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Back in 2009, Summon the Roses had the honor of interviewing Kanon Wakeshima @ Otakon! Here's the interview! Enjoy =)
Please
introduce yourself to the readers of Summon the Roses.
Kanon:
I am Kanon Wakeshima and I have been playing the Cello since I was
three years old and now I am a Cello Vocalist.
How
do you feel about performing in front of a large audience for the
first time in the U.S?
Kanon:
In America the audience gets so excited and it makes it fun and also
the people were in really cute costumes. I really liked it!
Aside
from playing in America you have played concerts in Europe and Japan,
how are they different?
Kanon:
In Japan audiences tend to just stand quiet and try to concentrate on
the music and try to feel the music but here in America and also in
France, in those countries the reaction is kind of similar. They try
to get together and enjoy the music, and they get really excited and
that gives me energy on stage. The audiences seem really excited and
that makes me happy.
What
do you want your fans to take away from your latest album Shinshoku
Dolce?
Kanon:
I want my fans to feel the mixture of the classical elements and
electro musical elements in the album. The title of the album
Shinshoku Dolce describes Dolce which means sweet, and it describes
something very sweet and girlish. Shinshoku describes having a dark
image so it is a mixture of both dark and light so it would be great
if the fans feel the mixture of all these things.
Do
you like the change after getting into the music industry?
Kanon:
Since my childhood I'm lived with music so my environment it's not
really that much different.
Did
you enjoy playing Cello when you were younger?
Kanon:
When I was younger I was always playing Cello so I did not think much
about it.
When
did you first start singing?
Kanon:
When I was a Junior High School student there was a time I started
listening to J-POP and at that time I began to wonder what kind of
music I would create as a musician and at that time I started
singing.
Did
playing Cello come naturally to you?
Kanon:
Playing Cello is something like brushing my teeth, it is a very
natural thing for me.
Have
you ever had any interest in playing other instruments?
Kanon:
I was once tried the Piano and Guitar but I realized Cello is better.
Do
you have any aspirations of breaking into the music industry outside
of Japan?
Kanon:
I first would like to break in Japan then I will think about it.
Do
you have a favorite musician or group?
Kanon:
In Japan a Japanese artist I like is Mayumi Kojima and in America I
like Lady Gaga. I like Lady Gaga's costume, they are cute.
Many
of your fans really like your clothing, who makes them and do you
have any in-put in the design?
Kanon:
My producer Mana-sama designs my costumes.
How
did you feel when you found out you were going to be working with
Mana-sama?
Kanon:
Mana-sama is very sincere and a gentle-man choosing the music and
music creation. He never gives up on what he wants to express. I am
learning a lot of things from his attitude.
Has
any of Mana-sama's past projects influenced you in your music?
Kanon:
I feel that the songs composed by Mana-sama has similar image from
the songs of Malice Mizer. Malice Mizer also tried to express a
combination of dark and light.
Do
you like Anime? Do you have a favorite?
Kanon:
Vampire Knight.
Any
reason why you like that one?
Kanon:
They have really cool costumes. They are cute.
Lastly
do you have a message for your fans?
I
am Kanon Wakeshima, I want to do many lives as soon as possible and I
want to come back to the states again. Please support me so that I
can come back here.
Summon
the Roses would like to give a special thanks to the Otakon staff
members who made this interview possible and to John Petrokonis and
Giulia Palermo who conducted the interview.
A
special thanks goes to Alyce Wilson who helped us a great deal in
making this interview a possibility.
© Summon the Roses 2009
