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it is announced at アルルカン(arlequin) one-man live tour "アンチヒーロー(anti-hero)" tour final at Shibuya Koukaidou at 2015/08/09 that their new maxi single "クオリア(qualia)" will be released at 2015/11/04 (3 TYPE), although details have not yet been announced btw they will hold their one-man live tour "「空」だから手を伸ばす(「sora」dakara te wo nobasu)" tour final 暁(aki) & 來堵(kuruto) birthday one-man live at TSUTAYA O-East at 2015/12/09

Wanna share my new hair colour kekeke.

lol r.i.p. hiroki †

As somebody who works in the field of movie & TV production (also worked on music-video shoots, but not on that many) all I can say is; there are various reasons... Hope you don't mind reading a longer text now... Most simple answer tho; music videos - if not on the high class sector - have limited budgets which means most of the time you only have one A-Cam (the main camera, biggest/best quality camera) and no B-Cam (ok, you can throw some GoPros in for action shots e.g. for guitar or drums, but for me that doesn't count as real B-Cam). Which means to achieve different shots and framings for cutting you have to change positions, you have to change the glass (if on primes), you often also have to change the lighting-setup or stage-setup in general. To do so you usually let the band play the full length of the song at least 2-3 times with breaks between the full song-runs to change the camera setup - which needs some time, after that you do so called pick-ups from various short parts which might be needed in addition (e.g. guitar or drum solo only, or maybe close-up of the eyes of the singer and so on - you get the idea). Now we get closer to the fact why playback is used and needed -> PV = promotional video -> means a video to promote and "sell" the band (after all it's a business) - which means you need to show off the best style, the best music quality, maybe the message or the art... That's why like 99% of music videos, especially PV's use the studio track of a song (final mix of a studio-recording) and not a "live-recording" and since it's nearly impossible to nail that a second, third, fourth time just for the video-recording (you need about the same timing, position- and sync-wise to have all the options when cutting) you usually do it with playback - thus it's also easier for the band members to focus more on the expressions, the "style", all the things you basically see in videos but usually not live on stage (e.g. stuff that would just be in the way at a live-setup/stage). It's also to get to the full length, to nail the right playing speed and so on - most musicians are used to performing lip-sync and I guess especially visual artists who care about appearance know how the stuff they do is looking or appearing to others (it's part of the game, you can even call it a 'show' sometimes - not in a bad way tho -> music often is 'entertainment' after all). Now about the cables where there are more options now; sometimes it's just a visual reason - cables don't look pretty pretty ( ) when you don't need it for compositing an image (sometimes you have them as visual part, without another function - e.g. to state chaos, to hang from walls, to 'strangle' ppl as part of the performance and so on) so for "clean" pictures you want to avoid them. Most of the time the cables are just not practical to perform the way the bands perform in PV's - which is - most of the time - over the top compared with a live performance. They have to move more, they usually are on heavier make-up or special costumes, the focus is more on the 'how do I (or stuff I do) look in camera' then on the 'how well do I play my instrument on a technical level' part (one more reason to use playback - you still have to make it look like it's well played but you don't need that exact same focus as on a 'real' performance). When shooting video (in general) it's also about the safety of all the ppl involved - you have big (hot) lamps standing around, you have (somewhat) expensive equipment that can be damaged during action, you have ppl running around doing stuff who shall not trip over cables and so on... Sometimes it's just a case of "no time to do the cabling" because of reasons like limited shooting time (you have to pay for locations, often by hour, you have to pay for personell and so on) or limited resources/budget (who brings or manages the cables - most of the time PV's are not shot at a concert location or recording studio but more like at a TV/Greenscreen-Studio or "on location" where you have to bring and carry all the stuff you need there yourself). Sometimes the stuff used is only a "Prop" without function and not the "real" thing - because real instruments are expensive and you don't want to damage them (again). So even if this stuff has 'real' plugs it might not be able to be turned on so it makes no sense to do so. As mentioned