Podcasts about opetaia foa'i

Opetaia Foa'i grew up in Samoa surrounded by the island's rhythms, sounds and songs. But, surviving wasn't easy and his family moved to the city of Auckland in New Zealand. As he grew up in this new environment he began to look into his roots and started to make music about his voyager ancestors. It caught the eye of producers at Walt Disney Animation Studios who wanted him to write the music for their upcoming movie Moana about a Pacific Island teenager trying to save her community. Opetaia Foa'i made sure the smash hit movie stayed true to Pacific culture. Listen to an extended version of this interview with the music Opetaia wrote for Moana here: https://bbc.in/2XUE9fw

A Chat with Opetaia Foa'i about the Music of 'Moana' by Flicks.co.nz

This is our Christmas Special! It’s a two-part double episode with several great guests, snippets from previous episodes and more of our highly intelligent and enlightening banter. In PART 1 we speak to Matt Bizzle, a saxophonist who’s currently making the transition to full time musician. Nick Poortman returns to talk about social dynamics within the music industry and Bobby chats to Opetaia Foa'i from Te Vaka about writing the soundtrack for the upcoming Disney film Moana. In PART 2 Eddie Gaiger talks about his experience as a top ten contestant on NZ Idol and Gavin Downie returns to talk about the emotional and psychological challenges of working in the music industry; particularly for the roadies and technical crew. Bobby also talks about his ‘Little Drummer Boy’. Enjoy! And have a great Christmas! DM & BK http://www.dontgiveupyourdayjob.co.nz

This is our Christmas Special! It’s a two-part double episode with several great guests, snippets from previous episodes and more of our highly intelligent and enlightening banter. In PART 1 we speak to Matt Bizzle, a saxophonist who’s currently making the transition to full time musician. Nick Poortman returns to talk about social dynamics within the music industry and Bobby chats to Opetaia Foa'i from Te Vaka about writing the soundtrack for the upcoming Disney film Moana. In PART 2 Eddie Gaiger talks about his experience as a top ten contestant on NZ Idol and Gavin Downie returns to talk about the emotional and psychological challenges of working in the music industry; particularly for the roadies and technical crew. Bobby also talks about his ‘Little Drummer Boy’. Enjoy! And have a great Christmas! DM & BK http://www.dontgiveupyourdayjob.co.nz