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[[Image:Thomashoward.jpg|thumb|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] | [[Image:Thomashoward.jpg|thumb|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] | ||
= | = Thomas Howard Lichtenstein = | ||
== Artist Information == | |||
* Name: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein | * Name: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein | ||
* Born: December 14th, 1962 in Minnesota, USA | * Born: December 14th, 1962 in Minnesota, USA | ||
* | * Twitter: https://twitter.com/lichtentunes | ||
* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecaptainthl | |||
* ReverbNation: https://www.reverbnation.com/thl | |||
* Website: [https://web.archive.org/web/20180307082159/http://www.thomashowardlichtenstein.net/ http://thomashowardlichtenstein.net] (archived) | |||
== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
Thomas Howard Lichtenstein is a long-time vocalist for BEMANI, mainly known for his songs in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series; he was even the announcer in several early GuitarFreaks & DrumMania titles. Outside of BEMANI, Thomas has composed several of his own albums. | |||
Thomas currently lives in Japan, having moved there in 1995 after marrying Megumi. | |||
Thomas currently lives in Japan, having moved there in 1995 after marrying | |||
== | == Trivia == | ||
* On the words of Thomas on how he first started working for KONAMI: "I first worked for Konami on the first Drummania game. It was in the summer of 1999. A friend of mine gave my number to some Konami musicians; they were looking for local vocalists to record some of their new music for the first Drummania. I sent in a demo tape, and I also found a few other foreign (non-Japanese) vocalists living in the area and got them to send in demos as well. They chose me and one other ([[Elizabeth Dobbs]]) to sing on several songs. I also mentioned that I write a lot of lyrics, and they let me try my hand at it. They seemed pleased with the results, so I've been hired to write lyrics quite a bit since then -- even for other vocalists." | |||
* From his debut until [[AC GD|GITADORA]], [[AC GFDM V2|GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2]] was the only arcade GuitarFreaks & DrumMania game Thomas did not write or sing a song for. | |||
* Thomas also contributed to Unit-e's music game ''Neon FM'', with the song ''Girlz Buttz''. | |||
* Thomas has also written children's books, such as ''The Seven Kingdoms: Tales of Unicorns''. | |||
* CAPTAIN.T | == Aliases == | ||
* | * CAPTAIN.T / Captain.T | ||
* Love machineguns (vocalist) | |||
* Monoral Heads (with [[Toshio Sakurai]] composing) | |||
* Orange Lounge+ (additional vocals) | * Orange Lounge+ (additional vocals) | ||
* Sweet little 30's (with [[Hideyuki Ono]] composing) | * Sweet little 30's (with [[Hideyuki Ono]] composing) | ||
* Thomas | * Thomas | ||
* Thomas' Family (with daughters Jennifer Miyabi Lichtenstein and Angelina Tamaki Lichtenstein) | |||
* Thomas Howard | * Thomas Howard | ||
* Tommy-T | |||
== BEMANI Songs == | == BEMANI Songs == | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| [[BALLAD FOR YOU ~omoi no ame~|BALLAD FOR | | [[BALLAD FOR YOU~omoi no ame~|BALLAD FOR YOU~想いの雨~]] || [[Naoki Maeda|NM]] feat.Thomas Howard || [[AC 6th style|beatmania IIDX 6th style]] || BALLAD || - || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |||
| [[La Senorita|La Señorita]] || [[Naoki Maeda|CAPTAIN.T]] || [[AC DDR 3rd|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Silent Hill]] || [[Naoki Maeda|THOMAS HOWARD]] || [[AC DDR 3rd|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[La Senorita Virtual|La Señorita Virtual]] || [[Yuichi Asami|2MB]] || [[CS DDR 3rd|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX CS]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Silent Hill (3rd christmas mix)]] || [[Naoki Maeda|THOMAS HOWARD]] || [[AC DDRMAX2|DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX-]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Consuela]] || Captain.T || [[CS DDR UNIVERSE3|DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Dancin' My Way]] || [[Jamie Thompson|DeeJayz Paradise]] feat. Thomas Howard || [[CS DDR UNIVERSE3|DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Kimochi]] || [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI]] feat. Melody & [[Jamie Thompson|Mezzo]] || [[CS DDR UNIVERSE3|DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3]] || - || - || ✓ || - | |||
|- | |||
