This is a dream come true. 😲 My favorite female guitarist in the world together with my favorite female drummer in the world playing one of my favorite Gacharic Sping songs, with Hana as the backing guitarist. 😆 Senri totally owned this version and Saki was in full assassin mode... I love them. ❤❤😍😍💙💙
I don’t really understand why musicians need to be categorized by gender. Senri is one of the best drummers in the world, full stop. Gacharic Spin is one of my favorite bands and every member is a very skilled musician. Anyway, that all said, I thought Saki’s performance here was kinda rough actually. She spent a large portion of the song staring at the fretboard, which isn’t good (I say this having played guitar for 37 years at this point), and she had several noticeable mistakes. She also really struggled attempting to play Tomo-zo’s solo. I know she’s a great guitarist, but this particular performance wasn’t.
@@COTTERO really? can you elaborate? I mean, if we were talking sports, sure... you have to include the "female" caveat. But when it comes to playing musical instruments, there are no inherent gender physical advantages or disadvantages to speak of. Maybe you could say male drummers can in general hit the drums with more physical force than female drummers. But drums are miked both in the studio and live, making that a worthless comparison. Believe me, I'm not some liberal white knighting female equality or anything like that. There are many areas where gender differences matter and people shouldn't be afraid to acknowledge that. But... a guitarist is a guitarist - women are capable of playing the same repertoires as men and vice versa. So, it makes no sense to me to put them in separate categories.
@@Wyl7 Hi, Will. Glad to see you again here! I agree with you partially because I saw Saki, Hana, or Senri play with various players of various genres or generations so many times in Tokyo and Osaka. Particularly, Saki faced off with Akira Takasaki of LOUDNESS on the solo of Crazy Doctor. Phenomenal. Fortunately, I was at Yokohama Bay Hall at that time. Most of you never know how difficult the condition Saki overcame until that day. I appreciate her effort to organize everything for the show without the almost management staff. The venue was not easily accessible. The construction of it was not easy to see or make sound great. Despite any circumstances, the show must go on. Saki and the players Saki chose did it. At last, Saki was moved to tears while playing the tunes of Mary's Blood. Also, Yunika wept as well. I'm proud of them all as a compatriot of Japan and a guitar player for 45 years. I saw hundreds of super guitarists on the planet for a long time. Good times, bad times. You know Saki had her share. I hope you all can see them all at the next venue.
@@UltraFoozy thank you for that context about the show/performance. I’ve “only” been playing guitar for 37 years (you have me beat lol), but yeah… live performances can go off track for reasons the audience never knows. I was surprised at how rough Saki’s performance on this song was (knowing she’s a brilliant musician), so being able understand a little better what was happening is appreciated.
Saki is Saki, a Rock Goddess by nature. Senri (drums) is a freak of nature, somehow always able to play exactly what any individual song calls for. Never over playing, even though she is perfectly capable of the most complex of fills and time changes. She just nails everything she touches.
Thanks for this great upload.👍 Kudos to Yunika, covering a F Chopper Koga song is no easy task.👍 This recording sounds fantastic, but on this particular song I missed Oreo's keys. It's amazing that this was available so soon (this was on June the 21st) this is a must see DVD/Blu Ray.😉
I was pleasantly surprised that they played a Gacharic Spin track when checking out the show and it seemed like Senri also enjoyed playing it. Not to take anything away from Saki, Hana nor the bass player who I didn't know but clearly could hold her own during the whole event, but seeing Senri play stuff that wasn't jazz (I know she has done this before, but I mainly know her work in jazz) was what made me the most curious about the whole set as a pretty big Senri fan. All 4 of them did an excellent job though, I am super happy that they decided to make this available outside of Japan as a stream as well and them playing Tamashii was just one of the fun surprises during the set. It was 2 of my favourite things from Japanese music combined, Gacharic Spin and Senri.
It didn't surprise me that Senri could not only hold her own with this song but also totally enjoyed herself. Many great rock drummers of the past either started as jazz drummers, Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience), Phil Collins (Genesis), or were heavily influenced by jazz drummers, John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Ginger Baker (Cream - Eric Clapton was the guitarist), Neil Peart (Rush) and Stewart Copeland (The Police) to name a few. Senri is an amazing drummer. Her fills in this song were so quick but also so smooth. I have also wondered about Yuri's background since GS has included a lot more jazz influences in their recent songs.
