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Translation & Subtitles: thoseguiltyeyes | scandal-heaven.com
Today's video is being brought to you from the rehearsal studio.
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I'm at the studio for solo practice today.
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As usual...
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Oh wait, is this working?
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Not sure if it is.
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I'll get things set up.
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For years now, the four of us have been rehearsing every Wednesday,
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but today I'll be practicing by myself.
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When the four of us practice...
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We practice songs we want to go over.
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We do things that the four of us need to do together.
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It feels different to use your time as you'd like when you practice alone.
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I'm out of breath, even though I haven't done anything.
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I can't decide at all which angle to go with.
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Maybe I'll leave my face out of frame.
(I will)
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First...
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The first thing I'll do...
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is to put my twin pedals together.
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I've been using twin pedals for several years now.
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I don't really use them a lot during songs, especially intense ones, though.
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Since we have a lot of fast songs,
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I use them mainly to do fills.
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Also, it's really tough to make loud sounds with just one leg.
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Twin pedals help.
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I have a lot of things at my feet.
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My set is pretty spread out.
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I actually don't want it to be too crowded up top.
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I don't want it to look too crazy, visually.
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Earlier, HARU and I did a live radio appearance from home,
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for a Hiroshima radio station.
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It was a lot of fun.
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It went by in a flash.
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Doing remote radio appearances has become the norm now.
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It's amazing how fast humans get used to things.
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My unskillfulness is being exposed.
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Is this angle working out?
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In the beginning,
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like I didn't...
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I really didn't know what kind of setup would suit me.
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I always had it done for me,
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though I did have them teach me about it.
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But little by little,
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I started to learn what setup suited me and what sounds were necessary.
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That's why I think one of interesting things about drums
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is that you can customize it to your own settings more and more.
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You can do that for the guitar as well.
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Since this is set up now,
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I'll be putting these at my feet.
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This is what I do on tour:
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I take this pedal
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and put in the pedals I just put together.
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Since I use only one tom drum,
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I will be taking off this other one.
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I'm borrowing these drums from the studio.
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They're not Pearl drums.
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Will they get mad at me for that?
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I of course use Pearl drums when playing live.
(Desperately doing a follow-up)
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I sometimes gets comments like,
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"I want to start playing drums. What should I be doing?"
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It's true that it's really hard to know what to do in the beginning.
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When I started, I didn't have anyone teach me,
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nor did I take a class for it.
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That's why I really understand not knowing what to do.
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At any rate, just try a few out.
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I'm filming right now, but...
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Like...
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There are times when this instrument feels like an uphill struggle,
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not knowing what's best to do.
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But that uphill struggle...
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Hold on...
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I'm out of breath.
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It might be better to pull back a bit.
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Or rather...
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You'll be like, "Oh, that's how it is."
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In the beginning,
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when I first played drums in the studio alone after the band formed,
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I was really surprised at how loud it was.
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I was making those noises myself,
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but it was so intense and resonated within me.
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I felt a little embarrassed to be playing such loud sounds.
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I vividly remember that.
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That was at a studio in Osaka.
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Like, I couldn't drum well and...
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I was embarrassed to be playing such awkward rhythms.
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But I think that by playing the drums,
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you'll know right away if it's the instrument for you or not.
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It'd be nice if those who'd like to try it out just go ahead and do so.
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There's really no right or wrong answer for setting your drums,
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so if you feel good with it,
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or it feels like it's easier to drum,
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or it suits your height...
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Just go with your intuition.
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Change things little by little and adjust them.
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First, for me...
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I guess I'll just go with whatever the person before me set it as.
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I don't get this at all.
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But I think things like that are completely fine.
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It's okay to do whatever you want.
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You'll learn things like at what height is it easier for you to hit the cymbals.
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So it's totally fine [to do whatever you'd like].
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The seat's too high.
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This is so difficult!
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Things like that are typical when setting up,
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but like...
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The part you have to twist is really tough.
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Like, what height was the person who used this before me?
