Braxton Olita - (born September 17, 1985 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American musician and vocalist.
Braxton became interested in music very early. As a child he learned to play the ukulele by listening to Roy Sakuma's lessons, a popular Hawaiian teacher. Soon he could easily repeat songs and chords only by hearing them. He got his first acoustic guitar from his uncle. He knew from a very young age he wanted to make a music career. During High School he continued writing his own songs following his mother's advice. As a teenager he was also keen on skateboarding- he was participating in local competitions and also was a reporter for 50-50.com web-portal. In elementary, he'd wake up early enough to surf before going to school. Surfing is still his greatest hobby.
MUSIC CAREER
In 2004 Braxton joined Ashlee Simpson's band as a guitarist. In 2004 and 2005 he took part in two concert tours which were promoting two albums: "Autobiography" and "I am me". He also appeared in such music videos as "La La", "Pieces Of Me", "Shadow", "Boyfriend", "I Am Me", "L.O.V.E" and also in two episodes of "The Ashlee Simpson Show" broadcasted by MTV. Braxton From 2009 to 2011 played Ableton and Keyboard live in 30 Seconds To Mars live shows around the world for their 3rd record "This Is War". While on tour, he recorded some demos on his own that can be found on his Offical Website at the following link http://braxtonsdiary.com/free-music/
He has released two music videos for his two songs: "How would you feel" (directed by Justin Potter) and "If it wasn't true" (directed by Aaron McMullen).
In 18th january 2012 he played and sang in Sammy Adams' "Blow Up" at Connan o'Brien show.
After that, he officially joined U.G.L.Y. band signed to Chris Brown's recording label CBE with fellow artists Barry Bradford (Mojo), Stormi Henley and Ethan. They can all be spotted in "Turn up the music" by Chris Brown; Braxton can be spotted in several of his previous music videos as well.
U.G.L.Y first Single "REDD" coming soon.
(Source: Braxton Olita Wikipedia )
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS
This is a list of Official Braxton Olita Accounts, be sure to follow him on :
Braxton Olita Facebook
30 Seconds To Mars Ableton Live/Keyboard. U.G.L.Y.
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