The KAKKOII Dj.

(kakkoii = "cool" in Japanese.)

Hey everyone! What's up? How y'all doin'???

I've been in the studio a LOT lately, working on some new kicka... awesome songs!!

Last week (I THINK it was last week... but I can't be sure anymore since I've been in the studio almost every single day for the past few weeks so I sort of lost track of time ^^;;),

another artist from my label came into the studio to do some really awesome DJing (I can't believe I am so limited in my word choice ("awesome")... O.o I could definitely use some help from a slang thesaurus.) for one of my tracks!

He's soooo cool!

I took lots of pictures too!!

Here he is,

0 SOUL 7's

DJ TSUNE.

Tsune @ work. :)

Tsune @ work 2

Tsune @ work #3 ^_^.v

Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?
Hrm. Scratch that.

Practice makes perfect!! :)

Actually, one of my former music teachers told me that that's not true; rather, "perfect practice makes perfect."

Meaning, if you practice WRONG, you will obviously have a less-than-perfect performance as well.

Okay, on to the main point of today's entry.

I'm going into the studio again tomorrow for recording, so I went to my management company's office/practice studio to do some practice.

Practicing the same song over and over again can become pretty tedious. (actually, isn't that *the* word to describe ALL kinds of practice? it's the actual performance that's fun... it's always like that with music.) So I decided to play some piano, too. (Hm. I don't think what I actually did really qualifies as "playing" the piano; it was more like playing random chords and random melodies by feel.)

It was a lot of fun, though. :)

Piano

Tiana playing the piano.

Alright, I gtg to bed now.

G'nite! ^_^

I went to Roppongi today for Prime of M's concert. (Prime of M is a two-people group (one boy one girl - artist) from my management company.)

It was a lot of fun! I always enjoy watching them perform.

After the concert, I walked around Roppongi. OMG-- I miss Roppongi sooo much :( :( You have *no* idea. I hadn't been here in soooo long... OMGOMGOMG... and the illumination (for Christmas--yes, they have lights up already for Christmas, 'cause Thanksgiving is not a holiday in Japan.) was prettier than last year's! Especially Midtown. (Actually, *only* Midtown, since I didn't go to Hills this time and have yet to see the illumination there, but I bet it's really gorgeous as well.)

Midtown

Inside Tokyo Midtown.

I had R Burger for dinner.

I was in the studio yesterday. And today.

It was soooo much fun!! <3

The song we are working on right now is so kick-a... I mean cool.

First Day - Mic Test

The sound engineer was a girl~ she is soo cool. And has a good ear. And her English is pretty good, too. I was speaking in both Japanese and English (mixing the two languages--speaking more English than Japanese) and she didn't need translation from my director to understand me. :)

Everyone @ work.

When we were recording the harmonies & other background stuff today, we added some really cool stuff.

Everyone @ work 2.

The assistant engineer's English was pretty good, too.

Doesn't the speaker look like a face to you? It's kind of scary in a cute way, and kind of cute in an ugly way. Or vice versa.

The lyrics.

I was looking around in the studio for something to drink, and I happened to come across a pack of "ume-konbu" tea, which translates to "plum seaweed" tea. I was like, ugh, this must be really gross, but it sounds interesting so I'm going to try it (I am known for challenging myself and trying new things like this :P I once tried Soba (Buckwheat) Pudding. Surprisingly, it was actually really good. ^^;;).

ume-konbu (plum seaweed) tea

It tasted more like soup than tea, but it was actually pretty good. (unfortunately, it didn't belong to the category of "drink" i was looking for, so i did not finish drinking all of it. but we're digressing here.)

Alrighty...

I have to get up early tomorrow, so imma hit the sack.

c ya :)

I had Korean BBQ the other day. It was *really* GOOD. ^_^

Korean BBQ

So usually when we go to restaurants and ask for iced water, we get (most likely unfiltered) tap water in our cups, right?

So I got boiled water + ice instead.

boiled water = clean water;
ice = makes boiled water not as hot so i don't burn my mouth/tongue/throat drinking the water.

Tiana's Method For Drinking Water.

But then... upon speaking to several staff members during dinner last night, I realized that most restaurants probably use tap water to make their ice... (I always thought they used filtered water like we do at home... or bought the ice from grocery stores... guess not... x_x)

Ugh.. >_<

But I guess at least using my method of ice & boiled water still lessens the chance of being poisoned by contaminated water. At least not *the entirety* of what I drink is contaminated.

(But then I found out that Japan has like the cleanest tap water in the world, but um. Yeah. It's the Tiana Xiao Water-Drinking Style.)

Anyways.

And then I got some cookies! I'm *normally* not a fan of cookies because they're kind of dry (same reason I don't like *gasp* fried chicken - okay, sometimes I do. Depending on my mood. ^^), but these cookies really surpassed my expectations. There's only one word to describe the taste, and thats...

heavenly.

^_^.

The heavenly cookies.

I went to Starbucks yesterday!!

Hey, it's actually been a while (despite the fact that there was a Starbucks within walking distance to where I lived in L.A.) since I've been to Starbucks.

Japan's new seasonal Starbucks beverages are sooo good. I had TWO drinks in one day. It was crazy. Anyways, so I drank both the Creme Brulee Latte AND the Dark Cherry Mocha... both of them were REALLY good... but I liked the Creme Brulee Latte better :P (not TOO big of a fan of chocolate-tasting things, unless I am in the mood for it :P And don't get me wrong--I LOVE chocolate itself. But chocolate-tasting things is a different story. ^_^)

I never realized coffee could make me *so* happy. ^_^

Speaking of which, Christmas is next month!!! OMG~~ ^^ <3

(c) 2008 Tiana Xiao

nano-chromatic. OMG... it's wayy too cool.

When I have enough money, I am going to get all the colors in the spectrum. :)

All was well!

The festival at Chiba University is tomorrow!! I'm performing, so if you're in the area, please come, by all means!! ^_^

I went shopping for the entire day yesterday. It was sooo tiring. But that's okay, 'cause shopping is one of my favorite sports. ^_~

I don't have internet at home right now :( It REALLY REALLY sucks.
I miss my internet!!! :(:(:(

Oh well, at least I have the festival to look forward to tomorrow.