Personal word from author translation request

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Hey there! I bought a CD of one of my favourite artists today from Japan. I looked at the back of the CD case and it had a track list on it. But it seems that after every track there's something written, as if it's a personal word from the author. Also there is a small quote from Bizen and someone else at the bottom of the paper.

Could anyone please help me translate this? I do music reviews online and I'd love to know what is being said about this music.

Thank you very much!
 
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I was actually just referring to the note at the bottom of the album cover, not all the quotes behind the song tracks. Sorry if I confused you :(
 
I was actually just referring to the note at the bottom of the album cover, not all the quotes behind the song tracks. Sorry if I confused you :(
BIZEN: "I wrote this music bearing in mind to what extent could I write my own music while leaving the original melody line solidly intact. (But there are exceptions)"

SHIKIMI: "I was permitted to draw giving importance (emphasis) to light. The concept is (a goblin's [or braggart's] feather [or sword]) as though dissolving into the night." She may be describing her drawing so check it and see if you can put it together. If not, the clause in ()'s may be an idiom that I am not familiar with. The batteries in my electronic dictionary are dead so I only have my old bound dictionaries now (far inferior). I am expecting my new batteries to be Fed-Ex'd today; check back in a day or two and I may have something else for you. As for the rest, have you considered feeding the songs one at a time over the course of several days to keep your posts short? I may have time to help you this week. I hope this helps.
 
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Happy to assist you. Please note that I have changed my handle. I translated the rest of your attachment. Please understand that this is a rough translation to give you a basic idea without my spending crazy time perfecting my style. I also am not familiar with the album and there is very little context to go on, so it makes for tricky translating in a few places. The words in [ ]'s are alternate suggestions, so play with them to come up with the best word to go with the song.

MIDNIGHT CAFテ? I created the image of an exterior view as seen from a cafテゥ in the deep of night, thinking to enjoy of the sensation of catching up and overtaking [transcending?].

COLOR OF THE WIND: I wrote this as the image of a gentle [tender/affectionate] night. Please enjoy the essence of a scamper [sprint/dash] and mellowness [softness].

KEEP: I attempted to create the image of a pre-antiquity 3D dungeon. It is a song of DTM that combines six different types of arpeggios. [I don't know what DTM means, but I Googled it and mainly came up with links to a German (Deutsche) Racing Car Series. I am also not sure about my translation of "dungeon," which the original text pronounces "danjion" in katakana (phonetic characters used for borrowed foreign words). "Danjion" is not listed in my dictionary.]

TRANSLUCENT LAKE: I wrestled with the thought of creating something of the original song's sense of doubt and impossibility. I don't deny it is a somewhat too bright but, in its final form, it is easy to listen to.

MIRROR MIND: Accumulate [amass/collect/gather] (repeat 2x). Open [uninhibited]. I wanted to write such a song. And so I wrote it.

CLOCK: This is the end! Thinking to write such a song, I wrestled with it. Leaving the original melody line solidly intact, I tried to arrange it softly [gently].
 
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ダンジョン "Danjon" is often used as "maze/labyrinth" in video games.

DTM is the acronym of "Desk Top Music". It refers to "music played by using computer".
デスクトップミュージック - Wikipedia
(all in Japanese)

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原曲の怪しい感じと真逆の物
the one that is completely opposite to a mysterious tone the original song has

HTH! :)
 
Thanks for the tips about Danjon and DTM. I want to learn about iTunes, which may fill in my knowledge gap regarding DTM (but I am very busy . . .).
I like your translation of #4. My dictionary listed "makyaku" as "masaka," which threw me off, even though I've never seen "masaka" written with kanji before. Translating it as "exactly opposed" makes sense just by looking at the characters (but my kanji dictionary doesn't list it). It is apparently a seldom used word.

I wouldn't have thought to translate "kanji" as "tone," but like it very much. A lesson learned.

So, to wrap up #4:

TRANSLUCENT LAKE: I wrestled with the concept of creating a tone diametrically opposed to the mysterious tone of the original music. I don't deny it is a somewhat too bright but, in its final form, it makes easy listening.
 
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