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 Artist:
Desert
Isle
CD:
Nanea
Category:
Island Traditional
Contact:
fbcsound@aol.com
Bruce the youngest of six started playing music when he was
in the fourth grade back on the island of
Maui with his Mother "Maui Mati".
He spent many years entertaining the tourist
throughout the islands. Through his career
with his Mom he played at such resorts as
The Hyatt Regency Maui, The Royal Lahaina
Resort, Sheraton Maui, Kaanapali Resort,
Intercontinental, Stouffers Waialea Beach
Resort, and so many more including all the
beautiful condominiums along the beach coast
of west Maui. In 1986 Bruce went on tour
with the group to Canada and Alaska playing
at many sold out auditoriums through out
Vancouver and in the Yukon Territory
"White Horse" One of his hi lights
was playing at one of the Worlds Fair venues
in Vancouver!
One of Bruce's fondest memories is when he
was able to sing with a group called
"Sing Out Maui" which was a branch
off of the group called "Up With
People". This allowed Bruce to further
his music career by singing with a larger
band and with a traveling a group of 40 or
more talented entertainers. Singing for
Hotel Resorts and ocean liners like the
Royal Viking, Princess Cruises, Mariposa,
Monterey, Constitution and Independence. He
was also on NBC singing for governor of
Hawaii Ariyoshi during his inauguration.
Bruce moved to Las Vegas in 1993 and since
has created his own group called Nanea. He
has had the opportunity to play with
different Halau and has played for many of
the Las Vegas Resorts, Caesars, Stardust,
MGM Grand, Flamingo Hilton, California,
Fremont, Main Street, Paris, Rio, Bally's,
Tropicana and the Las Vegas Convention
Authority to name a few. He has teamed up
with his friend and buddy Frank Corpuz to
bring this CD together, Frank has written
and composed five beautiful songs on this
CD. This is one of the reasons this CD is so
unique, "Not only do I have traditional
Hawaiian music but I also have Frank's
beautiful written music"
In July Bruce had the privilege to be in the
Hana Hou magazine, the magazine of Hawaiian
Airlines. He was on the front cover as well
as in the magazine its self. The magazine
was on every flight that Hawaiian Air flew
for the months of June and July. This
included not only the inter island flights
but international overseas as well which
consisted of hundreds of thousands of
people.
Franklin Corpuz
Writer/Composer/Producer
Bio
Youngest of three, Frank was born and raised
in Waimanalo, Hawaii. After his Dad passed
away the family moved to Kalihi. During his
younger years his sister Geri forced him to
accompany her to play the ukulele and guitar
while Geri played the piano. From that day
on Franklin was hooked into the music.
Franklins affiliation with Bruce in there
music extends over a decade of performances
from slot parties, private weddings,
birthdays, conventions, hula competitions,
grand openings and even for the Governor of
Nevada. Places ranging from Hawaii, Alaska,
Laughlin, Lake Tahoe and the Las Vegas
Valley.
After Franklin's sister Geri passed away His
passion for music became stronger and
stronger. To this day Franklin has written
songs and hopes the Hawaiian community will
enjoy his compositions.
Sample
Shots:
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My
Beautiful Rose
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Kualana
O Hilo Hanakai
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I
Ali'i Oe
No
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Desert
Isle
c.2004
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