Friday, June 22, 2007

Kotaro Oshio - Hard Rain

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Oshio Official Site

Awesome guitar picking XD I think it should be renamed 'romantic rain' rather than 'hard rain'. It's nowhere close to a torrent.

Fromwkik
Kotaro Oshio (押尾コータロー, Oshio Kōtarō) is an acoustic guitarist from Japan. Born in Osaka, on February 1, 1968, he is most well known for his work on the steel string guitar.Oshio's music is classified within various categories including pop, new age, and jazz. His style has drawn comparisons with other highly regarded musicians such as Michael Hedges. Oshio's musical technique includes fingerpicking, slap harmonics, and precise strumming.

While his albums include mostly original material, Oshio is also well known for his covers and movie soundtracks. His unique skill in interpretation and arrangement can be heard in tracks such as "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" from his album "Starting Point".

Posted by Z at 2:56 PM

4 comments:

  1. Unknown6/23/07, 1:25 PM

    Dang...he's pretty good. I wonder what he'd be like slamming it out on an electric?

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  2. Jade6/26/07, 6:33 PM

    awesome!!! love his crispy strumming and tapping and rhythm~

    @jeremy: i thought an electric would take a bit of getting used to for an acoustic guitarist...but it'd be wonderful to hear how he handles that! ;)

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  3. Z6/27/07, 4:21 AM

    Don't think his tapping techniques work the same on electric. It's special =)

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  4. Anonymous12/30/08, 11:33 PM

    i love kotaro's version of Last Christmas, so lovely
    http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/beautiful-acoustic-version-of-last-christmas-by-kotaro-oshio/

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