New singles crossroad 9/22 and 「L」 9/29 2nd & 3rd parts of 3 single project [II]

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

DAI, CREA and Kikuchi.

My dream composers for L.

Oh please oh please oh please!!!!

[Ranma Matsuri]

^^YES YES YES. Those three are all I need to make this release perfect.

[rusuke]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

DAI, CREA and Kikuchi.

My dream composers for L.

I agree! It's been a long time since they wrote songs especially CREA.

[truehappiness]

Well, one out of those three is already confirmed to be coming back for something (It can't be for album stuff, right?) so...

COME ON CREA+DAI.

[rusuke]

^Oh right! I forgot about Kikuchi's coming back! Thanks for reminding me again!

[primavera♥]

I just don't see why she would compose anything unless she seriously thought she could write better or it was important to compose something.
Either way ayu can compose something great but its the arrangers that will make or break it
Ayu might though. Just for the hell of it. Its the 50th so yeah. CREA+DAI? How probable is that?

At least kikuchi is composing. Hopefully that's a good thing. (I really hope)
Can't wait to see who else

[love in music]

CREA+DAI would be amazing. Sometimes CREA doesn't do good on her own, everything with DAI is fantastic though.

[Kanzaki]

Well if CREA's ever going to make a comeback, L would be the perfect opportunity. I mean, her 50th single by CREA. I'd make an exception to the rule I made in order to protect my economy, and buy the single.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Originally Posted by identity

CREA+DAI would be amazing. Sometimes CREA doesn't do good on her own, everything with DAI is fantastic though.

What??? When?
IMO everything CREA has done has been some of ayu's best songs in her discography.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

What??? When?
IMO everything CREA has done has been some of ayu's best songs in her discography.

Not going to say which ones because I will offend a ton of people. Just 2 or 3 of them that were only by her weren't too good in my opinion.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^Who cares if you offend people?
Lol as long as you're respectful, it's your opinion. I'm curious to know which songs since the ones she did are so amazing to me.

[Kanzaki]

Seen from a songwriter/arrangers POV I guess most songs from I am... are crap. They aren't constructed as songs usually are. But I loved them because they were so different, so unpredictable. They never went like: verse, another verse, chorus, verse, bridge, chorus, chorus, done.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

^^Who cares if you offend people?
Lol as long as you're respectful, it's your opinion. I'm curious to know which songs since the ones she did are so amazing to me.

Okay.. I don't think Humming 7/4, winding road, and flower garden are that great. I'm not saying they're awful or the worst songs ever but I think they show that CREA isn't always amazing.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^ Well those would be my least-favorite CREA songs as well

[kagami]

I've always adored Humming 7/4 . It's one of her only songs that makes me want to headbang and jump around crazily lol.

[U-GO-BOY]

I like winding road but I agree with flower garden

[freedreamer]

Sorry was this ever posted?

あゆ、TKと初タッグ結成　今秋、2週連続シングルリリース

人気歌手・浜崎あゆみ（31）が今秋にニューシングルを2週連続で発売し、新曲「crossroad」（9 月22日発売）の作曲と編曲を音楽プロデューサー・小室哲哉 が手がけたことが8日、わかった。節目の50枚目のシングルとなる翌29日発売の「L」に弾みをつけるべく 、「ぜひお願いしてみよう」という浜崎本人の強い希望により4月に楽曲提供を打診、小室も「浜崎さんにとっ ても僕にとっても、この曲が新たな代表作となれば」と快諾して書き下ろした。早ければ今月14日（土）の『 a-nation』名古屋公演で初披露される。

　音楽界を代表する歌姫とプロデューサーが単独で初めて本格的タッグを組んだ。これまでにKEIKO（gl obe ）とのデュエット・浜崎あゆみ＆KEIKO名義で「a song is born」を歌唱したことはあるが、浜崎単独への楽曲提供はこれが初めて。カップリング曲「（タイトル未定 ）」も手掛ける小室は「たくさんの方々に愛される曲になってほしいと思います。ライブでのパフォーマンスも 楽しみにしています」と期待を寄せた。

