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Maui For Tulsi Gabbard
Aloha Maui Tulsi Gabbard Supporters:
Per an idea Tulsi and I have been throwing around, we have gone ahead and made a Maui For Tulsi Gabbard facebook page. You can now check that facebook page for Exclusive Maui events, meet and greets, talk story sessions, sing waving, etc. The link to the page is https://www.facebook.com/MauiForTulsiGabbard. Please go ahead and “Like” that page and continue to spread the word and support our PRIME candidate for the US Congress!
Mahalo Nui Loa:
Team Tulsi Maui
Tulsi Gabbard For Hawaii
On April 6th, 2012 I had a chance to meet US Congressional Hawaii District 2 Candidate Tulsi Gabbard at her first ever Maui Sign waving in Kahului. Gabbard is THE PRIME choice to represent Hawaii district 2 in Washington DC. Unlike her competition, she took the time to hear our questions and concerns on Maui. Two of the many issues she is bringing to the table have my full support on. There are so many other subjects she has brought up that have my support on also. The main two are listed below.
I totally support her views on LGBT/Civil Unions and Marriage are full of support. Gabbard stated in the Maui News and to us at the sign waving that she believes in equal rights for all and that any government benefit extended to one group should be extended to all. She also said that in Congress she would work to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union of one man and one woman, and support passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, which would allow the U.S. government to extend benefits to all couples, regardless of sexual orientation. I have been spreading the word about what Tulsi has stated above and have reeled in some members of the LGBT community on Maui. As an advocate of “Equality For All”, this one truly rang the bells and my head.
Like thousands of others in the country, I totally support and agree on what Tulsu Gabbard stated about pulling our soldiers completely out of Afghanistan and how us as tax payers are having our tax dollars wasted over seas. She believes that our tax dollars should be spent at home instead of paying billions for an “Illegal Invasion” of other nations. “We spend over 1 billion dollars per year on our 100,000+ troops serving in Afghanistan. We need to be investing in our own country.” Gabbard stated in news papers.
She already has a ton of public service down. She serves in the Hawaii Army National Guard as a captain for a medical brigade based out of Hawaii. She has put her life on the line twice serving in the Middle East for the War on Terror. She served in the Hawaii state legislator in the House of Representatives. She has also served in the City and County of Honolulu Council. Her knowledge of how the government works is immense.
It is time to get a fresh voice for Hawaii in Washington DC. She is head strong and always speaks what is on her mind. She gives a good fight and does not stop until bills pass. In my honest opinion, we need more young candidates to start running for the US Congress. With all the older congressmen and women stuff doesn’t get passed all that easily nor do they even care to listen to the people that voted for them to those seats. Tulsi Gabbard has my full Vote in the up coming election. She has a ton of support from the younger generations in the State.
Check her Official Campaign Site out: http://votetulsi.com/
Tulsi Gabbard Offical Social Media Sites:
Twitter: @TusiGabbard http://www.twotter.com/tulsigabbard
Facebook: Tulsi Gabbard http://www.facebook.com/VoteTulsi
Soul Congress
Band Members:
Clay Mortensen: Lead Vocals
Josh Greenbaum: Back Up Vocals/Percussionist
Chris Sendrey: Electric Guitar
Shawn Michael: Bass Guitar
George Teve: Key Boards
Soul Congress in a brand new band on the island of Maui. They play mainly funk and soul music. I have to admit after seeing them perform, they are awesome! One thing that blew me past Pluto in their lead vocalist Clay Mortensen. He has such a wide variety of vocal ranges from a very low bass to a moderately high tenor. He really knows how to get people moving and on the dance floor. His energy mixed with the others in this group makes for one hell of an awesome show.
Josh Greenbaum is Mortensen’s back up vocalist. Like Clay, Josh has that special touch to get people’s energy flowing and get them out on the dance floor. Greenbaum can perform a wide variety of genres like Mortensen. Both of them can hit the richness of Soul, Funk, Pop, Alternative, Hip-Hop, and R&B.
What also makes this band so amazing is their talented instrumentalists.
Josh Greenbaum is also the band’s percussionist. He is one of Maui’s most talented drummers to date. His drumming style is smooth and he doesn’t over power vocalists or other instrumentalists.
Chris Sendrey is one of Maui’s most talented guitar and string instrumentalists. His energy mixed with Mortensen and Greenbaum makes for one hell of an amazing performance. His strums can be heard and felt yet doesn’t over power the vocalists and other instrumentalists playing. He is known to be a high energy guitar player. He also has a laid back style of playing too. This talent is amazing.
