Sunday, September 17, 2006

 SEPTEMBER
Current mood:  grateful


Hi everyone

I can't believe its September. Time flies…… it fucking flies.

Well, first of all, I want to thank the people who came to see me at Otakon.

It was so nice to see you all there. I also want to thank the staff who took
care of me out there.

Since X-Japan's last live show, except on a few occasions, I've pretty much
been stuck in the studio in L.A.

I don't know what it is, but you guys make me wanna perform.



I'm not talking just about the people at Otakon; I'm talking about all of my
friends and fans. You guys make me wanna be on stage……. make me wanna stay
in this world….. You'll see how dark my lyrics are when we release Violet
UK's first album.

Since  X-Japan's last album, I haven't really put my feelings out there
lyrically.

Some of the lyrics of VUK's songs could be the darkest I've ever written………
 anyway, when I was in Baltimore, I ate a lot of crab cakes. I'm allergic to
shellfish sometimes, but….. so what…… they tasted so good.

For two days I ate crab cakes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Crab cakes
and so many sweet fans make me wanna go back again……. At the same time I
felt so bad that we had such a limited time to do the autograph session.

I'm very sorry….really sorry…..for the people who waited in line for such a
long time, but still couldn't get one.

I wanna go to these kind of conventions again, maybe Europe next time.

Well….. I guess I should first finish VUK's album, which I've been recording
for too long. I'm trying everything….. absolutely everything to complete the
album,……. I just can't say "when"…… yet.

It's really hard……really, really hard to compromise if you have a perfect
vision when you write the score. It's hard to match the real world with
what's in my head.



When I compose I just write the score on a piece of  paper, rarely do I use a
musical instrument.

At that time I can hear everything in my head. It's almost completed…….
Then I'll go to the studio and put the real sounds such as drums, guitar,
strings, etc….. to disk.

The real world sucks,… imagination is better,…. at least to me,…. when it
comes to my music.

But sometimes I get chills during the recording sessions. A few weeks ago, we
did some tracking with a singer Katie on a song called "Asphyxia" that was
amazing…… the song.... the voice…… everything was perfect. I don't know
what it was, but the song really hit me.

I'm blessed to have a singer like her, as well as the other singers for VUK.

Maybe my life isn't as bad as I thought.….. I guess I should stop typing now
and get back to work in the studio.

Thank you all for being so supportive. I love you!!!





YOSHIKI





PS

Guess what I'm eating?

……………strawberries!!...... which I'm also allergic to (pretty often).

Oh… regarding "Blue Butterfly", the song I just recorded for a Hollywood
movie that will be released next year.

They asked me not to reveal the name yet…… sorry……..

(But Pink is in it.)