The Band Toto Asia
Toto was expanding its production facilities abroad and was doing business in France, Germany, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the People's Republic of China. North America was seen as a market that would grow for bidet and washlet toilet seats, in contrast to its "base" markets in Japan and China.
Dhaniram Toto was recording Toto words to ensure that the next generation would be able to read them. Many words were replaced by foreign words. For example, dui, which is Bengali for verandah, was being used.
Origins
Established in 1917, Toto's beginnings mirrored Japan's growth. In the beginning, Toto produced products to meet the growing demand for modern, new urban housing. It had the first tunnel kiln in the nation to continuously produce ceramics. It also pioneered automation for production control, allowing greater efficiency and a more consistent production.
The company began expanding overseas in the late 1980s in order to take advantage of new markets and sales opportunities. The company founded the Cera Trading Company to import and sell other manufacturers' products in order to enhance its own line of sanitary earthenwares and plumbing fittings. This strategy helped increase sales and expand the company's market share in the world.
In the 1990s Toto began focusing on research and development of water-related appliances. It also redesigned its distribution system to better serve its customers and increase profit. The company used the same just-in time approach in its supply chain management as well as sales program. This resulted in a greater level of satisfaction with the customer.
Toto continued to innovate toilet technology. The most recent toilet features an environmentally friendly, powerful tornado flush. The company makes use of recycled water for its manufacturing process, and has a green purchasing policy. Toto also produces bathtubs, faucets, and hand dryers that have higher energy efficiency than standard models.
The first Toto museum opened in 2015. It has exhibitions on the most iconic products of Toto and their evolution, the group companies (all of which are made of ceramics) and the history of plumbing and even bath units. In a separate gallery you can see Toto products that are sold across the world. The museum has a bathroom with a WASHLET and other toilet innovations.
Before the formation of Toto members of the group performed sessions with various musicians. Boz Scaggs album Silk Degrees featured keyboardist David Paich, guitarists Mike Porcaro & Steve Lukather, drummer Jeff Porcaro & Steve Lukather. They also played on records by Steely Dan, Seals and Crofts, and Sonny and Cher.
Discography
You would expect a group with a name such as Asia to be a prog rock group however it's actually a fairly straight forward rock group. The band was initially four-piece, and released two albums: 1979's self-titled debut and 1980's Armed to the Teeth. However, even though the group have a variety of musical backgrounds their biggest breakthrough was achieved in 1982 with Toto IV.
The album was a huge blockbuster, but it was not without its problems. Record companies put the band on the position with the order "give us an album that's a smash or we'll take you off the market" and the pressure was on to meet the deadline. Luckily for Toto, they did and they did it with the assistance of the smash single "Africa."
Toto's musical mastery is due to their previous experiences, as the band members had been session musicians for artists like Boz Scaggs, Steely Dan, and Seals and 메이저사이트 (Atomcraft.Ru) Crofts prior the group. Their sonic signature has since become the standard for pop music from the 1980s, 먹튀검증 커뮤니티 and has influenced many contemporary artists.
The album begins hard with songs such as Running Out of Time or Unknown Soldier that show the band's ability to write great AOR tunes that slowly creep into your head. The album also features more jazzy, slower tracks such as The Little Things and Chinatown. The album concludes with Great Expectations, a song that combines folk with distortion AOR and sounds like a complete flop, but is incredibly effective.
After Toto IV The band's fortunes changed to the downside. David Hungate left to concentrate on his solo career and the band had to go through numerous drummers. In 1984, Bobby Kimball was fired from the band in the after he was charged with drug abuse. the band continued as a trio, which included Michael Porcaro and Steve Lukather.
Despite the turbulence, Toto forged ahead and released Isolation that was not as successful as IV. The group managed to release a chart-topping album, Kingdom of Desire, in 1992. This album marked the end of the original Toto lineup and was the first to feature the new singer, Simon Phillips.
Tours
The band has performed across the world to a global audience of millions, and has sold-out shows across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia and New Zealand. The repertoire of the band is extensive and their catalog has accumulated more than billion streams on streaming services around the world. The band's iconic music has influenced multiple generations of fans.
Steve Lukather has forged a vibrant, intimate friendship with Joe Williams that is flourishing professionally around the world. In 2018 the duo celebrated 40 Tours Around the Sun with a wildly successful tour across the globe. The album that bears the same name was ranked #5 on Billboard 200. The new tour of the band includes their most popular songs and rarely live cuts, alongside some of the songs from Lukather and Williams their individual catalogs.
TOTO has a satisfaction rating of 20 based on its Net Promoter Score, which measures how likely customers are to recommend the brand. Promoters are those who rate the company highly and actively encourage others to make use of their products or services. Detractors are those who judge the company poorly and might even actively hinder people from using their products or services.