when you use water or rain for visual reasons or e.g. play at really cold or really hot locations you don't want to use electricity because of safety reasons or if not to protect ppl just to protect your equipment. Sometimes you also don't want to have lights and LED-lights of eg. the turned on AMP in you picture because it might cause flares and it might cause reflections and so on. Ever noticed that about all of the professional gear is black or even has a matte finishing -> that's because of reflections (which are a nasty thing, and sometimes mean a lot of work to avoid them - because you don't want to see the whole crew in a mirrored reflection at any time - lot's of fun when you shoot at small/tight places with mirroring stuff in there). After all these PV's should look 'good', and sometimes good doesn't automatically mean 'realistic', film involves lot of tricking the audience or faking stuff but in the end result you might not even notice it... Or only if you focus on it or take a closer look, or have the knowledge to see it... Edit: one thing I forgot -> often it's also because of the power output/source limitations; on location is often not possible to provide enough output to power all the stuff as most of the power will be needed for lighting the scene (we talk about lamps up to like 2.5 Kilowatt to achieve daylight, even the smaller ones are like 650 to 800 Watt each - if you don't run everything on LED-Stuff which still is more expensive then 'regular' light... And on music video's you are usually on a tighter budget which means you don't have the money for the most expensive, power-saving stuff). So if you need all the power plugs for the film-department (which usually also spans to much more departments then 'camera' only, who will also need power-plugs and power in general) you might not be able to also power the whole 'music'-department (Amps and stuff) without killing the power line. Edit 2: About the "let's post videos (PV's?) where the band plays actually" -> those are performance videos or live-recordings / studio-recordings then and a totally 'different type' of video or attempt actually... As told earlier; a PV is used to sell al single or an EP or an album - so you want to show ppl how the stuff on the album actually sounds, with the actual, finished audio track from the CD. Which also means you want to show them it's a 'good' product with 'good' production and 'good' sound (despite you want to sell is as hard/dirty/grunge sound or with genres that actually have to sound 'bad'). For the CD-versions they achieve(d) this sound at a (maybe home-)Studio, with lots of work and time, with good mixing, with post-production, with separate recorded instruments and vocals and so on (sure, you can also record 'as a band' but even then it's not the same situation in a studio as it is 'live'). There's usually _no way_ to sound like that on a location where you shoot a PV - except you shot while actually recording; which makes the whole thing a studio-recording video (sometimes you get those as 'making of on DVD's or limited editions). So for me a PV is already 'playback' per definition most of the time - if not then it's just not a 'regular' PV... Hope you can follow me here. Edit 3: simple communication - the director often needs to communicate with the cameraman during the shot if he notices e.g. wrong framing or if he wants something different then the cameraman at a moment, usually on at least one of the full-length runs you have hand-camera action with freestyle framing and the camera just moving around on the scene to get (usually dynamic) additional shots. Depends on the production tho - some PV's are only from fixed positions (tripod) or from a circle-track with a dolly and so on - but usually it also involves a dynamic camera, can also be a steadycam or gimbal... For that it's much easier for the camera personell to work in a silent surrounding - you don't want to run around between the playing band members (which is difficult enough) and then in addition be blasted on with loud stuff from the Amps (which also cause vibrations btw, also a thing you don't want to have on video). Video involves focus, involves smooth moves, steady and recall-able movements or shots and so on -> all of that is much easier to achieve when you're not blasted away with loud music. The playback is usually just loud enough for the musicians to follow the timing or to get the starting point (then turned off for the freestyle part) - sometimes it's even through in-ear monitoring only, at least it's never on concert-volume. Just to mention; one of the number-one rules on set is; don't be loud, don't make any noise, don't even move, turn off your phone... at least that's how professionals do it, if you don't obey that rule you won't work in that field for long. Hmm, I think I got most of it covered - for more specific reasons; just ask

