The Band Toto Asia
Toto was expanding its production facilities in the overseas market and doing business in France, Germany, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the People's Republic of China. North America was seen as an opportunity to grow for Washlet toilets and bidet seats, in contrast to its "base" markets in Japan and China.
Dhaniram Toto documented Toto words to ensure that the future generation could understand them. Many words were substituted with foreign words. For example dui, which was Bengali for verandah was being used.
Origins
Incorporated in 1917, Toto's early years mirrored Japan's economic development. In the first half, Toto produced products to meet the growing demand for modern, new urban housing. It was the first tunnel kilns in the country to produce ceramics continuously. It also pioneered automation to allow production control, which helps to increase efficiency and consistency.
The company began expanding internationally in the latter part of the 1980s to profit from new markets and sales opportunities. The company founded the Cera Trading Company to import and market other manufacturers' products to complement its own range of sanitary earthenwares and plumbing fittings. This strategy boosted sales and
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In the 1990s, Toto had shifted its focus on research and
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Toto has continued to innovate in the toilet technology. Its latest toilet, for instance, has an extremely powerful tornado flush that is more eco green than traditional toilets. Toto also makes use of recycled water in its manufacturing process and has a green procurement policy. Apart from toilets, Toto manufactures faucets and bathtubs and hand dryers that are more energy efficient than conventional models.
The first Toto museum opened in the year 2015. It has exhibitions on the most iconic products of Toto, their evolution, the group companies (all of which are made of ceramics) as well as the history of plumbing and even bath units. In another gallery, visitors can view Toto products that are sold throughout. The museum has the bathroom equipped with a WASHLET as well as other toilet innovations.
Before the formation of Toto members of the group did session work for various musicians. Keyboardist David Paich, drummer Jeff Porcaro and
토토사이트 모음 guitarists Mike Porcaro and Steve Lukather all performed on the album Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs. They also performed on albums by Steely Don, Seals and Crofts and Sonny and Cher.
Discography
It is common for a group with a name like Asia to be a prog band however it's actually a fairly straight forward rock band. The group was formed as four-piece, and released two albums that were self-titled in 1979 and 1980's Armed to the Teeth. The band has a varied musical background, but their greatest success came in 1982 when they released Toto IV.
The album was a huge blockbuster, but it was not without its share of problems. Record companies put the band on position with the order "give us an album that is a success or we'll sack you" and the pressure was on them to give it. Luckily for Toto they delivered with the help of the smash hit single "Africa."
Toto's musical mastery is a result of their previous experiences. Before forming the group, the members were session musicians for artists like Boz Scaggs. Steely Dan and Seals and Crofts. Their sonic signature has become the norm for '80s pop, and has influenced many modern artists.
This album starts off hard with tracks like Running Out of Time and Unknown Soldier showcasing the bands ability to write amazing AOR songs that slowly build their hooks into you. The album also has some slower, more jazzy tracks such as The Little Things and Chinatown. The album closes with Great Expectations, a song that combines folk with distorted AOR and could sound like a complete flop, but works amazingly well.
After Toto IV The band's fortunes turned towards the negative. David Hungate left to concentrate on his solo career, and the band went through various drummers. In 1984, Bobby Kimball was fired from the band in aftermath of drug-related charges. However, the group continued to perform as a trio with Michael Porcaro and Steve Lukather.
Despite the turbulence, Toto forged ahead and released Isolation, which was not as successful as IV. The band managed to release an album that was chart-topping, Kingdom of Desire, in 1992. This album marked Toto's final lineup and the debut of Simon Phillips, a new vocalist.
Tours
The band has entertained millions of fans across the world, performing sold-out shows across Europe, North America and Asia as well as Australia and New Zealand. The band's repertoire is vast, and their collective catalog has accumulated more than a billion streams on streaming services across the globe. The band's music has been influential to numerous generations of fans.
Steve Lukather and
메이저사이트 Joe Williams have forged a deep colorful friendship that is thriving professionally on a global scale. In 2018 the duo celebrated their 40 Tours Around The Sun with a hugely successful global tour. The album of the same title ranked 5 on the Billboard 200. The new tour of the band features their greatest hits and rarely live cuts, as well as some of the songs from Lukather and Williams their individual catalogs.
TOTO has a Net Promoter Score of 20. This score is a measure of how likely it is that customers will recommend the brand. Promoters are people who give a good rating to the company and encourage others to utilize its products or services. Detractors are those who judge the company poorly, and may even actively dissuade others from using their services or
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Join Toto to experience a unique cultural encounter in Asia. This highlights tour offers luxury accommodation, a cruise on a deluxe junk on Halong Bay and an exploration of Angkor Wat, a mystical temple that the French called Indochine. You will also spend an evening in the charming city of Luang Prabang. This UNESCO World Heritage City is a feast for the senses. This is a trip you don't want to miss!
Line-up
Turn Back, the band's third studio album is a return to a classic sextet structure, and it was a more consistent, more powerful album with a sharper edge. The more edgy sound of the album was indicative of the maturation of group and included drummer Bobby Kimball's greater proficiency on the drums, as well as a more confident, mature vocal delivery from singer Joseph Williams. David Paich's keyboard work was also sharper, more complex, and less derivative on previous efforts.
After touring to promote the album, the group recorded a live show in Amsterdam which was released as a two-CD set called Falling In Between Live on Eagle Records. A new studio album was released just a few months later and the group went on a world-wide tour in support of the album. During this time, keyboardist Greg Phillinganes filled in for Paich, and bassist David Hungate left the group to spend more time with his family.
In 1998, Paich and Lukather started looking through old tapes and demos for a new record featuring songs that were never recorded before. It was completed as a double album titled Then and Now in 2001. It was the band's first album that did not contain a single song titled "A". The album also contained a previously unreleased track titled "Kari-Anne".
By 2003, Toto had begun to decline in popularity. The group's fourth record, Old Is New was a commercial failure and vocalist Williams was suffering from laryngitis, which restricted his singing capabilities. In addition, Hungate returned to Nashville as a drummer, and Leland Sklar was replaced by Shem von Schroeck.
Downes, Wetton Palmer and Howe, the original members of Asia were in England in the early part of 2006 to discuss the possibility that the band could be reformed. This lineup, minus Howe (who was busy with Yes at the time) was eventually referred to as Toto XIV and toured extensively.
In 2010, the band 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 토토사이트 추천 (
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