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WEST HAWAII TODAY | BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016 | 7 “It’s just the music that I want to hear, and want to play and share,” says Bret Bollinger of his new solo project, which he brings to Kailua-Kona tonight. COURTESY PHOTO/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY called “Behind the Mic with Bret Bollinger” produced by Scott Rosenfelt, yes, the executive producer of the 1990s hit movie, “Home Alone.” The crew will be looking for “little excerpts, narrations and sound bites and seeing the personality of the people that I grew up with,” Bollinger said. “I’m coming home and the first episode is me telling the story of where I am from. It’s kind of a unique thing. Not many people in the industry are from Hawaii, yet alone been doing it for 20 years,” he said. “It’s kind of interesting that so many people, as I go around the world, everybody loves and appreciates Hawaii, whether they’ve been there or never been there, it’s always their dream. So it’s just a fun thing to bring the music and the aloha spirit to them and let them see it and manifest it so they can get more excited if they haven’t been and if they have been it takes them back to there, because everyone has a great memory of Hawaii. “So, I’m coming from that perspective — instead of a traveler that wants to go to cool places I was born in the coolest place, I was raised in the coolest place in the world, so when I go to other cool places it’s just a different perspective.” “Behind the Mic with Bret Bollinger” is scheduled for release next year, and Bollinger, who also has his own clothing line, Bollinger Brand, hopes a network will pick it up. While here, he also plans to speak to music students at Konawaena High School for the pilot, as well. And, of course, spend time with family and friends — because that’s where it all started. “It takes a while, but as you mature and get older, you figure out what is the most important thing and for us it’s always been ohana and coming home,” he said. ■


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