1.23.21 Below you will find some music and video projects that have been keeping me busy during this past year. Currently, I'm offering music downloads on a sliding scale so please feel free to set your own price. Accompanying video for some of the tracks can also be viewed in the VIDEO section of my site. Thank you for your support!
Mise-en-Scéne is a collection of original music featuring classical guitar, double bass, percussion, strings, and piano. All instruments played by Jason Okamoto with the exception of Adam Hurst (cello) on "La Musette" and Sophia Rose (voice) on "Luna".
This single is from a video/music project which was inspired by my family's time in the Tule Lake Japanese American relocation camp during WWII. My grandfather was a No No Boy. This term came from answering "no" to two loyalty questions given to the interned. Eventually, he was separated from my grandmother and his children (my father and uncle), and transferred to Fort Lincoln in North Dakota- a camp for enemy aliens. That generation never talked about it, but I remember that my grandfather once mentioned how hot it was at Fort Lincoln in the summer, and how he had to be given salt tablets as he worked outdoors in the warmest months.
I filmed and edited everything myself. It's shot in both Portland, OR and Seattle, WA (where my grandfather lived before the war). I took the train to Seattle and got the train footage on that trip. Video available in the VIDEO section.
all instruments performed and written by Jason Okamoto. 7.4.20
original music featuring looped guitar
original for for guitar, double bass , bells, and water glass
Original music for guitar, and hand pan, and percussion.
This original waltz was written in April 2020.