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Hey Gang,

Our very own Daniel Ho has done it again. For the third year in a row he's won the Grammy for Best Hawaiian album. We had quite a few JPF members nominated this year, but so far Daniel's the only one to bring home the trophy today. We were able to watch the PreAwards awards on the web this year (which was a great thing Gammy folks) and we got to see Daniel and his group of artists on stage accepting.

Now I guess we'll see if they can go for 4 in a row and if they can make it to the nominations in the JPF awards in the Hawaiian category this time around.

Congrats again Daniel! It's nice to see the nice guys finishing first!


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BIG congratulations Daniel! Three in a row?! One is a great achievement. Three times the greatness, then.

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Aloha....Way to go, Daniel...!!! smile smile Standing ovation smile smile

A few of my friends from McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Manica saw you at Borders in Torrance last week...!

What a great accomplishment!

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double post...sorry...

double applause for Daniel smile LOL

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So the question is, what is the record for consecutive wins in the same category? I am sure it's more than 3.. but perhaps it can be the next goal for Daniel?

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He's a gang of one.. All hail the Dynasty!


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Thank you all so very much for your encouraging words and support. We really couldn't have done it without you!

My goal has always been to make the next project better than the one before - look a little better, sound a little better. I'm not sure we always succeed, but we try! Then we just put it out there and hope for the best.

It is truly an unexpected honor to be recognized again, and no less exciting than the first time!

Here's another one for us JP Folks!!!!!

Aloha and mahalo nui loa for your support,
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Yes congrats on the win(s) Daniel! Glad to see you have a passion for your art and yet remain humble. Just don't let it get to your head and get all Kanye with us. :-)

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YAAAAYYYYYYY DAniel!!!!!

Congratulations!!! Cher smile

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Hey Daniel!

Congratulations!!! I'm so happy for you!

Next time I'm in Maui I'll have to stop down for a show. I narrowly missed you in August I think...

All the best!! smile

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congrats you got my vote

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Hey Gang,

Our very own Daniel Ho has done it again. For the third year in a row he's won the Grammy for Best Hawaiian album. We had quite a few JPF members nominated this year, but so far Daniel's the only one to bring home the trophy today. We were able to watch the PreAwards awards on the web this year (which was a great thing Gammy folks) and we got to see Daniel and his group of artists on stage accepting.

Now I guess we'll see if they can go for 4 in a row and if they can make it to the nominations in the JPF awards in the Hawaiian category this time around.

Congrats again Daniel! It's nice to see the nice guys finishing first!


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My absolute favorite moment at the Grammys:

When Vince Gill said, "I just got a Grammy handed to me by a Beatle...betcha can't say that, Kanye!"

I'm a big fan of Vince Gill and an even bigger one now. One of my all-time favorite songs is Pretty Little Adriana. So much so that I covered it on my upcoming CD Sunny Spaces which will be released in May.

I'd like to share it with all of you. Hope you like it!

http://www.danielho.com/mp3/SunnySpaces/02Adriana.mp3

Please don't forward this link to anyone. I posted it for private use. Thank you.

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HEYYY!!! Daniel Ho... 3 in a row!!! Way to go!!! grin
Congratulations Daniel.. How cool is this...you must be walking on air!
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Yeah, that was my favorite Grammy moment too.

What a beautiful rendition of "Pretty Little Adriana" - thanks for sharing it with us! Is that a Taylor guitar in the recording?

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Congratulations, Daniel. Here's looking to 4 in a row!


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Way to go Daniel!!! Very proud to know you! Now that I'm a Grammy member, maybe I'll see you there sometime!!

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Daniel and I graduated from the same high school in Honolulu, I'm proud to say, and am prouder still to be the godfather of his lovely daughter Lia. I've watched Daniel shape his career with style and taste from his earliest years with Kilauea to this recent Grammy trifecta (and I'm sure he's not finished yet!)

All hail Ho!

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I know this is off-topic, but I just wanted to say that it is great to see Dean Pitchford make an appearance here. Dean, I am a big fan of your work, and I hope you come back often.


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Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much), Ande!

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Originally Posted by Tom Tracy
Yeah, that was my favorite Grammy moment too.

What a beautiful rendition of "Pretty Little Adriana" - thanks for sharing it with us! Is that a Taylor guitar in the recording?


It is a Yamaha LSX36C guitar. I signed with Yamaha Guitars (Japan - cuz I'm not Justin Timberlake) in August of '06 and have been doing clinics for them. They're very nice people and a lot of fun! In March, I'll be doing some clinics in Japan and Germany. Anyone going to be out there?

Here's some photos from some of the events:

http://www.danielho.com/html/yamaha.html

I used an LA2A compressor, two Pultec eqs, a Neve 1073, a Fairchild compressor and a Lexicon PCM 90 reverb to get that sound - stereo mic'ed with two AKG 451's in an XY pattern.

aloha,
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Wow, Dean, so nice to see you here! Allow me introduce my good friend and mentor, Dean, one of the kindest, most talented people I've ever met!

