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new month, new chapter, new pic 💗💚💙 📷

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* The origins of my new single *

* NEWシングルの原曲+原点 *

日本で一番好きな歌手、#吉田美和さんの1995年発売のソロアルバム『beauty and* harmony』から一番好きな曲、#つめたくしないでを3日前に @kimurivesさんのアレンジでリリースしました。

小さい頃、母の影響で #ドリカムを大好きになったのですが、このアルバムは実はアメリカ人の父に紹介され、更に深く美和さんの歌に惚れ込むきっかけになった作品なのです。彼女の力強い、個性的な声をNYの素晴らしいレジェンドのジャズミュージシャンがサポートしていて、今考えると私がジャズと初めて触れ合ったのもこのCDかも！とにかく最高です。私達のカバーはプロフィールのリンクよりぜひ！🌸🎶💕

【#Tsumetakushinaide - THE ORIGINAL by Miwa Yoshida】

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the original version that my new single is a cover of, here is a snippet of it along with the album cover (& backside).

I was first introduced to the artist #MiwaYoshida as the lead singer of #DreamsComeTrue, a Japanese pop band that has been active since 1988. As a young girl, my Japanese mother, a die hard fan of her/them, used to play me their music while she belted along to every word, simultaneously translating her favorite lines to me. Not only did I fall in love with Miwa’s exceptional songwriting through these regular sing-along sessions with my mom, but I fell deeply in love with Miwa’s outstanding vocals - her stylistic expression, her one-of-a-kind tone, timbre, soulfulness, technique, control, dynamics, range, depth, and the list goes on.. I was only in elementary school and hadn’t yet learned the true meaning of love, but her voice would take me to another place where my soul was undeniably stirred.

Interestingly enough, this song (which is the 2nd track of her first solo album “beauty and* harmony” released in 1995) was introduced to me by my American father who had an appreciation for a wide variety of musical genres & used to play all kinds of female vocalists ranging from Joni Mitchell to Mariah Carey, Tracy Chapman to TLC. This album, recorded in NYC with a legendary group of jazz musicians (David T. Walker, Harvey Mason, Michael Brecker, Ralph McDonald to name a few), may have very well been my window into jazz music.

The song itself is Miwa’s cry to her lover to show her more consistency & vulnerability instead of being so hot & cold.

Check out her full version if you wanna hear a recording (& voice!) that does not disappoint. My rendition is also freshly released & available in bio 🌸

* NEW SINGLE『つめたくしないで』・“Ts $* NEW SINGLE『つめたくしないで』・“Tsumetakushinaide” out now! * happy to have a new single out arranged & produced by my dear friend @kimurives! this one is a cover of Miwa Yoshida (lead singer of the J-POP band DREAMS COME TRUE)’s song “Tsumetakushinaide” (which translates to ‘don’t be mean to me’) from her solo album "beauty and harmony" released in 1995. more to come on my obsession with Miwa’s incredible vocals & this song but in the meantime, please enjoy our rendition from your favorite digital platform! 💕🎶 { link in bio } — また新たなシングル、本日より配信開始〜！今回はドリカムの吉田美和さんが1995年に発売したソロアルバム『beauty & harmony』から「つめたくしないで」と言う曲をマルセロ木村さんの素敵なアレンジで以下の素晴らしいメンバーと一緒にカバーしました⤵︎ 色んな想いをもっと書きたいところですが、それは次回の投稿までのお楽しみに！とりあえず、私達のバージョンをプロフィールのリンクのお好きな配信ストアより是非是非お聴き下さい！💕🎶 『つめたくしないで』吉田美和 COVER by: @mayahatch - vocals @kimurives - guitars, arranging, mixing, cover art @kiichirokomobuchi - bass @ryo_saito_drums - drums @gpandeiro - percussion #吉田美和 #MiwaYoshida #つめたくしないで #Tsumetakushinaide #COVER #beautyandharmony #DreamsComeTrue #ドリカム$

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