山ちゃん初のワンマンライブの決定
Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Good morning.
Good morning.
Yes.
Good morning.
It is good morning.
Yeah.
Great weather.
Great weather, yes.
Great weather.
Yes, yes, yes.
We skipped last week.
True.
It's been two weeks.
True.
How are you doing, man?
Good.
And, congratulations on your first solo live.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Yes, thank you.
How are you feeling, man?
Oh, wow, thank you.
Oh, I didn't expect that.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, thank you.
So happy.
So happy?
Yeah.
So excited.
Yeah.
And a bit nervous, though.
Of course, right.
Yeah, yeah.
It's a big show.
Yeah.
But now, like, you know, do all the preparations, you know, make songs.
When was it?
It will be like, it will be in December 15th.
On December 15th at Ikebukuro.
山ちゃんワンマンライブの準備
Ikebukuro?
Yeah, from 7.30.
7.30?
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Wow.
Wow.
Yeah.
So we got like a month from now.
No, two months.
Yeah, like two months.
Two months.
Yes, yes, yes.
Wow.
Like, it's the first time for me to do whole show, like, by myself.
Yeah.
So...
Because last time you were the opening actor, right?
Right, for the Gota-san.
You know, I just do like 15 minutes or 20 minutes and just do three songs of mine.
Okay.
So...
How long do you think you're going to be on stage?
Hour and a half.
An hour and a half?
Yeah.
Ooh.
Or like, yeah.
Something like that.
Yeah, something like that.
Yes, yes, yes.
Hour and a half, huh?
Yeah.
Wow.
Very excited.
I haven't do the rehearsals yet.
Okay.
So, I'm not sure, like, how, like, it will be, like, in, you know, all the songs.
Okay.
Like, orders and everything.
So, the playlist isn't fixed yet?
No, not yet.
You don't know what's going to happen?
No.
Okay.
But I'm just, you know, thinking, you know, how to, like, do.
And also, I just have to, you know, make songs, right, for the live.
Oh, so there's going to be new songs?
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, damn.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
All right.
So, because, like, you're making new songs because you don't have enough on your list.
Right, right, right.
I've just released, like, five, six songs here already.
Damn, that's a lot.
Wow.
Yeah, but still, like, you have to make, like, five, six songs more.
Oh, so in total, you have about five or six songs?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I see, I see.
Yeah.
So, in order for an hour and a half show to continue, you need, how many songs do you need?
山ちゃんワンマンライブの準備
Like, five, six songs more.
Oh, damn.
That's a lot.
Right.
Well, I will do some covers.
Oh, yeah, right, right, right.
Yeah.
That's good.
Yeah, because it's, you know, so that people will enjoy those songs, too.
But still.
Uh-huh.
Are you going to have any opening actors?
Like, you were the opening actor for both of them, or...?
Haven't decided yet.
Haven't decided yet, no.
Okay.
No.
All right.
Yeah.
It'll be fun, too.
I haven't thought about that, but...
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
Right.
Getting ready, huh?
I'm getting ready.
Like, thinking about it, planning things, and preparing, and...
Yeah.
Is there any goodies that you can share?
Goodies?
Goodies, or is there any, like, candies you can share?
Ah.
That, you know, for people who are, you know, are going to the show.
Right.
Want to get excited for the show.
山ちゃんのワンマンライブ決定
I know you don't want to, you know...
I know you don't want to give out the whole...
Right.
Right.
Whole juice, but, like, is there any, like, sprinkles that you can...
Oh, fruit.
You can sprinkle on top of people?
Is that how you say it?
That is not an expression.
Okay.
That is not an expression.
But that makes sense.
It makes sense, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So, I can say there'll be new songs.
Okay.
Yeah.
Like, five, six new songs.
So, there's not going to be...
So, you're not going to release those new songs on Spotify or anything like that?
I'm going to release some of them.
Oh, you're going to release some of them on your social media?
Yes, yes, yes.
Okay.
All right.
But, yeah, on the live show, there'll be, like, new songs.
Mm-hmm.
新曲の発表とバンドメンバー
All right.
That's very exciting.
Okay.
And also, the musicians...
Musicians?
Yeah, I can tell you about musicians are very good.
The...
Like, the band.
The band.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay.
Oh, wow.
They are very good.
So, how did you find them?
Like, who are they?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
True.
I first met Goto-san.
Okay.
And then he introduced some guys, some younger people that he recently worked with.
Okay.
Goto-san was recording the cover album.
Okay.
And the producer was Yudai-kun.
Okay.
He's younger than us.
Oh, wow.
Okay.
And he's very, very good at, you know, playing piano and guitar and bass and everything.
Mm-hmm.
And also great at producing.
And he was the producer for that Goto-san's cover album.
Okay.
Yeah, yeah.
I see.
I see.
And Goto-san introduced that Yudai-kun.
And then we got together and, like, became friends.
Mm-hmm.
