Imua Garza

Imua Garza is a Hawaiian singer. He is the producer, composer, Main vocalist & ukulele, in the Hawaiian band Opihi pickers

Related Topics:
Hawaiian - Main vocalist - Ukulele - Opihi pickers

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Imua Garza's interest in music began at the young

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age of eight when he started playing the piano and

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taking music lessons. Soon, he was playing several

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instruments including the ukulele, guitar, violin, and

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the electric bass. Early in his career, he placed second

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on the local music competition Keiki Stars and was

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voted one of seven acts considered "Producers Best".

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Imua first appeared on a professionally released

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compact disc at the age of 11 when his version

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of "On Fire" was included on the Hidden Treasures -

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Ukulele Stylings 2 CD released in 1996 featuring

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Hawaii's most promising ukulele players .

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About this time Imua started playing in his first music

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group, Opihi Pickers, with his brother and his cousin.

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The Opihi Pickers' first CD, Fresh Off the Rocks,

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was released in 1998. From these recordings and early

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live performances his reputation as a ukulele virtuoso

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soon grew around the islands.

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Since that time Imua has become an accomplished

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producer, recording studio engineer and musical

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arranger and has appeared on over a dozen CDs

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including four from the Opihi Pickers, several

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various artists projects and a solo instrumental

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project featuring the ukulele called Dreamspeaking

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which was released in 2003. He has also done work

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on a movie soundtrack for an upcoming independent

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film from New Zealand and on commercials for radio

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and television.

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Imua has traveled throughout the islands and to Japan

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where he has played before appreciative and enthusiastic

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audiences.

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