This happened quite a while ago, but Niconico Video, my current main base of operations, was hit by a ransomware attack by a motherfucker hacker, and I've been feeling frustrated ever since because I can't release the new songs I've worked so hard to create.
If Niconico didn't exist, I wouldn't have been able to upload my songs to YouTube, as I think of it as a completely different world. Originally, I was mainly a composer, and making music videos was just a bonus for uploading them to Niconico, so without Niconico I would have no motivation to make music videos.
Anyway, back to the main story.
As the title suggests, my new song "GIFT" is a collaboration with a friend.
I posted this on a new Japanese music posting site called vvave, and it temporarily took the top spot on the rankings.
This song is a collaboration between me and Beast Soul Nori, a wandering musician currently living in Finland, who wrote the lyrics.
He may not be well known online, but he is a man of many men, with a funky way of life and songs honed through real-life experience, traveling the world while earning money from street performances using his guitar and singing voice, so if you're interested, be sure to check out his YouTube channel.
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I first met him about 3 years ago.
I met him through another friend when I was living in a shared house in Saitama, and I still remember vividly the first time I heard his song.
He came back to Japan around fall last year, so we had dinner together at a favorite okonomiyaki restaurant and he asked me if I would like to write a song for him because he had lyrics that he hadn't written yet, and I accepted without hesitation.
It was my first time to write a song from lyrics written by someone other than myself, so I thought about it this way and that, and eventually I lost motivation and started writing other songs, and after about three months I finally came up with the basic vocal melody line lol
After that, I agonized over whether to do it in the same style as him, or to use piano accompaniment, or even to make it a rock song with a thumping electric guitar, and then, after a few years of Susumu Hirasawa boom, I decided on the spot to go with strings as the main focus, and created the orchestra in about a week.
Once the image is solidified, it's over in a flash.
For the vocals, I asked Teto from Synthesizer V, who I've always thought would be a great fit for ballads, to sing it.
The song is about the meaning of the name a parent gives to their child, so I thought he was the right choice considering his age, 31, lol.
Teenage girls didn't really click with me.
I can feel his way of life and philosophy in Beast Soul's lyrics, so I'll probably take it on if he comes up with some great lyrics again.
I don't know what kind of song it will be though lol.
P.S.
A version with the original vocals by Beast Soul will be released soon.
We will announce it on this website when it happens.