 After high school , Mitsuda decided to leave town and become independent . With encouragement from his father and sister , he moved to Tokyo and enrolled in the Junior College of Music . Despite the school 's low prestige , Mitsuda received solid instruction from his professors , most of them practicing musicians who would take Mitsuda to gigs with them to help carry and set up equipment . At the cost of being used for free physical labor , Mitsuda got a first @-@ hand view of the Japanese music world and valuable training both in and out of the classroom . He also during his time at the school worked for six months as an assistant to one of the professors at a video game sound department . 