boku desu

it is announced at …。【サイレンス】‏(silence) live at Ikebukuro CHOP at 2015/08/07 that their live-distributed single "AQUARIUM" will be released at their live since Kagurazaka EXPLOSION at 2015/09/06 (1 song, limited 310)

I was thinking of doing different categories each night if doing this weekly isn't too much. There'd be categories from live action to animes to British/American sitcomes and such. I haven't given this too much thought, but I'd assume that'd be for the best. Could also fit in various 'DJs' who want to play their own selection of a series episode for the night. Finding them won't be a problem depending on if the movie/episode is fully uploaded on YouTube. If not, then there is an alternative website I use which allows videos from YouTube, Vimeo and Dailymotion. If we use another site, I'm more than happy to create another thread, but that's if there's more interested in these film/series nights. Happy birthday to your dad, @doombox! Thank goodness it's just a free for all today then. Catch you next time, be safe!

bought me some mtn dew and dr pepper from a smuggler since we dont have these extremely delicious beverages in stores here :/ he basically robbed me with its price but i love this shit and couldnt resist to buy it anyway. i would buy more of mtn dew but he only had 10 cans so ;__;

i think everyone get's the mimicing-lip-synching aspect of video shoots, so the main reason is of course an aesthetical one (and a bit of health and safety as whitegrey rightfully pointed out) video-directors for some reason really don't like the look of cables, microphones etc. except when going for a reeeally "gritty" practice-room kinda look. which is why we end up with these weird hybrid-like performances with unplugged instruments and unconvincing performances. the weirdest thing to me is when there is the performing artist, with an unplugged instrument, standing in front of an unplugged, turned off marshall stack without even AC-connection. the point is, if the goal is to fake a performance, why not set it up like a performance? everything differing from the actual setup makes it more disconnected. personally i would even go as far as microphoning up the drumkit and amps even if just for the looks sake (or better, Particularly for looks sake). Instead we get singers, that have to act out without their microphones, which is completely uncommon for them and they don't know what to do with their hands, or they get an unplugged micstand, with the plug for the cable clearly visible which is probably just as bad. the overall problem with most of the examples is just a strong disconnect between intention and execution. If the intention is to convey the feeling of the musicians performing (in a promotional, idealised way ofc), use the setup of a performance (but watch your step ). If the intention is a clean image, good look on the artist etc. why use the instruments at all? Plenty of possibilities for pretty clean images without weird poses with unrealistic instrument-setups. EDIT: to clarify, i'm not talking about actually blasting the amps, but just setting them up, so they could believably do so... on a sidenote: as a audio-engineer/producer/recording-artist i really like the look of a fully mic-ed up backline and drumkit and cables in general, so i'm probably biased

Hey, after posting that example in the Karaoke thread, I thought I could show off some of my favourite collabs since they are some of my biggest projects. The one I posted before and the second one in here are part of a contest I took part in with my YouTube collab group RE:CHORD. The Incomplete cover actually got noticed by girugamesh's Satoshi, he even shared it on his twitter! This one was with a group that covers anime openings, there will be more stuff with me on that channel soon

Thanks guys! And yeah sure, I would be willing to join. I can also take over the scripting and mixing if you want, I'd just prefer if we chose a song with a proper instrumental since working with these vocal removal songs is really a pain ;D I also got a channel with quite a few subs, so I could promote the other singers there if they want to! Monochrome Heaven All Stars incoming edit: Suggestion! How about X Japan's Kurenai? It has a decent instrumental and a good length to put every singer into spotlight! Also, since Toshi is pretty much always singing in female range, the female contestants could deal with it too if they decide to join us, whereas the males who can't hit the high notes can just sing it an octave lower, still sounds good for that song. Also, I could (no promises though) possibly arrange an artist and animator making a cool video for us, here is an example of a nice collab which used that kind of stuff (I'm Kal in there): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvJBUo1yGg0&index=22&list=PL04Fixv9uGiZXd_pfd50qRCgsI9FJJflD Most likely not on a scale like this of course, but I simple video with names of the people singing and maybe some artwork should be fine Let me know what you think, if you are interested I could organize the thing together with Jiyun.

I could host the collab, yes! I just need @Champ213 to send me a list with everyone that participated on it so I could invite them ^^ HOW DO YOU KNOW I WAS GOING TO COVER A, @Zeus? HAHA I'm searching ways to do an inst of Elementa Alchemica or something else~ Well, let's wait, then. If you participated the Karaoke Contest and wanna join this big collab, just PM me @Kaleidoscope? ? Will you guys join me? ^-^

If you can somehow coordinate this it would be amazing. Extra points if you cover FUCKIN' A.

Congrats, Kaleido~ I was Jinki (I guess some people already knew it [?]) and it was very funny to enter this contest, since that made me to sing in japanese again. I agree with Kaleidoscope about Dayu. SHOW YOURSELF BRO <3 xD Maybe we can all forget "competition" (we're all friends, no need to think like that, but...) now and focus on Collabs? I'm pretty sure people would like this. What about a Collab with everyone that participated on this Karaoke Contest? :D And of course, thanks everyone and Champs for making this <3

After several weeks, three rounds and lots of great songs our karaoke contest 2015 is over. This year's winner is: BLAME Congratulations! I will contact you soon about the prize. But also a great thanks to everyone else participating. You've been awesome! I hope people enjoyed the contest. Feel free to discuss the results here. Also, participants may now reveal their identity if they want to. Thanks again to everyone involved!

This is so depressing, especially because I started listening to their music right after I found out they would be disbanding... Then I fell for Yuuki's voice and looks and now every single time I find a song I really like I instantly remind myself that they are no longer releasing anything. Q_Q why would you do this Camera Obscura was so nice...

meh the look is lazy but i like the 2 second preview of the song LOL when will they retire aki's hairstyle lol ew

Hey everyone, what's generally considered their best release?

