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At the ripe old age of 12, Emiko had already retired from classical music to begin making her mark in pop . Having played piano since she was two and half, Emiko was transforming from classical piano prodigy to rock and roll starlet.
Flash forward to now and Emiko is a three time featured performer of the Songwriters Hall of Fame NewWriters Show cases who has graced the pages of Billboard Magazine , FM Sound, Music Connection, and other mainstream music publications.As an award winning songwriter her credits include major publishing houses and placements such as SONY/ATV , Extreme Music Group, HGTV, E ! Entertainment , VH1, MTV, A & E, CBS Television, just to name a few. Emiko's catalogue contains an impressive number oforiginal works ( you wouldn't believe it unless you heard it directly from her) with everything from pop songs to R & B, rap, to film scores and contemporary classical music. To add to her solo compositions, she is also in writing and production partnerships with Liberty DeVitto ( best known as the drummer for Billy Joel)Tommy Faragher (Grammy nominated writer and producer, most recently known for his musical productions for the hit FOX tv show, Glee ) and other notable writers in the European and UK territories.
Emiko's ability to write thought provoking and commercially relevant songs has consistently raised her profile as an artist - with instrument endorsements from Kurzweil Keyboards and JH Audio to fashion/lifestyle endorsements from renowned designer Kenneth Cole and Kiehl's skin care line, as well as garnering social and political recognition for her charity work, headlining the Outdoor Pavilion Stage at the 2009 Special Olympic World Winter Games , receiving an Official Letter of Welcome from the Mayor of Cleveland for her work with World Hunger Year's Artists Against Hunger and Poverty Program and more.
As a citizen of the world, Emiko' s music reflects her international heritage - half Japanese half Jewish-American as she brings to life her journeys through music. Whether it's through the pulsing march of a lone drum on 'The Great North Road' or the romantic nostalgia of "6am" both songs from her up coming album being distributed through Universal Music Group ) Emiko finds herself crossing musical genres as often as she crosses international borders thesedays.
Having taken the last year off to focus on writing her new album, Emiko has found herself knee deep in the development of a TV show about her life and her travels, which, according to the show's producers 'had to be made because no one would believe this story if we told them!' The series will chronicle the making of her new live stage show which tells the story of how after 15 years , Emiko left New York for a 10 day tour of Japan, met an Englishman in a bar and (somehow) ended up in London! In addition to the TV development project , Emiko is gearing up for another massive worldwide tour which will kick off in the US in September and take her across the 50 States, over to England and Europe and finally culminating in Japan.
And when Emiko is not busy writing, recording, or touring , she delves into her other passion: the business side of the music industry. Named one of NewYork's Most Successful Entrepreneurial Women in Business by Young Working Women Magazine ( July 2008) Emiko keeps busy by being the President and Founder of The 6412 Ltd. , a business development /management consulting firm for up and coming artists, and as the Executive Director of AAMIA , (The Asian American Music IndustryAssociation ) an organization dedicated to bridging the gap between Asia and the Western World in today's popular music industry. With these two businesses under her belt, Emiko has been invited to lecture and participate as a music industry expert at various music festivals, panels, and conferences such as Japan Music Week, TheVancouver Island Music Business Conference , The Independent Music Conference, and more.
Emiko makes her home between New York, London and Tokyo - "really," she says, "...home is wherever the music takes me!"
Hard at work in the studio on her next album , it can surely be said that Emiko is one step closer to her favorite saying, "If there's life on Mars , they'll buy my album !
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http://www.emikomusic.comSingles:
Song: "Play in LA - Have Mercy"
I play all the keyboards on this song: Wurlitzer, Rhodes, B3, Clav, pads, and the synth lead solo. I am also the vocalist and the songwriter. Although the song hasn't reached its final mix, we have gotten a lot of wonderful responses from folks so far and everyone has encouraged me to put this up on Whotune!
Photos:
Photo: Alexandra Palace #3
Photo: Alexandra Palace #2
Photo: Alexandra Palace #1
Photo: 7 Steps Away cover
Photo: emiko and her baby!
Photo: Photo Credit: Peter Kolk
Photo: The GeminiStation Project -- Olympic Tour Photo Shoot, February 2009
Photo: Emiko and The GeminiStation Project -- Sun Valley Pavilion, June 2009
Photo: The band gets the giggles!
Photo: Photo by: Peter Kolk
Photo: Emiko and her baby