And we go, like, hang out sometimes.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
And then started, like, why not, like, do some music together.
Uh-huh.
And then, like, he called some of his friends.
Oh.
To, like, form a, like, cool band.
Damn.
Yeah.
So who are those bands?
Like, which role?
Okay.
What's the role?
Yeah.
It's the bandmaster.
Okay.
Yeah.
And he plays the piano, like a...
Keyboard?
Yeah, keyboards.
And, like, it's called manipulator.
Manipulator?
Okay.
It's, like, a...
It's, like, a digital...
Yeah.
Digital music instrument.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like, you have a PC.
Right, right, right.
You got a PC on and play the keyboard and you do this at the same time, kind of.
Yeah, yeah.
I can imagine that.
Yeah, yeah.
That's his role.
Yeah.
By the way, he...
That's him who played with New Zines.
Damn.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
I want to talk to you about that later.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right, right.
So that's Yudai.
And then we got Kei-chan.
That's a drummer.
Okay, Kei-chan.
Yeah, he's also a great drummer and supports many, many artists, like...
Do you know Fujifabrikku?
Yeah.
Yeah, he plays in that...
Wow.
That tour sometimes.
And...
Way better drummer than me.
Well, I'm not sure.
Because I know you're a very...
I drum.
Yeah.
I bought an electric drum set when I was in college.
Right.
Yeah.
Do you still have them?
I still have them, bro.
Oh.
Bro.
I still got them, man.
Do you still play them?
山ちゃんの初のワンマンライブ決定
No, I don't.
No, you just have them.
It's in a box.
Yeah.
Because, you know, I am in a...
It's in a box.
Yeah, it's a...
You know, I have people living downstairs, you know.
Right, right.
I don't want to...
You know, I don't want to make any trouble.
True, true.
But...
But you still have them.
I still have them.
And if I were an active player, I probably would have been buried there.
True.
Right, right.
All right, go ahead.
Yeah, so that's Kei-chan.
Yeah.
And we have Kazukichi.
Kazukichi.
Yeah.
He's a bassist.
OK.
Yeah.
He was the...
When he was very...
Like, he was younger.
OK.
He went to, like, musical college, you know.
Oh, wow.
Senmon Gakkou.
OK.
And that's where Kazukichi and Yuudai, they met together.
Oh, OK.
They were college friends.
Yeah.
Living together at that college student moment.
Oh, nice.
OK.
So that's a bassist.
Mm-hmm.
And we had Tetsu-kun.
Tetsu-kun.
Tetsu-kun.
Tetsu-kun.
Tetsu-kun.
Tetsu-kun.
Tetsu-kun.
That's a guitarist.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, he plays in...
Do you know Nishina-san?
Nishina-san.
Yeah.
I'm not aware.
Heavy snow...
I am not aware.
Yeah.
Oh, like, yeah, some, you know, those.
OK.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He's very good at that, yeah.
So they're all professionals.
Yeah.
No, like...
No, like...
Not like, I bought a drum set in college and I play it when I have time.
Yeah, yeah.
It's not something, hey, I'm planning to do a live in the void, can you do the drums?
Something like that.
Oh shit.
Yeah, they are professional.
Oh damn.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Wow.
Right.
Have you played with them?
With Yudai and Kei-chan, yes, but not like all together, I haven't rehearsed yet.
Wow.
Yeah, it's just already, that's very exciting, you know, rehearsal would be very fun to me.
Right, right.
Yeah.
Damn.
Right, right, right, right.
And I remember like, I guess that's the last year or like two years ago, you talked about
like my dream and your dream and things like that, and I remember I said, I talked about
my dream and I said, I would love to, it will be very lovely if I could do like the real
live with the real musicians and real band and that's something.
It's coming true.
Yeah, it's coming true, so.
That's right.
Yeah.
Damn.
Damn.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Very.
Well, good luck with that, man.
Yeah, thank you.
Okay.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Last shout out to all the info, info for the concert again.
So you'll be like on December 15th, Ikebukuro, Harebutai, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's the name of the house.
That's the name of the place, yes.
Yeah.
And also the tickets are like, you know, Chusen Kikan was like last, last year, yesterday,
yesterday.
Yesterday?
Yeah.
So, so it's over, but if you didn't make it when this is out, then you're out.
But anyways, yeah.
No live streaming or stuff like that?
I haven't prepared those yet, but yeah.
Got it.
Yeah.
But I think we have like Chusen Kikan, and then some of them will be like canceled or
something.
I see.
So we have like a waiting list.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We have like a second chance.
And anyone can join the waiting list.
Anyone.
山ちゃん初のワンマンライブ決定
Even if they're watching this right now?
Yes, of course.
When it's published.
Of course.
Yes, yes, yes.
All right.
Okay.
So please, can't wait to perform in front of you all.
Damn.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Wow.
Wow.
Good luck with that, man.
Oh yeah.
Oh yeah.
Thank you.
Thank you.
All right.
Wow.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.