TA LIMITED LIVE TOUR 2016 ~II~

[pedronekoi]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

Is it something LaPerla related?

It does look very LaPerla!

[donboydeluxe]

Late to the party here, I attended the Oct. 18th concert at ZeppDiverCity Tokyo, got ticket 54 needless to say up close and personal but it was sooooooooo hot in the standing only section with everyone jamming in closer and closer, whew I was sweating a ocean.
I was totally shocked at the lack of foreigners (attending this concert considering it was such a rare opportunity to attend an Ayumi Concert. I flew in from San Francisco area, I honestly thought beforehand it would be 75% Japanese 25% foreigners, turned out to be about 99% Japanese 1% foreigners.
What been the ratio at other venue's (rough estimate?)

[truehappiness]

The jacket is too big, lol.

Leslie does good work, but he is a bit too perverted with male models for most people, haha.

[ayumisrael]

I went to the 19th show at the Odaiba Diver city Zepp and I have to say that ayu was amazing. Just got back from Japan yesterday so I didn't have a chance to say anything.
I still can't believe I saw her and it was so spontaneous. lol.

Anyway I didn't expect her to sound so good live. I was one of the people that thought that her vocals started to become tired from all the touring, and thus expected her to not sing well in some songs, but how I was surprised, she sang really well and was on point 95% of the show (if not more), I was amazed.

The first thing I thought is that she is so tiny, and when she stood near Timmy she looked so small, lol. She had good energy and I was surprised at some of the songs that popped up since I didn't see this tour's setlist yet!
Anyway I thought that the live, at least on that day, was great and really fun to attend to, I wish I could be on the 1st floor though but can't complain since I got a ticket like 30 mins before the show .

Vocally she was amazing that I swear that even people who hate her vocals nowadays would be proud of her. Just saying. She had really good (vocals) day on the 19th.

[pedronekoi]

^ Aren't those official pictures? I don't think it's fanmade or someone took this without anyone noticing. As far as I know, it's official pictures for the press and they sell them outside the venue. Correct me if I'm wrong.

@ayumisrael So glad to read your report! <3 Thanks for sharing. I was impressed with her height too lol

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by pedronekoi

^ Aren't those official pictures? I don't think it's fanmade or someone took this without anyone noticing. As far as I know, it's official pictures for the press and they sell them outside the venue. Correct me if I'm wrong.

The pictures sold on YAJ or at carts outside the venue are usually unofficial and taken from the audience. Unsure how they do it all the time for J-artists (not just Ayu) without getting caught though.

[melissalove]

I don't like the first sample ayu looks like the hulk. The other two are amazing!!

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

Vocally she was amazing that I swear that even people who hate her vocals nowadays would be proud of her. Just saying. She had really good (vocals) day on the 19th.

Sorry, but I'm very sceptical here. We have a recording of another Osaka show and she sounded really bad. I highly doubt that she could sound amazing few days later.
Did she just suddenly stop shouting?

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Chris85

Sorry, but I'm very sceptical here. We have a recording of another Osaka show and she sounded really bad. I highly doubt that she could sound amazing few days later.
Did she just suddenly stop shouting?

To be honest what Tal described was exactly how I and a few of my friends felt when we've seen her live the first time. I still feel that way after attending 6 concerts. She does shout sometimes in certain songs, but it's not like she shouts in every single song. She also tends to shout when the music is extremely loud. It's not as bad as you are constantly trying to make it seem. My boyfriend attended one of the CDM dates with me and he said that he was pleasantly surprised and not just visually as he expected a lot in that department, but he said that vocally, considering the way she sings which isn't that conventional for western singers (as he doesn't listen to jpop), she sounds really good. There is also the fact that you are there and even when she shouts she sounds 10 x more powerful than on any recordings. The atmosphere gets you. I still think that live she does sound really good

[Katsuyuki012]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

To be honest what Tal described was exactly how I and a few of my friends felt when we've seen her live the first time. I still feel that way after attending 6 concerts. She does shout sometimes in certain songs, but it's not like she shouts in every single song. She also tends to shout when the music is extremely loud. It's not as bad as you are constantly trying to make it seem. My boyfriend attended one of the CDM dates with me and he said that he was pleasantly surprised and not just visually as he expected a lot in that department, but he said that vocally, considering the way she sings which isn't that conventional for western singers (as he doesn't listen to jpop), she sounds really good. There is also the fact that you are there and even when she shouts she sounds 10 x more powerful than on any recordings. The atmosphere gets you. I still think that live she does sound really good

I guess being there's always a different thing!!!

Btw I pray for Pray or Return Road at the recording date!!! When she replaced Pray with Days I just wanted Days to not exist anymore *hides*

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

To be honest what Tal described was exactly how I and a few of my friends felt when we've seen her live the first time. I still feel that way after attending 6 concerts. She does shout sometimes in certain songs, but it's not like she shouts in every single song. She also tends to shout when the music is extremely loud. It's not as bad as you are constantly trying to make it seem. My boyfriend attended one of the CDM dates with me and he said that he was pleasantly surprised and not just visually as he expected a lot in that department, but he said that vocally, considering the way she sings which isn't that conventional for western singers (as he doesn't listen to jpop), she sounds really good. There is also the fact that you are there and even when she shouts she sounds 10 x more powerful than on any recordings. The atmosphere gets you. I still think that live she does sound really good

This. I did not imply she was perfect and all songs sounded vocally flawless, but I would have to lie if I would say she wasn't vocally great during most of that concert. Even more than great.