| [[Heaven is a '57 metallic gray ~gimmix~|Heaven is a '57 metallic gray ~gimmix~]] || [[Kazuhiro Senoo|Hiro]] feat.[[Hideyuki Ono|Sweet little 30's]] || [[AC DMX|Dance Maniax]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[VIRTUAL MIND]] || [[Kazuhiro Senoo|Brian Morris]] feat.Thomas || [[AC DMX 2nd|Dance Maniax 2ndMIX]] || HIPHOP || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Depend on me]] || [[Toshio Sakurai|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC DM|drummania]] || SWING ROCK || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Eyes of kids]] || [[Toshio Sakurai|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC DM|drummania]] || POPS BRITISH STYLE || - || - || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Heaven is a '57 metallic gray]] || [[Hideyuki Ono|Sweet little 30's]] || [[AC DM|drummania]] / [[AC GF2|GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX]] || SWING ROCK || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[I think about you]] || [[Elizabeth Dobbs]] || [[AC DM|drummania]] / [[AC GF2|GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX]] || 90's ROCK || - || - || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Look at me]] || [[Elizabeth Dobbs]] || [[AC DM|drummania]] || FUNK || - || ✓ || - | |||
|- | |||
| [[When I dream of you]] || [[Elizabeth Dobbs|Elizabeth]] and [[Naoki Maeda|Thomas]] || [[AC DM|drummania]] || LOVE SONG || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[BREAK OUT]] || [[Kazuhiro Senoo|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || FUNK || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[HELPLESS]] || [[Taeko Shibata|TAEKO]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || SAMBA || - || ✓ || - | |||
|- | |||
| [[I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU]] || [[Nobumitsu Irio|(Bay City Rollers)]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || - || - || - || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[MIDNIGHT SPECIAL]] || [[Toshio Sakurai|Love]] [[Hideyuki Ono|machine]][[Yuei Uematsu|guns]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || SKA PUNK || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[P.P.R.]] || [[Handsome JET]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] ||PUNK || - || ✓ || - | |||
|- | |||
| [[ON OUR WAY]] || [[Yoshihiko Koezuka|Tommy-T]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || 70's WEST COAST || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[STOP SPINNING ME IN CIRCLES]] || [[Toshio Sakurai|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || ROCK || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[VIRTUAL INSANITY]] || [[Toshio Sakurai|(Jamiroquai)]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || - || - || - || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[1175]] || || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Furi Furi'60]] || [[Tomosuke Funaki|Orange]] [[Shizue Tokui|Lounge]]+ || [[AC_GF4DM3|GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX / drummania 3rdMIX]] || - || - || - || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[NOW I'M SURE]] || [[Yoshihiko Koezuka|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF4DM3|GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX / drummania 3rdMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[P.P.R.|P.P.R. (Long Version)]] || [[Handsome JET|Handsome JET Jr.]] || [[AC_GF4DM3|GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX / drummania 3rdMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || - | |||
|- | |||
| [[PRIMAL SOUL|PRIMAL SOUL (Long Version)]] || [[Mutsuhiko Izumi|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF4DM3|GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX / drummania 3rdMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[SAY WHAT YOU MEAN]] || [[Toshio Sakurai|Monaural Heads]] || [[AC_GF4DM3|GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX / drummania 3rdMIX]] || MELO CORE || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[DEPEND ON ME (CD Version)]] || [[Toshio Sakurai|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX / drummania 4thMIX]] || POPS || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[DEPEND ON ME (CD Version)|DEPEND ON ME (Long Version)]] || [[Toshio Sakurai|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] with AMSD BAND || [[AC_GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX / drummania 4thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[HELPLESS|HELPLESS (Long Version)]] || [[Taeko Shibata|TAEKO]] || [[AC_GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX / drummania 4thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[NEVER AGAIN]] || [[Yoshihiko Koezuka|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX / drummania 4thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[SILLY GIRL]] || [[Handsome JET]] [[Yuei Uematsu|Project]] || [[AC_GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX / drummania 4thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || - | |||
