{"id":280,"date":"2016-01-23T19:58:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T03:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/komuso.info\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2020-12-02T15:42:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T23:42:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/komuso.info\/","title":{"rendered":"About Komuso"},"content":{"rendered":"

Komuso is my online musician virtual alter ego (or Avatar), born in SecondLife<\/a> in\u00a02005 where I was one of the first musicians to start performing live music streaming to virtual audiences.<\/p>\n

If I had to describe my style in a short sentence I’d say it’s all about Groove, Tone, and Story.
\n(even instrumentals can tell you a story…)<\/p>\n

Update Aug 2020<\/strong>: Interview on the SecondLife blog An Interview With Komuso Tokugawa<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve always loved blues music, but I’m also deeply invested in\u00a0other world\/roots music traditions that reflect the human condition.<\/p>\n

“The blues is the human condition, Blues is life or truth as has been said, and encompasses the whole spectrum of human emotion from despair to joy.”<\/em><\/p>\n

One of my fans wrote this about me which I think describes my style best:
\n“Komuso Tokugawa’s approach to the blues is unique. The rough-around-the-edges sound is often described as ‘dirty’, ‘grungy’ or ‘alternative’. Highly experimental, Komuso takes influences from world music and wraps them around the emotionally charged blues core to create his sound.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Another fan’s view:
\n“Komuso plays the blues the way it oughta be played, with an edge and a throatiness that tells its own tales.<\/a>“<\/em><\/p>\n

My world music tastes span Reggae, Gypsy, Fado, Soukos, West African griot styles, Middle Eastern, indie alt rock to ambient trance electronica. I’ve even “invented” some new hybrid genres such as as Bluestronica, Grunge Blues, and Reggae Blues to describe some of these musical experiments.<\/p>\n

You can hear some of these musical explorations on Soundcloud:
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