2009/09/13＊Takuro

「One After 999」

Not just one but four days have passed. 999 ended safely (well, I imagine some of you may well think too much happened to say it ended “safely“, but anyway). To the many people in the audience, to the many staff members, to everyone who was at the venue, thank you very much. I’m full of gratitude.

After the show, we spent the 10th choosing what we’d include on “Cold Edge e.p.” and began mixing, and by the evening of the 11th the mastering was complete. During that time, engineer K drank seven bottles of DEKAVITA alone! Releases with the A-side song + a live track have become quite common for us these past two years (distributing the audio of the very show that the audience just attended is something we’ve done now, but I mean actual packaged CD’s), but I don’t think we’ve ever worked this fast before. The studio recording was done in mid-August and the live audio was recorded, needless to say, on September 9th. It’s not like we we’re thinking “we should do this even quicker!” or “we should make this even longer!” though. I think it’s becoming another fun CD. Those who couldn’t come and see us at Budokan are a given, but also those who did come and are thus already in possession of “Cold Edge”, definitely do get yours. It’s released on September 30th.

Let’s see. The other day, Kamijo wrote a blog on his signature sticks going on sale, but this time the stringed instrument team will also be releasing guitars and basses. Please see the details on ESP’s website. It feels like a dream, being listed right there next to Metallica on the web. By the way, Taki and Kazuhiko were delivered theirs last-minute on the day of Budokan. They’re the same models that will be on sale as well, and they used them during the show. I don’t have a price to give you right now, but I hope all the guitar kids will be happy.

With the arrival of autumn, 9mm is also entering into songwriting season. Japanese pears sure are delicious, huh. With that, later.