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MIYAKO is special!! Concert level pianist, amazing guitarist, composer,arranger, plays other instruments!! IMO, she could even model, a beautiful woman ❤🤘🔥🤘!!
Loved your reflections on music being a language for the soul, and the angelic LOVEBITES who never fail to deliver excellence in their music and message. embody
Miyako has been classically-trained on the piano since she was 3 years old. In fact, piano is her first instrument. At the age of 18, she picked up a "how-to" book and taught herself how to play the guitar. This lady who is a virtuoso on both the piano and guitar, as well as an established composer & arranger, is a generational talent and prodigy. BTW, Miyako composed & arranged Swan Song and Shadowmaker.
I just asked someone else if she was classically trained and you answered! Thank you!. Self trained, huh? It's clear that Miyako is a gift from Heaven. She floored me with that keyboard work last night. Wow! Thanks for the visit!
The Miyako Show Since 1971 when I got into metal, there have been only two musicians I have called my favorite. A lot of greats, but these two stand out for me. The first was Keith Emerson from ELP. I grew up playing keyboards. Keith just hit home for me. And now, it's Miyako. She is elite/virtuoso at guitar, piano, composing, and arranging. She is a complete package, no one I deem better than her. Nice reaction.
Yes! She has had my attention from the get-go with her intensity in performance. Her aggressive yet very interesting guitar solos are so galvanizing. And last night was my first chance to see her play keys. MAN! That was a blistering pace with the left hand while she played melody. Not being a keyboardist myself, you would know better whether or not that was difficult but to me it looked and sounded awesome. The "waterfall" counterpoint near the outro was interesting as well. Thanks for your comment and visit!
@@mmcpa Wonderful! I've seen him 7-8 times now here in Phoenix, once was a G3, once at the state fair, and the others were one-mans at a venue called Celebrity Theater. It's a 2600 seat round venue and the stage slowly rotates. Got front row once and could read the set list next to the drummer's kit.
The Chopin piece Miyako (guitar/keyboards) is playing in the intro is "Etude OP10, No. 12" known as the "Revolutionary Etude." In 1831, some officers and citizens rose up against the Polish government, which was under the de facto control of the Russian Empire, in what was called the "November Revolution" but ended in failure due to the direct intervention of Russian troops. Chopin received this news during a performance tour. He never set foot on the soil of his homeland again. When the Russians invaded Warsaw, Chopin's agent presented "Etude OP10, No. 12" in Paris. Because of the agent's exaggerated publicity, people called this piece "Revolutionary Etude. Miyako composed "Swan Song" based on this "Revolutionary Etude" and Dvorak's "New World Symphony. Asami (vocalist), a former ballerina, wrote the lyrics based on the historical background of "Revolutionary Etude" and inspired by Norse mythology and the ballet suite "Swan Lake. "SwanSong" is a requiem dedicated to the warriors who fought to reclaim their homeland, a masterpiece that only LOVEBITES could complete.
I don't like to make distinctions, especially for Lovebites, but I have to say that Miyako is a pure genius! She plays keyboards, piano, lead guitar, bass guitar, she does well on drums and she writes songs. What else...?
I don't think there are more than around 20 rock songs that are true masterpieces--maybe Bohemian Rhapsody, Kashmir, A Day in the Life....Lovebites have given us perhaps five already, and this is clearly one of them. As for Miyako, she is the Black Swan. We are unlikely to see another like her in my lifetime, for sure.
Hello Hiawatha! I agree. I was thinking last night, not for the first time either, that Miyako's intensity when she plays is like an aura around her. The world goes away and there is her and the music. I have had the pleasure of being in "The Zone" on stage and it always surprises me when it happens (that feeling that you are suddenly channeling a higher performance level and watching yourself play}. But, I have known maybe a handful of musicians that seem to have the ability to go there "on demand". When I have been on stage or in practice with these musicians I almost forget to play cause I get to listening to them. lol. I believe Miyako is one such musician.
LOVEBITES - Swan Song lyrics: If this was the last day you could live on this earth Would you still go on, accusing someone for today It’s better to fail than not do anything at all It is not the length, but depth of life that counts Oh brave soldier Oh gallant warrior Valor to those who died in battle to Valhalla Believe what’s in your soul For death will come to all You shall rest peacefully in God’s Heaven Floating lotus You are so graceful Saintly and glorious Till the end of time Floating lotus You are so beautiful Sing me your sweet song The legend of the swan If you’ve never hoped, you’ve never been though despair Ignorance is bliss, it’s easier to not care You might think it’s meaningless to sacrifice a life Sometimes the life of one can save so many more Oh brave soldier Oh gallant warrior Valor to those who died in battle to Valhalla Believe what’s in your soul For death will come to all You shall rest peacefully in God’s Heaven Floating lotus You are so graceful Saintly and glorious Till the end of time Floating lotus You are so beautiful Sing me your sweet song The legend of the swan SOLO: miyako / both Floating lotus You are so graceful Saintly and glorious Till the end of time Floating lotus You are so beautiful Sing me your sweet song The legend of the swan SOLO: midori ----- lyrics: asami music: miyako arrangement: LOVEBITES (miho, haruna, midori, miyako, asami) album: Electric Pentagram 01/29/2020
🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘they got to me the same way they seem to have gotten to you love these girls although M&M sometimes make me want to retire my guitars lol j/k
Yeah, first and foremost, Miyako is a piano player. When she writes new music, it's generally on the piano first. BTW, she can play a pretty mean bass & drums.😮 😏♥️🎙🎸🎹🥁😎🤘
I'm not surprised. I thought I saw somewhere that she was a classical pianist before she played guitar. Is that true? Anyway, thanks for the visit and comment!
