Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.10.10 05:50

題名なし

ワシントン着いたー！

No subject

We had arrived in Washington!

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.10.09 14:40

出発

アメリカ行ってきまーす！

Departure

We’re going to US!

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.10.06 22:50

写真

9/23、ファッションショーで着たBABY THE STARS SHINE BRIGHTさんの、お洋服です。
このコート可愛ですね♪

Photo

This is the clothes from “BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT” I was wearing for the fashion show on September 23rd.
This coat is really cute, isn’t it ♪

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.10.03 05:00

今日も号泣

日比谷野音のライブが終わってから、個人的に長いオフでした。
色々してたけど、こんなゆっくりしてたのバンド始まって以来じゃないかな？

毎日かなりの時間ギター弾いて曲も作ってたけど、映画も観まくったし、色んな音楽に触れてたし、本も沢山読んだし、綺麗な景色も見たし、素敵な美術品も見に行ったよ。

自分の中に吸収出来た物は沢山あるし、有意義な時間が過ごせたかなぁ。
オフなのに何故か睡眠時間が凄い少なかったしね（笑）

ギターは上手くなってるとは思うけど、立って弾いてバンドに合わせるのはまたちょっと違うねー。
毎日のリハーサルで、やっとノリの部分は取り戻せてきたかな。

帰ってから、DVDを観てたんだけど、何回見ても号泣しますね。

Today, again I would end up crying

Since the live performance at Hibiya got over, personally I feel like we’ve been off from work for a long time.
Even though I’ve been doing a lot of things, but maybe I’ve never done things this as slowly ever since I started being on a band.

Everyday I would spend most of my time playing guitar and composing songs. However, I also watched movies countless times, listened to various kinds of music, read a lot of books, enjoyed good sceneries, and went to see wonderful works of art.

I could learn a lot of things, so maybe I didn’t waste my time afterall.
Even though we don’t have scheduled work right now, still I don’t sleep much (laughs).

I thought my guitar skill had increased, but when I played with the band while standing, still there would be something different.
By practicing everyday, maybe I would get my high-spirit back.

After going home, I’m going to watch the DVD. No matter how many times I’ve watched it, I would still end up crying.

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.09.27 03:20

メタール

だいぶ前に手に入れてたMETALLICAのDEATH MAGNETICを、やっとじっくり聴けたよ！

機材車にずっと忘れたままだったしね。

期待通りのこれぞメタル！！

しばらくずっと聴いてそうだよ。

今日はYUKI君とスタジオに入ってました。
曲を作るつもりだったけど、全くアイデアが出なかった（笑）

ネタはたまってるし、後は天からの声を待つのみ！！

先日のファッションショーに来てくれた方ありがとう☆
デジカメでいっぱい撮ったし、近々載せますねー

Metal

Finally I could listen to my copy of METALLICA’s DEATH MAGNETIC that I bought quite some time ago!

It was forgotten on our equipment car all this time.

As expected, this is metal!

It seems like I’ll be listening to it for a while.

Today, I went to the studio with YUKI.
We intended to compose some songs, but we couldn’t come up with good ideas (laughs).

We waited for the ideas to come, and after that we waited for some voices from Heaven!!

Thanks to all of you who came to the fashion show the day before☆
A lot of pictures were taken, and they’ll be published soon~

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.09.17 23:00

撮影に。

今日は、打ち合わせに行って来ました。
近々、面白い所に出ます（笑）

その後は、事務所で特典のサイン書き。
ポスターとかすごいインパクトあると思うよ。
販売はまだ考えてないから、お店で見てくださいね。

近くで摩天楼オペラが撮影してたので、顔出しに行ったよ。
撮影に行ったのは初めてだけど、みんな良い表情してたしグレイトな写真になるんじゃないでしょうか！！

さて、曲作るか。。

On a photo-shoot.

Today, I’m going for a meeting.
Lately, I’ve been to some interesting places (laughs).

After that, at our office I signed the bonus items.
I think there will be a great impact when we have posters etc.
Since we hadn’t thought about the sales yet, do look at shops.

Matenrou Opera is having a photo-shoot nearby, so I appeared there.
It was my first time going to other’s photo-shoot; I think they’ll make great photos with their good costumes!

Well then, shall I compose some songs?

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.09.04 03:30

マリと子犬の物語

先程、マリと子犬の物語を家で観たんだけど、見事に号泣…

動物の映画って感動させようと必死なの多いから、あんまり見ないんだけど、この映画は最高でした！！

The Tale of Mary and her Puppy

Some time ago, I watched “The tale of Mary and her Puppy” at home, and cried so hard…

I rarely watch movies about animals because most of the time the animal would die (which got me moved emotionally), but this one is really good!!

