The 19th RMS ORGAN Music Festival

It is so enriching to have a diverse collection of friends in your life.  It offers the opportunity to be exposed to a different assortment of adventures and experiences.  I find this with my friend Yoshie.  However being out of Canada and living in a foreign land, almost everything I do is an adventure and new experience.

Yosie took me to see something I probably would not have gone to in my own choosing.  Not that I would never, it is just I have higher interests on my list.  She took me to one of her best friends’ Organ Music Festival.  It was at an auditorium near Osaka Castle and so the walk to the venue was lovely through the park and walkways

Osaka Castle has a cute shuttle train that resembles a theme park service.  There were street musicians and calm, happy people exploring ( I was one of them   )

I am absolutely LOVING the post summer weather, it is heavenly to not be sweating 24/7 but still feel the warmth and have a gentle breeze at your back.  I loved that the venue was in a slightly different building and area I had not yet been to

We arrived and I was happy to sit down and relax.  It is always a treat to actually play the opposite character and be an audience member when performing so often.  I was a little overwhelmed to hear that it would be aprox 2.5 hrs till Yoshies’ friend would play! As I was fasting since breakfast as I had dinner plans to go to a buffet and EAT LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW!  But all worked out in the end with a lil’ snack and shifting the dinner time.

There is a lot of details that slip through the cracks when there is a language barrier between you and your friends.  In today’s situation it was just a slight surprise so all was well.  I just had the impression that we were attending a concert, but it was a competitive festival.  I found that out after a few musicians played when the lights would not go dark in the audience and I noticed 3 people in the back ever so evenly spaced between one another (judges).

But RIGHT AWAY I WAS AMAZED! Japan baby! Japan! HA

I do not know my ORGAN’s, however these contraptions were NO JOKE!  Two leveled keyboards, 4 peddles, a touch screen monitor, many other buttons and a disk slot!!! I had no idea.  So each performer came out and inserted their disk that had a background melody track that each person played with.  It was surreal as one performer and one organ somehow sounded like a 20 piece orchestra??!!

Another MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR aspect to this experience were the cameras that were around the organs.  They captured the performer’s face (for facial expression) and a few other to capture the hands playing on the keys.

It was an honor to see these details and quite remarkable as a whole.  It made sense, especially the event being a competition for the judges to see the details.  I know as an artist, it is ALL in the details!

Many people were videotaping and so I joined in.  I taped a few but will only share 2 with you here on my blog

Every person had a different song to play that was usually a well known musical track.  THE LION KING!!!! Can you believe it??? I was amazed in so many ways. The first way because I was in this musical, and the second way because I was thinking about my sister Deidrea a lot that day whom is actually in the cast of The Lion King in Las Vegas.  What a sign, the universe is truly a remarkable place and the interconnectedness of vibrational alignment with desires manifesting and dancing with you!

Hearing beautiful, often classical music scores makes even the most energetic person tired.  I was struggling as we waited for Daisuke to perform, but not as much as this girl in another row!!! I loved that I captured the shot! hahah……..HOORAY iPhones with no flash!  I though I needed to call 911 (or whatever the alternative is in Japan) as she looked like she fell and or fainted!  It was JOKES to see in a theatre audience! HAHAHAHA         

But she obviously was just resting her eyes as after 3mins or so, she regained movement in her body! HAHA, bless her!  I hung in there for what I came for! May I present to you:

DAISUKE TAKASAKI

Wow eh?!!!  I was soooo proud to be linked to him through Yoshie.  And even MORE PROUDER BECAUSE HE WON HIS CATEGORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                         Everyone likes being on the winning team eh?! HAHAHA, I know I do! In all sincerity I was deeply proud because out of over 30 girls he was only 1 of 2 males.  So he represented my gender and sexual orientation….yeah yeah yeah! Get it Dai-san! LOVE IT!

I honestly saw and felt the different in his calibre though.  His physicality was like he was dancing on that organ! The torso and head being extensions of the sound current and his fingers so crisp and precise and gracious as they moved about! Wow. I love art and expression! AMEN….Wahe Guru!  The actual musical score was heavenly too with its storytelling levels that rose and fell again. Lovely

I got a picture with the Super Star after and was SOOOOOOOOO PROUD! This was before I knew he won as it was announced after I left for dinner.  But even if he did not win, I expressed to him that I adored his performance and expression.  I gave him a small gift of a hand massage for 30 seconds.  It was an honor to touch his magical hands.  He leads a cool life as a children’s music teacher, then performs, writes and competes on his own.  If or rather, WHEN he wins at the next National Festival he goes to the USA for the WORLDS! GO Dai Go!!!

The last reflection from this experience that stood out for me was all of Daisuke’s Tomodachi’s ( friends) they were all gay men whom were very cute and fashionable and giddy!  This was exciting as it is rare to see a cluster of gay men hanging out in Japan.  Maybe in the clubs, but that is not my scene to go out. I just loved their support for Daisuke and their FULL-OUT fashion and laughter at me and my gaijin ways.

LIFE is GOOD!

and GOOD is GOD AMPLIFIED!

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