BAND-MAID 'After Life' MV | Multi-Musician Reaction + Analysis

Multi-instrumentalist reacts, analyzes and breaks down After Life by BAND-MAID during a livestream.
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[@WavePotter]

POUND LIKE for more BAND-MAID reactions extracted from my livestream! I did 7 this past weekend and will happily edit them like this if people would like to see it!

[@curtisrrobles7885]

🤙🏼

[@JuanSan66]

Kanami is definitively the Queen of Riffs

[@RaffaeleRussorr]

Yes Mate Riff machine

[@craigfenson]

4:54 -- if only you were with the rest of the maidiacs when this song premiered in these ladies' december okyu-ji. could imagine everyone's jaws dropped at miku's scream while watching.

[@stevehall5128]

I'll verify this. My heart did weird things.

[@TomClark-Futoura]

I remember taking this gnarly rollercoaster wipeout while surfing. I knew I was headed to the After Life when I suddenly heard this voice, like at the start of am amusement park ride: "Please remain living until life comes to a complete stop." I ragged-dolled a little more and then surfaced. Every time this song comes up, I think of that near death message from... I don't know where. Anyway... Thx, Wave... Potter, that is!

[@GaryHolloway-810]

"Almost Easy" was the A7X song you were thinking of Wave. It sure ain't easy what B-M play but they make it look effortless & always with a smile :)

[@curtisrrobles7885]

💯% agree 🤙🏽

[@patron40silver]

One day closer to BAND-KATE

[@curtisrrobles7885]

@@patron40silver 🗓🔜

[@GaryHolloway-810]

@@patron40silver Please let their 2nd song be a full song for the closing credits. Just so hopefully a few more people will like what they hear & decide to check them out :)

[@PinD-PANIC]

A7X is awesome

[@mattdhorstman]

Loved it live, Loved it recorded. Loved Miku's scream!!!

[@stevehall5128]

Akane once mentioned removing one of the rubber feet on her floor tom legs to cut the drum's resonance a little bit. Just one.

[@WavePotter]

Really? This is fascinating information...

[@knightofthefivemaids]

Loving it wave. Loving it . this how hard rock songs should sound like and written like, and I'm not wrong am I ? Long Live the PO !

[@Mikupigeon]

The instrumental version is great too! I remember when Saiki first sang this song during dec 2020 live stream, nobody knew about it and it was a great surprise for all of us. It sounds great live.

[@2abug]

Thank you Wave 👌🏻

[@RaffaeleRussorr]

Hey Mate, Mediac present, yes Kanami in the presentation of the album said he would be happy to see the cover of After Life, the solo is very technical and precise divided into four parts with touch on the harmonics, light legato, double slaid, scale I think classic style, I'll try, Malmsteen uses them, finished with a legate and pentatonic. then in the pre chorus I love the riff below with mini solo introducing the chorus, a genius and I think it is an example of how to write a great piece, heavy / metal / pop? i don't know how to define it. Super Maid, but my favorite remains "The Not Fictions Day"

[@ontaka5997]

Here is a link to an article about Akane's drum kit (since 2020). drumsmagazine.jp/player/kit-akane/ It's in Japanese but you can have a close look at the photos of her drum kit. The details of the Drum kit she uses is as follows: 【Drum Kit】 TAMA STAR Bubinga 22"×16"BD、10"×7"TT、12"×8"TT、16"×16"FT 【Snare Drum】 LUDWIG Black Beauty 14"×5" 【Cymbals】（L→R） ZILDJIAN 14" K Bottom HiHat（Top）＋14" K Top HiHat（Bottom）、 18" A Custom Projection Crash、 20" K Custom Hybrid Ride、 18" S Trash Crash、 19" A Ultrahammered China For the double bass drum pedals, she uses DW-9002 but she has replaced the drive shaft with a Pearl Z-link Universal Joint. Note: When you look at the photo, don't forget to click the small 3 dots underneath the photos. They will show photos of the drum kit from the back and a closeup of her pedals.

[@nates8548]

Great new strategy of a first listen-through to get the big "canvas", followed by deeper, pause-n-go analysis! Well done!

[@stealthcabbie1336]

I think you found your format.... Watch the video's first run without pausing, then doing a second run with your spontaneous analysis. That was really cool. Saw your live stream on the weekend.... shame YT dumped you twice. You really are starting to evolve as a live streamer..... and you didn't need Rosie to keep you in check this time...lol.

[@PaulEngineer]

I've seen others use this format and like it. A little bit o Rosie always helps.

