I’ve transferred our email management to google hosted for the time being. Email sent to me or shoji at OnEnsemble.org should make it through with no problems. Sorry about the downtime!
I’m very sorry to say it appears the problems with the email server are back, and significant. I can’t get the machine to turn on at all. This is actually not such a bad thing — a mechanical failure is usually pretty easy to fix — but it will take me a bit of time to get things back up and running.
My sincere apologies for the inconvenience! If you need any of us urgently, please call my cell phone - 310-350-8825.
Well, I’m not sure what the problem was, but a reboot has fixed our previous email issue. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Argh! The On Ensemble email server seems to be down. Messages sent to OnEnsemble.org are being bounced back. We’re on tour at the moment so I can’t reboot the machine. We get home on July 3rd so I’ll fix it then.
In the meantime, if you need to contact us, please call me at 310-350-8825. My apologies for the inconvenience!
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We’ve made progress on the mobile home design. Take a look and help us find a name for the home!
Hiro and I played a game today during a walk (”sampo” in Japanese) around our neighborhood.
Can you guess the game?
My old koto slip cover was so old and worn, the fabric would rip with the slightest tug. So Hiroka and I sewed a new one with material we had around the house and it turned out surprisingly well.
Old cover (click for larger ver)
New cover (click for larger ver)
With the hopes that it will be helpful to someone else, here is a quick howto for sewing a custom soft cover for a Japanese 13-string koto.
Yoko Fujimoto, Kodo member and amazing singer, is performing works from her new CD this Saturday at the Japanese American National Museum at 2pm and 8pm. Yoko gave On Ensemble an amazing private workshop a while back and we’ve been die-hard fans ever since. Her grace and composure on stage is amazing. Have a great show, Yoko!
