Mei Semones

The Profile

Japanese-American guitarist and singer-songwriter, born in Michigan and musically raised in New York. A Berklee College of Music graduate who records and taught in a kindergarten; sings in both Japanese and English. Author of the third EP Kabutomushi.

Born in Michigan; musically raised in New York; graduated from Berklee College of Music; worked alternating recording sessions with teaching in a kindergarten; sings in Japanese and English; Kabutomushi is described as her third EP.

Mei Semones is presented as a Japanese-American guitarist and singer-songwriter who studied at Berklee. Her third EP, Kabutomushi, mixes indie pop, jazz, bossa nova and J-POP elements and features Japanese and English lyrics. The DeBaser review highlights her bilingual songwriting and Berklee-assembled band.