Member Since: 10/27/2006
Influences: MY MUSIC DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THESE ARTISTS, BUT THEY ARE SOME OF THE ONES I MOST ADMIRE.
COMPOSERS:
Bach, Mozart, Schumann, Mahler, Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Messiaen, Schoenberg, Hindemith, Weill, Jobim, Bacharach...
DOUBLE BASSISTS:
Serge Koussevitzky, Gary Karr (My favorite Double Bass Soloist), David Murray, Diana Gannett, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Edgar Meyer, Ray Brown, Gary Peacock, Carlos Bica...
JAZZ:
Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole Trio, Jaco Pastorius, Joe Zawinul, Weather Report, Keith Jarrett, Brad Meldhau, Bill Frisell, John Pizzarelli...
SONGWRITERS:
Johnny Cash, Laura Nyro, Donovan, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, James Taylor, David Crosby, Joni Mitchell, Tom Waits, Rickie Lee Jones, Victoria Williams, Lori Carson, Rebecca Martin, Sean Lennon, Sara K, Joanna Newsom...
I LOVE JAPANESE MUSIC, FROM TRADITIONAL, EXPERIMENTAL, ANIME OST, TO POP:
Kodo, Elizabeth Falconer, Sakamoto Ryuichi, Yano Akiko, Hosono Haruomi, Onuki Taeko, Yoshida Minako, Ringo Shiina/Tokyo Jihen, Kanno Yoko, Sakamoto Maaya, Arai Akino, Chocolat & Akito, Kahimi Karie, Shimada Aiko, Nikaidoh Kazumi, Hi-Posi, Pizzicato Five, Original Love, Lamp (My favorite band!), Instant Cytron, Clammbon, Advantage Lucy, Bossa 51, Sen-no-Kotori, Dahlia, Naomi & Goro, Piana, Quinka with a Yawn...
OTHER ARTS: Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Murakami Haruki, Hokusai Katsushika, Vincent van Gogh, Wassily Kandinsky, Hayao Miyazaki, Kurosawa Akira, Kitano Takeshi, Kim Ki-duk...
MORE INFLUENCES: The blue color, Nature with all its sounds and colors, Contrabass solo tuning (A, E, B, F Sharp)!, Beauty, Love, Peace, Respect between human beings, Traveling, Japanese culture, Yara, My family, My friends, My bass students, My bass teachers, and All the ones who gave me some of their knowledge...and I almost forgot! I love koi! so, my 3 koi and all the other in Japan also inspire me a lot!
THINGS I DISLIKE: I just try to don’t lose much time with those; if possible I just ignore them…life is short...
Sounds Like: I really don't know...but who cares...
I just feel so much beauty around myself, but...why I can’t reach it?...
Do these words help to describe how I sound like, or what I’m searching for?…
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