MySpace a place for friends

Hey, don't turn away from me only for I am a member from Japan.
I am really looking forward to being friends from anybody from outside/inside of Japan.
And also happy to receive and send messages in English.
I started to learn guitar when I was 14 years old, but long before that, maybe 4 years before that, I played it only a little bit at a summer camp. I was small kid, and high school or maybe collage student camp leader taught me how to play a camp song with his guitar.

I spent one year in Bailey, Colorado when I was 18 years old, and I had so much influenced by the music there too.
Since then I have been back in Japan, and now working as guitarist, vocalist and sometimes as music teacher.
I am sorry, but most of my songs are written in Japanese, but I hope you can enjoy it somehow...
To get ideas, I will explain what each song singing about
Please read the bottom of this biography section

Maybe you can try my blog (sorry no English, but with many photos).
Blog "Sugita Junji's honya-la-la

Please feel free to "send me message" or " Friend Request".
Thanks!

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1970年、京都生まれ。
中学生のころ、キャンプリーダーのお兄さんにあこがれて独学でギターを始める。
17歳、アメリカ・コロラド州に一年間の留学。

京都外国語大学に進み、アメリカンフォークソング部に入部。現在も活動を続けるグループ「Ｈａｒｕ」のメンバーである田中賢（まさる）と出会い、バンドを結成。その後、2人のユニットは関西を拠点に精力的に活動を続けている。

Ｈａｒｕ受賞歴
1993年　関西アコースティックサウンドコンテスト「今は遠い」にて審査員特別賞
1994年　長崎せちばる音楽祭「このバスに乗って行こう」にてグランプリ受賞
1999年　ＭＰＡ主催第5回オリジナルソングコンテスト「夕焼け」にて最優秀賞
2006年　第2回ミュージックコンテスト甲子園「僕を救ってくれたのは」にて最優秀賞
また地雷撤去キャンペーン絵本「地雷ではなく花をください」によせたオリジナル曲「翼はなくても」をシングルCDとしてリリース。新聞などのメディアに数多く取り上げられ話題となる。
2006年8月にはＨａｒｕのオリジナルＣＤアルバム「僕を救ってくれたのは」をリリース。

個人としての活動では、フォークデュオ「紙ふうせん」のギター/サイドボーカルや、 2006年に開校したアルファ・ジャパン・ビューティ・カレッジ（姫路市）の校歌を作詞、作曲、プロデュースするなど、各方面で活躍中。

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About songs in MySpace profle.

(1) 明日の夢をみつめて
Title : Wishing A Dream of Tomorrows'

This song, I just wrote recently, when I was asked to sing at "Environmental Fair in Kobe 2008".
This song is about our children, and children's children. And also about their dreams.
Mountains, seas, rivers, sky, sunset, woods, birds and flowers. We just think these are just there, and we never even imagine the world without them. But now is the time to think about it. What we can do, what we should do, or shouldn't do.
There may not be a best answer for it, but at least we need to try to think about it.

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(2) The Water Is Wide

You know this one right? This is an Irish folk song. Really simple but beautiful melody. I always want to sing this song with two or three singers, but so far, I just can't find them yet. So I just made a demo recording...

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(3) 僕を救ってくれたのは
Title : Somebody who saved my life

Who is the most important person to your life? This is the theme of this song. Most important ones are always with you, and sometimes you forget to think of or thank them because they are too close. But when in trouble, when you need some help, when you are down, somebody next to you is the one to lean on.

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(4) 光の空へ Title : To the Light of the Sky

This song, I made it as a school song of " Alpha Japan Beauty Collage" in Himeji, Hyogo. They are just starting the school in 2006, and they wanted to have their own original song. They wanted to make this song be sang by their student with the hope, brightness and their dreams. I went to Himeji, to meet them and I saw Himeji Castle, which is World Heritage, and I felt this Castle was a symbol, hope, dream for the people in Himeji for a long time. If you ever really see it, you will know, but the Castle is up on a hill, so it looks like floating in the sky. So I made a line, " you see a white admire/dream floating in the sky". I hoe they sing this song for a long time at the collage.

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(5) Moon River

Yes, you know this one too.

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(6)Happy Birthday!

I made this song when my first son was born. But this one was for my wife.
It's not easy to say "Thank you" everyday, but in this good opportunity I will say the words together. "Happy Birthday" and "Arigato".

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