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About Shin Domoto Kyoudai.
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Shin Domoto Kyoudai ended a week ago


I finally realized that when I looked at the TV guide.


Although half a year is a short amount of time, it was one of the biggest challenges in my life.


If I hadn't been playing bass in SCANDAL until now,


I wouldn't have had fun doing jam sessions with other people


If I couldn't read scores,


I couldn't ad-lib well


Just how much has this half a year enriched me...






On the first day I was so anxious, nervous, and shy that I half-felt like crying the entire time


The day somehow ended while I was being cheered on by the regular members;


I can't do anything if HARUNA, MAMI, and RINA aren't here
I remembered that I wanted to meet everyone and had no choice.


After that, meeting on Tuesday for many weeks for 「Shin Domoto Kyoudai」 became my schedule,


The score was delivered usually 2~3 days before


And desperately practicing that in between breaks from work became my life.


Every time my stomach would start to ache before tapings,


And I discovered challenges each time I would play


But, being able to match my sound with my great seniors truly made me happy, and it was truly interesting,


And within no time even that first frightening taping became fun.


I heard the program was to end.


Half a year that became regular for me


Although it was just half a year, I feel an incredible sense of loss.


It was where a lot of first-time things happened,


Where I learned how fun jam sessions are,


And where I learned how to be a bassist;


That's what this program was for me.


This was a program that continued to always provide live performances and real live sounds


Where exquiste unbalances produced thrilling and exciting collaborations with numerous artists


It was a program that pursued "interesting"


It seems like it'd be a mistake to call this a variety show because KinKi Kids-san's stories are funny haha
No matter what you think, it really is a music program.


For the last episode it was brought to an end with a live, like a music program


Shin Domoto Kyoudai's last live was held on 9/16, right in between the 10DAYS Akasaka performances


A total of 15 songs


As always the scary schedule of the scores being delivered 2 days before rehearsals scraped away at my life span while I somehow welcomed the final take


Can I memorize this correctly, can I play this well, will I be crushed by loneliness; I was full of anxiousness, but


It was so much fun that I forgot it was the last one,


It turned into an exciting live that was planned for one hour but went over three hours


An unprecendented live where the push time was longer than the expected time


That's no longer the case.
I don't think it's possible to have this kind of experience in the future.


Everyone made noise and talked leisurely at the after party too; it was a fun night all the way until the end.


That's why I still can't believe this program has finished.


It's finally hit me.
It's so sad.


Half a year that went by in no time


By getting to play bass in the back of many people gave me a bit of confidence


If I didn't know of a world outside of SCANDAL, something big inside of me would have never been changed


The length of KinKi-san's MCs (the best)


I learned and obtained so many things.


I am truly happy to have been able to play the bass as a member of the Domoto Brothers Band.


Thank you very much for the support I've received these six months!


I hope that sounds by the Domoto Brothers Band can someday ring out again.




2014-10-06 06:24:39