Joe Hashizume...
Joe Hashizume
born: march 9 1979
grew up in forestville
classically trained piano and violin at age 6
played in the prepatory and junior symphony from 12 to 18
Went to St. Rose elementary
Cardinal Newman high
Bands: Skatz 007 1996-1998
Blue Cat Mob 1998-2002
Some influential teachers:
- Benett Freidman: taught me everthing i need to know about jazz
- Vera Slade: my piano teacher... music is more than what is on the page.
- Kendrick Freeman: latin jazz .... feel the music man!
- Bob Williams: prepatory orcherstra conductor... if you're going to make a mistake, do it like you mean it. and how to fake it.
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Some musical influences:
Bill Evans, Brad Mehldau, Bjork, Radiohead, Miles Davis, Chick Corea, The Bad Plus, Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock, Hiromie Uehara, Larry Goldings, Keith Jarrett, John Coltrane, Esbjorn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.), Thelonious Monk, Autechre, Daft Punk, Square Pusher and so on
Philosophy:
Music is an art form. art is taking something human, an emotion, feeling, an ideal, and projecting it in some kind of tangible form. sound, film, dance, ink, paint, words. so for me i have to be able to feel something that is behind the music, but not necessarily a specific emotion. and things can flow back and forth. music can me feel something or i can inject something into the music also not to take myself aesthetically serious. sometimes it is not all about art, but having fun and Rock On!
