toshi ツシマ

ツシマ利仁（toshi）は1973年生まれ。9歳の時だ«ã‚®ã‚¿ãƒ¼ã‚’始め、ルーマニア、横浜、ニューム¨ãƒ¼ã‚¯ã€ãƒãƒ³ã‚¬ãƒªãƒ¼ã€ã‚¤ã‚®ãƒªã‚¹ã€å¤§å’Œãªã©ã§è‚ ²ã¤ã€‚
1994年にアメリカ西海岸へ音楽留学。1997年にt he firefly clan　--ファイヤフライクラン--という名義で㠃–ルース的要素、エスニックな音階やリズム㠀ã‚¢ãƒŠãƒ­ã‚°éŒ²éŸ³ãªã©ã‚’基調とした独自の音楽㠂¹ã‚¿ã‚¤ãƒ«ã‚’創り、後にはより『普遍的なリズ㠃 ã¨éŸ³éšŽã€ã‚’求めてインド、バングラデッシ㠃¥ã€ãƒãƒªå³¶ã€ãƒ¢ãƒ­ãƒƒã‚³ã€ãƒ¢ã‚¶ãƒ³ãƒ“ーク、韓国㠁ªã©ã¸ã¨æ—…ã‚’ã—ãªãŒã‚‰ã‚‚å›½å†…ã§ãƒ©ã‚¤ãƒ´æ´»å‹•ã€å ‰µä½œæ´»å‹•ã‚’続ける。
現在は沖縄県在住。北谷町にあるSunset Music School、嘉手納米軍基地内にてギター講師を勤 めながら、時には基地内、北谷町、那覇市内 などでライブ活動や他のアーティストのレコ ーディング、ライヴサポートなど。
toshi tsuShima was born in 1973, in Bucharest, Romania; has lived in Japan, the United States, Hungary, England, Okinawa and has been playing the guitar since he was nine years old.
Has studied at the Guitar Institute of Technology, Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California.
Constantly in search of the "universal logic" his travels to India, Bangladesh, Morrocco, Mozambique, Korea, Indonesia etc. has expanded his unique playing-style and is knowledgeable not only about contemporary music but about other musical cultures and theories as well.
In addition to the guitar, he sings, plays various percussion instruments, the shamisen and the Morroccan Guimbri lute also known as the sentir.
He is fluent both in English and in Japanese, understands minimum Arabic that are used in Gnawa songs.
An active musician occasionally performing under the name, "the firefly clan" or "toshi T." around Naha, Chatan, and elsewhere.
Currently, he is teaching guitar at the Sunset Music School in Chatan-cho, Okinawa.