How To Make Ultimate Fusion City Pop Guitar Tone! Feel Like Makin' Love

[@Leppits]

I love how Tomo and his teaching is just all about what AI and Midi Instruments will never be able to replicate. About embracing the connection of music with emotion and other articulations like vocals leading to quirky yet delicate expressions that make all the difference.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much! Guitar is so much fun and got so much human aspect!

[@SuriSanJose]

Have a great weekend. Thank you for taking the time and sharing.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You too! Thank you for watching!

[@ricerice6011]

Thank you for explaining this tone Tomo-san, it’s an honor to have this sound explained by a legend like yourself. It’s so impressive that you were already so skilled when you were only that young. You can really hear the Masayoshi Takanaka and all of the influences that you use to create your own sound, it’s very cool how this style is coming back now!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You're very welcome! Thank you so much! I had a lot of passion on playing guitar! Takanaka san was so popular in Japan!

[@fanana_bishh]

what an incredible sound. thank you tomo!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much!

[@J0HN01DATA]

Super cool to critique your own work from another era of guitar that bridges from that time to today where jazzy guitar was not that funky or vice versa 40 years ago. I have heard of horn stabs on guitar yet that was a guitar stab, unique in phrase. Love the innovative comparisons so slight from then and now. Best-

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

I appreciate the kind words! Thank you so much!

[@bjornjuhl1842]

Mr Distorted’s opinion is: I love when you play distorted electric guitar because you do it beautifully and sound so fittingly great. Also there is something so immediate, hungry and Rock n Roll with young Tomo playing inside music. Again you are so very wise teacher showing what can be learnt from younger years and your most powerful lesson: ” Play For Real”. It is also so true in studio partly to take a break and break and reset locked pattern by laughter-that is so great! I recall reading in Guitar Player magazine 1985 studio advice to take 10 minutes break instead of doubling down and in studio for an EP recording taking 15 minutes in a bell tower meditating visualizing different approach. It worked but I think I could have used the laughter and thanks I will remember that for next studio recording.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks so much for sharing! It was very interesting to hear myself from 40 year old recording. I never ever thought I can learn from myself! A lot of passion and freedom of young sprit! I had to have one hour break in the middle of playing my solo! It worked! We watched very silly comedy!

[@nickbellinger1047]

awesome piercing tone man thanks for the insight

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@astreal-awar9688]

Greetings Tomo! I hope we can see more City Pop videos in your channel. Cheers!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

I have a few lessons! Please search in my channel

[@soniceamon]

Thanks so much for sharing Tomo, I specially enjoyed the funky stuff around 20:00 :)

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it! Did I play funky stuff? You're very welcome!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

I just listened it! Thank you!

[@soniceamon]

@@TomoFujitaMusic Yes you did :) funky, bluesy, fusion.... thanks for your inspiration Tomo!

[@chaoyangalexyu3673]

Would love to hear more about how to make city pop music! I don’t know how I got so into this 80s Japanese music genre but it really hits me.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much! You can analyze any city pop chord progressions! Best way!

[@AllanGildea]

Fabulous, thank you.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@fatseaturtle]

Wonderful! I loved this lesson! The use of pentatonic to sound like vocals and major scale to add sounded so good with the drive and compressor! City Pop is such a great genre of music and you nailed it Tomo!!!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I am learning from my past! This wasn't good at all! I will use more Pentatonic Scale & Major Scale... What was bad? Information overloaded by internet!

[@katsunori.bb.kawai.6633]

Thank you Mr.Fujita. Guitar is singing!. 👍🙏😎

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much!

[@verdean11]

By the way I just visited Japan a couple weeks ago and I had one of the best days of my life riding a bycicle around Kyoto

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

So good! I am from Kyoto Japan! Good season to visit. Glad to hear that!

[@FronzSchornack]

Thank you so much for sharing Tomo! Love the lead tone from that Seymore, sweet soft roll over harmonics not to gritty with a lot of feeling and your playing absolutely fantastic!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You're very welcome! So happy to hear that! Thank you!

[@victorb6293]

Thanks, once again, for sharing your wisdom, knowledge, experience and humour Tomo-san. Apart from the great sounding tone, that chord progression (@ 2.38) is magnificent. I will need to 'borrow' this one from you if that's okay? 🙏 Cheers.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You're very welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Yes!

[@EpicMudbud]

Thank you Tomo. Ive been trying to practice my city pop in preparation for the Takanaka concert next year.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You're very welcome! That's awesome! Good job!

[@verdean11]

My favorite guitar tone of all time is basically in this pedalboard: Prince in the 80's, SD-1 and DD-2. You can hear it perfectly in this rehearsal where Prince plays a 20 minute instrumental: youtube com watch?v=IvWAgFnQr9Q Amazing video once again Tomo.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

So happy to hear that! Prince's tone by Boss effect pedals ... so cool! Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy it!

[@ZackKnight]

More duets!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

[@homiewithnochromies1179]

Tomo made that the year my mom was born.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@homiewithnochromies1179]

@@TomoFujitaMusic your welcome. it sounds incredible, thanks for sharing this Tomo.

[@TheBluesman511]

Hi Tomo. Thank you for your video..Very nice and useful. Could you on your next video present cord progression of your this loop backing track you soloing with. There is at least 7 - 8 or more cords that you play in background. Thank you Sir.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You're very welcome! Thank you so much! That's possible. How about this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn_dl5aqpt2trLM

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

This video too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3jLpJdpbMmqptU

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You're very welcome! Thank you!

[@TheBluesman511]

@@TomoFujitaMusic : Very nice. I enjoy your music an will not forget your live blues music with Eric Gales and other blues musicians together on stage. Cheers Tomo.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

@@TheBluesman511 So happy to hear that! Thank you so much!

[@justinbrown9037]

Love the tone Tomo, btw what is the name of that guitar strap your using here?

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you! Grande Uomo from Japan.

[@Akkaradet1410]

Do you have plans to come to a guitar workshop in Thailand?

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

No plan to Thailand yet. Thanks for asking.

[@kevin-cisum]

Hello Tomo! Do you like Casiopea? :D

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

I do! They are so good!

[@MegaDolphy]

Tシャツとトモさんの雰囲気がトッドラングレンやデビッドリンドレイみたいです。

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

ありがとうございます！

[@lorenzotassi9897]

Hi tomo, do you think i can get that sound using a roland jazz chorus? thank you!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Yes! Easily! You're very welcome!

[@saucerjock]

Hey if you ever get bored, check out Georgie Fame, if that doesn't work back to jazz, early Stevie Wonder.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much!