小简介
Love Strings押尾桑(Kotaro Oshio)[本名：押尾光太郎]
1968年2月1日出生于大阪。
指弹吉他(Finger-style吉他)演奏家。
他在吉他上演奏出来了让人以为是一把吉他不可能同时演奏出来的音色，这里面融合了力量，温婉，柔美，受到了大家的接受和喜爱。他的作品被广泛地用在影视背景音乐中。影片《下船登上她的小岛》中作为电影主题音乐。还赢得ADLIB杂志评选的2002年国内最佳新人艺人奖，并获得2002年大阪市艺术文化节的嘉奖。
押尾从10几岁时开始玩吉他，先是跟中川砂仁(Isato中川)学吉他﹙中川那时候在大阪有开吉他教室﹚，后来在20多岁时在东京跟冈崎伦典学了约三年,其实他自己说，除了受这两位影响外，他还受到另外一位日本吉他大师小松原俊影响很深，此外像Tuck Andress、Michael Hedges、Alex De Grassi都是影响他很深的国外吉他手，我们也的确可以在他的弹奏中看到他融合了他们的手法。
忘了在他多少岁的时候，自行发行了两张唱片﹙Kotaro Rocerd，现在不大好找了﹚，当时就获得了东芝EMI唱片公司的赏识，于是签约进入了EMI唱片公司，接著在2002年7月10日发行了第三张专辑『Starting point』。并于2002年7月，有机会去瑞士演出，又在10月22日进行了美国首演。『Starting point』让押尾受到了大众的好评，从而赢得了ADLIB杂志评选的2002年国内最佳新人艺人奖，又了获得2002年大阪市艺术文化节的嘉奖。随着『Dramatic』的推出，押尾开始进行全日本的巡回演奏。他的多首作品被选为电视台偶像剧的配乐，自此他的听众已经不只是只有玩吉他的族群。2004年他出版了『Be Happy』专辑，同时也发行『So Happy』DVD，收录了他的访谈、表演、以及教学，对于喜爱他的弹奏的吉他乐友是一大福音。
アコースティックギタリスト。
オープンチューニングやタッピング奏法を駆使した、独特のギターアレンジやパーカッシブで迫力ある演奏と繊細であたたかい音色が共存するステージは、世代を超えて多くの人々に支持を受けている。
2002年07月10日メジャーデビュー。同年10月全米メジャーデビューを果たす。
毎年7月にスイスで開催されている「モントルージャズフェスティバル」には、
2002年から3年連続出演するなど、海外での評価も高い。
ラジオではMBSでレギュラー番組が放送中。
ソロアーティストとしてライブ活動を中心に、作曲家としても映画音楽?CM音楽?番組テーマ曲の作曲や、
ジャンルを超えた数々のアーティストとのコラボレーションなど幅広いスタンスで活躍中。
Kotaro Oshio was born in Osaka, Japan on February 1st, 1968. While there are many solo guitar players who play nylon-string guitar, Oshio took the challenge of mastering a steel-string acoustic guitar in a highly unique style. It was Oshio’s strong desire to bring out the maximum capacity of an acoustic guitar that impelled him to boldly employ various techniques such as open tuning and tapping. Oshio artfully infuses those inventive techniques into the emotional core of each of the songs on “;STARTING POINT”; - rather than overpowering, Oshio's astonishing technique enhances his lyrical interpretations. From the whimsical to the bittersweet, Oshio brings science and poetry into perfect harmony.
Listening to his music for the first time, one would think there are a number of different musicians performing together in a room - but in reality, it’s just Oshio alone that does absolutely everything on one acoustic guitar. His music is full of emotions backed with state-of-the-art technique, often treated with percussive arrangement. Oshio not only performs self-penned original tunes, but he also covers great music of various fields, from movie themes to animation themes to nursery rhymes to school songs.
It was in December 1999 that Oshio recorded an album on his own as an indie effort. The album gradually caught people’s ears in Osaka area, leading him to release the second indie album in March 2001. “;Blue sky”; from the second album was selected the theme music on a TV talk show, and his music was introduced to the general public on various TV/radio programs and magazines. A two-hour special program on Oshio was also aired on nationwide cable radio networks around that time.
Oshio also made a stunning debut at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2002. Not only did he amaze the audience with his solo performance, but he was also invited to the jam session with BB King in the main hall, where everyone was talking about “;that incredible Japanese guitarist”;!
July 2002 saw the release of Oshio’s first major-label album “;STARTING POINT”; which includes his original tunes, covers of movie themes and a track that he has composed for a movie for the first time. “;STARTING POINT”; portrays a musician’s pure love for music and one extreme example of what acoustic guitar is capable of offering.
The talent of the guitarist was soon recognized by the national TV station NHK for whom Oshio wrote and recorded the original main theme "Kaze no Kanata" for the documentary series that NHK produced about the Antarctica in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the station's founding.
While constantly keeping himself busy with live dates all over Japan, the second album "Dramatic" was released in June 2003. Living up to everyone's expectation, "Dramatic" debuted on the national sales chart at #24, quite remarkable for an instrumental album. Various tracks from the album were selected the theme music on different TV/radio programs.
"Dramatic" further showcases Oshio's creativity as a songwriter, and also his rendition of the famous classical pieces "Canon" and "Bolero", the latter of which was later placed in the soundbed of the TV campaign for a revitalizing drink in Japan. His promotion activities included interviews with Tuck ＆ Patty and Pat Metheny.
Oshio returned to Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2003 to fascinate more crowds. The Jazz Club located just outside the main Stravinski Hall was nearly 'dominated' by the solo guitarist who performed there for the last three nights of the festival. Oshio also opened the main stage on the last night for ZZ Top and one of the top Swiss rock bands Krokus. It was on one of the nights when Oshio was asked to perform a few songs each for Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) and Cassandra Wilson personally in the dressing room, receiving extremely high praise. The fact that the Festival has not invited an artist two years in a row except for very few selected jazz/blues giants also shows the level of the potential that people find in Oshio.
After another round of Japan tour and various collaborations with other musicians, Oshio's 3rd album "Be HAPPY" hits streets on June 23rd, 2004 in Japan. The album is again full of beautiful melodies and percussive rhythms, all generated on one guitar, and most of the tracks are familiar to people's ears through TV commercials. TV program themes and movie. For a wider range dynamics, he adopted baritone guitar on "Fight!", in addition to his usual selection of guitars.
Twice at Montreux Jazz Festival was just not enough to satisfy Oshio's desire as a live performer. In love with the beautiful site and people, he's returning to the festival once again in July 2004, for three years in a row.
