The waiting is almost over AFA will kick off tomorrow with 7!!, Bless4, Ichiro Mizuki and our beloved LiSA to end a beautiful day.
It is LiSA’s first concert in Indonesia and her second performance at AFA
She is very excited about this performance regarding to her video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnDEmxMwV8E&hd=1
Are you going to AFA or just overexcited about this join our forums and share your excitement with us
Friday, 31 August 2012
[LiSA Blog 08/30/12] Off I go っ!!
Hi.
Rush rush. Rush rush
I’m crazy busy getting ready.
Rush rushRush rush
I have a horrible habit of not packing until the very last minute
I forget things even if I pack early, so packing at the last minute is a sure way to forget things><
When I was little my mom would always ask, “Is everything ready for tomorrow?”
So I grew up to be a girl who allllways got ready the night before Thanks, Mom
So, today I stopped by RNA’s winter season exhibition
Despite the heat outside, the clothes were all thick and fluffy But that just made them look cuter I was so excited I ended up staying forever imagined the winter and chose accordingly
Thank you very much!!
I can’t wait for my order to arrive
(Even though it will still be too hot to wear thick and fluffy things yet)
Once they get delivered, I want you guys to listen to me bragging about them, okay
Well then
Tomorrow I go to Indonesia
I’m going to experience new smells and tastes and emotions and new scenery in a place I’ve never set foot in, or seen before
Even Japan is a new place to me, because I’ve been feeling everything one by one since birth
Starting tomorrow, I’m going to bring every emotion I’ve felt in Japan and in other countries to Indonesia.
I’m going to do my part to make everyone in Indonesia love Japan by bring every single thing I’ve gotten from all of you to them
So lend me some strength
(Don’t beg for things!!)
I’m off as the representative of Japan, ready to bring all your emotions!!
I’m crazy busy getting ready, so I’ll have to save Kawaranai Ao for when I get home, okay?
My last Japan meal was pancakes
I’m the type who needs things to be concrete, so I made sure to end my live rehearsal with “Terima Kashi”
(That means ‘Thank you’ in Indonesia.)
I’ve got my passport and my bug spray and my Terima Kashi, so all I need to add is my excitement and my exhilaration, and a little bit of nerves.
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day.
BYE-CHIっ.
Rush rush. Rush rush
I’m crazy busy getting ready.
Rush rushRush rush
I have a horrible habit of not packing until the very last minute
I forget things even if I pack early, so packing at the last minute is a sure way to forget things><
When I was little my mom would always ask, “Is everything ready for tomorrow?”
So I grew up to be a girl who allllways got ready the night before Thanks, Mom
So, today I stopped by RNA’s winter season exhibition
Despite the heat outside, the clothes were all thick and fluffy But that just made them look cuter I was so excited I ended up staying forever imagined the winter and chose accordingly
Thank you very much!!
I can’t wait for my order to arrive
(Even though it will still be too hot to wear thick and fluffy things yet)
Once they get delivered, I want you guys to listen to me bragging about them, okay
Well then
Tomorrow I go to Indonesia
I’m going to experience new smells and tastes and emotions and new scenery in a place I’ve never set foot in, or seen before
Even Japan is a new place to me, because I’ve been feeling everything one by one since birth
Starting tomorrow, I’m going to bring every emotion I’ve felt in Japan and in other countries to Indonesia.
I’m going to do my part to make everyone in Indonesia love Japan by bring every single thing I’ve gotten from all of you to them
So lend me some strength
(Don’t beg for things!!)
I’m off as the representative of Japan, ready to bring all your emotions!!
I’m crazy busy getting ready, so I’ll have to save Kawaranai Ao for when I get home, okay?
My last Japan meal was pancakes
I’m the type who needs things to be concrete, so I made sure to end my live rehearsal with “Terima Kashi”
(That means ‘Thank you’ in Indonesia.)
I’ve got my passport and my bug spray and my Terima Kashi, so all I need to add is my excitement and my exhilaration, and a little bit of nerves.
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day.
BYE-CHIっ.
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
LiSA on Youtube
Some of our readers already knew this and some didn’t,
LiSA is on Youtube trough VEVO.
There isn’t really much to see but for those who haven’t seen the MV of Oath sign yet here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ4yehnerHQ
Even better for those who want to see the MV of Crossing field here is the TV size
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Oi2h-vKFI
VEVO
VEVO is a music and video entertainment website,
the current owners are Sony music Entertainment, Universal Music group and Abu Dhabi media company.
Our interest goes to Sony music since LiSA is labeled there with ANIPLEX.
There will probably be more content soon,
We’re the ones who keep you updated on it.
*It might happen that www.vevo.com/ isn't available in your neck of the woods yet.
Feel free to join our forums and discus about LiSA and other subjects.
LiSA is on Youtube trough VEVO.
There isn’t really much to see but for those who haven’t seen the MV of Oath sign yet here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ4yehnerHQ
Even better for those who want to see the MV of Crossing field here is the TV size
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Oi2h-vKFI
VEVO
VEVO is a music and video entertainment website,
the current owners are Sony music Entertainment, Universal Music group and Abu Dhabi media company.
Our interest goes to Sony music since LiSA is labeled there with ANIPLEX.
There will probably be more content soon,
We’re the ones who keep you updated on it.
*It might happen that www.vevo.com/ isn't available in your neck of the woods yet.
Feel free to join our forums and discus about LiSA and other subjects.
[LiSA Blog 08/28/12] KiSS me PARADOX
Hi.
Sometimes I’m thrown by sudden events. But that’s when my heart is full of feelings, full of selfishness.
Sometimes, when I thought about it, I realized that the event was one that would make someone else happy.
That makes me feel a lot better, but when I come face to face with it, those selfish times when my own feelings of loneliness or sorrow win out, I do feel a little mortified.
I wish I was able to smile and say “It’ll be okay.” no matter what happened.
I don’t care about being strong, but I want to be a kind person.
Today I’m going to talk about KiSS me PARADOX, from the limited edition version of crossing field, which came out on August 8th.
Lyrics: Shin Furuya-sama.
Music & Arrangement: Takeshi Isozaki-.
They also wrote WiLD CANDY from my album LOVER”S”MiLE.
I’ll never forget the impact WiLD CANDY had on me the first time I heard it.
WiLD CANDY was still a demo with demo lyrics, but I listened to it for aaaages.
Isozaki-san’s song always excite me. The song and the melody always seem so much fun to sing.
So I asked Isozaki-san for a cute POP song.
And I was just excited as I always.
So anyway, I listened to the demo of KiSS me PARADOX with the demo lyrics over and over again on the way home from the dentist.
It was a beautiful day, and I’d just received all kinds of warnings since I’d just gotten my teeth cleaned.
“Don’t eat. Don’t drink. Make sure you stick to light colored things tonight!”
On the way home:
“Ooh, I want cake.”
“Ooh, but maybe I should have some ramen first.”
“But I also want dumplings too.”
When I’m told I can’t eat something, it just makes me want to eat it more. (LOL)
(Because I’m selfish.)
That’s right. It was the tune that my selfish tummy danced to on the way home from the dentist. (LOL)
So, when he wrote the lyrics for my last album, we talked about the lyrics a lot, so I knew for sure that Furuya-san would decorate the song with words like a toy box, so my only request was “Please write 10 things that a selfish girl would look for in a boy!!” (LOL)
The finished lyrics were just like a toy box. Furuya-san’s lyrics are so wicked with Isozaki’san’s songs!
This is seriously exciting stuff.
I wanna film a music video. I want to stuff my face with POP, colorful food like cake or ice cream. (I really just want to eat.)
So then, during the instrumental recording, the musicians added even more excitement, and the notes were all laughing, and singing.
And in the studio, when we were layering the sounds, everyone gathered together to enjoy the music, and I could see everyone laughing.
