Mike Penny
MPO
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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My name is Mike Penny and I play the Tsugaru shamisen, a three-stringed fretless lute from Northern Japan. I studied in California as well as Japan, and now I make over-the-top 80s New Wave shami-pop, Baroque, symphonic/musical, and generally silly audio whirlwinds for The People™!
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They Might Be Giants
Oumou Sangare
The Presidents of the United States of America
Frank Zappa
Gregory Brothers
Taraf de Haidouks
Ivo Papasov
Split Enz
Wall of Voodoo
God of Shamisen
Yoshida Brothers
J.S. Bach
Domenico Scarlatti
Steven Sondheim
Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Mike Penny
My name is Mike Penny and I play the Tsugaru shamisen, a three-stringed fretless lute from Northern Japan. I studied in California as well as Japan, and now I make over-the-top 80s New Wave shami-pop, Baroque, symphonic/musical, and generally silly audio whirlwinds for The People™!
Joined Apr 1, 2022
5.00 CTR
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29 Influences
They Might Be Giants
Oumou Sangare
The Presidents of the United States of America
Frank Zappa
Gregory Brothers
Taraf de Haidouks
Ivo Papasov
Split Enz
Wall of Voodoo
God of Shamisen
Yoshida Brothers
J.S. Bach
Domenico Scarlatti
Steven Sondheim
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Company
80s
New Wave
Disco
Quirky
Johann Sebastian Bach
Frédéric Chopin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Erik Satie
Claude Debussy
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
John Linnell
Sparks
Crass
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A shamisen-playing, fugue-writing, Bollywood-loving MESS I AM!
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I’m LIVE right now doing FREE music reviews.
https://www.youtube.com/live/VlEVRpCk_Yw?si=lJZAAb-WJaji9o69
Pull up, send your track, and see how the crowd’s vibin’!
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The Great Race Backwards
Taking a broad view of Russia's War on Ukraine, it's hard to imagine a more anxiety-producing picture at present. I'm talking about the bl… more
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Trained Instinct (Theme from Ghost of Tsushima Famicon Prequel)
Ghost of Tsushima OST shamisen recording artist Mike has had clandestine chats with amateur game developers and is proud to debut the firs… more
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Have You No Soul?
A shamisen-spiked ditty to commemorate the short-lived romantic entanglement between Liz Lemon & MPO.
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Girlie you know
It… more
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Perfect Alley Rare
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g12ZDrAqig
This is an audio document of my quest to find the perfect alley in which to film the… more
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The Source!
Shamisen, vocals - Mike Penny
(Lyrics)
No fresh water
In that spiny cactus
Pearl of wisdom
In me, anaphylaxis
Premises reveal position
Subtl… more
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