Category: satomi and the sound
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Becoming Satomi
I have considered using my Japanese name professionally at various times in my career, and it was a natural opportunity when I launched my Japanese music act Satomi and the Sound last year. The only other time I’ve used Satomi was when I studied abroad in Japan, back in 2008. Essentially, SATS is still Robert…
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[videos] Music and community
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Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about how music creates a community. A music event gives people a reason to come together. Tastes for particular musical styles and artists create communities. Individual communities share specific music as part of their collective experience. The musicians themselves are a community, but I feel like they often limit…
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7 things you need to book a new musical act
The musician’s catch 22: How do you book a gig before you’ve had a gig? How can you prove that your musical act is “real?” Shift your thinking to a sales approach. Before you hold a product in your hands, how do you know you want to buy it? Essentially, you buy into the packaging…
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[SATS] The Girl from Ipanema, L-O-V-E
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Here are two simple videos I made for my Japanese project, Satomi and the sound. I’m not big on making videos. For me, it takes a disproportionate amount of time to film and edit, and I’d rather focus on music. Yet for many platforms, to share audio, video is often required (or strongly preferred). I…
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[new release] さとみ Satomi
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Listen on SpotifyListen on Apple MusicListen on YouTube Music My new project is Satomi and the sound, featuring myself as a flutist and singer of (mostly) Japanese and (some) American music. To be perfectly frank, this is something of a marketing experiment/identity exploration. The Pan-Tones have achieved modest success, especially in musical crowds. The people…