EPISODE · Jul 23, 2025 · 2 MIN
what I do
from Talking and Reading from Japan by Hidemi Woods · host Hidemi Woods
Episode from Japanese Dream by Hidemi WoodsAudiobook : On Sale at online stores or apps. Apple, Audible, Google Play, Nook Audiobooks, 43 available distributors in totalHidemiWoods.comI’ve completed my home studio by handmade soundproofing to my small apartment room and setting up instruments, equipment and the wiring. The software and drivers have all been installed on my computer. The only thing that remains to be done is start working on our new song.I’ve run out of excuses to avoid work any longer. I wrote the next song when I was having trouble with my neighbor who newly moved in a room next door to me in the apartment building that I used to live. At that time, I was so annoyed and at a loss why I should have endured this uncomfortable time. But in hindsight, it paid as I earned one new song.Now, I’m getting down to select instruments, make sounds, arrange the song, record a chorus, rehearse vocals, record vocals, mix, and master. It’s lengthy, continuous, lonely work stretched over several years. Our last song into which I put a great deal of similar effort and time to complete, by the way, has turned almost no profit so far. This is what I do with my life at stake…Episode from Japanese Dream by Hidemi WoodsHidemiWoods.com
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Episode from Japanese Dream by Hidemi WoodsAudiobook : On Sale at online stores or apps. Apple, Audible, Google Play, Nook Audiobooks, 43 available distributors in totalHidemiWoods.comI’ve completed my home studio by handmade soundproofing to my small apartment room and setting up instruments, equipment and the wiring. The software and drivers have all been installed on my computer. The only thing that remains to be done is start working on our new song.I’ve run out of excuses to avoid work any longer. I wrote the next song when I was having trouble with my neighbor who newly moved in a room next door to me in the apartment building that I used to live. At that time, I was so annoyed and at a loss why I should have endured this uncomfortable time. But in hindsight, it paid as I earned one new song.Now, I’m getting down to select instruments, make sounds, arrange the song, record a chorus, rehearse vocals, record vocals, mix, and master. It’s lengthy, continuous, lonely work stretched over several years. Our last song into which I put a great deal of similar effort and time to complete, by the way, has turned almost no profit so far. This is what I do with my life at stake…Episode from Japanese Dream by Hidemi WoodsHidemiWoods.com
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