Life

There are many mountain range in Nagano.
Komoro is a beautiful city with many hills and "Toson Shimazaki" lived in there.
I was born where is so beautiful place.

In spring, The cherry blossom blooming in Kaikoen of Komoro castle.
In summer, Mikoshi of Tatehaya shrine and Dokansyo festival
In fall, Mountain hiking of autumn leaves are beautiful.
In winter, Mt.Asama is blanket with snow.
when the pipes froze up, we think hard to be good way.

When I was a child, someone asked me.
what do you want to become in the future?
I said, I want to succeed to parent's office!
Because my parent be in happy, I said it.

My parent's stern in their discipline.
They teach me about many kind of manners.

When I choose music life...?
I guess...
When I was fourteen...

The mysterious thing happened in my room to the...(omit)

After school, I always do warming-up for practice instruments
Then I can make the sound.
Continued practices were needed me until midnight.
If I was lazy, my parent hided Music score from view and throw it away.
I tape it and go to Music school again and again.

My high school was Commerce course and mainly learned commercial bookkeeping.
After high school, I mainly learned an electronic organ of classical music.
My favarite composer was Ravel and Bartok.

At this time, I've been changed since I met a thing.

It's Moog

The moment I listen to C3's sound, I got a big shock!
Amazing！!
I was understanding what kind of sound, However it was beyond my comprehension and appeared in my mind.
It is a never to be forgotten sound.
Above all, It's so sweet and lovely in my heart.

During our friends go to abroad to study of music, I was worry about my way.
I couldn't find the way how to manage to keep body and soul together.
If I go to abroad, Can I find what is my way??
After this, I think for my passion of studing abroad in progression.

When I was twenty, I went to Boston.
On the airplane, I hold a charm and maternity record book and I droped tears.
My mind was big with hope and fears.

I couldn't...
There ware many kind of foreigners in there, so I couldn't get used to the culture and English.
Foreigners accent was the detail of something that confuse me
And I'm short, so someone said, you look like a child.
Then I always have a screwdriver in my pocket for ensure oneself against risks.
It was so hard a way of living than learning Music.

Good time only when I make sounds and it was nothing a borderline.

I could return to my country because I could find my way.
It was a simple thing for myself. What was really valuable for me was my.....

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I began playing electronic organ and piano at the age of 4. and started composing and improvisation at the age of 14. I learned electronic organ technique from Chieko Nakamura.
Performance technique from Toshio Mori, composing from Ryutaro Ozaki.

In high school, I played Junior Electone Concert and got the first prize of Nagano. Then played to improvise and got the third prize in East area of Japan. After that, I accompanied some piano concerto and opera in the contest.

I entered Senzoku college of Music, and was electronic organ major. Learned to Classical and Music Synthesis from Nao Uehara.
I entered Berklee college of Music in Boston,and was Music of Synthesis major. joined to gig many concerts and party and got technic of sound design.
Learned to compose of electronic Music and maxMSP, macCsound from Dr.Boulanger.
Piano from Bob Winter, Ross Ramsay
Organ of Blues and Rock from Bruce Katz.
When I played a keytar in live at school, I was discovered by a progressive rock band.
Performed my original concert in Boston.
I couldn't to transport my credit of Japan however guraduated the school for 2 years.