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.09.01 11:30

本日

渋谷O-WESTに出演します。Versaillesと摩天楼オペラ全員出ますので！

Japan

We’re going to perform at Shibuya O-WEST. Both Versailles and Matenrou Opera are going to be there!

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.08.26 00:00

ウリとスリップノット

ULI JON ROTHとSlipknotの新作を手に入れました！

スリップノットはだいぶマニアックになって最高にクレイジーメタルです。結構前より好きかも。

ウリは凄い…
ギターがストーリーを語ってる様で、深く考えさせられるアルバムです。

昨日は9月24日に再販するHIZAKI grace projectのマスタリングをしてました。以前より低域が締まった感じに仕上がってますね。

ULI and SLIPKNOT

I got the latest release by ULI JON ROTH and Slipknot.

I’m a Slipknot mania; they’re a crazy metal band. Maybe now I’ll like them more than before.

Uli rocks…
He plays guitar as if telling a story, and it’s an album that makes you think deeply.

Yesterday I did the mastering for HIZAKI grace project’s works that will be re-released on September 24th. I’m doing the finishing touch in higher level than before.

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.08.21 02:40

O-EAST二日目

O-EAST二日目。

実はライブの前日ぐらいから、左手首を痛めててギターを弾くのが辛かったんだけど、なんとか乗り越えました。

毎日リハーサルで、帰ってからも弾きまくってたから、ちょっと無理してたのかもね。
少しずつ回復はしてるので大丈夫ですよ！

そんな苦労があったけど、感動出来るライブが出来たと思う。HISTORY OF THE OTHER SIDEも初めてライブで演奏したしね。

新たなバンド名なんだけど、確かに名前を変えるのは悔しいけれど、メンバーみんなものすごーく前向きに考えてるしな！
変わるって言っても、これからもVersaillesという呼び方は変わらないでいて下さいね。

ライブの次の日から新曲のアレンジをしてました。
今日はドラム録りでしたよ。またもや最高にクールなドラム叩いてくれます。

9月13日の大阪に配布する曲なんだけど、配布だからといって手を抜いてません！
曲調は内緒だけど、自信の持てる良い曲ですね。

どうしても来れない人の為にも、今後何かで聴かせてあげれるかも…多分…。

O-EAST, second day.

Today was the second day of our live performance at O-EAST.

Actually, my left hand and neck had been hurting since the day before the live, and it was painful to play the guitar, but I managed somehow.

I practised everyday, and even after that, I continued to play the guitar, so maybe I went overboard.
But it’s healing gradually healing and I’m okay now!

Despite this bit of trouble, I think it was moving performance. It was also the first time we performed HISTORY OF THE OTHER SIDE live.

Even though we’re still a new band,  and we of course, don’t want to change our name, but all other members are also positive!
Even though we’ll change, from now o,n please continue to refer to us as Versailles.

The day after our live performance, we arranged new songs.
The drum recording was done today. Again, YUKI handled the drums best.

On September 13th we’re going to distribute the song in Osaka.
The details are confidential, but it’s a good song and I have confidence in it.

And for the people who couldn’t come, next time I’ll play something for you… maybe.

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Edited by duckbilledplatypus.

Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.08.17 01:10

O-EAST

O-EAST 一日目無事終わりました！

今日は、まず11月に全国ワンマンツアーの発表。
まぁ、本数はそんなに無いんだけど、全国の皆さん楽しみにしといて下さいねー☆

ちょっと今日は気になったんだけど、一部のお客さんのマナーが悪かったと思うよ。
女性も男性も仲良く見て欲しいなっ！
俺達と君達はNOBLEなんだぜ？

よろしくな！！

O-EAST

First day of live performance at O-EAST ended without much difficulties!

First of all, we announced our national One-man tour that will be held in November.
Well, we still don’t know how many performances we will give, but everyone all over the country, do look forward to it ☆

There was a thing that bothered me today: in one part of the audience, there seemed to be some people with manner problems.
I want both the girls and boys to get along!
Aren’t all of us NOBLE?

Please!!

