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  • Member: Kionon
  • Studio: |: Serious Business Studios :|
  • Title: Amore, et Da Capo
  • Premiered: 2007-07-07
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  • Song:
    • globe on the way to YOU
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  • Comments: "Amore, et Da Capo"
    (Love, and Repeat from Beginning)

    When Nodame Cantabile was suggested to me as a possible anime I might like, I decided to take the plunge, not knowing what the anime was about at all. I am glad I did.

    For those of you who do not know, Nodame Cantabile is series that follows the school careers of several music majors, although most specifically Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Nodame. The are polar opposites. Chiaki is academically inclined, eloquent, elegant, worldly, and a total gentleman. Nodame is lazy, self-absorbed, childish, and sometimes downright idiotic. Yet both are amazing musicians, although with very different philosophies... Yet, as opposites, they attract, and as yin and yang, they complete each other.

    This video is, hopefully, a ride through the series as I felt when watching it. The piano piece, On The Way To YOU, is by my favorite Japanese group, Globe. They have an amazing diversity of work spanning at least ten albums. There is a vocal version of this song, but words would actually have detracted from impact of this work. I chose this piece because it had special meaning to me, as I once tried to learn it as a music major.

    Not much of a piano player, but I did pursue trombone, clarinet, and voice, as well as conducting in order to one day lead my own orchestra while at Stephen F. Austin State University. In the end, my love of writing, and especially, reporting, overcame my love of performance, and the intense workload burned me out. Still, the love of music that my mentors instilled in me will forever be with me.

    This AMV is dedicated to Dr. Trent, head of Fine Arts Programming for Frisco Independent School District (and head of Frisco High School's band program while I was there), Mrs. Stulting, Assistant Band Director of Frisco High School, and Professor Anderson, former Assistant Director of Bands at Stephen F. Austin State University, now Director of Bands at Texas Tech University... And the Stephen F. Austin Trombone Line, "It's not too loud until you get the hand!"

    Special Thanks to: aesling, moon, and Glory Questor

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  • Link Format Bitrate Codec Duration Filesize Link Check Information Comments
  • Direct AVI (.avi)  2000  XviD  00:02:57  45MB  Last Checked: 2007-07-07 13:55:40 200 OK This is the XviD version. Get the MP4 if your computer can handle it.
  • Direct MPEG4 (.mp4)  1408  h.264  00:02:57  31.5MB  Last Checked: 2007-07-07 14:10:01 200 OK This is the h.264 version. Get the XviD version if your computer cannot handle this version.
  • Local AVI 1782/354 mpeg4/adpcm_ima_wav 2:57 45.3 MiB
    Local File SBS-Kionon-2007-NodameCantabile-AmoreetDaCapo[dx50].avi
    Duration 177.043710 seconds
    Video Track 1781.85 kb/s mpeg4 [mpeg4]
    704 x 396 @ 29.97 fps
    Audio Track adpcm_ima_wav @ 354.008 kbps
    44.1 kHz, stereophonic sound