[TeamAyu] Ayu Message 06.10.24 ~about new album

[tobygirl2020]

Originally Posted by Nu-NRG

EXACTLY!!!
It kills me how people jump in conclusion WITHOUT hearing the actual materials and said they are rushed.

She said herself that they're being rushed, so all we are doing is repeating what she has said herself. What's the problem with that?

And why can't we speculate on the quality of the songs? If people can run around here proclaiming that the album is going to be GREAT without hearing the songs, why can't we worry about the song's being bad?

[mi|kshake]

I hope this wasn't just decided b/c of people's reactions to the mini album - she does need a break sometime!

mi|kshake~

[ll moments ll]

i'm not that worried. i'm sure Ayu's worked on a tight schedule before. as long as the new stuff's great, i'm fine. :]

TOKIO's new album was "rushed" (i read the members j-webs about staying up all night and stuff like that), and i thought it was a great album! one of my favorites from them, actually.

[sexysaucestar]

Even though it's information that's already posted, it's still fun/funny to see Ayu's message on it. She sounds so cute in it!

[Ayumiko]

which ayu album was rushed? I remembered someone saying RAINBOW...and I love that album~ all the songs and the booklet pictures!!

btw...cdjapan canceled my mini album order and I had to reorder the album. Atleast my order didnt screw up and I still got the first press

[nodoka]

oooo. Thank you sooo much for the update!

I'm not at all worried about the composition and lyrical quality. Like everyone has been saying, Ayu has a backlog of songs that she can use, they just need to be recorded. Most artists prepare many, many songs for an album (sometimes in the neighborhood of 40), and then cut that number down to the best. Ayu is constantly being handed tapes of melodies, and she most certainly has lots of lyrics already written, just waiting for the right tune.

Even if that WASN'T the case, based solely on the fact that without songs, there is no album to begin with, Ayu and the Avex squad wouldn't even DARE to go ahead producing a full album if everyone wasn't absolutely convinced that it was a feasible task.

And even saying THAT, for this emergency case, Ayu is definitely going to have some of her favorite, best-working people at hand. I doubt many risks are going to be taken, but that means we'll get a lot of good stuff just based on (1) the people bound to be involved and (2) their history working with Ayu.

And having said THAT, making music is just what they do. It's their thing, it's their life. It's not like they have to work at the grocery store 9-5, and then head to the studio all night. It's what these people spend all day, all night thinking about.

The one and only thing I am concerned about is the mixing, because that is the sort of thing you really can't rush. That's why most songs take a while to finish recording. If you've got the song written and composed, good. If you've got the arrangement, good. If you've got the vocals recorded, good. But because each of those things are done in pieces by 5-20 people, the mixing needs to be careful. They say that after being in the studio and completing the first draught of a song, to always let it sit for a few days or more, until it is completely out of your head. Then you can go back in to the studio and have an objective ear when you are mixing and editing it. Then you can hear the "what was I thinking?"-parts that somehow sounded excellent to you the moment you made them. Then you go back in and re-record and/or re-arrange what you need to. It is nice to let a song ferment, so to speak, so you can really objectively be nit-picky with it and make it perfect.

But even so, I highly doubt anything will have BAD mixing, based on the raw fact that Avex has some of the most polished producers and mixers in the industry. Even on their bad days, they do better than most. And I dare say Ayu gets the best of that company.

[immel]

If I wasn't earlier (who knows?), I'm now officially in love with evolusean. Maybe that's random, I just need to express myself about his post in some way.

On the mixing part, I wonder if the Original Version of alterna is one of the cases where the mixing failed and/or was rushed.

[explodingbird]

Originally Posted by evolusean

I'm not at all worried about the composition and lyrical quality. Like everyone has been saying, Ayu has a backlog of songs that she can use, they just need to be recorded. Most artists prepare many, many songs for an album (sometimes in the neighborhood of 40), and then cut that number down to the best. Ayu is constantly being handed tapes of melodies, and she most certainly has lots of lyrics already written, just waiting for the right tune.

Even if that WASN'T the case, based solely on the fact that without songs, there is no album to begin with, Ayu and the Avex squad wouldn't even DARE to go ahead producing a full album if everyone wasn't absolutely convinced that it was a feasible task.

And even saying THAT, for this emergency case, Ayu is definitely going to have some of her favorite, best-working people at hand. I doubt many risks are going to be taken, but that means we'll get a lot of good stuff just based on (1) the people bound to be involved and (2) their history working with Ayu.

And having said THAT, making music is just what they do. It's their thing, it's their life. It's not like they have to work at the grocery store 9-5, and then head to the studio all night. It's what these people spend all day, all night thinking about.

The one and only thing I am concerned about is the mixing, because that is the sort of thing you really can't rush. That's why most songs take a while to finish recording. If you've got the song written and composed, good. If you've got the arrangement, good. If you've got the vocals recorded, good. But because each of those things are done in pieces by 5-20 people, the mixing needs to be careful. They say that after being in the studio and completing the first draught of a song, to always let it sit for a few days or more, until it is completely out of your head. Then you can go back in to the studio and have an objective ear when you are mixing and editing it. Then you can hear the "what was I thinking?"-parts that somehow sounded excellent to you the moment you made them. Then you go back in and re-record and/or re-arrange what you need to. It is nice to let a song ferment, so to speak, so you can really objectively be nit-picky with it and make it perfect.

But even so, I highly doubt anything will have BAD mixing, based on the raw fact that Avex has some of the most polished producers and mixers in the industry. Even on their bad days, they do better than most. And I dare say Ayu gets the best of that company.

That post was the biggest pile of...

...Freaking awesome.

You hit every point perfectly.

Marry me<3

Okay, notr really, but continue making awesome points or else.

[truehappiness]

Ayu got some somewhat bad mixing for her MY STORY album tracks.. the volume was so off x.x But for (miss)understood, it was like, perfect. Although the change to alterna was probably something Ayu 'okayed' because of a preference to not have the HEYs stand out so much.

evolusean, I want to give you a cookie. Like you said, this is all they will be thinking about. I have a feeling that new composers will sort of be given the boot and all we'll get are the Kazuhitos and the DAIs of Ayu's composition-team.. after all this is crunch time. Perhaps this atmosphere will create one of the best Ayu albums of all-time. At least, I'd like to believe so. The end of recording each song is going to be such a momentous occasion.. I can't wait until Ayu notifies TeamAyu.. <3

[alt.total-loser]

Why are you people acting like first press is gonna like... die out in the next couple minutes?

[truehappiness]

When did people say anything that led you to believe that?

I think people might not want to deal with the inconvenience of reordering, you know?

[explodingbird]

Unnecessary panic = part of life, I s'pose. It's like how people buy everything (too much of everything too) when a minor hurricane comes, let alone a big one.

I'll personally be waiting till the Overseas Version is released on YesAsia without the poster. I don't want it. I don't have room.

[immel]

Probably because it will last for several months!

That's the only reason I can see.

Well, who knows, the BLUE BIRD free press bonus poster was fully booked before the release, (m)u was not... hard to know.

[truehappiness]

Oh my. Yesasia is very nifty in times like this..

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[alt.total-loser]

Even before the mini album became an album people were bugging out over it.

[immel]

You crazy... argh.

You all get the full album for the price of a mini album, I so envy you guys.

I had to pay full price because my CDJ order was cancelled.

[Ayumiko]

lucky ppl....-__-

[realize_!]

boy am I happy^^

[Neo Daydream]

STILL IN THE MAKING??? lol
thanks!