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Hemisphere

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    • San Diego Pride - July 15th, 2023

    May 4, 2024

    New Spin-Off Band - Ripley's Heart Announcement

    Rob Shinno and Mr. M from Detroit are in production for a new album due our Spring of 2025!  The all original pop-rock album will feature 10 new tracks, heavily influenced by The Cure, Duran, Duran, The Smiths, New Order…

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    Nov 18, 2023

    Humphrey's Live - Nov 11th - Live Video Singles...

    Hemisphere plans to release three live singles starting Dec 10th, 2024 starting with ‘Church Street Blues’ from the electric night at Humphrey's!  Stay tuned for mre release dates…

    Jul 18, 2023

    San Diego Pride Parade - 2023

    Hemisphere rocked the house for over 250,000 parade attendees on July 15th, 2023!

    Click here to see some photos!

    Oct 6, 2022

    Troubadour covers the American Dreams arc...

    Click the image for the article!

    Apr 13, 2022

    The 'Unity' album recordings

    Some picts from this weekend's session, I was going to take the day off but here they are... a magical time at Spragueland studios, the Unity album drops WW July 1st 2022 with Tinderbox Music!

    We are so excited to…

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    Jan 29, 2022

    When we discuss Japanese American internment, stories like my family’s aren’t often told...

    Shinno is a third-generation Japanese American. He’s a director of the Japanese American Citizens League, composer/musician for Hemisphere and a technologist for Dassault Systèmes who lives in Hillcrest. 

    As we honor Fred Korematsu, who fought against the internment of Japanese…

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    Jan 27, 2022

    Big World Live Hits 100K+ Views...

    We are excited to share that our second music video to hit 100K views is the live version of ‘Big World’! … a big shout out to everyone who watched/shared/liked and commented on it… thanks to Sam Sprague/PEMDAS for the…

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    Jan 6, 2022

    San Diego Reader - Hemisphere Update...

    Click the Unity album cover (releasing June 2022) to read the update in the San Diego Reader...

    Hemisphere is Rob Shinno: Guitars, Backing Vocals and Vocorder, Don Bowman: Lead Vocals and Sax,  Michael McQuilken: Drums, Nate Brown: Bass and Groove…

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    Jan 1, 2022

    Local San Diego - Musico Musings

    I wanted to start a series of blogs on local original musicians that I ran into, saw live or just liked their work! So let's get started..

    1) Donna Larsen & Messengers - Donna and the group are a bit…

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    Sep 14, 2021

    PixelatedGeek Interview - Peter Sprague and Rob Shinno... Guitars and more...

    An interview on PixelatedGeek with San Diego guitar legend Peter Sprague and Rob Shinno from Hemisphere on composition, recording, inspiration and future plans... see Hemisphere live at Humphrey's BackstageLive Oct 2nd... 

    https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/09/a-conversation-with-peter-sprague-and-rob-shinno/

    Aug 10, 2021

    Home - Video and Streaming Sleeper Hit!

    I had asked Peter Sprague what track he liked the most when we finished mixing the AD album, and after a pause he said 'probably Home, yes Home...' well 10 months after the album release, Home is a sleeper hit…

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    Aug 2, 2021

    San Diego Reader - Oct 2nd Show Coverage

    Promoting the spirit of unity, diversity, and equality, Hemisphere features openly gay members Rob Shinno (guitar, vocoder) and Don Bowman (vocals, sax), as well as Mike McQuilken (drums), Nathan Brown (bass), and Max Zape (keys). The band draws on rock…

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    Jun 9, 2021

    SXSW 2022

    We are super excited to announce our appearance at SXSW 2022... details to follow soon!

    Jun 8, 2021

    Hemi Prep for Go-Live... Oct 2021!

    We had our first full band rehearsal for the 'American Dreams' live show, look for us in October for this special performance in San Diego!

    Jun 4, 2021

    Home - Official Video...

    Here is the Friends and Family preview of the 'Home' video from Hemisphere, just a few days before it's official release. Sometimes you write something and you don't know where it came from and it takes on a life of…

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    Mar 14, 2021

    San Diego Union Tribune Interview

    My last gig: Guitarist and band leader Rob Shinno: ‘It all seemed unreal’

    The band’s most recent gig, in 2020, was a fundraiser for then-presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg 

    MARCH 14, 2021 5 AM PT 

    Guitarist Rob Shinno, 62, is the…

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    Jan 6, 2021

    Hemisphere Interview - Grab Magazine

    Check out the latest in Grab Chicago. Print and Digital pages 30-32: 

    Grab Magazine

     

    Dec 16, 2020

    These Are the Days - Video Launch Jan 1st, 2021

    The second video single 'These Are the Days' from the American Dreams album. The only song on the album written during the first Covid lockdown, it was written to highlight the injustices that we still face for BLM, LGBTQ+ and…

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    Dec 4, 2020

    San Diego Music Awards - World Music Album of the Year 2020

    American Dreams Nominated for Album of the Year from the San Diego Music Awards

    San Diego Music Awards nominee for Album of the Year, Hemisphere draws on rock, pop, jazz, fusion, and metal for inspiration. Their new album American Dreams…

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    Nov 12, 2020

    VENTS Magazine Interview

    Check out the band interview at 

    https://ventsmagazine.com/2020/11/11/interview-hemisphere/?fbclid=IwAR3gWN94pT0ClWekXQ-SM70DFsXa9CxoHDF-6G8Wm-u5dG5LwRUKZY8_8kk

    Oct 22, 2020

    American Dreams - Up the Charts!

    Sandwiched between two of our favorite artists! Gaga and Chrissy...

    Oct 9, 2020

    Pixelated Geek Blog - AD Interview

    Elizabeth here: I’ve known my friend Rob Shinno for almost 20 years, but I had no idea until recently that he’s a professional musician, and his band Hemisphere has just released a brand new album, American Dreams. So I sat…

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    Sep 29, 2020

    #9 with a Bullet - American Dreams Non-Comm Radio!

    American Dreams debuts at #9 for the most radio downloads 5 days after shipping to radio!

    Sep 9, 2020

    Bernie Grundmann - The Art of Mastering Tracks

    Bernie Grundman On The Emotional Experience in Mastering

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a9W_FG1St0&feature=youtu.be

    As we wait for our tracks to be mastered by the legendary Bernie Grundmann, it is amazing to hear his take on the mastering process, as well as his background in…

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