@@fedogma8407 Absolutely and she has also played in rock settings before, with Rie a.k.a. Suzaku for example and I am pretty sure she recorded with a Western Prog Rock band as well (never heard that one though), but it's just not something I am used to seeing that often, especially what was basically power metal for a lot of songs during the set. Btw, to add an other drummer to your list, I am pretty sure Bill Ward from Black Sabbath also started out as a jazz drummer or at least I can hear jazz influences next to the obvious blues influences. As far as Yuri goes, I know she came from different bands (Lagoon and HighChe's), but I never heard them. Both are mentioned as rock bands though. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if she has experience with jazz either. Everything since W is so much more technical, I always knew she was a good drummer, but she has honestly blown me away especially after seeing some of the drum focused shorts. I love that they seem to give her more of a spotlight nowadays because she seems more timid than a lot of her bandmates and it's easy to get lost between the huge amounts of stage presence of mainly Oreo and Angie, but you can count Hana in that group as well. And that combined with a band that is basically just soloing over each other at some points. It's hard to be overlooked in a band like that and she deserves to be noticed.
@@MaartenT To be honest I was a bit skeptical about Yuri when she replaced Hana since her groove is a lot different but to be honest, she is the perfect fit for the direction the band is taking. Like you, I have been blown away by Yuri. When it comes to GS, most of the praise seems to go to Koga and Hana for musicianship. I have always said that Tomo-zo is under-rated (and often a bit too low in the mix). The same can be said of Oreo's piano skills since she is also amazing and adds so much to the GS sound. Of course, when all the members of a band are this talented, it is easy to overlook someone. This is one thing I love about GS, they write and play for the song although everyone has a chance to shine depending on the song.
@homegnome2429. Agreed, Homegnome, although I was surprised that Hana didn't jump on the mike, but then again, she may have required both Oreo and Angie's voices on Tamashii as they've been known to share vocals equally on this song, as evidenced during Gacha's 10th anniversary show back in 2019. Sidenote: When was the last time you ever saw Hana in a dress.? The only evidence I've seen of Hana in a dress was in that old 12 Hitoe MV while she was still in her teens lol! 😄✌️❤️🤘
@@michaelhill4353 Take my chance video! Generation gap video! Probably others if I spent some time thinking about it :) In terms of vocals, I think it was a case of keeping it with Saki as the prime focus which I can understand, it was her show (though I did miss vocals from this stream overall)
@homegnome2429. It's pretty cool seeing Saki take a stab at playing a Gacha song here, though Tomo-Zo's presence is sorely missed. Kudos to the bassist who I'm not all that familiar with as of yet but would certainly love to know more about. Wonderful seeing Senri outside of her comfort zone in The Jazz Avengers while still managing to bring her world-class skills to the proceedings.✌️❤️🤘
@homegnome2429 . Oh my god. You're right. Just goes to show how long it's been since I last viewed either video, lol! Kudos to Saki for managing to get through a song that she'd never performed publicly prior to this debut solo performance. Love the fact that Gacharic Fan decided to post this video here and not elsewhere. Otherwise, we might never have seen it. I'm looking forward to the rest of this showcase performance of Saki's post Nemophila.✌️❤️🤘
@@michaelhill4353 I bought the stream so I'd seen this before - not sure if Gacha fan will post the rest as it's not GS focussed and its also very soon since the stream archive ended so don't know if there are any official plans for release.
Amazing job even with her pedal board not working right. At 2:55 she used her hand to try and get one of her pre-set, but it wasn't working so she used another setting that worked. Saki and the rest of the band members are awesome!
Wow, this is a very exciting video. There are many parts from the original song, and not only the guitar, but also the keyboard and vocals are all performed on one guitar, but it's very satisfying. I hope there will be more of Saki and Hana's twin performance. Please improve the volume balance between the instruments. Senri (drums) is the leader of The Jazz Avengers, but she also suits rock sounds. I'm planning to go to the jazz live on August 6th at Shibuya. So, I couldn't go to Saki's live this time, but I want to attend the next one! I hope the band (no name?) continue with the same members as this time!
