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These days, I mostly rely on my friends/social network for good recommendations and a select few sites. Altho in the past, when I was more passionate about finding new music, I'd literally spend hours scouring sites like myspace (yes, i'm THAT old lol), m4247 (now dead) links on band websites, last.fm, and just ANYTHING with information about bands. p2p/pirating was a huge help too.

For you, I would recommend stopping by our sessions @dubtracks, as with the variety of stuff played there, you're almost guaranteed to hear something that piques your interest. I would also recommend joining the trade-offs here, as they're a good way to potentially find new music, expose yourself to new things, find out more about what you like/don't like, etc, and just interface with the users here!

thank you CAT5!! yeah, i should go back to being active on the dubs :0 i remember i'd always find something that interested me, and it was a lot of fun hearing what others like!! 

Yes they do, they should have a section for overseas order on their website, at least they used to...

i pay my friends to go to lives to get them so that the money goes to the band. if you want to buy second-hand chekis, you can check out auction sites (mbok has more than yahoo auc), flea market apps, twitter, etc. you'll need a shopping service like FromJapan in those cases. closetchild and puresound have a more limited selection. you should also try to avoid overpaying for secondhand chekis (like those ridiculous people in the FB VK group that ask for 12-15usd for 1 cheki) unless you really really want them.

as for cheki cases, most bands that sell chekis have cheki folders as well so you can with some luck find them at the same places i mention (especially if old fans are liquidating their collection). otherwise you can find normal no-frills polaroid folders at rakuten, daiso, muji, etc.

don't start with tetra...heaux dont do it

damy + krad are great thank u

looking at your interests list, we have very similar taste! ^^ so I knew you'd like that. damy is pretty new to me too, need to listen more.

@chemicalpictures keep looking forward to it then ; )

Well... how bad do you want the chekis?

@Komorebiapparently too much bc i'll be buying them next week

That's the spirit!

no shame in bein' basic, sle that gazette playlist hunny

Where? Until when?

^ Are you asking about the trade-off? If so, you can find it here, and you can join until Wednesday, the 14th. The rest of the information you need like the mix sending and review deadlines are all in the OP!

I'd like to see gregory members in something else. I think the drummer was in a non-visual death metal band for awhile.

@sume7whoa, what death metal band?

Blasphemy to god i don't think they ever released anything though.

eek i guess i'm out of luck,,, but thank you for the suggestion! hmm guess i'll just save up for either a new plan or new phone ;__;

@seurongyeah that makes sense when you don't have much. i like to keep all of my stuff with me tho and have 9GB of music out of my 16GB (actually it's like 11 because apple is shit) iphone

I have a 32GB 3rd generation iPod Touch that is my baby. My rule for uploading music to it is: "would I skip this track if I'm listening to my collection on random?". I have it since 2010 and it's still kicking, so that's pretty worthy in my book! Would buy another one in a heartbeat!

Just put stuff on your phone that you know you'll listen to and occasionally do a sweep because eventually you'll forget about certain tracks after awhile. 

Got my copy lol

@YuyoDrift ~cough, cough~

you sick?

sweetest angel, we all have seen it back in the thread. please be a little bit more subtle showing that you do indeed follow forum's feedback on your departure.

Lmfaoooo I saw it coming

Thanks.

I hope they can find a OFFICIAL drummer and hire another guitarist .. another guitar in this band would only give more "power" to the sound that is already perfect! ;D

To add to what has already been said, I've heard gyas are piranhas when it comes to buying tickets, especially because of the lottery system, they buy multiple tickets to try to get a smaller entry number. A male-only live gives the guys the chance to actually get a ticket lol

> gyas are piranhas 

</thread> tbh

i can only speak for one band but when lynch. does boys only they go balls fucking out judging by the videos, there are dudes riding on each other's shoulders, dudes ripping their shirts off, walls of death, it's pure insanity and mostly the hard songs. i also have a feeling if you are a bandman or normie who is freaked out by gya who wants to actually participate in a live then this is a great choice. then they just do a women's only show so the female fans don't bitch, it's just a regular show...

let me know if u want more. depress kei is my fave

i like to go to deadman or jinkaku radio when i'm sad. but there are lots others ofc.

if you needed more, here's another. :>

Welcome dear!  

