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Listing of Artists Available for Purchase on iTunes (United States)
Here’s a list of artists from Okinawa (or with ties to Okinawa) whose music can be purchased on iTunes. You may find that some of the artists are listed twice at the store and they may be listed under a different genre so navigating the store can be quite difficult. (Please note that clicking on…
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TRIPLE-P
One of the many indies music artists (I’ll blog about the others in the coming weeks) that caught my attention this past March in Okinawa is the hip-pop (hip-hop, rap, J-pop) duo TRIPLE-P. The duo of SHUN and Alice is on the same indie record label as the popular mixture band HY, Climax Entertainment Inc.,…
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Not Your Father’s Sanshin Uma
Continuing with the sanshin-related posts… Driving your family or neighbors (or both – yikes!) nutty with your late night sanshin practicing? There’s a uma (the free-standing bridge for the sanshin) that greatly mutes your playing no matter how heavy your picking style is and can be purchased for around ¥800. As pictured above, the uma…
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Other Ways to Tune Your Sanshin
Here’s additional information on gear you can use to help with your sanshin tuning. AW-1 Micro Tuner from Korg — all the cool kids are using it. TU-12 Chromatic Tuner from BOSS — the ol’ standby which I’ve owned for over 15 years but used mostly for guitar/bass tuning. Pitch Instrument (P-13E) from Tombo —…
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Searched Again on Karakui: Tuning Your Sanshin
Looks like there are still a lot of you who are finding us through a search for learning to tune your sanshin. We posted an entry about a neat little freeware app called Sankichi-kun at the beginning of the month. The only thing is that the app is in Japanese so here’s a quickie explanation…
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Keith Nakaganeku and Calabash at Borders This Week!
Want to hear one of the most beautiful voices on the island? How about a chance to listen to Hawaiian, Japanese and Okinawan music at the same place? Well, you’ll get all of those great things if you step away from your Mac/PC and head on over to the Borders at Victoria Ward Centre this…
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Rimi Natsukawa’s ‘Video Clip Collection’ and ‘Umuikaji’ Hits Stores on March 9th
Victor Entertainment will release a new Rimi Natsukawa DVD on March 9th titled “Video Clip Collection” which will be her third DVD release but her first collection of PVs (promotion videos). Beginning with her first single (under the Victor label) “Yuubae ni Yurete” on to her latest “Furusato”, there are a total of 11 videos…
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Congrats to DA PUMP’s KEN!
Moving to the same dance beat as fellow ‘Pumper YUKINARI (28), it looks like KEN’s (27) marriage in 2006 to an unnamed female (after nine years together) produced their first baby girl, Kairi. In 2004, YUKINARI married former talent Natsu Nishida (24) and they have a baby girl. [Via nikkansports.com.]
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Happy Sanshin (3/4) Day!
Sorry, I just got home a little while ago so I’m way late in celebrating Sanshin Day with you. Technically though, Okinawa celebrated Sanshin Day yesterday but there’s still a good half hour or so in my part of the world. 😛 As I did last year, I’ll have something special for you to add…
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