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The first radio single released from the 5:05 "Stay Awake" CD was a song written by Glenn Medeiros and his childhood friend Ernest Carbonel.  "I Wanna Be Her Man" wasn't originally written as a Reggae tune but I convinced the members in 5:05 that we needed a song that was specifically targeted for airplay on Island Music stations in our homebase of Hawaii, then we could shop the other rock tunes to Major Labels on the mainland. 

We decided to throw in a rebellious Heavy Metal/bang your head snippet at 2:37 (right after the 1st Guitar solo by Jonny Kamai). The tongue-in-cheek inside joke was well received and our music distributors said it was the best part of the song.  "I Wanna Be Her Man" became a big hit on Guam and a Chamorro drummer friend Chris Tydingco said alot of the bands on Guam learned the punches exactly as we recorded them on the CD so they could perform the song live.  

Another thing that caught people's attention about this recording was the great snare sound I got on Rod Esteban's drums (some musicians told me that they sampled the snare sound because they liked it so much). This CD was recorded in the original location of Flyin' Hawaiian: a converted family room for the control room and a bathroom with carpeted walls that I converted into a vocal booth.  So I recorded Rod's Kick, Snare, Hihat & Splash cymbal in the control room with the main speakers turned off. We wore headphones to monitor playback and I used two microphones on his kit: an AKG 414 on the Kick and a Shure SM57 on the Snare/HH.  Most of sound comes from the nice sounding piccolo snare Rod used and the drum technique he used to hit it consistently.  The rest was a little EQ from my Trident board to give it some presence and a little digital reverb to create some room ambience.

"I Wanna Be Her Man" by 5:05

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Reggae.

Bad Or Good Ft. Leonard Aguon

Please enjoy!! Our new single - Smoke Filled Room
This is a very special song for us, great feeling to finally put it up.  Also shout at @soundcloud.com/princefoxmusic who helped us coproduce this.

Performed by Alex Seaver (Mako)

Lyrics:
Isn't it a little late
Shouldn't you fly away
Little dove with cigarettes
Show 'em that you can hold your breath

I heard about a girl
Buried her dolls and lost her curls
Painted on lipstick red
Grew herself up and then she'd

Walk into a smoke filled room
Oh no one could keep their eyes off you
Have a little drink or two
Oh how could you be that girl I knew

Walk into a smoke filled room
Little black dress and mama's shoes
Isn't it a bit too soon
Oh how could you be that girl I knew

Walk into a smoke filled room
Oh I believe love will follow you
Isn't it a bit too soon
Oh how could you be that girl I knew

Take a step around the room
And every head keeps turning too
Little dove, you fight 'em back
Show em you're so much more than that

I heard about a girl
Buried her dolls and lost her curls
Painted on lipstick red
Grew herself up and then she'd

Walk into a smoke filled room
Oh no one could keep their eyes off you
Have a little drink or two
Oh how could you be that girl I knew

Walk into a smoke filled room
Little black dress and mama's shoes
Isn't it a bit too soon
Oh how could you be that girl I knew


Smoke Filled Room

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Amazing! We just reached 100.000 likes on Facebook! 

We'd like to use this moment to thank you for the amazing support over the last few years. As you may all know we worked really hard in the studio to get where we are right now, as a thank you we are giving away something special..

We got so many requests to share our 'Orchestral Intro' of Warriors, so we thought this is the perfect moment share it with you all! :D  http://voltst.at/100K

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Nicky Romero, Volt & State - Warriors (Volt & State Orchestral Intro Edit)

LOVERS ROCK REGGAE from LION FIYAH, HAWAII to the WORLD. ISLAND STYLE.

Riddim produced by BASERUNNER LUKE RICH

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Rude

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Made in Hawaii

We're Forever

We're Forever (feat. Nuthin' Under a Million)

Lost in Paradise

I Want Your Body

A toast to the WOMAN. We thank you as men and do appreciate our life.

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Apple Of My Eye

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& Lynn is my best friend -

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