Name: SUNRISE OVER HUALALAI
Duration: 3 min 52 s
Channel: Kevin Zimmermann
Description: Instrumental / Atmosphere. Instruments: 4 and 8 String Ukulele, Zither, Hano Ohe Ihu, Ipu drum, Yamaha S08 Keyboard and ambient sounds recorded on Hawai'i Island. Most birds are "Apapane".

SUNRISE OVER HUALALAI

Kevin Zimmermann

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Instrumental / Atmosphere. Instruments: 4 and 8 String Ukulele, Zither, Hano Ohe Ihu, Ipu drum, Yamaha S08 Keyboard and ambient sounds recorded on Hawai'i Island. Most birds are "Apapane".

kevin zimmermann

Kevin Zimmermann

Electronic, orchestral, contemporary, classical, eclectic.

I've been playing music since I discovered the piano at age 3. While playing solo in the recording environment, I also play rock with "The Buffalo Joe Band", a decades-old band based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic General

Author

Kevin Zimmermann

Rights

Kevin Zimmermann

Uploaded

March 12, 2018

Track Files

MP3

MP3 4.4 MB • 160 kbps • 3:52

Story behind the song

This was written just after I finished my Ohe Hano Ihu - Hawai'ian Nose Flute.  This instrument was often used by young Hawai'ian men as a means of attracting a girl, hoping she would like the melody.  As I wrote the song, a story took shape in my mind.  A young man goes out early in the morning adorned in his finest maile lei.  He plays his song - waits - then plays again a bit further off.  As he does, the land around him comes alive with songs of birds.  He soon realizes that he didn't attract a girl after all.  As the sun rises over Hualalai, it is plain to see that he has enchanted the land itself with his song.

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