Shawn Michael is one of Maui’s most talented bass guitar and string instrumentalists to date. His strumming is rich in sound and plays just loud enough to hear the bass tones and yet doesn’t over power any of the vocalists or other instrumentalists playing. He has been seen shredding away at the bass and also has a laid back playing style.
George Teve is one of Maui’s most talented key board and electric piano instrument players I have met. His style of playing is smooth and rich. Teve has a knack of surprising the crouds with his various playing styles. He can play smooth and rhythmic and then go all out playing hard core. He compliments his skills perfectly with the others in this band.
All in all they contribute to the high energy and really compliment each other very well. You can see Soul Congress perform every Thursday night at Three’s Bar and Grill in Kihei. They have also had gigs at the Kahului Ale House in Central Maui. You have GOT to come and watch this new band! A blog post and review can’t fully describe how well they play until you have seen them. You never know who they might have performing with them. They are known to throw curve balls and feature other musicians in their gigs. Hope to see you at Three’s Bar and Grill Thursday nights!
Maui Social Media Friendships
I have to say this to everyone in my Maui social media group, I can’t thank you enough for what you have done to help me up the road and support me when I’m feeling blue. You all have made a LARGE impact in my life (Spiritually, Mentally, and Physically). All the tips, advise, and training you have given me is much appreciated and all. I love you all and thank you so much for being a part of my life. You are family to me. I look forward to continuing hanging out with you all and getting to forge not only personal relationships with you, but professional relationships with you also. This is an appreciation blog for you. I again thank each and every single one of you for all the help and advise. I love spending time with you at the South Maui Social Media Users Group and West Maui Social Media Users Group meetings, tweet ups, impromptu meet ups, etc. MAUI SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE ROCK!! Much love and Aloha to you! With much respect: DJ Smook 
ALERT FOR PARENTS, TIME TO ACT IS NOW!
So something has come up to where I feel a blog post is in order. A concerned parent recently noticed that her daughter’s friends have been posting photos on a facebook event called “The Most Beautiful Teens”. Even though the rules are pretty stiff for this, most parents don’t monitor what their children post online. So far I’ve seen a lot of teens posting some pretty explicit shots of themselves on Facebook, Youtube, Tumblr, Myspace, etc. ie (Sexually Enticing Gestures, Partailly exposed breasts and buttocks, showing of the tummy and lower waist areas, excessive showing of the upper legs, up close shots of the inner thighs, partial showing of the vaginal areas or penile areas [partial nudity basically] etc.) Let me tell you something about this, once a photo or video is posted online it gets saved to a server or multiple servers. These photos and videos WILL go viral within a matter of seconds. That is a COLD HARD FACT.
These actions are popular among youth now days thanks to content they see in magazines, tv, online ads, youtube, etc. This activity should be closely monitored by parents globally. I feel as if parents now days are just letting their kids post what ever they want online. Also another pointer that needs to get out is children posting their phone numbers, FULL home addresses, what school they go to, what bus route they take, what trains they take, what taxi stations they are at, etc. THIS is totally uncalled for.
Stuff like this, parents need to watch for. Here are some links to the contest going on.
http://blog.timesunion.com/highschool/competition-for-the-most-conceded-teenager/29570/ (This person/parent is angered by this Most Beautiful Teen Facebook Group and bashes Facebook over it)
https://www.facebook.com/MostBeautifulTeen (You can see what I’m talking about if you look at the photos posted in this group)
These are PRIME examples of parents not monitoring their children and what they do online. Why do you think so many rapes of minors happen? Why do you think so many kidnappings occur?
Parents this serves as an ALERT. Get involved on what your kids are doing and posting. That is what social media consultants say along with Law Enforcement and Federal agencies. TIME FOR ACTION IS NOW.
Feel free to leave feed back in the comments section of this post.
PROTEST THE MAUI COUNTY LIQUOR COMMISSION’S MOTION TO END ENTERTAINMENT IN SOUTH MAUI
(Wailuku, HI) The word is out! After reading this post from a friend, this makes my blood boil as a music and events promoter and coordinator. The Maui County Liquor Commission is putting in for a motion to END ENTERTAINMENT in the Triangle in the Kihei Kalama Village. An ordinance is being proposed to basically shut down The Triangle in Kihei and end the days of Entertainment existing after dark. The Triangle consists of these fine South Maui venues: Life’s a Beach, Kahales, Three’s Bar and Grill, Dog and Duck, The South Shore Tiki Lounge, Ambrosia, and Lulus which all feature entertainment on a nightly basis. These are all great venues and a TON of people would hate to see the owners of these establishments have to close their doors for good due to this heartless motion being set forth by the Maui County Liquor Commission. People are already angered by this heartless act. The Kihei Kalama Village property manager and owners were not around for comment on this issue being set forth which is putting their tenants at risk of closing down should this motion be set forward. The Fire has been started and we will keep this fire going until the Liquor Commission drops this case.
