This is just joy all around! Yuki Kajiura shining on another recognized stage, showcasing her qualities by bringing her best energies to bear.
I am really pleased to hear our select ladies sing here, but I feel KOKIA or Kasahara would also have been delightful to hear in this context: a small intimate venue, everyone close together, so many voices. I wonder how they would all fit around each other, and the VOCALS! I am imagining how the harmony would shine and the characteristics of each voice be more distinct, since you can't exactly edit them (studio magic) with the mic bleed due to so many close live mics.
I watched an interview a while back with the creator of the OG NPR Tiny Desk and he talked about the challenge of close-capturing so many voices/elements on one stage, and how he achieves the quality of sound since he has so many mics together.
His comment on one YouTube video that attempted to recreate the sound design briefly describes his philosophy, "The one thing I would critique that is vital to the Tiny Desk and an important part of my philosophy for these concerts is this: no headphones or monitors. The singer sings in the room without any amplification. Since there are also no monitors, everyone has to play at a volume that allows them to hear the singer and also every other instrument. So, in essence, the band is ‘self-mixing.’ That makes the performance unique, as well as the recording techniques."
I wonder if the other locations (including tiny desk JP) use the same engineering principles to have that "sound" or just use their own ideas.
放送まであと3日
3/30(月)0:15~NHK総合※日曜深夜
「調整できない不自由な音楽の楽しさ」
