I really shouldn’t need to point out how different the experience is between listening to music in a live-concert setting and from the comfort of your own home. Even for a concert in which the set-list is made up entirely of instrumentals, I really love the way the music comes to life within the concert hall, conveyed through not only the instruments, but also the performers’ body language. This latter component can be very interesting to observe as in the case of Makoto Yoshimori as he plays a piano rendition of “Umi to tsuki no yume,” my favorite piece from the Kuragehime soundtrack:
Review Postscript: Kuragehime and a Makoto Yoshimori Concert
May 4, 2011 By 3 Comments
Nichijou OP Single – Hyadain no Kakakata☆Kataomoi-C – Review
May 1, 2011 By 15 Comments
Anime Instrumentality Turns 3! Old Fogey Status Reached But Not Yet Crotchety
April 29, 2011 By 22 Comments
It’s weird. For someone who can’t even remember his own birthday, I sure don’t seem to have difficulty remembering when I created and started writing reviews on Anime Instrumentality. Part of it lies in the difficulty of the blogging task. Surviving for 365 days straight without dying isn’t hard; billions of people succeed in doing just that every year. But maintaining a hobby for 365 days where, at times, the process of doing so often seems like work and quitting is so easy to do? That’s much harder. These milestones then become that much more important than a silly birthdate.
So with April soon over, it’s time to acknowledge that Anime Instrumentality has passed its third year in existence, with all of the privileges that the milestone brings. For one, it puts us in a class alongside other blogs that somehow aren’t sensible enough to die at the commonly-observed two-year mark. Also, there are quite a few curmudgeony benefits that come with age that’ll explain a bit later. [Read more...]
Arrangement: Rasmus Faber Presents: Platina Jazz ~Anime Standards Vol. 2~ – Review
April 27, 2011 By 12 Comments
Kuragehime Original Soundtrack “Amazing AMARS!!” – Review
April 22, 2011 By 9 Comments