Also read this article written in the Maui Time LC Watch: http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-i-2011-10-20-76379.113117-Follow-The-Maui-Booze-Money.html
Sebrina Barron, Shawn Michael, and Clive Tucker KILLED IT!
(Kihei, HI) Last night Sebrina Barron made an appearance at Diamond’s Ice Bar out in Kihei. She had with her two very talented musicians. They were local Maui bass guitar player Shawn Michael and Maui percussionist Clive Tucker. This even was a huge success. Barron performed her written music and covered quite a bit of songs from other artists. Michael shocked us all by providing back up vocals. Tucker provided an awesome array of drum beats. The crowd was into it quite a bit and we even had dancers on the floor and people doing the human centipede too. We also had a surprise guest join us at the very end. Grammy Nominated music sensation Mark Johnstone made an appearance. Michael relinquished the bass guitar and Johnstone played along with Barron and Tucker. It was a very memorable night. With all this talent going around and people starting to spread word on this awesome band, I can see them opening up for people like Metallica, The Throwdowns, and so much more. Here is the link to my youtube page so you can see some of the stuff that was performed at all of these artists past events.
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/DELTA1978THETA/videos
The Sirens
So you’ve probably heard me talking about this new band forming on the island of Maui. This is an awesome new and upcoming band still in the works.
The Band Members are: Elaine Ryan, Sebrina Barron, Shawn Michael, and Clive Tucker
Elaine Ryan, Sebrina Barron, Shawn Michael, and Clive Tucker have teamed up for this extensive project. This group have named themselves as The Sirens and can be seen performing live at various venues around the island.
Elaine Ryan. Vocalist. Main Vocals/Backup Vocals/Guitar Player
Ryan’s main vocal range is in the alto/tenor and can even go soprano. Ryan is awesome in the soul genre. She has also proven at events that she can hit other genres such as pop rock, some rap, R&B, and even rock. She plays the guitar and has also been seen playing the tambourine, maracas, and other misc. instruments at events.
Sebrina Barron. Vocalist. Main Vocals/Backup Vocals/Guitar Player
Barron’s main vocal range is an alto and can so soprano. Barron has proven that she is strong in the Pop Rock genre. She has also shown that she can perform classic rock, some hip-hop/rap, some R&B, and even reggae. Barron also plays the guitar and has also like Ryan been seen playing the tambourine, maracas, and other misc. instruments at events.
Shawn Michael. String Instrumentalist. Bass Guitar/Ukulele/Guitar
Shawn Michael is a very talented strong string instrumentalist on the island. Michael’s instrument of choice is the bass guitar, but on a number of occasions has been seen playing the ukuleles, standard guitars, and electric guitars. Michael’s style of playing is smooth going and really knows how to blend his strums and not over power other instrumentalists or the vocalists at gigs.
Clive Tucker. Percussionist. Drums/Congas
Clive Tucker is a very talented percussionist on the island of Maui. He can play on the standard sets of drums, but can also play the congas as seen at events. He has an natural talent where you can hear the richness of the drums, but not over power and fade out the vocalists and other instruments at gigs.
You can see Elaine and Sebrina performing every Saturday at Mulligans on the Blue in South Maui or at other venues around South Maui. Believe me, once you hear these two talents mix their vocal ranges together, you will be blown away at how well these two match up with each other. They sound awesome acoustic style and when they perform together or with Michael and Tucker in the background.
Sebrina Barron, Shawn Michael, and Clive Tucker Diamonds Show
(Kihei, HI) The news has been broken about an up coming Diamonds Ice Bar event. This Thursday, February 16, 2012 Local Maui up coming music sensation and star, Sebrina Barron will be headlining the event and will be singing all night long. Barron has a vast music assortment and is a part of a newly formed band, The Sirens. She will be accompanied by Maui’s HOTTEST band members too! Maui’s very own bass master himself, Shawn Michael will be ripping away at the bass guitar and who knows, he might even play the regular guitar and the ukulele. From the Kanekoa band, we have their awesome drummer and percussionist, Clive Tucker who will be beating away at the drums and congas. Come down and chill with us on Thursday. Start your weekend off a day early with us. Who said anything about cover charges? There is no cover what so ever for this event. Let’s support Local Maui music and pack Diamonds Ice Bar. See you there!
