- Why I decided the appearance of as a "flag-Artist" in the 4th Shibuya music festival?

Shibuya and there is a deep relationship since I was a junior high school students, because there is a feeling that became very indebted, and if we give back even a little. Then to hear the contents of the Shibuya music festival in the past, it is also one of the reasons why I felt that it is a great effort that the city has become one. I will co-star with Misato-chan in Shibuya CCLemon Hall on November 7 (Misato Watanabe), but either to any live, where you're thinking right now. Album "Guitarist" 15 th was released in June this year is the first work made with acoustic guitar single, a cover collection of I really feet of Shigeku 70 years who visited the Shibuya and 1980s Western. "When that was dumped on her speaking so, this Do song was flowing in Shibuya," such as pale memories also a lot (laughs). Anyway, even if to play any song, whether in terms of thought well I fit in this town if the director, I want to enjoy myself, to play while feeling the nostalgia of Shibuya. Originally it lives also Misato-chan in Shibuya, is a deep woman to do with this area. Also possible to produce a difference with her one young generation than I, I believe that or not put out the fun.

- In the 70 years to 80's and now, "music" in Shibuya or has changed how.

It will no doubt became free. For example, my school days, in Shibuya had little live house, which is out of the amateur. So, rent a rental hall in some of the band around the time of high school joint, did a live Urimaku' the ticket. At the time, Toho life building there was Toho life Hall (now a movie theater, "Tokyu Shibuya") in the (current Shibuya Cross Tower) It is something there were many. In it now, came to make it easier to cast an increasing number of live house is enviable. I has appeared experience in crocodile is in this time of participation cooperation shop, but work together is live house with each other, events such as Shibuya music festival is also I think it's great to be opened. Also from around 10 years ago have increased people to the street performance, I guess it can be said that the sign of freedom.

- In the music festival, and Mr. Toriyama, is a big attraction collaboration with young musicians. I feel listening to recent music?

Recent young is, but it is anyway sense is good. To talk about the acoustic system of the musicians, and say in our generation Carole King, there is a free air feeling like Norah Jones if now, the balance of lyrics and melody have surprised that increased very good people . Western Ppoku is, there is no pathetic feeling. What I mean, I think I'm there is no "Yojohan whiff" (laughs). Not acoustic only, mixture and DJ system, such as heavy metal, even listening to the song of any musician, Well, it is often the image in terms of the clothes shop witty as BEAMS and UNITED ARROWS a "select shop feeling". Uniqlo also is the same, for the time being from head to toe, it is a shop called us to in its own way of looking. Also their generation of music, or rather the merit of such sense, there are things to feel good is. Our era is, of course, did not have a conversation Uniqlo, around a thrift store in cheap chic sense of want a fashionable but not money, looking for a bowling shirt, or in accordance with the Levi's pants, shoes on deck shoes, and clumsy while also there was a culture that select themselves. Compared to now, standardization is I would not have progressed. Which is not that good, kind of cultural background, I think you're also appear to clearly music.

- Do you have a message to the young musicians.

What I have come to expect, anyway decide that you want to enjoy the performance on stage. Regardless of the professional and amateur, if not themselves entertained, because you do not become the entertainment. Do they have to show us what kind of stage, but I also very fun.

- Maybe I have been interested from much earlier in music.

It is a large influence of the father. Once upon a time, my father has been playing in the camp of the occupation troops, it seems there was also the feeling to become a professional, at that time because it was quite reckless to make a career in music, I want gave up thinking of home . However, such as then also the Radio Kanto Hawaiian music of DJ in the (current radio Japan), deep ties with music, I had passed the ukulele as a toy from an early age. Music fellow been Ika take well to live house to appear, at the age of four, that was said to be raised to the sudden stage "you even dare to play the ukulele", my stage debut (laughs). My father has a pioneer and Setsuo's friendship bridge, which is said of Japan of Hawaiian music, because I had been also hear about cut pickpocket the record of the person that was able to play somehow. When you play a musical instrument small children on stage, I think you climax only in it. So, "Oh, how he is pleased adult After playing" tighten the taste and, I feel that the switch has entered into my music life (laughs). Elementary school age are completely addicted to the guitar, start a band of hard rock from the junior high school one year. Both junior and senior high school, it just sends the life of one color music.

- The began to consciousness professional?

When the high school three years, began to set the senior and the band of college students of the big band that Keio University Light Music Society (LMS). The LMS and had a lot is advanced OB in the music industry, immediately entered the university, I started a song making in and out of the alpha music you're the YMO Toka Yuming in that connection. Just that time, under .. over a voice to me if there is intention to nurture the next generation of musicians of the justice's and Kazumi Watanabe's high and medium, debut at the time of the two-year college. There is a trend at the time of the music industry that is world-studio musician be noted, as it had been working as a guitarist in my studio center for a while, it is gradually leave the work of arranger and producer becomes, the width of the work went more and more spread.

- The width of the music activities will the spread to how the future?

Title is different, but our focus of music activities are placed consistently in the "guitarist". If the classification in that, I will be a player to aspire to instrumental. The future goals, including young people, to create a similar installation of the musicians of the community with me, I eventually want to create a label. Also instrumental, compared to the song things, because there is no language barrier there is a goodness of easy activities abroad. So it is more footwork a lightly so as to come out in the manner actively abroad, in about 10 years to put out work such as "simultaneous worldwide release". As a trend, installation, but you may not get interested and not a person who likes music, for example, will be or is accepted and the soundtrack if slip of the movie. Also the theme song of an installation "world heritage" in "The Song of Life", I It is many people that who know me. It is that it already started, but also to the collaboration of music and video in the future, we would like to put more force.