Acoustic Night 最高！

On Sunday April 22, I went to my friend, Yukio's live show. Yukio plays in the band After Novembers, but this night, he played alone. It was his first time, so he was nervous, but I think he did really well. I really liked his arpeggio stuff. It was definitely awesome to watch. That night there were four performers, Yukio included. All were soloists. Before Yukio was a guy called Kitaisamu from Tomakomai. Both Yukio and he played guitar. After them were two women, the first performer being Moka, who comes from Aomori and then Peach. They both play piano. I really liked both of them actually. Both play very well and sing even better. Peach's vocals I thought were especially cool being a little raspy and deep. I could definitely feel a jazz vibe there. She has been playing for about 5 years now, if I remember correctly. As for Moka, it was her first concert at Aundo. I am not sure how long she has been performing, but I thought she did very well. She looked very comfortable playing in public. I especially thought her cover of 'Loving you' was really good.

Overall, I really liked the atmosphere of Acoustic Night. After the show, I talked to Yukio about playing in the next one. It seems that Acoustic Night is held every two months. What I liked about the show was that there was a relaxed feeling. To be honest it reminded me a little of a coffee house in Canada, but with no coffee, just a lot of cigarette smoke, but for me that's not a problem. I also liked that I was able to hear everyone's vocals clearly, as opposed to my show where except for my set, the vocals were hard to hear due to the volume of the music.

Next month, Yukio and Moka will be playing at a pub called The Beats. I have to make sure I got the name right, but I hope that I will be able to go to that because I think it will be a good show.

Peace

Aundo: First show!

Hello everyone! For those of you who don't know me, my name is Andre. I decided to start this blog to mark the annversary if you will of my first live show. On Saturday April 14 I played at a small club here in Hakodate called Aundo. If you know the band Glay, it seems that they started here many years ago before hitting it big. Anyway, the concert, I think went well. In the weeks before the concert I advertised at the school were I work and in the end I sold around 40 tickets! Aundo is not a big club so 40 or 50 people is a really good number.

I played four songs with my friend Hayashi, or as people call him, Hayashi-kun. He is an awesome guitarist and is currently in two other bands, one called Yippee and the other My Penes, yeah I know, I won't go there either. Anyway the four songs we played were 'we march', 'for you good sir', 'it's always in the last place you look' and 'run out'. To be honest, I think I'm going to change the name of the last song. I think it doesn't fit so well. All of these songs I wrote myself, lyrics and music, but Hayashikun added some nice touches especially in the lead guitar department. I really liked what he did on 'run out', using a dropped-d tuning. Really cool.

Well, here are some pictures of the concert. I hope you like them. I really think the concert was a success for me in that it has started something that I definitely want to continue pursuing. It seems that the organiser of this concert, Mr. Honma, is quite interested in my music, so I think it is safe to say that I will be able to perform again. When exactly, I am not sure, but to be honest I would like to play maybe around August. That would give me some time to figure out what to do next. Also, doing this concert has introduced me to the music circle of Hakodate which I think can be very helpful for my future. From the practices to the actual concert, I feel I have learned a lot. I just hope that I won't forget anything.

Before I go, I just want to say a big thanks to everyone who came, Mr. Honma and especially Hayashikun. I look forward to playing with you again.

Peace