I have created a rock(-like?) music this time, which is a kind of unusual thing for me. Some background follows.

Recently, I viewed the concert of X JAPAN held at the Wembley Arena in London on Mar. 4th this year on TV. For those who are not familiar with the group, it is one of the most popular rock bands in Japan. The name of its leader is Yoshiki who is a drummer, pianist and composer. He has the classical background as well and performed the classical concert at the Carnegie Hall in New York successfully on Jan. 12th and 13th this year. (He composed a piano concert and performed it for the celebration in honor of the 10th anniversary of Japanese Emperor Akihito's enthronement in 1999. I am very interested to know why and how he was chosen for this very honorable role though there are many composers in the classical music field in Japan.) Anyhow, the Wembley concert was really great and I was completely brought under the spell of their performance. Before that, I know them but am not a fan. Now, I am an enthusiastic fan of the band.

This made me create the rock music this time. I know this work is not comparable with theirs at all, but it is of my style and I like it. I hope you also like it.

https://soundcloud.com/hirokata1121/the-sunrise

***** Song Summary *****
Title: The Sunrise
Key=C , Tempo 85, Length (m:s)=4:47
Style is _ROOTSP2.STY (Rootsy Piano Pop)
RealTracks in style: 1849:Bass, Electric, ModernCountrySync Ev16 100
RealTracks in style: 1730:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopRootsyJohn Ev16 100
RealTracks in song: 887:Piano, Acoustic, Solo-Accompaniment FolkPopPrairie Ev 100
RealTracks in style: 793:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming ModernCountrySync Ev 100
RealTracks in song: 2448:Guitar, Electric, Background, PopDreamyBrent Ev 085
RealDrums in style: RockModernSyncEv16^1-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride

Instruments:
Grand Concert Piano (Rapture Pro)
Solina Full Strings (Cakewalk Sound Center)
Prof Brass (Cakewaik Sound Center)
E Guitar Pad (Rapture)
Clavinet (Cakewaik Sound Center)