WAY UP House New York | Episode 1 | Yamaha Music

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 Yamaha’s WAY UP HOUSE

It was launched in 2021 for the first year in Barcelona and brought together musicians from across the globe to co-write and create music together over the course of so many days. Yamaha saw a gap in the market for world music collaboration and what it can bring to the industry.

In 2022 it took place in New York. They documented the whole thing and it now available to watch on Youtube.

Yamaha is a global music brand and over the past two years, has been on a mission to turn the idea of music writing on its head with its Way Up House initiative. Over 3 days, Yamaha brings together the most exciting new music talent in a house to play, record and write. In teams, the six musicians including Jas Kayser and Sam Fischer have made new music that spans genres – demonstrating the true power of collaboration across music boarders.

You can view the documentary here: https://youtu.be/GMkXd2802nI

Please see a link here to our imagery from launch night – https://we.tl/t-kLcs6nWtjG

Here are some artist links if interested and some more info about the project. Olivia Dean was one of the rising stars from Series 1 in Barcelona.

Gemma Griffiths –

Afrobeats, Zimbabwe born singer/songwriterJordan Hawkins –

rnb, soul, guitar based – American born singer/songwriter

Jas Kayser –

Drummer (played with Lenny Kravitz), singer/songwriter, jazz and blues focused

Katie 

– South Korean born. New Jersey raised – jazz trained – soul/blues singer songwriter

MoPiano

Stockholm born – Producer, musician and songwriter

Sam Fisher

Australian born – singer songwriter

Explore more emerging talents and our WAY UP three-part documentary:

https://jp.yamaha.com/about_yamaha/brand_promise/way_up/index.html