Tony Trevias

Tony’s entire life has been devoted to performing, with over 30 years of experience under his belt. He is Easy Music Center’s Keyboard and Computer Recording specialist.

Peter Dods

Peter was born and raised on the island of Oahu. He graduated from Hawaii Preparatory Academy in 1996 and from University of Pennsylvania in 1999. He worked on Wall St. as an investment banking analyst when he graduated from college. After working in NYC for a few years, Peter came back to Hawaii to be a high school teacher, teaching Economics and Hawaiian History for three years at his Alma Matter, Hawaii Preparatory Academy. He joined Easy Music Center in August of 2005. Peter is the resident “beat konducta.” He specializes in re-sequencing vinyl, turntables, and samplers.

Maddie

Maddie is a French Bulldog. Before working at Easy Music Center, she was pooping and peeing with her brothers and sisters. Now she poops and pees in the store. Her other hobbies include biting and snoring. Maddie is the resident cute specialist.

Mike Wong

Mike was born and raised in Hawaii. He started on pots and pans at 4 them moved to drums at 12. He then returned to pots and pans at age 16, but he was now washing them at McDonalds. As a kid he played drums in a few local punk rock bands for fun. He spent five years in Chicago playing guitar in the subways. Moving back to Hawaii, he played drums in some local bands and currently plays guitar in a band with his wife, who also teaches voice. Aside from music he likes to free dive and skateboard.
Turn-ons: Long walks, Romantic sunsets
Turn-offs: Traffic and pollution
Sign: Sagittarius

Arleen Feliciano

Arleen is a happily married mother of 3 and is Easy Music Center’s Office Manager. She has been playing piano since 8 years old and accompanies her kids’ school choir. A graduate of Leilehua, she loves country music and pancakes.

Jericho Sombrio

After graduating High School from the Big Island, Jericho moved to Oahu to continue his education at University of Hawaii at Manoa. He started playing music in Intermediate School and continued throughout High School, being able to gain experience and knowledge with Sound Reinforcement. He’s also learned how to play guitar, bass, and ukulele. He currently attends school full-time and does Sound Reinforcement on the side.

Mary Sader

Mary was born in Florida to military parents, who later moved the family to Texas, where she was raised. Her musical inclinations began early, and she has been a formal clarinetist for 19 years, playing in a multitude of ensembles, including being a guest member of the Hill College band, in Hillsboro, Texas. Her desire to keep performing led her to buying a drum kit, without ever having played a lick, to join her brother and his guitar in their shared passion for music. Many long hours of effort led them to playing various venues around central Texas. Mary has been with Easy Music Center for most of her time upon moving to Hawaii in the summer of 2007, and has since been promoted Inventory Manager.

Allen Ubaldo

Allen’s love for music started when he was in high school. After graduating, he continued to pursue his passion at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) majoring in music. Although he did not complete the program, he still continues learning and finds inspiration from his fellow co-workers. Allen is currently in the band “First Verse” and plays weekly at various venues solo and/or duo. Allen enjoys golfing and watching live music in his down time. Allen is our ukulele and acoustic guitar specialist and can also help out with entry level computer recording and PA sound systems.

Dave Davis

Chris “Dave” Davis played music in LA for 15 years for various punk rock, rockabilly, roots, and psychobilly bands. He plays guitar, electric bass and upright bass. He also enjoys relaxing to Slipknot and watching Nascar.

Mike “Naks” Nakamoto

University of Hawaii graduate Mike “Naks” Nakamoto (like Fort Knox) has been playing drums for seven years now. During those years, he has played and sat in with many bands around town. Originally a guitarist, Naks started playing drums because there were too many guitar players in his old high school band. Ever since that day he sat behind the kit, his love for the instrument grew. He also enjoys playing acoustic guitar and singing in the car. This passion follows him to work, where you may hear him singing around the store from time to time.

