Charles Michael Brotman

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"The sound of acoustic and classical guitars has been a life-long obsession of mine", says 47th Grammy Award Winner Charles Michael Brotman. "There are magical moments when all the right components come together - a beautiful acoustic guitar, a great guitarist, the right room..." Charles Michael Brotman is the 2005 Grammy Award winner for the inaugural category of Best Hawaiian Music CD, Producer, "Slack Key Guitar Volume 2". The CD is a multi-artist collection of newly recorded solo tracks by 10 Slack Key Guitarists from Hawaii including himself, which he recorded, mixed, engineered and produced in his Lava Tracks Recording Studio in Kamuela, Hawaii for Palm Records. "Slack Key Guitar Volume 2" debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Music Chart and reached #1 on the Billboard New Age Music Chart. Charles is multiple Na Hoku Hanohano Award recipient. In the past few years five of his guitar recordings have reached the top 10 on the national radio charts in World, Smooth Jazz, and New Age categories. Charles is known throughout Japan and the US for his role as the lead guitarist for KOHALA, the acoustic guitar trio from the Big Island of Hawaii. He is also known internationally as a composer, producer and guitarist. Brotman has lived in Hawaii for 29 years. He grew up on Mercer Island, Washington, and his first introduction to formal music lessons was at age 8 as a violin student at the Cornish School of the Arts. At age 12 he discovered the guitar and performed with vario

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The Descendants

Slack Key Guitar

Mango Cooler

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Slack Key Guitar - Volume 2

Slack Key Guitar Volume 2

Rockin' Da Island: The Big Island All-Star Band

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ROCKIN' DA ISLAND - THE BIG ISLAND ALL-STAR BAND

The Descendants (Music from the Motion Picture)

Pacific Rendezvous

Rockin' the Uke

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The Descendants - Music From The Motion Picture

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Slack Key Christmas

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