Time flies. The autumn wind gently strokes my cheek and leaves are turning red.

Autumn Songs

It's so sad  that we can not have gigs.  Musicians all around the world still have hard times due to pandemic.
I composed this song for my band, but the next gig is cancelled because COVID-19 infection is increasing again. So I present this song in one-man band style here .

Fragments Of Tears

Long time no see. Sorry that I couldn't respond to many kind comments and messages. I hope all of  you  are doing well.
 In Japan stifling days still last. In this situation it's my great pleasure to share my music on SC.
I believe pleasant wind will blow and soothe us soon. 
I've put many elements in this song . Typically American flavor, British hard rock,  funk, and so on. Journey of music in a haphazard way:)
I hope you enjoy!

Hearing The Wind Sing

A friend of mine, an excellent singer Mr. Kodaka Schokichi aka Jumpin' Shokichi kindly permitted me to add some instruments to his song.
He likes to sing classic R & B songs and that is very nice. But I wanted him to sing his own original songs in Japanese. Why can songs touch our soul if the singer doesn't sing in his own language ? 
So I'm very glad he released the CD that contains his original songs ! He sang strumming the guitar without accompaniment except his own blues harp. I've really enjoyed his songs and naturally I played some instruments along  one of his songs. I was afraid that it might disrupt his song but he accepted what I'd done. He was delighted with this!
You can enjoy some of his songs on his Youtube Channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl4X4_2Od0vv8FeNVAF7jGQ

Lyrics in English

I’ve not been honest  
I should have known better
Only I could do was to escape selfishly from reality

Now I want to tell you how I feel
Please forgive me
I wish you could believe my words

Pushing myself too much
Without caring about others
I only did what I wanted to do

Please wait for a while
I want to let you know my feelings

Seeing the gray sky through the train window
I don’t know why but I can’t stop tears

The train will arrive at your town soon
It started to rain and I can’t see it clearly

It’s been many years since then
But imagined scenery is still the same for me

Seeing the gray sky through the train window
I don’t know why but I can’t stop tears

The train will arrive at your town soon
It started to rain and I can’t see it clearly

Railways (By Jumpin' Shokichi)

Greed always defeats reason. I could not imagine a dictatorial country would wage war in the 21 century. What did we learn from WWⅡ? 
Russia’s invasion into Ukraine is not something that just happens to other people. Japan is surrounded by dictatorial countries. Depending on the results of this war , they would think that military strength could change the situation advantageous to them. It's never acceptable.

STOP WAR

Yokohama is famous for its beautiful city lights.
Photo by my late friend Masanori Kozawa www.instagram.com/fo_galaxy_999/
His beautiful pictures always inspire me.

BLUE LIGHT YOKOHAMA

2022 is almost over. Time flies. COVID-19 has distorted many aspects of our lives and confusion still continues in Japan. A lot of talented young musicians lost their chances because of strict limitations in venues. Japan is left behind while other countries have got their daily lives back.
Meanwhile war began. I hope people in Ukraine live in peace next year.
It began to snow and the seasons go around anyhow. In any situations we can share music. Thank you for listening to my songs. Have a great new year!

Embrace In  The Snow

The first original song of this year.
I composed this song while strumming my telecaster. I have some different kind of guitars. Each of them has its own charm. They will drive me to compose and play this year too. I hope you enjoy!

Stomping With My Tele

They may say it's war, but I don't think so. It's unilateral aggression by Russia. Ukranian people did not want to fight. They are desperately defending their country against brutal invader, Russia.
May peace be found in Ukraine.

No Aggression Allowed

I don't know how I should understand that one  madman puts many innocent people into great misery with force even in this 21st century.
We should not let history repeat itself.

The Last Moment Of The Dictator

It has been  scorching hot these days. We are a little sick from the summer heat. I hope you feel cool and comfortable with this breezy song.

Passing Summer

Long  time no see everyone on SC.
Time flies. It’s already mid February.
Most of the snow has started to disappear. Soon spring will come. In Japan March is the end of the fiscal year, when we meet newcomers and leave the old behind. I get somewhat sentimental.
I hope you enjoy this ballad.

I Don't Wanna Leave You

Flowers On The Battlefield

In recent years no days go by when we don't hear the news of war. What do they do on this small planet and why don't they learn from history?

Beyond The Border

Long time no see. Since I decided to make a career move, things have been too  hectic(^_^;
Now that I settled down in new workplace, I began to record one-man band again!
I wrote this song for my own band, and played sometimes in venues.
I completed the song here for SC.
Bass solo is always challenging for me, but I enjoyed very much(^_^)

FUNK THE DEVIL

This my 80th song on SoundCloud！
There occurred many things around me for these several months including career change. The environment changed but I 'm still happy that I can keep on making music (^_^)
I hope you enjoy !!

