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Authentic Emotions from Viewers in Live Streams
-By the way, I think the pressing issue in both theater and music is how to balance physical performance and distribution. HANCHU-YUEI also distributes videos, but what is your stance on this?
Sokabe: In the case of music, the content is almost the same for both physical and distributed performances, but for theater, even distribution is completely different.
Yamamoto: That’s right. That is something I have been thinking about for a long time. It is certainly very important to have the audience see the performance live, but I think there is another way for the audience to find the right answer. If they are moved by the delivery, that’s the real thing. Sometimes there are people who say, “I’ve seen HANCHU-YUEI’s work before. But I’m sorry, I’ve only seen it on streaming.”
Sokabe: Do you mind that?
Yamamoto: Not al all. I would say, “Please watch more and more on streaming.
Sokabe: For us, it’s like the difference between a live performance and a live video streaming.
Yamamoto: That’s right. Also, there were many things that were made possible thanks to the distribution. For example, people in China were able to watch us.
Sokabe: Eh. Is that going to be subtitled?
Yamamoto: It seems so. There are also people studying Japanese and so on.
Sokabe: Excellent, I see.
Yamamoto: Yes, and HANCHU-YUEI is surprisingly well known in China. There have been cases where people from South Korea have seen the video distribution, become interested, and come to Japan to take the workshop. I am very happy to have done this.
Sokabe: I see. The more you put out there, the better, even on the Internet.
Yamamoto: I think so.
Sokabe: Are there many of your works available on the Internet now?
Yamamoto: There are about 10 works.
Sokabe: Oh, I see. Let’s take a look. But, as you said, it is impossible to deny the impression of someone who was moved by a live performance, and that person’s impression is genuine. In many ways, the size of the video distribution may be getting smaller, but that doesn’t mean that the size of the emotion is also getting smaller, right?
Yamamoto: That’s right.
Sokabe: I see. The scales fell from my eyes. I used to be hesitant about live broadcasts and would not archive them, but now I don’t have to think about that at all. That is the band’s problem.
