Over the course of ten years under your guidance, I have learned an extraordinary amount from you.
The mechanisms of beats and lyrics that can move the world, the importance of engineering, and the coherent production that aligns message and market—
these are the very foundations and essence of music, things that cannot be learned even in the finest environments in Japan.
That you taught all of this to me, from a developing country, almost as an act of volunteerism, is a lifelong treasure beyond any monetary value.
You also gave me a perspective from which to see the world.
Gontani
I will pass this on to the next generation.
Without irony, the many songs we created together are truly legendary.
Gontani Tatsuya