Off Stage Solo

I played the trumpet in the light control room on the second tier of the concert hall!

Our orchestra had a concert in Kakegawa Shizuoka and the second piece had an off stage trumpet solo.

There wasn't a monitor at the off stage, so I couldn't see the conductor.

that's why I played there.

It was dark and cold! So I used small light and wore a coat.

Nobody could see me, so I was doing gymnastics to warm myself while I waited to play .

good selection♪

Wow! There are a lot of new trumpet!!

I went to warehouse of SELMER JAPAN.

These Bach's trumpets were imported from USA.

Before they send them to music stores, I made some selections from them which have good sound, good intonation and good balance..

It's difficult to chose good instruments for amateur players, so every store wants to have instruments which were chosen by professional players. 

I was happy about there are some good trumpets♪ 

waiters→musicians

There were wonderful musicians in the waiters!

They stopped working a little while and played nice music.

Cool!!

Le Beaujolais Nouveau est Arrive 2008

My friend composer Mr. Mashima (playing the trombone in the photo) had a live in Cafe "Aux Bacchanales".

Every year he plays jazz in the cafe with his fellow musicians in the Beaujolais Nouveau's opening night.

I played "Lullaby of Birdland"!

There were a lot of people celebrating bland new fresh wine enjoyed the live.

I also enjoyed playing, listening and drinking♪

That was hot night.

This is the stage for "rakugo"which is traditional verbal entertainment.

The lone storyteller wearing Kimono sits on the stage and talk. 

I went to see the rakugo last Saturday with my colleague.

It was unusual because the rakugo was held in Izakaya restaurant (Japanese style bar) with dinner instead of in a theater. My friend works there and she invited us.

That was interesting and wonderful!

I'd like to see rakugo again♪

I got carried away.....

My colleague gave it to me.

Sorry... I've just turned to 34.......

A little old Minnie Mouse. Hahaha...

Tokyo Disney Sea

That was annual trip for our orchestra.

We had a recording in Urayasu which is near the Disney resort.

After the recording, we stayed a hotel in the Disney resort and had a party.

The next day, we went to the Disney Sea.

I didn't think I could enjoy it because I wasn't interested in Disney very much.

But....

I enjoyed very much~~~!

I'm 34 years old~~~~~!

November 10th was my birthday.

I had a recording that day and I was glad that my colleagues told me "Happy Birthday" 

And when I got home, my roommate had prepared cake for me♪

When I was in NY, I realized that I could make free time for myself even though I was busy. It's up to me.

And every experience I got from the free time made me open-minded.

I hope I enjoy my 34 years old. 

Yes, "No day but today"

Nice to get old, Yeah~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!

Chestnut Chips

My colleague gave me chestnut chips. 

He made it!!

peeling chestnut is very hard, but the taste is great!

I was impressed with the taste. I know some kind of chips. Potato, banana, vegetables... but I think this is the best chips I've ever eaten :-)

He told me the chips is good match for champagne or beer♪

Family Concert 2

One audience sent the picture to us.

We didn't know how we looked until we saw this picture.

We just played on the dark stage with small lights on the music stands.

A lot of families came to the concert♪

Thank you so much! 

Family Concert

All trumpet players played more than 2 kinds of trumpets in the concert.

I played 3!

B♭trumpet, cornet, flugel horn.

It seems a music shop:-)

The Tokyo Tower

I was walking to the subway station after the Siena's recording. And when I looked to right unconsciously,  the close-up of lighted tower was there.

Though I only had a cell phone camera, It looked beautiful!

Recording2

I had another recording in Siena Wind Orchestra as an extra player on another day. I used to play in this orchestra, so I was glad to play with them again.

recording1

Hi!

It's been a loooong time. How are you?

It's getting cold in Tokyo(>_<) I'm happy when I'm wrapped up in comforter in the morning. I like this feeling.

Our orchestra had a recording. We recorded some film musics and Japanese pop musics.

We usually use recording studios when we record pop music, and play with head phones. But this time we recorded in the concert hall. It was a little difficult to make a good ensemble in the concert hall when we record with drum set. We had time lag even though the drum set was set at the center of the orchestra. 

But we are used to that kind of situation, so everything went smoothly.

The recording engineer was really good and he lives in my neighborhood. We drink every time when we work together, so we drank till next morning after the recording.....