Footprints Lost to the Sea

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• lateral-ocean

  Music Biography I began composing music at the age of 17. By the time I was 20, I was set to make my debut with a small independent label through a techno-based project. However, the label went bankrupt just before the CD was due to be pressed, and the release never happened. Afterward, I realized that my songwriting style was better suited to rock music and formed a band. While pursuing music in Tokyo, health issues forced me to return to my hometown in Aomori at the age of 22-23. There, I recruited new members and launched a three-piece band. We actively traveled outside the prefecture to perform live shows and organized our own events, inviting bands from across Japan. Our independently produced five-track CD sold over 1,000 copies within about a year. Later, after a lineup change, the band became a four-piece. Despite our efforts, we were unable to achieve the results we had hoped for, and the band eventually went on hiatus. Believing I had accomplished everything I wanted to in music, I retired from performing and stopped composing for more than a decade. In July 2019, I decided to return to music. I do not have children, but I realized I had countless songs of my own that I had never fully brought to life. Determined to give them a voice, I resumed my musical journey. Every release is based on songs I originally wrote between 1995-2003, rearranged, reimagined, and presented for today's world. As a member of Japan's so-called "Lost Generation," a generation often affected by economic hardship and limited opportunities, I want to prove that age should never be a barrier to pursuing what you truly want to do. If there is something worth challenging yourself for, it is never too late to begin.

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