confusedinupstatenewyork wrote:
(All acoustic using her Yamaha)
There was actually 2 different Yamahas used on today's performance.
Mami appeared a little early and left a little late on her 40mins slot, i.e. ended up being about 55mins or so.
I was sitting behind the sound booth, I had my binoculars so saw the schedule timetable at the booth. The 4 rows ahead of me were all reserved for staff.
It was photographed professionally and I think the media was present at the back of the venue and was only filmed with with amateur camcorder/iPhone by staff/managers., I expect they will use the videos for their own review rather than for any public release, Maybe a clip for Club Scandal/Mania.. Team Scandal had one small camcorder used for Mami's performance, the rest were photos and videos shot with iPhone.
We all sat with vacant benches between occupied rows, and each bench had 2-3 attendees only. i.e. way less than 50% capacity, it was not sold out today nor were tickets on sale today.
Everyone wore masks and sat and watch the performance, there was no cheering or speaking from the fans. We just clapped.
Just before 5pm when Mami just finished a song, the local shrine bell rang, it was just as it hit 5pm and Mami joked about it, perfect timing.
Before the actual live there was a rehearsal session for all 3 artists and we could easily hear from outside. By chance I also greeted Mami when she arrived.
Today we had to register with the Kyoto tracking service as well as the Japanese Covid 19 tracker app.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CF57SCujdXQ/Also got our temperature taken and hands sanitized.
Today I would say most of the fans attending were Scandal/Mami fans, some fans left after Mami's performance as she was 2nd.
Asmi had a 30 min slot first.
Mami 40mins 16:45 17:25 allocated time, but she was +5-10 mins before/after.
井上竜馬 (from SHE's) 40mins
No Encore, it was controlled exit, we were vacated a few rows at a time.