2008/01/14＊Takuro

『I want to amplify』

Long time no talk. This is Takuro Sugawara (24).

So today was Coming of Age Day. I personally stopped caring about my age right around at 20. At this age you lose sense of what month it is, or even what day of the week it is. What’s more, even my sense of the seasons is out of order because of the abnormal weather. Ahh, not good.

Now then, for something that even I do understand. Tomorrow we have our first live house show of the year. I’m extremely excited. As to what’s so exciting? Well, the other bands on the bill as well as the venue of course, but what’s most exciting is that I’ll be using a new amp. “New” in the sense that I’ve never used it before, the model itself isn’t new at all. I’m just happy to be using it～

There’s a wonderful guitar magazine called Amp Book that me, Taki and the staff were all absorbed in reading. Little by little we were developing wild ideas as to which one to get, but in the end the one we got isn’t even featured in the book…… but, even the Amp Book itself is a wonderful thing to have. For band guys, you can’t have enough of it. I’m sure some of you know what I mean.

For example, if you just normally visit a music shop with your girlfriend, she’ll just go “This is boring! Let’s go already!” Next time, try showing her the Amp Book as you excitedly tell her “This isn’t just a box, this is a wooden frame that is filled with dreams!” She’ll never want to visit a music store with you again. Yep. That’s the extent to which guitar amps make one go mental. They’re harboring evil within them. Be careful everyone.

As I don’t know what I’m talking about anymore, I’ll leave it at that. Later.
The tour’s starting soon, too!!