　詞を担当した浜崎も「今回、初めて単独で小室さんの曲を歌わせていただくことになりました。 TRF さんやglobeさんをはじめとした先輩方の小室さんの曲を聴いて育ってきたので、すごくしっくりと気持ち よく歌わせていただきました。他のどの方とも違う自分なりの解釈で表現でき、すごく満足のいく仕上がりにな りましたので、幅広くいろいろな方に聴いていただきたいです」とレコーディングの“過程”でも納得のいく出 来となったという。

　7月上旬に都内のスタジオでレコーディングされた新曲「crossroad」は、王道のTKサウンドによ るミディアムバラード。浜崎のレコーディング後の歌声を聴いてインスパイアされたという小室が、ギターとス トリングス（16人編成）を当初の予定を変更してかねてより親交のある米L.Aのミュージシャン、ランディ ・ウォルドマンに依頼した。ランディは安室奈美恵、globeをはじめ、90年代のTKサウンドのほぼ全て のストリングス／オーケストラアレンジを手がけたことで知られる。

　新曲発売の1週間後には、記念すべき50thシングル「L（読み：エル）」を発売。1999年8月11日 発売の「A」、2002年7月24日発売の「H」、2003年7月9日発売の「＆」以来、7年ぶりに一文字 マキシシングルで発売する。こちらの作曲陣は明らかにされていないが、新録3曲を収録予定。今回のシングル 2枚で連続して1位を獲得すると、首位連続獲得数は25作となり、松田聖子が持つ女性アーティスト首位連続 獲得数記録（24作連続）を22年ぶりに更新して歴代1位に踊り出る。

http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/78872/full/

Translation:
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic...etsuya-komuro/

Pop star Ayumi Hamasaki (31) recently announced that she will release her 49th and 50th singles on consecutive weeks next month. On Sunday, it was learned that the first of those two songs, titled "crossroad," will be a collaboration with producer Tetsuya Komuro (51).

Hamasaki approached Komuro with the idea back in April. Komuro agreed, and he composed and arranged "crossroad," while Hamasaki handled the lyrics. The result, a medium-tempo ballad, is the first Komuro-produced song sung by Hamasaki on her own. (She sang "a song is born" as a duet with KEIKO of globe, and she is part of the 11 artists singing the a-nation theme song that was announced last week.)

"crossroad" was recorded in early July. After hearing Hamasaki's voice on the finished recording, Komuro was inspired to adjust his original plans for the guitar and strings accompaniment. He recruited the help of American musician Randy Waldman, who did much of the strings and orchestra arrangements for Komuro during the 1990s.

The coupling song for "crossroad" (currently untitled) was also provided by Komuro. The single will go on sale September 22, though Hamasaki may perform "crossroad" in concert as early as August 14 at the Nagoya a-nation event.

Hamasaki's 50th single, "L)," will follow "crossroad" on September 29. The milestone release is said to include three new songs, though the composers have not yet been revealed. If both "crossroad" and "L" take #1 on the sales charts, Hamasaki will achieve her 25th consecutive number-one single, breaking Seiko Matsuda's record streak of 24 that was set 22 years ago.

Im really excited. crossroad is gonna have strings! Whose this Randy Waldman? and so...Ayu still hasnt broken Seiko's record??? omg..

[panda♥]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

Whose this Randy Waldman?

Waldman played piano (and occasionally trumpet) on a wide variety of recordings by high-profile artists such as Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Olivia Newton John, Barry Manilow, Ray Charles, Michael Bublé, Quincy Jones, Johnny Mathis, Stevie Wonder, Andrea Bocelli and countless others. He has performed on hundreds of a major studio film soundtracks including Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Ice Age, The Bodyguard, Beetlejuice, Mission Impossible, Romancing the Stone, The Abyss, and Titanic. In 2007, he was the musical director for Josh Groban’s Awake concert tour.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_waldman

O_O sounds very exciting.

[miroro]

wow, this sounds very excited !!! it makes me feel so anxious for crossroad <3

[freedreamer]

I see that he+Kumuro have done a lot of Namie's songs in the past. but then again, that sound was 10 years ago so...i wonder if this collaboration is a first since then