Original music 🎶 ( Kajiura is my inspiration ❤️ ) / Might add my Kajiura covers here too

toshiroukajiura said:
Check out out recent live ❤️

https://youtu.be/ErNSOdfiiLE?si=EcVyprZq8xq6rBvY

The middle part of the song until the final chorus is my favorite section of the song. And intro and outro of course 😊
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I can feel the Kajiura-love in the music, and notice incorporating of small melodies from her music in different parts of the vocals, and music.

You even had a "kajiurago" (or should I say "toshiro-go") section.

Your singers had fun.
 
I found this to be exceptionally well made. The mood and performance apparantly was great and I am sure everybody had a good time - On and off stage. ^~^*
You guys did great, and even though this looks like lots and lots of work.. before, while and after this live, I am sure this was very well worth the trouble! : ]

🔴 Cif ~
 
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Oh yes! And we could clearly see! It was a GREAT performance! : ))
You say it's not the typical love song, which of course is not a bad thing! - The opposite, actually! :D - In my eyes (and ears) this was (again!) really good!
Also again we all could see smiles on stage, and every musican was well in mood. - For me this is an important sign; The music is great, the musicans get along well and everybody has a good time! - This is how it should be, and if you ask me, you can clearly hear this! - CEWL!! :D

🔴 Cif ~
 
toshiroukajiura said:
Another not so typical love song. Added lyrics for you guys to read as an extra flavoring. Hopefully you would like this song I made. I made a week before the final performance with only 2 days of band rehearsals. Not perfect but we gave our all.

https://youtu.be/wjDs3W57AGk?si=edvGi1gpxVf5Jjf8
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"Moonlit melody" is nice. I always enjoy when you have female leads and enjoy these two harmonizing.

I also heard some borrowed Kajiura-isms in some of the instrumentation! Sweet.
 
One of my favorite thing about Kajiura having multiple singers is when alternating verses in a song are taken by each singer and we can appreciate the differences in their tone, range, approach and individuality. You have that opportunity with the two ladies in your team.

I am always a fan of duets (with good singers).

Oh, and I just got to the part where you imitated Akagi's flute on the keyboard!!! Actually, I had heard the flute before and it was so cool to include it too.
 
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CloisteredFlame said:
One of my favorite thing about Kajiura having multiple singers is when alternating verses in a song are taken by each singer and we can appreciate the differences in their tone, range, approach and individuality. You have that opportunity with the two ladies in your team.

I am always a fan of duets (with good singers).

Oh, and I just got to the part where you imitated Akagi's flute on the keyboard!!! Actually, I had heard the flute before and it was so cool to include it too.
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Hehehe. I don’t play Akagi’s part on the Keyboard 😃 As I play rhythm.
 
hihi ^^ so you were THAT focussed to the vocals? ^^'

Yes, the flutist did an excellent job, I'd say! - I mean, I have no expertise in flute playing, but sounded really nice! ^ ~ ^

🔴 Cif ~
 
His_Cifnes said:
hihi ^^ so you were THAT focussed to the vocals? ^^'

Yes, the flutist did an excellent job, I'd say! - I mean, I have no expertise in flute playing, but sounded really nice! ^ ~ ^

🔴 Cif ~
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Yeah. Vocals is the thing I focus on the most and I'm always analyzing what I'm hearing. I also wasn't watching the video so when I returned to it toshiro was playing on the keys, so I assumed it was a sound on the keys. I'll watch again.
 
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"Promise [me] you'll never let me go." I noticed the "me" was missing from the captions at the end of verse 1, I think.

Drummer was not always in the pocket, though. Happens with live playing sometimes, I know.
 
CloisteredFlame said:
"Promise [me] you'll never let me go." I noticed the "me" was missing from the captions at the end of verse 1, I think.

Drummer was not always in the pocket, though. Happens with live playing sometimes, I know.
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That drummer was a last minute pick because our drummer is a VA and he was busy that time. The sub drummer there prefers metal music. I told him his metal drumming will not be good in the arrangements I have which are stylistically Kajiura in nature 😂 That was our first and last collaboration with him HAHAHAHAHAHA. He can play his metal music elsewhere.

I am more focused on the vocals though. As for Moonlit Melody, the singers had only a day to practice and master it. We challenged ourselves to perform a newly written music that time because we want an acoustic guitar-centered music in our last performance, and also as an experiment to see if the audience are accepting to my kind of music, surprisingly it went well 😆 I thought they will be like “ What the hell is this?” Ahaah. I think their all-time favorite is “Sayaw ng Liwanag or Dance of Lights” because it sounded new and unique to them, and the singers have basically mastered the lyrics and structure already 😂

The singers there are my siblings 😂
 
CloisteredFlame said:
"Promise [me] you'll never let me go." I noticed the "me" was missing from the captions at the end of verse 1, I think.

Drummer was not always in the pocket, though. Happens with live playing sometimes, I know.
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Yeahhh. But I was like “ I am too tired to edit this. I think they get it 😂 “ ahahahahah.
But an HD version of this live will appear soon. Will put the correct lyrics on this after. Gomen !!
 
toshiroukajiura said:
My inner Kajiura is unleashed here in this another original composition here 😂
A theme song I made for an event here. Just a short clip though.

https://youtu.be/zfXYx9o_S4k?si=DupTwFktj9bSSlPa
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Oh! Is that at a marriage? - Cewl location with effects and light. (That must have been quite pricy..) - And.. is that Kajiurago at the start? :D
So many things at once! Sounds great, looks cewl - And it works: The audience is completely focussed! - Everything done right. : )

🔴 Cif ~
 
toshiroukajiura said:
That drummer was a last minute pick because our drummer is a VA and he was busy that time. The sub drummer there prefers metal music. I told him his metal drumming will not be good in the arrangements I have which are stylistically Kajiura in nature 😂 That was our first and last collaboration with him HAHAHAHAHAHA. He can play his metal music elsewher
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Metal Kajiura! I heard some of his double-pedal action and couldn't wrap my head around it. He needed to focus more on locking the rhythm than trying to do his metal licks.
toshiroukajiura said:
I am more focused on the vocals though. As for Moonlit Melody, the singers had only a day to practice and master it. We challenged ourselves to perform a newly written music that time because we want an acoustic guitar-centered music in our last performance, and also as an experiment to see if the audience are accepting to my kind of music, surprisingly it went well 😆 I thought they will be like “ What the hell is this?” Ahaah. I think their all-time favorite is “Sayaw ng Liwanag or Dance of Lights” because it sounded new and unique to them, and the singers have basically mastered the lyrics and structure already 😂
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Me too! Great work by your singers and I could feel they were somewhat new to the song but they did very well.
toshiroukajiura said:
The singers there are my siblings 😂
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Wow! You're lucky to have two sisters who can sing so well. So a fully musical family? Do they play instruments too?
 
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