Hiroshi Park

Hiroshi was born in Washington, moving to Hawaii in the eighth grade. He started playing guitar at the beginning of high school and played guitar for different school performances by the time he became a senior. Hiroshi takes an interest primarily in electric guitars and their technical bits.

Brandon Sato

Brandon was born and raised in Hawaii. He has been playing guitar and bass for almost 10 years now. He has been working for us since 2006 and moved to Las Vegas in mid 2009 to play music. Now back from the desert, working back at Easy Music and loving the island life again!

Chris Luke

Chris has been playing music and singing for as long as he can remember. An honors graduate of Kamehameha Schools in 2000, he graduated from UH Manoa in 2004 with Honors as a Presidential Scholar with a BBA in Business Management and joined the Easy Music Center staff that year as well. As a child he performed with singing groups and in local theater. In High School, he shifted his attention to drums and guitar and was in several rock/punk/ska bands. He brings his passion for video production to the store and shoots and produces most of the video content seen on the store website and YouTube. He is also creator of  ShibaInuHawaii.com, a website dedicated to Shiba Inu dogs in Hawaii.

Billy Reichling

Billy was born and raised in Hawaii. His first exposure to music was @ the age of five when he first heard his friend’s Kiss album Hotter Than Hell. That resulted in his cherished tennis racket guitar with a Mr. Microphone duct taped to the handle so he could hear it in his stereo. After years of pretending to play along with Kiss Alive 2, he got a real guitar @ age 11, and after hearing Metallica @ age 12 finally stopped pretending and actually started learning how. He had a life changing experience after seeing Joe satriani live @ Andrews Amphitheater. From then on it was all about guitar and practice, and a pretty unhealthy obsession with insane shred guitarists like Steve Vai, Yngwie Malsteen, Paul Gilbert, Van Halen, etc. After a series of mediocre high school bands, he started a rock/prog band in the early 90 s called Nothingface, which resulted in a CD and a Hawaii Music Award for Best Rock Album. He now plays whenever the opportunity arises, but is still known as a hopeless guitarist and tone fanatic. He now works at the Pearl City store and shares his enthusiasm with customers on a daily basis.

Bryan Sanchez

Bryan has been playing drums for 12 years and graduated from Farrington High School in 2002. Throughout his musical experiences, he’s been involved with different musical ensembles including the Hawaii Youth Symphony, Oahu Select Jazz Band, UH Orchestra, Honolulu Community Band and UH Percussion Ensemble just to name a few. He is currently enlisted in the U.S. Army attached to the 111th Army Band. Bryan specializes in Drums, Recording and eating other people’s food off their plates…

Paul Van

Paul is one of Easy Music Center’s newest staff additions bringing with him 9 years of percussion experience ranging from the Djembe to mainly the almighty Drum Kit. He has been involved in many bands here on Oahu with styles varying from punk rock, to reggae, and is currently involved with his own metal project. His high intensity combined with positive attitude and a handsome smile makes for a unique specimen both on the stage as well as the sales floor.

Ka’imi Brede

Ka`imi has been playing music professionally since the age of 14. He specializes in ukulele, guitar, bass, live-sound engineering, and Polynesian drums. After graduating from Baldwin High School –Maui, he attended Brigham Young University- Hawaii where he graduated with a B.A. in Music and Hawaiian Studies. While attending BYU-H, he worked in the live sound department where he learned the basics of mixing and sound reinforcement. Other than music, Ka`imi loves the beach and shortboarding, longboarding, and skimboarding.

Randall Williams

Randall E. Williams has been playing guitar for 10 years and playing in bands since the age of 14. After his recent progressive metal act returned from a year in Nashville, Tennessee, he has decided to settle back in Hawaii. He offers a deep background of guitar gear and rack technology

Talor Monahan

Talor Monahan attended Columbia College of Chicago and majored in live sound and is now working at Easy Music Center Pearl City. Pursuing live sound engineering is a personal goal.