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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 m...

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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 ne...

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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...

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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 forg...

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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

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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--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 a...

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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...

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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 da...

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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 an...

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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 sup...

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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 g...

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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

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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...

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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,...

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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=NVBCkus1UA...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 fo...

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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 memb...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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. Too...

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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 vi...

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"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 ...

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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 sur...

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"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 ...

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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 Imagina...

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