BIOGRAPHY

Eric Lee is widely known in the music industry as one-third of the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award Winning group, Nā Kama.  Together, they released four CDs, two of which earned Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards respectively.  His creative musical arrangements and awareness to perpetuate the Hawaiian language has contributed to the magical sound of Nā Kama from it’s inception through his 10-year journey with them.

Eric has been playing music from the age of nine, venturing through instruments like:  ‘ukulele, keyboard/piano, guitar, and electric & upright bass.  Eric studied choral music and theory in high school and college, finally recording his first CD with the band The Kanile‘a Collection in 1994.  Since then, Eric has been traveling to other islands in the Pacific (ie. Sāmoa, Tahiti, Rarotonga, Aotearoa), also visiting countries like Guam, China, and Japan.  Eric was also a member of the popular island music group, The Ka‘ala Boys, releasing three studio CDs, a Christmas single, and a greatest hits CD.

Eric has also worked as a studio-for-hire musician, playing on (and at times asked to produce) other artists’ projects (ie. Kanilau, Norm, Kāwika Regidor, Pai‘ea, Malia Ka‘ai), including a number of commercial products, some of which Eric has composed music for.

In June of 2007, Eric released a CD single, “Camp Lē‘ahi,” a song he composed for the Camp Lē‘ahi summer program he works at as music teacher.  This single has received great acclaim from the parents as well as the students and staff at Camp Lē‘ahi.  Eric also recorded a Japanese version of this song, catering to the Japanese students who attend the program at the latter part of the summer.

With all of Eric’s experience in musicianship, studio production, and song writing, it has always been an ambition to one day release a CD.  With his versatility in playing different genres of music, releasing his solo debut CD, “Crossroads”, was an opportunity to showcase to the public a little of what Eric is all about.  Encouraging to his fellow recording artists the release of a studio recording “direct to download” due to the tremendous changes in the CD market sales of today, “Crossroads” is exclusively available for purchase via iTunes and Amazon.com.  Liner notes and lyrics to Eric’s recordings are conveniently made available on this website.

Due to the tremendous success of “Crossroads,” already earning the Hawai‘i Music Award for “Contemporary Hawaiian CD of the Year,” this recording is now available in physical CD format, including three original bonus tracks with lyrics/liner notes available in Hawaiian, English and Japanese!