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This year marks their 30th anniversary of their debut.
Guitarist Takahiro Matsumoto and vocalist Koushi Inaba made their debut in 1988.
They are a duo rock band.
Since their debut, BEAZ has been making hits for 30 years.
This year, they held an exhibition to look back on their history.
BEAZ 30th Year Exhibition "Scenes" held in Yurakucho, Tokyo from April to June.
BEAZ used instruments and equipment, costumes and live videos to create a large-scale exhibition.
Bees, which has sold more than 80 million CDs so far,
has not changed in 30 years in making songs created by Mr. Matsumoto and written by Mr. Inaba.
Many of the guitars that Mr. Matsumoto has supported in making songs and actually used in live performances and recordings
are still Bees' history.
This is Mr. Inaba's sexy notebook.
You can see the traces of his trial and error of choosing words over and over again.
The biggest attraction of the series is the live performances.
I want to see the stage where various productions and ingenuity have been done over and over again.
This is a miniature model of the live set with a huge trailer hanging on the stage.
20,000 pieces of aluminum cans fell down and the people who packed them also pulled out their spears.
This is "Live's Econte".
It was a shocking scene to dive from a height of 20 meters.
We don't do a live show only in a big venue.
In 2013, we did a live show in more than 600 venues in Okinoshima.
If you want it, you can go anywhere and deliver music to fans
It is a belief since BEAZ's debut.
BEAZ is in the middle of a live tour celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Why does BEAZ sell well?
In order to unravel the secret, we went on a recording or tour 10 years ago.
As a result, we learned something.
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Breathing is trained by this muscle.
The occipital membrane is raised and lowered by this muscle.
However, it is not easy to catch and it is difficult to use.
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Welcome to BEAST's live show!
Guitarist Takahiro Matsumoto.
Vocalist Koushi Inaba.
A rock band of two people, BEAST.
Last month marked their 20th anniversary of their debut.
BEAST set unprecedented records on CD sales.
They will continue to do so until their last breath!
The number of singles and albums sold is 78 million copies, and it is proud of being the best- selling album in Japan.
In 20 years, it is calculated that more than 10,000 copies are sold every day.
Last year, it also sold well overseas.
Eric Clapton and other world superstars lined up for "Hollywood Rock Electric".
The shocking sales were evaluated, and for the first time as an Asian band, they entered the electric market.
In other words, why do beads sell so well?
Why do they sell so well?
I guess it's my intuition.
My intuition is wild.
I know I can do it.
Why do beads sell so well?
Anyway, my theme is to show that I haven't given up.
If that's conveyed, I think some results will come out.
Why do beads sell so well?
In order to find out the reason, we've been closely following their activities for half a year.
It's the first time they show their creative work on TV.
Matsumoto can't come up with an ideal phrase.
Inaba keeps trying to come up with easy-to- understand lyrics.
They've been running for the top spot for 20 years.
We looked at their creations.
Matsumoto can't come up with an ideal phrase.
It's cleared up, hasn't it?
Yes, it has.
Beaz's vocalist, Koshi Inaba.
In August, he came to Kagoshima for a live rehearsal training camp.
Here...
There's money in it, but...
The money is...
Here...
What is it?
I don't know.
You'll know later.
I don't know.
Something...
Inaba sweats at training every day during training camp.
I made a mistake on Sunday.
I saw a white T-shirt in the studio, and I thought it might be it.
"It's probably this river, isn't it?" "Yes, it is."
The live performance is three hours long. They sing while running around the stage.
To maintain their physical strength, they train their bodies.
It won't come out.
500 yen.
I've never thrown money like this before.
Rehearsal camp is ten days.
In a mountain of hall where there is almost no one, we only focus on music.
Let's take a picture.
This live is a 20-year-old orchestra.
They show fans their old appearance running around the stage in shorts.
Don't laugh.
Don't call me "good friend".
Guitarist Takahiro Matsumoto.
BEAZE's songs have been born from Matsumoto's guitar.
In their 20-year-old live, hit songs line up.
Sometimes I feel it, I've kissed you before but I don't know your name. Is it love?
I'll give you everything.
If we hold hands, let's go.
To the shining fire of love that burns.
26 songs will be finished with this gathering.
Matsumoto will give detailed instructions to four support members who will join this concert.
Inaba
Inaba started taking notes at the corner of the stage.