Wandering Around With My Guitar

I got a new guitar the other day and when I played it, it had a crisp sound that made me come up with the funky opening riff without even thinking about it. Sometimes an instrument can just make me play something. :)
I played the driving guitar solo in one go on a friend's Les Paul. Again, I felt like I was just being made to play it.
I'm not good at keyboard solos, and I always struggle with them. (^_^;
It's been four months since I moved here after a job change, and I'd like to start playing in a band soon.

Do As You Please

I composed this tune Inspired by Godin guitar.

Lovers Sunset

As the seasons pass, autumn in Japan is beautiful. The mountains begin to turn red. It seems that a red carpet has been laid out around the temple deep in the mountain.
Photo by the late Masanori Kozawa, my friend
https://www.instagram.com/fo_galaxy_999/

Red Carpet

I happened to rediscover a band recording of an original song I recorded on cassette tape 35 years ago. I wanted to somehow remake it as a one-man band, but I don't have anyone to sing it at the moment (^_^;
So I had a generative AI sing it, and I created all the accompaniment myself, using multi-track recording as usual.
I was amazed at how natural the AI ​​singing sounded. I'm sure many people will wonder, "Is this really AI?"
I think that making music solely by AI is not interesting at all, but I thought it could be very useful as an aid when creating my own original music.

We'll Be Together

Home recording by one-man band is sometimes lost in a maze. In such a situation, I left the tune as it is for a while and often forgot it at all. I accidentally found this tune again in my hard disk after 2 years and I felt it fresh and worth trying to complete it. 
Please don't be critical of my first challenge to play the fretless bass:)
Image: By aquasixio
http://aquasixio.deviantart.com

After The Rain

This song is covered by many musicians. Maybe you get tired of listening at this time of year?
I arranged it as a guitar instrumental on 16beat with somewhat jazz flavor.I hope you feel it fresh and enjoy.
Merry Christmas!

Last Christmas (Cover)

This song  was inspired again by a photo which my friend had taken.
Canola flowers are illuminated by the moon. I hit upon the first melody seeing this mysterious photo.
In the last part I played the slide. I happened to have a very cheap junk SG type guitar. Its action was too high to play even with the bridge being set at the lowest. I thought maybe I could play the slide easier with this junk guitar. Fortunately my hunch was right:)
Photo Masanori Kozawa https://www.instagram.com/fo_galaxy_999/

Talking To The Moon

Hot summer was over. Now Japan is in typhoon season. After it’ over autumn will be coming. Time flies. I’m looking forward to seeing beautiful red leaves.
While strumming the acoustic guitar, I hit upon a melody that makes me feel coming season.
Photo by Tom Tom

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Blue Forest

Now in Japan, red leaves are at their best. Seasons go fast. They will wither soon with cold gusty wind. We Japanese always feel ephemerality of such beautiful scenery. The more it is fugitive, the more we love its beauty.
In this picture, which was taken by my friend, through the window of red leaves we can see Lake Biwa glowing under the setting sun . Seeing this, we imagine that those tree will be covered with snow in a month or two and the lake will show us another beautiful scenery.
I thought this picture would best reflect the atmosphere of my new song.
Thank you, Mr. Masanori Kozawa for your nice photo.　https://www.instagram.com/fo_galaxy_999/

Through The Red

In Japan, the rainy season lasts from the beginning of June to mid-July. When I was young I didn’t like the rainy season at all. But now in my fifties, I like rain if it’s not too heavy. It often comforts and soothes me.

A Rainy Night

I often think that the shorter I spend time to complete a  song the better the result is .But contrary, in one-man band music based on the computer, try and error is often the case and I sometimes can not listen to my song objectively:)
That’s why I’ m not confident at all when uploading a new song.
Anyhow I completed this song and hope you enjoy it!
Drum sound : Addictive Drums, recorded by tapping the MIDI keys.
Piano and Organ : Sample Tank

Just Another Thrill

Mr. Mike kindly invited me to join his song. Listening to his track, I was instantly attracted by his authentic blues guitar and organ. I'm very honored to play solo in the latter half of the song.
Please listen to Mike's fabulous play. He plays an orthodox school blues guitar that I can't achieve. Following his play, I played rather rock taste guitar. You may sense the influence of Johnny Winter and Duane Allman in it.
Thank you Mike for giving me a precious opportunity!!
Mike soundcloud.com/user-192027883  Guitar and organ in the first half and other instruments of the backing track.
Boon Suzuki  Guitar in the latter half including the slide
Please check out Mike's page and you'll find many exciting songs!

