Still working on the Summer 2008 project. The vocals are almost all done and the rest of the instruments will be finished after that. I think I'll try adding some old sound clips in the background of some of the songs to see how it sounds.

Lately I've been playing around with learning how to use the (relatively) new <canvas> tag in HTML. I guess it's kind of like using Flash... but it's more like old graphics programming on a computer. I'm liking it... as long as most people can see the results of what <canvas> can do. It's nothing yet, but here's an example of what I've been working on lately if you are curious: Canvas Demo (animate.html). Here's another example: Tree Demo 1.

Also, I volunteered to have my hosting server moved to a newer server a couple of weeks ago and it seems like the move went smoothly! The hosting is provided by Dreamhost.

I'm working on some little changes in how this website looks over the next month or so... somehow or other it's taking longer than I thought it would...

I've been playing around with LilyPond this past week for score-writing. I'm obviously still learning because of the time it is taking to relearn musical note values and LilyPond commands. But all in all it's a nice program (especially for being free software.) Despite the relatively steep learning curve, LilyPond manages to be easier to use than GUI score-writing editors like Finale or Sibelius because you can just treat the score as if you are building a website in a text editor rather than Dreamweaver.

If you're interested in getting LilyPond, it can be found here: LilyPond

And if you happen to be using Mac OS X 10.5 you could try using the LilyPond music file compile script I've been using lately called "ligo". (Lily Go) All it does is allow you to have a setup like LilyPad (a convenient LilyPond editor that seems to no longer be an active project,) but in the text editor of your choice. For example, here's a screenshot of my setup. The script is run from the Terminal (or command line.)

If you're interested in "ligo" here's a link to the script: ligo.sh Or you can find it in the Toolbox ...

This past summer has passed by far too quickly. Summer is already over and I am still slowly working on getting the summer album done for this year. It's made up of songs that document a little of my summer among other things. If it works out I plan on making this album a little more complete-sounding as far as the music goes. I don't care so much about the music as the content but I don't want it to be so hard to listen to just because the music is not professional. I also don't want my music to become a way to promote myself. When I decided to start this website I wasn't sure if I should even use my name as the web address. That in itself is self-promotion! But I decided to leave it so that people I meet can find it if they are interested.

今年の夏はもう過ぎ去ってちょっとさびしい僕は少しずつ次のCDアルバムを録音中です。今回のアルバムは自分がこの夏などの中で、経験したことに集中するアルバムです。音楽的に言えば、今回は前の簡単なギター・ピアノとボーカルしかないアルバムと比べると、もっと完全なアルバムを作りたいと思っています。作曲するのには音楽より、曲の内容は本当に大切なところだと思う僕は、面白くない音楽のせいで聞きたくないアルバムを作りたくないんですから、今回はちょっとドラムもベースも入ってた方がいいかなと思っていますから。あと、自分は作曲を通して、何の誉めてくださることにもほしくないですね。かえって、神様を賛美したい！じゃ、よろしくおねがいします。

The Color Emotion album is finally done. I'm so tired of this project. It's a side project that I started on earlier this year but didn't make much progress until about May of this year. It's mostly a project focused on getting a better grasp on writing songs in Japanese that convey more of what I want to say. The main idea of this album is to put colors to emotions and try to convey through words and music that relationship. Enjoy.

Been working on mixing and mastering the Color Emotion side project lately. It's almost mastered and hopefully will be done before the trip.

The new album, Wind Trails is out. Thanks to Andrew N. for how nice the quality of the album sounds! You can download it here. The theme of this Spring album is transition. How I'm changing (slowly,) and how life is changing around me. Spiritually, I hope I'm changing for the better and I hope that that change will someday be reflected in my everyday life as well. I hope it can encourage you somehow.

Welcome, welcome.