M i g h t y J

Below you will find the bonus track for you all to download and enjoy. This track is entirely free and can only be found here. It’s a great way to “deluxify” your Mighty J CD. The song is called “No More Tears” and is written by Tiki Suan. She is also the lead vocalist on this one. Mahalo all!

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I know it’s been awhile since you’ve all heard from me, but I just wanted to send out an apology as we are trying to update the engine that runs this site. I know it’s been tough to access this site lately, but we are trying to improve your experience when visiting mightyjmusic.com. Thanks for bearing with us and rest assured that we are close to completing our upgrade.

Below you will find the bonus track for you all to download and enjoy. This track is entirely free and can only be found here. It’s a great way to “deluxify” your Mighty J CD. The song is called “No More Tears” and is written by Tiki Suan. She is also the lead vocalist on this one. Mahalo all!

click here for the download link

click below to listen:

So over the weekend we heard some really GREAT news … Mighty J has been nominated for a NA HOKU HANOHANO AWARD as voted by our fellow music peers in HARA (Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts) for CONTEMPORARY ALBUM of the YEAR. How cool is that? We are so honored and excited to be considered for this award. Mahalo to our HARA ohana for recognizing what we ladies have been trying to do and the message we’re trying to get across with our “Calling Out” album. Mahalo also to our Label Daddy Records and our producer Dr. Trey for believing in us and our journey to play our style of music.

We’ve been labeled on may occasions as progressive and although this word is scary to some people, I think it is a true definition of Mighty J. The “progressive” label means we’re trying to advance and move forward from what people expect from us and from the music industry here in Hawaii.Yes, we are trying to be different … different from who we are in our original bands and from what’s out there now. Our music is not soooo drastically over the top that we’ve created our own genre, but it does have underlying sounds of our island influences with a more agressive edge than on our previous recordings with our other bands. We don’t fit the norm of a traditional Hawaiian trio or a Jawaiian band and thats really the beauty of how and why Mighty J came about. I think its been somewhat difficult for us to make an impact being labeled as a band that plays music thats outside of the current music scene’s “expectations” because the radio waves in the islands just perpetuate and glorify Jawaiian and reggae music. I love reggae music but there is so much more to island music that that style.

We just want people to know that music from Hawaii is vast and eclectic and not so pidgeon holed as it may be perceived … there are MANY outstanding artists and musical genres (ska, punk,acoustic, rock, jazz, etc.) being played here for live events and being recorded in the islands … and with open ears, minds, and a little research you will find them out there… cause on rotation you may not hear it. Which is sad in a way but that’s another blog.

And people … we are up against a slew of talented artists… yes we have an uphill climb ahead of us, but that hasn’t stopped us before and will not stop us now …we will just continue to PROGRESS …

as reported in the Honolulu Advertiser … Link to article

Contemporary Album of the Year
Best performance of music in a contemporary style

• BACK TO ROMANCE, Matt Catingub Orchestra of Hawaii (Mountain Apple)
• BACK TO THE ISLANDS, Sonya Mendez (Fat & Happy)
• CALLING OUT, Mighty J (Daddy)
• NO PLACE LIKE HOME, Manoa DNA (Roy Sakuma)
• ONE OF THESE DAYS, John Cruz (Lilikoi)

Last Side note … its interesting to read the comments on that Honolulu Advertiser’s article … Its nice to know that other people share similar thoughts and feelings as we do about the music in Hawaii and my assumption is that not all of them are in the music business … my 2 cents.

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So it’s 2 in the afternoon on a Friday, and the weather is NASTY… at least on the Windward side. The volcano has been getting crazy on the Big Island of Hawai’i and the VOG has been affecting me big time. The sky was never no dark. Mai chilled at my house for a bit and we noticed how ridiculously dark it was outside. It’s been about an hour since the rain poured down, but I foresee a gloomy evening. How random! It was beautiful outside this morning. But, you know, as crappy as the weather may seem, that’s one of the things I LOVE about living in Kane’ohe… The rain, the clouds… When I see that, the first thing I do is look at the BEAUTIFUL Ko’olau mountains. Man, those waterfalls falling down that majestic mountain range is indescribable, fo sho!

The weather made me think about the volcano (Kilauea), which made me think about how hot I remember the lava rocks being when we went there about 5 or 6 years back… which in turn made me think about this ridiculously funny video I saw on you tube. It was a favorite video on my friends you tube page, so it made me curious. It’s this chick from New Jersey (I think) named, Jenny Owens Young. She remade Nelly’s song, “Hot In Herre” and put some folk-like twist on it. The video is so random, but the first line in the song grabs you and you have to hear it all. Click on the picture below to take you to the video!

Also, remember to check out OUR latest videos on you tube! Click here.

peace out homies,

j.

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The ladies of MighTy J and friends had a BLAST on the Waikiki strip. Click on the pictures below to watch the videos!!!

Part 1

The girls walk the Waikiki Strip. Check out the dude with the bucket drum kit. Plus Jenn calls out the kickin’ drunk guy…

Part 2

The girls take over Moose McGillyCuddy’s in Waikiki.

Part 3

The final part of the 3 part series. The girls have their slumber party!

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