Hawaii’s own “Common Difference”
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Hailing from Hawaii, this group has got
what it takes to take their career to the next level.
They have style, professionalism, great music,
great show performance, and skills. KeyLine
recently sponsored an event in Hawaii called
“Ho est in Hawaii” presented by Allicat
Entertainment, and Common Difference won First
place in the contest. They blow the crowd and
judges away, which included Freeway Rick Ross
and Suave Churchill of Rick Ross Music Group. We
got the chance to speak with the group and get to
know more about them. Check out our interview
with Common Difference.
KeyLine: How did you 3 team up to form this
group?
Kris: The boys actually knew each other and was
doing music together before I came into the
picture. I met them back in the fall of 2008.
Dusa: Me and Ham was actually doing music since
2006. We met Kris through her cousin, who was a
classmate of mine. She was telling me she had a
cousin who could sing, so I told her to tell Kris to hit
me up. A er that we just started collabora ng
with Kris.
Ham: A er making a few songs with Kris we all just
decided to be a group since we kept making songs
together. Which this then lead to our first project
called 'Passions to Professions.
KeyLine: Is there a specific meaning to your name
"Common Difference"?
Common Difference: The "Common" part comes
from all of us sharing the same passion and love for
music. We all understand what music can do for
our lives and how it can help our families. The
"Difference" comes from the differences in upbringings and musical backgrounds. We have
different insights on music which generally sets us
a part from one another.
KeyLine: How is the vibe (Krista) working with 2
men and you being the only lady in the group?
Kris: When I first started working with them, most
mes I just sat back and observed, because I didnt
know how to exactly create a song. I mean I did
covers on the ukulele and some mes wrote my
own stuff but I didnt know exactly how to properly
compose a song from beginning to end. The guys
didn't care though, because I knew how to sing
and come up with nice melodies and tones. A er
teaching me how to compose songs, everything
went up from there. We all vibe together like we
family. We've never had confronta ons or never
seen eye to eye on something just because im a
girl. They've never beli led or ignored anything
I've done or said because I'm the girl in the group.
They both real easy to work with, but you got to be
tough and ego s cal to be working with these
fools haha. But I think in general, women who's
trying to be apart of anything thats male
dominated, you got to be tough and keep it strong.
When we make music together we find a beat we
all like and just start vibing, throwing out melody
ideas, words, topics etc.