Kina Grannis

New Video: The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

Oh hey, KG Records Fam <3

I've been really excited to share this cover with you. I revisited this song recently on a drive with some friends and was suddenly struck by what a powerful song it was. In true Kina fashion, I thought it might be fun to suck all the upbeat bouncy life out of it and make it a little more feely feel time ;) Love the lyrics and message and have been really trying to take them to heart. Been feeling a little cloudy lately, so just trying to keep moving, keep positive...

New Video: I Will Spend My Whole Life Loving You

WOW that's a long title.

Hi friends! I am so excited to share this new duet with Jesse/Imaginary Future :) Not to mention this video! 

I keep trying to write out nice sounding thoughts, but I'm still jet-lagged in Singapore and my brain is failing me. The good news is, everything you need to know about this song, Jesse has just written about beautifully in his latest Patreon post. Please please go give it a read here: http://...

Stay - Zedd ft Alessia Cara (Cover with KHS)

friends friends friends. i am so sleep deprived i can hardly type so i'm going to keep this short!

- made it to singapore!

- zzzzz

 - zzzz

- this cover came out on kurt's channel already so you may have already seen it, but for those that missed it, here it is! such fun. don't understand kurt and joel's brains to be able to do this and not lose their minds.

- this is a bonus video! no one is getting charged :)

ok wow i really need to be unconscious now.

Kina Diaries: Hello from mush brain

Not sure yet what I intend to say here, but the situation is that I miss you and I've been wanting to connect with you all but life has been a little crazy, so here I am writing you all from bed at 10:30pm, delirious after spending about 7 hours straight in front of my computer mixing songs and forgetting to eat, and having the distinct feeling that perhaps my brain has all gone to mush.

Here are some things (gonna break this down as to not put you through anymore sentences like that cra...

See You Soon! (1k Celebration Livestream)

Sending out a final reminder for our Livestream Party today/tomorrow (depending when you read this/where on the planet you reside). Can't wait for to celebrate with you all! 

Saturday, May 27 @ 12pm PDT

Join in here:https://www.crowdcast.io/e/va6skyb9

Password: iamawesome

See you soon <3

xo

Kina

New Video: Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana Cover

Hello everyone!

Here's the new video! Had a lot of fun turning this song on it's head a little bit :) 

Reminder--our big livestream party/hangout/concert is TOMORROW! So excited to chat and sing and hang with you all.. AND announce our label name! If you haven't voted yet--be sure to do that here.

RSVP for our 1K Celebration Livestream (Tomorrow):2017-05-26 17:07:11 +0000 UTC View Post

What shall we call ourselves?! (Cast Your Vote!)

It's time!

I am excited to announce that I come bearing the Top 3 candidates for our record label name! I had so much fun reading through all of your ideas on our forum and I want to thank those of you who chimed in for taking the time and effort to put some thought into this. There were so many amazing ideas. SO. MANY. After reading through everyone's input, three names seemed to rise to the top.

I've written a blurb below for each name, summarizing why people were drawn to each one and...

Naming Our Record Label!

Hello all,

We've been casually brainstorming names for the new label for the last few weeks, but it's time to make it official!

If you have any ideas, this weekend is your last shot to add them (and your reasons why) to our Label Name Brainstorm page on Reddit. If you don't have any ideas, I want to hear from you, too! Check out the ideas and let me know which ones you like and why :)

Weigh in here: http://bit.ly/2qAyQUM...

Label Party & May Coffee Date

Hello friends!

Two important events coming up that I don't want you to miss:

May Coffee Date 

When: Tuesday, May 23rd @ 11am PST

What: Our monthly hangout and label meeting for Hedgehogs and up!

Where: I'll be sending out the private link on the day of the show

1k Members Party

When: Saturday, May 27th @ 12pm PST

What: An hour-long, label members-only live-streamed celebration of your collective aweso...

Video Premiere: When Will I Learn (Official Music Video)

Friends, friends, friends...

It's release day! And can I tell you how amazing and incredible it feels?! Not only to be sharing new music with the world, but to be doing it WITH YOU. To feel the support of 1,113 humans standing behind me as I embark on this journey. It's mind-blowing and amazing and I couldn't be more grateful to have you on my team.