It was more like a concert than a recording session.
I really love every single bit of it, but the guitar solo is especially exciting.
Even the instrumental version without vocals makes me smile. That’s the kind of song it turned out to be.
I had soooo much fun recording the vocals. (LOL) Especially the chorus.
I started getting greedy about melodies and I kept adding more call and response arts, and more riffs. LOL (Because the heroine of the song is a greedy girl.)
My favorite riff is the “Merry Go Round” riff. Make sure you sing along with the “Pa pa pa pa a la” at the end.
I want some sort of synchronized movement there. I’ll think of something.
(Just a whim)
I recorded Itsuka no Tegami and KiSS me PARADOX together, and I think both came out to be such warm, fun songs because everyone in the studio was smiling.
Enjoying sound. You can see why the Japanese word for music is written with the characters for ‘sound’ and ‘enjoy’.
I hope that the love and laughter from that day reaches you through the music.
(Lower: Ba. Takama-sama, LiSA, Writer of Itsuka no Tegami Kurosu-sama, Lyricist Furuya-sama, Above: Director and Engineer Okamura-sama, RaMEN THE ODGE-sama, Gt. Yakichi-sama, Piano&Organ Chiba-sama, KiSS me PARADOX Writer Isozaki-sama)
It’s so amazing!!
I’ll think up something really great for our date (LiVE) and imagine all kinds of views with the RaMEN.
I wonder if you hate greedy, selfish girls？
Tomorrow I’ll talk about Kawaranai Ao.
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day.
BYE-chiっ.
Sometimes I’m thrown by sudden events. But that’s when my heart is full of feelings, full of selfishness.
Sometimes, when I thought about it, I realized that the event was one that would make someone else happy.
That makes me feel a lot better, but when I come face to face with it, those selfish times when my own feelings of loneliness or sorrow win out, I do feel a little mortified.
I wish I was able to smile and say “It’ll be okay.” no matter what happened.
I don’t care about being strong, but I want to be a kind person.
Today I’m going to talk about KiSS me PARADOX, from the limited edition version of crossing field, which came out on August 8th.
Lyrics: Shin Furuya-sama.
Music & Arrangement: Takeshi Isozaki-.
They also wrote WiLD CANDY from my album LOVER”S”MiLE.
I’ll never forget the impact WiLD CANDY had on me the first time I heard it.
WiLD CANDY was still a demo with demo lyrics, but I listened to it for aaaages.
Isozaki-san’s song always excite me. The song and the melody always seem so much fun to sing.
So I asked Isozaki-san for a cute POP song.
And I was just excited as I always.
So anyway, I listened to the demo of KiSS me PARADOX with the demo lyrics over and over again on the way home from the dentist.
It was a beautiful day, and I’d just received all kinds of warnings since I’d just gotten my teeth cleaned.
“Don’t eat. Don’t drink. Make sure you stick to light colored things tonight!”
On the way home:
“Ooh, I want cake.”
“Ooh, but maybe I should have some ramen first.”
“But I also want dumplings too.”
When I’m told I can’t eat something, it just makes me want to eat it more. (LOL)
(Because I’m selfish.)
That’s right. It was the tune that my selfish tummy danced to on the way home from the dentist. (LOL)
So, when he wrote the lyrics for my last album, we talked about the lyrics a lot, so I knew for sure that Furuya-san would decorate the song with words like a toy box, so my only request was “Please write 10 things that a selfish girl would look for in a boy!!” (LOL)
The finished lyrics were just like a toy box. Furuya-san’s lyrics are so wicked with Isozaki’san’s songs!
This is seriously exciting stuff.
I wanna film a music video. I want to stuff my face with POP, colorful food like cake or ice cream. (I really just want to eat.)
So then, during the instrumental recording, the musicians added even more excitement, and the notes were all laughing, and singing.
And in the studio, when we were layering the sounds, everyone gathered together to enjoy the music, and I could see everyone laughing.
It was more like a concert than a recording session.
I really love every single bit of it, but the guitar solo is especially exciting.
Even the instrumental version without vocals makes me smile. That’s the kind of song it turned out to be.
I had soooo much fun recording the vocals. (LOL) Especially the chorus.
I started getting greedy about melodies and I kept adding more call and response arts, and more riffs. LOL (Because the heroine of the song is a greedy girl.)
My favorite riff is the “Merry Go Round” riff. Make sure you sing along with the “Pa pa pa pa a la” at the end.
I want some sort of synchronized movement there. I’ll think of something.
(Just a whim)
I recorded Itsuka no Tegami and KiSS me PARADOX together, and I think both came out to be such warm, fun songs because everyone in the studio was smiling.
Enjoying sound. You can see why the Japanese word for music is written with the characters for ‘sound’ and ‘enjoy’.
I hope that the love and laughter from that day reaches you through the music.
(Lower: Ba. Takama-sama, LiSA, Writer of Itsuka no Tegami Kurosu-sama, Lyricist Furuya-sama, Above: Director and Engineer Okamura-sama, RaMEN THE ODGE-sama, Gt. Yakichi-sama, Piano&Organ Chiba-sama, KiSS me PARADOX Writer Isozaki-sama)
It’s so amazing!!
I’ll think up something really great for our date (LiVE) and imagine all kinds of views with the RaMEN.
I wonder if you hate greedy, selfish girls？
Tomorrow I’ll talk about Kawaranai Ao.
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day.
BYE-chiっ.
[LiSA Blog 08/27/12] Princess
HI.
Since I did maintenance on my heart and body yesterday, today I did maintenance on my OOCHI (house) .
AKA House Cleaning!
I sentenced the toilet cover, and bath matt to a tumble-tumble in the washing machine.
Then I sentenced the floor to a rubba-dub from head to toe with my Gekiochi-kun super sponge.
After I’d sweated up a storm, I sentenced the tub to a scrubba-dub.
But then I couldn’t just leave the kitchen, so I sentenced it to a scrubba-dub with Hiita bleach.
The scent of the laundry, blowing in the wind, wafted into the room, and the floor was brighter, and the toilet and sink and bathtub were all sparkling clean.
The low tones from the speaker and the path of the wind made me so happy, as I drank some tea and read a book, that I felt like a princess in her castle.
A princess, I tell you. A princess.
But after I clean, it makes me want to cook even less because I’ll just get the kitchen all dirty again. (LOL)
Oh well. I am Princess LiSA today, I guess that’s okay.
(Not like I ever cook much anyway.)
So today is Yui (my little sister)’s birthday.
I wanted her to wear her present right away, so I gave it to her ages ago (I’m the type who can never wait until the day of.) and she wore it today.
Her hair is bright too, so I knew it would look great on her!!
She was overjoyed by all the happy birthday messages she got on Twitter. “I’ve never had this many people say Happy Birthday to me before!!” She said.
DERA ADIGATO for all the happiness you’ve given my family!!
They say that when you’re happy, your hair turns blue!!
(That’s a total lie)
This may seem obvious, but as I grow older, the time my little sister has been alive grows as well, but in my head, my little sister will aaaalways be in elementary school. (LOL)
But she can eat vegetables now, and say thank you to our mother, and she doesn’t fight with our grandfather anymore, and she helps out our grandmother now…so she’s gradually changing.
She still doesn’t really know how to talk with people she’s never met before. She just smiles and frantically repeats, “Yeah. Yeah.”, and she can’t stop her heart from pounding, so she rushes off somewhere. She’s shy, just like I am.
She’s so awkward: she’s slow and she always oversleeps, and she has trouble getting on the right train, and she’s unreliable and she can only run in a straight line. She loves meat,
and she’s always totally earnest, and far to sweet for her own good. All of those things haven’t changed.
When we were kids we used to fight all the time, but now she’s a treasure to me, just like all of you are.
She’s my precious treasure, so I’m so happy that she had such a wonderful birthday today. Thank you for making her special day even more special.
