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BRANDON
NO‘EAU SERRANO
PRESS KIT & RIDER
BRANDON NO‘EAU BIOGRAPHY
“If Luciano Pavarotti was to sing Hawaiian music...”
That is Brandon’s approach to not only Hawaiian music, but any
genre he sings or attempts to sing. This operatic approach to
singing is not by accident however. Brandon is an accomplished
student of famed Hawaiʻi vocal coach Aggreneva “Neva” Rego,
a brilliant Bel Canto vocalist who lived in Italy for nearly 30 years
and shared the opera stage with vocal legends such as Luciano
Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne, Montserrat Cabale & Placido Domingo to
name a few. During the World War II Communist occupation of Italy,
Neva returned home to teach this Bel Canto (Beautiful Singing)
technique to all the “local kids” who couldn’t even pronounce “Bel
Canto”! Some of these local kids you might know like: Robert &
Roland Cazimero, Les Ceballos, Jimmy Borges, the late John Koko
and dozens maybe hundreds more including Brandon Serrano.
With a strict discipline Brandon executes this vocal technique
nearly 100% of the time he’s singing, although he admits when you
get caught up in the moment or when you’re having fun on stage,
the technique is sometimes compromised and the “rawness” of
your voice and personality comes through. Brandon, who is CRAZY
over technique admits “although this rawness is equally entertaining, its uncontrolled and eventually takes away the habitual technique you get from Bel Canto”
“Once you go 12 String, you don’t go back...”
Musically Brandon studied with his uncle Roland Cazimero
(mentioned earlier as another one of Neva Rego’s students) a
pioneer of Hawaiian music in the 70’s, Roland Cazimero’s mastering of a 12 string guitar set the bar for Brandon’s aspirations as a
musician. “20 years of studying uncle Boz, and I’m still not there
yet!” Brandon confesses. However, to quote Uncle Roland himself
“Play in a way where its not the same, but just as good!” That
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attitude allows Brandon to be contempt in his instrumentation, considering he’s an obsessive compulsive perfectionist when it comes
to his music craft.
“The other 2 boys have real lives...I’m the crazy one...”
While the other two band members have career’s and families, apart
from Puʻuloa Brandon has a solo career and is a full time musician
throughout Hawaiʻi and the mainland. You can catch him on any
given day of the week at The Ala Moana Hula Show, Hula Grill at the
Outrigger Waikiki Beach Hotel, The Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel, and
countless others. Crazy hours, always on the road, never home, a
lot of alone time, meals alone, watching movies alone, hanging out
at malls until your next show, sleeping in your car, and forget about
a relationship and kids! “If this doesn’t work out I’ll be at Mcdonalds”
Brandon’s ongoing joke about having music as his only skill set
because regretfully he didn’t attend college, he went straight into
show business right out of High School.
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BRANDON NO‘EAU VENUES & EVENTS
Every Venue Imaginable - Hawaii, USA
Freemont - Las Vegas, USA
California Hotel - Las Vegas, USA
Las Vegas International Festival - Las Vegas, USA
Monteray, California
Cordiano Winery - San Diego, California
Hotel Ana - Osaka, Japan
Brandon No‘eau Press
BRANDON NO‘EAU RIDER
Sound Equipment
• High Quality PA System adequate for venue size
• 3 monitors on stage wedges (same mix is fine)
• 3 microphones on boom microphone stands
• 3 D.I.
• 1 upright bass microphone
• power output
* All instruments and quarter inch cables will be provided by the band
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Hospitality
• 2 meals per day or $100 per diem per day
• Pick of bottled water at venue
• Black coffee
Flights
• 3 R/T economy class tickets
• Hawaiian Airlines is our prefered airlines
• Baggage fees will be paid by purchaser
Hotel Accomodations
• 3 hotel rooms // 3 queen beds
Ground Transportation
• Full size van
• Gasoline fees will be paid by purchaser
• All parking fees will be paid by purchaser
International Travel
Visa and Working Permits
• Purchaser must provide and pay for correct visa
and working permits before the group leaves
the United States.
Foreign Taxes
• All foreign taxes will be paid by purchaser