Ayumi ~ The Anything Goes Thread 1~

[Delicious n Bold]

i still say that it literally grows on you.

[TeamAyu2004]

again is such a good mini! lol
I love all the songs really.

[Jawdarna]

It's just so different. It really does stand out in her discography, even if the lyrics are very reminiscent of issues in older eras, the composition is completely new Ayu. I like that meeting of old and new.

[Delicious n Bold]

too bad she didn't compose the songs...
they said the mini album will be a new creative mini album from ayu
they meant new creative mini album from TK, DAI, some UK composers + ayu's voice/lyrics

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

I love snowy kiss, overall the sngs from the minis are a return to form (IMO).
Party Queen sounds like the typical Ayu filler but this feels like more thought went into it.

Wake Me Up is the song of 2012 to me.

[TeamAyu2004]

^ I felt party queen was so experimental for it...
I like that we have the old ayumi back though.

i felt like it was creative, lol... the music was so different but the same...
the lyrics are nice.

also did we ever find out who the UK composer was?

[Jawdarna]

I think CREA is as dead as a door nail. I mean, I like a majority of the CREA songs, and I'd love it if another one is released one day, but it's just so unlikely.

I wonder if it is because Ayu is self doubtful about her ability to compose, or she simply doesn't feel the need to compose because there are composers that can easily share her vision? There could be a million reasons.

I prefer artists that compose and write their own music though. Such a rarity in pop music. :/

[Delicious n Bold]

TeamAyu2004, we did, he's some guy i forgot the name of. it's two UK guys, actually.

Jawdarna: angela aki, tommy february6, ayaka and hikki do that

someone suggested that its because of ayu's hearing. thats pretty probable.

[Jawdarna]

@Delicious n Bold:
It still is not as common as I would like it to be!
And the hearing; that didn't even cross my mind. I think it'd be a combination of factors.

[Ayu-me]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

^ I felt party queen was so experimental for it...
I like that we have the old ayumi back though.

i felt like it was creative, lol... the music was so different but the same...
the lyrics are nice.

also did we ever find out who the UK composer was?

The composers for "Wake me up" are Hiten Bharadia, Philippe-Marc Anquetil, and Bardue Haberg (according to my "again" booklet). None of those names sound particularly UK-ish to me, but whatever.
Love this thread. It's nice to read people's thoughts on Ayumi without it having to be about recent stuff.

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

Originally Posted by Jawdarna

I think CREA is as dead as a door nail. I mean, I like a majority of the CREA songs, and I'd love it if another one is released one day, but it's just so unlikely.

I wonder if it is because Ayu is self doubtful about her ability to compose, or she simply doesn't feel the need to compose because there are composers that can easily share her vision? There could be a million reasons.

I prefer artists that compose and write their own music though. Such a rarity in pop music. :/

I think its a mixture of both things.

Ayu has composed things, she's mentioned it in TA at least 2 times since 2010.

[pimenta]

Ayu used to say that when she composes it's because she knows better than anyone how she wants the songs to be, maybe she's not composing now because other composers are make the compositions she wanted for her songs. Or maybe because she doesn't feel that confident with her compositions (I remember some years ago for a single, don't really remember which, that she said they had some compositions to analyse and select one for a song, and one of them was hers, but she chose another one in the end). Or because of her hearing that could make it more difficult for her to compose. Probably a mix of these and some more reasons...

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

^ It was for You were.../Ballad. I do know there's been another time where she has mentioned skipping over her own compositions but never said why.

[pimenta]

^ Yes! You were.../BALLAD, that's right I didn't remember if it was You were.../BALLAD or Days/GREEN, I was just sure it was a winter single...

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by Ayu-me

The composers for "Wake me up" are Hiten Bharadia, Philippe-Marc Anquetil, and Bardue Haberg (according to my "again" booklet). None of those names sound particularly UK-ish to me, but whatever.
Love this thread. It's nice to read people's thoughts on Ayumi without it having to be about recent stuff.

Philippe-Marc Anquetil - has worked with Sarah Connor, Tohoshinki, Play it seems...

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

Originally Posted by pimenta

^ Yes! You were.../BALLAD, that's right I didn't remember if it was You were.../BALLAD or Days/GREEN, I was just sure it was a winter single...

I just remembered it being in 2010
Days/GREEN was such a weird single to me.

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by pimenta

Ayu used to say that when she composes it's because she knows better than anyone how she wants the songs to be, maybe she's not composing now because other composers are make the compositions she wanted for her songs. Or maybe because she doesn't feel that confident with her compositions (I remember some years ago for a single, don't really remember which, that she said they had some compositions to analyse and select one for a song, and one of them was hers, but she chose another one in the end). Or because of her hearing that could make it more difficult for her to compose. Probably a mix of these and some more reasons...

This sounds like a good reason too
And we always get compositions which are distinctly Ayu.

Listening to again all day mwuahahahaha

[TeamAyu2004]

the funny thing about her composing and why she doesnt do it now...
when ever we get interviews she always talks about when she finds people to compose she hums something that she wants and they make it for her...

Im like, thats the start of it right there... i believe that all her songs have a bit of her own influence besides lyrics.

[Delicious n Bold]

so she gets people to do the dirty work FOR her?
I like that.

[TeamAyu2004]

i really miss cera, but if she hums to them what she wants, we kinda get crea but without her getting credit for it... lol