“Rockstar” – Hawaii Music Video by Madskill Creative Consultants

Posted By Chris on August 31, 2009

http://www.vimeo.com/3806086

Reposted from Madskill’s website, Easy Music Center was featured in this music video featuring a compilation of local businesses and people.

Akai Miniak – Just came in the door!

Posted By Tony on August 31, 2009

New from Akai, the Miniak Synth and Vocoder!  Give us a call to find out more.

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What a crazy weekend!

Posted By Chris on August 31, 2009

Thanks to everyone who made this weekend’s events a huge success!  Saturday at King street, we had an all-day Fender sale, microphone sale, a Voice Clinic and performances from 5 bands!  Talk about craziness!

It all ran smoothly and we’re glad everyone had a good time and could save money on gear they wanted.

We have more events coming up in September, so make sure you’re on our email list!


– Chris

Fender Fan Appreciation Day underway!

Posted By Chris on August 29, 2009

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Getting a little creative!

Posted By Jericho on August 27, 2009

MyspaceSo I’ve begun making ads for the stores tv’s. For now I’m just practicing with the one down @ King. I just bought Adobe Creative Suite CS4 and have been working away ever since. It’s pretty entertaining coming up with new ideas for each ad and trying to make it different then the last, so there’s no repetition. I even got our commercial running in the lineup. Come down to King St. and check it out! I’m pretty stoked about it. It should be starting out in Pearl City as soon as I figure out a effiecient way of doing it without having to keep burning DVD’s every week :/

Snow Leopard? Careful with upgrading your OS!

Posted By Chris on August 27, 2009

Apple Snow Leopard

UPDATE – After a successful install, my major programs continued to work: Cubase 5, Sibelius 6, Final Cut Express 4. Presonus is offering a Beta driver for Firestudio and StudioLive. Sibelius issued an upgrade to 6.03 for Mac users only.  Cubase 5 works, but is very sluggish (VU Meters, etc.) The main things that didn’t work for me were Safari and Mail plugins (Glims, WideMail, GrowlMail, etc.).

The new OS from Apple is coming out tomorrow: Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.  I’m pretty excited and can’t wait to upgrade.  There’s a lot of under-the-hood changes made in this version – 64 bit processing for core applications, improved iChat video resolution with lower bandwidth usage, Finder and Exposé improvements, just to name a few.

But if you use any audio or video software or hardware, you may want to wait a bit before upgrading.  Apple has compiled a list of software that currently isn’t working with 10.6, and end-users are also compiling their own list.

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Hello! Welcome to the new EasyMusicCenter.com

Posted By Chris on August 25, 2009

Hi, I’m Chris, the General Manager of Easy Music Center and webmaster of EasyMusicCenter.com.  I wanted to start posting my thoughts as I update and try to improve our website.  I don’t have any formal training in HTML and site building, but I can Google for anything and usually get my answer!

Our previous website was built on Joomla 1.5, a popular CMS (Content Management System). It was useful, but I found it to be a bit limiting and hard to utilize.  Just changing the font size was a difficult task! Although, struggling with that system forced me to learn a bit about HTML and CSS coding.  

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Easy Music Center says farewell to Brandon Sato

Posted By Billy on August 24, 2009

EMC Party

Easy Music Center says farewell to Brandon Sato. He has been a member of the Easy Music family for over three years now and is deciding to further pursue a career of rock stardom on the mainland. We will miss him dearly and wish him luck with all of his future endeavors. Who knows, he may become a huge rock star and do a clinic for us showcasing his new signature series Ibanez guitar someday.

10% Instant Cash Back on Fender & Squier! Fender Fan Appreciation Days

Posted By Chris on August 24, 2009

Fender Day

Saturday, August 29, 2009 at EMC King Street
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Sunday, August 30, 2009 at EMC Pearl City

Yes you read right: 10% Instant Cash Back

Our Fender Rep will be in town to give 10% cash back on any Fender or Squier purchase that equals $100 or more! This is your chance to get that guitar or amp you’ve always wanted and earn cash back instantly. Easy Music Center is proud to be part of this nationwide promotion.

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Cat Wong Voice Clinic and Showcase

Posted By Chris on August 24, 2009

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Want to start singing?  Want to sing with more confidence?

These are the basic questions Cat Wong, vocal coach & instructor of catwongstudio in Honolulu, must answer every time a client comes in for a session.  Equipped with knowledge as a certified Speech-Level SingingTM (SLS) Instructor combined with 20 years of off-and-on solo & ensemble performances, 8 years of college-level teaching (Public Speaking & Critical Thinking), and a degree in Communication Studies, what better path in music is chosen than to pass on the right information to up-and-coming performers, musicians, and people who just want to sing. Period.

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