Urban Mosaic Bios
Drums & Percussion
Tim was born and raised around the Arts & Music. His Grandfather is Paul Horiuchi Sr. who is the renowned mosaic artist well known for his mosaic mural @ the Seattle Centers amphitheatre, that was built for the Worlds fair.
Tim’s father was the first Japanese American in the Metropolitan Opera Chorus.
Tim started his musical journey playing Piano at the age of 7. He received a certificate by the Robert Pace Piano program at the age of 9.
Tim started playing Drum set at the age of 11, his first teacher was Louis Wilcox, and he stayed with Mr. Wilcox till the age of 14. Then started his first Band and then continued on playing in various bands around the Seattle area until the age of 21. He then enrolled into the Cornish School of Allied Arts, Where he was exposed to Jazz and World music. Tim played in various ensembles and studied Music appreciation, Jazz History and Rhythm and Music theory classes. He had private instructions on Drum set with Jerry Grannelli and Jon Bahlman.
Tim then started to add to his percussion vocabulary by studying Orchestral Percussion from Michael Clark of the Seattle Symphony. Tim incorporated orchestral percussion to drum set.
Tim also has studied “The Time Frame Concept” with Steve Smith @ the Seattle Drum school. Tim has also had various teachers on Hand drums and Latin percussion.
Tim is also a J-Town Sound recording artist. He played percussion on “The Seattle Groove” CD in 1998, And in the year 2000 played percussions on the CD “Love West” by Deems and Seattle Groove and in 2002 Tim is playing percussion on Deems and Seattle Grooves CD “My music loves Christmas”
In 1995 Tim built a Project recording studio and took classes on audio engineering and sound design. Tim as an engineer completed his first CD in the year 2000, “On My Way” By Blue Meadows. Tim was also featured on drum set and percussion on various tracks of the CD.
In 2002 Tim Executive produced his first CD titled Soulatude “The soul has an Attitude” which features Tim on Drum set and Percussion.
In 2005 Tim started his own record label Urban Mosaic Records with friends and musical partners Gordon Uchima and Michael Cole.
Tim also has his first release under his label, Urban Mosaic Records 2007 with Record Label Partner and artist Gordon Uchima. CD titled “The Fountain” Tim is also one of the producers of the CD and is playing Drum set and Percussion on the CD.
You can also catch Tim onstage in the Studio or just practicing.
Saxophone
Gordon Uchima was born in Honolulu , Hawaii . After graduating from the University of Hawaii in 1978, Gordon began a musical career as a professional musician in Honolulu as a bassoonist, saxophonist, keyboardist, and arranger in just about every imaginable situation in the local scene including the Honolulu Symphony, the Royal Hawaiian Band, Don Ho Show, Charo Show, Jim Nabors Show, Cecilio & Kapono, Kalapana and other various jazz, pop, and rock club gigs.
In 1994 Gordon relocated to the Seattle/Northwest area redirecting his focus on a career in Seattle 's high-tech industry while continuing his musical career with various Northwest artists including Colelition, Soulatude and Deems among others. To this day, Gordon continues to pursue a musical journey in his own special way, a lifelong passion with more to come.
After over two decades as a professional musician, The Fountain is Gordon Uchima's first solo CD project and the first release from Urban Mosaic Records. This CD release showcases Gordon's multifaceted abilities as a composer, saxophonist, flutist, and arranger, offering some new music that we believe deserves some attention.
The music offers a tasteful fusion of smooth jazz, rock, world and Asian flavors that reflects Gordon's experience as an Asian American born and raised in Honolulu , Hawaii and now residing in the Seattle area. His intention is to take the listener to a stimulating place in a dimension of joy and happiness.
Offered on this release are ten original compositions and one cover tune. The cover tune is an insightful interpretation of a well known Japanese piece entitled Hana, written by legendary Okinawan composer Shoukichi Kina.
Key contributions to this project include some wonderful collaborative work from Tim Horiuchi, John Raymond and Michael Cole. The album title "The Fountain" refers metaphorically to the mystical source from which flows "Music".
The Fountain
I experienced a beautiful fountain one day and became entranced by its splashing sound -- timeless flow, from a seemingly endless source. In my gaze, I reflected on many things past, present and future. Then came this tune |
