I had the opportunity to chat with a friend, Kapena Delima. For those who aren't aware, Kapena is not only the son of the well known Kelly-Boy Delima, but Kapena is an amazingly talented musical artist. He's been performing along side his father as a young child and now on his way to becoming an in demand solo artist being only 22 years old. Aside from "gigging", Kapena engineers "Bu-Print" studios where he records fresh talent. Kapena loves traditional Hawaiian music, but occasionally performs it. He admits that he is more inclined to play reggae music or top 40. Nothing but heart and soul goes into his music, but he like many other young artists feel that they can't make a living depending solely on Hawaiian Music, therefore they flock to other genres. Currently, he is searching for new talented Hawaiian music artists to record music. Due to the fact that he doesn't perform traditional Hawaiian music as much as he wants to, recording traditional Hawaiian music is his contribution to the preservation of Hawaiian music. All this in hopes so that traditional Hawaiian music will not be a dead art. (i apologize for the video being sideways) Listen to his story and see if you understand....
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