The online live "Riceball Autumn Online Music Harvest Festival" was held in Hirosaki on October 3rd.

The event, which was planned by Ringo Music (Miyakawa, Hirosaki City), to which Ringo Musume belongs, was attended by three artists who are active mainly in Hirosaki, with the vocal unit "Riceball" as the moderator. There was no audience, and the venue was the live house "KEEP THE BEAT" (Dotemachi).

Rice Ball is a three-member group formed in 2015 (Heisei 27), saying, "I want to support farmers in response to the slump in rice prices." The members are Akua, Hikari, and Midori, all of whom are active students in the prefecture. In addition to releasing three singles, he performed his first one-man live in June this year.

Participating artists are Shinya Tada, a composer who also provides songs for Ringomusume and Riceball, Osanai Sousuke, a singer / songwriter, and Akira Takeuchi, a vocalist of rock band creeps.

Mr. Tada was involved in the production of music such as ARASHI and AKB48, and moved to Hirosaki in 2018 (Heisei 30). Live activity is said to be the first in about two years. Although Mr. Oyamauchi is a bank clerk, he is also engaged in music activities, so he is also called "Kei Ogura of Aomori". Mr. Takeuchi's creeps has 25 years of activity history and has been in charge of theme songs for local soccer clubs and TV programs.

At the live, Riceball performed their own single song, and the set list was covered by the artists who performed the songs of Ringomusume. I heard the story and current activities.

There was also a collaboration performance, and Mr. Tada, Mr. Koyamauchi, and Mr. Takeuchi called themselves the unit "Rice Boy", which is limited to one day, and performed the debut song "Tanagokoro" of the rice ball. At the end of the live, everyone participated and sang "Akane Bridge" by Mr. Koyamauchi, who said that he made a model of the actual bridge in Hirosaki.

“It was my first time to live with other artists, and it was a fun experience. Being able to interact and talk in the dressing room and rehearsals was a good stimulus, and it was a live performance. I was able to do it, "smiles.

Live video is being delivered on YouTube. Free to watch. It will be open to the public until 23:59 on October 10.