrase right haha) i never used the word “backburner” ever.

with my comittment to do volunteer campus ministry work for the next two years, i wont be able to get away to do shows. i have one in seattle in november though =)

i am seriously honored and flattered and honored that u feel that way dr g! it means so much… it really does! i will video tape me and kina’s (and chris’s) set on thursday and u can watch it on video? lol

mama g: “mama g in the house”
okay for real, in addition to the stickers u put on shirts that say “real men wear kina shirts”
PLEASE make stickers that say “mama g in the house”
i actually prefer a sticker that says mama g in the house than real men wear kina shirts…. barely though =)

what the heck?!?!? why do my comments keep getting deleted!?!?!

Ok, I’ll do this again one by one…

Here is a pic of Kina rockin a uke…

Here is a pic of Kina addressing her fans…

Here is a pic of inside the El Rey theater…

november?!! really? that’s a long time… but i’ll make the drive in the name of pinoy pride ;-)

@ ernie I don’t think Misa would delete your comments, but I have no idea why it is happening. I sure like the photos you took at El Rey, and all of your others. Thanks again.

I will look forward to seeing the video of the night.

that’s gotta be my favorite pic.

Thank you very much! for your reply.
Impressive!
you, Kina-san is good at Japanese spelling.
so, i wrote this comment using kanji-characters as follows.
日本人が誰でも知っている良い歌は、”夕焼け小焼け”
this means … The good song which all Japanese knows well. “U yake Co yake”
maybe..
“Red sky at the evening and Red sky at the sunset”
Please check it up and hear the melody on this site if you have your time.
http://www.worldfolksong.com/songbook/japan/yuyake.htm

Great shots, Ernie… I guess a true pro doesn’t need the big camera to get awesome photographs, eh?

kinaaaaaa…..im gonna try and make it to uc riverside this thurs!!!!!!!!

im back in cali til monday…

don’t like john mayer but LOVE ur cover…of course ;)

keep on runnin.’

and hope to see u on thurs!!! look out for me k! x

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>:[ maybe next-time-kina

I can picture Kina in this picture saying “Wassup”

I know Charlotte’s on my list of cities I’d go visit to see Kina.

Seems like I remember Misa saying a long time ago that too many comments in a certain amount of time is automatically treated as spam. And IIRC, Ernie was the culprit back then too!

And I agree – great pics!

don’t forget the “yooo” preceding it ;P

wow. a marathon. im a cross country runner, and i could never do that. my limit is about 13 miles, after that, i just give up because i simply can not run any farther. i have intense respect for anyone who competes in marathons, so congradulations! when and where is it? maybe we could all make signs and cheer for you while your running!

oh, and thanks for the great song cover again :)

Hehehehe… actually, I did sneak my camera in. Shhhh, don’t tell the El Rey!?! ;-)

oh you little stinker.

Its really a great area to come.. TONS of colleges around once school starts up again~

Haha ya, the infamous “yo” I want to hear make a rap song and do the intro by saying yo and wassup.

Good Luck at tomorrow’s show!!

yeah i’m really excited seems like an awesome place for college.

and an awesome place kina should play at :]

OOH OOH KINA! do we get to hear your new song you just finished??

oh, and good luck and have fun at tonights show!!!

(you too miko!!! *super jealous over here!*)

….and anyone else that is going too obviously, haha

As a long-time, devoted hip-hop fan and artist I NEED to hear the whole song!! Please, Kina?! For me…??

Just got back from the show at UC Riverside benefiting Gawad Kalinga which raises money for the underprivileged in third world countries. All the performers were great… and in particular, our own Emceemiko! Meeks rocked the house (except that it was outdoors) and he knows how to work the crowd! Got to meet the exceptional Chris Cendana as well… what a musician (and nice guy too). The UCR people were awesome! Except for the gnarly traffic (and parking ticket…grrr), the evening was outstanding!

Cendana, Miko and Kina on one stage… of all the shows to miss!

Hi!

I stumbled across your videos on youtube a couple of days ago and just want to say that I have since been in love with your music!!!

I’d also like to ask a really out of order question so feel free to say no!!

I’ve been kicking around some lyrics for a while but have no musical ability so was wondering if you’d take a look. You’d be free to change whatever and create a melody, but I understand you’re seriously busy right now and can’t.

