What did you feel when discovered Kajiura-san ?

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I made this drawing
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I'm not an artist, but I think it's easy to understand.

Since childhood, I'm looking for a certain style of music.

During few months, I was depressive.
I had dark hallucinations, nerves crisis.
I'm amnesic about a very important thing, and it made me suffer a lot.

But the day I discovered Kaji-san, I understood that I found my music.
I saw a light. It showed me how to escape from darkness.
I think she saved me.

Then, I read all her interviews, and, without knowing me, she has said all I ever thought.
I was so glad !
Now I'm happy, because I found someone like me.
She has all my admiration and devotion. I could never thank her enough !

-End of the confidences

And you, what did you feel ?
 
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You're so lucky !
When did you receive it ? Kaji-chan's so sweet !
Recovery ? What's wrong ?

No, I've never seen it before.
But in my heart, this a little what I felt !
 
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Wow, a letter from Kajiura-sama!? Didn't you framed it!?

I remember a bit discovering Sprinter. With a virtual friend of mine at that time, we were exchanging J-music files by MSN Messenger (does someone remember of this? good ol' times:XD:) and he sent me Sprinter. I don't remember what was my mood at this moment but it made me fell like... :plz::ohoho::swt::stars::hearts:

I also remember that, before AnimagiC, I wasn't into Kajiura-sama's works as much as I used to be at the beginning. When I learnt that Kalafina came there, I sure went, because it was the best chance of seeing one of my favorite artists coming in Europe. And, when I attended the concert... Well, I went into total fandom.

Er, well, not so total, as it raised again with Japan Expo. :waii:
 
I first discovered Kajiura-san watching Noir. I dont know if I liked the anime because of the music or if I liked the music because of the anime. Anyway, they made the perfect combination and since then I started watching some animes just because yk was the composer.
 
It must have been really hard, I'm glad you got better ! How Kajiura-san became aware? I guess the support of everyone made you heartwarming.
Thanks to everyone who helped Kugayama-san !
 
Daphné said:
It must have been really hard, I'm glad you got better ! How Kajiura-san became aware? I guess the support of everyone made you heartwarming.
Thanks to everyone who helped Kugayama-san !
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Kerahna contacted Yuki Kajiura after I posted that I was in hospital. (I was treated very well there and had a couple of visitors, one a friend who was from Australia and had been living in Japan for several years, and the other a canta-per-me.net member who was able to use the ticket I had).

So, I had sort of discovered Yuki Kajiura when I saw her in the video of Animelo Summer Live 2009 and via www.fictionjunction.com , and after joining canta-per-me.net, but when I received the card, that showed more of what Yuki Kajiura is like.
 
It's a great thing ! Kajiura-san is a very amazing and kind person ! :chuu:
Wow, Kerahna has some important contacts !
:psst: :groucho: :waii:
 
I still remember hearing her OST in Cossette and being really impressed by it. As I've mentioned before, it's one of the few soundtracks that really stood out to me and made me want to purchase a copy, way before I became addicted to score and soundtrack like I am these days. Kajiura was one of the people who started that for me. I never actually found a copy until last year however, despite watching Cossette back in 2008 :touched:. Kara no Kyoukai got me interested further and that's when I started delving into finding more info about who composed the soundtrack and looking into her other works, after which I quickly fell in love.

Prior to getting into the KnK soundtracks though I got into Kalafina, via Lacrimosa when watching Kuroshitsuji back in 2010. That really impressed me, but it wasn't until I heard Red Moon that it really hit me that they'd become such a huge love. I recall getting the album (illegally at the time, I must admit :hide:) and playing through it from the start. That opening track just blew me away, I knew instantly at that point I'd found something special. My love only grew from there and got even bigger after watching the After Eden Special Live, and further increased after Japan Expo :love:. They aren't my favourite band of all time yet (although they are in my top 5), but it may well end up that way if I get another boost :ayashii:. Same for Kajiura, she's only my second favourite composer so I'm not completely biased :psst:.
 
Yeah... Kuga, that really was something. I was just saying that to my mom the other day, and her reaction was like "wow!" but I am glad you made a recovery.

I first discovered her through Noir as well. I did not know much of anyone's music at the time, since I was still new to anime. But this music blew me away. I think Melodie was one of the first songs I actually heard, and had to find out who did the songs! And it ended up being Yuki. Daphne, you completely summed up my life with Yuki's music. Well, I have just recently been kind of depressed and down, since going through a hard time with finding a job and my back (I have Scoliosis and had surgery), but her music just makes me so happy. Even the sad songs, when they start I think, this is a sad song, but in the end I feel glad to have heard it. Like now I am listening to Hikari furu, and all my pain seems to be lifted away. I have drawn (although I am not an artist either) and have written many poems because of her music. It feels like I've know her all my life, even though I met her and Kalafina (and again at ACen, but not Yuki) very very briefly at Anime Boston. I wanted to say so much to her, but I could not since my hands were shaking so much, she handed me the Lacrimosa single I had them sign and I said Thank You, which after I felt dumb, since I knew "arigatou" was thank you. lol (I did say that to Kala in ACen, and Wakana thanked me for the symphonia pic.) Anyways... when I first heard her songs I was so moved, and that's true even today. Listening to each new song in Hanako, or Sword Art Online, it is amazing. I am still glad I was in the same room as my idol(s), even for a few brief moments. I've tried playing some songs, sapphire and kaze no machi e, but I cannot play them well enough. I hope she continues to compose for many many years to come.
 
