I feel like growing up here has given me a perspective you just can’t get in most places. The immensely powerful ocean, with its healing energy, and the long sandy beaches and rock cliffs. The beautiful forests, the deep carved valleys, the rivers that run to the sea.
These islands that we call home are filled with such diverse beauty and mystery, that you can’t help but develop a poetic nature from living here. I also feel heavily influenced by the beautiful land I was so lucky to be raised in. How amazing it feels! I can’t put it into words, but I thank the Creator every day for blessing me with this life immersed in music. Somehow against all odds and the opinions of my high school counselors, I am successfully raising a family and paying my bills by playing my own original music. So here I am, doing my best to fulfill my dreams of being a professional musician. I thought to myself “I can do that!” Seeing them do it before my very eyes somehow made it tangible and possible. I watched people I knew around me making incredible music, and it amazed me. I feel so lucky to have been raised in a musical family, growing up watching my Dad and Grandpa write songs, it really had a big impact on me. I was blessed to make music with so many talented musicians, and I really credit most of the skill and style that I’ve developed to that.
I never really had any formal musical training, besides some piano lessons when I was young, so I really just learned from listening and watching. My main musical influence came from my family and friends. I wrote at least 50 before I actually produced one I was proud of. Soon after, I started writing songs, many horrible songs. I played a few different instruments and finally settled down on the guitar at around 16. I can always remember singing, just singing wherever and whenever, no matter how bad I sounded, I just always loved to sing. Music has been an integral part of my existence since before I can remember. I am a spiritual person, but I’m not religious. I am first and foremost a father and a husband and a son. Bio: "I was born and raised on the island of O’ahu in Hawai’i and grew up in Kalama Valley about 5 minutes from Sandy Beach.
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