I got into one of the Scottish classical styles called piobaireachd, which is a very old music that started around the 1700s or something. I really got into this music. After that, I started to compose bagpipe music in my… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
Scottish bagpipe has two tenors and one bass - three drone pipes - and then the one chanter. If you put bagpipes together, it creates such a fine sound. — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
I don't want to release things too similar to each other. I've been working on selecting something different from my other work. — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
I don't think I differentiate between composition and improvisation. Improvisation could be a large part of a composition. — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
I wasn't so interested in merchandising through CD or whatever form. I wasn't really so aggressive about promoting my own work. I had my… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
I was an ignored guy and have been for many years. But I suppose I became well-known after being ignored. After the release of… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
Initially, when I was making the bagpipes and reed instruments, it was different from the other instruments. In terms of sound itself, it may… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
When I was just getting started making my own music, my dad said, "You should think about art, but also anti-art and non-art." — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
I remember, in elementary school, being asked what my father does and not knowing how to answer. When I asked my mom what I… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
For a long time in the 1970s, I was experimenting to build musical instruments and use them. I did a lot of ethnic music… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
I got into one of the Scottish classical styles called piobaireachd, which is a very old music that started around the 1700s or something.… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
At the beginning, I felt sort of reluctant about my music from my past. But in the last couple of years, I felt good… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
I would sing myself with a tambura and just regular a cappella singing and practicing. I did that around 1973 and 1974, and I… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
Most of my music is improvisation, and composition is improvisation. Even if I have a score, it is improvisation. — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
