Occupy With Aloha

Watch the official music video of "We Are The Many" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3BYw4xjxE&feature=related

Download the song for FREE here: http://makanamusic.com/?slide=we-are-the-many

Hawaii video interview with Makana by Civil Beat. Included performance of We Are The Many. Makana Live in Civil Beat Newsroom: http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2011/11/21/13986-newsmaker-makana-live-in-c...

Occupy With Aloha: A definitive article on the on the APEC Occupation... The Many, Not the Few: An Anthem for Occupy: http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/5426/the_many,_not_the_few:...

Makana talks about money and debt slavery in lead in to We Are The Many at event this weekend. ""We Are The Many" Makana Live Kaua'i 11.17.11" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIaVW1fzTro&feature=youtu.be

Taken on 11.12.11 in Honolulu on the grounds of the Hale Koa

My guitar tech shot this with a camera phone during my performance for the World Leaders Dinner at APEC, which was hosted by the First Family.

He had to be extremely discreet as Secret Service had warned those on site that any phones used to capture photography or video would be confiscated. Since he has a guitar tuner app on the phone we were able to justify having it out, but grabbing video was not easy. We were under constant surveillance. Personally I like to have video of every performance. It's my art and my right.

About an hour into my set of generally ambient guitar music and Hawaiian tunes, I felt inspired to share some songs that resonated with the significance of the occasion.

I sang a few verses from "Kaulana Na Pua" (a famous Hawaiian protest song in honor of the anniversary of our Queen's passing), then segued into Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", Sting's "Fragile", and finally my newest song "We Are The Many".

My goal was not to disturb the guests in an offensive fashion but rather to subliminally fill their ears and the entire dinner atmosphere with a message that might be more effectively received in a subconscious manner. I sweetly sang lines like "You enforce your monopolies with guns/ While sacrificing our daughters and sons/ But certain things belong to everyone/ Your thievery has left the people none". The event protocol was such that everyone there kept their expressions quite muffled. Now and then I would get strange, befuddled stares from heads of state. It was a very quiet room with no waiters; only myself, the sound techs, and the leaders of almost half the world's population.

If I had chosen to disrupt the dinner and force my message I would have been stopped short. I instead chose to deliver an extremely potent message in a polite manner for a prolonged interval.

I dedicate this action to those who would speak truth to power but were not allowed the opportunity.

Me ka ha'aha'a,

Makana

Notes: We Are The Many is a free download at http://makanamusic.com/?slide=we-are-the-many

The full music video is posted to Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3BYw4xjxE&feature=related

HQ video is posted to Vimeo at: http://vimeo.com/31938326

Thanx for sharing the song!

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Posted links to a new Makana video interview with song performance by Civil Beat and a definitive article on the Occupy With Aloha Action above in "info".

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Today (11/19) at 12pm Hawai'i time, 5pm Eastern: MAKANA Live! CONCERT hosted by #OWS on Livestream, streaming at link above in "info"! If you're in NYC, the concert will be shown live on a big screen at 5pm at 20 Cooper Square, Hemispheric Institute. Aloha!

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Makana talks about money and debt slavery in lead in to We Are The Many at event this weekend. Seach ""We Are The Many" Makana Live Kaua'i 11.17.11" for the video.

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@MakanaVideos Posted Kauai link above since search hasn't been enabled yet.

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Makana sends "My appreciation and aloha to all who are participating in this great dialogue and exercising their rights for an end to government corruption, big corporate monopolies and fraud."

[morningstar2409]

Thank you, Makana, for your bravery! Singing what is in our hearts- what could be wrong with that! Woody Guthrie would be proud!

[tomricketts007]

i bet the 53 pricks who disliked this were the ones at the meeting.

[onewholearth]

The voice of our generation???

[WillOrng]

@VirtualR There's a huge difference between oligarchic crony capitalism and free (of monopolist/oligopolist) market capitalism where losses for the few are socialised and gains of the few cream off the labour productivity of the many by underemploying underpaying, overtaxing and overcharging us.

[lopezyvonne8501]

Thank you, Makana.

[spaceturtle120]

I listened to your radio interview with Sean Hannity and thought you did very well. He obviously tried to brow beat you and you stood your ground but didn't take his bait to get aggressive and lose your control. You handled yourself admirably. Well done.

[VirtualR]

@ascendingstarseed There's one thing a lot of people overlook, that is why do people run a business. For me as a small business, I want to provide good services for my customers, build relationships with them and assist them to go further in their lives as I go further in mine. For this we need to capitalise. That doesn't mean we don't favour our workers and customers, they are the most important part. We just want to supply great services at lower price, capitalism doesn't need to be selfish.

[ascendingstarseed]

Great job! Love the song and your spirit, keep up the great work....you're a very

talented young man.