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YUKIO Morning Walk Playlist

Hello. It’s been a while. I wonder when was the last time I wrote this blog? If you check my previous post, you’ll see that I wrote one in February and three in July. If I write only a few posts a year, no one will read it. Lol

So, what should I write this time? If you look at my previous post, you’ll see that I wrote about making a playlist on Spotify, so I’ll talk about that again this time. Last time, I reported that I made a live set list for Inokashira Park, where I sing several times a month, but this time I would like to report to everyone that I have also created a monthly set list of songs that I hum every morning while taking a walk.

Yes, I love walking. Lol. Whether it’s raining, the sun is shining brightly, or my calves are sore from walking too much, I don’t care at all, and I go for a walk in a nearby park every morning. I always post the footage on my Instagram, and I distribute it as a video with my own original songs as background music.

I created a playlist on Spotify that compiles my original songs by month. Since it is by month, it will be updated every month. I just changed the playlist to the order of the songs in October. Why not give this playlist a listen?

It is updated every month, so you may discover something new! Thank you.

YUKIO Morning Walk Playlist

Available for download and purchase, with plenty of previews! Give it a listen! If you like it, you can purchase it through credit card or PayPal.

YUKIO　Fifteen songs with guitar accompaniment and vocals
YUKIO PIANO　Thirteen piano accompaniment with vocals songs
COCOLO　Thirteen band-formatted songs
SUN　Thirteen band-formatted songs　
MOON　Ten band-formatted songs
AOMORI　Mini album of 5 songs
STORY　Thirteen band-formatted songs

I’m distributing my music on various platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Line Music, and Amazon Music. I recommend listening to my work through these platforms. CDs are also available for purchase

“YUKIO Inokashira Park Live – Performance List” and “Ozora Umi”

I mentioned last time that I created two playlists on Spotify. Now, I’d like to tell you that I have made two more playlists. Haha.

The first one is called “YUKIO Inokashira Park Live – Performance List.” As the name suggests, this playlist follows the setlist of my live performances at Inokashira Park. At Inokashira Park, I perform acoustic guitar solo singing, mostly featuring songs from my guitar solo album “YUKIO.” However, I also perform many songs that are streamed in a band arrangement. For the guitar solo songs, I remember most of the lyrics, so I sing without a music stand. For the band arrangement songs, I sometimes don’t remember the lyrics, so I use a music stand with a notebook of lyrics, resulting in a two-part performance with and without the stand.

I upload one song from these performances to YouTube every two days, but since I sing around 30 songs in one live session at Inokashira Park, it takes about two months to show a full live session on YouTube with around 15 songs per month. Because YouTube only shows parts of the performance, I came up with the idea of this playlist to show the full setlist.

Unlike the previous two playlists I mentioned, which are static, this “YUKIO Inokashira Park Live – Performance List” will be updated continuously with the latest setlist from my live performances. Just like this blog, I believe that constant updates are essential for attracting attention online. Moreover, although I perform with an acoustic guitar in the park, the playlist features the band arrangement versions, offering a unique listening experience. Please check out this playlist, “YUKIO Inokashira Park Live – Performance List.”

YUKIO Inokashira Park Live – Performance List

The second new playlist is called “Daikuukai,” which is an extensive collection of 27 of my original songs, spanning approximately 2.5 hours. The reason I created this playlist is that I originally intended to compile my albums “Tsuki,” “Aomori,” and “Monogatari” into a three-CD set.

These three albums were recorded around the same time, with the first song being “Sora” and the last song being “Umi.” I initially planned to title the three-CD set “Kuukai.” However, due to the high cost of producing a three-CD set, I split them into the three separate albums, “Tsuki,” “Aomori,” and “Monogatari.”

People live on the land between the sky and the sea, so I thought it would be interesting to randomly insert human stories—songs—between the songs “Sora” and “Umi.”

Recalling this initial idea, I realized that in this digital age, I can achieve my vision without splitting it into three CDs by creating a single playlist. Last night, I listened to the entire playlist myself and felt that it was quite chaotic, but I believe that without this volume, I wouldn’t be able to express what I wanted to convey. I feel that this chaos is a representation of life itself. Since I revived this idea in playlist form, I decided to add “Dai” (meaning “great” or “grand”) to the original “Kuukai” and named it “Daikuukai.” Haha.

I’d be delighted if you could listen to this playlist as well. Even if no one does, I have no regrets!

Daikuukai

Available for download and purchase, with plenty of previews! Give it a listen! If you like it, you can purchase it through credit card or PayPal.

YUKIO　Fifteen songs with guitar accompaniment and vocals
YUKIO PIANO　Thirteen piano accompaniment with vocals songs
COCOLO　Thirteen band-formatted songs
SUN　Thirteen band-formatted songs　
MOON　Ten band-formatted songs
AOMORI　Mini album of 5 songs
STORY　Thirteen band-formatted songs

I made two playlists on Spotify.

Hello! I usually write this blog on Sundays, but today is a weekday, and it’s the end of the rainy season, so it’s raining outside.

Now, there’s a reason why I decided to write today. I created two new playlists on Spotify, and I wanted to introduce them to you.

The two playlists are “ラテンなYUKIO-YUKIO Latin” and “ハードロックなYUKIO-YUKIO Hard Rock”. They feature my original songs with Latin rhythms and hard rock vibes, respectively.

In the past, I’ve made several playlists as part of my music streaming service strategy, but I always felt unsure about the purpose of making them. I ended up creating a lot of random playlists without a clear motive. However, I believe these two new playlists are quite good.

Previously, I focused on creating albums, aiming to convey my world view through the entire album. While that hasn’t changed, I realized that creating playlists offers a different way of experiencing my music.

