What was the first piece of music which really affected you?
Nen by guitarist Stevan Pasero
Any interesting, valuable or just plain strange musical memorabilia at home?
My home is a Hawaiian antique museum! I archive out-of-print historical books, LPs, and vintage ethnic instruments. I also have a steamer trunk from 1919 that has stickers from having travelled to ship ports around the globe, and on it my vintage tube sound system. I'm building an analog recording studio in my home too - I adore the old sound. Then there's the antique (working!) hand-crank '78 player, my Victrola! That thing sounds amazing - it takes you into a time warp when it plays. My favourite piece, though, is an original framed Hawai'i Calls studio script. Hawai'i Calls was a radio program that ran from 1935 through 1975, featuring live Hawaiian music conducted by Harry Owens, the composer of Sweet Leilani.
