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MAKENA

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About Me

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Watch MAKENA (pronounced mah-keh-nah) in concert on Logo, the latest network from MTV! MAKENA stars in "L.A. Women's Fest," a concert documentary premiering Thursday, 1/25/07, at 8:00 p.m. Pacific! To see the 90 min. TV special featured on the Logo website click here .
MAKENA is the acoustic partnership of two girls born and raised in Hawaii, who took a chance on "the mainland" 5 years ago, and are now beginning to see it pay off.
Their homemade recordings and growing name caught the attention of Grammy-winning label (Best Hawaiian Album, 2006), which signed them to a record deal in mid-2006; their first album with the label is self-titled. As a featured act at L.A. Women's Fest in Hollywood, they star in a special on LOGO TV, the latest MTV network, premiering 1/25/07 at 8:00pm Pacific; and, MAKENA was also one of five acts from around the nation chosen for The '06 Emerging Artist Showcase presented by Olivia, the premier vacation company for women.
MAKENA means "abundance" in Hawaiian, and it's the reason Siena Lee & Toast Tajiri chose it as their name. Nurturing an outlook and energy that is optimistic, yet realistic, compassionate, and respectful of humanity's collective deeper wisdom, is their main hallmark in both music and on their podcast. The Girl Meets Girl podcast is where Siena & Toast have fun talking about their experiences and lessons learned as indie music artists, helping animals, being Asian-Pacific-Islanders, and the occasional rant or amusing observation on social/cultural issues.
Siena & Toast focus on gentle harmonies in their music and relationship. Concerts4Cats is their labor of love helping abandoned adult and senior cats in need of medical care. MAKENA is sponsored by Sam Ash Music. Visit them at MAKENAmusic.com. Visit them at www.MAKENAmusic.com

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Music:

Member Since: 3/17/2006
Band Website: MAKENAmusic.com
Band Members: Siena Lee: Vocals, Songwriting, Arranging, (& once in a blue moon, ukulele and/or guitar)Toast Tajiri: Guitar, Vocals, Songwriting & Arranging

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This is MAKENA's podcast -- Girl Meets Girl
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Hosted by Sparkle Tags MAKENA means "abundance." As MAKENA, we know and feel our deeper mission through music is to honor all of our fellow living creatures, which goes hand in hand with our work with cats. The vision and mission of Concerts4Cats is to see "every cat cared for."

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Record Label: Daniel Ho Creations
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Girl Meets Girl Ep43 - The Myth of Dykey-ness

Featured Topic is The Myth of Dykey-ness (December is Dyke Month on Girl Meets Girl :) but we also talk about a new vegan twist on a traditional Hawaiian dish, and writing haiku. Girl Meets Girl is u...
Posted by MAKENA on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:30:00 PST

"KA MANU"

"Ka Manu" was chosen to be in a documentary on Hawaii and it also inspired a production company to do a separate documentary on us and our journey in music and life. So it just goes to show when you...
Posted by MAKENA on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:55:00 PST

MAKENA on MTV LOGO NETWORK

We just heard a couple days ago from the film's producer, "L.A. Women's Fest" will premiere on Logo TV, Thursday, Jan. 25 at 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time! We are wonderfully excited about this, not having e...
Posted by MAKENA on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:39:00 PST

BY REQUEST, "TELL ME"

NEW ALBUM -- "By Request"Finally, after 3 years, we have a new full-length CD! Finally, it's a recording that represents the spectrum of songs we've performed live: originals, covers, and Hawaiian -- ...
Posted by MAKENA on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:58:00 PST

HELPING INJURED ANIMALS

One of the cats rescued through our Concerts4Cats effort was able to receive much needed medical attention yesterday; Venti-Latte will be released by the vet today. Another C4C cat, Song, although sti...
Posted by MAKENA on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:00:00 PST