Japanese Band Musician Chat

English Transcript

I am Saya

from Tokyo

I don’t feel the distance
to Melbourne now Amazing

You don’t feel the distance?
That’s a good thing.

It’s nice.

So you don’t feel that distance too much.

Yes, very close.

I got the

hello

good evening

Sorry for being late, Peter.

That’s okay, no worries.

Oh, good.

That was good, Sota is in time.

yes

Let’s go.
yes

listenable radio

Have you just come back from the tour?

oh, yes!

I just got back from Kansai.

Kansai, yeah.

Where in Kansai?

Osaka

Koyasan, Nara

It’s called the Coffee Festival.

I was watching something interesting and
then I went to Osaka, Imanomiya,

Nishinari, a little closer to
Namba, closer to Daikokucho.

Only one day in Kyoto on the way.

Kamogawa River, Yoshida Mountain

I went.

I want to go to the Kamogawa.

I knew you’d say that.

Nice.

How many times did you
do all of them in total?

Live?

I did about five of them.

About five?

So you were there for about
a week? Oh, yeah, a week.

this (something or someone close to the

speaker (including the speaker),
or ideas expressed by the speaker)

You know, during Corona when you’re
doing something like that…

Call me crazy, butWell, something.

I feel like I’m doing what I
can within that context, so

But it’s amazing.

At a time like this, you’re
free to move like that.

is amazing.

Look at it from here.
Yeah.

It just so happens that Something
like two of them are outdoors.

do to a great distance

It’s an event we did.

One is a very small place.

It’s a small, privately owned
shop, so really 20 people.

limit

So there are many events and live
performances events and live performances?

You’re doing a small one.

It’s not much, but it’s there.

Not as many as before.

Maybe less.

The good thing about it is that every

single thing seems to be
incredibly important.

There are also.

that way (direction distant from
the speaker, close to the listener)

How about Melbourne?

No, it’s pretty much settled over here.

I won’t say until it’s almost gone.

Melbourne has had zero
cases for over a month.

Oh, yeah.
That’s what I’m talking about.

Australia as a whole.

You need some?

There might be a few, but it’s
already in the single digits.

perhaps the whole country

Even on a national scale.

Maybe there is a difference in season.

Japan and.

that is

There may be a little bit of that, but I
don’t want to say that I stopped trying.

I did my best.

The lockdown was so long.

Melbourne About 3 months

It’s more like a city blockade.

When you can’t get out quite as much.

It was very difficult for everyone.

It was very hard.

In barely a month

It’s now zero.

We’re all a little relieved.

I think the largest number
was about 800 people a day.

At its peak.

That’s great.

Well, that’s how it is in an island

country, with restrictions
on airplanes and so on.

So that’s what lockdown does
if you try hard enough.

It’s like.

I’m surprised, too.

I didn’t see this coming.

I was already 800 and
I thought I was done.

One more person.

One more person.

It’s the darkest part of the story.

Who?

Oh, Yuko.

I’m Yuko.

it’s been a while (since I
last saw, mailed, etc., you)

Good morning.
Good morning.

It’s been a long time.

Yuko just woke up, didn’t she?

Oh, no.

I’m sorry for interrupting.

No, we were just talking
about something sobering.

Yeah, good.

It’s getting dark now.

Oh, yeah.

How are you?

Vigor.

Long time no see.

Long time no see.

How are you?

Yes, I’m fine.

Really?

Good.

I used to do a lot of gigs.

yes

How’s that?

I’m thinking something good right now.

I thought you might.

Yuko’s not on social media.
Yes.

That’s what it takes to survive
if you don’t make it live.

That’s right.

So, you know, e-mails and stuff.
Yeah, like texting.

And for everyone to hear

And you put your work on it.

Yes, yes.
Thank you very much.

You know what, Tateishi-kun?

At first, I was going to
do a radio show with Yuko.

yesWe filmed a radio show together.

Did you go as far as you took
it? That’s as far as I got.

Yes.

And I asked him back and
said, “This is a little bit.

