0:13 the Fourth Avenue Cafe from Rurouni Kenshin ED 4
0:49 READY STEADY GO from Fullmetal Alchemist OP 2
1:45 Dune by L'Arc-en-Ciel
2:07 Driver's High from Great Teacher Onizuka
2:28 shuffle from Yu-Gi-Oh! OP 2
3:18 OVERLAP from Yu-Gi-Oh! OP 5
4:13 River from Gundam SEED ED 2
Sentimental: "One of the big marks of the loss of identity is nostalgia." - Marshall McLuhan.
Anime music that I listened to in middle school is like the deep core of my musical taste -- delightful Japanese tunes. I wanted to show that delight in songs like Ready Steady Go which indeed are fun to play, but what ended up on video was the 20th take and I'm not as animated. I also never noticed how MUCH L'Arc-en-Ciel I listen to... it's like I forgot them for Asian Kung-Fu. So many other songs I wished to do like Jiyuu e no Shoutai but forgot. The Dune song is for my son who likes it surprisingly (it's a little weird) but w/e I'll play it.
Technical: omg what can I say about 4th ave cafe. I'm not even sure if this guitar part should exist, I can't hear it in the original song. I was challenged by a friend to make my guitar track more prominent but...omg it's SO HARD to get a good tone so I'm chickening out. Maybe I need a real amp and not free Garageband ones. Something up with the interface? Anywho, it's crazy the amount of time I spent increasing the body of the sound without making terrible noise. I'm talking days of going back and redoing the pedalboard. High notes: "Oh I need flange to round it out." Low notes: "Oh EQ picking up too much bass." It's just crazy.
OK. Breathing. Ready Steady Go is likewise pretty fast, so settling for a more basic rhythm. Let's give up on the palm muted tremelos, it's spray and pray. For these songs I need to cut out the entire lower half of EQ frequencies to match the tone. And Driver's High requires a 24th fret...my guitar don't got that. Overall, L'arc is harder to play than AKFG, so respect to the older school.
Shuffle has hard solos that I won't attempt, but otherwise the easiest to record.
