Author: banetoriko

  • Here’s my new tune, “To the Height I See You”. I found inspiration from yokai (Japanese spirit monster), taka-onnna (or taka-jo). Enjoy! ばねとりこの新曲「あなたが見える高さまで」です。妖怪「高女」をモチーフにしました。 お聴きくだされ。

  • My beloved rice cooker finally gave up on me. He died. It was wonderful six years with Mr. Rice-cooker. So I decided to take him apart if I can find some useful parts for noise. He was very simple. As dried rice fell from departed parts, I began missing him. Sayonara… I saved these remembrances…

  • When I was replacing the pick-up for my instrument, The metal nuts got stuck in the important part. I tried hard to remove them, but only to find they got stuck and stripped even more. I was about to cry, but instead I drunk sake and went to bed. The next day, I tried with…

  • It’s been a long exhausting week. Lack of sleep… I finished color correction gig on an independent short film. I am happy to announce that Banetoriko now joins in a band, “Insū Bunkai”. “Insū Bunkai” website can be found in “Links”, or click here. The word insū bunkai is a math term “factorization”. I learned…

  • と言っても、そんな大げさなことではないのです。 古くなったピエゾピックアップを取り替えることにしました。 これが、長年使ったピエゾさん。 そして、昨日届いたマグネティック・ピックアップ。 どうもマグちゃんの方が、わたしの楽器にはよいのかも。音がグサグサきます。 心配なのはアース線。感電しないようにしないと。配線とかぜんぜんわからないのにね。 音に血を通わせられますように。 It actually is not that big deal. I decided to change my old piezo pickup to new magnetic pickup. It seems a magnetic pickup has better response with my instrument. The sounds is stabbing. My concern is grounding wire, not to have electric shock. I have no idea…