|- | |||
| [[WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE]] || [[Hirofumi Sasaki|(Guns N' Roses)]] || [[AC_GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX / drummania 4thMIX]] || - || - || - || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[FIREBALL]] || [[Hideyuki Ono|Sweet little 30's]] || [[AC_GF6DM5|GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX / drummania 5thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Mister magic]] || [[Yoshihiko Koezuka|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF6DM5|GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX / drummania 5thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[STOP THIS TRAIN]] || [[Mutsuhiko Izumi|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF6DM5|GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX / drummania 5thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[WAKE ME UP!]] || [[Taeko Shibata|TAEKO]] || [[AC_GF6DM5|GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX / drummania 5thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || - | |||
|- | |||
| [[Double Trouble]] || [[Hideyuki Ono|亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾]] feat.Thomas Howard Lichtenstein || [[AC_GF7DM6|GUITARFREAKS 7thMIX / drummania 6thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[GETAWAY]] || [[Takashi Urata|浦田隆志]]・[[Kumiko Hirata|平田久美子]] || [[AC_GF7DM6|GUITARFREAKS 7thMIX / drummania 6thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || - | |||
|- | |||
| [[ROCKIN' PARADISE]] || [[Kozo Nakamura|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF7DM6|GUITARFREAKS 7thMIX / drummania 6thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[KISS ME GOODBYE!]] || [[Taeko Shibata|TAEKO]] || [[AC_GF8DM7|GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX / drummania 7thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || - | |||
|- | |||
| [[SUZY AND THE TIME MACHINE]] || [[Kozo Nakamura|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF8DM7|GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX / drummania 7thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Out of breath]] || [[Toshio Sakurai|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF9DM8|GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX / drummania 8thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[S.P.I.P.]] || [[Yoshihiko Koezuka|Thomas' family]] with Yah Yah's || [[AC_GF9DM8|GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX / drummania 8thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Black Sheep]] || [[Shigeharu Saeki|(Sonata Arctica)]] || [[AC_GF10DM9|GUITARFREAKS 10thMIX / drummania 9thMIX]] || - || - || - || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Handsome JET L-Project]] || [[Handsome JET]] [[Yuei Uematsu|Project]] || [[AC_GF10DM9|GUITARFREAKS 10thMIX / drummania 9thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || - | |||
|- | |||
| [[Libra]] || [[Kozo Nakamura|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF10DM9|GUITARFREAKS 10thMIX / drummania 9thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Save A Little Something]] || [[Motoaki Furukawa|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF10DM9|GUITARFREAKS 10thMIX / drummania 9thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[Dedication]] || [[Yoshihiko Koezuka|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF11DM10|GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX / drummania 10thMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[You'll be a man]] || [[Harumi Ueko|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GFDM_V|GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[No Hesitation]] || [[Yuei Uematsu|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[CS_GFDM_V2|GuitarFreaks & DrumMania V2 CS]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[Circles]] || Thomas Howard Lichtenstein || [[AC_GFDM V3|GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[Charismatic]] || [[Yoshihiko Koezuka|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GFDM V4|GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 Яock×Rock]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[First Date]] || [[Kosaku Tanaka|ko-saku]] || [[AC_GFDM V4|GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 Яock×Rock]] || - || - || ✓ || - | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Raining Sunshine]] || Nina Lee Kaminsky || [[AC_GFDM V4|GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 