[@K.H.D710]

Mincho said she wants people to cover this song, and she also said it is not too technical😁 Btw, if you want to cover the dance part, here is the dance lesson by A-chan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGOqqHmjjpxkbrs Lastly, here is an interpretation of the locker room scene by some Maidiacs: The first angry maid is Miku, the second one is Mincho, the third one came in was A-chan, the fourth one is MISA, and then the last one is Saiki. First three wear maid outfits, but the last two wear dark and non-maid outfits. To me, this interpretation is quite plausible👍

[@prutgardin666]

I joined the livestream after this, so it's nice to get caught up :D

[@DavidMISAMISAMISACook]

MISA MISA MISA!

[@domker]

The music video fits this song perfectly. It is interesting that the predominant color there is green, just like in the location "Afterlife" in the game Cyberpunk 2077. (somehow I associated it, I don't know why)

[@powbobs]

Her current kit is a Custom Tama Star Classic Bubinga painted to match Asuka’s colors from Evangelion. Her previous kit was a Custom Sakae Almighty Maple kit in Red and pink sparkle. Sakae built all off Yamaha’s high end drums until Yamaha moved everything to Chinese manufacturing. She went from a Sakae artist to Tama when Sakae went bankrupt.

[@bach-kw8vx]

ARIGATO for the nice reaction!! AKANE is my favorite drummer. There are many talented drummers in japanese female bands. For example, MURATA TAMU(NEMOPHILA), HANA(GACHARIC SPIN), MARI(MARY'S BLOOD), etc. I like NATSUME of RAISE A SUILEN(RAS). NATSUME appeared in the drum commercial of ROLAND "V-Drums TD-17KVX-S". RAS are all talented musicians. Other member are RAYCHELL(vo, bass), RIKO(guitar), REO(key), RISA(DJ). New live performance "SOUL SOLDIER"(live) was released at 08/13. Please watch this song. So powerful!! RIKO's guitar solo is awesome.

[@jamesbahamutchannel6724]

Band maid - FREEZER THANKS...🤘🤘

[@keithsowerby8179]

Filmed in the actual cafe where Miku was a maid

[@VladimirChupin]

Not exactly in this one, as far as I understand. It's a chain, @home cafe. And it's quite extensive. So, it's like to say "John worked in Walmart," and then to see Walmart next to your house and say, "John worked here."

[@keithsowerby8179]

@@VladimirChupin OK! I had read that this was the one - the article could have been wrong. Of course there is documentary footage of Miku taking the others to her old haunts, including the cafe

[@goodsong6732]

@@VladimirChupin IMO It is the one in the first 10 or 20 seconds. after that no more.

[@VladimirChupin]

@@keithsowerby8179 That cafe in Kumamoto was not @home cafe, if I remember correctly. I have to re-watch that Kumamoto tour video again, to refresh my memory... @home cafe where Miku worked, was in Tokyo, at Akihabara. I haven't seen any interview yet, where somebody would ask Miku whether the cafe shown in After Life MV is the actual one where she worked. Maybe because this MV was actually filmed in some school or something, @home cafe appears there only at the beginning.

[@keithsowerby8179]

@@VladimirChupin I cannot honestly remember. I would have to go searching. Some fans amaze me with their breadth of knowledge and attention to minute detail.

[@Logan-Wolverine]

Akane è MOSTRUOSA!

[@vincenzo-maidiac-5457]

Hei mom, i'm in the video :P

[@WavePotter]

Glad to have you!

[@vincenzo-maidiac-5457]

@@WavePotter I will try to never miss a live!

[@hafizabizar571]

Band maid - Freezer ...🙏🙏🙏

[@rakjr6]

Maybe this has been mentioned before but you have checked out the channel "Jbf Music & Guitar"? He is a guitar instructor and he maybe the only guy who interrupts Band-Maid videos more than you. :-) He just did "No God". Marvously detailed analysis followed with demos of the guitar techniques used by Kanami and Miku.

[@gradyshmalady8284]

Hi Wave, that A7X song you're thinking of is Almost Easy.

[@PaulEngineer]

Wave, if you're covering this song, will we hear you sing in Japanese? Embrace the struggle.

[@johnrowland2887]

THAT I would like to see! Thank you Paul.

[@RahimRahmat]

I could have sworn I've watched this ....... oh wait.....

[@Muzicman-ut3jr]

Hey Wave, Kanami not only wants everyone copy the song but learn the dance as well

[@PaulEngineer]

Maybe Rosie can help?

[@Greg-om2hb]

Here’s Akane talking about how she gets her drum sound: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2qlZpWVe9ameZY

[@gib666]

Please please do Gion-Cho

[@user-wh2gg2qe8z]

Screaming reaction Please ！