@RockCandy-ix3nn Miyako is giving a piano recital on Nov. 17th. Two shows, " A day an evening with Miyako, " which is sold out. Also, last June, she dropped an EP of piano covers ( reinterpretations ) to such songs as Battery ( Metallica) Eagle Fly Free ( Helloween ) The Loner ( Gary Moore ) Burn ( Deep Purple ) Addicted ( LoveBites ) and Far Beyond the Sun ( Malmsteen ) 😏♥️🎙🎸🎹🥁😎🤘
Asami may have her stage presence (especially in this song) from her ballet background in her youth. Her singing background is not metal, but R&B and soul music. Miyako plays piano/keyboard since over 30 years now, starting at an age of 3. She self taught her guitar skills since she was 18 or 19. She can also play bass and some drums. Actually, I think, all of them have learned piano, Asami goes to the piano and plays some easy notes in (very) few songs, e.g. "We The United", when Miyako is busy with her guitar.
@@salsaucedo I've yet to hear really tough piano stuff from Asami. Doesn't mean, that she can't do it. I suspect, that she can, if you consider Japanese culture...
They remain relatively obscure, but if you follow their social media they communicate almost exclusively in Japanese. They may sing in English but they are Japanese to the core and proud of it. They will never compromise their identity.
General suggestions for LOVEBITES... - Holy War - Edge Of The World - A Frozen Serenade * Swan Song (with Chopin intro) - When Destinies Align - Set The World On Fire * Break The Wall * Shadowmaker - Raise Some Hell - Epilogue (another "E" song, next to "Edge Of The World" and "Empty Daydream") - Glory To The World - Rising - Winds Of Transylvania (VLADLOVE version) - Thunder Vengeance * Don't Bite The Dust (live) - Don't Bite The Dust [OMV] - Dancing With The Devil - The Awakening / The Hammer Of Wrath - Nameless Warrior [OMV] - Liar - We The United Live album 2CD/DVD/Blu-ray from August 23rd, 2023, of March 11th live concert * The Hammer Of Wrath (live 2023) (first promotional video) - Nameless Warrior (live 2023) (second snippet) - Judgement Day (live 2023) (third snippet) - Liar (live 2023) (forth snippet) Upcoming live album 2CD/DVD/Blu-ray from December 20th, 2023, of March 12th live concert New stuff (LOVEBITES 2.0, with new bassist Fami) - Judgement Day [OMV] * Stand And Deliver (Shoot 'Em Down) [OMV] Other new stuff from new album (audio and release party only) - Soldier Stands Solitarily - We Are The Resurrection - Lost In The Garden - Dissonance - My Orion - The Spirit Goes On - Wicked Witch - Victim Of Time
More unusual (but still very good) stuff - The Apocalypse - Under The Red Sky - Above The Black Sea - Empty Daydream - Scream For Me - Signs Of Deliverance - Addicted - Inspire - Spellbound - Dystopia Symphony * Bravehearted - Burden Of Time (must see with a special gimmick by Miyako!) - The Crusade - Today Is The Day - Journey To The Otherside - No Time To Hesitate - Pledge Of The Saviour - M.D.O. - Mastermind 01 - Paranoia - The Unbroken - Warning Shot - Golden Destination Audio only - Puppet On Strings - The Final Collision Covers - Eagle Fly Free (Helloween) - Painkiller (Judas Priest) - Love Bites (So Do I) (Halestorm) Miyako piano covers (Etude Op.23) - Eagle Fly Free (Helloween) - Burn (Deep Purple) - Battery (Metallica) - The Loner (Gary Moore) - Far Beyond The Sun (Yngwie Malmsteen) - Addicted (LOVEBITES) Fami。covers * Alien Alien (bass cover)
This etude was performed as the intro to Swan Song, but this difficult piano piece was not included in the album on which Swan Song was released. In other words, this intro was a surprise gift from LOVEBITES (and Miyako) to the audience who attended the live performance that day. By the way, Miyako's piano recital "A DAY WITH MIYAKO" (Tokyo) will be held on the 19th of this month (Japan time). ---------- from Nippon *This is a text using Google Translate. I hope I conveyed my intentions correctly.
It is not a James bond movies ffs! Seriously who dreamt that up. The woman is proficient but the golden touch ( gold finger) 🤣. The more I read these comments, the more they become a source of amusement. Miyako is an amazing artist but I have seen better