Hikari Furu is the first Kalafina's song I've heard.
It's so beautiful ! My favorite Kala song !
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@Liana_Ilia I'm happy if her music helped you !

Kajiura-san is the music goddess, helping lost soul to find the light !
 
I wouldn't say its the discovery process. I've discovered and dropped other composers lots of times.

What makes Kajiura-san so special is the journey.

My first 2 songs were Akatsuki and Fields of Hope, both around the same time, but Akatsuki was slightly earlier (I'm a Gundam Seed fan, and most Gundam Seed/Destiny songs came together for me). At first I was much more caught up in Fields of Hope, AnK I only really liked the violin bridge. Later I fell in love with Akatsuki because it had so much emotion and angst. Both songs rose to the top of my favourites list, however I thought they were by different composers. Later for some reason I googled FJ Yuuka and found out the 2 members, Yuki-san and Yuuka-chan. I immersed myself in Yuuka-chan and gradually fell in love with her voice, but neglected Kajiura-san. (At that time I thought FJ Yuuka's composer was a male, as I saw the kanji form of the name and it sounds male... Then I came across the live version of AnK, I thought she's "just the background pianist whose playing didn't even get a chance to be in the studio recording") And sometime later when I checked up on Fields of Hope's lyrics, then I saw the "Music & Lyrics by" and I was like, this name is vaguely familiar... *checks out kanji form of name*WHA-BAM! :punched: Chotto matte, this person wrote and composed both my favourite songs?? Must check her out!

Kajiura-san has since then, accompanied me during my high points, my low, almost-depressive period points, her songs cheer me up even further and gives me so much more hope when I'm upbeat, but they also console me when I hunch in my room ruminating about the tumblings I've received earlier in the day. Her lyrics are so much more different than the considerably shallower songs I had been listening to. Her songs have broke my heart, mended it, shattered it, strengthened it. I'm a different person today mostly because of her. Yes, the journey triumphs the discovery for me.
 
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I was kind of the same way with some of her vocal songs, but now usually I can tell if it's by her. I was kind of like that for Petitte Cossette I think. I saw the preview before I knew it was composed by Yuki. But when the singing started, I instantly recognized the tone and singing. (I had not known about the Kajiuran language she had created before this though.) And I think Life Goes On too, I did not know it was her at first until I looked at the lyrics. I love that song, and am a Gundam Seed/Destiny fan as well.

Daphne: Wow, I think that's the first someone's said that their first Kala song has been Hikari. It's either been Magia or Lacrimosa a lot of the time. I discovered them with oblivious, and it was the same sort of thing with Cossette that I knew it was Yuki, and I had known she was doing the music for KnK. I fell in love with Wakana's voice and the others. (Though I did not know their names at the time. *is slapped*)
 
I'd almost forgotten about Kugayama's hospitalisation...I guess I was away from the forum at the time and couldn't send any messages of support. It must've been an awful time, and I'm glad you came through it okay!

My moment of 'discovering' her music for myself is surprisingly clear. I started watching Noir on a recommendation (coincidentally a review on the same fan site I later started writing for...perhaps a subconscious attempt to repay them...?). I just went to look for it, and this is what I read : "...the most impressive soundtrack I've heard since Macross Plus. It's haunting and very sinister, and the switch between the tune of the pocket watch to a full techno beat when fighting ensues really is incredible, as is the female choir that accompanies much of the action. Mark Mancina eat your heart out..." It's fair to say, being a fan of Yoko Kanno and 'off the beaten track' anime shows and music, I couldn't restrain my curiosity. A bit of a fateful moment, as it turned out!

The more I looked, the more songs I found, and the more enthusiastic I got about tracking them down. It's proved to be a bit of an expensive hobby, and even stressful at points (doing the 'trip into mainland Europe just for a Kala live show' twice now, with no regrets despite all the hiccups). But still. Some music artists are special to me in a way that I can't always explain with words. I'll try though.

I can understand what Daphné means in her post above. There's *something* about YK's music that's comforting and resonates with me somehow...even when the songs are about sad things, they always have a sense of hope and beauty to them. Looking back, I first heard her songs during quite an upsetting and difficult time, and I don't even think I'm completely out of that situation even now. There have been a few important people and things that have kept me going, and one of those things was knowing that there are people out there who can create something amazing with sincerity...and share it with the rest of us.

This post turned out more rambling than I intended...:hide:
 
^Noir was actually recommended to me as well by my brother's roommate, whom I liked at the time, but glad I did not pursue that one... heh Anyways, I had wanted to check it out, since I knew a little about it. Then I started watching and instantly loved the music. I started talking about it with him and it's something I do not regret, as there's so much I love about her music. I cannot say enough praises, even though there are some songs I do not like. I am so glad I watched it, and Madlax (one of my favorite soundtracks by her actually) shortly after.
 
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