I guess I’ll have to let her be the princess today.
Yui-chan, DERA happy birthday!!
Also, DERA ADIGATO for all the love letters and presents from the office!!
DERA ADIGATO for all the love letters and presents from Animelo Summer Live!!
Oh yeah.
You can sign up for the Sleep over field trip for LiSA-kko [http://entame.knt.co.jp/lisa2012/] until Aug 31st.
Get on it!!
This got kind of long, so I’ll talk about KiSS me tomorrow, okay?
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day.
BYE-chiっ!
Since I did maintenance on my heart and body yesterday, today I did maintenance on my OOCHI (house) .
AKA House Cleaning!
I sentenced the toilet cover, and bath matt to a tumble-tumble in the washing machine.
Then I sentenced the floor to a rubba-dub from head to toe with my Gekiochi-kun super sponge.
After I’d sweated up a storm, I sentenced the tub to a scrubba-dub.
But then I couldn’t just leave the kitchen, so I sentenced it to a scrubba-dub with Hiita bleach.
The scent of the laundry, blowing in the wind, wafted into the room, and the floor was brighter, and the toilet and sink and bathtub were all sparkling clean.
The low tones from the speaker and the path of the wind made me so happy, as I drank some tea and read a book, that I felt like a princess in her castle.
A princess, I tell you. A princess.
But after I clean, it makes me want to cook even less because I’ll just get the kitchen all dirty again. (LOL)
Oh well. I am Princess LiSA today, I guess that’s okay.
(Not like I ever cook much anyway.)
So today is Yui (my little sister)’s birthday.
I wanted her to wear her present right away, so I gave it to her ages ago (I’m the type who can never wait until the day of.) and she wore it today.
Her hair is bright too, so I knew it would look great on her!!
She was overjoyed by all the happy birthday messages she got on Twitter. “I’ve never had this many people say Happy Birthday to me before!!” She said.
DERA ADIGATO for all the happiness you’ve given my family!!
They say that when you’re happy, your hair turns blue!!
(That’s a total lie)
This may seem obvious, but as I grow older, the time my little sister has been alive grows as well, but in my head, my little sister will aaaalways be in elementary school. (LOL)
But she can eat vegetables now, and say thank you to our mother, and she doesn’t fight with our grandfather anymore, and she helps out our grandmother now…so she’s gradually changing.
She still doesn’t really know how to talk with people she’s never met before. She just smiles and frantically repeats, “Yeah. Yeah.”, and she can’t stop her heart from pounding, so she rushes off somewhere. She’s shy, just like I am.
She’s so awkward: she’s slow and she always oversleeps, and she has trouble getting on the right train, and she’s unreliable and she can only run in a straight line. She loves meat,
and she’s always totally earnest, and far to sweet for her own good. All of those things haven’t changed.
When we were kids we used to fight all the time, but now she’s a treasure to me, just like all of you are.
She’s my precious treasure, so I’m so happy that she had such a wonderful birthday today. Thank you for making her special day even more special.
I guess I’ll have to let her be the princess today.
Yui-chan, DERA happy birthday!!
Also, DERA ADIGATO for all the love letters and presents from the office!!
DERA ADIGATO for all the love letters and presents from Animelo Summer Live!!
Oh yeah.
You can sign up for the Sleep over field trip for LiSA-kko [http://entame.knt.co.jp/lisa2012/] until Aug 31st.
Get on it!!
This got kind of long, so I’ll talk about KiSS me tomorrow, okay?
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day.
BYE-chiっ!
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
More new has come in regarding to LiSA’s first concert BluRay/DVD
More news about LiSA’s First concert BluRay is coming in slow,
As for now we can confirm that pre-orders on Sony music will receive a B2 poster.
Other shops do confirm that they will give a poster as well, but they we’re not able to give us a size.
Region lock
It has always been something to discus about DVD’s and BD’s with a region lock.
We’ve contacted various stores and they all we’re unable to give us the answer “what region code has this DVD/BD?”
Regarding to our community members all music DVD’s and BD’s are region free.
If you’re not willing to take the gamble take a look at those images and you know what version you need to buy.
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Bluray regions[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1159" align="alignnone" width="656"]
DVD regions[/caption]
Join our forums to help us find the answer.
As for now we can confirm that pre-orders on Sony music will receive a B2 poster.
Other shops do confirm that they will give a poster as well, but they we’re not able to give us a size.
Region lock
It has always been something to discus about DVD’s and BD’s with a region lock.
We’ve contacted various stores and they all we’re unable to give us the answer “what region code has this DVD/BD?”
Regarding to our community members all music DVD’s and BD’s are region free.
If you’re not willing to take the gamble take a look at those images and you know what version you need to buy.
[caption id="attachment_1158" align="alignnone" width="590"]
Bluray regions[/caption][caption id="attachment_1159" align="alignnone" width="656"]
DVD regions[/caption]Join our forums to help us find the answer.
[LiSA Blog 08/26/12] Monsterっ
Hi.
Today I did some maintenance .
Of my body, my head, my heart and other things.
I made a mouthpiece. My teeth are really misaligned. (LOL)
Where do my yaeba crooked teeth even grow from?
I don’t even know how they grew there.
(That’s about all I’m interested in.)
I think I may be a monster.
(Monsters don’t necessarily have bad teeth)
But I’m a Girls Dead Monster, so I guess it’s okay.
(Is it?)
I’m gonna eat you!
Grrrrr←
I love the dawn.
The way the sky is, when it’s split between morning and night as the sun comes up reminds me of a heart full of excitement and nervousness.
But that only lasts a moment, and then the morning swallows up the night, and the sky turns a beautiful blue. Once the sun comes up, it all happens so fast.
A heart dark like the night can be turned to morning by someone else’s heart.
Everyone can be the sky, the sun, and the night.
It’s up to you to chose which you want to become.
Since I have a choice, I want to be the sun.
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day!
BYE-CHIっ!
Today I did some maintenance .
Of my body, my head, my heart and other things.
I made a mouthpiece. My teeth are really misaligned. (LOL)
Where do my yaeba crooked teeth even grow from?
I don’t even know how they grew there.
(That’s about all I’m interested in.)
I think I may be a monster.
(Monsters don’t necessarily have bad teeth)
But I’m a Girls Dead Monster, so I guess it’s okay.
(Is it?)
I’m gonna eat you!
Grrrrr←
I love the dawn.
The way the sky is, when it’s split between morning and night as the sun comes up reminds me of a heart full of excitement and nervousness.
But that only lasts a moment, and then the morning swallows up the night, and the sky turns a beautiful blue. Once the sun comes up, it all happens so fast.
A heart dark like the night can be turned to morning by someone else’s heart.
Everyone can be the sky, the sun, and the night.
It’s up to you to chose which you want to become.
Since I have a choice, I want to be the sun.
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day!
BYE-CHIっ!
[LiSA Blog 08/25/12] Animelo Summer Live 2012 -INFINITY∞-
Hi.
Today was the Animelo Summer Live 2012 -INFINITY∞- which I've been waiting for!
This was my first Animelo summer live in two years, since I attended
as Girls Dead Monster, and my first time as LiSA.
I performed after the post-first half intermission as the top batter
of the second half.
Right before I went on I was simultaneously excited and freaking out.
But I wanted to trust in everyone who would be there with me, and in
the Animelo summer live stage I would be standing on. I wanted to put
everything I've got into my performance - all my gratitude to
everyone who got me here, everyone who loves anime, who loves my song
and who loves me.
I wanted to take all that fervour from the first half and make not
just the second half, but the entire Animelo Summer Live into an amazing time. I wanted to be a part - no matter how small- of the reason that everyone who went to the show fell asleep thinking, "Today was another great day."
And then the second half began.