People can be skeptical but if you weren't there you can't judge, unlike people who were actually there.
And you just cannot compare recordings with actually hearing it live, but yeah I have to admit that because of such recordings I was afraid that she would be not so vocally good live, but I was surprised for the better.

[voltron]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

This. I did not imply she was perfect and all songs sounded vocally flawless, but I would have to lie if I would say she wasn't vocally great during most of that concert. Even more than great.

People can be skeptical but if you weren't there you can't judge, unlike people who were actually there.
And you just cannot compare recordings with actually hearing it live, but yeah I have to admit that because of such recordings I was afraid that she would be not so vocally good live, but I was surprised for the better.

I will also back this up. After A+Nation last year (2015), I was really worried about going to the 2015 TA Tour. And then I was blown away. I'll even dare say she overall did a better job than when I saw her at CDL 04-05 when she had a "better" voice.

But even with that CDL -- I thought the live I went to was better than what was broadcast. It's certainly true that the acoustics of a venue are also extremely important. But to anyone that wants to criticize, all of the mixing is optimized for the people who are actually in the venue. Any release by any artist is going to be re-mixed before officially being released, and a camera is not going to capture the audio levels properly. You need to be pulling directly from the mixing board controls for that, which live broadcast and cellphone recordings are never going to do.

Does Ayu have a perfect voice? No, we all know that. Do I wish she could struggle less with staying on key and hitting the right notes? Sure. But almost no artist has the same voice 20 years into the game as when they started, if they're even lucky enough to still be singing. Her vocals can be hit or miss at times, but she can 100% still hit them.

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

And you just cannot compare recordings with actually hearing it live, but yeah I have to admit that because of such recordings I was afraid that she would be not so vocally good live, but I was surprised for the better.

Oh hell yes I can. Recordings are even more reliable than actual live because during the show the sound is too loud and you are distracted by the visuals. Recordings show all flaws. After attending so many concerts I have a very good idea about her vocal abilities.
And you didn't answer my question about shouting.

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by Chris85

Oh hell yes I can. Recordings are even more reliable than actual live because during the show the sound is too loud and you are distracted by the visuals. Recordings show all flaws. After attending so many concerts I have a very good idea about her vocal abilities.
And you didn't answer my question about shouting.

No you can't. Let's take Curtain call for example.

It's one of the songs she had a great vocals in and the sound wasn't too loud and what visuals exactly distracts anyone is such a song, especaily when you are not in the front rows and can't see ayu just near you?
The verses in songs like Real me or In The Corner are not so loud as well and she did great singing them.

She DOES shout or can't hit notes from time to time but regardless she still sounded great during most of that show.
And I still don't understand how can recordings be more reliable. Visuals and loudness has to do nothing with it. On the contrary, recordings can be so distorted that it can sound worse than it really is.

But anyway, that's not something I'm going to argue from my experience. From what I heard on that evening, her vocals were pretty good. Others are welcome to have their own opinions.

[junshen]

TA LIMITED LIVE TOUR 2016
Nagoya day2 20161025

00 miccie - (new song)
01 We are the QUEENS
02 1LOVE
03 Real me
MC
04 STEP you
05 Jump!

MC
06 Curtain call (piano ver.)
07 SEASONS (acoustic ver.)
08 Key (acapella ver.)

- Lost Memories 2016 -

09 Tell All
10 progress
11 The Show Must Go On
12 TODAY

Encore
MC
13 evolution
14 Boys & Girls
15 NOW & 4EVA

Double Encore
16 RED LINE ~for TA~

[kotora]

Originally Posted by junshen

TA LIMITED LIVE TOUR 2016
Nagoya day2 20161025

00 miccie - (new song)
01 We are the QUEENS
02 1LOVE
03 Real me
MC
04 STEP you
05 Jump!

MC
06 Curtain call (piano ver.)
07 SEASONS (acoustic ver.)
08 Key (acapella ver.)

- Lost Memories 2016 -

09 Tell All
10 progress
11 The Show Must Go On
12 TODAY

Encore
MC
13 evolution
14 Boys & Girls
15 NOW & 4EVA

Double Encore
16 RED LINE ~for TA~

omg RED LINE! That is another song I requested on one of her facebook page.. Two songs I requested she performed in this Tour!

Next time I should request her to sing more..

btw, there is one song we all seem forget




girlish

[Aderianu]

oh, RED LINE. Wonder why she didn't sing it everytime. This song is so ~for TA~

[junshen]

http://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1042142

DAY3 NAGOYA CANCELLED!

SHE NOT FEELING WELL WITH HER THROAT

[Katsuyuki012]

Originally Posted by junshen

http://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1042142

DAY3 NAGOYA CANCELLED!

SHE NOT FEELING WELL WITH HER THROAT

Oh, that means she "finally" overstrained her vocals I think...

[Uknow!]

"After I had doctor's medical examination after the performance on Tuesday, October 25, it was a check result as acute bronchitis and an acute throat head flame."