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Mila Polevia
Acoustic / Americana / Christian

"Housekeeping; no, no. Room Service..."



Portland, Oregon
United States

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Last Login:  12/1/2009
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Member Since2/27/2007
Band Websitefacebook.com/pages/Mila-Polevia/5426987
InfluencesJames Taylor - Peter Gabriel - Lori Willcuts - Gabby Pahinui - John Williams - Lyle Lovett - Placido Domingo - Jackson Browne - John Butler
Sounds LikeHey everyone! Here's the new video for "Light of the World". Check it out! http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E15C0C031CC54A7A Mila singing "The Lighthouse" in Hawaii. ..
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Type of LabelIndie


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I was born on a tiny Island in the South Pacific named American Samoa, a Trust Territory of the United States, in a section of the village of Leone called Puapua. As number 6 of 12 children (10 boys and 2 girls) I soon found that there wasn't enough food to go around. So at the tender age of 2 weeks, I packed up my lavalava, got into my outrigger canoe and set sail for the islands of Hawaii. There I met a family that really needed my help making Puka shell necklaces to sell to unwitting tourist for a few pesos. After a few years of extracting all the Puka shells I could from the Kawainui swamp on Oahu, I decided to adhere to the law and go to school. I spent my elementary years at the venerable Kailua Mission School (now called Windward Adventist School) under the tutelage of Miss Ruth Millard learning the basics of music which would lead to a lifelong career of music. She introduced me and my friend Russell Kim to the guitar and Russell and I would trade off learning and teaching each other all the new songs and licks we'd learn. For my high school years I once again packed up my lavalava (now quite a bit larger, thank goodness) and guided my outrigger to the fabled lands of Missouri- a land rich in mysticism and ogres, wizardry and factual myths. Guiding an outrigger through the Panama Canal wasn't as treacherous as paddling up the Mississippi, but the scenery was to die for. When I arrived at Sunnydale Academy, I was once again blessed with having Miss Millard as a teacher, and she once again guided me to understand the intricacies of music and all its wonderful possibilities. Another teacher there, Ray Ostrander, would take me on wild, dangerous Vision Quests to far off places like Decatur, Iowa and Lebanon, Missouri to teach others about the dangers of TVP meals, and while there I would play my guitar and sing songs of Hawaii to quell radical Loma Linda Foods advocates. From there, I went to colleges in Lincoln, Nebraska, Walla Walla, Washington, Richmond, Virginia, Providence, Rhode Island, Sarasota, Florida, Bozeman, Montana, Flagstaff, Arizona, Khabarovsk, Siberia, Provence, France, Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Canby. Everywhere I went, I savored every experience and encounter and tried my best to translate its emotion into my music. Unfortunately, more music stayed in me than came out of me. I still didn't know how to let it all come out. It wasn't until I met Zanuck Kapala Lindsey while working at Tokyo Disneyland as a mechanical bird trainer in the Polynesian Terrace's Tiki Room that a different sort of musical training began. Zanuck taught me how to arrange songs so that each piece of instrumentation is vital and irreplaceable for the success of the message. Whether that means just 1 instrument or 100 instruments, in order to convey your story, you have to know what gets in the way and what helps it flow. He guided me through some songwriting skills, gave me band and vocal harmony experience, even coached me on my first album. He is by far in my life the greatest musician I know, and though all my endeavors, I will never be able erase his influence on my life. Nowadays, I still play gigs in the Northwest and beyond with artists such as Lori Willcuts, Lisa Reiff, Judd Alexander and the Juddettes, Ken Haman and the Hamanites, The Joe Cruz Experience, and the classical-acid group Nylund Stockings. My life is propelled by the constant devotion and support of my wife Joanna, who, unbeknownst to me, changed my life through the book, "The Proper Care And Feeding Of Husbands" by Dr. Laura Schlessinger. If you're a wife, you need to read this. If you're a husband who thinks that everything is okay, you need to get your wife this book. I have 5 children, 2 from a previous marriage and 3 with Joanna. It seems to me, at 42, that things in my music lately have slowed down and have simplified. I enjoy the sound of well-tuned guitar, no effects, just clean. I love the overtones and detuned harmonics of Oregon Trail-era piano. I love the songs my son makes up on his harmonica. I love peace. I avoid mean people. I cry at commercials. I laugh at myself. I pray. And then I sing.

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Sep 12 2009 3:32 AM

Dear Friends,
this is just a quick note to let you know that this is the last chance to get a physical copy of my first album "Pretty Boys and Ugly Girls".

I'm going to release my new album this fall (subscribe to my blog if you want to be informed!) and the first one will then be only available as a download version.

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Aug 17 2009 11:17 PM

Hello Myspace friend ;)

Okay, here is our chance to help me win a record contract with Myspace Records!

I have just been selected as one of the final 5 out of 15,000 entries in the Toyota Music "Rock The Space" contest! - If we win, I will be able to record tons of my new songs and get back on the road to come perform for you all and hang out again! :)

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Thanks so much! This is our chance, let's really come together and make this happen - it would mean so much to me to win this contest!!


Thanks again and wish me luck,
Jon

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Aug 13 2009 1:50 AM

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May 5 2009 3:39 AM

hey mila! no i dont have a facebook, sorry. well how have you been? how many daughters do you have now?
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Apr 6 2009 6:32 PM

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I thank you for the friendship.

You are welcome :-)
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Apr 21 2009 4:31 PM

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Dean Dyson



Mar 28 2009 12:11 AM

Still waiting Mila.............
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Mar 27 2009 10:10 AM

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Mar 12 2009 4:31 PM

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Mar 8 2009 6:12 AM

greetings! wishing you a fantastic year and thank you for everything! ;D happy harping~!
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Feb 28 2009 7:11 PM



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Patrick

Patrick



Jan 26 2009 9:22 PM

Hope to see you soon.
Still at Crossroads?
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Dean Dyson



Jan 25 2009 9:46 AM

Had a delay getting all three cds together Mila, but they'll be on their way en matin :-) Happy New Year my friend!
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