Arising from the sweltering depths of Toronto this past September: two new Small World Project videos! Hendrix, bongos, ukulele, banjo-uke, double bass and more! Shot with great skill by the […]
Eien Hunter-Ishikawa’s New Website
My good friend and wonderful percussionist Eien Hunter-Ishikawa has just launched a brand new website: www.eienhunterishikawa.com Eien, who is based in Vancouver, plays Japanese percussion, drumset, vibes, shinobue and is […]
New Duo Videos with Kaoru Watanabe
Happy to share the first video from our session, July 10th, 2014: Kaoru Watanabe and I improvise, featuring a beautiful hamon set (created by Teppei Saito), gong, and bells. Audio […]
New Recordings: Game Music, Film Music, CDs and Videos
It’s happened regularly over the past several years that I’m asked to participate in recording sessions for video games. I’m fairly ignorant of which games are successful or popular and […]
LATI, WTG, On Ensemble & Los Angeles
I had a wonderful time this past week in Los Angeles. I spent some quality time with Kris Bergstrom of On Ensemble and the recently established Los Angeles Taiko Institute […]
Brooklyn & Bremen
April is a busy month, with two exciting trips in the works. First off is a visit to Brooklyn, to teach at Kaoru Watanabe’s Taiko Center, April 11-12-13. I’ll be […]
2014 Starts with ‘Otofure’
Happy New Year! I was extremely happy to recently spend two weeks in Japan with my good friend, the unique dancer and choreographer Hideo Arai. We’ve created a new project […]