The fourth music style I’ve always wanted to try: Field Recording Music.
This piece was recorded at the main shrine of Arakura Fuji Sengen Shrine (新倉富士浅間神社) in Japan.
I dropped an underwater microphone into Asama no Kamimizu (浅間の神水)—a sacred spring said to be the breath of a divine dragon—and captured the sound of its flowing water.
Together with the sunlight that turned a silver water ladle golden at dawn, the piece became:
“The Golden Voice of the Dragon” 🐲🌞
This series began around two years ago, when I started cycling and training for triathlons.
I used to be a total indoorsy type, but spending more time outdoors made me fall in love with nature.
Especially on solo bike climbs in the mountains, where there are fewer people and cars, I started paying close attention to the sound of the environment.
Only when you’re fully immersed in it can you truly notice how magical every moment sounds.
These kinds of real-time, living soundscapes are almost impossible to replicate with studio monitors or pre-recorded sound libraries.
So last month, aside from riding in Japan, I also had a mission:
to collect natural sound and video recordings for future musical projects.
I captured tons of material during the trip—slept only 3–4 hours a night just to organize files, and still woke up early every day to ride.
It was exhausting, but 100% worth it 🥹
This is just the beginning—more to come in this series soon!
When I was playing the piano part, I kept trying to remember what shrines in Japan were called, but kept thinking of “temples” instead… so I jokingly started calling it “Temple Music” as I played 😂
For the piano sound, I toned down the wood friction noise and emphasized the muted attack when hitting the strings—giving it a soft, metallic resonance.
I also added a second piano tone with more audible spring and mechanical textures, but still kept it subtle—like gentle echoes in a small stream.
For the percussion, I chose:
Crisp wooden clicks (not too sharp)
Warm, mid–low metal tones
Bouncy, rounded thuds
The goal was to recreate the warm, everyday hopefulness I felt in that quiet moment.
For mixing, Jack @j_ack0831 gave me a small cave-like reverb, as if tucked deep underground.
Since the water was from a narrow mountain stream, not a big lake or ocean, we kept the high-end detail intact—so the piano and metallic percussion could shine and reflect the golden water ladle visually.
He also added a subtle tape layer to bring warmth to the whole mix—just like that soft, golden morning sunlight ☀️
Something you could enjoy peacefully every day. 一直想嘗試的音樂類型之四 Fieldrecording Music，這是在日本新倉富士淺間神社⛩️裡神社本殿的”淺間の神水”，我將水中收音麥克風放入水裡，去收神龍所吐出來的神水聲，再搭配本來是銀色但被清晨的太陽曬成金色的水杓，而成為了”神龍の金聲”🐲🌞 這系列大概是兩年開始騎單車和練三鐵後，讓本來超級宅男的我，慢慢開始喜歡在戶外運動勝於室內，也因為騎單車會一直去爬山，山上的車和人都較少，大部分只有自己和大自然的聲音，於是我慢慢開始去留意周遭的環境聲，只有當你身處其境時，才能認真的觀察並真正感受到那迷人之處，每一個時刻的聲音都是獨一無二的存在，這也是在電腦前用監聽喇叭聽，或是音效庫聲音素材很難感受到的。 所以上個月去日本除了騎車之外，其實還有個非常重要的任務，就是錄製創作音樂用的聲音和影像素材，其實整個旅程下來錄製了非常多，每天光整理就只睡三四個小時，然後還要一大早起來騎車，雖然很累但一切都很值得🥹！之後陸續會在這個系列釋出給大家聽聽看看～在彈這首音樂的時候，我腦中一直在想日本的廟叫神什麼？ 一直想不起來，然後又一直想著台灣叫做廟，所以腦中就一直想著神廟，結果彈著彈著就變成神廟音樂😂。這次鋼琴的木頭聲我選擇讓摩擦聲小一點，然後讓敲擊時壓在金屬上的那個悶聲出來一點，以及多用了一個音色，想讓彈簧和機械的金屬聲明顯一點但又不搶戲，整體像是在小溪中的感覺。Perccusion 則是選了脆脆但不要太響亮的木擊聲、溫暖中低頻金屬聲、以及有彈性的混厚咚咚聲，想要還原現場感受到的那種很日常且暖暖的希望感。 混音的部分，子傑 @j_ack0831 這次給了我在地下深處的小洞穴Reverb，因為水流聲雖然是在水中，但不是大湖或海而是小溪流，所以不能悶的高頻都不見，還是需要留下鋼琴和Percussion 的金屬感，來跟畫面上金色的水杓呼應，最後也是加了盤帶，讓聲音增添一些溫暖感，就像當天早晨的太陽☀️ㄧ樣，舒舒服服可以每天享受的那種。 #fieldrecording #piano #soundeffects #asmr #sounddesign #music #淺間神社 #富士山 #mtfuji #新倉富士淺間神社 #asmrsounds #relaxingmusic #musician #編曲大叔 #zelda #zeldabreathofthewild #OST #zeldaOST #神廟 #薩爾達傳說 #shrine #祠 #ゼルダの伝説 #オリジナル曲 #サントラ #ピアノ #자작곡 #오에스티 #originalsong #피아노
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