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.07.15 03:10

大阪BIG CAT

三日間お疲れ様です。色んなタイプのバンドが出てて、楽しいイベントだったよ。
ガルネリウスは三日間全部見てたなー。普通にファンですから（笑）
しかし、syu君のギターは好みのど真ん中ですね。名古屋の時なんか感動して泣いてたし…

大阪は、さすがに気合い入ってますね！
上手の男達も最高に熱いぜ！女の子も負けずに熱くなってくれよな！！

Versaillesらしい良いライブが出来たと思うよ。

Osaka BIG CAT

Thanks for all the hard work during these past three days. There were a lot of band performing; it was an enjoyable event.
I went to watch all the three-days performance of Galneryus. Because I’m just an ordinary fan (laugh)
I really like syu-kun’s guitar playing. When we were in Nagoya, I got moved by it so much that I cried…

In Osaka, as expected I’m full of fighting spirit!
Guys, show me your best spirit! And girls, show me you won’t lose to the guys!!

I think we’ll be able to give a good live performance that’s so Versailles-like.

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.07.13 01:00

名古屋ELL

もうすっかり夏ですね。

先日ROCK AND READの撮影とインタビューをしました。
着物を着たり、スーツで撮影したりで、また衣装の時とは違う雰囲気になってるよ。
インタビューは、生い立ちから現在に至る音楽人生を語ってます。
発売は八月末だったかな。

今日は、名古屋でライブ。ギターソロで二回もミスってしまって悔しい！！
疲れからか、指が動いてるはずが動かなかった…

新曲のWINDRESSは気持ち良く弾けたよ。

さて、明日は大阪です。楽しませてくれるよな？

Nagoya ELL

Summer has finally come.

A few days ago we had photo-shooting and interview with ROCK AND READ.
We were wearing kimono and also suits, the atmosphere changed with each costume.
The interview starts from personal history until our current live as musicians.
The magazine will be released at the end of August, I think.

Today we gave a live performance at Nagoya. During the guitar solo, I missed twice; I got so mortified!!
It could be because of tiredness that I couldn’t seem to move my fingers…

I got a pleasant feeling while playing our new song, WINDRESS

Well then, tomorrow we’re going to give a live performance at Osaka. I wonder if people will enjoy it…

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.06.15 23:30

ニュース！

ただ今Yahoo!のトップに出ております！

びっくりです…

News!

We’ve just made it to Yahoo! top news!

I’m surprised…

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.06.07 04:10

やっと帰宅

原寸表示
やっと家に帰って来ました。
飛行機でもちょっとしか寝てなかって、かなりハードな撮影だったけど、素晴らしいのが撮れたよ！
人間、気合いを入れてればなんとかなるもんだね。

さてさて、LAのライブは…なにやら有名なライブハウスらしくて、見事SOLD OUT！！
上手に某先輩にそっくりな人がいて、緊張したけど（笑）、楽しめて出来たライブだったよ。
しかし、アメリカはよりクレイジーなライブを求めてる気もして、今後の課題やなー

画像はGUITARCENTERのスティーブウ゛ァイの手形です。さすがに指はでかいですね（笑）
200万ぐらいのギターも弾いたけど、グレイトなサウンドでした！

Finally Returning Home

Finally, I went back home.

I couldn’t sleep much during the flight, so I had a hard time during our photo-shoot afterwards, but the photos taken are wonderful!
If someone has fighting spirit, they will be able to do anything.

It seemed that the live house where we performed in LA is a famous one; it’s a feat that we managed to get all the tickets sold!!

Since we got some great senpai with us – even though, (of course) we worked hard (laugh) – we were able to give an enjoyable performance.
I’ll aim for a live performance crazier than the ones we gave in US; that’s our task from now on.

The photo refers to Steve Vai’s hand print in Guitar Center. As expected, his fingers are really big (laugh)
I played a 2 million yen guitar; it really produces a great sound!

Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.05.11

時間が欲しい！

今日はYUKI君と新曲をまとめてました。

この前作った曲は幻想的で美しい曲なんだけど、歌詞が素晴らしいです！

今日完成した曲は、自分の王道な感じの曲です。超絶にクサメタルです（笑）
どこか今まで出した曲と似てる所もあるので、もうちょい考えやなあかんなぁー。

もうすぐレコーディングが始まってしまう…時間よ、止まってくれ！！

I want more time!!

Today, YUKI-kun and I compiled our new song.

The songs that we made recently is fairy-tale like and beautiful, and the lyric is just wonderful!!

I got the feeling that the song that we finished today was like my principles. The excellence of kusametal* (laughed)
Somehow there are also similarities with the songs that we made before, but there’s no way I could think in just a short time.

The recording will start soon… please stop the time!!

