Kabukicho Street Live

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Kabukicho Street Liveという
歌舞伎町タワーが公認でやってる
路上ライブがあるというのを知って
新曲の宣伝がてら参戦してきました

天気がそこまでよくなかったのは残念でしたが
ゆっくり聴いてくれた人もいて
嬉しかったですね！

本当にありがとう！

I found out about Kabukicho Street Live, an officially approved street-live event by Kabukicho Tower,
so I decided to jump in while promoting a new song.
The weather wasn’t great, which was a bit of a shame,
but some people stopped and really listened,
and that honestly made me very happy.

Thank you so much.

おそらく未来永劫塗り替えられないであろう
日本で一番売れた曲ということもあって
昔から事あるごとに歌ってきた曲ですが
音域が下から上までレンジが広いというのもあって
なかなかキーの選定が上手くいかなくて
個人的に歌唱スタイルを大きく改良している
最中というのもあったんだけれども
原曲のGメジャーに対して
〜2021 はDbメジャー
2021〜2022はDメジャー
2022〜2025はBメジャーで
けっこう低くしてたんだけど
本番になると冒頭がどうも息が続かなくて
この前たまたま弾き語りのアカウントで
Ebメジャーでやったらしっくりきたんだよな

そんなわけで音源はLuxury Hayamaのときに
BメジャーでLIVEでやったときのなんだけど
無理やりトランスポーズで+4して作りました
良い感じにモジュレーションがかかって
これはこれでいいかなと笑

でも本当はもっとサビのところは
ハスキーなハーフファルセットくらいで歌う方が
切ないだろうね
LIVEになるとどうしても不安で張ってしまう
雑念はいかんね

This song is probably the best-selling song in Japan—one that will never be surpassed—
so I’ve been singing it on many occasions for years.
Because it has such a wide vocal range from low to high,
I’ve always struggled with finding the right key.
On top of that, I’m in the middle of making major changes to my singing style,
so it’s been even trickier.
Compared to the original key of G major:
– up to 2021, I sang it in D♭ major
– from 2021 to 2022, in D major
– from 2022 to 2025, in B major
I’d lowered it quite a bit,
but when it came to live performances, I kept running out of breath in the opening.
Recently, I happened to try it in E♭ major on my acoustic performance account,
and it suddenly felt right.
So the audio you’re hearing is actually from a live performance at Luxury Hayama,
originally done in B major,
but I force-transposed it up by +4.
It ended up with a nice sense of modulation,
so I figured, well, this works too (laugh).
Ideally, though, I think the chorus would feel more bittersweet
if I sang it with a husky, half-falsetto tone.
When it’s live, I still get anxious and end up pushing my voice.
Those unnecessary thoughts really get in the way.

Set List
1.Free/Dan Mitchel
2.Melty Kiss/Dan Mitchel
3.My Heart Is Still On Her/Dan Mitchel
4.Arrogance/Dan Mitchel
5.Sunshine/Dan Mitchel
6.First Love/Hikaru Utada
7.I Will Always Love You/Whitney Houston
8.When I Think Of You…/Dan Mitchel
9.My Love/Dan Mitchel
10.Generation/Dan Mitchel
11.Beautiful Minds/Dan Mitchel
12.Welcome Home at Sweet Christmas/Dan Mitchel
13.Bye/Dan Mitchel