A polkacized arrangement of "The Swallow Tail Jig" performed here on two spike lutes: banjo and the three-stringed fretless Japanese shamisen. Irish folk music aficionados ...
Experience North Korea MPO style! In this audiovisual whirlwind, we get a taste of daily life in the D.P.R.K. and follow a young People's Army defector on his perilous flight ...
Fun with life metaphors! A quirky etude I wrote for the Japanese three-stringed fretless futozao shamisen! It's been a while since I've uploaded a solo shamisen piece, and ...
Written for my good friend Duncan Wainwright. Download link: http://themikepennyorchestra.bandcamp.com/track/happy-birthday-randall-moore
Lyrics:
Talkin' 'bout a man who's ...
Haven't covered a Gregory Brothers tune in a while, but I've always really liked this songification. Powerful but peaceful prose set to mighty moderate melodies by the one ...
Doug and Mike play this fantastic keyboard sonata written by the one and only Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) on guitar and shamisen. Some notes in the shamisen part were ...
A requiem for our short-lived romantic entanglement, Liz.
"Have You No Soul?" written by The Mike Penny Orchestra.
Download the track here: http://themikepennyorchestra....
Behold in this latest sensory explosion from MPO the miraculous exploita--...integration of shamisen with eighties~early nineties pop music!
"1 More Try" starring Allison ...
I'm Mike Penny and I play the shamisen, which is a Japanese lute! I love this tune! I didn't write it. Here's the source: http://www.nicomimi.net/play/sm13455867
Arranged and performed by Mike Penny on the Tsugaru shamisen, a three-stringed fretless lute from Japan. Thanks to Brem Guerra (88coldsummer) for introducing me to this classic ...
MPO gets ya blood pumping again with an off-da-hook geamparale (Romanian dance in 7/8 meter)! Enjoy this short but conclusive third installment to the Sou Da Ne Suite.
Big ...
1) Dvajspetorka (Macedonia, trad.)
2) Zhez Kiik (Kazakhstan, trad.)
3) East St. Louis Toodle-oo (D. Ellington)
Macedonian, Kazakh, and early American jazz music on Tsugaru ...
Deep from the Mike Penny Orchestra archives, a music video of questionable authenticity. In what vague era did Mike Penny record this wonderful new wave tune? Featuring keytar ...
Gan Barou! Headphones enhance the experience! Track can be downloaded here: www.themikepennyorchestra.bandcamp.com
Thanks to Adam Stacey (username Vorticose), Ernie, Tabitha ...
What begins as a straightforward J hop aerobics video by a spider-fingered shamisen player concludes as signature neo-dadaist music video of the new century.
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Bach on the Tsugaru shamisen, a three-stringed fretless lute from Japan. I couldn't swing an external mic recording tonight, so I just went with the raw audio from the camera....
Mike Penny - Tsugaru shamisen, vocals
Tunes:
1. Sapphire Bullets of Love, They Might be Giants
2. Sake Rondo, Mike Penny (me)
3. Compensation, Nina Simone/Paul Lawrence ...
There aren't too many options if you live outside of Japan and are looking to buy your own Tsugaru shamisen, but here's some guidance.
You can get shamisen and other Japanese ...
Available on Itunes (in cooperation with the Gregory Bros. and Soulspazm Digital):
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bed-intruder-song-mike-penny/id424114088?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Couldn't ...