Яock×Rock]] || - || - || ✓ || - | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[True Love and Valentines]] || [[Motoaki Furukawa|古川もとあき]] feat. Thomas Howard Lichtenstein || [[AC_GFDM V4|GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 Яock×Rock]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Next Step]] || [[Yoshihiko Koezuka|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GFDM V5|GuitarFreaks V5 & DrumMania V5 Rock to Infinity]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Let Me Go]] || [[Brad Holmes]] || [[AC GFDM V6|GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6 BLAZING!!!!]] || - || - || ✓ || - | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Egocentricity]] || [[Shigeharu Saeki|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC GFDM XG|GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Adrenaline]] || [[Yoshihiko Koezuka|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC GFDM XG2|GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Groove to Live]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[POWER]] || [[Mutsuhiko Izumi|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC GFDM XG3|GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Conquistador]] || [[Mutsuhiko Izumi|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC GD EXCHAIN|GITADORA EXCHAIN]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[In Scottish Highlands]] || [[Mutsuhiko Izumi|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC jb|jubeat]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Wall Street down-sizer]] || [[Hirofumi Sasaki|Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC MAGG|MAMBO A GO GO]] || FUNK ROCK || - || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Amor Perdido (Lost Love)]] || || ダイエットチャンネル || - || ? || ? || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Fortune]] || || ダイエットチャンネル || - || ? || ? || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Move!]] || || ダイエットチャンネル || - || ? || ? || ✓ | ||
|} | |} | ||
== | == Discography == | ||
=== | === Singles === | ||
* Stratosphere (2018, with [[Toshio Sakurai]]) | |||
* [ | == Interviews == | ||
* [https://youtu.be/g2eVNzSBWfo Georgia Music Gamers (GMG) Podcast] (2019) | |||
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Latest revision as of 03:12, 20 November 2023
Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
Artist Information
- Name: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
- Born: December 14th, 1962 in Minnesota, USA
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lichtentunes
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecaptainthl
- ReverbNation: https://www.reverbnation.com/thl
- Website: http://thomashowardlichtenstein.net (archived)
Profile
Thomas Howard Lichtenstein is a long-time vocalist for BEMANI, mainly known for his songs in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series; he was even the announcer in several early GuitarFreaks & DrumMania titles. Outside of BEMANI, Thomas has composed several of his own albums.
Thomas currently lives in Japan, having moved there in 1995 after marrying Megumi.
Trivia
- On the words of Thomas on how he first started working for KONAMI: "I first worked for Konami on the first Drummania game. It was in the summer of 1999. A friend of mine gave my number to some Konami musicians; they were looking for local vocalists to record some of their new music for the first Drummania. I sent in a demo tape, and I also found a few other foreign (non-Japanese) vocalists living in the area and got them to send in demos as well. They chose me and one other (Elizabeth Dobbs) to sing on several songs. I also mentioned that I write a lot of lyrics, and they let me try my hand at it. They seemed pleased with the results, so I've been hired to write lyrics quite a bit since then -- even for other vocalists."
- From his debut until GITADORA, GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2 was the only arcade GuitarFreaks & DrumMania game Thomas did not write or sing a song for.
- Thomas also contributed to Unit-e's music game Neon FM, with the song Girlz Buttz.
- Thomas has also written children's books, such as The Seven Kingdoms: Tales of Unicorns.
Aliases
- CAPTAIN.T / Captain.T
- Love machineguns (vocalist)
- Monoral Heads (with Toshio Sakurai composing)
- Orange Lounge+ (additional vocals)
- Sweet little 30's (with Hideyuki Ono composing)
- Thomas
- Thomas' Family (with daughters Jennifer Miyabi Lichtenstein and Angelina Tamaki Lichtenstein)
- Thomas Howard
- Tommy-T
BEMANI Songs
Discography
Singles
- Stratosphere (2018, with Toshio Sakurai)
Interviews
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