Herb Ohta Jr.

Herb Ohta Jr. continues to play the ukulele virtuoso of his legendary father, Ohta-san. His style is his and he has carved its niche as a musician from one of the premier's' Hawaii. His interest in the ukulele back to his childhood when he started learning the songs at the young age of 3. He studied with his father for many years, learning the technical mastery of his father and, finally, always inspired other Hawaiian musicians, and dedicated his lifeImplementation and teachers to play the ukulele.

Herb Ohta Jr., in addition to his career as a musician, a teacher observed the ukulele. He began his teaching career at the age of 11 years, Ohta-san-school. His career began in his late teens, when legendary Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau Hawaiian music inspires a deeper interest in music developed. His career as a teacher, but on others, and in 1990 began to have his classes, which continueto this day. He performs regularly for all types of events.

Herb Ohta Jr., while sharing his father's eclectic influences and interests, is very dedicated to traditional Hawaiian music. It 'appeared as a recording artist for the first time on a disc of his father. How to match his father, Herb Ohta Jr. demonstrated a work ethic that few can have, recording over 50 albums to his game and a steady stream of live shows. He won several awardsduring his career, including two Hawaii Music Awards. It 'was nominated for an award Hanohano Na Hōkō of not less than seven times during his career. In all this, but its primary drive approached the Hawaiian music to a wider audience.

He has seen too much success in this effort in expanding the appeal of Hawaiian music to the audience to almost 10,000 during the year strong. Also carried out virtuosity with some of the most famous musicians in Hawaii and itsentitled him to a place on stage alongside the best in the industry. He also promoted interest in the ukulele among musicians for publishing serious books of instruction on this instrument and Herb Ohta Jr. has made a series of works that further solidified the name of Ohta, as among the most respected in Hawaiian music.

Herb Ohta Jr. continues to give lessons, teaching all levels of students. His style is very much about the influence of his father, and images of the twoplaying together for the amount of skill on both sides showed incredible. Like most Hawaiian musicians Herb Ohta Jr. has not only the degree of awareness of the music of the Pacific islands has increased, but is much more popular, especially among young people, fascinated by the instrument that has long neglected his father and Ohta, Ohta- san both have worked hard to bring in people's lives worldwide.