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MURAYAMA

Professional music creator and recording artist

About Me

Composer, arranger, producer and recording artist, worked with more than 90 big names in Japan since 1998. The works include a number of gold and platinum records and could be found all over every major lable and chart there.
Besides record production, MURAYAMA has provided many quality tracks for TV programs, DVD products and TV games.
MURAYAMA has also worked closely in team with synthesizer manufactures such as Roland and Access and has provided many preset patches and tracks for their best seller products.
Own solo album has been released in 2006 and the 2nd album is on the way.
Currently based in Los Angeles, signed with HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc. exclusively as a songwriter seeking a posibility to venture out of Japan and develop a new career.
Some of the artists involved
Japan: Utada Hikaru(Later released album as UTADA from Island/DefJam),Ken Hirai, Masayuki Suzuki, Ayaka Hirahara, Takako Matsu, Chemistry, Dohzi-T, Crystal Kay, Daichi Miura, Full Of Harmony, Miliya Kato, Mariko Takahashi, & etc.
Korea: BADA, Tony An, DIVA, Ryu, Lee Kichan, & etc.
Taiwan: Wang Leehom
Gear Production: Roland MC-909, MC-808 , Fantom S series synthsizer, Access Indigo preset patches
I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/30/2006
Band Website: blog.livedoor.jp/shin_murayama/
Influences: AL B. SURE!, AALIYAH, AARON HALL, AL JARREAU, ABBA, AMEL LARRIEUX, ALICIA KEYS, BOOTSY COLLINS, BEATLES, BASEMENT JAXX, BEYONCE, BILL WITHERS, BASIA, BRIAN MCKNIGHT, BABY FACE, BLACKSTREET, BASIA, THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES, BRANDY, BRECKER BROTHERS, THE BROTHERS JOHNSON, BRIAN-MICHAEL COX, CAMEO, COMMON, CARL THOMAS, CARL ANDERSON, CHICAGO, CRAIG DAVID, CON FUNK SHUN, CHAKA KHAN, CHUCKII BOOKER, CHIC, CASE, CANDY DULFER, CURTIS MAYFIELD, CARON WHEELER, CHICK COREA, DEEP FOREST, DR DRE, DIDDY, DWELE, DEBERGE, DONNA SUMMER, D'ANGELO, DRU HILL, DAZZ BAND, DONNY HATHAWAY, DJ QUIK, DIANA ROSS, EURYTHMICS, ERYKAH BADU, ERIC BENET, ENYA, EARTH WIND AND FIRE, FUNKADELIC, FAMILY, FULLFORCE, FAITH EVANS, FUGEES, FAT BOY SLIM, GEORGE DUKE, GEORGE BENSON, GEORGE MICHAEL, GLORIA GAYNOR, GEORGE WINSTON, GUY, HERBIE HANCOCK, HIRAM BULLOCK, THE HUMAN LEAGUE, INCOGNITO, INDIA ARIE, JOE, JAVIER, JANE CHILD, JUNIOR, JAMIROQUAI, JANET JACKSON, JOHN LENNON, JONATHAN BUTLER, JESSE JOHNSON, JAPAN, JAMES INGRAM, JON B, JILL SCOTT, KANYE WEST, KRAFTWERK, KENNY LOGGINS, KOOL & THE GANG, KELLY PRICE, KENNY LATIMORE, LYLE MAYS, LEVEL 42, LUTHOR VANDROSS, LAKESIDE, MINT CONDITION, MUSIQ, MISSY ELLIOTT, MARIAH CAREY, MADONNA, MICK KARN,MARVIN GAYE, MARY J. BLIDGE, MONTELL JORDAN, ME'SHELL NDEGE OCELLO, MICHAEL JACKSON, MEZZOFORTE, MARCUS MILLER, MAXWELL, MILES DAVIS, NATURALLY 7, OMAR, PRINCE, THE POLICE, PAT METHENY, PARLIAMENT, QUEEN, THE ROOTS,RODNEY JERKINS, RAY HAYDEN, RAPHAEL SAADIQ, ROGER(ZAPP)R.KELLY, SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, SHALAMAR, ST.PAUL, STEVIE WONDER, STARGATE, SOULSHOCK & KARLIN, STANLEY CLARKE, STEPHEN SIMMONDS, SNOOP DOGG, TAKE 6, TYRESS,THE TIME, TIM & BOB, TEDDY RILEY, THE UNDERSOGS, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, TOTO, UK, USER, WEATHER REPORT, XZIBIT, AND MANY MORE.
Record Label: File Records, Japan
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

2 New Demo Songs

Just added 2 new demos written with my great fellow warriors. Feel free to drop me a line with your thought.
Posted by MURAYAMA on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:29:00 PST

Smart Cookies

All Canadian friends, pleased to annouce that my instrumental track has been placed on W Network TV program "Smart Cookies" and played (or maybe will be played) every Wednesday 9:30pm E/P thanks to th...
Posted by MURAYAMA on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:09:00 PST

RIP ORITO-san

It's really a shame that my nice friend ORITO-san has passed. We've been always discussing on the potencial of our collaboration. He was the first Japanese born true authentic R&B artist ever made a d...
Posted by MURAYAMA on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:11:00 PST