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tk
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| hahah i actually did search for taiko and youtube and already saw the yonsei performance... i think it's an eye candy of a perf.. looks cool.. you get pretty interesting performances on youtube from searching taiko.. |
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rene9ade_ange1
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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*bitch post*
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thecheesestandsalone
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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yeah that was pretty awesome... things i noticed that i really liked:
during the solos and i guess throughout the whole video, the shime players actually carried a rhythm with the backbeat that really brought out the energy of the song. also, the shime and soloists really synchronized during the bridge at the end of each solo, and it brought out a great sound and seamless transition between the different parts.
perhaps it's just the types of songs i've heard us play (and the fact that we only really have one working shime), but that really brought to my attention how uniform the shime's role has been in our songs. |
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Azaroth
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| Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:23 am Post subject: |
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Its uniform because we haven't exactly modified a piece to include shime work... although Yuyake is supposed to have some shime work as far as I know.
Despite that, some individuals have taken it upon themselves to changes things up a bit... it just doesn't happen all (most of) the time. |
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Karzan
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| Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:12 am Post subject: |
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| That is one sexy song. I'd give... well, i'd definitly give something dear to me to know how to play that song. |
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rene9ade_ange1
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| Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| heck yea man, dude after watching that i couldnt resist but to pick up my bachi and twirl them a bit.. |
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ayayayaya
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| Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:17 am Post subject: |
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haha thanks to this thread ive gone and searched for taiko on youtube myself :P and there was something i noticed that i thought id share on the forum
the more groups i watched, the more i realized just how much the songs asayake taiko plays are closer to traditional japanese music. for the other groups i watched online, i noticed rhythms and forms that i probably wouldn't hear/see too much in a performance in japan (though i cant say for sure bc ive only seen taiko at obon-festivals). its just that some rhythms reminded me more of african tribal music rather than anything else, and all the showy body movements (jumping, throwing sticks) i thought was an american-touch as well.
not that any of that deducts from the performances or anything -and the kyodo taiko clip WAS pretty cool, i cant wait to see it in person- but i wanted to say that it amazed me just how much taiko has changed and adapted to american culture. i thought that was interesting.
personally though, i feel glad/proud that asayake has maintained its own style, and there's no rush to follow everyone else after all :)
but then again that's just my opinion :P |
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Doburu Rakki
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| Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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| ayayayaya wrote: | | ayano's text |
there will be a discussion on this next quarter. |
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Azaroth
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| Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| well said ayano. and as an addendum to ryan's short comment, its really up to us as to how we want our performances to look and sound. |
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rene9ade_ange1
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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| ayayayaya wrote: |
personally though, i feel glad/proud that asayake has maintained its own style, and there's no rush to follow everyone else after all :)
but then again that's just my opinion :P |
haha yea, Taiko Project is modernizing taiko, implementing hip hop beats into it. i agree with ayano, i joined taiko to be a part of the oldest japanese cultural organization, if i wanted to do hip hop i would've signed up for Ascension or sumthin.
And not just our own style but more traditional as well. |
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Doburu Rakki
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| please restrain all of your comments on this subject until i can speak to everyone as many of you currently have the wrong ideas about our group, the taiko community, and taiko as a whole. |
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conradohashi
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| Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:24 am Post subject: |
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So like UCLA practices in a mirror room in the John Wooden Center. So, like...well that's a pretty big thing right there. I couldn't quite rise up fast enough to try to get our taiko this capability in the new RIMAC expansion, but we'll see how it goes next year. It might be possible if we can get enough RIMAC employees *hint hint* to open up RIMAC at 6 in the morning and do like 6 am practices till the first Rec class starts--
FYI getting a mirror room isn't impossible, but bringing in our drums are. Bongo drums apparently are a different case.
I also want to warn this group that it's not really fair to compare yourselves to UCLA--as we are a full frikkin 12 years behind them. They're the FIRST collegiate group like nationwide. They're arguably not the best nationwide collegiate group, but that's up for debate.
Andd just to let Mr. Renegadeangel know that the people in that video are all 3rd years with the exception of one 2nd year who was in San Francisco Taiko Dojo. Actually, I think Aya is a first year on a chu, but she came from a really good taiko group--I just don't remember which. So like relatively speaking, none of them are newbies, but like Candice in the back had no taiko experience when she joined. So, I think like yeah, there's only one person in the performance who hasn't been in a taiko group previously. BUT, Jason Osajima who wrote the piece never had taiko experience when he joined either. In fact, he was apparently the last pick during his year's tryouts. SO, there you go. Not to compare yourselves, but to give more of a relative perspective.
A better comparison to make would be with these guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srEw_k0zJ6A&search=taiko
They're pretty good for just suddenly appearing out of nowhere on the collegiate taiko scene.
Miss you guysss I | you guys all! Can't wait to see the CS DVD!
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mystryder
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| Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:34 am Post subject: |
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| nice! it sounds more traditional and like something we'd play. nice large, coordinated movements for the main song. from what i can hear, good kiais, too! their solos are short, but the piece is very cute. i like! it makes me want to go and play with them!!! (and not just sit in awe of them haha) |
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Doburu Rakki
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