The moment I took the stage for the intro, everyone welcomed me with orange and pink and bare wrists and black and wonderful smiles.
The view I saw at Animelo Summer Live was just as special as I knew
it would be - something I can only experience there.
DERA ADIGATO for your amazing voices and that amazing view!
I was so happy to be standing on that stage in 2012 as LiSA.
While I was performing and while I was in the audience rocking out with everyone, I could really feel just how much everyone loves the music and anime and the artists. I felt so glad to be making that moment with all of you.
Animelo Summer Live 2012 -INFINITY∞- staff, all the artists who performed, and everyone who came to the venue and had such an amazing time, everyone who sent so much love...DERA ADIGATO GOZAIMASHITA!!
At the end there I could hear everyone calling for an encore and I wanted to go back out and give you all love, but since I was appearing as a special guest, I couldn't go back out on stage.
I'm sorry to everyone who waited for me.
But Eir and Haruna-chan and I all wanted to show how thankful we were even though we couldn't go out on stage because we were the special guests, so we went to the very last seats, behind everyone in the audience, to send out our thanks -and we felt just like the artists on stage.
Thank you so so much!!
Anyway, here's me and my lovely May'n.
She wore that skirt for the first time! (it's from her collaboration with Yukari) I didn’t miss it!
Skirt May'n.
May'n is so cute and cool when she performs that it makes my heart pound.
I was happy just to perform on the same day as her!! DERA ADIGATO!!
My outfit today was decorated by Kaori-San (my manager)
She's so amazing!
This is love I tell you. Love.
This jacket dress is from my favorite HYS. (I rolled up the skirt to make it shorter)
Kaori cut the long skirt and tank top (from Hepstar. The sparkly skirt beneath is from one spot. My stockings are jouetie’s musical note pattern ones and of course, my shoes are Dr.Martens.
This work is seriously stylist territory.
She made me an amazing outfit that's one of a kind!
This is love. Love.
Thank you!!
Oh yeah. recently Eir-chan and I have been really into these.
We had them during rehearsal and everyone was like "What is that?"
Supposedly they help cure tone deafness and help with elocution.
And make your face smaller.
This is my little helper.
(What the heck!)
I only just started using it so I don't know how well it works. Lol.
Tell me if it seems to be working. (leaving it up to other people again)
I hope that everyone can enjoy the second day of Summer Live 2012 -INFINITY∞- and that it was be just as fun in a different way.
My next date(LiVE) will be in Indonesia.
I need to bring bug spray.
Bug spray. (Take that!)
Terima Kasih!
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day!
BYE-CHIっ!
Today was the Animelo Summer Live 2012 -INFINITY∞- which I've been waiting for!
This was my first Animelo summer live in two years, since I attended
as Girls Dead Monster, and my first time as LiSA.
I performed after the post-first half intermission as the top batter
of the second half.
Right before I went on I was simultaneously excited and freaking out.
But I wanted to trust in everyone who would be there with me, and in
the Animelo summer live stage I would be standing on. I wanted to put
everything I've got into my performance - all my gratitude to
everyone who got me here, everyone who loves anime, who loves my song
and who loves me.
I wanted to take all that fervour from the first half and make not
just the second half, but the entire Animelo Summer Live into an amazing time. I wanted to be a part - no matter how small- of the reason that everyone who went to the show fell asleep thinking, "Today was another great day."
And then the second half began.
The moment I took the stage for the intro, everyone welcomed me with orange and pink and bare wrists and black and wonderful smiles.
The view I saw at Animelo Summer Live was just as special as I knew
it would be - something I can only experience there.
DERA ADIGATO for your amazing voices and that amazing view!
I was so happy to be standing on that stage in 2012 as LiSA.
While I was performing and while I was in the audience rocking out with everyone, I could really feel just how much everyone loves the music and anime and the artists. I felt so glad to be making that moment with all of you.
Animelo Summer Live 2012 -INFINITY∞- staff, all the artists who performed, and everyone who came to the venue and had such an amazing time, everyone who sent so much love...DERA ADIGATO GOZAIMASHITA!!
At the end there I could hear everyone calling for an encore and I wanted to go back out and give you all love, but since I was appearing as a special guest, I couldn't go back out on stage.
I'm sorry to everyone who waited for me.
But Eir and Haruna-chan and I all wanted to show how thankful we were even though we couldn't go out on stage because we were the special guests, so we went to the very last seats, behind everyone in the audience, to send out our thanks -and we felt just like the artists on stage.
Thank you so so much!!
Anyway, here's me and my lovely May'n.
She wore that skirt for the first time! (it's from her collaboration with Yukari) I didn’t miss it!
Skirt May'n.
May'n is so cute and cool when she performs that it makes my heart pound.
I was happy just to perform on the same day as her!! DERA ADIGATO!!
My outfit today was decorated by Kaori-San (my manager)
She's so amazing!
This is love I tell you. Love.
This jacket dress is from my favorite HYS. (I rolled up the skirt to make it shorter)
Kaori cut the long skirt and tank top (from Hepstar. The sparkly skirt beneath is from one spot. My stockings are jouetie’s musical note pattern ones and of course, my shoes are Dr.Martens.
This work is seriously stylist territory.
She made me an amazing outfit that's one of a kind!
This is love. Love.
Thank you!!
Oh yeah. recently Eir-chan and I have been really into these.
We had them during rehearsal and everyone was like "What is that?"
Supposedly they help cure tone deafness and help with elocution.
And make your face smaller.
This is my little helper.
(What the heck!)
I only just started using it so I don't know how well it works. Lol.
Tell me if it seems to be working. (leaving it up to other people again)
I hope that everyone can enjoy the second day of Summer Live 2012 -INFINITY∞- and that it was be just as fun in a different way.
My next date(LiVE) will be in Indonesia.
I need to bring bug spray.
Bug spray. (Take that!)
Terima Kasih!
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day!
BYE-CHIっ!
[LiSA Blog 08/24/12] Love Shot
Hi.
What view will I see tomorrow?
What voices will I hear?
What kind of time will I have?
I tried to imagine myself on stage but my excitement and my nerves
wouldn't let me time warp to tomorrow.
Tomorrow I'll see a view that I can only see tomorrow.
It will be my first Animelo Summer live as LiSA. I want to have an
even better time than I did the year before last with Yui-chan and all
of you who love us.
So that I can say "I'm back!" with pride to the Girls Dead Monsters
and myself from the year before last.
I'll give it everything I’ve got to say thank you to everyone who
brought me to that stage.
Will you give my trembling fawn heart courage with your power?
Today I need an energy shot to my belly.
Tomorrow I'll shoot love into your hearts.
That's the real love shot.
(by. Tanoshingo San)
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day!
BYE-CHIっ!
What view will I see tomorrow?
What voices will I hear?
What kind of time will I have?
I tried to imagine myself on stage but my excitement and my nerves
wouldn't let me time warp to tomorrow.
Tomorrow I'll see a view that I can only see tomorrow.
It will be my first Animelo Summer live as LiSA. I want to have an
even better time than I did the year before last with Yui-chan and all
of you who love us.
So that I can say "I'm back!" with pride to the Girls Dead Monsters
and myself from the year before last.
I'll give it everything I’ve got to say thank you to everyone who
brought me to that stage.
Will you give my trembling fawn heart courage with your power?
Today I need an energy shot to my belly.
Tomorrow I'll shoot love into your hearts.
That's the real love shot.
(by. Tanoshingo San)
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day!
BYE-CHIっ!
[LiSA Blog 08/23/12] Lalida da
Hi.
So so so so so so so sleepy.
Speaking of which I've got an announcement .
On Sept 9th I'm going to be doing "InterFM TECHNOS COLLEGE YOUNG BLOOD
live recording" http://www.interfm.co.jp/tennoz/ (it's a radio program)
It will be from on 3-4 pm on Technos College http://www.technosac.jp/interfm.php
Open to 30 groups of 60!!
