Editing Do As Infinity (section)

===1999===
Dai Nagao started out as a [[composer]] for an amateur band. After its disbanding, Nagao continued composing songs, sending [[demo tape]]s to more than fifty record companies in Japan.<ref name="trivia"/> Nagao was eventually hired by [[Avex Trax]] to work as a composer. He was immediately given a task to compose songs for [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] and [[Hitomi (singer)|Hitomi]]. <!--There needs to be some sort of transitional info here. How did Nagao go from being a composer to creating a band?-->

Eventually, auditions were held, and he chose Tomiko Van as lead singer and Ryo Owatari as guitarist. Ryo turned up for the auditions in a red tracksuit with a Fender Jaguar and his effects pedals. He was asked to perform a small segment, but instead played three songs.<ref name="trivia"/> Tomiko sang "Heart" as a band member 42 hours after the Avex staff read her application. On September 29, 1999, the trio released their first single "[[Tangerine Dream (song)|Tangerine Dream]]", and held a live concert at the [[Shibuya, Tokyo|Shibuya]] AX.<ref name="ninety nine">{{cite web|url=http://music.3yen.com/2005-03-02/do-as-infinity|title=Japanese music - Do As Infinity|access-date=2007-12-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105151835/http://music.3yen.com/2005-03-02/do-as-infinity/|archive-date=2008-01-05}}</ref> They performed almost daily at a number of locations, ranging from Shibuya's 109,<ref name="ninety nine"/> to [[Yokohama Station]]. They additionally traveled to [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]] and other cities. Before "Tangerine Dream" was released, DAI and their fellow workers were giving out copies of their recordings for free to passersby.<ref name="trivia"/> At their one-hundredth concert, held at Shibuya AX for free, the members of DAI recognized that the fans were the same bunch that bothered to listen to them.<ref name="trivia"/>

The remainder of 1999 was spent performing both on the street and at in-store concerts at CD stores across the country. They also took part in choice events nationwide, including a festival in Tomiko Van's native [[Kumamoto Prefecture]]. Their streak of street concerts ended at one hundred, with a free concert for their fans, held at Shibuya Kokaido.<ref name="ninety nine"/> Photos of some of their street performances were compiled into a PV for the song "Field of Dreams" which can be seen on the PV Collection ''[[8 (Do As Infinity album)|8]]'' as well as in the background of the ''[[Live in Japan (Do As Infinity album)|Live in Japan]]'' during a performance of the song.

Do As Infinity released their second single, "[[Heart (Do As Infinity song)|Heart]]", in December. They continued to do public appearances all the way up to the year-end [[Avex Trax|Avex]] [[Millennium]] Count Down 1999-2000 held on [[New Year's Eve]] in Roppongi's [[Velfarre]] club. Heart was written before Tangerine Dream, but was recorded together in July due to the complicated drum samples.<ref name="trivia">{{cite web|url=http://www.globemoon.net/waftf/dai|title="We are For the Future" (Do As Infinity)|access-date=2007-12-30}}</ref> The band continued to appear on radio shows and at CD store events. Their third single, "[[Oasis (Do As Infinity song)|Oasis]]", was released at the end of January. It was their first Top 30 hit and it was chosen as the official TV commercial song for Kanebo Cosmetics' ''Testimo'' line of products. "Oasis" was their first song to be used in an advertisement.