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Harumi Ueko, better known as Jimmy Weckl, is one of the first composers of the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series. He contributed to least one song for every game of the series up to [[AC GFDM XG2|GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2]]. He is well known for his jazz fusion songs. | Harumi Ueko, better known as Jimmy Weckl, is one of the first composers of the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series. He contributed to least one song for every game of the series up to [[AC GFDM XG2|GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2]]. He is well known for his jazz fusion songs. | ||
Jimmy was also a member of 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾 (Anettai Maji-SKA Bakudan) alongside [[Hideyuki Ono]] and [[Tadaaki Toki|DokiDokiDokky]], where he played the saxophone, trombone, and horns. | |||
Outside of BEMANI, | Outside of BEMANI, Jimmy composed music for other KONAMI titles such as ''Ganbare Goemon'', the SNES port of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time'', and the ''Silent Scope'' series. | ||
Jimmy retired from KONAMI on June 15th, 2012. He currently works as an independent sound engineer. | |||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* | * Jimmy's main alias, Jimmy Weckl, may be a reference to jazz drummer ''Dave Weckl''. "Ueko" is pronounced like "Weckl". | ||
* | * Jimmy has several songs in SEGA's ''maimai'' music game series. He has also appeared, alongside Hideyuki Ono, in the indie rhythm game ''nanobeat''. | ||
== Aliases == | == Aliases == | ||