Just finished editing and production on Joe Chavira's Relief Special Show for Covid 19 fundraiser. Specifically created to raise funds for as many food banks across the world as we can. Hopefully this will help those families in need. Will be posting soon with air dates and online premieres. Joe and Trini Lopez added a special tune called "If By Now" for the show. Some of the local artists involved that added their talents to the show are Gloria Mantooth, Erin Montgomery, The Belmores - Terry and Carol, and Daniel Miller.
I AM SAIKU SAPIEN
My name is Douglas Tomooka A.K.A. Saiku Sapien. Saiku means 'craftsman' or 'artisan' in Japanese. I at least fancy myself in my own mind as being an artisan and most of the time a human. The arts are what separate us from the beasts. Without art to capture our emotions, words and deeds, we wouldn't be able to pass our culture to the generations that are to come. It always amazes me how you can actually keep a record of how you feel on a piece of paper, a piece of magnetic tape, some digital thingy, wood or stone. I have always been intrigued by hearing how artists of any media come up with their ideas. In music, lot of times the songs I listened too, have a totally different meaning than what I thought. I guess that's the beauty of the arts. I thought I would give a little the back story of the songs that I have written. Hope you like the material I have composed. The music is varied from Adult Contemporary, Pop, Rock, Jazzy R&B, and Prog Rock.
The newest album has been released and is available here online. Its title is Human.I.Am. Other discs I have available are "Revival" under the name of Saiku Sapien and the self titled album "The HeartThieves".
Don't Wake Me Up video for Joe Chavira's Covid Relief Special televised on KEYT and KCOY to support county food banks
Finished Music Production on album for John Henry Cosaini
Just finished up a really cool album "Today" by "JH and The Heart Tones" by John Henry Cosaini. It's a buffet of songs that are a cross between 70's and 80's horn studded R&B and Rock Bands mixed in with a little soul, smooth jazz, and Gospel. Catchy tunes. Food for the Soul. Check it out Here.
Joe Chavira and Doug work on a new album together.
Joe Chavira and I have been long time friends since childhood being both from the same neighborhood. After recording Joe with his band Kumate and Trini Lopez, we decided to work together and do an album of his songs with me as his music producer. Our first song out of the box is the hit song "You Keep Me Breathing". Check it out Here.
Revival ReMastered
Just finished up ReMastering my first album "Revival". I wanted to change distribution channels so I made some changes that seemed to propel the songs to the next level. Of Course Colleen Kelley did a tremendous job on lead vocals. Also got some help from my amigos Scott Radosevich, Rocky Blythe and Jim Stromberg as well as some guest performances by Keith Forrest and William Simpson. Thanks everyone for support!
Santa Maria Sun Article
I made the Santa Maria Sun Thursday Jan 19 edition. Thanks Joe Payne for a nice article. I appreciate it. You can check out the article here.
Mixed Trini Lopez New Christmas Album
Just finished Mixing and Mastering Trini Lopez's "Original Christmas Songs" Album last week with Joe Chavira. Trini can still bring it with his smooth velvet voice. I also mixed and mastered his album "All Original Songs" that he and Joe wrote earlier this year. I think these were numbers 73 and 74 albums. Wow! A new one coming up next month. Joe and Trini are pretty prolific.
Human.I.Am ready for download
Finally uploaded Human.I.Am onto the site. Hope you take a listen to some of the songs. Getting ready to upload the first Saiku Sapien album "Revival" featuring Colleen Kelley as lead vocalist plus a host of other fantastic players.
2016.08.21
Stop by again. I will be adding more info on history and adding songs to listen to.
