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A big THANK YOU goes out to Kevin Higa and Sign-a-Rama for providing vinyl lettering for the TP van! Bryan was Kevin's assistant for the first North American Taiko Conference back in 1997, where Kevin served as the first conference coordinator! Thank you Kevin for your support and if you need signs or banners, go see him in Santa Monica!
Plans for our upcoming tours to Fort Wayne, Indiana and Cleveland, Ohio are in full swing! Another long road trip coming soon, and workshops with taiko groups on the way out and back! Plans are also moving along for our big summer shows at the Ford Amphitheatre. Tickets for Rhythmic Relations 2010 will go on sale April 1! To get the best seats in the house, stay tuned for our BaseBeat 2010 sponsorship info...
New beginner taiko classes start on March 9! Registration is now open, sign up today! Check out our studio page for more info!
Our recording session is over! Now it's just time for mixing, mastering, production, and then TP will have its first CD! To see photos from the recording session, click here!
Today we head into the studio to record our first CD! Three days...thirty six hours...and eight tracks to make happen! Wish us luck!
Our personnel page has been updated! Meet our new trainees (well, not that new, they started last summer). Welcome Jenny, Liz, Emily, Andrew, and Kris to the TAIKOPROJECT family! In other news, plans are underway for our upcoming tours to Indiana and Ohio, and we are deep in rehearsal in preparation for our upcoming CD recording! Get ready to hear TP like you've never heard us before!
Rehearsals for our recording session are heating up! Only two weeks left til our three-day recording session with Glenn Suravech. Spearheaded by Maz, TP's first CD will feature new songs and arrangements that will redefine the sound of TAIKOPROJECT.
In preparation for next weekend's Little Tokyo Korea/Japan Festival, we are rehearsing with the Kim Eung Hwa Korean Dance Company on a collaborative piece. In the past ten years, we've done collaborations blending taiko with klezmer clarinet, Vietnamese pop music, Chicano rock, European House music, American rap and hip hop, Zimbabwean marimba, Greek bouzouki performance, and Indian Bollywood music. After next weekend, add Korean traditional dance to that list!
Planning for our Rhythmic Relations 2010 shows at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre has begun! Save the dates, Saturday & Sunday, July 10 & 11, and hope to see you at one (or both) of the shows! Performances will start at 8:00 pm, and we are also doing a morning matinee for families in the Ford's "Big World Fun" series on Saturday at 10:00 am! Stay tuned for more details on the show and special guests!
Heading out to Vegas for a quick performance for Cadence Design Systems at the Wynn Hotel. Then, continuing work on our new studio and developing new songs for our first CD recording!
Tomorrow we perform our "(re)generation" show with our four newest members, Jenny, Liz, Emily, and Andrew, and long-time member Byron performs in his last show with TP! Ticket info available here! In other news, we have just been featured in an interview in the taiko magazine "Esto Es Taiko," an Argentinian taiko magazine! You can read it online (if you can read Spanish), here!
Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu!! Happy New Year! 2010 marks the 10th Anniversary of TAIKOPROJECT! Stay tuned for exciting events celebrating our first ten years of creative work! Projects on the horizon include our first CD recording, educational programs in our new studio, development of new works with marimba and koto, musical collaborations, and RHYTHMIC RELATIONS 2010, scheduled for July 10 & 11 at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre!
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