So, yeah. . . keep posting!!!

Claire xx

Hey guys, aloha from Hawaii!!!

Seems like I missed out on a bit, but I’m sure glad I got to check out the El Rey show right before I left the mainland =)

@ The Grannis Family – Great to see you all again! Always love hangin around the merch table with Mama G, and Emi, good luck with your whole transferring thing =). Kina, awesome show! I’m sad that unfortunate situations made me late, but I enjoyed what I managed to catch. I’ll have to post the video of me “spreading” the Kina love on the islands soon =P

@ Russ and Ernie – Good seeing you guys again as always. Ernie, you’re a sneaky guy, haha. And Russ, awesome footage of Gangster’s Paradise :)

@ Emceemiko – It was great to finally meet you!!! You are an awesome guy for sure. I’m sad I couldn’t catch your show at UCR, but I’m sure it was awesome sharing a show with Kina and Chris!

@ everyone else – HI!

Any clips UC Riverside anyone?

Yay! I hope there’s video!

Aloha… what island you stay?

:-p

i really heart… no let me just say it. I LOVE MAMA G!

i hung out with mama g MORE than i hung out with kina hahaha. it’s true!

i kept honoring you to my dad and my dad agreed mama g.

“yanno dad… kina’s mom (i didnt know how it would sound to say mama g to my dad lol) is really nice.. she is so genuinely nice…”
and my dad nodded and was like “yeah she is a nice lady” in his filipino accent

i’ve hung around mama g enough that I ABSOLUTELY LOVE when she says her famous phrase “yanno what…” or “and yanno what” followed by a very insightful comment… it’s so cute

dr g, kina, misa, emi – do u notice ur mom saying “and yanno what…” or is that just me? i think it’s so adorable!

meeeks!
what an honor and time i had in LA
i am a huge fan of kina, and i see her show the first day i land. and then i end my vacation with getting to do a show and open up for her..
who gets to say that about a musician they are a fan of?!
i was mad spoiled! how blessed i am!

KINA AND ALL HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS

THIS VIDEO IS THE KING OF VIDEOS… OMG

these are my friends AJ Rafael and Chris Cendana (i dont know the other guy haha that well really)

just like kina, i met these people through youtube cuz i am a huge fan of their music..

this is the tribute of tribute… makes me smile but at the same time, makes me feel salty cuz i didnt think of something like this hahaha

KINA – OMG YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS VIDEO
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LWmRb1MzbPU

DR G!

i finished uploading the video of your daughter kina’s set.

i generally use yousendit.com to send large files over the internet however, the limit on it is 100 MB. and ur daughter’s set is 107MB

how do u want to let this transaction go down? where do we make the transfer? can you meet on the corner of… hahaha jk.

lol

but yeah, that is the situation at the moment! and i dont want to edit the video by 8MB because every second of the set is precious lol

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeks

Do I really say that?

i wanna seeeee!!!!!!!!!!! :]

hahaha awesomeness.

so last night was my senior prom. it was amaazing!!… except that i requested messge from your heart. and first the dj gave the “what are you talking about?!” look .. then told me he didn’t have it. sadness!! but overall, it was good.

i graduate tomorrow!!!! can’t believe 4 years have gone by and i’m done high school!

dang I wanted post 100. next week… ;P

me too!

félicitations! =D

Congratulations, Steph!
I’m hoping you get your shirt before you leave on Tuesday *fingers crossed*

Week 5: O-MC in the house! Remixin your questions for the One and Only KG.

Yo! Miko, I got your back. We MCs got to stick together. So I’m remixin your questions from last week. Give me a beat!

Fried, mashed
Scalloped or hashed
Roasted, toasted
Maybe broasted
How do you like your—- potatoes(?)?

Ok, I’m not so good at this. So much for the MC thing. Here are the rest my interpretations of emceemiko’s questions:

What has been your most thrilling and fun experience, not involving SB XLII?
What is the most exotic food you have eaten?
Which of your sisters would be interested in dating a hip-hop CPA? HAHAHA

And to round it out, one of my own:
What is the furthest distance you have run?

Hi Kina!! this is the first time i comment! :)
Your great!!,i want to give you a request but i am too much of a scaredy cat lol…so…yeah!…keep rocking! :P