Music
The Wandering Musician.
Songs written on trails, in tents and on train rides. 500+ songs, 10+ genres, and one simple belief: everyone has a song in them.
Songs written on trails, in tents and on train rides. 500+ songs, 10+ genres, and one simple belief: everyone has a song in them.
My very first song happened at a scout camp, around a guitar, in about an hour. But the real beginning came in 2018: right before a hiking trip through Japan, I bought a little ukulele I call Sweet Potato. On that trip, with a tiny wordbook in my pocket, I wrote Space Balloon, the first song that truly felt like mine. Not because it was perfect, but because it was honest.
Since then, Sweet Potato has been on more than 100 hikes with me. I walked the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage and wrote Ancient Road about it. In 2022 I decided to become a musician for real, locked myself in my room to produce, and slowly dried out, until I understood that wandering is my source.
Today I've written more than 500 songs in more than ten genres. Songwriting is a way of life for me, not an academic discipline. On YouTube I share the process, including my series One Hour One Song: one hour, one song, outdoors, raw and real.
To meet your inner artist, you have to meet your inner child. A few of the little games and rules I write with:
Ten nouns on one side, ten adjectives on the other. Connect them at random. "Lonely coffee", "intense menu": suddenly you have images no one else would write.
Open a random book, pick the words that carry emotion and vivid images, and stick with them. Cut the filler.
"Little death" and "cigarette" say more than "pain" and "gain". Perfect rhymes are often the least surprising ones.
The chorus is the heart of the song. Under time pressure: keep it simple, no more than four chords, and let the setting write with you.
Songs written in real time, and life on the road as a wandering musician.
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I'll help you write your best song, and save you years learning how. This isn't music theory. It's a step-by-step journey through creative resistance, your inner artist and the craft of songwriting.
Watch the first lesson and meet your inner artist, completely free.
“What makes this course so powerful is not just his musical skill or the technical know-how of writing a song, but that it also speaks to the emotional and spiritual layers of creating music. It's highly resonant and deeply practical!”
Philip “Vergo” Haunhorst“Kuzan truly lives music! On every trip he brings his ukulele, and he always finds people to play with. With him, you can honestly feel that music is a natural part of his life.”
Philip Lüße“Kuzan's music is born from the sounds, the wind, the scents, and even the fleeting sensations felt in nature, all woven together into words.”
Rin Kozawa
Concerts and opening slots, weddings, bonfire evenings, street music, or a song written just for your event. I bring acoustic songs full of nature, honesty and a bit of play, with music in my soul, curiosity in my mind and a bonfire in my heart.
Set length, line-up and travel: tell me about your event and we'll find what fits.
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