About

Original Music

Tomo has written and arranged the music featured on his albums. Although he creates instrumental music, he treats his guitar as a vocalist. He uses clean tone and dynamic phrasing to deliver expressive playing that speaks directly from his heart.

Released Recordings:

• “Blue Sky” (2019)

• “Pure” (2010)

• “The Good Life” Extended Version (2010)

• “Right Place, Right Time” (2006)

• “Tomo Fujita” (2001)

• “Put On Your Funk Face” (1996)

Most of Tomo’s music is available to stream on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music. All of his albums are available to purchase on iTunes.

Performances

Tomo has performed with some of the best, including Will Lee, Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdie, Steve Jordan, Susan Tedeschi, Phil Collins, John Mayer, James Gadson, Travis Carlton, James Genus, and Darryl Jones. When he is not touring, he likes to sit in with others, like Eric Gales, Josh Smith, Kirk Fletcher, Matt Schofield, and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. Most recently, Tomo had the opportunity to sit in with Juanes in Boston and Cory Wong in Tokyo.

Instructional Materials

Tomo has authored a variety of instructional books — most of them in Japanese. However, he believes that English-speaking people can learn much from his “Solo Etudes” book. This book features charts, including guitar tablature, for Tomo’s original compositions such as “Just Funky” and “Kyoto”.

Tomo has created and/or co-produced many instructional DVDs with Rittor Music and others, in both Japanese and English. One English-language DVD that many players find particularly helpful is “Accelerate Your Guitar Playing”. This DVD was a joint project of Berklee Press, Rittor Music and Hal Leonard Corporation

Notable Students

Tomo has been a mentor to many talented individuals over the years. Some of his notable former students from Berklee include Eric Krasno, Adam Smirnoff, John Mayer, Michael Lemmo, and Tyler Larson.

Outside of Berklee, Tomo enjoys sharing his expertise through private lessons, guiding artists such as UK musician and producer Tom Misch and 26-time Latin Grammy Award-winning artist Juanes. As touring artists, Tom Misch and Juanes have also benefited from Tomo’s online lesson site, Guitar Wisdom.

Official Ibanez AZES Ambassador

Tomo teamed up with Ibanez to create a “student guitar” that was high-quality, easy to use, and most of all more affordable than guitars of its caliber.