Sweet Soul Records Blog Update
April 22, 2012
Well folks it’s been years since I’ve kept a proper blog. I
won’t even try to count them. I believe my last blog was last year around the
time I released “Let Love Shine” with Sweet Soul Records. Since the invention of such pages like
Myspace and Facebook, I feel like I make these daily posts filled with
information. Quick blurbs. Quickly passing by like a star in the night. I have
however started a website and I realize it’s nice to update it every now and
then. So, this will be short and sweet at least I hope. I am truly a horrible
writer, I seem to right in conversation form forsaking all the rules that my
English teachers instilled in me.
But, if you can read without judgement I will write. I will
try and check the spelling and all that before I post. So, I have just returned
from my first real concert in Tokyo with the label Sweet Soul Records! I must
say it was quite an event “Tokyo Soul Drive Vol: 5”. There were 4 DJ’s and
three live bands all soul and believe it or not: all hard! DJ Hiroking the wizard behind the
curtain for this event works very closely with Sweet Soul Records to create a
real soul movement on Japan! What an awesome endeavour for these two men to
attempt. I myself am super honored to have been invited and to have
participated in the fifth edition of this audacious (on every level)
event. Our host for Tokyo Soul was the famous
Our guest host MC for the evening was MC Taro Soul:
Some of the other DJ’s were
Our guest host MC for the evening was MC Taro Soul:
Some of the other DJ’s were
and the bands were great like this young lady:
the lovely Kaori Sawada Kaori Sawada of
Lightsound Records!! So beautiful this lady in spirit and voice and then there
was this funk band called
which of course had a young lady leading the crowd of horns,
drums and percussion, well you know funk band… and then myself…. With the band
I toted ”The Bowling Masachists”
cause we went bowling before the gig… There was Akira on the
bass, Naoki on keys, Luois on drums, Me and Tak ,,, the other guy is the
infamous DJ Hiroking who invited me in! Thanks man! That was awesome, but not
advisable to other bands cause it’ll take your energy away from the show. And
when I tell you that we danced till 6 in the morning , I mean we really danced til 6 in the morning. Great great music being
spent by the DJ’s, stuff I hadn’t heard in 10- 15 years. I was sweating like a
pig (which I am but we’ll talk Chinese later) after my little gig!
But these cats that came to the gig really got into the soul
drive… They really put as much heart into dancing to it as we did in singing
it…. IT really was awesome ! You guys
should get yourselves out there to a Tokyo Soul Drive it’s way worth the money!
A week before Tokyo I was down in Shizuoka! I tasted some
wonderful foods and drank some unusual concoctions. We did an acoustic concert
at Pimper’s Paradise and then prepared for another concert at Kentos some people were even wearing my t-shirts:
You can get your Song t-shirt at my store……. What store you
say? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm I will work that out soon…..
I will do a blog on Shizuoka soon, cause it was a really
cool place to spend some time and learn a little about Japanese culture.
Well that’s all I can think of right now so I will get back
with more later.. Blurb… We’ll see how you are feeling about it…
Talk to you soon,
Best,
Song
