In my career as an English conversation teacher, along with my base schools, I also had my side gigs teaching private lessons. Some of them went swimmingly and therefore, they lasted for a number of years while others seemed to just stumble a lot (i.e. kids' lessons). However, I made my yen and it was a nice living for a long time.
Of course, I don't think I was ever in Miyoko Yoshimoto's(芳本美代子)situation in her rendition of her 2nd single "Private Lesson" from June 1985. A nice bloopy and shuffling aidoru tune about a student falling for her private tutor, I'm not sure how the kid could focus with all those valentines flying around her head all the time. For that matter, it must have been frustrating for the handsome tutor trying to pound in some education into her head.
"Private Lesson" managed to reach No. 18 on Oricon. The lyricist was Takashi Matsumoto(松本隆)with Daisuke Inoue(井上大輔)as the composer and Satoshi Nakamura(中村哲)arranging it all.
Hi J, apologies for posting here but the contact form doesn’t seem to work. Hi
ReplyDeleteDo you have any guesses as to the artist behind this mystery song? People have been searching for 3 years. Found on a blank tape with “audio representative associates “ written on it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zFa1NuU5s
Hello there. Sorry about the contact form. It acts up from time to time. As for your question, actually someone asked me about the Lost Akiba Tape all the way back in 2021, and unfortunately, there has yet to be any resolution.
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My guess is that since there has been no identification about it after all this time, it could be a regular person or a session singer (just backs up the pros) who taped a little something that was never released officially.