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No Restriction Needed: Music and Cooking
Takano: At that time, did you feel that you had to focus on either cooking or music?
Nagatsuka: That was not the case from the beginning. It is very important to keep doing one thing, but I didn’t have the image in my mind that I could live on that one thing. I can do music and cooking. But I have to earn money to make a living, so I have to decide which I will do first. Rather than becoming famous for my music first and then going into cooking, I would rather work at a restaurant and make a living while improving my skills, and when my music takes shape to a certain extent, I will be able to spread the appeal of food to the fans I have made through my music. So there were worries about what kind of balance I should live with and at what timing I should do it. But in the end, I made the choice I have now.
Takano: Music and cooking are completely different genres, but are they connected in any way?
Nagatsuka: I feel that this is why musicians open curry shops and restaurants (laughs). The process of doing it is the same as songwriting. You gather good ingredients, use good instruments, record sounds, cook the ingredients you have prepared, and combine the ingredients you have cut or baked. I want to make a plate of it and make a song out of it.
Takano: Seasoning is like reverb, volume control, taste adjustment, mixing, and mastering.
Nagatsuka: I think an album is like a course.
Celeina: Is there a sense of synergy because of both cooking and music, and that you have been able to continue to enhance both genres?
Nagatsuka: Yes, I think so. I think it is all connected to our current activities, but we started a music label ourselves at first. From there, we decided to start something like a restaurant business and created a place where people who do not like music can come and enjoy themselves. We started in the music channel, but we thought that more interesting things can be found in food, fashion, and many other things. I think it’s good that it has properly become one channel to spread more of the ideas we really want people to enjoy.
