Taiko Drum Set

Taiko (太鼓?) means "drum" in Japanese (etymologically "great" or "wide drum"). Outside Japan, the word is often used to refer to any of the various Japanese drums (和太鼓, 'wa-daiko', "Japanese drum", in Japanese) and to the relatively recent art-form of ensemble taiko drumming (sometimes called more specifically, "kumi-daiko" (組太鼓)).

Kunst and Jocko Domo, bringing japanese culture to Second Life presents:

Taiko Drum Set (playable)

• Features:

       Invite your friends to play using the Taiko Play Hud!:
       4 soundsets (Taiko 1, Taiko 2, Low Taiko and Body)with 10 sounds each plus 4 human screams
       4 pre-recorded songs plus silent mode

• Fully customizable

       Styles, size, sit position, access levels

• Credits:

       Texturing, Sculpts and Sound Edition: Kunst Himmel
       Scripting, Reasearch, promo ads and Sound Edition: Kahiro Watanabe
       Animations: Foobar Merlin



Kunst (Kunst Himmel)
Jocko Domo (Kahiro Watanabe)

The Tsugaru Shamisen

The shamisen or samisen (Japanese: 三味線, literally "three flavor strings"), also called sangen (literally "three strings") is a three-stringed musical instrument played with a plectrum called a bachi.

Kunst and Jocko Domo, bringing japanese culture to Second Life presents this traditional shamisen:

 The Tsugaru Shamisen


Features:

• 7 Songs (plus silent mode, tuning and practice song)
• 3 Animations (playing, holding and sitting (only in rug))
• Styles: Metals, Fabric, String, Wood, Sking, Itomaki all customizable with different textures to choose from!
• Size Changer: Small, Medium, Large and "++", "--" buttons for fine adjustments.
• A rez version is included to decorate your place. This version includes a holder with 2 shamisens
• Rug: to play while sitted includes:
• 3 Styles with 4 colors each: White, Black, Blue, Red
• Sit height adjustment: we know that sit height is a pain in SL so, the rug includes a menu to adjust it.

You can buy or test this virtual instrument at my mainstore: Click to teleport
If you don't have a Second Life account you can make one for free by clicking here 


Credits:

Texturing, Sculpts and Sound Edition: Kunst Himmel
Scripting, Reasearch and Sound Edition: Kahiro Watanabe

Songs:

Tsugaru Shin Jonkara Bushi by Kyle Abbott (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=fiddlefella#p/u/31/_SvkFglRoD4)

Kyle Abbott was kindly enough to borrow one of the songs for this shamisen, I've been following his youtube channel for a while so I thought it was a  good idea to do it. He built his own Tsugaru Shamisen and wrote a book about it! : The Shamisen of Japan:  http://shamisenofjapan.com/
Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/fiddlefella

The rest of the song were taken from Tsugaru Shamisen by Takahashi Chikuzan a traditional shamisen player.

Kunst (Kunst Himmel)
Jocko Domo (Kahiro Watanabe)

December 2009

Tsugaru Shamisen

Realeasing Today, in a few hours, more info and a formal post coming soon!

Zen Series (by Kunst Himmel)

In this post you will see a few works by Kunst Himmel. I only made the scripts on these products, while Kunst Himmel made an amazing work in sculpting and baking:

Vases:

Zen Vase 1:
You can select different types of bamboo and one palm plus you can choose between different colors for the vase

Zen Vase 2:

It comes with a candle. You can choose different colors.

Sake Set:

Zen Sake Set:

A very detailed and low prim sake set with many functionalities like automatic serving and access levels

Japanese Lamps

Japanese paper lamps are a very important symbol in asian culture, they are not only used for lighting, but also for festivals like Obon where floating lanterns are placed on a river stream to represent our friends that are not longer with us.

I was very inspired when I made these ones, I wanted it to be very functional and customizable.
The light script changes luminosity and glow randomly like if there were a real candle inside. Also you can change wood color and paper motif, giving you a lot of combinations.

Finally, in the ceiling version you can adjust cable's size automatically with menu buttons.

You can buy or test these lamps at my mainstore: Click to teleport
If you don't have a Second Life account you can make one for free by clicking here 

New Mainstore

Come to visit my new mainstore

Click to teleport

Jocko Domo & Kunst Special Release:

Shakuhachi (Japanese Flute) Zen version.

Kunst Himmel made an amazing work in sculpts and textures on this one while I took care of the scripting only this time.

This is the zen version wich includes slow tunes ideal for story telling and for bringing peace to your soul.

The second of the series will be called "Folk" and will include faster tunes wich a great player will record for me!. I will give more details soon, but in the meanwhile you can head out to Jocko Domo and try this one.

The koto (琴 or 箏) is a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument derived from the Chinese zither (guzheng). The koto is the national instrument of Japan. Koto are about 180 centimetres (71 in) long, and made from kiri wood (Paulownia tomentosa).

Jocko Domo presents: Traditional japanese koto.

Test In World

Features:

* 6 songs
* 2 Animations: Kneel, Playing
* Access Level: Owner, Group, Anyone
* Texture changer
* High prim and low prim versions
* Tatami mat included

Itsukushima Shrine (Japanese: 厳島神社, Itsukushima Jinja) is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima in Japan. The first shrine buildings were probably erected in the 6th century, but the present shrine dates from the 12th century.

Jocko Domo & [ kunst ] are proud to present a virtual representation of one of the most important japanese cultural symbols.

You can use this magnificent building to attract residents to your sim, it can be seen from a long distance and it will get people's attention very fast. This torii is a [b]must have[/b] for every japanese sim.

Watch in world

New Parasols, a big improvement in prim work and textures, compared to the first ones. With hold anim and texture changer.

New Kimonos

After a long time (a year) without making any kimonos, I decided to make new ones.
They're geisha kimonos with delicate colors and patterns, a delicate kimono for the experinced geisha...




Remember to visit my mainstore in world

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Jocko Domo Ad @ Second Style Magazine

I placed an ad in Second Style Issue #21. I hope you like it :)

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