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Though this is a typical thing.
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They're usually up really high.
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It's not coming out.
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I'm going to turn the snare a little towards me.
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This isn't my own set, so all the sizes are different.
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Maybe like this.
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I'm using my own drumsticks.
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(Adjusting what I need to)
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I bought a tripod with me, but it's really hard to see from this angle.
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I don't really know what to do.
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I apologize for that.
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It's kind of dark.
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(Can't believe it gets even darker)
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Is this going to work?
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Tuning...I think tuning is really hard in the beginning.
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I really didn't know what to do.
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The screen's pitch black. Oh well.
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We formed in Kyobashi, Osaka, and always rehearsed there.
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There were musicians playing on the street in front of the station in Kyobashi,
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and I remember asking them what they do for tuning.
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That was so crazy.
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They were probably surprised to be asked that.
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They kindly said that it's different for each person,
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and to just do it as you'd like.
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That definitely is true.
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It's a little too dark here.
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I think it's totally fine to do tuning first.
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Totally by intuition, I'm doing things like tightening things,
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raising the pitch...
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For me, when we play concerts, my roadie sets up all the sounds
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and I just play the drums after that.
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In the beginning, I really didn't know what to do.
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I'd practice without tuning anything.
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Little by little I began to learn things
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like sounds that would clash with HARU's singing.
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If you stick to something, you can pursue it endlessly.
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When you first start out, don't overthink too much.
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Just go with your gut.
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If you don't know what to do,
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just go with the same tuning that the person before you at the studio had.
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You'll get a grasp on things intuitively.
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I've gotten DMs asking me what they should practice first.
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First... What did I do at first?
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Maybe I learned to play an eight-beat rhythm.
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It's really like this...
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Just tap it with your right hand.
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Start off with just your right hand.
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One, two, three, four.
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That's it. Just keep doing that.
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Then on the first beat, add in the kick drum.
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One, two, three, four.
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That's it.
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Then on three, add the snare.
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One, two, three, four.
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I think this was the first thing I tried learning.
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Split them up. Just focus on one at a time.
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Add each little by little.
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I think that's a good way to go about it.
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This has become more of a lesson.
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I can't explain things well at all,
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so this might be hard to understand.
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So yeah, this is what it's like at first.
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Now let's add in some kicks.
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Do that one, two, three, four...
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That might be hard to follow.
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And then add in two kicks.
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Keep repeating simple things like that in the beginning,
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and I think you'll have fun.
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That's how I started out,
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and I think it's probably the same for everyone else.
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There are days when you can't do something
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but then will be able to do it the next day.
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I think doing things like this would be best
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so that you can continue doing so for a long time without coming to dislike it.
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Keep doing it until you're able to do it.
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Everyone is definitely able to.
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Repeating things little by little is good.
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That's about it for today.
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Since I came here to practice...
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I'll be drumming while playing along to the recorded songs,
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and will be doing that until I get it right.
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That's largely how I spend my solo practices.
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I can't post videos of me drumming [to our songs] on YouTube.
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It has to do with copyrights.
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A little while ago during rehearsals,
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I was recording for YouTube and thought it'd be okay to include some of the song,
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but in the end [YouTube] got mad at me for that.
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I'm being tripped up by our own copyright.
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But that is an important thing.
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Please come out to a concert and enjoy my playing in person!
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So yeah, today's vlog was about me going to the studio to do solo practice.
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It would make me happy if those starting out drums
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found this video enjoyable, and that it'll help them continue playing for a long time.
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You'll be fine--you'll totally be able to do it.
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If you stick with it, you'll be able to do anything.
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We're playing concerts in Fukuoka and Hiroshima this weekend.
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I'm really looking forward to them.
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I love both of those cities, so I'm really happy.
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If you'd like to see us and come out to a concert,
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and it fits in with your schedule,
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I'd love for you to come out.
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Let's see each other!
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We'll be waiting!
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That's it for today's video.
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Thanks for watching until the end!
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See you at the venues! Bye bye!