E possiamo parlare in italiano noi due, oppure è meglio di no, perché sennò poi la gente non capisce?
It’s because I am Italian and Matteo is too!
Ciao!
magari meglio non parlare in italiano qui… non sarebbe cortese
better not to speak italian here, it would not be polite! 
but we can get in touch by email! 
just visit my website to get it www.alchemystudio.it
I know, but it was only because you are Italian
It would be very interesting if we can get in touch, because I have a project to!
What shamisen type have you bought? I. E. Tsugaru, jiuta, nagauta, gidayu…
of course we can get in touch!
Regarding my shamisen, honestly i have no idea! maybe if i post a picture someone can help?
it was the only (and cheapest) used shamisen i can find in Nagoya, where i bought it…
Can you also post a sample of you playing something? It’s because I am blind
you can go my bandcamp account
or to soundcloud:
i still don’t have recorded anything saerious with the shamisn, beside this little test:
wow that’s a lot of instruments and cool clips . . . !
Hi Matteo! Welcome to Bachido!
That’s awesome you have picked up the shamisen! I’m sure that with your wide instrumental experience, you will have no problem with it after getting the basics down.
Please check out my free video crash course (http://bachido.com/school/crash-course-1/chapter-1), which teaches you a basic Japanese folk song, and all of the standard shamisen techniques as well. It’s near the bottom of the Schoolhouse page, and so is probably easy to miss.
After learning the basics with that course, you can learn more Japanese songs in the ‘Songs’ section of the Schoolhouse.
If you’d like a book to read, Shamisen of Japan also offers some nice instruction (for both building and playing shamisen) - http://bachido.com/store/shamisen-of-japan
However, it’s best used after the Crash Course, as it’s a wee bit more advanced.
Cheers!
Kyle
I think the music you made was like a Chinese pièce
thanks for the advice! i will have a look at the video!
Matteo, but how did you learned all these instruments?
I learnt flute, some keyboard and how to read music when I was young. Then I took some electric guitar lessons when I was at the university.
All the rest is self thought!
Seriously? Wow!
But what program do you use to record?
Hi Matteo. No offense, your work reminds me Stephan Micus. Is he a part of you influences ?
Hi there!
Patrick, no i did not know Stephan Micus, but i’m listening him right now and the music is quite cool! thanks for the spot on!
Sakura, yes, seriously all self though, even if the basis from flute and guitar helped a lot!
I use sonar as my main recording workstation, i have a quite cool setup at home!
Sonar?
I’m Learning how to use it from a blind friend called Andrea
Matteo, it’s cool to hear from you here on bachido. Look forward to hearing what you do with shamisen in the future. Feel free to hit me up on Skype anytime.
If you have Skype, can you give me your ID, Matteo?
I also am a guitar player, but picked up a shamisen a while back. Now I use it full time in a band I’m in. I stil really can’t use a bachi all that well but I’m getting there. In the mean time, I just play it with a pick.
To me, it is just a fantastic instrument. I can get sounds out of it that I’d never get with a guitar, and all of the crazy resonating undertones remind me of an overdriven amp, which is perfect for me.
“i have some difficulties in defining what can be “japanese” music”
That’s what’s so good about it!
Hi Matteo and Welcome to shamisen world. Kyle already gave you the link for the lessons so it will help you a lot.
I also played classical guitar many years before my discovery for this awesome instrument. If you have questions and don’t get the answers you need, you can always try me.
You can send me a private message here or on Facebook. I think I am not too bad at helping people who have experience with other strings instruments and want to learn shamisen. But Kyle and the instructors have more experience at explaining clearly so you can trust them 100%.
Welcome again!