Author: Jay Li
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Creative Sound Project EL2 -2
After doing a bit more research to it, I decided to focus on one ghost. I think one of the most famous Japanese mythological beings is the nine-tailed fox. And the most famous nine-tailed fox is called Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前), famous for turning into a human form and seducing the emporer of the Muromachi era. I…
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Creative Sound Project EL2 -1
All blogs are saved as drafts until final export for easier editing. I have always been interested in Japanese mythology, and have been working a lot with them no matter art or music. As this is the final project of the first year in BA Sound Arts, I want to go back to the old…
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Global Sonic Culture – 6
The final key moment of the concert is the finale of it. YOASOBI’s debut song, Yoru ni Kakeru 夜に駆ける. Even tho the song has a rather upbeat to it, the music is about suicide. The main singer, Ikura’s unique voice combined with such a contrasting song marked this song’s success since the start. Unfortunately, their…
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Global Sonic Culture – 5
Involvement is an important factor if you want an immersive experience in a certain thing. Gunjo 群青 is a very popular song by YOASOBI, and I think that every time there is a concert or performance by them, this is a key moment. In most concerts, fans sing along in songs, but most of the…
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Global Sonic Culture – 4
The song アイドル Idol being one of YOASOBI’s most popular song, is the opening theme for the anime series Oshi no Ko. This song deplicts different thoughts of an idol. The different genres switching between the song, the contrast between verses gained popularity around the world quickly. I think this song is quite an iconic…
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Global Sonic Culture – 3
I think the second key moment is when the song “Ano Yume o Nazotte” (あの夢おなぞって) This song is quite iconic in my mind because of the story behind it. A girl being confessed to by a boy in a dream, during a firework festival. Japanese firework festivals (Hanabi Taikai/花火大会) are a big part of Japanese…
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Global Sonic Culture – 2
I think the first key moment of this concert is the start of it, where everything first started. The first song they played was セブンティーン (Seventeen). I think this song is a great mood setter and was written with the intent of it being the intro song during concerts. It is written with the theme…
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Global Sonic Culture – 1
(All blogs were saved as drafts before the final export for easier editing) After seeing the title options I could choose for my essay, I decided to do title B. “A sensory ethnography of a gig / exhibition / concert / online sonic experience” A sensory ethnography from what I have researched is to do…
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Creative Sound Project – 6
Scene 5 and the ending is when the husband has dinner with the mistress, but then gets outsmarted by the mistress and the wife, and the husband dies. And the ending scene with the narrator’s line and the final conversation of the two women. Inspiration for scene – Sibelius: Andante Festivo https://youtu.be/Rf8HTPb0PyA?si=6qzVi0RIbEYz4Ej8 Inspiration for ending…
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Creative Sound Project – 5
Scene 4 is about the wife finding her husband’s mistress, who her husband’s scheme was originally with, to reveal the husband’s plans to her that involves both the wife and the mistress. Inspiration for scene – Bach: Violin Sonata BMV 1019 https://youtu.be/C93Tg81zAx0?si=JmHlh2kX-Pcwx4cJ For this scene I wanted to go with a quick baroque feel to…
