Welcome to All About Fukuyama Masaharu, part lyrics blog, part fan site, 100% about Masha. It started out as a blog around April 2009 to repost all English lyrics, but after a while I got a bit ambitious and posting many other things I can gather from the net, some pictures, some articles, mostly news in English from the perspective of a fan although you can find some translated articles in here. I do not pretend to say I take credit for the text in here; frankly I just search, gather, summarise, reword and repost. I will always include the name of the fan who said whatever I posted to the best of my ability but as you can see, my sources are mostly from 2 main fan forums of Masha that is not in Japan. My problem is I can't read Japanese or Chinese, but my persistence sometimes does pay off when I just keep looking. You will also find some pictures in here, but all of the pictures you don't see in here are in Facebook, just look for All Abt Masha. I am quite active in that Facebook page, and it is also a place to find information! My main purpose for this blog is for myself; to gather all lyrics in English under one roof. But I am very sure foreign fans can also benefit from the contents in this blog, and without the many wonderful foreign Masha fans who translate, discuss and share whether privately or publicly, this blog will never be what it is today. I am still hoping to find more English lyrics somewhere, although from the looks of it, I will say things have slowed down a bit. Anyway, have a look. If you have any snippet about Masha to share with me, or pictures or lyrics, anything at all, please do not hesitate to do so. Do join in the discussion by using Post A Comment. Do consider sending me your submission of reviews. And for new Masha fans, if you like, do join my Contact List. Thanks for dropping by!
UPDATES - 09.08.2010
Added link to English translation of the interview. .
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON 03.08.2010
Added link to English translation of the interview. .
Very frustrating because the only youtube link so far which is non-HD disallows embedding which means you can't download it (unless you know how and I don't know how). So you have to click here to watch. It is Masha being interviewed in News Zero broadcast on 03.08.2010 talking about many things I suppose, but mainly Hotaru and music. Keep this post in mind because I am hoping the HD version which will probably allow embedding will be out soon. I hope. The above screencaps is taken from MashaPlus Info Forums taken from the Keyhole version, and for want of better quality, I am posting the above as reference sake until I get around to taking some HD shots.
Anyway, a snippet. The interviewer, Emiri Miyamoto a young girl is a professional violinist and I shall repost what was posted by Mashamasha from MashaPlus Info Forums in relation to their interaction between 3.04 to 3.33 (referring to the video above)...
SOURCE 2
At Clubbox. Youtube version. Click here. Requires logging in and password before downloading. For password see Related Links.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Thanks to Izumisano of Masha Heart for the excellent translation. A rather technical but funny sort of interview and a must read! I never knew even microphones play a huge part in his music making. He in fact explains a lot on the songwriting process. All at Masha Heart. Some interesting snippet follows. Do read the full translation.
Anyway, a snippet. The interviewer, Emiri Miyamoto a young girl is a professional violinist and I shall repost what was posted by Mashamasha from MashaPlus Info Forums in relation to their interaction between 3.04 to 3.33 (referring to the video above)...
the girl is a professional violinist. Masha asked her what kind of songs she will sing when she goes to karaoke, she said she doesn't sing, she just goes there to practise violin! Then masha helped her to elaborate more, he joked, that means when her friend sings AKB48's song, she will take out her violin and play the back music?!Download links and English translation after Read More link.
DOWNLOAD SOURCES
SOURCE 1
So far no HD version yet. However there is a normal version, MP4 which you can find here at Post #378 Page 26 which I will post the referral link here until the HD version is posted which I am sure someone, somewhere will, I hope.SOURCE 1
SOURCE 2
At Clubbox. Youtube version. Click here. Requires logging in and password before downloading. For password see Related Links.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Thanks to Izumisano of Masha Heart for the excellent translation. A rather technical but funny sort of interview and a must read! I never knew even microphones play a huge part in his music making. He in fact explains a lot on the songwriting process. All at Masha Heart. Some interesting snippet follows. Do read the full translation.
F: This song (Hotaru), well, the melody itself was written 10 years ago. Even though I liked it a lot, I liked the melody a lot, I just couldn’t get the right opportunity or timing to present it out.
F: The echoes in the toilet have a frequency band that resounds with a “ba-an” (hollow?). I go to the toilets a lot to explore that.
F: So when you get to the karaoke, you go “pak” (demonstrates opening the violin case) and then this (demonstrate playing the violin)?... I thought you go there with your friends (Emiri laughs) and when they start singing AKB48, you’d accompany them on the violin. (Emiri laughs)
F: ... (Points to the mic) This has to be flat, without any unevenness on the surface, so it can pick up a wide range of tones from high to low. It facilitates music making. I’d hate it if we can’t get the balance of high to low tones.
F: It’s the same when I write my songs. I try not to touch my guitar at the onset. I’ll just close my eyes and listen with my ears. Even without instruments, the melody will come from inside the body, inside the head. ...Now when I start to hear the melody in my head, I’ll write it down on the score...
F: ...Once we can find a melody inside that we feel good about, that itself will guide us towards which way to take.
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