I read your comments from the First Listen post aloud yesterday on our drive down to San Diego and cried. (The good kind of cry. (Though you...

First Listen: When Will I Learn

Oh gosh here we go, guys...

To commemorate the very first original song released through our yet-to-be-named label, I thought it appropriate to share this First Listen with ALL of you. 

I have so much more to say, but I'm going to save that for the music video post tomorrow. So... I suppose I'll just leave you to it.

I'm about to embark on a 3 hour drive down to San Diego to play a show tonight. I'll be thinking of you guys from the road, hoping you and this little song are ge...

Three More Days... (An essay on sharing?)

Three more days until "When Will I Learn", the first song from my new album, comes out.

I am simultaneously feeling the giddy anticipation that comes from knowing a piece of myself is about to be shared with the world, along with the pure dread that that piece of myself might be rejected. I get this feeling every time I'm about to share something I care about. Like all my songs, it is a piece of me--of my past, my hopes, my dreams, my fears, my struggles--scrawled out onto a page, sung ou...

First song off the new album out this Friday. I. CAN'T. WAIT.

Thanks for being the fuel that made this possible, fam 🙏🏻

xo
Kina

New ways for us to communicate!

Hello friends :)

I'm super excited to announce we have two new ways to communicate:

SLACK  

Consider Slack to be our very own private chat room. There are currently 3 channels to chat in: #communitychat (for random chatting), #share (for sharing things we love and think are cool), and #ideas (for throwing around label ideas).   Slack can be used on a desktop or as an app on your phone.

Kina Diaries: Hearing from you

Writing to you all from a beautiful sunny Sunday here in Los Angeles. I've spent the last two hours reading through and responding to some of your messages on Patreon and I just had to take a moment to say thank you.

I can't tell you how amazing it is to get a little glimpse into your lives, to hear about what you stand for and how you spend your days, or learn about how it happened that my music found you out there in the world. To those who have written, thank you so much for taking th...

April Coffee Date Archive

Our FIRST Label-Wide meeting! 

If you missed the coffee date, you can watch it here. Had so much fun with everyone and can't wait to do it again. Sending love <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVBCkus1UAM

Kina

New Video: God Only Knows w/ Imaginary Future

Hello friends!

So excited to share this video with you :) I had so much fun diving into this song with Jesse. The original is pretty masterfully written and arranged, and touching a song like that can be a little intimidating, but we did our best to honor it in our rendition!

Quick reminder that ALL of you are invited to tomorrow's Coffee Date--our first label-wide online hangout and meeting. I'm so excited! So much to talk about! The time and date can be found on the link below!

T...

You're Invited: April Coffee Date

Dear friends,

I am writing to inform you that you are cordially invited to the very first label-wide online hangout! [Insert confetti and cheers here]

I had a little meeting with the Hedgehogs, Otters, Foxes, Whale Sharks, and Unicorns, and they (very sweetly) decided to open up this month's Coffee Date to ALL label members (yes--that means you, Hummingbirds and Geckos). We have grown so immensely in the last 2 weeks, so this seemed like an awesome way to welcome everyone to the family, ...

ONE THOUSAND STRONG.

We are 13 days into the launch of our record label and we are already ONE THOUSAND STRONG!!! Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine we would hit this milestone so quickly.

I can't really explain to you what it feels like to know that 1,000 individual people out in the world have stepped forward and declared their belief in me. Have essentially said "What you're doing is important and I want to be a part of it." [Insert cry face emoji here] Our team is now 1,000 people strong. 1,000 minds, 1,...

New Video: Creep - Radiohead Cover

Hello!

This is the first video out since the launch of our record label, and guys, it feels different!! I know we have yet to really delve into figuring this whole thing out, but I feel a shift already. I have been working my tail off this past week, writing, shooting, recording, editing, planning, and I have truly enjoyed every moment. 

We are now 932 strong. 932!! 932 of you, who, in joining the label and becoming a patron of my music, have essentially said, "Hey, Kina. I believe ...

For you. Because of you.

A quick update to let you know that Song #1 is taking form :) Cannot wait to share it with you all soon and talk about the process in our next Coffee Date hangout (speaking of which, we gotta schedule that soon).