Please come hang out!
(Here's Tokyo)
And I did some commentary on a program on FM AICHI. (a radio station in Aichi)
It was DERA fun!
I hope you'll listen in!
But I'm sleepy.
The day after tomorrow is Animelo Summer Live, so I'll be heading
there tomorrow.
But today is my planning day for Indonesia.
When I wear a vest for some reason it looks like ODGE-san and I are twins.
(and our pants match too. LOL)
Oh.
BTW this is what I’m holding.
Whoa!
It's Makki!, my magic marker!
(and it's interchangeable)
(my friend made it for me!)
Amazing!!
This will make my trips to leave messages ＆ footprints even more fun!
Im so happy!!
Oh.
So yesterday, when I was talking about Itsuka no Tegami, Kurosu-San
was playing window chimes.
I thought it was a wind instrument but apparently that's a percussion instrument.
Hmmm, Hmmm.
But it sounded like a wind instrument. Toot toot toot.
Oh yeah! Also, the part that comes after the second chorus that goes
"let's keep our gaze skyward". The ladalila ladalila lan lalala part
is my favorite.
I wanna sing it but I can't because it turns into "miageeeeteee iiii
ladalila." (lol)
So can you sing it for me?
(I'm putting it all on other people)
Focus on an angel.
No, an angels child
(more than one)
Thanks!
I wanted to talk about KiSS me PARADOX today but this got kind of long so I'll say it for Monday.
Today I did KiSS me with the raMEN (band members) for the first time.
It was so funny to watch these grown men discussing how to play it,
and giving this adorable song everything they had. LOL
(how rude)
They were so serious but the music was so much fun. LOL
But I'm sure the more they practiced the more fun that fun song would become.
That's proof of how much of their heart is in it..
I can't wait to perform it at a date (LiVE)!
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day!
BYE-CHIっ!
So so so so so so so sleepy.
Speaking of which I've got an announcement .
On Sept 9th I'm going to be doing "InterFM TECHNOS COLLEGE YOUNG BLOOD
live recording" http://www.interfm.co.jp/tennoz/ (it's a radio program)
It will be from on 3-4 pm on Technos College http://www.technosac.jp/interfm.php
Open to 30 groups of 60!!
Please come hang out!
(Here's Tokyo)
And I did some commentary on a program on FM AICHI. (a radio station in Aichi)
It was DERA fun!
I hope you'll listen in!
But I'm sleepy.
The day after tomorrow is Animelo Summer Live, so I'll be heading
there tomorrow.
But today is my planning day for Indonesia.
When I wear a vest for some reason it looks like ODGE-san and I are twins.
(and our pants match too. LOL)
Oh.
BTW this is what I’m holding.
Whoa!
It's Makki!, my magic marker!
(and it's interchangeable)
(my friend made it for me!)
Amazing!!
This will make my trips to leave messages ＆ footprints even more fun!
Im so happy!!
Oh.
So yesterday, when I was talking about Itsuka no Tegami, Kurosu-San
was playing window chimes.
I thought it was a wind instrument but apparently that's a percussion instrument.
Hmmm, Hmmm.
But it sounded like a wind instrument. Toot toot toot.
Oh yeah! Also, the part that comes after the second chorus that goes
"let's keep our gaze skyward". The ladalila ladalila lan lalala part
is my favorite.
I wanna sing it but I can't because it turns into "miageeeeteee iiii
ladalila." (lol)
So can you sing it for me?
(I'm putting it all on other people)
Focus on an angel.
No, an angels child
(more than one)
Thanks!
I wanted to talk about KiSS me PARADOX today but this got kind of long so I'll say it for Monday.
Today I did KiSS me with the raMEN (band members) for the first time.
It was so funny to watch these grown men discussing how to play it,
and giving this adorable song everything they had. LOL
(how rude)
They were so serious but the music was so much fun. LOL
But I'm sure the more they practiced the more fun that fun song would become.
That's proof of how much of their heart is in it..
I can't wait to perform it at a date (LiVE)!
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day!
BYE-CHIっ!
Thursday, 23 August 2012
[LiSA Blog 08/22/12] About Itsuka no Tegami
Hi
I often space out and miss my stop.
It’s normal to cry sometimes.
When I eat something delicious, I smile. “This is soooo good! ’
When I see something sad, I feel badly.
Of course I do all of those things. Because I’m human.
Today May’n-chan and I went on a dinner date.
Okonomiyaki!!
I was turning a mentaiko monja and it fell. (LOL)
I ordered mentaiko monja, but now it’s just plain old monja!
And I forgot to put the toppings in and had to shove them in afterwards.
We chatted about all kinds of things while we made it and ate it. And we both said “This sauce is kind of thick. ” And added more because we’re from Nagoya and Gifu.
May’n-chan’s expression change so much when we talk, she’s so adorable.
Sorry for monopolizing her. (LOL)
We still had more to talk about, so we went to May’n’s house and talked for 5 hours.
I was so glad that we were growing closer and so happy about her increasing expressions that it just makes me want to see her again soon.
But we’ve been standing together for so long, and May’n-chan was the first person to ever say “I thought you were like 150 cm! ” (LOL)
Well, look! Really look at me! (LOL)
Let’s go on a beach date next.
(Still monopolizing her.)
Heh heh heh, Next break, I’m watching this!
DERA ADIGATO!!
Now then.
Today I’m gonna talk about itsuka no tegami, the b-side of my 2nd single crossing field.
Lyrics: Makoto Furuya
Music, Arrangement: Katsuhiko Kurosu
(Those two made Hana to Mitsubachi from LOVER”S”MILE)
I wanted to sing a ballad that I could sing during a date (LiVE) to get my emotions across slowly.
So that’s what I ask Kurosu-san for.
When he gave me the song, I thought it was amazing. The song was so incredibly amazing in fact, that I was a little nervous that it would be my song, because I wasn’t sure how amazing I could make it.
Furuya-san wrote the lyrics to express my feeling of ‘wanting to treasure ‘now’’ after he came to my outdoor show in April.
When he gave me the one chorus and I saw the lyrics, it made me think about back when I used to write letters to myself in the future.
He quickly altered the lyrics to reflect that.
Furuya-san wrote the lyrics, but it became a really special song that totally spoke of my own feelings.
I sang the song thinking about how I want to treasure ‘now’ so that I can tell my future self “Right now is the best.”
Those are the emotions that everyone made this song from. It’s DERA cool.
At the orchestral recording, the musicians and the staff gradually gave form to the music from Kurosu-san’s mind, and it made me so happy to see how they all put their soul into the music. It turned out to be a wonderful instrumental piece with so much hard in it.
All of those musicians putting everything they had into making that music, that’s reflected in the music, and I feel like it could swallow me up.
It’s gentle and yet somehow bittersweet. Bittersweet, and yet somehow warm.
That’s what this song is.
BTW, the sound of that wind instrument going Shalala, Kurosu-san played that part himself, with his own fingerwork. (LOL)
Right to left…I think that’s how it went.
He recorded it to stay true to the image of the song.
Songs are really more about heart than details.
When I recorded the vocals, I sung it with all the emotions I had felt from everyone during the orchestral recording.
I have so many favorite lines it’s hard to give one, but I think the coolest one is the very last part that says “I’m going to sing these feelings I can’t put into words/So that when you open the letter with a forgetful face, you heart will thump loud in your chest”
When I imagine myself, with a forgetful face, opening the time capsule I buried long ago, it makes me so excited.
I know that when I sing this song in the future, I’ll know answers I can only know then. I want to sing songs that I can only sing then. Those are the feelings exploding inside me.
When I recorded the riffs at the end, I just sang whatever came to me.
Not a melody that someone had chosen for me. It was the voice of my heart singing.