She writes down what she wants to say to the audience in a live performance.
Inaba says that when you listen to music, words come to mind naturally.
She is also in charge of lyrics.
About 300 songs have been released in 20 years.
The composer is Matsumoto, and the lyricist is Inaba.
The singer says the lyrics, and the composer writes the lyrics.
Well, you can write the song, too, but I wrote the song because it was just the two of us.
The two of us take responsibility and divide up and make the band's sound.
It's a reality, isn't it?
I think we have that kind of reality.
Even if they actually buy the CD and say, "We made it,"
Oh, the singer writes the CD and the guitarist writes the song.
Everyone does it with themselves.
Do you have a formula for making it fit?
I don't think so.
You don't?
A concrete formula?
I don't know about that.
A concrete formula...
I don't know.
I think it was intuition.
Intuitively, I had a wild intuition.
I can do this.
So when I was really cocky,
when I released my hit song "million,"
I was sure it was for sure.
I can't put it into words why it was for sure,
but I had intuition.
With this song and this lyrics, it's OK.
I had that conviction.
Matsumoto says his hit song is "wild intuition."
How does his intuition express itself in music?
The song "million" starts with Matsumoto, doesn't it?
What should I do with my head?
Should I hit it?
In order for the audience to get excited about the show, they increase the number of songs in the intro or change the tempo of the show.
The audience who is satisfied with the show will come back for the next show.
This is how BEAZ has expanded its fixed fan base.
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(Matsumoto's practice)
It was different before.
Matsumoto's sudden change made it difficult for him to keep up with the others.
- The "ayay" was a bit sudden. - Yeah, it was.
- It was like "ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka" and then it came out. - If you do the "ayay", you might end up with a drum line.
Matsumoto decided that his members' concentration was running out of power.
He ended his practice for the day.
I've been thinking about it while I was practicing today.
Everyone is tired and exhausted, so I think we should rest for about a day.
I'm sure you all have something you want to do in each section.
I want to practice something personal at the hotel.
We were really exhausted today.
I think the foreign team is tired, too.
The monitors I'm listening to here are also pretty messed up.
My ears must have hurt.
- Thank you for your hard work! - Thank you for your hard work!
The next day, Matsumoto gave everyone a day off.
He stayed in the hotel and practiced guitar since morning.
Based on the recording and notes of rehearsal, we checked the overall sound.
We ate cup noodles for lunch and worked for eight hours.
I don't compromise until I'm okay with my own feelings.
That attitude doesn't change whether it's live or recording.
June. Matsumoto was in a recording studio.
He plays a guitar solo on the spot and takes a "OK" picture of what he thinks went well.
He was looking for a phrase that he was convinced of with eight bars and twenty seconds of solo.
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One month later, in July, Matsumoto visited the studio again in order to re-write those eight novels.
I thought it might be better to have it play in one take in a natural flow, so I tried it one more time.
(humming)
One more thing...
What is Matsumoto worried about?
Can I listen to the previous one?
Yes, you can, but...
Don't think too much about it.
The problem is the second bar in the middle.
The fifth and sixth bars.
In the end, only the fifth and sixth bars were rewritten.
What are the differences?
Let's compare June and July's recordings.
First, June.
Next, July.
One more time.
Matsumoto was concerned about this 5 second part for a month.
However, he wasn't satisfied with this July's take.
What was his complaint?
We asked him about June and July's takes.
Matsumoto was concerned about this 5 second part for a month.
In any case, it's not good.
No, it's good enough.
But what can we do about it?
Well, it's a matter of intuition.
I'm particular about the details.
Those of you who listen to it may not know it.
Anyway, if you accept what you are convinced of,
there will be no problem even if it becomes a product.
It's a craftsman's particularity.
The song that was finally released after many re- recordings
had a completely different phrase.
Matsumoto's luxury as a musician.
Using this studio freely and making music until he is satisfied with it.
Many hit songs were born from that work.
The biggest change is that we can spend a lot of money in music environment.
This is big.
This is the strength of being popular.
We can try a lot of things.
Even if we do it in a studio, it will take a lot of time and money.
We have a lot of instruments and we have a studio.
We can invest in an environment where we can freely make music.
This is the biggest thing.
Those who support BEAZE's music are Matsumoto's guitar and Inaba's high notes.
