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Why did they change the lineup ?????
 
It's
 
Mao from Sadie
Ran from Poidol
Hikarito from Aiolin
I'll from Fest Vanqueur
Kazami from DaizyStripper
 
I was super hyped but now I'm meh about this.

just come back

Vo. Hinata (ex.llll-Ligro-)
Vo. Jey (soon-to-be ex.FIXER)
Gt. Cazqui (ex.Nokubura)
Gt. Shinya (ex.Signal)
Ba. Otonashi Futaba/Tomoya (ex.Balalaika)
Dr. Ryo (ex.Girugamesh)

just come back

Vo. Hinata (ex.llll-Ligro-)
Vo. Jey (soon-to-be ex.FIXER)
Gt. Cazqui (ex.Nokubura)
Gt. Shinya (ex.Signal)
Ba. Otonashi Futaba/Tomoya (ex.Balalaika)
Dr. Ryo (ex.Girugamesh)

⬢ 　either fuckinkatsuya joins NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST or starts his own band
⬢ 　nokubura or babymetal pls hire seiya (ex.dvlf). The kid is answering twitter questions full time right now.
⬢ 　cazqui has sexual reassignment surgery

My feelings are honestly a bit of a mess.
its hard to put anything into words.
 
its sad that it has ended this way, but in a way it’s not surprising...it’s kinda hard to explain really. 
 
I remember a convo from many many years ago when we were talking about someone we knew who was quitting the scene to become “a normal person” 
i remember thinking at that time, that’s never going to be you...I just always kinda assumed he would continue working his own pace well into old age...
 
regardless, he was not famous or a big name that many would recognize, but he was a chill guy who made music that mattered to the people who listened to it and to him, I thought that was enough to make him happy.
 
so all I can really hope for as a old friend is that he can finally rest and find true happiness.......

Sugar or dry

D

New band "AMBEEK" will hold their first live at Shibuya REX on 2019.02.11
 
Members:
Vo.KEKE (Medi@lize → 【TRiANGLE▼SONiX】 → NOW)
Gu.takuma (【1≠password】 → 4tune_UNIT → Emu. →buccal cone → NOW)
Gu.つかさ (tsukasa) (bis → RHYOLITE → World Wrap Word → HOSHInoHOUSE)
Ba.銀也 (ginya) (Ends∞Infinity → DISQLOC.)
Dr.MINAMI (MASK → R*A*P (support) → メロ (support) → HeaRt (support) → MASQUERADE (support) → RHYOLITE)
 
 
 
 

New band "AMBEEK" will hold their first live at Shibuya REX on 2019.02.11
 
Members:
Vo.KEKE (Medi@lize → 【TRiANGLE▼SONiX】 → NOW)
Gu.takuma (【1≠password】 → 4tune_UNIT → Emu. →buccal cone → NOW)
Gu.つかさ (tsukasa) (bis → RHYOLITE → World Wrap Word → HOSHInoHOUSE)
Ba.銀也 (ginya) (Ends∞Infinity → DISQLOC.)
Dr.MINAMI (MASK → R*A*P (support) → メロ (support) → HeaRt (support) → MASQUERADE (support) → RHYOLITE)
 
 
 
 

New band "AMBEEK" will hold their first live at Shibuya REX on 2019.02.11
 
Members:
Vo.KEKE (Medi@lize → 【TRiANGLE▼SONiX】 → NOW)
Gu.takuma (【1≠password】 → 4tune_UNIT → Emu. →buccal cone → NOW)
Gu.つかさ (tsukasa) (bis → RHYOLITE → World Wrap Word → HOSHInoHOUSE)
Ba.銀也 (ginya) (Ends∞Infinity → DISQLOC.)
Dr.MINAMI (MASK → R*A*P (support) → メロ (support) → HeaRt (support) → MASQUERADE (support) → RHYOLITE)
 
 
 
 

reform SINCREA

Let's also not forget about some more explosive outbursts like Ryohei from Kyogetsu. I wrote about it here if you want some more details, but safe to say that it's an open secret that going visual kei is a money pit and it can be seen as shameful to discuss it brazenly.

Because I'm not Japanese, I took the time to convert the yen into freedom and equality units.

 
MV ~ 500.000 ¥ / $4,400.67 / €3,882.55
Costumes ~ 700.000¥ / $6,160.86 / €5,435.49
Foto shooting ~ 100.000¥ / $880.12 / €776.49 
CD pressing ~ 100.000¥ / $880.12 / €776.49 
Recording ~ 100.000¥ / $880.12 / €776.49 
Hair styling ~ 1x 20.000¥ / $176.06 / €155.31
Studio ~ 1x 10.000¥ / $88.01 / €77.65 
Travel cost ~ 200.000¥ / $1760.59 /  €1,553.43
Flyer/print ~ 100.000¥ / $880.12 / €776.49 
Website 150.000¥ / $1,320.47 /  €1,164.82

