Biography
Yoshi is an accomplished jazz musician, academic, researcher and entertainer with an eclectic mix of passions including fine coffee, old time jazz music, double bass and gramophone recordings and technology. He is fluent in English and Japanese. He has a marvellous rapport with the young and the elderly through his knowledge of recording technologies and musical history, using the sensory and intellectual stimulation of music to help maintain a person’s quality of life as well as well being of those contact with the sound vibration.
PROFESSIONAL OFFER
His mission is to bring joy to children and the elderly through the power of music from a bygone age. Discover his passion for connecting with diverse age groups and learn from his vast knowledge of 78rpm recordings. If you live in Sydney area, he is able to come and offer a gramophone music therapy as well as gramophone & bass concerts and gigs. The charge will start from $150 per hour. Please don't miss this great chance of experiencing the history of sound embedded in the grooves of 78 rpm records from early 1900s to 1950s.
When Thomas Edison invented his phonograph using wax cylinder in 1877, he simply assumed that it would be for a language machine. Music appreciation was his fourth application. When the phonograph was introduced to Japan in 1878, it was translated as “a speech resurrecting machine" (蘇言機 <so-gon-ki> or a sound resurrecting machine” (蘇音機<so-on-ki). These Japanese translation is definitely far better than phonograph or gramophone, which simply means "sound writing or writing sound) . Although Edison ended up advancing from cylinder "diamond disc", the word, gramophone became a norm since it utilises discs only. Berliner (1888) who invented disc recording system once said that hearing voices in the groove would be “like holding community with immortality.” It is this interactive and introspective feature of gramophone sound that makes gramophone music therapy effective especially tot the elderly with dementia and hearing loss.
Participants will be convinced that a gramophone with 78 rpm records would be enough to be connected to the ones they love and music they cherish.
NURSING HOME
For aged care facilities, Yoshi is pleased to offer one complimentary gramophone concert session so you can assess the reaction of your residents. The offer is only valid until the end of October, 2024. If you are interested in his gramophone music therapy, he will visit your respected institution and demonstrate the way how he works with residences with dementia and age-related deafness.