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== Song Production Information ==
== Song Production Information ==
=== dj taka ===
=== dj taka ===
A lot of years have passed since the first time when I was involved in the production of beatmania.<br>
Quite a lot of time has passed since I first got involved in the production of beatmania.<br>
Initially when I participated, the seniors gave me lots of advice, and taught me the music and arrangement trends, and which game patterns were not suitable for beatmania, for example,<br>
When I first started out, my senior colleagues taught me various things to be aware of, or rather, what sorts of music, arrangements, and game patterns don't fit beatmania.<br>
• Repeating without progression is bad, always progress<br>
For example:<br>
• The larger amount of sounds, the better<br>
<br>
• Assigning the bass sound to a key is bad<br>
• Don't be repetitive, have progression<br>
And so on.<br>
• Use a lot of sounds, the flashier the better<br>  
Certainly, these methods really make sense for gameplay, and allowed to us to write our own songs, and also to subject the commissioned artists to the same direction as well. This worked so far.
• Don't assign bass sounds to the keys<br>
 
<br>
However, through a variety of songs, I realized that maybe there is another method to have an interesting song, and at the very end of beatmania, I made all the NG techniques fly away. Let's make a good, interesting song. And with this enthusiasm, "fellows" was made.<br>
And so on and so forth.<br>
To the great beatmania which became even bigger, this is a thanks message.<br>
These ways of doing things certainly made sense in terms of the game.<br>
The organ of this song can be heard from the start of the song to the end, repeating the same performance of the four measures, is completely free of progressive melody, while the tracks have not more than 10 number of sounds, which is not suitable for the original beatmania, as the song has a extremely simple style progression with a small number of sounds.
I wrote my own songs along these lines as I simultaneously directed outside artists in the same way, and that's how it unfolded.<br>
 
<br>
For the vocals, I was looking for someone who her vocals were familiar in beatmania, so I asked Sana for her help.<br>
However, through various songs, I gradually started to learn that there are other different ways to create interesting songs.<br>
Even though this is officially my first collaboration with Sana, I think that her vocals are more delicious than those of any vocalist that I've heard.<br>
During the very last opportunity for beatmania, I attempted to create a good, interesting song while intentionally using all of these supposedly bad techniques.<br>
Her appearance to sing at the booth was very stylish, like the wind. Sana's experience began in beatmania. Since then she became a great musician, and that's really moving.<br>
That song turned out to be fellows.<br>
Oh yeah, Sana's official site is now open, so please check it.
It's also a message of gratitude to the great beatmania, which made me into who I am.<br>
<br>
The organ in this song is in an extremely simple style: no progression, very few sounds.<br>
Actually, from the time the song begins until it ends, it repeats the same four measures, with absolutely no progression.<br>
The number of tracks, or "the number of sounds," doesn't even crack 10.<br>
Both of these were things that supposedly didn't fit beatmania.<br>
<br>
For the vocals, I had the staff search for people who have an affinity to beatmania, but there was only one person who could fit the bill, so I asked for Sana.<br>
Officially, this my first time working with Sana, but I think she sung better than any vocalist I've recorded up to this point.<br>
It was very cool to see her sing, it was like a wind blowing through the booth.<br>
I felt very moved that she became an amazing musician through various experiences ever since she started out in beatmania.<br>
Oh, right, I heard that Sana's official website is open, give it a look too.


== Video Production Information ==
== Video Production Information ==

Revision as of 03:24, 13 July 2020

Not to be confused with fellow.

fellows

Song Information

fellows' jacket.

Artist: dj TAKA feat. Sana
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: dj taka
Vocals: sana
BPM: 135
Length: 1:56 (uncut), 1:45 (REFLEC BEAT)
Genre: EPILOGUE
Movie: MORO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania THE FINAL
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

Japanese

それは　いくつもの　夜が明けて　できた最高のstory
周りから　笑われても　信じたものに　夢託した

窓の外　広がるのは　眩しい朝光　渋滞の246

言いたいこと言い合えた　仲間達

bye bye thank you
bye bye thank you my fellows

bye bye thank you
bye bye thank you forever

Romaji

sore wa ikutsumono yo ga akete dekita saikou no story
mawari kara warawarete mo shinjita mono ni yume takushita

mado no soto hirogaru no wa mabushii Tomomitsu juutai no 246

iitai koto iiaeta nakamatachi

bye bye thank you
bye bye thank you my fellows

bye bye thank you
bye bye thank you forever

Song Connections / Remixes

  • The original soundtrack version of fellows is longer than its in-game versions.
    • The beatmania / beatmania III version of fellows fades out after Sana's vocals are finished.
    • The REFLEC BEAT version of fellows is slightly extended and edited, but still ends after the vocals have been sung.

