ARAKAWA, Yoichi 1962-

PERSONAL: Born March 25, 1962, in Mexico City, Mexico; son of Tetsuo and Yuriko Arakawa. Ethnicity: "Asian." Education: University of California—Los Angeles, B.A., 1987; Berklee College of Music, graduated, 1992.

ADDRESSES: Office—c/o Six String Music Publishing, P.O. Box 7718-157, Torrance, CA 90504.

CAREER: Musician and author.

MEMBER: Publishers Marketing Association.

WRITINGS:

ARRANGER; SONGBOOKS

Best of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Warner Bros. Publications (Miami, FL), 1993.

Best of Black Crowes, Warner Bros. Publications (Miami, FL), 1993.

You Too Can Play . . . Jazz Guitar, Warner Bros. Publications (Miami, FL), 1993.

You Too Can Play . . . Soft Rock Guitar, Warner Bros. Publications (Miami, FL), 1993.

Best of Miles Davis, Warner Bros. Publications (Miami, FL), 1993.

Best of Count Basie, Warner Bros. Publications (Miami, FL), 1993.

Top Hits of the Country Superstars, Warner Bros. Publications (Miami, FL), 1994.

Jim Croce: The Greatest Hits, Warner Bros. Publications (Miami, FL), 1995.

(With John Stix) Minor Pentatonic Scales for Guitar, Hal Leonard Publishing (Milwaukee, WI), 1995.

(With John Stix) Major Pentatonic Scales for Guitar, Hal Leonard Publishing (Milwaukee, WI), 1995.

(With John Stix) Basic Blues for Rock Guitar, Hal Leonard Publishing (Milwaukee, WI), 1995.

(With John Stix) Acoustic Rock for Guitar, Hal Leonard Publishing (Milwaukee, WI), 1995.

(With John Stix) Modes for Rock and Blues Guitar, Hal Leonard Publishing (Milwaukee, WI), 1995.

Jazz Riffs for Guitar, with cassette or compact disc, Cherry Lane (Port Chester, NY), 1995.

A Fingerstyle Christmas: Nineteen Beloved Contemporary and Standard Seasonal Favorites Arranged for Solo Fingerstyle Guitar, Cherry Lane (Port Chester, NY), 1995.

(With John Stix) Warm-up Exercises for Guitar, Hal Leonard Publishing (Milwaukee, WI), 1996.

(With John Stix) Rock Riffs for Guitar, Hal Leonard Publishing (Milwaukee, WI), 1996.

Guitar Chords and Accompaniment, Six Strings Music Publishing (Torrance, CA), 1998, 2nd edition, 2001.

101 Basic Reading for Guitar, Six Strings Music Publishing (Torrance, CA), 1999.

101 Basic Blues Scales for Guitar, Six Strings Music Publishing (Torrance, CA), 1999.

101 Basic Major Pentatonic Scales for Guitar, Six Strings Music Publishing (Torrance, CA), 1999.

101 Basic Minor Pentatonic Scales for Guitar, Six Strings Music Publishing (Torrance, CA), 1999.

101 Basic Guitar Chords, Six Strings Music Publishing (Torrance, CA), 1999.

Blues Guitar Chords and Accompaniment, Six Strings Music Publishing (Torrance, CA), 2003.

More Guitar Chords and Accompaniment, Six Strings Music Publishing (Torrance, CA), 2nd edition, 2002.

More Jazz Guitar Chords and Accompaniment, Six Strings Music Publishing (Torrance, CA), 2002.

Jazz Guitar Chords and Accompaniment, Six Strings Music Publishing (Torrance, CA), 2nd edition, 2003.