I cannot believe that taking only 4hrs flight then I get tropical weather in Los Angeles" from snow storm city "Toronto".
Now I'm staying at the Hotel just in front of Venice Beach. Beautiful landscape from the window of my room. It's absolutely perfect location.
Now I've got a lot of time to think about my future after go back to Japan and it's getting clear, and also can concentrate in composing. I'm lucky to stay here.

Spend a month here and then getting back to Toronto in Apr.
To Japan is in this summer I guess.

Photo at radio station in Toronto!! 

Hi there,
It's Daiki from Toronto.
Thank you for listening Dan's podcast and also my tunes everytime since i've been performing for his introduction tune and some back ground music^^

Have you listened my new recorded tune sung by Erin on Dan's previous podcast? (click here to download it). She is the one who I've been hooking up with in Toronto.
Now we're working out for new 2 songs which are not covering stuff but brand new songs. They will be out on late Feb.

Please feel free to cantact me through this website.
Keep in touch, guys !!

Daiki
www.myspace.com/daikisoulcafe

I credit Daiki with opening my ears to the music of independent Japanese musicians.

It was about three and a half years ago when I first saw Daiki and his percussionist, Sachi, playing in a local park. But I just walked on by without even stopping to listen. You see, at that time I was negatively prejudiced towards Japanese music because the mainstream music on TV and on the radio generally left a lot to be desired.

But before I crossed Daiki’s path the second time, I had started my What's Happening In Tokyo podcast (WHIT), and was always looking for something uniquely Japanese to feature on WHIT. So this second time, my ears were open, and the song Daiki was playing stopped me in my tracks. It was"Sparkling Woman", a jazzy reggae tune. Well I listened till Daiki called it a day, and then I went up and introduced myself. I told him about my podcast and asked him if I bought his CD, could I play it on WHIT. He said sure. The rest is history.

Later on, Daiki visited my home where I explained the world of podcasting. And I helped him upload his songs to a popular site where podcasters could download and feature music on their podcasts, as long as they introduced and credited the artists.

Well, Daiki became one of the most popular Japanese artists among podcasters and podcast listeners. Even Adam Curry, the "Godfather of Podcasting" played "Sparkling Woman" on his famous Daily Source Code podcast. Adam actually gushed over Daiki's song, saying how cool it was with it's mix of jazz, reggae, and Japanese/English lyrics.

As I mentioned at the beginning of this long-winded story...it was Daiki who opened my ears to the world of music by Japanese independent artists, or Jindies as I call it. It was Daiki who gave my WHIT podcast direction. And it is probably Daiki who is responsible for my staring this website so that you too can easily experience this wonderful underground music from Japan.

Daiki's Japanese blog
Daiki's English MySpace page