Great Moments of Inspiration

On a nice and warm Sunday in October, I was invited by my band mate, Claude (Thaddius) to play in his acoustic set with (photo from left to right) Katz a.k.a Fucchie (perc.), Toshi (bass), Chip (perc.) at his base station, Marumigaoka-Onsen.

As always, Claude just named some songs we could probably play together right before the show. I am sure, although we had not rehearsed together, we were able to weave out pretty nice and groovy music. Yes, even with the artists I've met for the first time (Chip and Toshi this time right on the stage), we can always build something great as long as we keep inspiring one another. This is what I believe live music is about!

Cheers, Claude, it's always fun to join you (and for getting the piano tuned).

10月の温かい日曜日、バンド仲間のClaude (Thaddius) に呼ばれて、Katz（フッチー・perc.）、Toshi (bass)、Chip (perc.)と一緒に、彼のホームステージ丸美が丘温泉でアコースティクライブに参加。

いつもどおり、ステージ直前にClaudeがこのメンバーでできそうな曲をチョイス。リハーサルなし。でも、なかなかいいノリだった。お互いに刺激し合っていれば、初対面のアーチスト（ChipとToshiはステージで）とでさえ、いい音楽ができる。これがライブの醍醐味。

Claude、いつも楽しい時間（と調律）をどうもっす。

(photo by M-Jane)

The Circle's Christmas 2009

The Circle will come back to "Great Country Festival" again. Surrounded by those good ol' soft and smooth local country musicians, Broncos and Chuck Wagon, are we really going to rock again? Well, let's see how we groove with a special guest singer, Yuma, who was featured in my previous post.

This blurry photo is from this year's organic summer solstice festival, (from right to left) Choppa (bass), Dan (drums), Yohei (guitar), Claude (vocal, guitar) and me (key), on the truck bed stage built by Ben.

I do hope we will see you having fun at Rancho El Paso on Saturday, the 12th of December.

The Circleがまた「グレートカントリーフェスティバル」に帰ってくる。あの懐かしくて優しい音を奏でる地元カントリーミュージシャンのブロンコスとチャックワゴンに囲まれて、またロックしちゃうのだろうか？今年はゲストシンガーのYuma（前のブログ参照）も加わり、どうなるかお楽しみに。

今年の夏至まつりからのブレブレ写真は、Benの手によるトラックの荷台のステージで、右から Choppa (bass), Dan (drums), Yohei (guitar), Claude (vocal, guitar) そして私 (key)。

12/12（土）、ランチョ・エルパソでぜひお楽しみを。