音楽で食うためには今までのやり方を変える必要があります。

Guitarist/Composer/Arranger/Producer/Guitar Consultant/Counselor/Teacher

Naoki Shimodate
Japanese

“There are still beautiful notes to be found inside the guitar.
Everyday I play the guitar to find that hidden treasure.
I believe I can show people hope through my music, so I keep on playing the guitar all my life ”.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Naoki Shimodate

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Naoki Shimodate was born in Tokyo, Japan.
He began his classical piano studies at the age of five and guitar at the age of eight.
At seventeen he started to play the guitar professionally.
At nineteen he became interested in jazz. In 1992 he moved to Boston to develop his guitar skills.
In 1994 he went to Spain being interested in flamenco guitar.
He has written over 100 compositions.

Gibson jazz guitar contest 4th place in 2005.

Music Studies

Osawa flamenco guitar school (Kawaguchi, Japan) 1996
Cordoba Guitar festival (Cordoba, Spain) 1994
Berklee College of Music (Boston, USA) 1992
Kojima music school (Omiya, Japan) 1991
Hot music school (Tokyo, Japan) 1990
Ambox (Tokyo, Japan) 1987
Futaba music School (Saitama, Japan) 1978

Teachers

Leo Brouwer (Cuban Composer)
Koichi Sugiyama (composer of PC game software “Dragon Quest”)
Hoguchi Yusuke (Japan Top40 composer)
David Newsam (The author of “Making Money Teaching Music”)
John Wilkins
Tomo Fujita
Sousuke Hara
Kenzo Osawa
Yoshifumi Shimizu
Yuki Shoji

Tokiko Kato(Sony Music House)
fumiko (Universal Music)
Daisuke Fujiwara (Blue note record)
Peter Madsen, Dick Oatts, Eliot Zigmund, Eiji Nakayama,
Joan Padillo, Miguel Martinez, Natsumi Sawada, Mayumi,
Minakoshi, Maki Ichihara, Noriko Kojima, Koji Shiokawa, Seiji Komatsu
Atsushi Suzuki, Yuko Mochida, Yuki Tateyama, Daiki Yasukagawa
and many others.

Also

Japan tour with Eiji Nakayama’s jazz group
Composition for the play “Information Lady”
Original Performance “Improvisation with flowers” “cooperation with foods”
Producer/arranger for various unsigned pop artists.
He continues to perform as well as teach master classes, workshops and private students.

Reviews and Articles

	『下地勇/心のうた』 　（ボーダーインク）		ジャズライフ 2005年11月号 (三栄書房）		アコースティック・ ギター・インストの誘惑 (シンコー・ミュージック)
	アコースティック・ ギター・ブック (22) （シンコー･ミュージック）		アコースティック・ ギター・ブック (21) （エス・アンド・エイチ）		「風来坊日誌」 原荘介著 武内印刷（株） 出版部
	BEGIN OFFICIAL ファンクラブ 「かりゆしネット」		月刊ラティーナ （LATINA CO.LTD）		アコースティック・ ギター・ブック (23) （シンコー･ミュージック）

The Sankei Shimbun, Mainichi daily news, The Saitama Shimbun, The Yomiuri Shimbun.

contact

Saitama-shi, Saitama, 338-0014, JAPAN
tel & fax 048-853-7810 (81-4-8853-7810, outside Japan)
mobile phone 070-5466-0870　
shimodaten●ybb.ne.jp （●→＠）