Thursday, September 29, 2011

hell of a week!!!!

Past weekend,,, I'm proud to tell you that i won the "International Thumb picking Contest" in Kentucky!!!



and i got this real cool guitar!!! Chet Atkins model Gretsch!!!



good news continues....

i went to see my guitar hero Mr. Tommy Emmanuel in Newark Oh and guess what...


i brought the guitar to him and he played it!!!



even better,.. he signed it!!!




this is just PURELY AWESOME!!!!!!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

TOP 5!!!

Got back from Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield Kansas..


had a blast!!! good news to tell,,,

i got in the TOP5 this year at the competition!! horra~~~y!!!!

Sunday, May 22, 2011

tour finale

so my last show was yesterday at Tokyo.


so much people came out for me. it was most memorable show i ever did!!
thank you everyone that supported me

my family, friends, everyone that came out to the show and supported my music.
special thanks to Aki,

my best friend and best guitar partner.


i got charity show in Sendai this tuesday, which is the part that was effected by the earthquake. 

i hate to say... but im gonna miss this country so much....... hope i can return soon.


anyways, my tour is coming to an end.
thank you all for reading this blog!!
hope to see you in the states again soon

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Kyushu tour!

it's been a while since that last post...

yes, i was sooooo busy these couple of weeks in Tokyo.

I was traveling of course, to Kyushu, the southern part of Japan for a 3 day tour!

It was my first time down to the deep southern area. The first two days, i spent at a prefecture called fukuoka.   The weather was almost like summer, warm and moist.

I was able to meet a very special friend there.
i knew him thru the web, but not in person.
He is a guitar player himself.  He was so nice enough to be able to host my tour and also let me stay at his apartment!!





i had a blast with him, playing a show at a church, and at the "sho-chu" bar.  (japanese spirit, almost like sake)

next off, i went more deeper to a prefecture called Miyazaki



It was more warmer here then Fukuoka.

Miyazaki is famous for is charcoal broiled chicken!!!
this was amazing chicken!!

and here's my host, Ayumu Nishimura, National Champion of the Japan's Fingerpicking competetion!!
i can't appreciate enough to everyone that supported me in this tour!!!



oke,,, i hate to say this...

but my last gig is coming up in tokyo~~~~~ 



5/21, last show at Tokyo!!!

Saturday, May 7, 2011

last show in the west

so tomorrow is the last show of the western part of the Japan tour.

This past month was the most memorable month I have spent with the people and the music that I truly love. 

I am here, playing music and living a life because of so many people that was kind enough to connect with thru music.  it's because so many people i met here lend me a hand.  It's because my best friend Aki, who has supported me in every single way.

I will play the guitar with all the love and appreciation, in return for all the love that i received!!


5/8/11 Cafe Atta @ Oumi-hachiman
http://coffee.shiga-saku.net/c14469.html
1st set: open 12:30 start 14:00
2nd set: open 17:30 start 19:00