Hi! My name is Kai Hamasaki. I'm an aspiring Electronic Dance Music producer and DJ. I'm currently part of a EDM project called DropTop. We have opened up for numerous EDM headliners at Hawaiian Brian's Social Club. We also have a debut EP and a few singles uploaded on Spotify with much more music on the horizon! I grew up in Kaneohe and went to Pacific Buddhist Academy. Before transferring to UHWO, I got my associates degree from Windward Community College. If I were an artistʻs tool, I would be a paintbrush or pen. A paintbrush is a tool that offers so many options when it comes down to putting color on canvas but knowing how to control your brush efficiently and skillfully is what separates an amateur from a professional. Most of the time, I have a lot of great and creative ideas but I often try to do too much. Knowing how to sift through all those ideas and isolate just a few when it comes to my music is my biggest challenge when it comes to my creative workflow. A lot of the times I have no problems putting down tons of ideas with my DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) but figuring out which idea is the best and elevating that idea is one of the biggest things I need to work on. I often times fill one song with three or four random good ideas instead of isolating just one good idea and focusing on that. The key with Electronic Dance Music is that it needs to be simple yet complex at the same time. Finding that balance is something that takes years to understand.