Short simple melody - been dusting off some of my previous work - hit me up for collaboration 

Noah

About a boy

2009. First 2-5-1 chord prog w/ roommates in uni.

shoutout to production team @vandy.

Louie

Music In The Commons

The Flow

Laura Picard's Album

oh, oh, oh.

mister mystery

Studio Demos

Love Situation - Universal Demo Final (Bilingual - JP/EN)

Uptown Vocal // Moon River
Arrangement: Allison Heimann
Solo: Rivka Friedlander
February 29 2012

Uptown Vocal // Moon River

東京を拠点に活動するシンガーソングライター／ラッパー。
日本とシンガポールで育ち、コロンビア大学卒業後は広告やAI開発に携わりながらも、幼少期から続けてきた音楽をライフワークとして磨き続けている。

3歳からピアノを始めるも、風変わりな先生から「耳が良すぎる」と言われ、楽譜には音符の横にアルファベットを書き込まれる特別なレッスンを受けてきた。そのため耳で覚える力は鍛えられた一方、音楽理論の基礎は独学で補う必要があった。今ではこの“弱点”を強みに変え、直感的にハーモニーやコードを掴み取るスタイルを確立している。

ギター、ウクレレ、トランペット、パーカッション、最近はアコーディオンも独学中。高校時代にはシンデレラ役を務めたミュージカルや、ルクセンブルクでの国際合唱団メゾソプラノ公演に参加。

「Love Situation」は、宇多田ヒカルとも仕事をしたユニバーサルミュージックのプロデューサーと共にプロスタジオで制作したデモ曲。他にもGarageBandでの宅録や、英語と日本語を自在に行き来する歌詞とラップで、幅広い表現を展開している。

Singer-songwriter and rapper based in Tokyo.
Born and raised between Japan and Singapore, and a Columbia University graduate, I’ve worked in advertising and AI development while continuing the lifelong journey of music I began in early childhood.

I started piano at age 3, but my eccentric teacher decided I had “such a good ear” that she literally wrote letters next to the notes instead of teaching me music theory. As a result, I learned to play by ear, developing a natural instinct for melody and harmony — while later having to self-teach the theory I missed. What began as a disadvantage has become part of my artistic identity: intuitive, improvisational, and always led by sound first.

I also play guitar, ukulele, trumpet, percussion, and I’m teaching myself accordion. In high school, I performed in musicals (including Cinderella) and sang mezzo soprano in an international honor choir in Luxembourg.

My track “Love Situation” was recorded in a professional studio with a Universal Music producer who also worked with Hikaru Utada. Other songs were home-recorded in GarageBand, blending English and Japanese lyrics, rap, and melody to create a bilingual, cross-cultural sound.

木村ローラ由美 (Laura Yumi Picard)

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