Not familiar with Alessandro Paris as far as i know, but Umberto is great, Vercetti Technicolor better and Antoni Maiovvi is nothing short of a genius. His soundtrack for the amazing neo-giallo short Yellow is breathtaking. That's five out of the seven tracks on the EP. It's stunning. A real masterpiece!

Hella jelly of your fringe, @Linh-san. ;w; So pretty.

Oh wow, I wanna hear something *^*! Really curios about this one, I really like their jazzy stuff ~

Milia∞ ‏live-limited single "壱好機♂パリピズム" will be released at their one-man live "Evolution to Infinity" at Fukuoka DRUM SON at 2015/08/15 (1,000yen), which will include re-recording ver. of "限界我愛"

Tbh my interested in them has decreased since their past few releases but I'm always ready to give them a listen, please let qualia be better v_v

Val is a dork and posted the wrong link... it's hitbox.tv, not hitbox.com. We'll be live again Sunday morning though.

i'm kinda hoping they release a new breed that eats plants only lol. currently only tundras do (i think?) and the food economy is vastly unbalanced as a result.

I ended up watching Pulse/Kairo, nice film. The way the last quarter of the movie suddenly transitions to full-blown worldwide apocalypse scenario is a bit jarring and unexpected, though.

I did notice that. Just when you wrote that comment. I've put it behind the spoiler. Today was fun again!!~ Hopefully you will sell tomorrow about 70~80 items. If it goes smoothly then that amount can be sold before midnight west European time (GMT+1). Kinda 3-4pm your time. Then there will be about 176~186 left for next weekend. Well let's see how it will go tomorrow~ I keep up the lists, then we also know how much is passed through.

First stream 96 items sold

Mind=blown

Related(?): It bothers me when bands that don't have drummers (common enough in VK) just don't have drums set up for the performance sections of PVs. The drum kit really anchors things for me, it looks so weird to just not have it there.... like there's no central point around which the rest of the action is taking place. I much prefer them to just have a session drummer whose face they don't show. And on topic: I actually really like the look of PVs that go all-in on showing tons and tons of cables and pedals on the floor. I'm with Zeus... of course the guitars don't need to be plugged in for a video shoot, it just looks cooler.

SET-LIST at 2015/08/07: 01.パレード(parade) 02.ニードル(needle) 03.発火(hakka) 04.禍人(magabito) 05.deep sleep 06.ラプンツェル(rapunzel) 07.Water lilies 08.JAM 09.腐肉と果実(funiku to kajitsu) 10.fanfale 11.Siren SET-LIST at 2015/08/08: 01.ニードル(needle) 02.発火(hakka) 03.deep sleep 04.禍人(magabito) 05.ラプンツェル(rapunzel) 06.パレード(parade) 07.Water lilies 08.JAM 09.腐肉と果実(funiku to kajitsu) 10.fanfale 11.Siren

Made a Shepherd's Pie today.

I told myself I was giving up on Mejibray but I just can't seem to yet. "Until..." was also my favorite on this release. It's the only song I remotely liked, tbh. But at least it's enough to keep a small spark of hope alive. I 100% agree with your comment that they need to be more selective with the material they release and hold some kind of more consistent quality level. Nice review.

Hehehehehehe....

They're usually not plugged in in music videos. Even for Western bands. They have dummy amps and typically use a guitar they don't mind changing the pups in. It is for both acoustic and safety reasons. MVs are usually filmed with the music played back from the stereo. Because the film track and music track are recorded separately during the creation of a music video, artists usually lip-synch to their songs and often imitate playing musical instruments as well. Artists also sometimes move their lips at speed faster than that of the track so as to create videos with a slow-motion effect in the final clip, which is widely considered to be complex to achieve. Also, pretty sure you could get yourself killed if playing pluggged guitars in music video that have water/wet settings involved in it, such as (made up) rains, or on the riverbed, on puddle of water, etc.

Wires look messy in a shot/scene or just unappealing. There isn't a point to have them for artistic-visual reasons which most VK MVs are all about.