(Matsumoto's guitar and Inaba's high notes)
It puts a burden on your throat.
I can't relax.
It's midsummer and there are four singers on stage.
It's a warm herb tea that suppresses the inflammation of the throat.
Shall we go next?
Let's go.
After rehearsals, he goes to the medical milk machine.
When my throat gets dry and I can't sing anymore, I don't want to think, "Oh, I should have done it after all."
So I might say, "Do it five times," or "Do it three times," but I tend to be more careful.
Only during the tour.
There is a reason why Inaba has become more careful about his throat.
There was a time when my voice got really bad and I couldn't sing anymore.
If you don't close your vocal folds cleanly, you can't sing.
If you leave a gap here, you're in a so-called "dry" state.
It's like a water bucket there.
It's different from polyp, but because of that, I can't sing at all.
I had a surgery in January of 2004.
I saw the progress of the surgery, and I got a regular check-up.
This is a memo that the doctor in charge wrote down my throat condition every month.
Inaba says that after singing, all the warmth will be rubbed off.
It was an order from the doctor to keep the humidity above 50% so as not to dry out the throat.
Even in midsummer, Inaba does not use air conditioning in the mechanical room.
In addition, to prevent cold air from entering the hallway, he sticks to the door.
It's because I have a lot of laundry to do upstairs.
Not only does he take care of his throat.
Even now, 20 years after his debut, he moves around the stage intensely during live performances.
During rehearsals and tours, he always has an exclusive trainer with him.
Last month, it was pretty painful.
Yeah, it was.
Ever since the arena show ended.
My neck hasn't been bent in a while.
It looks like it was the last day of Okinawa.
The theme of Okinawa is "how to slow down the slowing speed".
For me, I feel like Okinawa is moving more than last year and the year before.
But I get tired when I move.
Sometimes I can't stand up and take a shower.
Matsumoto-san was worried that you were too thin for Inaba-san.
Yes, but I'm losing a lot of weight.
Maybe it's because it's January this year.
Inaba is taking good care of his health.
He often eats hot pot even in summer so as not to catch a cold.
For eight months of the tour, he doesn't drink beer and doesn't even put ice cubes in his tea.
Inaba-san, how would you describe yourself in one word?
The first thing that comes to mind is "stoic".
It's amazing how aware Beaz is of himself as a vocalist.
He manages his throat and maintains his physical strength.
I don't think you can do that with ordinary effort.
I don't say that he's a talker, but I'm sure he's working hard in places you can't see.
In this 20th anniversary concert, they will also perform their debut song.
20 years ago, Matsumoto was playing the guitar that Matsumoto used to play as a professional guitarist with the back of various musicians until the band was formed.
I want to compete with the music I made.
It was Inaba, who had graduated from college and sang in an amateur band, who appeared there.
At the time of their debut, the background music was karaoke.
In this concert, like back then, only the two of them will perform.
The first video of the concert.
They toured all over the country and performed many times.
Only the two of them will play karaoke in the back.
It was a different style from other bands, but Matsumoto had a certain conviction.
It was just a band boom.
On the other hand, you can't make sounds with just the two of you.
There's no bass or drums.
It was reversed back in the day.
But it wasn't reversed.
For example, if you have a set drummer...
...bassists do a lot of things, even though it's basically hard rock.
But if you're a hard rock drummer...
...you might not want to do a certain song.
Even if you record it, the quality might drop.
But that's not the case.
Matsumoto and Inaba continue to work on music and lyrics.
In this concert, they'll also be playing new songs.
When I started walking again on the road after the rain, a rainbow appeared on the other side of the bridge.
I watched them side by side until this work was completed.
There was a creative scene unique to bees, where Matsumoto's songs and Inaba's poems collided.
In March, Matsumoto first lets Inaba listen to the song he has written.
At this point, it is not decided whether to make it a love song or a message song.
"You are the best" is what it says. I think it was done with a certain theme in mind.
How does Inaba make lyrics out of Matsumoto's melody?
It doesn't come out of nowhere,
but simply, for example, a landscape comes to mind.
And in that landscape,
a person comes to mind.
Is it a group of men?
Is it a man and a woman walking together?
Or is it a woman thinking about something while walking?
There are various situations like that.
It just comes to mind.
The first song.
In a certain part, the trial and error began.
With lyrics like "you went out with me," Inaba is out of breath.