Join Toto for an unforgettable cultural experience in Asia. This highlights tour offers luxury accommodation, a cruise on an elegant cruise ship on Halong Bay and an exploration of Angkor Wat, a mystical temple that the French called Indochine. It also includes one night in the charming city of Luang Prabang. This UNESCO World Heritage City is a feast for your senses. This is a excursion you should not be missing!
Line-up
The band's third album, Turn Back, marked an reversion to the classic sextet format of previous albums and was a more ferocious, consistent effort that had an edge that was stronger than Hydra. Its edgier sound was indicative of the maturation of group and included drummer Bobby Kimball's greater proficiency on the drums, as well as an improved, mature vocal delivery by singer Joseph Williams. Keyboardist David Paich's work also was more precise, sharper and less cloned earlier recordings.
After touring to promote their album, the band recorded an Amsterdam live concert that was released on Eagle Records as a 2-CD set titled Falling In Between. The group released their new studio album just a few months after and embarked on a world tour to promote the album. In this time keyboardist Greg Phillinganes filled in for Paich, and 토지노 사이트 (Squareblogs.Net) bassist David Hungate left the group to spend more time with his family.
In 1998, Paich and Lukather started exploring old demos and tapes in search of an album that would feature songs that had never been recorded before. It was completed in 2001 as a duo album titled Then and Now. It was the first album by the band without the single track "A". The album also contained a previously unreleased track called "Kari-Anne".
By 2003, Toto had begun to decline in popularity. The group's fourth album, Old Is New was a commercial failure and vocalist Williams was suffering from laryngitis, which affected his singing abilities. In addition, Hungate returned to Nashville as a drummer, and Leland Sklar was replaced by Shem von Schroeck.
Downes along with the other members of Asia--Wetton, Palmer, and Howe--convened a meeting in England in the early part of 2006 to discuss the possibility of restructuring the band. The lineup, with the exception of Howe who was working with Yes at the time, was renamed Toto XIV. They toured extensively.
In 2010, the band 스포츠토토 reunited for another reunion tour with a slightly different line-up, including guitarists Mike Porcaro and Steve Lukather, drummer John Pierce, bassist Shannon Forrest, and multi-instrumentalists Warren Ham and Dominique Taplin. The band also featured the appearance of singer Michael McDonald, and a backing singer named Mabvuto Carpenter.
Toto was expanding its production facilities abroad and was doing business in France, Germany, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the People's Republic of China. North America was seen as a market that would grow for bidet and washlet toilet seats, in contrast to its "base" markets in Japan and China.Dhaniram Toto was recording Toto words to ensure that the next generation would be able to read them. Many words were replaced by foreign words. For example, dui, which is Bengali for verandah, was being used.
Origins
Established in 1917, Toto's beginnings mirrored Japan's growth. In the beginning, Toto produced products to meet the growing demand for modern, new urban housing. It had the first tunnel kiln in the nation to continuously produce ceramics. It also pioneered automation for production control, allowing greater efficiency and a more consistent production.
The company began expanding overseas in the late 1980s in order to take advantage of new markets and sales opportunities. The company founded the Cera Trading Company to import and sell other manufacturers' products in order to enhance its own line of sanitary earthenwares and plumbing fittings. This strategy helped increase sales and expand the company's market share in the world.
In the 1990s Toto began focusing on research and development of water-related appliances. It also redesigned its distribution system to better serve its customers and increase profit. The company used the same just-in time approach in its supply chain management as well as sales program. This resulted in a greater level of satisfaction with the customer.
Toto continued to innovate toilet technology. The most recent toilet features an environmentally friendly, powerful tornado flush. The company makes use of recycled water for its manufacturing process, and has a green purchasing policy. Toto also produces bathtubs, faucets, and hand dryers that have higher energy efficiency than standard models.
The first Toto museum opened in 2015. It has exhibitions on the most iconic products of Toto and their evolution, the group companies (all of which are made of ceramics) and the history of plumbing and even bath units. In a separate gallery you can see Toto products that are sold across the world. The museum has a bathroom with a WASHLET and other toilet innovations.
Before the formation of Toto members of the group performed sessions with various musicians. Boz Scaggs album Silk Degrees featured keyboardist David Paich, guitarists Mike Porcaro & Steve Lukather, drummer Jeff Porcaro & Steve Lukather. They also played on records by Steely Dan, Seals and Crofts, and Sonny and Cher.
Discography
You would expect a group with a name such as Asia to be a prog rock group however it's actually a fairly straight forward rock group. The band was initially four-piece, and released two albums: 1979's self-titled debut and 1980's Armed to the Teeth. However, even though the group have a variety of musical backgrounds their biggest breakthrough was achieved in 1982 with Toto IV.