I've learned so much from Dean over the years, and continue to burden myself with the impossible task of following in his "foot"steps. hee. hee. (Dean's list of credits is far too long for this space, but in the 80's he wrote the hit movie "Footloose" and co-wrote all the songs in it! He also wrote "After All" - Peter Cetera & Cher, "All the Man That I Need" - Whitney Houston, ok, I'll stop now.

Thank you for joining Just Plain Folks!

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Thanks for the introduction Daniel. Nice to meet you Dean. Welcome to the organization. If you're ever willing to share some of your knowledge and experiences with our members, I bet we could all learn a lot from your journey!

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you're welcome

what projects are you working on for the current product submission cycle? 11/1/07 - 10/31/08
I'd love to see you do something with Harold Payne.

what do you think artists need to do to win a Grammy?

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Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much), Ande!

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Congrats, Daniel!

One would be simply amazing. Three in a row is just simply mind-boggling!

Very cool to see a humble person score so big. Is inspirational!

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what projects are you working on for the current product submission cycle? 11/1/07 - 10/31/08
I'd love to see you do something with Harold Payne.

what do you think artists need to do to win a Grammy?

Hi Ande,

Aloha from Tokyo!

One project that I'm very excited about is an all original Hawaiian language album that I'm doing with Tia Carrere (she and I are sharing the leads and harmonizing on some tunes). I'm co writing the songs with Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman, a wonderful lyricist and professor at the University of Michigan. Because she is an ethnomusicologist, a Harvard PHD no less (I am a college drop-out myself), our songs are inspired by many different genres - a bluegrass song about SPAM, a hula song in 7/8, etc.

I look forward to working with Harold Payne someday. He's the nicest guy in the world and what a songwriter! If he'd only return my calls. hee. hee.

As far as how one goes about winning a Grammy, I haven't a clue! It's important to stay true to your music, no matter how commercial or not it may be. I've found that it's easier to support something you believe in than a project you did for $$. In some small way I try to make the next project better than the one before. I've been doing this for almost 20 years and just now starting to find my way!

aloha,
Daniel

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It's gotten to the point where I no longer pay attention to groundhog day, I just wait until I hear that Daniel's got another Grammy & I know that the end of winter is in sight...I'll be waiting again for the sign in 2009!

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Congratulations Daniel!!! I think it's also very cool that you take time to visit the boards too!!!!....

very best to you......
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hi daniel

great to hear from you
very cool projects

Tia's awesome and Amy's quite impressive
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~akstill/Publications/my%20list.html
look forward to hearing

Harold isn't returning your calls
I'm gonna have to get on him about that

You ought to work with Faith Rivera on something too.

Great advice "stay true to your music"

Daniel I have an idea for a very cool project
I'd love to talk with you sometime about it

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what projects are you working on for the current product submission cycle? 11/1/07 - 10/31/08
I'd love to see you do something with Harold Payne.

what do you think artists need to do to win a Grammy?

Hi Ande,

Aloha from Tokyo!

One project that I'm very excited about is an all original Hawaiian language album that I'm doing with Tia Carrere
(she and I are sharing the leads and harmonizing on some tunes). I'm co writing the songs with Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman, a wonderful lyricist and professor at the University of Michigan. Because she is an ethnomusicologist, a Harvard PHD no less (I am a college drop-out myself), our songs are inspired by many different genres - a bluegrass song about SPAM, a hula song in 7/8, etc.

I look forward to working with Harold Payne someday. He's the nicest guy in the world and what a songwriter! If he'd only return my calls. hee. hee.

As far as how one goes about winning a Grammy, I haven't a clue! It's important to stay true to your music, no matter how commercial or not it may be. I've found that it's easier to support something you believe in than a project you did for $$. In some small way I try to make the next project better than the one before. I've been doing this for almost 20 years and just now starting to find my way!

aloha,
Daniel


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We need to find out from Daniel how much this helped his sales this time around?

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Aloha everyone!

I just returned on Sunday from a month in Japan and Germany. Met a lot of wonderful people and had a chance to share some music. In Japan, I debuted Sunny Spaces, my new solo CD which will be released in the states on April 22nd (by that, I mean you can find it at iTunes, Borders Stores, and Hawaii. hee. hee.)

I found if you work in other countries, it is important to have some communication in their language so I had some friends set up a Japanese website:

http://www.danielho.jp

and a Japanese MySpace site:

http://www.myspace.com/danielhojp

MySpace just opened in Japan and they're quite popular!

Went to Frankfurt, Germany to play for Yamaha Guitars at Musikmesse (the NAMM show of Europe, only bigger!). The older parts of Frankfurt are beautiful, and the liverwurst was tasty.

So happy to be home, but my head is still spinning from jetlag and a month of unopened mail. Thank goodness taxes aren't due soon. Oh, wait...

aloha,
Daniel


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