Whip Me Up Some Blues (Mike/Boon)

Since last December my workplace had got into a mess due to stupid senior management. Stress built up, which kept me away from composing a new song, though I had several gigs and vented my frustration.
Recently things seem to go better and I began to work on a new song, when Jamie Rhind https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind kindly proposed collaboration. I’m very glad to have such a superb keyboard player as Jamie play solo on my track! You can hear his funky synth solo in the middle part of this song.
Thank you Jamie for participating in my song and adding jazzy flavor to it!

Gimme All Your Funk - with Jamie Rhind

I was away from SC for these several months due to some bothering things . Quite hectic days! 
The busier I get, the stronger my passion for music becomes.  Although  I couldn’t have enough time to record my new songs , I was lucky to have had several exciting gigs with my bandmates. It’s my greatest pleasure to have gigs with them and have conversations with them through playing.
Now I’m very glad to be able to come back to SC and upload a new song today. 
For me there is no specific genre of music that confines me. I compose and play whatever makes me feel good. This song typically shows my fancy of  music. The first riff that has rock taste with swinging rhythm led me to play in different styles such as blues, jazz . 
I always enjoy playing the bass in the one-man band because it determines the groove of the song. I think this song especially owes its charm to the bass line though I don’t have enough skill:)
I hope you enjoy!

Don't Stop The Stomp

I usually hit upon a song while strumming the guitar. This song starts with chord progression using A note of the 5th open string as a pedal point. Typical two-five progression follows, which inevitably makes this song jazzy.
Jazz? Oh I'm quite weak in it :) I wish I could play jazz intuitively but I have not trained myself for it. Rather I can not help playing in rock fashion as you notice the guitar solo with distorted tone in latter half :)
In the middle part I wanted to reproduce the atmosphere of 70s' fusion by playing keyboard solo with Rhodes piano tone.
Now in Japan yellow leaves are at their best. Thank you Masanori for an excellent photo.
Photo :  Msanori Kozawa https://www.instagram.com/fo_galaxy_999/

The Yellow Arcade

It’s been a year since the tragedy of Kyoto Animation arson attack in Japan.
As many as 36 talented artists were killed with no reason.They were no doubt treasures of Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack
Many young innocent artists fell victim to malicious crime. Families are still devastated by the sudden unjust deaths of their sons or daughters.
With condolences and support from many fans worldwide, Kyoto Animation has come to life again and is producing new excellent works.
http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/
I dedicate this song to the victims and Kyoto Animation.

Rise From The Ashes

Japan has been suffering from deflationary spiral of economy for these 20 years. Then pandemic of COVID-19 hit all over the word. This made economy worse mainly due to strict self-restraint. Many companies went bankrupt and their employees lost their jobs. They are forced to get out of their homes.
But we must not be too pessimistic.
In Japan, fortunately the death toll is very low compared with America and Europe. Only 10 deaths in one million so far. 
It's time to take action to both prevent infection and activate economy at the same time in our country .
Photo by the late Masanori Kozawa https://www.instagram.com/fo_galaxy_999/
　(Thank you Masanori in heaven!)

Getting Out Of Spiral

Thank you for visiting my SC page!
I have been playing in rock bands for more than 50 years having had many exciting gigs.
Playing in the band in front of an audience is an incredible joy especially playing my own original songs.
About ten years ago, I was having problems with my hearing due to playing too many gigs, so I decided to give my ears a rest and focus on making demos at home.
DAW software has made remarkable advances, and now it's easy to overdub and finish a song if you can play  instruments. 
In addition to playing in a band, I discovered the joy of completing songs with overdub on my own.While I was taking a break from my band activities, original songs were piling up on my hard drive one after another.
I wondered if there was any way to get more people to listen to my songs? 
At that time, I happened to learn about a platform called SoundCloud. Musicians from all over the world participated and uploaded their songs there. I also set up my own page on SoundCloud and used it as a place to release my original songs.
Since I started this page, quite a few listeners have come and given me a lot of positive comments. Much more than I expected! I am very happy to contact many excellent musicians through SC. 
Just when I thought I had resumed my band activities, the coronavirus pandemic began. Many musicians lost their place to work and were at a loss.
The pandemic has finally ended, and now Japan's venues have regained their former vitality.
Now I enjoy having gigs and making one-man band songs simultaneously.

Boon Suzuki

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