Ecstatic to announce my newest EP, coming out this summer! “The Way Things Used To Be” will be collection of new fusion works for jazz quartet, featuring some very special guests. I’ve been working on this EP for about two years, and it includes what I feel are some of my best compositions to date. Many more details to follow in the coming days/weeks, so stay tuned!
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So excited to see that Ralph Samuelson, the man who taught me just about everything I know about the shakuhachi is getting going posting on YouTube. If you have any interest in the shakuhachi and Kinko Ryu, @shakuhachihermit is a must follow!
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So grateful for the chance to compose another track for the LoL universe, this time in a whimsical orchestral style for League of Legends: Wild Rift. Listen as the music changes to represent the faeries of summer, autumn, winter, and spring. That’s me on Garklein recorder (octave higher than “regular” recorder) and a few other woodwinds! watch video on watch page
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Guesting on shakuhachi for this hot new track from @insaneintherainmusic! Carlos did an excellent job writing for shakuhachi for the first time; get hip to his usage of the miyako-bushi scale in this futuristic Japanese jazz fusion composition! watch video on watch page
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New episode of This Is Not a Recorder premiering at 12pm EST! I'll be on hand in the first 20 minutes or so afterwards to answer any shakuhachi/breath support related questions you might have, so tune in and say hi!
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I'm featured on EWI, getting my smoove on in a new video over on @The8BitBigBand's channel! Go check it out, give them a like and a sub! watch video on watch page
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Members of the Recording Academy! Hope you’ll consider my debut album for this year’s Grammy voting. Sanma Samba and Cerberus are both on YouTube. It’d be huge for the shakuhachi and world instruments in jazz to be in the running for such a prestigious nomination!
#grammys #grammys2021 #foryourconsideration #fycgrammys #jazz #shakuhachi
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Special guested on Monster Hunter composer Tadayoshi Makino’s new arrangement of his song Yukumo Village from Monster Hunter Portable 3rd! Head on over to @SpinSolfa to check out a rare instance of me playing tenor sax :) watch video on watch page
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10,000 subscribers! Thanks to all who’ve listened, subscribed, and supported my music habit over the years. It feels pretty special to hit 5 digits! I’ve got something a bit different in the works to celebrate, so stay tuned :)
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Today I'm releasing my one-man big band soundtrack to the video game "The Take," only on Bandcamp!
zaczinger.bandcamp.com/album/the-take-original-sou…
You may have heard a couple tracks from it in Adam Neely's Bit Awards video from last year. This is the full big band version, on which I'm playing all the saxophones, flute, and clarinet, and MIDI programmed the rest of the big band with my EWI. Please consider picking it up today if you're interested--Bandcamp waiving their collection fees for artists until 12am EST!
More content likely to follow on YouTube now that all my gigs are cancelled :)
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