Strings Of My Soul
| Strings Of My Soul | |
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| Album by Tak Matsumoto | |
| Released | June 20, 2012 |
| Genre | Instrumental, Rock, Jazz |
| Length | 53:52 (Japan) 45:53 (International) |
| Label | Vermillion Records House Of Strings (Japan) 335 Records (International) |
| Producer | Tak Matsumoto |
Strings Of My Soul is the ninth studio album by Tak Matsumoto, released on June 20, 2012. Following its domestic Japanese release, the album was issued physically and digitally in the United States and Europe by 335 Records on August 7, 2012. The release is between a traditional studio album and compilation, featuring both new and old tracks alike. The album would be the work that was Tak's first created with an international team at heart, with Tak producing the album alongside Paul Brown and Robert Williams. Brown also co-wrote the lyrics to the album's only vocal song, "Live Life", with Dax Reynosa as well as contributing to the arrangement. Several months following the album's release, the track was released as a digital single in the United States and Japan with both a new instrumental version and the original vocal rendition included.
Track listing
All music composed by and guitar performed by Tak Matsumoto unless otherwise noted.
- #1090 Sen Mu Ichiya — Thousand Dreams, 千夢一夜
- Not included in the international edition.
- The Moment
- Live Life
- TRINITY
- BLUE
- Hana — Flower, 華
- Koi Uta — Love Song, 恋歌
- sasanqua~Fuyu no Hi — Winter Sun, 冬の陽
- THE WINGS
- Exists in two versions, with the American edition being edited to a shorter runtime with extra guitar phrases not in the Japanese release.
- SUKIYAKI featuring LARRY CARLTON
- The domestic Japanese version of the song was mixed by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, while Paul Brown was responsible for the American version's mixing.
- MY FAVORITE THINGS
- Romeo & Juliet
- 99
- Not included in the international edition.
Personnel
- Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition (Tracks 1-9, 13), Arrangement
- Sam Drysdale: Vocals (Track 3)
- Larry Carlton: Guitar (Track 10)
- Dax Reynosa: Lyric Composition (Track 3)
- Paul Brown: Lyric Composition (Track 3), Arrangement (Tracks 2 & 3), Mixing (Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 9)
- Wachidai Nakamura: Music Composition (Track 10)
- Rokusuke Ei: Lyric Composition (Track 10)
- Richard Rogers: Music Composition (Track 11)
- Oscar Hammerstein II: Lyric Composition (Track 11)
- Nino Rota: Music Composition (Track 12)
- Akihito Tokunaga: Arrangement (Tracks 1, 7, 9)
- Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement (Tracks 2, 3, 6, 10, 13)
- Daisuke Ikeda: Arrangement (Tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12)
- t2o: Arrangement (Track 7)
- Takeshi Hayama: Arrangement (Track 13)
- Masao Akashi: Arrangement (Track 13)
- Hiroyuki Kobayashi: Mixing (Tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13)