So much we need to talk about, figure out, etc, but for now, let's all relax for a moment and enjoy the weekend :)

And so our journey together begins. Honored to have you all on my team <3

xo
Kina

I AM SO FULL OF FEELINGS!!!

ummm ok i'm a puddle of tears!! the support thus far to our new label has been outstanding and my heart is beating so fast and i want to hug you all and what on earth is life!?!

i don't have the words yet to talk about my feelings properly, but this is a very early welcome to all our new members of the family!! please introduce yourselves in the comments and get to know each other! i'm obsessed with you!

xoxoxox
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Exciting Announcement!

Hello friends,

Our Patreon family might be growing a bit in the next few weeks and I wanted you guys to be the first to know why! I’ll be posting a video about this announcement on YouTube in a day or two, but here’s the short version:

During the last 10 or so years of being a full-time musician I have learned time and time again that the only thing I needed was YOU. Some of you have been with me since the Crash The Super Bowl days, when I won a major label contract, because of YOU. ...

New Video! Memory (Throwback Session)

Friends! Hello!

Somehow our Patreon Family has grown by FOUR new humans in the last 24 hours!! Welcome, newbies, whoever you are! Please feel free to introduce yourselves below and tell us a little bit about who you are--we're quite a friendly bunch here and we'd love to know you :)

It's so fun for me to revisit these oldies, so I hope you enjoy it too! I know that my "oldies" are potentially brand new songs for a lot of you who haven't been around as long, too, so I'm equally excited to...

The Return of the Cups! (I Don't Wanna Live Forever)

Hi friends! Here's another bonus video for you all this month! You might have caught it on Kurt's channel a couple weeks ago, but I always like to share it on mine as well for anyone who might have missed it :)

Kurt always likes to make it a challenge, and the cups certainly get that job done. Took a LOT of takes for us to all get it right. We had a ton of fun, but I won't lie, it does get a little tense as the takes go on... haha. Love these folks so much though! 

I'll be posting a...

Video: It Ain't Me with Kurt Schneider!

Hi everyone!

So this was one of the most fun videos in a while. I don't know how these guys come up with it, but they arranged the most insane percussive choreography and it was amazing to witness. I was so relieved to be the one holding the guitar ;)

Some of you may have already seen the video when it came out on Kurt's channel, but in case you missed it, here it is! Since it's been out for a bit though I won't be counting it as a Patron-supported video, so consider it a bonus, woohoo!<...

"Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls Cover

Hey everyone :)

I've been getting this request for years, I don't know why it's taken me so long to finally do it! Hope you enjoy it  :)

I gotta make this brief today because I'm prepping for an audition today! I don't do these often (I've probably been to 5?) but it's a good way to me to get out there and do something that scares the pants off of me. Wish me luck!

Also,  go watch the original music video for "Iris" because he's just sliding around a watch in a chair towe...

Kina Diaries: We found a song!

Hey friends!

I wanted to share with you a fun little tidbit from yesterday morning :)

Jesse and I were sitting across from each other on our couches, sipping our tea, doing some reading, when Jesse asked me, "Have you ever written a guitar riff in your head?" to which I answered "I'm not sure I've ever written a guitar riff."

A quick aside on guitar riffs for anyone who's unfamiliar--Jesse was reffering to a line of melody that gets played out in the guitar part (a good example of ...

"Yesterday" with Imaginary Future

Heyyyy friends,

Imaginary Future (AKA Jesse (AKA guy I married)) has been working on a Beatles EP for a while now, and I was so happy to finish it off with him with this cover of "Yesterday"! If you haven't heard his other Beatles covers, I highly recommend--here's a link to his Beatles Covers EP on Spotify:  http://spoti.fi/2m3TxXv

Been feeling a lot brewing in my brain lately, so while I apologize for being a little l...

Coffee Date + "Down" Marian Hill Cover!

Hey fam!

Bonus 3rd video this month! Hope you guys enjoy this cover I did with Kurt H Schneider and his super talented musician friends. How cool are saxophonists? Eesh.

In other news, our February coffee date for $5+ Patrons will be held this Sunday at 10:30am. Word on the street is Imaginary Future is holding his Patron Hangout a half an hour before that, so sorry in advance for those of you that might be attending both--I know you have lives to get to! But I'm very excited to catch up...