KINA GRANNIS Live & UpClose Sunday 7pm 18th March 2012 About Kina Grannis www.kinagrannis.com Born and raised in Mission Viejo, CA, Kina Grannis started playing shows at the age of 4 in front of stuffed animals. But between those who travel across state and country lines to her sold out live shows and those navigating through her extensive library of YouTube videos, it's quite clear that Kina is hardly playing for no one. In 2007, after four years at USC (where she recorded and self-released three EPs) and a brief move to Austin, TX, Kina joined YouTube, made a music video and entered herself into Doritos' Crash The Super Bowl contest. In the months that followed, Kina began to accrue followers, lots of them, making herself right at home in front of her computer. Her Two Weeks For Kina site traded daily videos in exchange for votes, and while her votes piled up her following grew exponentially. A few months later, her video for "Message From Your Heart" aired during the Supe! r Bowl and its 97-million viewers and Kina had a YouTube following, a Twitter following, a #1 video on Digg.com, a street team and, for a short time, a record deal. "One of the most amazing things that came out of the whole experience was the relationship that formed between me and my supporters online. They were right there on the journey with me, and every bit of success I had was thanks to them." Exchanging creative control for independence, Kina forfeited her record label, determined to record and
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