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Translation & Subtitles: thoseguiltyeyes | scandal-heaven.com
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Hello, I'm SCANDAL's vocalist HARUNA.
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I'm bassist TOMOMI.
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I'm guitarist MAMI.
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I'm drummer RINA.
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For "Start Your Journey!", so far we've brought you videos for those who want to start playing guitar and bass.
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-RINA is also making an appearance in this one.
-Thanks for having me.
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All of us in SCANDAL will be bringing you today's video.
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Since we're all here,
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this video will be about the appeal of bands.
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Well, once you start playing an instrument,
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the best part is practicing together with all of your instruments.
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It's the most fun.
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So, we'll also be talking a little about ourselves too.
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Our band was formed 15 years ago.
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Do you remember the first time all of us went to the studio 15 years ago?
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-Do you remember?
-Or rather, do you remember the first time we played music?
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We're a bit of a special case.
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We came together at a dance training school,
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There weren't any soundproof rooms in the school.
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We borrowed a room that was designated as a DJ booth.
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At first I was playing electric drums and you guys all had your own instruments.
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I think the first time we played together was in that room.
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-It didn't feel like we were playing explosive sounds at first.
-That's true.
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When we went into the studio and started playing,
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we didn't know how to use amps either.
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We set all of the volumes at 12.
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We did.
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That's because we thought it'd be good for a band to make super powerful sounds.
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It felt good the first time we made really powerful sounds.
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For sure.
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The instruments were so loud that they were drowning out the mics.
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-It also took forever to set things up.
-It did.
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At the time, there was a whiteboard in the studio,
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and I think we started off by writing the name of the band on it.
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We did do that!
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Things like that were a lot of fun.
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-Like, "Ah, we're a band."
-It really set in.
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It didn't matter if we weren't good at playing loud sounds--
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it was like we had what we needed to be a cool band.
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-It made us happy, at any rate.
-Yeah.
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We talked a little about it when we were introducing what a guitar is,
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but you're only taking in things when you're starting out,
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so you don't feel like you can't do things.
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-You don't know about them.
-Yeah.
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For us it was like, "If we can just play one song from start to finish, we've basically got it."
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That alone felt like a sense of accomplishment, which was awesome.
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-I think it's very important to feel that way.
-It is.
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It's like we could keep going because of that.
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Like, "Instruments are so cool and so much fun!"
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It's really motivating to see your band members working hard.
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Getting to that point is one of the great things about being a band.
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There continue to be many videos like these released online,
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so there are also a lot of environments in which you can practice solo.
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But since you're working this hard in the first place, we'd like you to try putting together a band if possible.
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Over the past four volumes,
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we've introduced all kinds of guitars and basses.
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We can't introduce any drums since Fender doesn't make drums,
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but we do have a song that RINA plays guitar on.
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Yes.
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-You like guitars, don't you?
-I love them!
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We have a song called "Oyasumi" that I wrote the lyrics and music for,
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and which I also do lead vocals on.
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It's a song that we only play during very special times.
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So, I basically only practice guitar when we put that song in a setlist.
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But I love the guitar,
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and I love watching guitarists when I attend concerts.
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I really like the guitar.
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-You've always said that.
-I have.
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They're just so cool, and you do admire what you can't do.
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To put it simply, it's so cool when powerful sounds are played.
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It feels like you go numb when you hear it.
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What made you want to play the guitar for "Oyasumi"?
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When the song was made,
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I was to be the one to sing it and would have more of a spotlight on me,
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so to follow through with that, the four of us would play stringed instruments--
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We talked about how it'd be interesting to have a song where the four of us would stand at the front of the stage.
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I didn't know if I could do it since I never played the guitar before,
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but I thought I should try it since the opportunity came along.
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Completing that song was a big factor.
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We've only played it a handful of times live,
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so when RINA comes out from her drum set,
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the audience is like, "Ah, maybe they'll play that song."
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This song has that excitement to it,
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and it's also a special song.
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-There are a lot of guitars behind us today.
-It's awesome.
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-RINA, which guitar do you like?
-I can choose one?
-Yes.
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The guitar that I own is also a Telecaster.
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I really like the colors of these two behind me.
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They're very cute and retro.
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-They're cool.
-Right? I like these two in particular.
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Appearance is very important when choosing which guitar to go with.
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-It is important since you don't know anything at first.
-You're not knowledgeable sound-wise at all at first,
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so it's completely fine to start off being like,
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"This looks cool and I really like it."
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That's what we've been saying in these videos.
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Sounds good.
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I'm holding one of the guitars I chose earlier.
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-It's cute.
-Right? It really is.
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-It looks a bit retro.
-If you look closely...
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Yeah, it looks a little different.
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-It has a nice luster.
-Does it have a pearl finish on the back?
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Yeah, I think it might have some pearl in it.
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-It's pretty.
-It also has binding on it.
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So cute.
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I like it.
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Since the four of us are here,
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let's play some music.
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-Sounds good.
-So...
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There's only one thing to do when a band gets together.
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But since we don't have a drum set today,
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we've brought a cahon along instead.
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It's perfect to play in an acoustic setting.
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We've been playing acoustic arrangements at recent concerts too,
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so today we'll be performing with that same kind of atmosphere.
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The four of us will be playing our song "eternal."
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First, what's the rhythm on the cajon like?
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It's a simple 8-beat.
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-Is it okay to try it out?
-Yeah.
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That's basically what it is.
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And as for the bass...
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Just like the cajon...
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That's what it's like.
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And I play simple chords.
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Those are the chords I play.
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And on top of that...
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I do single note arpeggios.
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That's what I'll play.
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All of those make up the song,
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so all four of us will be playing those together.
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Since this is the last volume, I'll add vocals to make it special.
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This is "eternal."
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♪ Emitting a dazzling light ♪
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♪ A shower of love pours down ♪
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♪ Please, set your heart free ♪
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♪ Reach for a gentle world ♪
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That was "eternal."
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That was an acoustic arrangement of it.
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How was it?
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I hope you can feel the delight of overlapping band sounds within a short period of time.
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In this series we did videos featuring two guitars, and one guitar and one bass,
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but when rhythm is involved, it gives it a completely different feel.
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I hope this conveyed how fun it is to be a band.
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How was it?
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MAMI made the first appearance.
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It really was informative for us too, being people who learned how to play the guitar from scratch,
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and getting the band together in this video gives this series a feeling of closure.
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It was a lot of fun.
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TOMO talked about the bass in detail.
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For us as well, there are things that you understand by putting them into words again.
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There are a lot of those.
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It was also refreshing to look back on Fender's history.
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and since we don't usually talk about these things more than once,
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this was fun to do.
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So, please look back on these videos and find some like-minded friends.
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Find a bassist, guitarist, and drummer and play some music together as a band.
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That's all for "Start Your Journey!"
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This has been SCANDAL's vocalist HARUNA, bassist TOMOMI, guitarist MAMI, and drummer RINA.
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Bye bye!
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See you later!