-Because this album includes two big pieces
-to be precise, suites. Kadomatsu says that he likes progressive, especially YES
, and he has been interested in writing big piece of progressive
. Besides, he was fed up with writing songs with stereotyped form
of verse A, verse B and chorus, which is innocuous and commercially-acceptable. With such adventurous spirit, he wrote "The moment of 46 billion years Incidentally, there was a big change in Kadomatsu's life; right before his fifties, he married and had a child. When his wife was in pregnancy, he heard that a fetus follow an evolutionary pattern of life on Earth. This also inspired him in writing this suite. At his30th anniversaryconcert in June 2011, he declared that he's going to keep on his career at least until seventy. You might feel his affection to his child from "I See The Light" -a song used in Disney movie " Tangled
". As he wondered that what this world would be like twenty years later or so when his child grows up to be an adult, He began to feel apprehensive about the current situation of the world
,especiallyour country. If you feel the current prime minister's remarks sound like desiring contingencies, your sense cannot be entirely wrong.
Get Back To The Love". Once he lived in New York, and experienced real local gospel music. Back then, he thought that he shouldn't dabble in gospel music simply for entertainment because it's a way of confession of faith by black people. But later, a local famous gospel singer encouraged him that he has a mission to deliver message. Kadomatsu majored in Indian philosophy in college, so he has a comprehension about religion.
He selected words carefully so that this song is accepted by both Christians and non-Christians. Regardless of religion, there is no difference in people's feeling such as respect, affection and gratitude for someone you care
.
Recently, the sales of CDs have been declining. Kadomatsu hasworked onlive performances with excellent musicians. At the same time, he wants audience to listen to CDs as recording works
. Consumers' imagination is failing due to information overload, so Kadomatsu sets forth "albums with concept" strongly all the more
.