AWARD NEWS - “Tamahana” wins.
“Tamahana” from the Tutuki album has won first place in the World Music Category of the ISC awards, the biggest USA international Songwriting Competition!
This was one of the main categories voted on by a very impressive lineup of music industry judges including : Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20); Chaka Khan; Tom Waits; KT Tunstall; Robert Smith (The Cure); Ricky Martin; Loretta Lynn; Neil Finn (Crowded House); Buckcherry; T-Pain; James Cotton; Jerry Lee Lewis; Craig Morgan; Ray Davies (The Kinks); McCoy Tyner; Darryl McDaniels (Run DMC); Michael W. Smith; Chris Hillman (The Byrds); John Scofield; Mario; Black Francis (The Pixies); Youssou N'Dour; John Mayall; DJ Tiësto; Paul Van Dyk; Jon Secada; Natalie Grant; Jeremy Camp; Matt Thiessen (Relient K); Pittbull; Angelique Kidjo; "Weird Al" Yankovic; Sandra Bernhard; David Brenner. Plus a truckload of music industry executives from such companies as - Virgin, Sony BMG, Univeral etc etc. Naturally enough we are all very excited and happy to have won first place in such a prestigious competition.
WORLD MUSIC
FIRST PLACE
Opetaia Foa'i and Malcom Smith
Click here to listen to Tamahana
“Tamahana” was written for the movie “The Legend of Johnny Lingo” .
The two directors and producer of Johnny Lingo actually arrived at Opetaia’s studio in Auckland all the way from the USA to ask him to write the song. They had already licensed “Manatu” and “Ki mua” for the movie and they were very sure they wanted a Te Vaka sound for the theme tune. Opetaia watched the movie and felt inspired by the messages in it – values like keeping your word and doing what you promised no matter how long it took or how many obstacles got in the way so he agreed to write the song.
The main characters in the movie were called “Tama” and “Mahana” and that is how the name “Tamahana” came about – the coming together of those two people. The Johnny Lingo people were very happy with “Tamahana” and what it contributed to the movie so they decided it would be a great idea to have a video clip with the whole band.
This was lots of fun, the back drop was painted by the same artist who did the backdrops for the “Lord of the Rings”, it had a good budget and was shot on film and video then mixed with parts of the movie. You can see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eswq9orN20w
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