Miller & Katsumi - Time

Katsumi read a number of literature books earlier in his life. His favorites were Osamu Dazai's stories and essays, "Nobi - Fires on the Plain" by Shohei Ohoka, "A Portray of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce, "The Stranger" by Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre's short stories. The fundamental theme of these literature novels is the meaning of "human existence," and Katsumi has been somewhat influenced by these existentialists' thoughts for the creation of his art work and writing lyrics for his original songs. Particularly, one of his music videos, "White Vision" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAKm6s7E75A shows a number of symbolistic expressions that represent the "struggles and confusion of human existence with their lost identities in the chaos of the modern society." The underlying theme of "Time" is also the meaning of "human existence." But on the contrary to White Vision's provocative display of frustration and anger, "Time" emphasizes on melancholy and anxiety caused by the indifference and crawl nature of the relationship between "time and being."

Katsumi likes to use musical styles that surprise the listeners. Here, he makes a couple of abrupt key changes in the middle of the song as well as purposely twists the flow of the rhythm by skipping a half beat to give a little "tension" to the song. He thinks these musical techniques have a similar effect to that of the "Jump Cut" technique in films to give the audience extra attentions and unexpected strange feelings.

For this Miller and Katsumi version of "Time," Katsumi loves Laurence Miller's lead guitar accompaniment nicely following the flow of the song!

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Music

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• Katsumi
• Nagae
• Tim
• 長柄克己
• Laurence
• Miller

[zioband]

VIVA LA CREATIVITY...aLIVE

[LaurenceBondMiller]

Glad you posted this one, Katsumi. One of my faves. Yet another well crafted piece of yours. Unique organic shifting tempos and key changes at a quick pace. Bravo.