A different perspective from the album’s world view…

This new approach involves grouping similar songs from my original works. “ラテンなYUKIO-YUKIO Latin” includes songs with Latin rhythms, and “ハードロックなYUKIO-YUKIO Hard Rock” features hard rock songs. These playlists reflect this idea. If albums represent a vertical axis, then playlists represent a horizontal axis.

Spotify Playlist: ラテンなYUKIO-YUKIO Latin

Why did I come to this realization? It’s because I’ve been listening to similar playlists myself for years! I didn’t create actual playlists, but I selected and listened to these songs in order during my morning or lunchtime breaks. I found the sequence enjoyable. Especially in this season, “ラテンなYUKIO-YUKIO Latin” feels refreshing when listened to in the hot summer. The other playlist, “ハードロックなYUKIO-YUKIO Hard Rock”, feels intensely hot and exhilarating when listened to on a scorching summer day, like eating spicy curry or mapo tofu while sweating profusely.

Spotify Playlist: ハードロックなYUKIO-YUKIO Hard Rock

Spotify is a free streaming service, so why not give these playlists a listen? They are perfect for summer. As the creator, I assure you won’t be disappointed. If you like them, please follow me.

Spotify Artist Page: YUKIO

Available for download and purchase, with plenty of previews! Give it a listen! If you like it, you can purchase it through credit card or PayPal.

YUKIO　Fifteen songs with guitar accompaniment and vocals
YUKIO PIANO　Thirteen piano accompaniment with vocals songs
COCOLO　Thirteen band-formatted songs
SUN　Thirteen band-formatted songs　
MOON　Ten band-formatted songs
AOMORI　Mini album of 5 songs
STORY　Thirteen band-formatted songs

French and Japanese cuisine

Hello, everyone. Long time no see! Is anyone still reading this blog? LOL. Now, what should I write about? By the way, the other day, I was tasked with creating sheet music by transposing the key for about six French chansons. I quickly worked on them, and lately, I’ve been receiving similar requests quite often. The more I delve into analyzing chansons, the more I’m impressed by how intricately they are crafted.

Originally, I thought you could just add a few chords to the basic three chords, right? However, complex chord progressions are incorporated, and it feels like, even if I try to integrate such progressions into my own compositions, I probably can’t. French musicians probably learn about such chord progressions in music school. But for me, a Japanese person, it’s like enjoying sophisticated French cuisine – delightful but somewhat like being in a different world. I can’t help but wonder, do we really need such intricate compositions?

However, nowadays, even Japanese hit songs have become very complex. I think the structure of songs is not so different based on the country or region. Nevertheless, I believe that, in the end, music must convey the essence of the person who created it. In that regard, I feel that many Japanese hit songs are just imitations of the West.

Why does this happen? I think it’s because Japan has a relatively short history of tonal music. While Japan has its unique folk songs and instruments, trying to express them in Western tonal music becomes challenging. For the Japanese, French cuisine is delicious and exquisite, but what really suits us is sushi and fish dishes with flavorful broth.

This time, I got a bit serious. Let’s meet again somewhere. LOL.

This time, I tried using ChatGPT for translation for the first time.

Autumn wind

You can download YUKIO original Japanese songs! Would you like to listen? You can also listen to it.

I also distribute music on other sites.

WATCHING OVER YOU

Hello everybody. It’s been a while since I’ve posted on this blog. How have you been during this time? Well, I don’t think anyone is reading this blog, so I’m just writing about it casually, but this time I’m going to talk about another new piece of music that I’ve created. The title of the work is “I’m looking at you”.

This work is the third and final completed band version of the guitar and piano songs that I have been singing since I was young. The first part is “Tonight”, the second part is”ON MY WAY BACK HOME AFTER WORK”, and the third part is “I’m looking at you.”

Unlike the previous two works, this version of “I’m looking at you” actually contains two new songs. The first two songs are like that, and the first song is a hip-hop song that raps,I don’t have any money, I don’t have a woman, I don’t have anything!” There’s no point in imitating black people, so I copied the song. uses the Japanese song “Mura Matsuri”. The second song is a song that blames a woman for having a child, irresponsibly shouting, “You’re a trouble man!” (lol) It’s also a Japanese slang word, so if Japanese people listen to this song, it might be quite funny, but foreigners might not be able to laugh at this harsh joke too much. yeah. In any case, these two songs have very irresponsible lyrics. (Laughs) That’s no surprise, as these two songs were created when I was around 20 years old, and they are songs that express my anger towards the world.

There are also quite a few songs with provocative and stimulating lyrics, but for those of you who don’t understand Japanese, it’s hard to understand what I’m singing. However, even if you don’t understand the lyrics, I think the music alone is enough to make you enjoy it. Because I’ve been listening to a lot of foreign songs that I don’t even know what they’re singing. (Laughs) I think it’s okay to listen to music and just feel it.

This work contains various provocative songs, but it ends with the song “I’m looking at you,” which is the title. This is an important keyword that I discovered when I was born into this world. I don’t know how to translate these words, but the translator at the time when I played this song on the piano and listened to it, translated it as “WATCHING OVER YOU.” I feel like the content of the lyrics somehow contains that kind of nuance. Even if you don’t understand Japanese, you may be able to imagine the content of this song.

Why not give it a listen! ? However, this work has not been sold yet… You can’t hear it, can you? Are you okay. The version played on the piano is available for streaming, so please give it a listen. I hope you like it.

I used Google Translate.

WATCHING OVER YOU

You can download YUKIO original Japanese songs! Would you like to listen? You can also listen to it.

I also distribute music on other sites.