Feels good to see and hear my favorite guitarist again, and yeah I definitely prefer a talented drummer to back her up...And what I miss the most about Saki in Nemo is the frequency of fresh videos, it was like I just moved in on the same street as Saki, so cool :D
That's pretty cool! Wish Hana's guitar was a little louder, could barely hear her for most of it Not wild about the take on the solo, but that's just me
It’s not just you… I thought this was a pretty rough performance by Saki. She made a lot of mistakes, mangled Tomo-zo’s solo, and spent way too much time staring at the fretboard. I don’t know how much time she had to practice/rehearse this song before having to play it live, but it wasn’t enough.
*Saki must have hated something about Nemophila, and likely neither Murata nor Hazuki.* After all, she gave up on the lucrative USA market by ditching her Nemophila association.
Nemophila's songs had very few and poor guitar solo parts. She must have been confident that if SAKI teamed up with Hazuki, they would definitely be able to defeat M&M. I think she was getting frustrated that she wasn't in that situation.
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This is a dream come true. 😲
My favorite female guitarist in the world together with my favorite female drummer in the world playing one of my favorite Gacharic Sping songs, with Hana as the backing guitarist. 😆
Senri totally owned this version and Saki was in full assassin mode... I love them. ❤❤😍😍💙💙
I don’t really understand why musicians need to be categorized by gender. Senri is one of the best drummers in the world, full stop. Gacharic Spin is one of my favorite bands and every member is a very skilled musician.
Anyway, that all said, I thought Saki’s performance here was kinda rough actually. She spent a large portion of the song staring at the fretboard, which isn’t good (I say this having played guitar for 37 years at this point), and she had several noticeable mistakes. She also really struggled attempting to play Tomo-zo’s solo. I know she’s a great guitarist, but this particular performance wasn’t.
@@Wyl7 Dude, you have issues.😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂
@@COTTERO really? can you elaborate? I mean, if we were talking sports, sure... you have to include the "female" caveat. But when it comes to playing musical instruments, there are no inherent gender physical advantages or disadvantages to speak of. Maybe you could say male drummers can in general hit the drums with more physical force than female drummers. But drums are miked both in the studio and live, making that a worthless comparison.
Believe me, I'm not some liberal white knighting female equality or anything like that. There are many areas where gender differences matter and people shouldn't be afraid to acknowledge that. But... a guitarist is a guitarist - women are capable of playing the same repertoires as men and vice versa. So, it makes no sense to me to put them in separate categories.
@@Wyl7 Hi, Will. Glad to see you again here!
I agree with you partially because I saw Saki, Hana, or Senri play with various players of various genres or generations so many times in Tokyo and Osaka. Particularly, Saki faced off with Akira Takasaki of LOUDNESS on the solo of Crazy Doctor. Phenomenal.
Fortunately, I was at Yokohama Bay Hall at that time.
Most of you never know how difficult the condition Saki overcame until that day. I appreciate her effort to organize everything for the show without the almost management staff. The venue was not easily accessible. The construction of it was not easy to see or make sound great. Despite any circumstances, the show must go on. Saki and the players Saki chose did it.
At last, Saki was moved to tears while playing the tunes of Mary's Blood. Also, Yunika wept as well. I'm proud of them all as a compatriot of Japan and a guitar player for 45 years.
I saw hundreds of super guitarists on the planet for a long time.
Good times, bad times. You know Saki had her share.
I hope you all can see them all at the next venue.
@@UltraFoozy thank you for that context about the show/performance. I’ve “only” been playing guitar for 37 years (you have me beat lol), but yeah… live performances can go off track for reasons the audience never knows. I was surprised at how rough Saki’s performance on this song was (knowing she’s a brilliant musician), so being able understand a little better what was happening is appreciated.
Saki is Saki, a Rock Goddess by nature. Senri (drums) is a freak of nature, somehow always able to play exactly what any individual song calls for. Never over playing, even though she is perfectly capable of the most complex of fills and time changes. She just nails everything she touches.
That. Was. Amazing! True to the essence of the song's music but still able to give it her own special vibe. Bravá
some pretty soulful, and brilliant, guitar playing from Saki...loved the whole thing
Drums, guitar, saxophone, piano, there's no instrument Hana can't play. She is truly a multi-talented artist.
Moreover, she has incredible singing ability.
まさかTAMASHIIやってくれるなんて予想だにせずイントロ流れた瞬間発狂しそうでした🙌
最高のパフォーマンスでした
また動画で見られて嬉しいです😂
ありがとうございます！
Saki performing live is well worth listening to.😀😀😀
What a lineup! And once more - Senri Kawaguchi, what a world class drummer! Amazing in every genre.
Thanks for this great upload.👍
Kudos to Yunika, covering a F Chopper Koga song is no easy task.👍
This recording sounds fantastic, but on this particular song I missed Oreo's keys.
It's amazing that this was available so soon (this was on June the 21st) this is a must see DVD/Blu Ray.😉
It's nice to watch Saki in action !!😊❤
Thank you, what an amazing superband! ❤
Awesome performance!! Like +1
i know this is a saki show but man this is one helluva super group..insane talent!
I was pleasantly surprised that they played a Gacharic Spin track when checking out the show and it seemed like Senri also enjoyed playing it. Not to take anything away from Saki, Hana nor the bass player who I didn't know but clearly could hold her own during the whole event, but seeing Senri play stuff that wasn't jazz (I know she has done this before, but I mainly know her work in jazz) was what made me the most curious about the whole set as a pretty big Senri fan. All 4 of them did an excellent job though, I am super happy that they decided to make this available outside of Japan as a stream as well and them playing Tamashii was just one of the fun surprises during the set. It was 2 of my favourite things from Japanese music combined, Gacharic Spin and Senri.
It didn't surprise me that Senri could not only hold her own with this song but also totally enjoyed herself. Many great rock drummers of the past either started as jazz drummers, Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience), Phil Collins (Genesis), or were heavily influenced by jazz drummers, John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Ginger Baker (Cream - Eric Clapton was the guitarist), Neil Peart (Rush) and Stewart Copeland (The Police) to name a few. Senri is an amazing drummer. Her fills in this song were so quick but also so smooth. I have also wondered about Yuri's background since GS has included a lot more jazz influences in their recent songs.
@@fedogma8407 Absolutely and she has also played in rock settings before, with Rie a.k.a. Suzaku for example and I am pretty sure she recorded with a Western Prog Rock band as well (never heard that one though), but it's just not something I am used to seeing that often, especially what was basically power metal for a lot of songs during the set. Btw, to add an other drummer to your list, I am pretty sure Bill Ward from Black Sabbath also started out as a jazz drummer or at least I can hear jazz influences next to the obvious blues influences.
As far as Yuri goes, I know she came from different bands (Lagoon and HighChe's), but I never heard them. Both are mentioned as rock bands though. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if she has experience with jazz either. Everything since W is so much more technical, I always knew she was a good drummer, but she has honestly blown me away especially after seeing some of the drum focused shorts. I love that they seem to give her more of a spotlight nowadays because she seems more timid than a lot of her bandmates and it's easy to get lost between the huge amounts of stage presence of mainly Oreo and Angie, but you can count Hana in that group as well. And that combined with a band that is basically just soloing over each other at some points. It's hard to be overlooked in a band like that and she deserves to be noticed.
@@fedogma8407Don't forget Bill Bruford
@@MaartenT To be honest I was a bit skeptical about Yuri when she replaced Hana since her groove is a lot different but to be honest, she is the perfect fit for the direction the band is taking. Like you, I have been blown away by Yuri. When it comes to GS, most of the praise seems to go to Koga and Hana for musicianship. I have always said that Tomo-zo is under-rated (and often a bit too low in the mix). The same can be said of Oreo's piano skills since she is also amazing and adds so much to the GS sound. Of course, when all the members of a band are this talented, it is easy to overlook someone. This is one thing I love about GS, they write and play for the song although everyone has a chance to shine depending on the song.
@@amgerth Another great choice. I could also add drummers from the short-lived jazz/rock fusion genre that was very popular in the 70's.
Most fun seeing Senri playing GS 😄😄
@homegnome2429. Agreed, Homegnome, although I was surprised that Hana didn't jump on the mike, but then again, she may have required both Oreo and Angie's voices on Tamashii as they've been known to share vocals equally on this song, as evidenced during Gacha's 10th anniversary show back in 2019. Sidenote: When was the last time you ever saw Hana in a dress.? The only evidence I've seen of Hana in a dress was in that old 12 Hitoe MV while she was still in her teens lol! 😄✌️❤️🤘
@@michaelhill4353 Take my chance video! Generation gap video! Probably others if I spent some time thinking about it :) In terms of vocals, I think it was a case of keeping it with Saki as the prime focus which I can understand, it was her show (though I did miss vocals from this stream overall)
@homegnome2429. It's pretty cool seeing Saki take a stab at playing a Gacha song here, though Tomo-Zo's presence is sorely missed. Kudos to the bassist who I'm not all that familiar with as of yet but would certainly love to know more about. Wonderful seeing Senri outside of her comfort zone in The Jazz Avengers while still managing to bring her world-class skills to the proceedings.✌️❤️🤘
@homegnome2429 . Oh my god. You're right. Just goes to show how long it's been since I last viewed either video, lol! Kudos to Saki for managing to get through a song that she'd never performed publicly prior to this debut solo performance. Love the fact that Gacharic Fan decided to post this video here and not elsewhere. Otherwise, we might never have seen it. I'm looking forward to the rest of this showcase performance of Saki's post Nemophila.✌️❤️🤘
@@michaelhill4353 I bought the stream so I'd seen this before - not sure if Gacha fan will post the rest as it's not GS focussed and its also very soon since the stream archive ended so don't know if there are any official plans for release.
What a legend! I will always be excited to listen to your guitar
ハナいるやん！🎸
Amazing job even with her pedal board not working right. At 2:55 she used her hand to try and get one of her pre-set, but it wasn't working so she used another setting that worked. Saki and the rest of the band members are awesome!
This was a great stream. Nice to see them working together.
Wow, this is a very exciting video.
There are many parts from the original song, and not only the guitar, but also the keyboard and vocals are all performed on one guitar, but it's very satisfying.
I hope there will be more of Saki and Hana's twin performance. Please improve the volume balance between the instruments.
Senri (drums) is the leader of The Jazz Avengers, but she also suits rock sounds. I'm planning to go to the jazz live on August 6th at Shibuya.
So, I couldn't go to Saki's live this time, but I want to attend the next one! I hope the band (no name?) continue with the same members as this time!
Thanks brother 👍
Feels good to see and hear my favorite guitarist again, and yeah I definitely prefer a talented drummer to back her up...And what I miss the most about Saki in Nemo is the frequency of fresh videos, it was like I just moved in on the same street as Saki, so cool :D
SAKI!!!
now that's another supergroup!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
This is epic.
No hay duda es una Nemophila 👍 grande Saki ❤
Yunika killing it. 💜💜
Thank you so much for posting 🥰🥰
Sweet!!!!
SENRI KAWAGUCHI！!!!
I think Saki and Hana could have easily figured out who was a great drummer.
❤❤❤❤❤
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Next level musicians everywhere you look. A very nice ride.
Love it, It's great that Saki is out and playing what she wants. Sure she composing too.
ギターが歌ってやがるぜ
Saki様のギターで歌詞が脳内再生されている
なんなら歌よりギターの方が鮮明に、、、、、
The future of Metal is Made In Japan. I need to visit my brother in Tokyo.. and go to as many concerts i can...
Watching Senri playing "Tamashii" on drums, makes me realize how amazing Yuri is!
ドラムは川口千里さんか？
はい
That's pretty cool!
Wish Hana's guitar was a little louder, could barely hear her for most of it
Not wild about the take on the solo, but that's just me
It’s not just you… I thought this was a pretty rough performance by Saki. She made a lot of mistakes, mangled Tomo-zo’s solo, and spent way too much time staring at the fretboard. I don’t know how much time she had to practice/rehearse this song before having to play it live, but it wasn’t enough.
この類の動画ってアップしていいの？
*Saki must have hated something about Nemophila, and likely neither Murata nor Hazuki.* After all, she gave up on the lucrative USA market by ditching her Nemophila association.
Nemophila's songs had very few and poor guitar solo parts. She must have been confident that if SAKI teamed up with Hazuki, they would definitely be able to defeat M&M. I think she was getting frustrated that she wasn't in that situation.