I Made EDM While Apologizing to Beethoven 🎹

On the day of the recital, I was the only one not wearing a dress.

When I was in elementary and junior high school, I attended piano lessons.

Everyone in the class except for me was a girl. When the recital came around, everyone would play wearing beautiful dresses.

I was the only one sitting there as a "boy." That felt somehow embarrassing and pathetic.

Because I was a child struggling with gender dysphoria, it was even more frustrating. It's a scene I still remember from time to time.

There was no piano at home.

What's more, I didn't practice at all.

To begin with, there was no piano at home; there was only an organ. I had a short temper, so when I got angry at something and took it out on the organ, something inside it broke. When I turned it on, it would just keep playing an 'Aaaaaa' sound indefinitely.

In such an environment, there was no way I could practice. Actually, I didn't even like music that much to begin with.

My body still remembers 'Für Elise' even now.

The first piece I ever thought I wanted to be able to play was 'Für Elise'.

When you're learning piano, for a while you only play simple songs you've never even heard of. I think this is usually the first famous piece you reach after that.

Thinking, 'Wow, I wonder if I can play something like this...', that was the first time I practiced really hard.

Now, I only use the piano to play melody lines when composing, but for some reason, my body still remembers this song. It's like riding a bike.

I realized words weren't needed, so it became an instrumental.

I turned that song of memories into EDM without asking Beethoven for permission.

I actually intended to make it a song with vocals. I added Kasane Teto to my Synthesizer V2 lineup, so I wanted Teto-chan to sing it. But when I tried fitting various lyrics to it, the words just seemed to get in the way.

Hmm, I don't need words! I thought, and in the end, it became an almost entirely instrumental track.

Teto-chan participates as a chorus. She isn't singing any meaningful words. It's more like I extracted just the sounds and 'wrote the lyrics' with them. Please listen to it. 'Für Elise' EDM Remix.

Summary

• I attended piano lessons when I was in elementary and junior high school. At a recital, I was the only one not wearing a dress, and as a child struggling with gender dysphoria, I felt frustrated.

• We only had an organ at home, and because of my temper tantrums, the 'A' note would get stuck playing continuously, so I couldn't practice properly.

• I played the piano seriously for the first time because of 'Für Elise.' My body still remembers it even now.

• I arranged that song into EDM. I welcomed Kasane Teto as a chorus, but I 'wrote the lyrics' using only sounds, not words.