shohei toyoda

• Got fascinated by the acoustic guitar since 1997, (middle school) back home in Ohio. The first song that clicked, was the acoustic version of the song, "Last Chance" by a Japanese folk-pop group called Something ELse. Since then, I've been in the world of J pop, but Berklee has opened many perspective of music as I played jazz, funk, r&b, gypsy jazz, celtic and bluegrass in the recent years.• The most influential guitarist/composer/Musicians currently are Kotaro Oshio, Michael Hedges, Andrew York, Pierre Bensusan, David Grisman, EWF, Stevie Wonder, India Arie, Raul Midon, Ravel, Fernando Sor, Villa Lobos, Grant Green, Keb Mo, etc. I continue to create my own genre, but now I work with my partner(sop. sax) and few vocalist to do local gigs, and also play on the streets.