We were cutting back and forth,
like, “Cut here, cut here.

It’s like everything was cut.

I was wondering what I was going to do

with it when it was put
in storage, but then Saya

Then tell me you did it.

I thought you were working
with Tateishi-san.

I guess we’re too close for comfort.

Yeah, they laugh all the time like this.

Something in particular. Oh, yeah

So I’m happy for you.

A dream come true.
yes

It was really good.

I hope you get out and get it though.

I want you to get it.

You’re out.

Mr. Ikema

Do you feel like you’re
not out yet? I’m not.

now and then

Oh, it’s so often.

Really? Thank you.

Because I listen to the radio
that can listen with it.

I listen to it with regret.

Then I hope you’ll send
a letter or something.

Oh, sure.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I’m listening to you honestly.
Come on, next time.

I’m going to be a little
selective with the rejected ones.

Let’s flush it.
Let’s flush it.

Oh, it’s still there.

It’s possible

Yes, it’s at Saya’s house.
Was it Dutt?

It’s a really neat recording,
shot like a music recording.

Yes, I’ll be doing music as
well, but in a live format.

Oh, yes.

Yeah, that’s right. I’m sorry to

interrupt, but Peter is
in Australia, right?

Yeah, I’m in Australia.

I mean, we’ve been talking about it
for a while, but live and over here

It’s not back yet.

Yeah, like secretly.

It’s not like we’re related.

No, I don’t think so much.

I haven’t heard that myself.

Maybe you’re doing it somewhere else.

I heard we’re down to zero.

The onset says there’s
been zero for a month.

So it’s amazing that they don’t do it.

That’s why I thought the country
handled it so differently.

I think so.
a lot

Maybe we have to do it
somewhere, and so does Japan.

No, but it’s great that
everyone’s getting gigs.

I think it’s great.

It’ll be an encouragement for everyone.

But I’d love to hear about Saya’s album.

New Home

It was so good.

Really?

It’s a crazy good album.

Pretty much all my friends say it’s good.
Oh, yeah.

He said it was nice.

It’s a masterpiece.
lie

Something like that.

I’ve been working on that
since about three years ago.

I feel like I’ve been left alone.

Or run aground.

It was written.
that’s right

That’s why I thought it would be
a good idea to release it now.

That’s not a recent song.

Something like home also
means hometown, right?

There is, isn’t there?

Yes, there is.

therefore

That word “new home”

From Fukushima.

I happened to meet someone from
Hiroshima who had moved to the area.

I’ve been talking to him and everything.

It has a lot of meanings.

The word “new home”.

You mean other people’s stories?

It’s all about me.

It’s something that
involves a lot of people.

It can also be taken to
mean something lighter, so

It’s something like that.

All the songs have nu.

Hey, it’s almost on.

But not all of them.

I’m looking at it right now.

There’s birds and sunflowers and stuff.

Why didn’t you make it a new bird?

difficult to speak about

But English is the new bird.

Yuko, did you hear that?

Of course. What are you doing?

I’ve been listening to you all day.

That’s right.

I heard you earlier.

something or other

It’s true.

It’s kind of unrelated.

Yesterday, we held the second Nekiru
Meaching event with 10 people.

We did it at a place
called Kokutair in Koenji.

For the first time, a girl named Numata

Yoshimiko wrote her own
songs by herself like that.

It was my first time to play.
oh! (startled)

Also, wow.

I thought I had done a fresher
project, but he did it.

I was watching that when
Yuko first came to me.

Ah!
It reminded me of the time I played.

It’s true.

Yes, I was also told by Saya that there

was a choir called Undora,
what, more than five years ago?

When I was playing with the
Tennis Coats, Saya-san told me

I’m there, too.

That wasn’t five years ago or anything.
More, sir.

Wasn’t it about ten years ago?

grandfather’s daughter

So Yuko and I

He said, “If you want to do something,

I’ll put together a live show for
you and you can write a song.

And then Saya-san said, like

They set up a gig at my
old Magikick office.

We did it, didn’t we?
That’s why I started there.