And in the very end, my feelings grew so overwhelming that I reached a very high place there. (LOL)
When I sing the song acoustic, that last bit there feels so great to sing. I feel like my voice could go on forever.
It felt so good to sing outside beneath the sky.
I want to see the scenery that it makes when, one day, your la la la la and mine mix together. A world of just my voice and your voices.
I think the song will only be truly complete at a date (LiVE). It needs your voice. The two songs need to mix together like a conversation. That’s the view that I want to see.
The precious ‘now’ that all of you there can build.
Please complete the song with me.
In the “Someday” of the future, this song will show us another view, and gives us different emotions, so I want to treasure the “now” which we will only have once.
Be Happy!
Today’s another great day.
BYE-CHIっ!
I often space out and miss my stop.
It’s normal to cry sometimes.
When I eat something delicious, I smile. “This is soooo good! ’
When I see something sad, I feel badly.
Of course I do all of those things. Because I’m human.
Today May’n-chan and I went on a dinner date.
Okonomiyaki!!
I was turning a mentaiko monja and it fell. (LOL)
I ordered mentaiko monja, but now it’s just plain old monja!
And I forgot to put the toppings in and had to shove them in afterwards.
We chatted about all kinds of things while we made it and ate it. And we both said “This sauce is kind of thick. ” And added more because we’re from Nagoya and Gifu.
May’n-chan’s expression change so much when we talk, she’s so adorable.
Sorry for monopolizing her. (LOL)
We still had more to talk about, so we went to May’n’s house and talked for 5 hours.
I was so glad that we were growing closer and so happy about her increasing expressions that it just makes me want to see her again soon.
But we’ve been standing together for so long, and May’n-chan was the first person to ever say “I thought you were like 150 cm! ” (LOL)
Well, look! Really look at me! (LOL)
Let’s go on a beach date next.
(Still monopolizing her.)
Heh heh heh, Next break, I’m watching this!
DERA ADIGATO!!
Now then.
Today I’m gonna talk about itsuka no tegami, the b-side of my 2nd single crossing field.
Lyrics: Makoto Furuya
Music, Arrangement: Katsuhiko Kurosu
(Those two made Hana to Mitsubachi from LOVER”S”MILE)
I wanted to sing a ballad that I could sing during a date (LiVE) to get my emotions across slowly.
So that’s what I ask Kurosu-san for.
When he gave me the song, I thought it was amazing. The song was so incredibly amazing in fact, that I was a little nervous that it would be my song, because I wasn’t sure how amazing I could make it.
Furuya-san wrote the lyrics to express my feeling of ‘wanting to treasure ‘now’’ after he came to my outdoor show in April.
When he gave me the one chorus and I saw the lyrics, it made me think about back when I used to write letters to myself in the future.
He quickly altered the lyrics to reflect that.
Furuya-san wrote the lyrics, but it became a really special song that totally spoke of my own feelings.
I sang the song thinking about how I want to treasure ‘now’ so that I can tell my future self “Right now is the best.”
Those are the emotions that everyone made this song from. It’s DERA cool.
At the orchestral recording, the musicians and the staff gradually gave form to the music from Kurosu-san’s mind, and it made me so happy to see how they all put their soul into the music. It turned out to be a wonderful instrumental piece with so much hard in it.
All of those musicians putting everything they had into making that music, that’s reflected in the music, and I feel like it could swallow me up.
It’s gentle and yet somehow bittersweet. Bittersweet, and yet somehow warm.
That’s what this song is.
BTW, the sound of that wind instrument going Shalala, Kurosu-san played that part himself, with his own fingerwork. (LOL)
Right to left…I think that’s how it went.
He recorded it to stay true to the image of the song.
Songs are really more about heart than details.
When I recorded the vocals, I sung it with all the emotions I had felt from everyone during the orchestral recording.
I have so many favorite lines it’s hard to give one, but I think the coolest one is the very last part that says “I’m going to sing these feelings I can’t put into words/So that when you open the letter with a forgetful face, you heart will thump loud in your chest”
When I imagine myself, with a forgetful face, opening the time capsule I buried long ago, it makes me so excited.
I know that when I sing this song in the future, I’ll know answers I can only know then. I want to sing songs that I can only sing then. Those are the feelings exploding inside me.
When I recorded the riffs at the end, I just sang whatever came to me.
Not a melody that someone had chosen for me. It was the voice of my heart singing.
And in the very end, my feelings grew so overwhelming that I reached a very high place there. (LOL)
When I sing the song acoustic, that last bit there feels so great to sing. I feel like my voice could go on forever.
It felt so good to sing outside beneath the sky.
I want to see the scenery that it makes when, one day, your la la la la and mine mix together. A world of just my voice and your voices.
I think the song will only be truly complete at a date (LiVE). It needs your voice. The two songs need to mix together like a conversation. That’s the view that I want to see.
The precious ‘now’ that all of you there can build.
Please complete the song with me.
In the “Someday” of the future, this song will show us another view, and gives us different emotions, so I want to treasure the “now” which we will only have once.
Be Happy!
Today’s another great day.
BYE-CHIっ!
[LiSA Blog 08/21/12] Crossing field
Hi.
Sigh...
I want to eat stiryfry.
But it’s hard to abandon sautéed greens...
But then again, maybe I want Taiwan Ramen...
(ALL by Misen)
DROOL
Oh!! Sorry! I got carried away with my food fantasies.
These are the adorable mascots for Q’s Mall-san.
(Random)
I went with my lovely lovely marina-san who loves Tarinai Futari[http://www.ntv.co.jp/tarinai/] so much.
I had sooo much fun!!
I could hear laughter coming from all directions.
Sometimes I would nod, like “Yes, yes.”
Sometimes I would burst out with “I know!!”
Sometimes I would laugh so hard I was bent over laughing.
Thank you so much!!
It was my first time at the Sky Tree, and looking up, with was kind of scary, since it reminded me of the fantastic view in the world of Sword Art Online[http://www.swordart-online.net/].
I couldn’t climb it today, but I wonder if I’d feel differently looking down from it than I did looking up at it?
Anyway. Today I’m going to talk about my 2nd single crossing field.
I’ve talked about crossing field a lot but it’s a really important song to me, so I’m going to talk about it some more.
Lyrics and music: Shou Watanabe-san
rrangement: Toku-san
We started on Crossing field in early 2011.
(Before the Shibuya Public Hall ~peace sign~)
And it was finished and recorded in May.
(After the outdoor ~LOVER”S”MiLE)
We worked on it really hard, for a long time, talking together about how we wanted it to be.
We wanted to capture those feelings in the anime, of the different characters who form a party together, and who believe in the people they’re fighting with. The feelings of trusting in your heart, of wanted to protect someone and fighting for them.
And I personally wanted to add in the idea that ‘I can keep my belief, and keep singing because you’re there and you believe in me.’
I wanted to get both of those things across in this song.
A year after my solo debut, I’m able to believe in myself and keep on going because all of you are here and you believe in me.
It’s those emotions that I put into this love letter (CD) and that’s what made it so special.
Shou-san and Toku-san wanted to really do justice to the world of Sword Art Online, which had no pictures yet. Everyone read the original work and we built the story in our heads over and over, and they revised the song over and over.
Shou-san’s bittersweet yet strong melody and Toku-san’s aggressive arrangement were so cool that the song pierced my heart the very first time I heard it.
When they recorded the instruments, they usually count down and record the drums, bass, guitar and piano all together, but the moment they said “Let’s do the first take!”, my heart was pounding so hard from the first note.
It’s like, every instrument has a part where it stands out most, and I could see the storyline there, of each one joining the fight in order.
Like, if this was Momotaro, the first bass part would be like “Monkey, go!” and then at the second verse, the piano “Next, Pheasant, go!” , and then one by one they’d all come out to fight.