"Tsuki yatte kureta ne" or "tsuki yatte kuremashita"
"Tsuki yatte kureta ne" makes it hard to sing high notes in the chorus.
We changed "tsuki yatte kuremashita" into "tsuki yatte kuremashita"
tsuki yatte kuremashita
Let's try it.
Let's start from there.
boku ni yamanzuyoku
tsuki yatte kuremashita
gory days
kimi to sugoshi itachi
Matsumoto will listen to it.
How to raise the pitch towards the chorus became a challenge.
boku ni yamanzuyoku
tsuki yatte kuremashita
gory days
kimi to sugoshi itachi
gory days
tsuki yatte kuremashita
gory days
Matsumoto decided to raise the pitch towards the chorus.
gory days
Inaba added more lyrics and changed the ending.
I'm glad you went out with me, yeah
Good day
Which one should we do?
Should we do this one?
This one?
Well, either one is fine.
Let's do this for the third one.
Yeah, let's do "be" for the third one.
Yeah, that's fine too.
Which one should we do?
Let's try it.
It's good, but let's extend it.
I'm glad you went out with me, yeah
Good day
But "be" is the most exciting one, isn't it?
Yeah.
Let's put it back for now.
Let's do it in a different place.
They tried "be" in Inaba's song once, but in the end they decided to put it back in the first melody.
We're like that in everything, but I think "be" is the most misleading one.
First of all, we should just do it as we think.
But it's different from compromising.
And we've learned a lot from it.
Like, "No way!" and when we tried it, it became a hit song.
Things like that happen.
So, first of all, it's the worst.
At first.
No, we can't do it like this.
And we'll fail.
But it's something we've been doing for a long time.
Yeah.
Matsumoto found a melody where the notes gradually go up towards the chorus.
Go up.
By changing the melody, Inaba found even more new lyrics.
The final form of their trial and error.
You were patient with me and went out with me, didn't you?
Let's compare it with the first song Inaba sang.
You were patient with me and went out with me, didn't you?
The life I spent with you is a story of love.
Up to now, they have made 289 songs together.
They claim each other and polish each other.
For example, if I do it alone, I have my own pleasant melody, don't I?
This word has such a melody.
By doing it in someone else's melody,
I think it's better for the people around me.
Even if I think it's good for me, when it's in someone else's melody,
I think it's better for the people around me.
You can't control yourself, but you can suppress yourself in a way.
You can discover yourself by doing that.
Without fear of misunderstanding, it's not 100% self-expression.
Are you an artist or a musician?
I don't think of myself as an artist.
I don't think of myself as a musician either.
What do you do?
I'm a singer of Beaz.
The Kagoshima camp is also coming to an end.
Matsumoto stayed on stage even after the band left. He kept practicing his guitar.
Inaba was listening to the recording of the rehearsal and thinking about what to say to the fans.
The day of the 20-year-long gathering will be approaching.
On the first day of the concert, 40,000 people packed into the venue.
As of September, 700,000 fans have come to the venue from all over the country.
This is the largest number of fans this year.
The stage was raised at Kagoshima Gasshoku.
BEAZ was performing its last dance until the audience barely made it into the venue.
Over the past few years, the music industry has been plagued with poverty.
CD sales have decreased due to the influence of online music distribution.
BEAZ can't keep up with its previous sales,
but every time he releases a CD, it hits the charts and continues to run in the top 10.
In general, success is economic success, but I think it's whether you're satisfied with it in the end.
I think it's whether you're doing your best or not.
I think you'll get a lot of things after you've done it all, but I think it's really good to be able to accept the results as they are.
For me, it's the same with guitar, but I think it's a difference in how you think about it.
So, for example, it's not that I have a musical talent or a guitar talent, but that I like it a lot more than others.
So it's about finding something you like as much as anyone else.
But isn't it a coincidence how we met?
I think I was really lucky to meet a guitar at the age of 15 or 14.
I couldn't do anything else.
Thank you.
Let's do our best!
Thank you!
Why do bees sell bees?
It was a very simple answer that we found through an interview.
It was the two of them, accumulating clumsy efforts one after another.
Or do they meet again?
The last day of the stadium live, September 21st.
Just 20 years ago, BEAZ debuted.
The two of them wrapped up their 20 years at BEAZ like this.
Thank you for being with us today!