Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Josh · 2009-03-18 09:36:33

I just wanted to share a paper of mine that has been published by the New York State Sociological Association in their journal The New York Sociologist. It's part of my Phd and is actually a work in progress, but the online version is available for free download.
The title is:
Searching for a Musical Identity: The Changing Values of Contemporary Shakuhachi Players

http://www.newyorksociologist.org/
Look in Vol 3, 2008.

It's in the field of music sociology but it shouldn't be too weighed down with theory.

edosan · 2009-03-18 16:29:37

Josh wrote:
I just wanted to share a paper of mine that has been published by the New York State Sociological Association in their journal The New York Sociologist. It's part of my Phd and is actually a work in progress, but the online version is available for free download.
The title is:
Searching for a Musical Identity: The Changing Values of Contemporary Shakuhachi Players

http://www.newyorksociologist.org/
Look in Vol 3, 2008.

It's in the field of music sociology but it shouldn't be too weighed down with theory.

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Here's a direct link to the PDF: http://newyorksociologist.org/08/Smith-08.pdf

Josh · 2009-03-19 02:46:59

Thanks Ed,
You really deserve a title of Forum Assistant or something:) You do a good job of cleaning up our disorganization sometimes.

edosan · 2009-03-19 03:09:17

Forum Fixer. I like fixin' stuff.

[I thought the links to the PDFs were a bit ambiguous on the site, so...]

Kiku Day · 2009-03-19 07:23:50

Cool, Josh.
Congratulations on getting the paper accepted!
I am working on one too - everything is on hold now though until after the concert.
Looking forward to read it! gain, after the concert!

Yungflutes · 2009-03-19 10:01:16

Josh, What a tremendous amount of work you have done here!

I saw Zan back in 2003 in a small Art Gallery in Tokyo. I loved how they integrated shakuhachi, koto and taiko into the commercial pop sound.

Also liked the scope of your paper and the Yamamoto Houzan, Yokoyama Katsuya, Aoki Reibo comparison to Hanya Teikoku and the influence of both on past and present tradition.

Great stuff. Everyone should read Josh's paper!

Last edited by Yungflutes (2009-03-19 10:03:08)

Josh · 2009-03-20 04:13:48

Thanks Perry,
I tend to really enjoy ZAN and RIN in small doses. I like their pop flavor but am always wanting something deeper after awhile. But then again us shakuhachi freaks are not their intended audience so I have to keep that in mind also. Unfortunately I had a longer section on some other groups and Kiku too, but the editors axed a lot because of the lentgh. Everyone will just have to wait for the book I guess. (Don't hold your breath, it'll be awhile )
I really wish I could be there for your concert in London Kiku! Any funding left over send me a plane ticket, I'll be there with nihon-shu for you. Looking forward to your paper too. These things take so long to finally get into publication, then by the time they do the scene has often dramatically changed. But then again, just like our music, we're never satisfied with the outcome. But it's all an ongoing process and there will never be that final, end all paper or performance.

Yungflutes · 2009-03-20 10:18:33

Josh wrote:
Thanks Perry,
I tend to really enjoy ZAN and RIN in small doses. I like their pop flavor but am always wanting something deeper after awhile. But then again us shakuhachi freaks are not their intended audience so I have to keep that in mind also.

Of course. As you point out, they are there for new audiences. Hanya Teikoku, as you wrote, may not be a popular with followers of the early traditional shakuhachi music, but is a "hit with the ladies".

I know of at least one shakuhachi player who started with the shakuhachi for that reason. One night, as he was entertaining some Japanese female friends, he decided to pull out his shakuhachi. One of the women began to laugh and said that's what her father did all day!

Regardless of whether it did him any good in that department, he's got a nice tone these days.

Nyogetsu · 2009-03-20 10:50:10

Hi Josh,

Congrats on the Article - really top shelf stuff !!

On a personal note - I had the good fortune m a few years back, to play a small Concert with Nagasu Tomoka- San of RIN, in Hitachi-Shi, Ibaraki Prefecture.
Among other pieces, we did a Traditional Shakuhachi Duet, I did a solo piece, and she did a Traditional Biwa piece.
I thought she was pretty awesome.

Unfortunately, when I invited her to partake in the "Women Shakuhachi Master's" panel discussion, and the "Women Shakuhachi Master's" Concert at the NY International Shakuhachi Festival of 2004, she was on tour and too busy.

Keep up the good work !
Ronnie

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