 DANIEL
HO was born and raised in Kaimuki, a small town on the island of
Oahu. He discovered his fascination with music at the age of three
when his mother taught him Mary Had a Little Lamb on a toy piano.
Throughout grade school and intermediate school, Daniel studied the
organ, 'ukulele, classical guitar, piano, electric guitar, bass,
drums, and voice. As a high school senior, he flew to Michigan to
compete in the Young Keyboard Artists Association International Piano
Competition before heading off to the Grove School of Music in Los
Angeles, California. He remembered the experience well, "It was like
David and Goliath – and I didn't have a slingshot."
At the Grove School of Music, Daniel studied composing, arranging, and
film scoring. He began his professional career in 1990 as the leader,
keyboardist, producer and composer for the contemporary jazz group,
Kilauea. By 1997, they had released six best-selling smooth jazz
albums to rave reviews. Two records reached Billboard's top ten, two
hit number one on Radio & Record's national airplay charts and all but
one placed in the top five.
Daniel has since recorded 18 CDs as a solo artist. Isolating Daniel's
musical genre can be quite difficult as he continues to tap into the
many facets of his talented background. His portfolio includes smooth
jazz, slack key, religious, acoustic alternative, classic and
contemporary Hawaiian. He has performed throughout the continental
U.S., Mexico, Japan and Germany. He was a guest lecturer at Stanford
University, and most recently, a featured soloist with the Honolulu
Symphony. This multi-instrumentalist/composer has received numerous
industry honors, including three coveted Na Hoku Hanohano awards
in 1999, 2000 and this year, his album Hymns of Hawaii –vol 2
was named Religious Album of the year 2005.
In addition to his instructional book and CD, Secrets of Contemporary
Slack Key Guitar, Daniel has produced, arranged, composed, engineered
and/or performed on over 55 records. For his work as a producer, musician
and writer on Bridgette Bryant's Lessons In Life CD, Phil Collins
wrote a forward describing Daniel as "Very talented". Not bad for a
guy from Kaimuki, Hawaii! Daniel now resides in Los Angeles,
California.February 8th, 2006 marked a career milestone for Daniel
Ho. He was awarded the music industry's top honor--the 48th Annual
GRAMMY Award for his work as a producer and artist on the album Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 1,
for Best Hawaiian Music Album.
Daniel also co-produced and performed on every one of our compilation CDs:
Legends of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar -Live from Maui
honored with the 49th Annual
GRAMMY Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album and our 2007 compilation CD:
Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key
Guitar which won the
50th Annual
GRAMMY Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album and our 2008 CD:
The Spirit of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar (2008
Daniel Ho Records) which was nominated for the 51st Annual GRAMMY
Awards for Best Hawaiian Music Album!
Daniel co-produced, performed on and is again featured on our newest and just released compilation CD:
Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Vol 2
(2009 Daniel Ho Records) which just won the 52nd Annual
Grammy Awards for Best Hawaiian Music Album!
For more information on Daniel, visit his website:
www.danielho.com
Daniel last performed in The Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key
Guitar Concert Series at The Napili Kai Beach Resort, Maui on
June 11, 2008.
He previously performed in this series on
August 1, 2007 and before that at the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua on June 21, 2006; before that on June 28 and January 25,
in 2005 and before that on November 9, and March
9 of 2004. |