The album was a huge blockbuster, but it was not without its problems. Record companies put the band on the position with the order "give us an album that's a smash or we'll take you off the market" and the pressure was on to meet the deadline. Luckily for Toto, they did and they did it with the assistance of the smash single "Africa."
Toto's musical mastery is due to their previous experiences, as the band members had been session musicians for artists like Boz Scaggs, Steely Dan, and Seals and 메이저사이트 (Atomcraft.Ru) Crofts prior the group. Their sonic signature has since become the standard for pop music from the 1980s, 먹튀검증 커뮤니티 and has influenced many contemporary artists.
The album begins hard with songs such as Running Out of Time or Unknown Soldier that show the band's ability to write great AOR tunes that slowly creep into your head. The album also features more jazzy, slower tracks such as The Little Things and Chinatown. The album concludes with Great Expectations, a song that combines folk with distortion AOR and sounds like a complete flop, but is incredibly effective.
After Toto IV The band's fortunes changed to the downside. David Hungate left to concentrate on his solo career and the band had to go through numerous drummers. In 1984, Bobby Kimball was fired from the band in the after he was charged with drug abuse. the band continued as a trio, which included Michael Porcaro and Steve Lukather.
Despite the turbulence, Toto forged ahead and released Isolation that was not as successful as IV. The group managed to release a chart-topping album, Kingdom of Desire, in 1992. This album marked the end of the original Toto lineup and was the first to feature the new singer, Simon Phillips.
Tours
The band has performed across the world to a global audience of millions, and has sold-out shows across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia and New Zealand. The repertoire of the band is extensive and their catalog has accumulated more than billion streams on streaming services around the world. The band's iconic music has influenced multiple generations of fans.
Steve Lukather has forged a vibrant, intimate friendship with Joe Williams that is flourishing professionally around the world. In 2018 the duo celebrated 40 Tours Around the Sun with a wildly successful tour across the globe. The album that bears the same name was ranked #5 on Billboard 200. The new tour of the band includes their most popular songs and rarely live cuts, alongside some of the songs from Lukather and Williams their individual catalogs.
TOTO has a satisfaction rating of 20 based on its Net Promoter Score, which measures how likely customers are to recommend the brand. Promoters are those who rate the company highly and actively encourage others to make use of their products or services. Detractors are those who judge the company poorly and might even actively hinder people from using their products or services.
Join Toto for an unforgettable cultural experience in Asia. This highlights tour offers luxury accommodation, a cruise on an elegant cruise ship on Halong Bay and an exploration of Angkor Wat, a mystical temple that the French called Indochine. It also includes one night in the charming city of Luang Prabang. This UNESCO World Heritage City is a feast for your senses. This is a excursion you should not be missing!
Line-up
The band's third album, Turn Back, marked an reversion to the classic sextet format of previous albums and was a more ferocious, consistent effort that had an edge that was stronger than Hydra. Its edgier sound was indicative of the maturation of group and included drummer Bobby Kimball's greater proficiency on the drums, as well as an improved, mature vocal delivery by singer Joseph Williams. Keyboardist David Paich's work also was more precise, sharper and less cloned earlier recordings.
After touring to promote their album, the band recorded an Amsterdam live concert that was released on Eagle Records as a 2-CD set titled Falling In Between. The group released their new studio album just a few months after and embarked on a world tour to promote the album. In this time keyboardist Greg Phillinganes filled in for Paich, and 토지노 사이트 (Squareblogs.Net) bassist David Hungate left the group to spend more time with his family.
In 1998, Paich and Lukather started exploring old demos and tapes in search of an album that would feature songs that had never been recorded before. It was completed in 2001 as a duo album titled Then and Now. It was the first album by the band without the single track "A". The album also contained a previously unreleased track called "Kari-Anne".
By 2003, Toto had begun to decline in popularity. The group's fourth album, Old Is New was a commercial failure and vocalist Williams was suffering from laryngitis, which affected his singing abilities. In addition, Hungate returned to Nashville as a drummer, and Leland Sklar was replaced by Shem von Schroeck.
Downes along with the other members of Asia--Wetton, Palmer, and Howe--convened a meeting in England in the early part of 2006 to discuss the possibility of restructuring the band. The lineup, with the exception of Howe who was working with Yes at the time, was renamed Toto XIV. They toured extensively.
In 2010, the band 스포츠토토 reunited for another reunion tour with a slightly different line-up, including guitarists Mike Porcaro and Steve Lukather, drummer John Pierce, bassist Shannon Forrest, and multi-instrumentalists Warren Ham and Dominique Taplin. The band also featured the appearance of singer Michael McDonald, and a backing singer named Mabvuto Carpenter.
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