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Hello. I am Yuki Ishiwata from Yuki and Cuties.
I have been a big-time bookworm since I was a kid, but I came to find my love for singing when I was a teenager. Â Still, all my highschool teacher didn't believe me that I wasn't gonna major in Japanese-literature in college, but insted went to NY to study music.
I ended up spending 9 years of my 20s in NY to pursue my music career in the city. After 3/11/2011, I decided to relocate to Japan and I have been based in Tokyo since 2012.
Being a bookworm entire my life, my motto is "play with words with love."
As a person with two different career as as a singer and a translator, I always keep that motto on my mind.
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I have put all my energy and love for my words into this upcoming CD project, The book of Yuki and the Cuties.
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It costed about 550,000 JPY for the entire recording process (pre-production, recording, mixing, mastering/ then Jacket/CD printing.)
I know I could have made this CD with much less cost. Â However, making a CD with long-lasting quality is still costly, even in this digital age, where everybody gets to use Grageband or any other DTM software and record at home.
Knowing that, however, this is what I have been believing.
I want to make this CD last for a long time.
Like you would still go back and listen to the Beatles even if you were born after John had been long gone.
Yes, they were world-famous stars and had all the money they needed.
We are nobody at this point. But who knows it is impossible for us to make it without even trying? That is why I decided to have invested for a wonderful mixing engieer to record at his studio.Â
Another thing was the jacket design.
I still buy music but only via digital distribution and I believe many others are like that, too. So, what would be a jacket that makes people still want to "get it"?
That question led me to created a zine-like jacket.
The good thing about this book-type jacket is that I can just give the book itslef to people who purchased the music online. Yay!
So, all I gotta do now is to bring this wonderful work of ours to wherever it will be accepted and loved.
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And I believe that is why us doing this crowdfunding is so important.
I wanto change this game in our industry, especially in Japan.
I want to prove that an indie musician can be successful while taking full responsibility of their work and music to create a path for younger generation.
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I will send you an original Zine, including short stories and poems that I have written and read at live shows.
In addition to that, we are offering the private live show or original song composition for you, so please check it out.
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Thank you so much for your time reaching this long statement.
Thank you for helping us to make it happen.
Thank you for spreading the word about us even if you decided not to support us by funding.
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