In a way, this arrangement can be regarded as a spiritual successor of “Kiseki” Piano arranagement I did last year: A culmination of everything I can do right now as an anime pianist. “My name CSMPiano, and this is the best effort I can do right now” I want to show Animenz (a person who I highly respect as a musician and friend) how far I’ve come thanks to his influence, and as importantly, I want to prove myself that I can achieve the goal I set out, to prove myself that I can make a good quality arrangement despite being a mostly self-taught background. I want to show case the struggle, the uncertainty, and the eventual euphoria of reaching your goals. I arrived at this final version that I can be proud of, I used everything I know throughout the last 5 years and put it into this piece. “Why am I caring so much for this piano cover, why am I trying so hard for this” But I keep going, and after months of revisions. The month following were just full of frustrations: There are days where I make a good progress and I thought to myself “This is definitely going to be one of the best things I’ve made!” follow by a day where nothing goes right and I felt “this is such a tryhard, this just doesn’t sound good” and with various setback IRL (COVID situation, internship, being away from piano, struggling with future decision). If Aya never give up, then I too can keep going. I decided to give this song another go, this time I’ll just follow my emotions, my own style. I can’t be a powerful performer like Ishter or Navarone Boo….but that’s ok isn’t it? I’m CSM, I’ll just have to do it the best I can.with my own style” With a renewed inspiration. I was once again self-realization once again that: “I can’t be a technically proficient pianist like Animenz, Chris Luan, James Chou. Experiences new things, new stories, new memoires, new motivation. I tried way too hard at the beginning, trying to add every detail from the original songs, try to make the rhythm interesting: End up with 1 big giant failure right at my face, and I immediately gave this song a short break because it was just too overwhelming: I was under too much pressure once again that I want to make it as good as I could.Ī bit of time passed afterward. Once again, I fell into my own perfection mindset. The process of arranging this song is nothing but a challenge. With that in mind, I told Animenz non-chalantly “I’ve decided: since this song is one of your favorite songs from your favorite band, I’ll make a full version cover for you” and so my 2 months of struggle began. The theme to try your best to move forward, “to shine once more” (hence the song title), I felt like I have to do my best to convey these emotions. Both Chisato and Aya story really resonate with me as a young adult about to go into workforce. But above all, no matter how much she may falter: she will never give up no matter what. Aya isn’t likeable because she is infallible, but because she is a crybaby that has lost her way many times, unsure about the future, being anxious and doubting the future. I really like Chisato and Aya as a character: Chisato isn’t a stuck up character that people made her out to be, but a genuine person who simply don’t know what her dream really is because she was conditioned to be “realistic” at such a young age, she may act formal among her peers, but deep downs she loves her bandmates dearly. One of these bros that I’ve met is Animenz (yes, the guy who is stupidly good at making piano arrangement, have an exception anime taste, and loves to flex that he can play 11 th on both hand: THAT Animenz) It was a really fun times doing nothing but doing BanG Dream! Related activities for hours on end, as well as getting to know the appeal of this franchise from other person’s perspective, as Animenz himself is a Pasupare fans (an idol-centric band in BanG Dream!)ĭue to his influence, I decided to check out Pasupare Band Story 2 that I keep neglecting for quite a while, and the story I experienced really made a huge impact on me, something I would never expect from an idol-band story written for a mobile game : The struggle of moving forward, the determination to find your dream, to go past your safe zone to achive what you never thought was possible before. Things finally changed when I –after 2 years- finally got to meet fellow Bandori fans, play with them, and gush about how amazing BanG Dream! Really is with them. All this time I was lone wolf that enjoys this franchise alone and occasionally upload a BanG Dream! piano arrangement out of the love and appreciation I have for them. As you may know by now, I’m the big fan of BanG Dream! a multimedia project that started around 2015, I went very deep into the franchise and ended up creating many piano covers for it (Mainly a song from Poppin’Party : One of the bands in BanG Dream! Franchise).
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