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Restart

Shu Hakamada

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Release Date: 2024/11/15

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Hello music lovers! I'm Shu Hakamada, a Japanese singer-songwriter born on 1959. I suffered hearing loss in 2006 and was forced to give up my career as a professional musician in my mid-40s. Since then, I was away from music for over 15 years, but in 2024 I returned with a new passion.

'Restart' represents my musical rebirth, featuring a journey through diverse melodies and harmonies - from upbeat anthems to soul-searching ballads. Drawing inspiration from The Beatles, classic rock and roll, and Motown, these songs explore themes of love, grief, and hope.

This album was created entirely at home, with all tracks played, recorded, and mixed by myself.

Creating 'Restart' was like rediscovering a part of myself I thought I'd lost. It's living proof that age is no barrier to pursuing new dreams. We were all born to run - to chase our passions, overcome challenges, and reinvent ourselves at any stage of life.

Artist Profile

  • Shu Hakamada

    I'm a Japanese singer-songwriter making melodic pop deeply influenced by the Beatles and the roots music of their era. In 1987, I released a solo album on King Records, one of Japan's major labels, and for about twenty years after that I worked as a composer and arranger, arranging more than 300 songs released on CD. After more than fifteen years away from music, I released the album "Restart" in 2024, at 64. What matters most to me is Human-Led Music. I sometimes use AI as a tool for parts of the process, such as polishing the English in my lyrics, some backing vocals, and parts of the mixing, but I write, compose, arrange, sing, play guitar, bass, and other instruments, and record my music myself (a few songs have lyrics by friends). At a time when it's getting harder to see who is behind the music, I want to make songs where you can tell who made them, and why.

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