Kina Grannis

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 to...

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 :)

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<...

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 List...

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 pla...

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 pie...

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 thro...

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 m...

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 meeti...

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 i...

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...

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, i...

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 ...

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 obse...

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 b...

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 potentia...

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 lit...

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 f...

"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,  g...

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-...

"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/2m3TxX...

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...