Paul Kington
Okinawan influenced artist/songwriter
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Obaa-chan Jiman no Baba Guruma Obaa-chan Jiman no Baba Guruma
He's a Bristol Man! He's a Bristol Man!
This is about a man from the city of Bristol in the west of England.....cider me up, landlord!!!
Souki Soba (I love Noodles!) Souki Soba (I love Noodles!)
This one's about my love affair with Okinawan Pork Noodles
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Paul Kington is a British artist based in Tokyo, majoring on vocals and the revered SANSHIN instrument.
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Hey! Megabigthanks for checking out my site. Don't forget to click on the music player if you want to hear my weird and wonderful Snake Banjo from Okinawa. wheeeEEEeee....!
?Band/artist history
...Since 1990 I travelled and lived around Europe, Australasia, The Middle East and South-East Asia; got homeless for a while there, too. Also studied Muay Thai in Thailand for a while then I came to Japan in 2000 to teach English.
*************************************************************************** I'd reckon it was my destiny to wind up in Japan so I became a student of Japanese language and vocal arts and graduated from the Tokyo Media Academy in 2003. During my three years as a born again student, I rediscovered myself through traditional music.
Under the instruction of Master Takeshi Hirayasu, I studied the Sanshin and Okinawan music in Tokyo. I had been performing as an independant artist, recording as well as playing live at cafes and other live venues, but now I'm just a done quitter
I also did some TV work here and there and worked on various programmes during the middle of the night when everyone else was sleeping. Well, that's about all I got right now; holy cow...Have you performed in front of an audience?...I do, indeed I do!
Your musical influences
...Queen, Begin, Iggy Pop, Elvis, the *** pistols, Pink Floyd, Blue Oyster Cult, Green Day, REM, Psychedelic Furs, March Violets, Bing Cosby. Various Okinawan artists. Crayon Shin-Chan,....What equipment do you use?
...No Synthesizers! Just a Zoom multitrack right now; I've never owned a computer. I play all instruments; Bass guitar, Electric guitar, Sanshin, Vocals, Keyboard, Bongos and Okinawan Castanets. And I'm only Crap at playing nearly all of them!Anything else?
FISH FISH FISH
The Far East,
Japan
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428087
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Comments (145)
Thanx for the comment over 16 months ago..lol
Like your version!
Ha ha u got to love those noodles.
Thanks for the comment on my sound, Paul. It seems like I created a "Trademark Phrase" that caught on: "Mix It All Together In A Jar!!" That's cool bro. It means exactly what it "musically" means: You take you varying sounds and mix 'em up to create YOUR thang. Glad you've adopted that phrase, because it describes the most of us on Soundclick.
(and to think, the PHRASE I was HOPING would catch on is the one I've been saying since '82: "To The Bridge, Igor!!" Oh well, eventually. ^_^)
Great blues tune....songwriting, vocals, guitar rhythm, production....all top shelf.
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