The image is of fighting, but not of fighting alone. Fighting all together.
From the moment that first note began with me, inside my imagination, I was Momotaro-san.
(I’m Momotaro-san)
And then when we recorded the vocals, I had the image of the orchestral recording in my head, so I was able to really have a clear picture of the song I was recording, and it went really smoothly. I was so excited when it was done.
I kept the first part a little restrained, because you need some time before you can see the power of your opponent, right? And then the song came to the ending, I wanted to sing with more and more emotion.
I hope that all got across for you.
BTW, before I sang the bridge, which goes “Call out my name until you can hear me/I want to feel it more, the miracle of our meeting”, I like
“This is kind of dirty. Hee hee hee”
“I mean you know, ‘Call out my name’? Hee hee hee”
“Doesn’t that sound kind of dirty? “Call out my name” He hee hee?
“And especially cuz it says “want to feel it more”
(Too much giggling!)
They shut me down immediately. “You’re wrong! You’re not asking them to call out your name, you’re calling their name, you dummy.”
That’s a good memory.
[Note: There are no objects or subjects in the original song lyrics, so it’s unclear who is calling out whose name, which is why LiSA was confused about it.]
I still think it sounds dirty, either way.
(It only sounds dirty because you have a dirty mind)
We all put some much love into making these kids (songs) and when they were done, I was so excited I yelled “These are DERA Aamazing!!!!!”
They came out DERA cool!!! I was so excited.
Just like I wanted to get across in crossing field, I can believe in myself because all of you believe in me.
And since all of you believe in me, I can trust in what I think is cool.
So I can hold my head high and say “Crossing field came out DERA cool!!)
(I can shout it outloud.)
When you see crossing field together with the images from the anime, the lyrics and the pictures all fit so well that it’s really amazing!!
It became a really special song to bring you all with the anime.
I really love that part where the sky behind the hand changes at the line “I’ve invisioned so many skies” !!
I hope you’ll enjoy the song together with the images from the anime.
So tomorrow I’m going to talk about ‘Itsuka no Tegami’. Look forward to that!
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day!
BYE-CHIっ!
Sigh...
I want to eat stiryfry.
But it’s hard to abandon sautéed greens...
But then again, maybe I want Taiwan Ramen...
(ALL by Misen)
DROOL
Oh!! Sorry! I got carried away with my food fantasies.
These are the adorable mascots for Q’s Mall-san.
(Random)
I went with my lovely lovely marina-san who loves Tarinai Futari[http://www.ntv.co.jp/tarinai/] so much.
I had sooo much fun!!
I could hear laughter coming from all directions.
Sometimes I would nod, like “Yes, yes.”
Sometimes I would burst out with “I know!!”
Sometimes I would laugh so hard I was bent over laughing.
Thank you so much!!
It was my first time at the Sky Tree, and looking up, with was kind of scary, since it reminded me of the fantastic view in the world of Sword Art Online[http://www.swordart-online.net/].
I couldn’t climb it today, but I wonder if I’d feel differently looking down from it than I did looking up at it?
Anyway. Today I’m going to talk about my 2nd single crossing field.
I’ve talked about crossing field a lot but it’s a really important song to me, so I’m going to talk about it some more.
Lyrics and music: Shou Watanabe-san
rrangement: Toku-san
We started on Crossing field in early 2011.
(Before the Shibuya Public Hall ~peace sign~)
And it was finished and recorded in May.
(After the outdoor ~LOVER”S”MiLE)
We worked on it really hard, for a long time, talking together about how we wanted it to be.
We wanted to capture those feelings in the anime, of the different characters who form a party together, and who believe in the people they’re fighting with. The feelings of trusting in your heart, of wanted to protect someone and fighting for them.
And I personally wanted to add in the idea that ‘I can keep my belief, and keep singing because you’re there and you believe in me.’
I wanted to get both of those things across in this song.
A year after my solo debut, I’m able to believe in myself and keep on going because all of you are here and you believe in me.
It’s those emotions that I put into this love letter (CD) and that’s what made it so special.
Shou-san and Toku-san wanted to really do justice to the world of Sword Art Online, which had no pictures yet. Everyone read the original work and we built the story in our heads over and over, and they revised the song over and over.
Shou-san’s bittersweet yet strong melody and Toku-san’s aggressive arrangement were so cool that the song pierced my heart the very first time I heard it.
When they recorded the instruments, they usually count down and record the drums, bass, guitar and piano all together, but the moment they said “Let’s do the first take!”, my heart was pounding so hard from the first note.
It’s like, every instrument has a part where it stands out most, and I could see the storyline there, of each one joining the fight in order.
Like, if this was Momotaro, the first bass part would be like “Monkey, go!” and then at the second verse, the piano “Next, Pheasant, go!” , and then one by one they’d all come out to fight.
The image is of fighting, but not of fighting alone. Fighting all together.
From the moment that first note began with me, inside my imagination, I was Momotaro-san.
(I’m Momotaro-san)
And then when we recorded the vocals, I had the image of the orchestral recording in my head, so I was able to really have a clear picture of the song I was recording, and it went really smoothly. I was so excited when it was done.
I kept the first part a little restrained, because you need some time before you can see the power of your opponent, right? And then the song came to the ending, I wanted to sing with more and more emotion.
I hope that all got across for you.
BTW, before I sang the bridge, which goes “Call out my name until you can hear me/I want to feel it more, the miracle of our meeting”, I like
“This is kind of dirty. Hee hee hee”
“I mean you know, ‘Call out my name’? Hee hee hee”
“Doesn’t that sound kind of dirty? “Call out my name” He hee hee?
“And especially cuz it says “want to feel it more”
(Too much giggling!)
They shut me down immediately. “You’re wrong! You’re not asking them to call out your name, you’re calling their name, you dummy.”
That’s a good memory.
[Note: There are no objects or subjects in the original song lyrics, so it’s unclear who is calling out whose name, which is why LiSA was confused about it.]
I still think it sounds dirty, either way.
(It only sounds dirty because you have a dirty mind)
We all put some much love into making these kids (songs) and when they were done, I was so excited I yelled “These are DERA Aamazing!!!!!”
They came out DERA cool!!! I was so excited.
Just like I wanted to get across in crossing field, I can believe in myself because all of you believe in me.
And since all of you believe in me, I can trust in what I think is cool.
So I can hold my head high and say “Crossing field came out DERA cool!!)
(I can shout it outloud.)
When you see crossing field together with the images from the anime, the lyrics and the pictures all fit so well that it’s really amazing!!
It became a really special song to bring you all with the anime.
I really love that part where the sky behind the hand changes at the line “I’ve invisioned so many skies” !!
I hope you’ll enjoy the song together with the images from the anime.
So tomorrow I’m going to talk about ‘Itsuka no Tegami’. Look forward to that!
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day!
BYE-CHIっ!
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
[LiSA Blog 08/20/12] Food Prints and Messages
Hi.
So I've got an announcement!!
Remember the other day, when I said that I was cooking up something, and you should look forward to it!?
(IN★Shaboten Park)
Well, here it is!!
From Oct 27 – Oct 28 (two days, one night) we are holding this year’s LiSA-kko sleepover field trip IN Izu vol 2 ~ Lisasu and the secret room~!!
(Reservations begin Aug 24th at LiSA Labo!!)
I had sooooo much fun last year, and I was so happy to see all of your smiles, that an amazing person is making it happen again this year!
I’m so happy!!! (ADIGATO, amazing person!!)
We’re having the field trip again this year because it’s also my selfish hope that if more LiSA-kko become friends, our dates (LiVES) will be even more excited!!
It’s all handmade, but I’m making plans fuuull of love!
And of course I’m planning some DERA kawaii special edition goods for it too.
Look forward to it!!
Just like at a date (LiVE) all you need is your love, kindness and wish to have a blast!!
