また君に恋してる

Recommended by Takanori.
Sakamoto Fuyumi-san has a traditional Japanese way of singing,
but I think it's really nice.

She still has good control over her tone and resonance.
And also, the latest songs these days are like really boring to listen to.
A traditional song brings out new flavor, new influence and new ideas for song-writing.

Saying that, I've not kept in contact with the latest songs on radio.
Songs (or rather artistes) nowadays (and here I'll take a dig at Justin Bieber) have no substance.
Unable to *ahem* SING and rely overly much on autotune and vocal effects,
and song arrangers to make their songs catchy and suitable for radio play.
Sometimes I wonder if people are deaf.

I'm listening not to the overall song,
but also the details that make it nice.
The dynamics, and the instrumental arrangement so on and so forth.
I probably am getting more anal in songs I deem nice (lol)

SUGIZOさん

SUGIZO-san has been a inspiring musician for me.
Reading his blog entries, I feel like I've so much to learn regarding music,
yet SUGIZO-san himself has not reached the end himself either.

Honestly, if it wasn't for SUGIZO-san,
I probably would never have been so patient with Creative Music Ensemble class,
cos we all hate it.

We think it's useless and painful to the ears,
and most of us skip that class.

But I gotta admit,
the soundscape we get from that class,
the extreme possibilities in music,
even if I won't ever deal with electronic noise music,
or Musique Concrète,
I can learn to use those sounds and adapting into the mainstream pop/rock.

Who says it isn't possible?

SUGIZO-san has explored so much,
and reading his blog entries,
I feel that he thinks a lot,
and dwells so deeply into music just to give the best appropriate sound.
He truly is a real musician.
I feel so inadequate in comparison.

And I think he's really amazing.
I feel that I have so much to learn from him,
and reading his blog entries never fail to amaze me.

How someone so great can be so humbled by the musicians before him.
People like Bob Dylan etc. (I open my eyes wide and stare in disbelief, LOL) he pays great tribute and respect to for all he has learned from them.

Really,
I should stop dissing those musicians I dislike (aka Robert Johnson) and learn to respect them for their place in the history of music.
For every musician played a huge role in influencing the late generation of musicians and helped to shape the various genres and style of music that followed.

If anyone has the time, please head over to SUGIZO-san's blog and have a read.
It's amazing.
His thoughts on life and music will blow you away, like it did me.