伊平屋島 Iheya Island ... Filming

本島でしばらくドライブしてからフェリー。

After a long drive on the mainland Okinawa island we got on the ferry to Iheya island

到着はかなりワクワクした。
撮影チームの Ichi と Tatsuro も見ての通り、盛り上がってます。
The team Ichi and Tatsuro were definitely psyched to finally arrive. Especially in such awesome weather.







メチャクチャ海は綺麗。

山も綺麗。

Everything is strikingly beautiful... but

しかし、暑すぎる。
もう撮影をするのがギリギリな感じ、、、、

it's very very hot. Too hot to be singing in such weather mid-day....





今日はいいカットがたくさんとれたから、明日も頑張る！

we got some nice shots today so in a few hours we'll be leaving for some more takes!!

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撮影の為に沖縄へ！ On to Okinawa for the video shoot!

昨日は夜に沖縄に向った。

今回の映像は久しぶりの新曲でもあり、新しいミュージックビデオの撮影にもなる。





Last night we headed out to Okinawa. This'll be our first new song in a while, and also our first new music video since Departure.



At the airport we ran into some trouble however.... the batteries for the helicopter slowed us down at security.




空港ではかなり時間をロスした。
ヘリのバッテリーが引っかかって、、、なんとかギリギリ搭乗できた！

We had some trouble but got on the plane in time.... Embarrassing delaying the whole flight, but made it on.







Now we're off to the island from the mainland.

さて、今これから離島に向かいます！


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今日は撮影準備を頑張る。Preparing for the film shoot next week

最近は涼しくてサイクリングもしやすい！

The weather has been rainy these days... but it's been cool so that's a major plus!

Today I was lucky to get some sun while cycling to the office.


今回の撮影で大活躍をするカメラ、mv1です。

かなり個性的な撮影を
The Lo-Fi のDeparture を撮影したチームでやります！



So here are some of the cameras and memory cards that we are going to use for this shoot. BTW the MV1 doesn't use the large SD card....





Also these are batteries.... pretty large batteries. It's a surprise what we are going to use them for!!!


今回は色んな機材があります。その中でも、このバッテリー。どうやって持っていくのか結構悩みました、、、なんに使うかはまだ秘密です！



どんなビデオになるか本当に楽しみだ。

really looking forward to the shoot. It should be a really cool video once we finish it.


In the meantime here's the video we made last time:

Departure

http://youtu.be/_jtAPUct_XM

すごく撮影が楽しみだ。前回作成したビデオは上のリンクです。


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今日はライブ Show tonight in Shibuya

今夜はこのライブをやります！

Tonight in Shibuya!!!








We've got REDDYO on Keyboards tonight!

今夜はREDDYOが鍵盤をやります！

8/21
NO STYLE (Shibuya)

http://nostyle2003.com

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DUCATI Event visit

The other day I had some time to ride out to a Ducati event!

Met up with some good friends and also helped with my friend with his Alpinestars Booth.

It’s great to get out sometimes and enjoy the heat!

 

久しぶりのプチツーリングだった。

友達にも会えたし、なんだか暑い夏だけど気持ちのよい日だった！

さて、来週はライブが楽しみ！

先日のライブの写真 Photos up from some recent shows

All the issues that were making me pretty busy related to the accident have settled down. Now I’ll probably have some more work to do after Ive completed all of my rehabilitation. It’s really strange but after long hours on the desk my left hand is really numb. (My muscles work fine, but the sensation on the outside of my hand get’s really tingly… ) Doc says I’ll be fine with more rehabilitation so.. oh well!

Here’s some photos from my recent shows with Lo-Fi and also with me and Yosh playing for other musicians.

最近は少し落ち着いて来て、事故の話も通院が終るまで特に進展はなさそう。

リハビリの状況としては結構調子は良くなっているが、デスクに長い時間向き合っているとやっぱり左手がしびれてくる。これは神経の問題じゃなくて、筋肉の問題？らしい。ま、という事できっと気付いたら治っているでしょ。。。

前にfacebookだけでアップロードした写真をブログでも紹介しようかと。

逗子ビーチ近くにある海の家／オープンカフェレストランの Surfer’s でやったライブの写真です！

 

This here photo is from the Beach House near Zushi beach called SURFERS

昔の仕事の後輩にもあえたし、なんか音楽を沢山する一日だった。

 

The Lo-Fiのステージ前には大好きなギタリストの Aoさんや　Hannaと一緒にジャムもした

 

This photo is us jamming with Hanna and AO

別会場で、違うスタイルのライブサポートも！

これは渚小屋のオープンカフェです：

Earlier that day we also did a show supporting Jerome in his project “Poetic License"

 

久しぶりにまたノリと一緒にやったライブ（六本木）の写真：

Photos from the Roppongi show

Status update!

Got to the hospital in early enough in the morning so I don’t have to wait too long. It should be the last time I have to visit the doctor for a while now!



Bones mended and my neck with almost full mobility, things are looking much much better.






Considering how I started out... Things are looking good.

Actually a lot things happened and I’m really pleased that I was able to see the best in the people around me in a challenging time for me. Thank you all for the warm support. I hope I can repay you when I get back to work.

A long pending project that I've been super excited about has finally gotten the “go-sign”.

I know it’ll be really challenging but I am sure that our team will create something really really special! I'm excited that we got the funding to make this cool work a reality!

On another note, I did achieve my goal of successfully standing and performing for that show last week. This week I've also got some shows.



With Lo-Fi I’ll be doing our first beach house gig on the 6th Sunday at the Zushi Surfer’s beach house! We’ll be performing around 19:30.



Before that I’ll be playing bass and Yosh will be on drums for the ambient blues band “kneedraggers” on the same stage. Earlier in the day we’ll also be performing for The Poetic License on the same beach. Tonight I’ll be playing bass for The Poetic License at the Crawfish.

Hope to see everyone at our show!


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