HISTORY
Sean's 2020 album, "Chroma (vol. 1)", won the state-wide 2021 Na Hoku Hanohano Award for 'Alternative Album of the Year' (produced by multiple Na Hoku Award-winning and Grammy-nominated producer Imua Garza). It features the previously released 2020 singles "Comfort Kills" (feat. ATOM), "Able (Break The Clock)", "Aim Higher", "Sleepless", "Cheap Thrills", and "Chroma", as well as 3 additional songs. The singles have been featured on multiple blogs and Spotify playlists, and have received regular airplay on 90.1 FM KTUH college radio, appearing on their NACC charts for multiple weeks.
Sean's 2018 album, “The Process Of”, won the state-wide 2019 Na Hoku Hanohano Award for 'Alternative Album of the Year' (produced by Imua Garza). Released in the spring of 2018, the tracks "Dig", "Salary Man", and "Curl" received radio play on Star 101.9 and KZOO. The album was covered in two TGIF features in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser newspaper, as well as multiple blogs and Spotify playlists. Sean's music video for "Curl" was released in the Summer of 2019. His music video for "Salary Man" was released in the Fall of 2018.
Sean has also self-produced three albums, "Wanderlust", "Silence Speaks Louder", and "The Winter Room".
He is a relentless performer, and has opened for Henry Kapono (2021) at Blue Note Hawaii, Iron & Wine (2018) and Houndmouth (2016) at The Republik, and has performed at the 2020 NAMM Show in Anaheim, 2019 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards, Aloha Stadium, HNN, KHON, KITV, The Perry & Price Show, and Pakele Live (his particular concerts are still currently airing on tv channel OC16). He has 3-5 residencies every week at Honolulu hotels and venues with his solo act, which means he performs over 200 times every year.
Sean was selected as one of 13 participants in the 2018 Creative Lab Hawaii Music Immersive, and has been an alumni for every following year. At the immersive, he had the opportunity to co-write for sync alongside incredible artists & producers such as SYML, Amy Stroup, Katie Herzig, Rob Kleiner, Butterfly Boucher, and Marlin "Hookman" Bonds. The song "Where Do We Go From Here?" was featured on The CW series "Kung Fu" (episode #213) and the Apple TV+ series "Life By Ella" (episode #110). The song "Lost Myself" was featured on the NBC series "The Village" (episode #1006) and Freeform's series "Good Trouble" (episode #1013). Sean has also been selected as a finalist in the state of Hawaii for the KHON X Factor Audition Pass Contest, a semi-finalist in the Hard Rock Rising competition, and a semi-finalist in the RAW Awards. He is currently an artist with Marmoset Music Licensing, as well as a member of The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and The Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA).