The lead guitarist has been studying classical piano since age 3, and the vocalist has been studying classical ballet since age 2. Please enjoy the graceful movements of the singers. Many Japanese musicians have such careers. Please enjoy.
Every member of lovebites can be seen as virtuoso, Haruna is a master of her kit, from the double kick to her highly technical symbol work, Fami is very much the prodigy, and has proved herself to be so 💯, Midori is a speed demon and a shred master, she is also very adept on a piano, Asami's vocals are, imo, highly addictive and have a 💯 unique sound, and Miyako is the cherry 🍒 on the cake, a musical genius in every sense of the word, multi instrumentalist, song writing and composition skills. As a whole, they have the perfect combination. ❤ this band so much. 🤘🎤🎸🎹🥁🐺
Only very few bands make it, to prove, that excellent Metal can get along very well with excellent Classical music. LOVEBITES is one of those few bands. Admitted: LOVEBITES have the big advantage, that they consist of 5 geniuses of music, not just of 1 or 2. "Outrageous", actually. 😁😉
@@inalectexperiences You are welcome! 🙃 _Both_ Classical music (Vivaldi, J.S.Bach) _and_ Metal are "my" genres, and whenever Miyako writes a song combining both, I am so fucking grateful! 😄🙃 "Swan song" and "Lost in the garden", for instance. And I know enough compositions from J.S.Bach (as I learned violin in my childhood), that I believe, that J.S.Bach would _intensely_ write Metal songs if he lived today. 😁 He was a "mathematican", using musical notes as "programming code". Some of Bach's compositions you could even play _backwards_ , and it would still sound great. 😁 A _genius_ , like Miyako. In my opinion, Miyako is "the (female, and Japanese) J.S.Bach of our time". And: I wonder, how some LOVEBITES songs would sound, if played by a symphony orchestra. Surely _overwhelming_ , with an own, deeply moving impact.
Thanks for coming back to this. Chopin (pronounced Show-pan) was a Polish-born Romantic-era (1800’s) classical composer and piano virtuoso who lived most of his life in France. He is considered one of the great classical composers, specializing in highly technical works for piano. "Etude" is French for "study". Chopin's Etudes were written as "studies", or lessons, for his students. They ended up being popular things for professional pianists to play as part of their concerts, in part to show off their skills. This is one of the more famous ones and is considered one of the most difficult ones. Miyako, who composes a lot of Lovebites’ music, is a trained classical pianist, and was originally considering a career in classical music (other options included medicine and teaching). When she was 18, she picked up the guitar, and is now (quite obviously) an elite-level guitarist. She particularly likes the Romantic Era classical composers like Debussy, Dvořák and Chopin, as well as her stated favorite, Russian romantic composer Rachmaninoff. She composed “Swan Song” using elements of the New World Symphony (Dvořák) and Chopin’s Revolutionary Etude (official name Étude Opus 10, No. 12 in C minor). For this performance, she actually played the Etude as the intro, but it’s not normally included in their shows.
Miyako (lead guitarist/pianist at stage left) is a generational talent who is a virtuoso on BOTH the guitar and piano. She has been classically-trained on the piano since the age of 3. Miyako also composed & arranged "Swan Song" and this track is a neoclassical metal masterpiece. Throughout the song, you can hear motifs from Romantic-era composers Chopin (intro, main riff, solo) and Dvořák (Chorus). Miyako's piano intro is Chopin's "Étude Op. 10, No. 12 in C minor", aka the "Revolutionary Étude". BTW, Chopin is pronounced as "show-pan"
LOVEBITES - Swan Song lyrics: If this was the last day you could live on this earth Would you still go on, accusing someone for today It’s better to fail than not do anything at all It is not the length, but depth of life that counts Oh brave soldier Oh gallant warrior Valor to those who died in battle to Valhalla Believe what’s in your soul For death will come to all You shall rest peacefully in God’s Heaven Floating lotus You are so graceful Saintly and glorious Till the end of time Floating lotus You are so beautiful Sing me your sweet song The legend of the swan If you’ve never hoped, you’ve never been through despair Ignorance is bliss, it’s easier to never care You might think it’s meaningless to sacrifice a life Sometimes the life of one can save so many more Oh brave soldier Oh gallant warrior Valor to those who died in battle to Valhalla Believe what’s in your soul For death will come to all You shall rest peacefully in God’s Heaven Floating lotus You are so graceful Saintly and glorious Till the end of time Floating lotus You are so beautiful Sing me your sweet song The legend of the swan SOLO: miyako / both Floating lotus You are so graceful Saintly and glorious Till the end of time Floating lotus You are so beautiful Sing me your sweet song The legend of the swan SOLO: midori [guitar] / miyako [piano] ----- lyrics: asami music: miyako arrangement: miyako & LOVEBITES (miho, haruna, midori, miyako, asami) album: Electric Pentagram 01/29/2020 ----
The famous FOAK performance! The Piano was perfect on this one, Foak stands for Five of a Kind, the name of the dvd/bluray. You will love "Holy War" from the same concert.
A gentle correction if I may, Chopin, a 19th century Polish composer, known for the difficulty of his compositions for piano, is pronounced Show - Pan. The particular piece Miyako is playing as the intro is the Étude Op. 10, No. 12, which was composed as a practice piece for students by Chopin, and emphasises the use of the left hand. Many of these classical piano pieces that Miyako plays are made harder for her due to her small hands. Another similar combination of classical and metal from Lovebites is 'Lost In The Garden' for which Miyako plays Franz Liszt's La Campanella as an introduction. This is another notoriously difficult piece to play well. Needless to say Miyako does so with flying colours. Also watch vocalist Asami, especially towards the end when Miyako is back on the piano. Asami trained as a ballet dancer before becoming a singer, and she is referencing the Dying Swan from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in her movements. A footnote, the 'Star Cymbals' are an Haruna 'trade mark' and can also be seen on her kit when she was with her previous band Destrose. They are old cymbals that are no longer playable that she has had turned into stars and which she will spin during the concert.
Not only better sound quality and detail but also precise camera shots and focus. Like focusing on Miyako solo and Midori with transparent image during solo.
I'm flattered that you used my thumbnail! This is a wonderful piece of music and I agree the mix is really good. Love when Miyako's piano and guitar skills are showcased in the same songs. I enjoyed your reaction. I had the same question about the star cymbals - they are decorative, not functional. Consider doing a reaction to The Warning - Dull Knives Cut Better, perhaps the version from The Warning Cave. - G
Thank you for taking the time to react to this version. It was great to see you appreciate this version. As you like the inclusion of piano you should check out their Frozen Serenade. You'll love it! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Yeah, the new concert is, for my taste, mixed a bit too drum heavy. I know everybody loves Haruna but especially on this song the piano is nearly noticeable and on some other songs even the guitars often are a bit to low (again, for my taste at least)
Despite what some fans say about the official live performance of Swan Song vs this one there is actually nothing wrong with the official version mixing because the band themselves (in the colour commentary of the concert dvd) that they intentionally make subtle changes to the sound and mixing between the songs every time they play it live because they don’t want to make it sound like the exact same way every time they play their songs and giving the fans a different experience every time hence why the piano was lower in the mix for the official video and louder in this one because Miyako wanted Midori’s guitar higher in the official version compared to it being lower in this version (their words not mine)
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The lead guitarist has been studying classical piano since age 3, and the vocalist has been studying classical ballet since age 2. Please enjoy the graceful movements of the singers. Many Japanese musicians have such careers. Please enjoy.
Thank you for the information! They are mind blowing! 🤘
A masterpiece song. Miyako is multi instrumental - Piano, guitar, bass, and drums and maybe ithers I'm unaware of. FYI Chopin is pronounced (Show Pan)
Yes agreed! and thank you! 🤘
To me, this concert has the best sound of all their concerts. It’s really well mixed.
Agreed! I really enjoyed this mix! 🤘
Every member of lovebites can be seen as virtuoso, Haruna is a master of her kit, from the double kick to her highly technical symbol work, Fami is very much the prodigy, and has proved herself to be so 💯, Midori is a speed demon and a shred master, she is also very adept on a piano, Asami's vocals are, imo, highly addictive and have a 💯 unique sound, and Miyako is the cherry 🍒 on the cake, a musical genius in every sense of the word, multi instrumentalist, song writing and composition skills. As a whole, they have the perfect combination. ❤ this band so much. 🤘🎤🎸🎹🥁🐺
I love how versatile this band is! 🤘 super talented!
Only very few bands make it, to prove, that excellent Metal can get along very well with excellent Classical music. LOVEBITES is one of those few bands.
Admitted: LOVEBITES have the big advantage, that they consist of 5 geniuses of music, not just of 1 or 2. "Outrageous", actually. 😁😉
Yes! I am getting classical vibes with this band as well. I couldn't figure it out lol. Thank you! 🤘
@@inalectexperiences You are welcome! 🙃
_Both_ Classical music (Vivaldi, J.S.Bach) _and_ Metal are "my" genres, and whenever Miyako writes a song combining both, I am so fucking grateful! 😄🙃 "Swan song" and "Lost in the garden", for instance.
And I know enough compositions from J.S.Bach (as I learned violin in my childhood), that I believe, that J.S.Bach would _intensely_ write Metal songs if he lived today. 😁 He was a "mathematican", using musical notes as "programming code". Some of Bach's compositions you could even play _backwards_ , and it would still sound great. 😁 A _genius_ , like Miyako.
In my opinion, Miyako is "the (female, and Japanese) J.S.Bach of our time".
And: I wonder, how some LOVEBITES songs would sound, if played by a symphony orchestra. Surely _overwhelming_ , with an own, deeply moving impact.
Thanks for coming back to this. Chopin (pronounced Show-pan) was a Polish-born Romantic-era (1800’s) classical composer and piano virtuoso who lived most of his life in France. He is considered one of the great classical composers, specializing in highly technical works for piano. "Etude" is French for "study". Chopin's Etudes were written as "studies", or lessons, for his students. They ended up being popular things for professional pianists to play as part of their concerts, in part to show off their skills. This is one of the more famous ones and is considered one of the most difficult ones.
Miyako, who composes a lot of Lovebites’ music, is a trained classical pianist, and was originally considering a career in classical music (other options included medicine and teaching). When she was 18, she picked up the guitar, and is now (quite obviously) an elite-level guitarist. She particularly likes the Romantic Era classical composers like Debussy, Dvořák and Chopin, as well as her stated favorite, Russian romantic composer Rachmaninoff. She composed “Swan Song” using elements of the New World Symphony (Dvořák) and Chopin’s Revolutionary Etude (official name Étude Opus 10, No. 12 in C minor). For this performance, she actually played the Etude as the intro, but it’s not normally included in their shows.
Yea Miyako has definitely caught my attention! Love the song writing this band does. Thank you for the information! 🤘
Miyako (lead guitarist/pianist at stage left) is a generational talent who is a virtuoso on BOTH the guitar and piano. She has been classically-trained on the piano since the age of 3. Miyako also composed & arranged "Swan Song" and this track is a neoclassical metal masterpiece. Throughout the song, you can hear motifs from Romantic-era composers Chopin (intro, main riff, solo) and Dvořák (Chorus). Miyako's piano intro is Chopin's "Étude Op. 10, No. 12 in C minor", aka the "Revolutionary Étude". BTW, Chopin is pronounced as "show-pan"
She is easily one of my fav musicians! Thank you for the information and the correct way to pronounce "Chopin" 🙏
LOVEBITES - Swan Song lyrics:
If this was the last day you could live on this earth
Would you still go on, accusing someone for today
It’s better to fail than not do anything at all
It is not the length, but depth of life that counts
Oh brave soldier
Oh gallant warrior
Valor to those who died in battle to Valhalla
Believe what’s in your soul
For death will come to all
You shall rest peacefully in God’s Heaven
Floating lotus
You are so graceful
Saintly and glorious
Till the end of time
Floating lotus
You are so beautiful
Sing me your sweet song
The legend of the swan
If you’ve never hoped, you’ve never been through despair
Ignorance is bliss, it’s easier to never care
You might think it’s meaningless to sacrifice a life
Sometimes the life of one can save so many more
Oh brave soldier
Oh gallant warrior
Valor to those who died in battle to Valhalla
Believe what’s in your soul
For death will come to all
You shall rest peacefully in God’s Heaven
Floating lotus
You are so graceful
Saintly and glorious
Till the end of time
Floating lotus
You are so beautiful
Sing me your sweet song
The legend of the swan
SOLO: miyako / both
Floating lotus
You are so graceful
Saintly and glorious
Till the end of time
Floating lotus
You are so beautiful
Sing me your sweet song
The legend of the swan
SOLO: midori [guitar] / miyako [piano]
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lyrics: asami
music: miyako
arrangement: miyako & LOVEBITES (miho, haruna, midori, miyako, asami)
album: Electric Pentagram 01/29/2020
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Thank you for the information! Means a lot! 🤘
@@inalectexperiences 🐺
The famous FOAK performance! The Piano was perfect on this one, Foak stands for Five of a Kind, the name of the dvd/bluray. You will love "Holy War" from the same concert.
Yes I loved the piano! Thank you for the recommendation! 🤘
Halloween is HOROR, CHOPAN is great beauty composer!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agreed!
❤LOVEBITESRULES❤️
A gentle correction if I may, Chopin, a 19th century Polish composer, known for the difficulty of his compositions for piano, is pronounced Show - Pan.
The particular piece Miyako is playing as the intro is the Étude Op. 10, No. 12, which was composed as a practice piece for students by Chopin, and emphasises the use of the left hand. Many of these classical piano pieces that Miyako plays are made harder for her due to her small hands. Another similar combination of classical and metal from Lovebites is 'Lost In The Garden' for which Miyako plays Franz Liszt's La Campanella as an introduction. This is another notoriously difficult piece to play well. Needless to say Miyako does so with flying colours. Also watch vocalist Asami, especially towards the end when Miyako is back on the piano. Asami trained as a ballet dancer before becoming a singer, and she is referencing the Dying Swan from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in her movements.
A footnote, the 'Star Cymbals' are an Haruna 'trade mark' and can also be seen on her kit when she was with her previous band Destrose. They are old cymbals that are no longer playable that she has had turned into stars and which she will spin during the concert.
Thank you for the information! and that is awesome about those cymbals! Can't wait to see a video of her spinning those stars lol 🤘
Good to see this performance in your reaction, now about 60 more LOVEBITES songs to go! 🤘🐺🤘
Haha lets go! 🤘
@@inalectexperiences No waste of time. LOVEBITES stands for Metal excellence.
Not only better sound quality and detail but also precise camera shots and focus. Like focusing on Miyako solo and Midori with transparent image during solo.
Yes! Good eye! I didn't notice that!
also you got both versions with Fami and with Miho
In some of their videos like the new song Unchained she spins the stars and Glory to the world and Shadowmaker
I've always pronounced his name as Show Pan
and you would be correct.
I'm flattered that you used my thumbnail! This is a wonderful piece of music and I agree the mix is really good. Love when Miyako's piano and guitar skills are showcased in the same songs. I enjoyed your reaction. I had the same question about the star cymbals - they are decorative, not functional. Consider doing a reaction to The Warning - Dull Knives Cut Better, perhaps the version from The Warning Cave. - G
Yes! Thank you for the thumbnail! And I will for sure check out your recommended song🤘
To get you up to date here's the new EP (5 songs) they just released all new songs ruclips.net/p/PLHTo__bpnlYW_ZcQgjVR_LAp6YUFuvqYL
Thank you so much! 🤘
Thank you for taking the time to react to this version. It was great to see you appreciate this version. As you like the inclusion of piano you should check out their Frozen Serenade. You'll love it! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Of course! And thank you for the recommendation! 🤘🤘
Yeah, the new concert is, for my taste, mixed a bit too drum heavy. I know everybody loves Haruna but especially on this song the piano is nearly noticeable and on some other songs even the guitars often are a bit to low (again, for my taste at least)
It's completely understandable!
Despite what some fans say about the official live performance of Swan Song vs this one there is actually nothing wrong with the official version mixing because the band themselves (in the colour commentary of the concert dvd) that they intentionally make subtle changes to the sound and mixing between the songs every time they play it live because they don’t want to make it sound like the exact same way every time they play their songs and giving the fans a different experience every time hence why the piano was lower in the mix for the official video and louder in this one because Miyako wanted Midori’s guitar higher in the official version compared to it being lower in this version (their words not mine)
Ah gotcha! Thank you for the information!
FYI - Chopin is pronounced - "Show-pan".