ʻAina Studios · Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi
Built for creatives
who mean it.
ʻAina Studios is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit creative studio training musicians, producers, engineers, developers, and storytellers to do excellent work — and put it into the world.
The Work
Real things. Made here. In the world right now.
Apps, tools, training, and releases — built in Kona, made to travel. No gatekeeping.
My Music Rider
Your stage rider, dialed in. Patchlists, drag-and-drop stage plots, monitor mixes, and gear lists — exported as a clean PDF and synced across devices. Built for live-sound engineers.
Explore the app →
Global Prayer Chain
A worldwide wall of prayer, being built right now. Share what's on your heart and pray with believers across the nations — anonymous, moderated, and free.
Follow the build →
Musical Quotient
What kind of musician are you? A research-grounded, adaptive assessment — 6 dimensions, 16 archetypes, about 8 minutes. Every path is unique.
Take the assessment →
Song Arranger
Map your song before you track it. Sections across the top, tracks down the side — arrange the whole record in one view, free in your browser.
Open the tool →
Da Party Planner
Plan the whole party — down to the last pound of kālua pork. Punch in your headcount and it works out the food, the drinks, the shopping list, and the cost.
Start planning →
School of Worship Kona
Hands-on production training with the School of Worship at YWAM Kona — live sound, recording, and stagecraft, taught in the room where it happens.
See the program →
The Music Reformation
A book about where music has been, where it's headed, and what it takes to make work that lasts. Written from the workbench, not the sidelines.
About the book →
Field Notes
Notes from the workbench — training recaps, build logs, releases, and what we're learning as we go. Straight from the studio floor.
Read the notes →
The Name
ʻĀina means land.
The thing that feeds you.
In Hawaiian, ʻāina is the land — literally, that which feeds. That's the whole idea here. Plant creatives in good ground, feed them real training and real tools, and the work that grows travels from Kona to the ends of the earth.
What We Do
We train people. We build things. We push what's possible.
Music is at the center — live sound, recording, production, songwriting. But it doesn't stop there. If you make things, there's something here for you.
Train
Workshops, intensives, and training resources for musicians and creatives at every level — from first soundcheck to final mix.
Create
Music, recordings, films, apps, and media. Real things — made to last and made to travel.
Release
Real credits, real releases, real body of work. Our people ship — no gatekeeping.
Explore
Testing what's next — AI, music tech, creative software, app development — so our people work with what's current.
Who We Are
This isn't a hustle platform. It's a training ground.
ʻAina Studios is the public name for Ends of the Earth Media Inc. — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi. Same organization, two names: ʻAina Studios is what you see on the work. Ends of the Earth Media Inc. is the legal entity behind it.
We've trained musicians, engineers, developers, and creatives. We've released songs, shipped apps, and built training resources — all of it volunteer-run, all of it built around one idea: creative people deserve to be equipped well.
- 501(c)(3) Public Charity
- EIN 87-0814824
- Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi
- Volunteer-Run
- Donations Tax-Deductible
Questions
The short answers
Is ʻAina Studios a nonprofit?
Yes. ʻAina Studios is the public name of Ends of the Earth Media Inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity registered in Hawaiʻi (EIN 87-0814824). Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
Where is ʻAina Studios located?
Home base is Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. We work closely with the School of Worship at YWAM Kona, partner with creatives and ministries well beyond the island, and our apps and tools are in use around the world.
What does ʻAina Studios actually make?
Apps like My Music Rider and the in-progress Global Prayer Chain, free web tools like Song Arranger, Musical Quotient, and Da Party Planner, music releases, and hands-on training for live sound, recording, and production.
How do I get involved?
Three ways: collaborate on a project, volunteer your skills, or donate to keep the work free and moving. Musician, developer, filmmaker, writer — if you make things, there's a place for you here.
Want In?
If you make things,
there's a place for you here.
Musician, developer, filmmaker, writer — come build with us.