Come to the "Raibuhausu"　from Ravitz Matsuo – Still Chasing That '70s–'80s

As expected, my attempt at keeping a "future diary" lasted only three days. So today, it's just an ordinary diary.

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I'm really looking forward to our show at Baysis on July 30.

As a warm-up, I went to see Human Lost perform. (Calling it a warm-up might be a little unfair.) They played a new song, the band sounded fantastic, and what impressed me most was their audience.

Some people had traveled a long way just to be there.

You can often tell what kind of band you're watching by looking at the crowd. For some of them, Human Lost isn't just a band—they're part of their lives. I think that's a beautiful thing.

These days I spend a lot of time in "live houses" live-music venues, "Raibuhausu", so seeing bands perform has become almost routine. Even so, every show teaches me something new.

Baysis has wonderful sound.

And it has that unmistakable atmosphere that only a real live venue can have.

It's hard to describe, but it's as if decades of music have soaked into the walls. Sweat. Loud amplifiers. Maybe even tears. Perhaps a little spit from singers giving everything they've got. Twenty years' worth of performances have left something behind, something invisible that somehow becomes part of the sound itself.

Watching Human Lost in that room made perfect sense.

The stage was close enough that you could hear almost every word between songs, while the powerful music hit you straight in the chest. My whole body felt relaxed afterward.

In two weeks we'll actually be sharing the stage with Osamu's band. I'm excited already.

I've been playing in bands for a long time. I've been lucky enough to keep getting opportunities to perform live.

But we're not one of those famous bands that people stop and stare at when we walk down the street.

And while I still absolutely intend to reach that level someday, I also know that the artists already shining in the mainstream have walked a different path from ours.

So we keep trying. We try every possible way to help people discover us, enjoy our music, and hopefully come to a show.

Some things don't come naturally to me. Promotion is one of them.

I'm not good at making cold, calculated announcements over and over again. I tend to approach people personally, and that always takes longer.

I'm also not especially good at coming up with those clever little videos or catchy one-liners that go viral on social media.

I've tried. I keep trying.  But it doesn't really feel like me.

Then I spend a night in a place like Baysis, listening to other bands, watching people play their hearts out, and I remember...

"This is the way I want to grow."

Marketing matters. Building an audience matters. Of course it does. But if that's all I think about, both my mind and my heart start to stiffen. At Baysis, the music loosened all of that.

So thank you to Human Lost, Canaria, Loosely, and everyone who played that night. After all these years, live music still has the same effect on me.

Maybe "relaxed" is not  quite the right word.　Maybe "I can breathe again" is closer.

Lately I've realized something else. So much of what comes through our screens feels strangely judgmental. Not intentionally, perhaps.

But everything seems to be telling you: "That's not a good example.""You haven't thought this through.""You should know better."

Everything becomes evaluation. Scorekeeping. Ranking.Whether people mean it or not, you can easily come away feeling as though you've been looked down on.

At the venues I spend time in—including Baysis—I rarely feel that.And when I do sense that atmosphere somewhere, I've learned to quietly walk away.

Maybe that's something age has given me.

I'm  at this age, sort of open secret , but ,"very old"now, and I trust that instinct more than ever.

I've deliberately stepped away from certain places and chosen to move closer to others.　Looking back, those choices have almost always been the right ones.

So when I say this, I mean it. Come to a live house. Come and let yourself unwind And naturally...

I hope that place will be one of our shows. That's exactly the kind of experience we're trying to create every time we step on stage.

Hope to see you there.

July 30 – Live at Baysis (Yokohama) Ravitz Matsuo & His Hair with Exte. Horns / COAO

📍 Baysis, Kannai, Yokohama

Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PM Advance: ¥3,000 Door: ¥3,500

Livestream: ¥2,000 We'd love to see you there—whether in person or online.

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