"Astral Travel" Reference Song Playlist Limited Release, Rejected Phrase Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Production Diary, Monthly Fee for That Thing

Reference Song Playlist

I've uploaded a playlist on Spotify of the songs I actually used as references when creating "Astral Travel"!

This is the one I'm not sure if I'll display on the artist page when this song is available on Spotify. I'll share it here only for the time being.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/062dLVOwSNccS0pxFAZr7R?si=a1989b20e57347ba 

Phrases that have been lost

Now here it is. Uploaded in the Attachments section. It's the last part of the chorus.

I watched this video for study when I was writing this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeGY_B3HTEM 

(He is a very famous music YouTuber in Japan and has a great ability to analyze chord progressions.)

As a result of watching all of this before starting production and creating that phrase, the anime song-like feel was suddenly blasted into the song, and after listening to the songs on the playlist again for a while to reset my brain, the current phrase was born.

Miscellaneous Production Journal

My rule to avoid tweeting in the heat of the moment.

It is called "twitter of the mind," in essence, typing a sentence once in a notepad and then making a decision on the tweet after the night is over.

I have been accumulating tweets in my notepad, so I'm going to copy and paste them here.

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I tried my best to make something clear this time, but it didn't feel right. In the end, I tripled the number of notes in the chords and the number of instruments, and it felt right. 

I have always had a hard time making clear and refreshing works, and I think it is probably a problem of human nature. Nettiness, jitteriness, stiffness....

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I bought a sound source called Keyscape because I didn't like the sound of that electric piano.The price was $400. The free space required is 73 GB, so money is the only thing that solves the problem. After all, a high-end sound source is amazing.

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I got a chord progression that I was very happy with. I got the chord progression I wanted to play. And, guh! And, eh!It can move people's hearts and minds.  It should be. I can go by assumption. I wonder if this will be understood. I hope so...

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I have also created a chord progression that I'm very happy with. I'm in a good mood.  I want to be careful not to give the impression of being too complicated.

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I must be careful not to indulge in complicated new techniques. I must always find a balance between simplicity and complexity.

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Chinese phrases are going to be unusually good.

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The connection from the end of the chorus to the big chorus is too difficult to be rejected. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

(original: ハアーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーンンンアアアアアアアアアとか言って頭をポカポカする。ああああああどうしよーーーーーーーーーーーあーーーーーーーーーーーーー

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I've been watching youtube all day and it's getting too anime-song-like, this is no good.

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I can't help but think of another interesting development after the chorus. It goes away from pop, but what about the balance, is it still just barely balanced...? Is the length of the song too long?  I have no choice but to do it.

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I recently subscribed to nosh, a service that sends frozen lunches to my home on a regular basis, because I felt that I was neglecting my meals when I was concentrating on my work.

It is a monthly subscription system.

(This is a promotional photo. Of course, It's actually not this fashionable.)

This service is like a self-service hospital meal, and to be honest, it doesn't taste very good,　 never bad. but it keeps me healthy. It should be far better than convenience store food.

There are a lot of creative people who get sick, so I really have to be careful....

It's about $7 per meal. They are sent weekly. I feel like I have to fulfill my responsibility because I say I'm going to pay for vegetables.

Thank you for everything...!