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We have enjoyed success, touring the countryside and small cities giving grassroots concerts. These concerts are produced with ticket sales, advertising and stage management being carried out by local people, most often with little or no “public money,” corporate sponsorship, mass media exposure, or production company commercialism. We speak Japanese fluently and our relationship is direct to the local producer with no middleman.
This grassroots activity arose in part out of frustration with the closed system of traditional music, the lack of venues where we can effectively reach an audience, and the general apathy toward traditional music as it is usually packaged. Clubs, western style halls, koto group concerts, shakuhachi amateur gatherings and concerts featuring weird fusions have been off limits to us or fail to draw an audience. We know, however, that the music is vibrant and the public responds very positively when given a chance. Thus we have sought out different non-traditional venues to replace the moribund ones. The local support for this has been amazing.
Ironically we are beginning to find fresh “new places” and audiences by playing in what have been thought of for years as “old places” ? temples, shrines, soba shops, historic buildings ? where people in the past gathered naturally, and still feel an affinity if given a chance. This year we have performed in over 50 such locations around Japan.

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from Curt and Bruce: Orcas Takes, released April 15, 2020
Curtis Patterson koto
Bruce Huebner shakuhachi
Composed by Curtis Patterson and Bruce Huebner (all rights reserved)

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Bruce Huebner Yokohama, Japan

Shakuhachi performer Bruce Huebner has 40 years of study, performance, composition and music production experience in Japan.

His music is a unique blend of traditional and modern, Western and Japanese, that is the product of his life between California and Japan. ... more

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