Akahi Productions

Where do I start. David arrived right on time. He explained the music extremely well. You can tell he is an accomplished musician. He as a simple way to explain the music to a new beginning player. He also has a wonderful personality as a teacher and person. Wish I had more time here. Thank you

David was awesome! He made our wedding! He arrived early to set-​up, played the ukulele beautifully for the ceremony and walk-​down-​the-​aisle. He then continued to emcee and play great music during our cocktail hour, reception and dance time. He also organized two fantastic hula dancers for entertainment that were also interactive! Job well done and he’s so reasonable and flexible. We would use his services again and highly recommend! Thank you David!

David is an amazing vocalist, he sang and played the ukulele at our wedding. It was beautiful. He is easy to work with and has a good song list. I only wished I could have heard more of his music (I was too busy taking pictures). Do not hesitate to hire him, he has a great voice!

My husband and I could not have asked for or imagined a more friendly, talented and professional DJ/​singer for our wedding reception. David Asing is the absolute BEST! David provided acoustic guitar music and sang during our dinner hour, and so many of our guests came to us at the end of the night to tell us how much they enjoyed and loved the music. We also heard from multiple guests that David’s singing and selection of songs added so much class to our reception.
Working with David through our planning process was so easy and stress free. David played all of our pre-​selected songs throughout our program, touched bases with our emcee so they were on the same page with the timeline of the program, and he sang our first dance song so beautifully.
Our guests also had some serious fun dancing as he closed the night with greatest mix of DJ music. David not only had our friends on the dance floor, but our older family members too.
Thank you, David, for setting the tone for the most amazing and perfect night and being with us as we celebrated our marriage with our most loved family and friends!

Unfortunately David was the worst wedding DJ ever. Not sure if it is a skill issue or just plain unprofessionalism… but either way for $ 200/​hour he plain sucked. We were robbed.
1. He was late.
2. He did not know the song for our first dance.
3. He did not play songs we requested on our playlist. 4. He did not have the special program songs we requested.
5. He played several songs we did not want.
Luckily all of my other vendors were great including the Jherard Miller Duo who played during our ceremony & cocktail hour, which we booked through David.

My husband and I were extremely satisfied with our wedding entertainer, David Asing. He made the whole process of booking a musician/​DJ very easy from New York City. He was easy to communicate with; his email responses were speedy and very straight forward. I requested specific songs for the ceremony and reception, made many changes months, weeks, days prior to our wedding and at all times, David responded with «not a problem.» And truly, there were no problems whatsoever! David sang beautifully, and played his uke and guitar seamlessly during our ceremony and cocktail hour. We were also impressed with David’s energy throughout the reception. We saw David smiling and enjoying our best man’s speech. David also was very accommodating to our guests’ song requests.
I would recommend DAVID ASING to anybody who wants a flawless, stress-​free, yet very entertaining party!

We absolutely LOVED having David as our live musician/​DJ at our wedding reception!!! It was the perfect fit for our style, and we were blown away at how good he was! His live singing added a special touch to our wedding, and we received so many compliments on how much people liked it! In fact, I think we would have received even more great feedback if more people realized he was performing live — we found out that a number of people thought it was a soundtrack! We really appreciated how flexible and easy going David was during the process, too. We also thought his pricing was very reasonable. All in all, we are so glad we didn’t go with anyone else because David was definitely the perfect one for our wedding!!!

David and this troupe of hula dancers are awesome! Very professional and quick when responding to emails. He worked with me and within my budget to offer me the best value for my dollar to make my wedding amazing and memorible. He is by far a jack of all trades… musician, m/​c, polynesian drummer, dj, sound man. I highly recommend AKAHI PRODUCTIONS!

David Asing was wonderful! Received a lot of compliments from the guests. He was so friendly and musically talented! He was the perfect choice for our wedding. I can’t thank him enough for the great job he did! He played songs selected by the bride and asked guests if they had any special requests! Couldn’t have imagined a better choice.

We booked David and his team for entertainment throughout the course of our wedding. From start to finish David did an amazing job of making our wedding memorable. During the ceremony the live guitar music was fantastic. In fact, many guests told me after the wedding that the guitarist was sensational and added to the beautiful Hawaiian scenery. In addition to their great skill, David and his team were also very professional. One incident that proves how professional they are was when my wife and I decided to dance out of sequence. During this time David quickly began playing our first dance song! As the evening progressed we then had Hula and fire knife dance shows. Both shows were amazing and David even had some un-​expected surprises. I was not aware that during the Hula show guests were invited on to the stage to learn some of the dances; this was great fun for the entire wedding party! Certainly, an activity not at many weddings! Another testament to the Hula dancing was the quality of the show. Later in our trip we visited the Polynesian Center and felt that David’s Hula dancers had more talent, more fun, and more energy than the Hula show at that highly rated center. Overall, we were very pleased with David and his team. I would highly recommend any service his company provides.

Unprofessional and did not respond to my emails in a timely manner. I had asked David if he was available to play for an event & he finally responds, by emailing me, «Yah Can.» I literally Laughed Out Loud & thought it was a joke. No regrets for not booking him. Saved my hard earned cash & spent it elsewhere. Thank You Akahi Productions:)

My Husband Mark and I hired David Asing for our wedding at The Turtle Bay in 2011. David performed during our ceremony, and did an excellent job!!. During the reception he was accompanied by a second guitarrist where they both performed. David also DJ’ed the event. He truly is a jack of all trades, capable of keeping the whole ceremony running smothly and on time. But the best part is his musical abilities, he is a gifted musician with a beautiful voice, that keeps the crowd dancing and engaged the whole time.

David performed at our wedding and was absolutely fabulous! He played the guitar and sang before, during and after the ceremony as well as during dinner. He then switched over and dj-​ed the rest of the night. Everyone– young, old, local and mainlanders alike were so impressed with him, people still are saying he’s the best they’ve ever heard at a wedding. And he was a solo act! What’s more, before the big day, David was easy to get in touch with and work with, making the stress of the event less so. I appreciate all that he did for us and will definitely use him again and recommend him to all of our family and friends.

David @ Akahi Productions was recommended to me when I was looking for an acoustic, traditional Hawaiian band for our cocktail hour at our wedding. I’m a classical musician, so I’m very picky when hiring other musicians. David was incredibly nice and also mentioned that he had dancers who could come and hula with the band. I decided to have a 3 piece band and one dancer. They were fabulous! All of the guests are still raving about them. They were also incredibly sweet and played an extra song for me because I had missed most of their set because of pictures. I would highly recommend them to anybody!