Let’s have the best fieldtrip ever!!
(Hee hee hee)
Now then. Yesterday after the radio show ended, I went on a tour to leave my message and footprints.
First, Nagoya!!
Tower Records Nagoya Parco-sama.
They still have the poster for LOVER"S"MiLE up, which made me DERA happy!!
Writing up a storm
(so serious)
On the pre-order card for the DVD
Tower Records Nagoya Parco-sama.
DERA ADIGATO GOZAIMASU!!
I also went to Comic Toranoana Nagoya-sama.
Writing up a storm
(Still serious)
Even in front of the register ><
I wrote a ton!!
I’m so happy!!
Comic Toranoana Nagoya-sama, DERA ADIGATO GOZAIMASU!!
And then I went to Animate Nagoya-sama
(In front of the elevator it was a Sword Art Online and Fate/Zero festival!!)
Writing up a storm
(Still serious)
They waved until I couldn’t see them anymore, and it made me sooo happy!!
Animate Nagoya-sama, DERA ADIGATO GOZAIMASU!!
And then, we went to Gifu!!
(The sky is so vast!!)
Animate Gifu-sama
On the news paper for the date (LiVE) DVD, out Sept 26th!
Writing up a storm。
In the staff room they had the thank you note I sent them!!
And the display used for Letters to U.
And they even had the graffiti I made when I came for my first meet and greet release event, when I was so nervous and excited!!
I made an update next to it.
I was so, so glad that they left it, and I wanted to go back and write up today’s happy memories
Animate Gifu-sama, DERA ADIGATO GOZAIMASU!!
And then I went to HMV Aeon Mall Kakamigahara-sama.
(My long-dreamt for collaboration with Avril-sama)
They had every single autograph and photo I’ve done displaied, and it made me so happy!!
Writing up a storm。
HMV Aeon Mall Kakamigahara-sama, DERA ADIGATO GOZAIMASU!!
(The staff members came in even though it was a day off. So grateful)
I’m so happy to have a place where they gives me such a warm welcome every time I come in.
I feel so lucky to have a place where I can say, “Wow, this brings back memories!”
I put all my love and gratitude into my messages and footprints, so please come check them out!
I hadn’t been back to my home town of Gifu in ages!
I went to Aeon in Kakamigahara all the time because it was close to school, and the live houses I played, and to my mother's shop.
On Sundays there are so many people there that I feel like it's got to be half of the residents of Gifu!
And the parking lot was full. (LOL)
Shopping malls are so much fun because you can buy anything there.
When I go home these days, I still go there often with my friends.
Even though we don't have a reason to go.
I asked the staff who brought me to Gifu to let us stop by my mother's shop (which is a hair salon).
As we walked to the store by the endless rice paddies, the smell of green wafted up and the vast blue, blue sky brought back so many memories. It was hot, but even the heat made me feel happy and excited.
I really love Gifu.
My mom went with me to Gifu Station, and having her next to me, laughing and smiling felt so nostalgic, and I was so happy.
My mom stood there waving with a smile on her face until the very last moment, and saying good bye to her make me feel a little lonely. I think I'll go home next time I get some time.
On the way to the train.
(with Mom)
I live in the moment because you never know what will happen tomorrow.
I'm scared to regret something, so I do everything I can "now"..
To the staff who granted to my selfish request.
To my mom.
The leisurely time I spent in Nagoya.
The nostalgic scent of Gifu.
Thank you so much!!
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day!
BYE-CHっI!
So I've got an announcement!!
Remember the other day, when I said that I was cooking up something, and you should look forward to it!?
(IN★Shaboten Park)
Well, here it is!!
From Oct 27 – Oct 28 (two days, one night) we are holding this year’s LiSA-kko sleepover field trip IN Izu vol 2 ~ Lisasu and the secret room~!!
(Reservations begin Aug 24th at LiSA Labo!!)
I had sooooo much fun last year, and I was so happy to see all of your smiles, that an amazing person is making it happen again this year!
I’m so happy!!! (ADIGATO, amazing person!!)
We’re having the field trip again this year because it’s also my selfish hope that if more LiSA-kko become friends, our dates (LiVES) will be even more excited!!
It’s all handmade, but I’m making plans fuuull of love!
And of course I’m planning some DERA kawaii special edition goods for it too.
Look forward to it!!
Just like at a date (LiVE) all you need is your love, kindness and wish to have a blast!!
Let’s have the best fieldtrip ever!!
(Hee hee hee)
Now then. Yesterday after the radio show ended, I went on a tour to leave my message and footprints.
First, Nagoya!!
Tower Records Nagoya Parco-sama.
They still have the poster for LOVER"S"MiLE up, which made me DERA happy!!
Writing up a storm
(so serious)
On the pre-order card for the DVD
Tower Records Nagoya Parco-sama.
DERA ADIGATO GOZAIMASU!!
I also went to Comic Toranoana Nagoya-sama.
Writing up a storm
(Still serious)
Even in front of the register ><
I wrote a ton!!
I’m so happy!!
Comic Toranoana Nagoya-sama, DERA ADIGATO GOZAIMASU!!
And then I went to Animate Nagoya-sama
(In front of the elevator it was a Sword Art Online and Fate/Zero festival!!)
Writing up a storm
(Still serious)
They waved until I couldn’t see them anymore, and it made me sooo happy!!
Animate Nagoya-sama, DERA ADIGATO GOZAIMASU!!
And then, we went to Gifu!!
(The sky is so vast!!)
Animate Gifu-sama
On the news paper for the date (LiVE) DVD, out Sept 26th!
Writing up a storm。
In the staff room they had the thank you note I sent them!!
And the display used for Letters to U.
And they even had the graffiti I made when I came for my first meet and greet release event, when I was so nervous and excited!!
I made an update next to it.
I was so, so glad that they left it, and I wanted to go back and write up today’s happy memories
Animate Gifu-sama, DERA ADIGATO GOZAIMASU!!
And then I went to HMV Aeon Mall Kakamigahara-sama.
(My long-dreamt for collaboration with Avril-sama)
They had every single autograph and photo I’ve done displaied, and it made me so happy!!
Writing up a storm。
HMV Aeon Mall Kakamigahara-sama, DERA ADIGATO GOZAIMASU!!
(The staff members came in even though it was a day off. So grateful)
I’m so happy to have a place where they gives me such a warm welcome every time I come in.
I feel so lucky to have a place where I can say, “Wow, this brings back memories!”
I put all my love and gratitude into my messages and footprints, so please come check them out!
I hadn’t been back to my home town of Gifu in ages!
I went to Aeon in Kakamigahara all the time because it was close to school, and the live houses I played, and to my mother's shop.
On Sundays there are so many people there that I feel like it's got to be half of the residents of Gifu!
And the parking lot was full. (LOL)
Shopping malls are so much fun because you can buy anything there.
When I go home these days, I still go there often with my friends.
Even though we don't have a reason to go.
I asked the staff who brought me to Gifu to let us stop by my mother's shop (which is a hair salon).
As we walked to the store by the endless rice paddies, the smell of green wafted up and the vast blue, blue sky brought back so many memories. It was hot, but even the heat made me feel happy and excited.
I really love Gifu.
My mom went with me to Gifu Station, and having her next to me, laughing and smiling felt so nostalgic, and I was so happy.
My mom stood there waving with a smile on her face until the very last moment, and saying good bye to her make me feel a little lonely. I think I'll go home next time I get some time.
On the way to the train.
(with Mom)
I live in the moment because you never know what will happen tomorrow.
I'm scared to regret something, so I do everything I can "now"..
To the staff who granted to my selfish request.
To my mom.
The leisurely time I spent in Nagoya.
The nostalgic scent of Gifu.
Thank you so much!!
Be Happy.
Today’s another great day!
BYE-CHっI!
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