Artist: DADAROMA Members:Vo.よしあつ(yoshiatsu) (ex-Since1889-->Crazy★shampoo) Gt.太嘉志(takashi) (ex-NAINE(Shiki)) Ba.朋(tomo) (ex-Clarias.-->ReViel(support)-->LucaRia-->SUPER BOYS) Dr.裕介(yuusuke) (ex-Quinstet-->NAINE(JOL)) Release Title: 雨のワルツ Release Date: [07.15.2015] Track list: _____________________ 1.「雨のワルツ」 2.愁いリビドー 3.腐ったミカンの方程式 RATING SCALE: ☆☆☆☆☆ out of ☆☆☆☆☆ " THE GROWNUPS TRY TO MAKE MONEY!" DADAROMA is such an amazing 4 peice band, they're one of those newcomers with talent. Very extreme talent by my opinion, one of the more favorable newcomers on the scene atleast more than DOAK. DOAK is like DADAROMA full of members with bustling potential but they dont know how to use that potential, DADAROMA on the other hand knows how. But what did you expect from a band with members from NAINE, a member from Super boys and fucking crazy shampoo? You get absolute destruction! DADAROMA brings onto the scene it's heavy style along with its Jazzy stylings here and there, thats what got me hooked on them. DADAISM was flawless with it's metal core like SEX and Belka to Strelka and then it's jazzy songs Morphine one and two. This release strengthens those points, Ame No Waltz is DADAROMA's latest release and its fucking strong. It's kick in your front door strong~! 雨のワルツ The title track and heaviest song on this release, is amazing in so many ways it's almost indescribable. It starts off with the sound of rain and what appears to be the melodic sound of a childs music box which then shifts into ominus heavy riffs that are just so adrenaline pumping you cant help but to headbang. Yoshiatsu's harsh vocals really draw you, mainly because of his strange but addictive engrish. I also like the signifigance of the lyrics but i wont get into that now, the chorus is nice and refreshing, I love the melody in Yoshiatsu's voice. He's one of those VK singers with a unique voice like , Jin ( THE BLACK SWAN), L (DI3SIRAE), Yuuki (Lycaon) ect. The break down in Ame No Waltz is also delicious, nothing in this song dissapointed me except the fact that weren't more heavy riffs like in the beginning. 愁いリビドー Urei Libido is the second track of this lovely installment and it captivates me to no end. The Jazzyness of this song is just addictive, its delicious , its fabulous. When I first played this song I couldn't help but move my hips, DADAROMA apparently has a dynamic now I'm guessing, Heavy Tracks and One or two Jazzy tracks. It gives the feel if as you were in a high rollers club or something of the sort. Yoshiatsu's voice is yet again on point like a well shaprened blade not to mention kind of sexy. The chorus in this song is also amazing, it's kind of awk when the little robot voice kicks in but it will grow on you. This is incredibly catchy, I find myself singing it while walking or just anywhere to be honest. 腐ったミカンの方程式 Kusatta mikan no houteishiki is the third but LIVE LIMITED track in this nice installment. I don't see why they decided make this live limited. This is an overall nice track, one of those get the crowd pumped at the show type songs, it's not really much to say anything about. Not saying it's bad but they could've done a bit more with it which really leaves me with not alot to say about it. Havent heard this release? Go here then dummy~! http://monochrome-heaven.com/index.php/topic/36386-dadaroma-%E9%9B%A8%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%84-b-type-20150715/page-1 Support the Band and Buy The Release~! http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/DDRM-1

swapped my years with Win to Ubuntu. been using it for ~1.5days and i'm totally loving it. specially the clean and easy-to-use UI

Hey guys, I am BLAME! Thanks so much for everyone who has been voting for me, I didn't expect the last round to go like that! It was a great contest and I really enjoyed every round, there were so many good entries, thanks to all the other participants and of course to Champ for organizing the whole thing If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask me! And as a side note: Winning this contest actually means a lot to me, since about five or six years ago, the second Karaoke contest on this forum was the reason why I attempted to sing and by some mircale won the contest (mainly due to most participants dropping out ), which was probably not very deserved, but still motivated me to stick with singing. So it feels amazing to come back and win this contest again and this time without the contest ending earlier than expected! Lastly, I really want to know who Dayu is - I recognized some voices from older contests, but damn, you have an amazing voice and your singing is really impressive!

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well shit.

Last night's fit.

Yes. I live in my car (not really). This is my waiting-for-maps-to-load selfie.

"熱伝導(netsudendou)" [track list] 01.熱伝導(netsudendou) 02.Mirage 03.星間通信(seikan tsuushin) (included in TYPE A) 03.覚醒遺伝子(kakusei idenshi) (included in TYPE B )

their new maxi single "熱伝導(netsudendou)" will be released at 2015/08/05 (2 TYPE, 2,160yen each), which will include M-card (including 3 songs & "熱伝導(netsudendou)" PV)