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Yeah! I'll DM you tomorrow *^* bout to sleep

i forgot about some of these, keep em coming guys!!
 
@togz i think his experience with depression played a major role with these changes. seeing him now, i think it's pretty obvious that he's way happier than when he was back then. i mean if you just compare these two videos, the first one being around the time when his depression hit the hardest and the later being the most recent work from BAROQUE. but of course, i can't say for sure that he's no longer struggling. still, i think he has recovered a lot after what he's gone through and i feel like he's viewing things more positively. i don't know how much of it reflects his musical expression either, but i'd like to think it has considerably.
 
 
p.s. can i buy one of those copies from you?? xD i don't even know the actual contents of it but i remember someone making translations before, haha. god, i just realized how long ago that was...

Woah i forgot I helped with this before I left. Even though I did Tenten.. I'm going to say Ryo from baroque and kannivalism is the most surprising... Tenten changes so much it's lost it's wow factor. But with Ryo, I mean he's basically been in two generations of VK... Not to mention he was somewhat of a trend setter in his early days. I'm not sure what his popularity is now or how his struggles have effected it... but I know he went through some hardcore depression (I have like 3 copies of that book so I have two for sale? LOL anyway) I'm not sure how he feels currently or if he's still struggling and I'm unsure how that plays a role in his style and musical expression... 
 
 
But I feel like he's really had a special journey... so yeah that guy is something else. 

https://thesmartset.com/why-music-ownership-matters/

A band I follow recently shared the article "Why Music Ownership Matters" and I thought it was an interesting read. Here are a few exemplary quotes, in case you can't read the entire thing:

So, what do you think, does this article have a point?

I must admit, the power streaming companies have over individual pieces of media can be scary and it's something I've thought about before. There was this one older German movie I really liked on Netflix streaming a while back. In physical form, the movie only exists on VHS in the US and region 2 DVDs in crappy quality. Netflix, for whatever reason, had some remastered version in pristine HD quality. But now that the film is no longer available in their online library (to quote the article: this particular movie likely didn't 'justify upkeep anymore'), it's like this HD version never existed. I would gladly pay for a Blu-ray version, but it's simply not offered. Maybe I'll never get to watch it again and that sucks. Sure, that's just one movie, but think about the bigger implications of streaming's role in archiving.

I will say, one aspect that seemed downplayed in the article is the material difference between downloading and streaming. Both are digital, rather than physical, but remember, this article is making the argument that the shift from 'ownership' to 'streaming' is the more significant one. So, I would think downloading technically falls under the category of 'ownership' (you have file ON your computer hard drive), rather than 'streaming.' These days, I would say about 80-90% of my non-Japanese music listening is done via streaming, like Spotify. Is there some difference in that culture of listening via streaming versus listening by downloading?

And since this is a Japanese music forum, what can we make of this article? Do you think the general 'Japanese music industry' or particular Japanese music scenes are still promoting music ownership over streaming?

Discuss!

Makes sense. Schoolboy's Q second album, I think, was removed from spotify with no explanation. At the time I didn't give much thought to it, but looking from the consumer viewpoint, that's pretty fucked up. I am not entitled to anything when I subscribe to their service, I'll have to listen to what they want to make available... I admit I'm becoming lazier and lazier, basically all my non japanese music is listened through spotify too, and yeah, we should be aware of that, indeed. Lucky for us, torrents are always there to save the day, I guess. I still buy physical copies of releases I like, but I also think that's a fading trend, pretty soon releasing physical copies of albums will be limited to collection editions and etc. abide to the technology revolution, I guess.
 
About the japanese industry, I think it's a matter of time. Japanese consumer base is the weirdest in the world. They are absolutely open to some technologic innovations, but extremely conservative to some others. They will resist while they can, but will succumb eventually, I think. And that is kind of positive for us in the west, more music will be available to us, when they finally decide to change.
 
 

Hmm this is interesting and I never thought to look at the big picture like that. I definitely stream a lot more now but I still buy things I really want to have a physical copy to. But I can see how you loose a sense of the artistic aspect too so it "looses its value" but there are even some bands that only release digital copies of stuff idk man this is tricky. 

Woah i forgot I helped with this before I left. Even though I did Tenten.. I'm going to say Ryo from baroque and kannivalism is the most surprising... Tenten changes so much it's lost it's wow factor. But with Ryo, I mean he's basically been in two generations of VK... Not to mention he was somewhat of a trend setter in his early days. I'm not sure what his popularity is now or how his struggles have effected it... but I know he went through some hardcore depression (I have like 3 copies of that book so I have two for sale? LOL anyway) I'm not sure how he feels currently or if he's still struggling and I'm unsure how that plays a role in his style and musical expression... 
 
 
But I feel like he's really had a special journey... so yeah that guy is something else. 

Hmm this is interesting and I never thought to look at the big picture like that. I definitely stream a lot more now but I still buy things I really want to have a physical copy to. But I can see how you loose a sense of the artistic aspect too so it "looses its value" but there are even some bands that only release digital copies of stuff idk man this is tricky. 

Woah i forgot I helped with this before I left. Even though I did Tenten.. I'm going to say Ryo from baroque and kannivalism is the most surprising... Tenten changes so much it's lost it's wow factor. But with Ryo, I mean he's basically been in two generations of VK... Not to mention he was somewhat of a trend setter in his early days. I'm not sure what his popularity is now or how his struggles have effected it... but I know he went through some hardcore depression (I have like 3 copies of that book so I have two for sale? LOL anyway) I'm not sure how he feels currently or if he's still struggling and I'm unsure how that plays a role in his style and musical expression... 
 
 
But I feel like he's really had a special journey... so yeah that guy is something else. 

Yo, so Survive Said the Prophet was all up in Oregon's business (not sure what part but i think it was a skip-hop from where I live). Anyway, looks like they were workign on new material and recording as they announced not TOO long ago that they will be releasing their 3rd album titled WABI SABI. This album will have two types (just like how they do it in VK) where one comes with a DVD and one is just regular. The one with the DVD will come with a Making of documentary of the new album along with a digest of their FIXED Tour. It will have 9 tracks total and comes out on August 2nd. 
 
Here's a lyric video from the album
 
 

great news their last minialbum "NEXTAGE" is pretty damn good!

PRAISE announced they will release a new EP this summer on August 2nd. The EP will be titled "インテンジブル (intangible)" and consist of 4 tracks at 1200yen.
No news on exactly where it will be available webshop wise and no cover art just yet. Along with the EP announcement, they also announced a tour. Only one date is scheduled so far and it will include acts such as Paledusk, FOAD, Victim of Deception, Mercy Personality !s Dark, Vision of Fatima, and A Ghost of Flare.
Tracklist
1. EBA / 2. GOSTRAIGHT / 3. MACHI NO KEMURI / 4. 口に出さない事
 
 
 
 
 

Business kei. Company kei. Legal kei. Try to sue me now I have a trademark kei.

I was on the way to Bled Fest at the time this photo was taken. What was ahead that day was nothing but riveting moments found in independent music.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy theeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeee, long time no see, right? xD

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Business kei. Company kei. Legal kei. Try to sue me now I have a trademark kei.

Lack.co, Clack.inc... 2017 is the year for VK companies apparently

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I am pretty sure he's singing over a backing track and everyone else is just miming

I feel like this applies even to things not related to school. This was me with some car stuff I needed to handle the other day.