One Ok Rock

One Ok Rock is a four piece band from Japan. It is made up by Taka, Toru, Ryota, and Tomoya. They play emotional rock, alternative rock, and mixture rock. Most lyrics are written by Taka, and he is also the vocalist of the band. His voice is one of the reason why they are so popular among Japanese youth. Toru is the guitarist of the band, and also the leader. Ryota is the bass guitarist, and Tomoya is the drummer of the band. They active in the United States now so that some people might know the band already. My favorite song by them is C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h. I hope you guys will like it.

Galileo Galilei part 2

I really enjoy writing about my favorite band, Galileo Galilei. Last week, I wrote their profile so that this week will be about their musical style. They usually listen to the Western music basically. It means their musical root is also the Western music. however, if Japanese is put into the Western music, it sounds really strange to Japanese people. They are always struggling that contradiction. From that contradiction, I'll say there are 3 section in their music since they have made a debut. The first section is the alternative rock music section. Kazuki says before that he was inspired by BUMP OF CHICKEN (which is also my favorite alternative music band). So the section was made by there musical influence of the Japanese rock band). the second section is electronic section. They tried to move to Tokyo from Hokkaido when they made a debut, but they gave up soon. The reason is that the first section music was not the music that they really wanted to make. Therefore, They went back and start the second music life, which was electronic section. They learned how to play synthesizer and programing, and also two new members took part of it. The third section is the Indie Rock. The new members quit the band because the band went on the new section. They started playing guitars and drums instead of the synthesizers and keyboards. They use them sometimes now, but basically they make songs with only guitars and drums, but it is not like the first section.  

I like to catch up with them as much as possible. I'm really looking forward to seeing their music life.


https://youtu.be/TmqFTb9jFVE - Galileo Galilei/ Wakkani
https://youtu.be/FNbFxV5AjFQ - Galileo Galilei/ electroland
https://youtu.be/WcfqAFtu0Cg - Galileo Galilei/ Koi no Jumyou

These are examples for each section. I hope you will enjoy it.

Galileo Galilei

This is my second opportunities to write blogs in my life, and I used to write about what I thought for the last time. I learned that it is really interesting, but for this time, I would like to focus on one specific theme,  and it is my music favorites. I love listening to Japanese rock music, and I know it is not popular in the United States. Therefore, I decided to introduce some of them.

This week's band is called "Galileo Galilei," The band is even not popular in Japan, but this is the best band in my mind. There are only three members in the band, and two of them are actually true brothers. The older brother, Yuuki, is the vocalist of the band and he writes all of their songs' lyrics. The lyrics that he writes is one of the reason why I am fascinated their music. The younger brother, Kazuki, is the drummer and the programer of the band. He sometimes writes music, but not lyrics. He usually play drums, but he can play guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, and percussion if he needs. The last member is a childhood friend of the brother, Hitoshi, is usually play a bass guitar, but he also can play other musical instruments so that Kazuki and Hitoshi fluidly change their role in the band. There are a lot of things write about them so that I will finish up this topic nect week.