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[uruhashii]

Ohaiyou~

Name's officially Kouyou, but most people know me as Uruha, so I generally go by that.
I was born and raised in Japan but since the last year or so I travel back and forth between the United States (and various other countries depending on where the lady goes for her work) and Japan for private life and working life.

In Japan I work as a musician, lead guitarist for the GazettE to be exact. And you could say that music is pretty much my life. Lady calls me "Kou the Heavy Metal Rainbow Duck" for a reason, after all. Which does betray my favorite genre of music, I admit. It's a curse.
If you ever want some music recommendations from the land of the rising sun, shoot me a message of some kind and I'll be all over you in no time flat.

So let's make this interactive, shall we. What's your favorite song (or currently favorite song), and why?


I don't have a favorite song myself because I like way too many (and I reference way too many for that matter), but my music player seems to land on this song way too often, and it always makes me smile.

Comments

[justintranter]

I am Justin & I'm a songwriter. My favorite song is this one because it's my favorite song that I've written.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZKXkD6EgBk

[uruhashii]

Since I don't write music for others, do you write a song with a certain artist in mind beforehand, or do you just see where it ends up and what they sound like performing it?

I'm merely curious, since well, like I said, all stuff that my fellow band-mates or me make stays within our group. And while I have done collaborations with other artists that was made by them and them alone. I just followed their guitar tabs, which is something entirely different than vocal lines.

[justintranter]

Sort of. I work with other artists & I write the song with them. We talk about what is happening in their lives & what they want to say & then we write the fucking song.

[uruhashii]

Interesting! And here I was thinking it was you as the writer looking at the artist from an outsider perspective. Still, I'm going to leave our lyrics to our vocalist because I know he'll smack me around the head with the paper it's written on if I would suggest him some.

[justintranter]

My songwife & I usually work with the artists to write something so fucking personal. You have probably heard some of the songs I've written.

[uruhashii]

Give me a few hints, and I'll let you know if I've heard them. Because well, it's me. :P Japan is very set on playing it's own music through the radio stations available. With the occasional overseas song, of course.

[justintranter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAzH-YAlFYc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ELbX5CMomE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZKXkD6EgBk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dqMyh4ILIg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBr7kECsjcQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RRY3OVqtwc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uljUDtv1Kw

I helped write all those chic little ditties.