@kisumi kinbakuso i've just signed up for tenso

but they're telling me i have to verify my identity with documents and stuff? is it really necessary? ;__;

Yeah, unfortunately D:

It kinda freaked me out too at first, but then, the other services also required me to do that.

They said it has something to do wth japanese law. 

No money no tour 

No ticket no tour 

awh that's a shame :< hopefully one day you'll be able to go!!

nobody ever comes to Canada, and when they do, it's on a day that i'm busy or it's on the other side of the damn country.

When I have the money for buy ticket for kamijo cancerl the tour to USA 

me WTF 

Remember to put in 1 fake fact so you know when people are plagiarizing your work

@PHMK2, GOKI being closer to the original DK than the current DK can probably be explained with a blog entry Yuuga made (cba to find it now), but he said that Gokiburi is what he considers "fun and games", while DK is where he really makes music he likes. So Goki was more or less a Yuuga tribute band (at least until Kazuto were added to the line-up). 

"while DK is where he really makes music he likes"

"Suck suck suck suck suck my dick suck"

uhhh i started with stuff i didn't even like all that much, like little exercises and stuff, simple riffs for classic songs. i went through all the simple major chords eventhough i didn't want to do them, but it was really helpful since i was in a lot of pain at first (acoustic isn't for pussies cough cough!) so i got used to holding my fingers down. its little stuff like that to focus on in the beginning because it helps you do the more complicated stuff later [this is what my instructor taught me]. kelly's right with the punk songs and chord progressions, that's a great way to start.

Co-signing everything emmny said. Learning your scales helps a lot and starting on acoustic, build up those calluses. 

you two have been a great help, thank you!! i really appreciate it ;w;

Go chronologically with emmurée.  Their early output is the best in my opinion, so the demos and love letter are a good primer  

does …。【サイレンス】 count as nagoya kei because in that case listen to …。【サイレンス】

if a band plays at ikebukuro chop with any of those names previous suggested, listen to them

oh and everything aie/ryo/yukino

Whoo~! Live it up!

Congratz, Lil p. You've only been around a year but you already know more about VK than I do 

YOU HAD ME FOOLED. BUT I'LL BE CELEBRATING FOR YOU ANYWAY. 

you're in for a treat if that split your sides,,, behold, michael jesus

we're in for at least one more drug related charge before 2017 commences t b h

das raycisss

global warming? i don't know her

We got snow here in Albuquerque during the last week of April. I don't even know what the fuck.

ya I second dispo's photo! It was a fucking icestorm here D:

Pretty weird it's happening all around tho,,

I'm more into the metalcore/djent side of things but you might be interested in Inception of Genocide, Last Day Dream, Oblivion, and HOTOKE. 

holy fUCK Inception Of Genocide are phenomenal!! HOTOKE too!

exactly what i was looking for, thank you thank you!!

Last Day Dream and Oblivion have really neat unique sounds.

whoaa, yes they are!! thank you! <3

http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/gazette-tabs-a6024?r=sort&lyrics=any&tuning=any&inst=gtr&diff=any&sort=d&vocals=any

yep that's it, thanks @emmny

they have Lucy, Dogma, Deux and Ominous tabbed so far from the Dogma album

o yea, I forgot songsterr got so many of gazette songs!

and there's a lot i don't listen to *waits for vk veterans to come with more recommendations* so there will likely be no shortage of cool tunes to check soon mUAHAHAHA wait on it

emmny's recs are on point, but it's also worth mentioning SID's first album "Renai", which honestly is jazz-rock at its best and pretty much started this whole jazzy thing in modern VK. Other bands like SCISSOR, Shichisanshiki and Kazoku also had some really good jazz-inspired stuff.

i guess some of Merry's stuff might apply? although i feel like it's more kayokyoku-inspired than jazz, but still