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2006年08月20日
The summer holidays I
I went to "Nasu" from the night of the 27th of July to the 30th.
On the 28th, I did a rehearsal with Kumiko and Tomoo there starting from a little after noon.
The room where we did the rehearsal was surrounded by trees, had the scent of wood in the air, and a cool breeze was coming in from the windows.
The cicadas seemed to be singing in time with our music.
It was so enjoyable that we forgot the time passing, and we had played until 9 o'clock at night before we noticed.
On the 29th, the rain stopped, and I was worken by the sunlight coming through the trees.
The venue where we were playing was a stylish cafe with a big terrace and a beautiful garden.
It took a long time to set up and do the sound -check.
We only managed to finish just before the doors opened.
There were only 20minutes until opening, but I ordered egg-curry because I thought that if I didn't eat anything, I would be out of gas.
It tasted very good!!
We played 2 sets, and we had a little break between them, starting at 1:30, and we also played 2 sets in the same form after a new audience came at 5:30, so in all we played 4 sets.
The program was original songs with vocals. I mean it was not improvised music, but music changed each time including the encore.
We hadn't played together for a long time, but we got along very well with each other, perhaps because of the reheasal the day before, and I really enjoyed playing.
This was the first time I've been to the Nasu-Plateau, and there was fresh air and water.
I felt refreshed in body and mind.
投稿者 yokomiura : 21:00
2006年08月06日
Glass Music
I had the idea of playing one of my song with the sound of glass, and so I tried to make a scale with all the glasses in my house.
I bought several glasses I wanted at a one coin shop.
I looked for the glasses which I want in so many places, that maybe I got used to the way of finding the pitch of a glass, and in a coffe shop, I rang a glass with a spoon without thinking, and got stared at by the person next to me.
I made adjustments to each of the pitches, singing each phrase of my song, named "Rain Song" in turn, and pouring water into each glass.
I put the glasses on the table grouped in phrases instead of lining them like a keyboard, so they looked like glass flowers.
There were a lot kinds of glasses in the scale, and each glass had a unique sound.
It was difficult to make a good sound with the glasses which had too much water in.
If I tapped it carelessly, it made a miserable pathetically bad sound, but I really like this kind of flavor with its sense of irregularity and unreliability.
投稿者 yokomiura : 22:27