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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.[br]-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?[br]-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.[br]-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.[br]-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."[br]-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.[br]-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 <i>can't</i> do things.

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-You don't know about them.[br]-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.[br]-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?[br]-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.[br]-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 <i>that</i> 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.[br]-It's awesome.

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-RINA, which guitar do you like?[br]-I can choose one?[br]-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.[br]-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.[br]-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.[br]-Right? It really is.

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-It looks a bit retro.[br]-If you look closely...

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Yeah, it looks a little different.

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-It has a nice luster.[br]-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.[br]-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.[br]-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?[br]-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!