01. O.NO.RE
This time I had a few bassists available. On this song, the base was played by Negishi-san (Takamune). There was no special arrangement throughout. Playing guitar seriously began with track no 2. When I wrote the song, I played both electric and acoustic guitars and putting in whatever I could find in there. Writing notes, things like that, it's not really important (laugh). Just that I don't worry about it. I think it's something which I haven't got in me yet, so anything goes.

02. Love Letter
This is an older song. I wrote this around "Tooku Made" time. Although I made changes through almost all of it, only a bit of the lyrics was altered.

03. Touch
This one is wood-bass put into 3/4 beat (waltz) rhythm. The idea came when I was playing it with piano. The riff was written and completed that way. That wood-bass is great, isn't it? That's Kanezawa-san. Although I thought putting in guitar would be great, at the end we didn't need it. Somebody asked me, "What if you play the bass?" "Doesn't matter. I'll play anything." Like that, as if this were an album without any planning (laugh). Well, I didn't get to play it anyway. I wasn't aiming to be a maruchi (?) player (laugh). Guitar is also something I play when it's absolutely necessary.

04. TRASH
I thought of the riff for this song, but the solo was played with sky sensor though. It was difficult! The sound it makes is like terumin (?). When put into the song, it suited the pitch and actually gave it a 'lift'. I used sky sensor for B'z song too, because it's really interesting. The song was Makkana Silk.

05. Overture
I put in piano and strings on this one. The song itself is something that I wrote long time ago, just strumming on piano without real lyrics. There was one time when I played piano and sang it for demo tape, that's also ages ago. So this time, I started writing it for real from square one. When putting in words, I didn't specifically think "put in something different from B'z", because for sure, I'll be singing it. There are definitely some things that I can't change. So it was just until when I feel "I think it's great!"

06. GO
I stepped on wah pedal for this one. Guitar technician said to me, "Use this." I was like, "You can't be serious. Auto-wah is okay, right?" "Please use this." "Haaaiiii!" (laugh). I couldn't get used to it at first, so I said, "This is so troublesome!" But when I finally pulled it off, the feeling was great. It became the heart of this song, but please listen in casual manner when the guitar solo is playing (laugh)... The key also changes here and there. Umm, not because I wanted some atmosphere-changing but more like, "It's more interesting this way." That's why the key changes 3 times in the chorus. And after deciding that, there's a certain someone who got confused with it all the time (laugh).

07. Famiresu Gosen 3ji
For this one too, I have had something in similiar shape for a long time already. We're talking about no musical arrangement, only strumming on guitar and stuffs. A good deal of lyrics was written while this style of vocal on acoustic guitar was shaping. But recently I actually almost never go to family restaurant 3am in the morning anymore. Anyway, I have been to such place myself and this is what I saw there. Not the real thing, just images. Maybe half because I was sluggish and half because of the hot air. Ending of one day and beginning of another are thoroughly mixed, that feeling was good. That's why it's not a bar, it's a family restaurant.

08. Anata Wo Yobu Koe Wa Kaze Ni Sarawarete
This might be one of the song on which I began to play guitar. It was electric on the demo, which means I played it myself. Electric guitar especially when played in the studio, the sound was coming out from the amplifiers, strumming the guitar in the middle of boost, feeling the wind pressure in the air, I can feel it on my skin. I got addicted to that! You can actually feel the movement of music in the air. It was incredible! Standing there and playing guitar. But in the end, I had to make a lot of corrections (laugh). My playing was all a mess. It was recording with laughters (laugh).

09. Here I Am!!
The song was written from riff first. Even though for the final cut we used plug-in sound to sort of go around, in the beginning it was just normal sound like usual. But Nomura-san, the engineer, he probably loves all the plug-in effects in computer. He kept trying them one by one. Most of the time, I was like, "Isn't that good already?" (laugh)

10. Honno
I recorded this song first. I think "Honno" is a song that still comes out raw musically even after all those mixing. When I was doing the arrangement on this one, first I did it at home. It's totally like a homework, stopping here and there in the process (laugh). When I noticed it was already 2am and except for one chorus, I haven't come up with anything else (laugh). I have such memory on this song. It was something I had to do and try many times.

11. Seno de Revolution
This is a song I wanted to record at the very last. For the beginning, I played sitar for this one. Also in the chorus, beside me, there were other 4 to 5 persons singing. And afterwards, the drum was like exploding (laugh). "Yes, hit it that way!" A real great song came out as a result. This time, the guitars I played were (Gibson) Flying V and Telecaster. I used Flying V more. I've had it for ages already. Although somebody said to me, "Play the guitar like it should be played!" I couldn't play it skillfully so just a completely simple one (laugh). I was given an OK. In the end, I quite like the sound of Flying V.

12. Todokimasu Youni
I especially like this line: "chuuibukaku irareru youni" (hope we can concentrate on being together). The fact that this kind of sentence actually make it into a song (laugh).