*) I don’t know what he was talking about
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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.05.09

皆さんありがとう

怒涛の日々が終わりました！！

まずは、５／３味の素スタジアムhide memorial summit。

会場についてこんな広い場所でやるのか…って思ったけど、全く緊張もせず自然に出来たよ。
いつものライブより緊張感なかったかも（笑）
メインステージに出てギターソロを弾いた時は、最高の気分でした☆

まぁ、本来ならまだまだこんなステージに立てるバンドではないけれど、それでも自分達のカラーを出せた良いライブやったな。

四日、無敵バンドの参加。
何万人がＸジャンプしてる姿は、ほんとに美しかったよ。まさか、自分が憧れてた人達と同じステージに立てるなんて、夢にも思わなかった。

この日は時間もあったので、少しライブも見てました。
DIR EN GREYは京さんが最高にかっこよくて、目が離せなかった。
LUNA SEAは曲がほんとに素晴らしい。SUGIZOさんは全てが美しかったよ。改めて尊敬してます。
X JAPANは何も言う事ありません！完璧です！そして、大好きです！

このイベントに参加出来て、hideさんと共にお祭りが出来た事を光栄に思います。

５日、ワンマンの最終リハーサル。疲労のピークです（笑）
リハーサルスタジオでwowwowの放送を少し見ました。無敵バンドに映ってる自分に大興奮！

そして、６日代官山UNITワンマン。
ヨーロッパとかワンマン並のライブをしてたから、初ワンマン？て感じしたなぁ。特に気負いもなく自然にやれたよ。

7日、渋谷O-WEST。なんかわかんないけど楽しかった（笑）

なんとなく、皆さんありがとう！

さて、レコーディングも近いので、まだまだ作曲頑張りまーす♪

以上！！

Thank you, everyone

The days of raging billows are over!!

First of all, on May 3rd, we performed at Ajinomoto Stadium for hide memorial summit.

Regarding the venue, I thought that we performed in such a big place, but we could do it naturally without being nervous.
Maybe we even did it with less nervousness than usual. (laughed)
When I appeared at the main stage to do guitar solo, I had the best feeling ever ☆

Well, by all rights, even if we are yet to be a band which can stand in such place, for us to be able to show our colors there, we performed well.

On 4th, it’s the performance of the invincible bands.
When some ten of thousand people do the X jump pose, it was really beautiful. Even in my dreams, I never thought of sharing the stage with such aspiring people.

That day, because I have some time, I saw the performances a little.
Kyo-san from DIR EN GREY was in an amazing look, his eyes never went away.
LUNA SEA’s songs were mostly wonderful. Everything about SUGIZO-san is beautiful. I respect them over and over again.
I have nothing to say about X JAPAN!! They’re perfect! And, I like them so much!

I think, being able to participate in such event, to have a festival with HIDE-san was an honor.

On 5th, we did the last rehearsal for our one-man live. It’s the peak of our fatigue. (laughed)
In the rehearsal studio we watched the wowow broadcast a little. We were really excited to see ourselves shining like those invincible bands!

And then, on 6th was our one-man live at Daikan*yama UNITY.
I felt that we’ve done Europe tour and ordinary one-man live, but to actually do a one-man live? Especially when we had no fighting spirit, but we did it naturally.

On 7th, Shibuya O-WEST. I didn’t really understand but it was fun (laughed)

For some reason or another, thank you, everyone!

Well then, since the recording time is near, I’ll work hard on song-making♪

More!!

*) I’m not really sure about the kanji

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Versailles – HIZAKI blog 2008.04.21

おはようございます♪

最近は、リハーサルと家に篭って曲作りの毎日です。

色々なタイプの曲が生まれてきてるし、アルバム発売を楽しみにしといて下さい！

今月発売の雑誌にも色々出てるので見といてくださいねー☆

もうすぐ大阪、名古屋と2マンですね。

日本に帰ってきて初のライブなので楽しみです！

画像はヨーロッパでもらった絵でお気に入りです♪

Good Morning♪

Lately, everyday we’ve been rehearsing and secluding ourselves for making songs.

Various type of songs have been born, and please look forward to the release of our new album!

Today there will also be an article about the release so please have a look ☆

Soon, we’re going to have a two man live in Osaka and Nagoya.

I’m looking forward to our first live after coming back to Japan.

I received this picture in Europe and it has become my favorite♪

Badly translated by 死神ほたる si tukang bajak. Originally published in http://akusitukangbajak.wordpress.com