Total: $17427.14 / €15,372.22

Some of these numbers should be interpreted carefully. I added up all the values, so the true cost of hair styling and studio isn't reflected here because those are repeated over and over again. For the studio, is this cost per hour or per session? It's way more expensive if it's $88 an hour. I also find that the expenses for hair styling are pretty expensive relative to what it should cost, so I wonder if this is a compound cost or an estimation of some sort. I also assume somethings like flyer / print, CD pressing, and photo shoots include the costs not just to produce the medium but to pay for the services and distribution. Something similar for the website too; I doubt most of these guys are doing all the maintenance work for it, so they probably pay someone to keep it up for them. A thousand dollars for a website doesn't make sense. A thousand dollars to create an interactive and impressive website quickly is still too much. But to do all that and keep it maintained makes sense. Travel costs include not just plane tickets, but moving all of the musical equipment and paying the roadies to do it for you. I wonder if these costs are per band member or costs for all members as a whole, which could explain some of these high costs. I don't think this is everything, because I've heard stories about how bands have to front money in order to be able to perform. I don't know how true this is, but I've heard about it more than once, especially when bands have to front the difference if attendance was below projected amounts. There's nothing here about the cost to perform concerts or produce merchandise. And finally, I don't think the band is paying all of the costs, just a majority of it. So I'm comfortable saying that for your average band, the label would front about 30% and the band members together would front the remaining 70%. So the new adjusted total is:

Total: $12,199.00 / €10,760.40
 
If I were to pretend that I was a visual kei musician, and I was in charge of budgeting for my band, and we had to make some hard choices about what we could afford and not afford, I'd honestly take a look at the hair styling and costume costs, the studio costs, and the photo shoots. I think the hair styling is egregiously expensive for no real reason, compounded by the fact that it would be multiple visits. I'd only get my hair done when I absolutely need to and show up to the studio and to record looking like a regular guy. I'd try to do band practice somewhere cheaper, because those $90 visits add up fast. Travel cost is non-negotiable. Photo shoots can double for both cheki and promotional materials, so I think that's the cost of doing business. The cost of the costumes is right about where I expected it to be if you budget for five people, and budget considering every time you record a new release you have a new look. But costumes put the visual in visual kei, so it is hard to argue to take them out. I honestly would have to argue if costumes should cost more than the music video, and would try to find some way to put even more money into those, because that also puts the visual in visual kei, and shoot for making less music videos overall if I can keep each one to a higher standard of quality. I honestly don't know how much of a presence a website would give my band at the start, and would probably double down on traditional social media tools at first to go viral and cheapen costs there, or maybe latch on to my label's bigger website and push that way. Or maybe both, because more exposure doesn't hurt and word of mouth is free. I'd also be the ultimate cheap and lazy bastard and press all my CDs themselves to start, and then distribute them at lives. 

Overall, I can understand a bit better how difficult it can be to get started if the funds aren't green. 

title of the unpublished track has been decided to be titled "CODA" and album artwork has also been announced

 
https://twitter.com/bravemanrecords/status/1066303801978642432
 

To celebrate DELUHI's 10th anniversary, they will be releasing a new Best Album titled DELUHISM:X with unreleased tracks on December 19
 
Furthermore, they will be holding a revival live at Akasaka BLITZ next year on April 12
 
DELUHISM:X Track list:
01.Overture -Yggdalive-
02.Rebel:Sicks, Shadow:Six
03.flow snow
04.WAKE UP!
05.NO SALVATION 
06.リヴィングデッド
07.Freedom
08.Ivory and Irony
09.Remember the rain
10.F.T.O
11.Baby play 
12.HYBRID TRUTH
13.unreleased song
14.Orion once again -09 remix-
15.Freedom -09 remix-
 
Price: ¥3,240
 
 

Twitter wars: Leda vs Jun-ji (Siam Shade, Acid Black Cherry, T.M.Revolution etc.), Reno (ex.ViViD), MASASHI (Versailles)
 
Jun-ji: [After luz's live in Sapporo] Guitarists ( ｰ̀дｰ́ ) I'm never going out with them again 👴👴／🍊👿
 
Leda: No! The car was over-capacity, so we let you guys get on, since we are your juniors. We took a taxi instead, but ended up arriving early.
 
Jun-ji: Family ( ´ ∀ ` )❤️

(FYI, Junji has 111K twitter followers)
 
Leda: Oi! Oi!
 
Fan: stop bullying your juniors!
 
Leda: I can't deal with my big brothers anymore 👴vs 🍊
 
Leda: Reno's on my side right?
 
Jun-ji: Idiot! Reno's on my side!  👴／🍊👿👴
 
Leda: Reno, would you really forfeit 10 years of our friendship to sell your soul to our evil senpais? Make a decision!

Jun-ji:

 
Leda: I guess we're done

Leda: It feels great to drink alone.

 
BOH (kami-band): Drink up all your feelings (´･Д･)」
(btw, BOH is usually the member that's being bullied all the time in kami-band)
 
Fan: the BOH faction has increased by one member... lol
 
Leda: You know in Animal Planet, there's often a herbivore separated from the herd? That's me.
 
Reno: But we're family ( ´ ∀ ` )❤️

 
Leda: Reno, you're not allowed to do this
 
Jun-ji: Family, Good night! ( ´ ∀ ` )❤️

(4:00)
 
Round 2
 
Jun-ji, Leda, Reno, MASASHI: Kaisan this stupid band ( ｰ̀дｰ́ )

Announcement hasn't even been made yet, and Aisaku (ex.Scylla) already changed his twitter handle to https://twitter.com/aisaku_dvlf
 
edit:
 

Not that I don't believe you, but I do need a source for this.

Plot twist: It's Cazqui and Daichi from Nokubura. 😂

Dear Diary,
 
do you know what this means?
 
monday in class  i was staring into space & the girl i liked  was walking by & looking at me while i was staring into space. then later i was staring at the wall & when i looked over i see her looking at me & smiling while she had her hands on her head. then the next day in class i heard her saying "i don't know why he looks at me"?