HAYABIKI PROJECT PeruNikkei Fusion Band

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Submitted by marcoshimabukuro on Thu, 11/09/2006 - 01:19.

ENGLISH VERSION
This is 'HayabikiProject', a five part band from Lima-Peru, all nikkei. Our goal is to explore new sounds, mixing traditional japanese music, like okinawa minyou or tsugaru shamisen as well, melting this influence with America Rock and Metal, planning also orchestral ensemble and pianos solos as well.

Please take a look our website: www.hayabiki.tk and please leave your comments. You can also download our singles: Fuyu Uta, Yuki and Metallitsugaru...

Thanks and stay tuned...
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Marco Shimabukuro
Leaderband

VERSION EN ESPAÑOL
Hola, somos 'HayabikiProject', cinco nikkei de Lima-Peru. HAYABIKI nace del entusiasmo al querer fusionar la música tradicional japonesa con sonidos contemporaneos. Nuestra visión es explorar nuevas sonidos juntandolos en un amalgama de conceptos e influencias tanto Japonesas como Americanas.

A pesar de ejecutar el Sanshin, conocido también como Shamisen de Okinawa, lo hacemos de manera diferente, dándole un sonido similar al Tsugaru Jamisen, la cual proviene de la prefectura de Aomori, ubicada en el norte de Honshu.

Visiten nuestro website en: www.hayabiki.tk y porfavor escribanos sus comentarios. Tambien pueden descargar nuestras canciones: Fuyu Uta, Yuki and Metallitsugaru...

Saludos

Marco Shimabukuro

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Submitted by marcoshimabukuro on Thu, 11/09/2006 - 02:00.

We're going to play on Peru Nikkei Matsuri at AELU this saturday 11th. Hope all you guys be there spending great time together... If you want more information just check our website: www.hayabiki.tk

Regards

Marco


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Submitted by vkm on Fri, 11/10/2006 - 00:40.
I visited your site and found the song on the intro piece very interesting. The only thing was that I couldn't figure out where or how to download the singles that you mentioned. I can't read Spanish, so I can't tell if you have explained it in the text.
Could you tell me how to listen to your other songs? Thank you!

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Submitted by marcoshimabukuro on Fri, 11/10/2006 - 01:17.

Hi... Right now the website is only in Spanish, (as you see), but, we're going to translate to english very soon. By the way, why don't you try to click over the word 'discografia' from the main menu. after that, you will see the tree songs we uploaded.

Hope enjoy it, and thanks!!!

Marco


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Submitted by vkm on Fri, 11/10/2006 - 09:11.
I'm sorry. I still can't find it. When I visit your site, I see the intro media piece. Then, I click on the word 'ENTER'. From there, it takes me to this page: http://four.fsphost.com/shimabukuro/news.html.
On this page, there's a clickable link for the 'Galeria de Fotos', a scrollable list for 'Novedades', and a media piece promoting the Matsuri AELU. Besides the 'Play >' button for the photo gallery, I can't seem to be able to click on anything else. I don't see any menu either.
Right now, I am viewing the site from my home computer which is a Mac. I will try again when I go to work on a PC computer and see if I have the same problem viewing.

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Submitted by vkm on Fri, 11/10/2006 - 14:41.
I was able to open it at work. It must have been that your menu bar/graphic at the top of the page wasn't compatible with my Mac running the Safari browser. When I checked again here at work, I was able to see the top graphic with the menu bar. At home, I just saw a big white empty space.
I'm not generally a fan of metal, but I found the songs really interesting in the way that you incorporate the traditional instruments. Of the three songs you have on the site, I like best the song that you used for the intro piece - "Yuki".
Thanks so much for sharing your site!

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Submitted by marcoshimabukuro on Fri, 11/10/2006 - 18:09.

Thanks for visiting Us... We're going to considerate all problems with diferent webbrowser.. thanks for the tip

By the way. I just start composing a couple of song with piano, quite ballad including chords structure as oriental songs...

Stay tuned for new songs

THX

Marco


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Submitted by vkm on Fri, 11/10/2006 - 20:50.

I can't wait to hear your new songs! Please keep us posted.


Submitted by yn on Fri, 11/10/2006 - 10:30.

I'm very glad to know this group! I really like the intro music!! It reminds me of Yoshida Kyodai.

By the way, I'm ashamed to ask...what the difference between Sanshin & Shamisen? As far as I know, Sanshin is usually used in Okinawa. Even though I was born and growing up in Japan, I don't know anything about it.

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Submitted by marcoshimabukuro on Fri, 11/10/2006 - 13:30.

Well.. there's a description

Sanshin:
It's an okinawa instrument, It comes from China
The body of the instrument is made by Snake Skin
The neck is made by black wood kuruki or kuruchi(okinawaben)
sanshin is smaller than shamisen

Shamisen:
It's the enhanced version of sanshin. Popular in all japan
The body is made by cat or dog skin (so it's white)
The neck is made by the same wood that taiko (sakura tree I guess)
You can see the Tsugaru Jamisen, it's the biggest than regular shamisen or sanshin

Right now instrument are made by real skin or fake skin...

Hope this information be useful


Submitted by yn on Sat, 11/18/2006 - 07:17.

I didn't know shamisen is made by cat or dog skin. I'm personally glad to know that now it is sometime made by fake skin.

I also didn't know that Shamisen is the enhanced version of sanshin....it means that Sanshin is older than Shamisen. Since Sanshin comes from China, Shaminsen is NOT a Japanese traditional insturment. It suprised me. I though Shamisen is a Japanese original instrument....I was worng. I learned a lot!

Thanks!

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Submitted by marcoshimabukuro on Mon, 12/11/2006 - 00:31.

Well. A lot of cool things in Japan cames from China. Even the tipical instruments. I guess that's why china it's called Chugoku (centre country)

There's a add... In china, the instrument is called Sanxen or Sangen, it look's excacty like Sanshin but the neck is longer...

Regards


Submitted by nataliamaki on Sun, 11/26/2006 - 16:13.

Hola Marco,

Te felicito a vos y a tu banda. Me encanta la fusion de melodias e instrumentos. Creo que una buenisima forma de dar a conocer la musica tradicional y atraer a la juventud. Keep up the good work!!!

Saludos,
Natalia
Los Angeles, CA

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Submitted by marcoshimabukuro on Mon, 12/11/2006 - 00:16.

Gracias... segun tu gramatica, podria imaginar que eres Argentina o Paraguaya... jejeje

En estos momentos estamos componiendo nuevos temas, y personalmente estoy grabando algunos covers de musica okinawense (en agradecimiento a mi obaachan). Pronto lo publicare en mi pagina web www.shimabukuro.tk

Gracias nuevamente por el apoyo y me gustaria que la gente en latinoamerica pueda escuchar nuestra propuesta...

Saludos

Marco


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Submitted by marcoshimabukuro on Mon, 12/11/2006 - 00:24.

Hi everyone. It tooked a while but our website's new look is done, It's a quite pop style. We also remastered our songs. Hope enjoy it!!!

Regards
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Hola a todos, hemos rediseñado nuestra pagina web, espero que les guste. También hemos grabado nuevamente los temas para mejorar la calidad de sonido.

Saludos