2009/03/09＊Takuro
「Saga GEILS」
The BAWDIES are in soundcheck at the moment. They’re the best. It’d be great if everyone danced for all they’re worth. Talk to you later.
2010/03/05＊Takuro
「Quattro series」
Only one show left on the four-stop Quattro leg of the tour which we began with the HIATUS. I received a lot of motivation from seeing them play in Shibuya. They were the coolest I’ve seen them so far. TRICERATOPS in Nagoya tonight was awesome and groovy, too. I’m so enjoying playing with other bands. Also, drinking with them is fun, too.
I went to cameraman Rui’s photography exhibit in Osaka the other night. The venue’s close by (right nex to BIGCAT! Check the details on Rui Hashimoto’s website etc. There’s a picture on his blog we took together.) so he came over and took pictures of us tonight, too. I caught a glimpse of them and they looked great. Even if they don’t get put on display in an exhibition this time, you might get to see them sooner or later anyway. Or, we might upload them here. Look forward to it.
Tomorrow we’ll be heading to Hiroshima. It’s been pretty warm these past few days. Especially plum trees must be in bloom right now. It’ll be our first time performing in Quattro Hiroshima.
As the tour continues, my senses get sharpened and my ears open. I can hear lots more sounds now compared to when the tour started. We’re now over halfway through, but I feel we’ll still keep getting much, much better in our performances. I’ll set my sights on the next show in Hiroshima. With that, later.
2010/03/01＊Takuro
「Going back a little」
This is something that happened before Shibuya Quattro the other day. I got to talk with Ken Yokoyama for a project on the monthly edition of GIGS. About Ken’s love for the guitar and his thoughts on that — I don’t know if that sounds weird — but I was really glad. I even got to play his guitar. I thought I’d try secretly playing some Hi-STANDARD, but couldn’t. If the 16-year-old me heard this, he’d be pretty surprised. During our conversation, he told me how “twitter’s so fun～ you gotta try it“. I’m sorry, but I still haven’t started. If I do, I’m sure to suck with all the “following” and all that other stuff. (laughs)
Also, the original shape guitar made for me by ESP is finally done!! I did play it at Quattro, but I’ll tell you the details later. Should I put up a picture, too? Nfufufu. I’ll be playing it a lot on the second half of the tour!!
