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Man, there was soooo many fans who attended. From where I sat (S513 - left of the sound engineer who was at the center) the speakers were so loud, and often when they were picking up multiple sound sources, the output was just terrible. They were fine when they picked up one singer/musician at a time. But then, I was not at the sweet spot, and concerts often have this effect with abused speakers from overuse (i.e. turning it up way too loud so much.) It was hard to hear Keiko, but still I had a lot of fun just watching her, even from afar or on the projection screen. (She had these blue shoes, or maybe it was just the lighting, haha. And is it just me or does Keiko wearing short dresses make her look smaller? It's certainly more pronounced, especially since she stands next to a tall Kaori! lol) Wakana as usual would strain or run out of breath, and at times was off-key. (Often anyone who misses keys can be a result of not being able to hear everyone else in order to blend with them properly. That was certainly a factor here.) Korenaga didn't do a guitar solo at the end of Canta Per Me for some reason. Sadly there was only one encore song, but they sang The World quite well. Regardless, it was still awesome!!
Yuki sama spoke a lot of English very well, and she was funny! In describing the girls' voices, she said (I'm paraphrasing) that Wakana's voice sounds sad and tragic, so if something sounds tragic, then it's Wakana's song, ha. Yuriko has sung thousands of her songs, in various ranges, but when they actually counted, it was actually about a hundred. Keiko's voice is a strong alto, sometimes doing tenor and baritone. Kaori understands tonality, and she sings beautiful ballads. She said more than that and like I said she was funny, but I'm too tired to remember what else.
george1234 said:
The setlist is usual YK live setlist, too few new songs (only the first and the 2 Madoka)
Ha, at first I felt like I was watching a US version of Live Vol. 1 because of the majority of songs I've heard/seen from their DVDs (except for The beginning of the end, Sis Puella Magica, Credens Justitiam, Duran Shoukan, Stone Cold), but I chose instead to think of it as: FJ was presenting to us, the audience in LA, for the very first time these songs with their hearts.
I realize of course why repeated setlists are frustrating, but remember that the whole point of a live concert is to EXPERIENCE it in person, to be in the moment. CDs and DVDs are just byproducts to commemorate these occasions. I for one am very happy to have had the privilege to watch and listen to them perform these songs. So in thinking of it this way, I was able to enjoy it.