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 Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:44 am
It seems like there's been an ever-increasing number of fans outside Japan over the past few years, so here's where you guys can post/comment on things about J-Rock written outside Japan, like books, newspaper articles, etc. If you're confused, you'll understand here in a minute. First off... the first US J-Rock convention is being held in Santa Clara, CA, next month. Check it out! http://www.j-rock.info/index.htmlWish I lived in CA... if anyone's gonna go to that, I'd love to hear about it afterwards. ^-^ Here's an article I thought was pretty interesting (and I plan to buy the book it mentions, by the way)- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/09/08/apop.DTL Oh, and I randomly find CDs at Suncoast sometimes... but all I've seen so far is L'Arc~en~Ciel, Nami Tamaki and TM Revolution.
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:25 am
So far the closest I've seen is Utada's American CD and a sountrack to X/1999, makes me cry inside. But I think the article is right, Jrock's becoming a trend in America and it's spreading pretty rapidly. Not a bad thing, since I think it's so much better than American rock bands.
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:04 pm
Utada's american release cd...ugh
But anyways, I am quite happy that Suncoast is finally starting to carry some of Tofu record's domestic releases, around a year ago it was really hard to find their stuff. Just recently they released Asian Kung-Fu Generation's "Sol-fa", in case anyone is interested. ^^; They've also released a Polysics cd, which I have yet to see. Also, I remember seeing The Pillow's newest cd at Suncoast, but i'm not sure what company has released it.
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:24 pm
I have it, lost it a while ago. Some of those tracks have grown on me, but it's trash compared to her japanese stuff like Sakura Drops. gonk
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:18 am
Yeah...I don't really enjoy that album...it's too American-like. I prefer her Japanese songs.
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:37 pm
I'm thinking that if Japanese people want to sell their music in America, then they need to sing in Japanese!! I don't care how good their English is. They became popular in their own country in Japanese and they should continue to do the same.
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:46 pm
Yami no Moonlight I'm thinking that if Japanese people want to sell their music in America, then they need to sing in Japanese!! I don't care how good their English is. They became popular in their own country in Japanese and they should continue to do the same. Yes! This is really important too! It continues Japan having some sort of culture going on as well....is what I think. Plus it gets more people interested in their language an culture therefore Japanese will start liking their backgrounds more and then that leads to more love making thus bringing more youth to Japan again, which is good because the OLD people out number the young people right now.
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:03 pm
Exactly. If they start singing in English, I am going to consider every band/singer a sell out. I'm sorry, but that's exactly what they would be doing. Looks and style are comprimisable, but your own language? Um, no. Like sure some English. Just not like having the entire CD being in English and stuff. I hope that makes sense.
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:32 am
True, very true. But in Utada's situation you can't blame her, she was born and raised in the US, Japanese is her second language.
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:08 pm
Well, like yeah I guess I understand that. So, she'd be like the only exception. No one else has an excuse. Therefore I expect CDs in Japanese... or mostly Japanese anyways. <-- Only comprimise.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:49 am
I envy you guys, at least you get some Japanese music there. England is useless! You have to pay extra money for overseas shipping because it's pretty much impossible to get anything. At least, where i'm from it is and you even get a JRock convention now! D:
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:21 am
Alright, so I heard rumors that Diru's "Withering to Death" is supposed to be released here. Anyone else heard that?
Also heard that Diru's thinking about doing some concerts here too. >w<
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:36 pm
~Mizz Jessi~ I envy you guys, at least you get some Japanese music there. England is useless! You have to pay extra money for overseas shipping because it's pretty much impossible to get anything. At least, where i'm from it is and you even get a JRock convention now! D: VampireShinigami Alright, so I heard rumors that Diru's "Withering to Death" is supposed to be released here. Anyone else heard that? Also heard that Diru's thinking about doing some concerts here too. >w<
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:15 am
If you guys didn't already know, AOL Radio has a Japanese station (as well as an anime station).
It's called Japanese Pop, but they claim to play "the hottest Japanese artists including the freshest Rock, Pop and Dance songs straight from Japan."
Well, they played GLAY a few minutes ago, so it's cool. They've also played PuffyAmiYumi, Do as Infinity, YeLLOW Generation, Ai Otsuka and a remix of the song "Colors" by DJ Taka from DDR while I've been listening...
EDIT: They've also played stuff from Ayumi Hamasaki, Utada Hikaru, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, B'z and Gackt.
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 11:30 am
VampireShinigami If you guys didn't already know, AOL Radio has a Japanese station AOL? confused
Someone I know from my voice acting community is restarting her online
radio station, Kyoku Japan. It focuses on Japanese music and radio plays
that focus on modern and traditional Japanese culture. I haven't personally
listened to it myself, but her English dubs of Casshern are excellent
(I'm proud to be cast as the narrator for the intro~! :3) and from watching
it I know just how excellent her mixing and producing is.
I could ask her when she'll be getting it back up, and post a link
once she does :3 (She's recently been holding auditions for all
the random voice overs for the sweeper segments.)
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