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Shinya Miyamoto

About Me

Shinya Miyamoto is a versatile New York City musician from Hiroshima, Japan, with a background in arranging, engineering, producing and, sequencing programming (recording, mixing, mastering, etc.). Shinya began his musical development at age four on piano and continued with the drums at age fourteen. With the drums, he found his true means of personal expression and musical freedom.
He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where he majored in Professional Music and graduated Cum Lade in 1994. After doing many live music shows and recording projects in Boston, Shinya relocated to New York City to work as an engineer and music programmer for a commercial Jingle House / Film Scoring Production Company, John Hill Music.
Most recently, he worked as a mastering engineer and editor at Sterling Sound, the largest music mastering plant in the world. While there, Shinya learned to rely on his musical ability to help him master complicated musical situations. He performed and recorded for numerous projects/artists from all over the world.
Songs listed on this pagee for playback features Shinya's drums, production/Mixing on "Carrie" and "Step Right Up" and mixing on "Low Down"
Look carefully..... This is 80's superstar A-ha in Times Square!!......With Me!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/03/2006
Band Website: http://www.shinyamiyamoto.com
Band Members: Performance: Drums, Keyboards and sequencing, Guitars (Elctric and Acoustic), Bass (Electric)

Engineering: Both in analog and digital. I'm good at coming up with the best possible result from limited resouces. Recording, Mixing and Mastering.

I've produced many projects understanding each different roles in the music production

I've composed music which was aired on well respected media (TV, radio and movies)

music arranging has always been my strength which helped me to perform well in above roles

Influences: I listen to all kinds of music. I tend to prefer the music that has clear itention of where it's going, but then I like things that surprise me. Pop. Rock, R&B, Funk, Soul, Jazz, Gospel, Latin, New Age, Classical...... with all the sub catagories included. From most delicate music to ear bleeding bang....
Sounds Like: People say when they listened to the music that has my performance on it, like: "yeah, that sounds like Shinya's drums", or "this must be Shinya's mix".

Record Label: freelance