2013年10月28日月曜日

Cafe Beulmans

昨日は成城学園前にある『Cafe Beulmans』という居心地の良いヨーロパにあるようなカフェでじめてソロライブをやりました。柔らかい音のあるアップライトヤマハピアノで演奏しました。20人ぐらいが入って、一番最初から一番最後までずっと真剣に聞いてくれて、ピアニストにとって最高の雰囲気でした。いつもよりピアノの近くにお客さんが座っていて、最初に本の少し緊張していたのですが、すぐ慣れて本当に楽しい演奏でした。出来るだけに口ずさむ声を大きく出さないようにしていたのですが、時々音楽にのって無意識に声が出たと思います。
ここでまたライブが出来ればとても良いと思います。
来てくれたお客さんの皆さんありがとうございました!

I played a solo show yesterday at a very cozy Cafe called Cafe Beulmans that looks like a cafe belongs in Europe. I played on a Yamaha Upright piano that had a very soft and warm sound. About 20 people came and from my first note to my last note they listened with a lot of intensity. It was a great atmosphere to perform in. There were a lot of people sitting much closer to the piano than I am used to and at first I was a little nervous but I got used to it really quickly and had a great time. Because people were so close to the piano I tried hard not to hum as loud as usual but I couldn't help it at certain times during the show. I definitely want to play here again.
Thank you so much to everyone who made it last night!

Enjoy the very artistic photos that the owner took last night.







2013年10月26日土曜日

Center Kita Music Festival

今日は軽音楽でリフレッシュ!2013演奏しました。
先月台風の影響でキャンセルされたライブがあったので、今朝起きた時に台風の影響で今日のライブもキャンセルされるのかなと思ったのですが、幸運にキャンセルされなかったです。朝の雨は激しかったですが、12時ぐらいから雨が落ち着いて、僕が演奏した時に天気が割と良い感じになりました。素敵な広場で行われる予定だったのですが、雨だったので、駅ビルの中に行われました。今朝にお客さんが来るかどうか心配していたのですが、僕の生徒さんの家族と知り合いとお会い出来たことないかたもたくさん来てとても喜んでいました。演奏中にあつく興奮してくれてとても嬉しかったです。
僕は砂漠から来たので、今月の雨に本当にいやになってきました。これから良い天気になると良いですね。

Today I played at a music festival in Yokohama. Last month I had a gig get cancelled because of a typhoon and because there was a typhoon approaching Tokyo this morning I was really worried this gig might get cancelled too but fortunately they went ahead as planned. This morning the rain was really pouring down but by around 12pm it cleared up and by the time I performed it was halfway decent weather. I was supposed to perform at a nice outdoor plaza but because of the rain they moved the event inside the station building. When I woke up this morning I was really worried that no one would show up in this weather but thankfully my students and their families, friends and fans plus many people I have never met before came. They also really got into my performance which makes it so much fun to play.
Being from the desert I am not used to the amount of rain we have had in Tokyo this past month or so. I really hope we get a break from it and get some nice sunny weather for a little while.






2013年10月25日金曜日

Kawaguchi Lake

今週久しぶりに河口湖でバス釣りに行ってきました。小さい時から父と兄とよく釣りに行っていたのですが、日本に来てから釣りに行く機会が少なくなりました。天気は最悪だったのですが、久しぶりにバスを釣れて凄く楽しかったです!めちゃデカイのを釣りかけたけど。河口湖のバスプロ(柴田さん)に案内してもらって、凄く良いガイドでした。彼も僕についてブログを書いてくれました。良かったら読んで下さい
釣りの他にいやしの里ねんば、忍野村や西湖に行ってきました。富士山の近くずっと行ったけど、一瞬(10秒)ぐらいしか見えなかったです。それなのに最高の旅でした!

This week I went fishing for the first time in a while to Kawaguchi Lake. When I was little I used to go fishing all the time with my dad and my brother but since coming to Japan I haven't had many chances to go. The weather was terrible but it was so much fun to catch a bass after such a long time. I had a chance to catch a really big one but unfortunately it got away. I was guided by a bass pro named Mr. Shibata and he was awesome! He even wrote a blog about me on his blog. Check it out if you like.
In addition to the fishing trip I did some other sight seeing around Mt Fuji although because the weather was terrible the entire time I wasn't able to see Mt. Fuji except for a miraculous 10 seconds where the clouds moved just enough to see it. In spite of the bad weather it was a great trip!

Not the big one that got away but still fun to catch!

Iyashinosatonenba
いやしの里ねんば

忍野村
Oshinomura