Trivia

  • In beatmania / beatmania III, fellows' artist was capitalized as dj taka feat. sana.
  • fellows' genre, EPILOGUE, is a reference to how beatmania THE FINAL was the last game in the original beatmania series.
  • fellows is one of the few songs where its lyrics can be found on its song production information site.
  • fellows was Sanae Shintani's only song she ever sung exclusively for an arcade beatmania game.
  • fellows could be unlocked in REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper as part of the 2nd Set (TAG's SELECTION) of the BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS unlocking system.
    • From September 17th, 2015 onwards, it could be purchased from the REFLEC Shop for 3800 Refle.
    • In REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA, it could be purchased in the Garage for 20 VOLZZA KEYs.
    • In REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, it was playable by default.

Song Production Information

dj taka

Quite a lot of time has passed since I first got involved in the production of beatmania.
When I first started out, my senior colleagues taught me various things to be aware of, or rather, what sorts of music, arrangements, and game patterns don't fit beatmania.
For example:

• Don't be repetitive, have progression
• Use a lot of sounds, the flashier the better
• Don't assign bass sounds to the keys

And so on and so forth.
These ways of doing things certainly made sense in terms of the game.
I wrote my own songs along these lines as I simultaneously directed outside artists in the same way, and that's how it unfolded.

However, through various songs, I gradually started to learn that there are other different ways to create interesting songs.
During the very last opportunity for beatmania, I attempted to create a good, interesting song while intentionally using all of these supposedly bad techniques.
That song turned out to be fellows.
It's also a message of gratitude to the great beatmania, which made me into who I am.

The organ in this song is in an extremely simple style: no progression, very few sounds.
Actually, from the time the song begins until it ends, it repeats the same four measures, with absolutely no progression.
The number of tracks, or "the number of sounds," doesn't even crack 10.
Both of these were things that supposedly didn't fit beatmania.

For the vocals, I had the staff search for people who have an affinity to beatmania, but there was only one person who could fit the bill, so I asked for Sana.
Officially, this my first time working with Sana, but I think she sung better than any vocalist I've recorded up to this point.
It was very cool to see her sing, it was like a wind blowing through the booth.
I felt very moved that she became an amazing musician through various experiences ever since she started out in beatmania.
Oh, right, I heard that Sana's official website is open, give it a look too.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Normal Hard Another Normal Hard Another
Notecounts 271 417 - 275 487 -
beatmania THE FINAL 4 6 - 4 7 -
beatmania III THE FINAL 4 6 - 4 6 -

REFLEC BEAT

Game Level
Basic Medium Hard Special
Notecounts 89 243 391 -
REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper→VOLZZA 2 2 6 9 -
REFLEC BEAT plus 2 6 9 -


BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS
1st Set (DJ TOTTO's SELECTION) ABSOLUTE - CHOCOLATE PHILOSOPHY - LOGICAL DASH - era (nostalmix)
2nd Set (TAG's SELECTION) DROP THE BOMB - AXIS - fellows - MAD BLAST
3rd Set (Des-ROW's SELECTION) 大見解 - Funky sonic World - BE LOVIN - CURUS
4th Set (Ryu☆'s SELECTION) GENOM SCREAMS - Presto - JET WORLD - Go Beyond!!
5th Set (TOMOSUKE's SELECTION) I'M GONNA GET YOU! - the keel - LOVE IS ORANGE - Gamelan de Couple
6th Set (kors k's SELECTION) Flash Back 90's - White Eve - HELL SCAPER - starmine
7th Set (Users' SELECTION) 明鏡止水 - Pink Rose - sync - Beyond The Earth
8th Set (PHQUASE's SELECTION) COSMIC COWGIRL - BOBBY SUE AND SKINNY JIM - 男々道 - Spica
9th Set (wac's SELECTION) PULSE - GRADIUSIC CYBER - Nova emoção - 踊るフィーバーロボ
10th Set (dj TAKA's SELECTION) ♥Love²シュガ→♥ - Lucy - GUILTY - V - V₂
CONTENTS SELECTION ZERO-ONE - MAKE A JAM! - Ping×Pong×Dash - DAY DREAM
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