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  1. Change your learning method based on what works for you.

    Reading a book that teaches you grammar sometimes doesn't work much for many people.

     

    In my case, I am teaching myself through text (online lessons), but as soon as I learn something I go and practise with the exercises and I make up my own sentences (orally mainly). If there are listening lessons on Youtube I go there and listen to oral examples which accelerates my learning process and make me feel more motivated too.

     

    I know how to learn. I even know better how to learn than most of people with dyslexia or dysortography.

    My dad is a Remedial Teacher. Someone who knows perfect how to teach someone the ways how you need to learn a language.

    But sadly he doesn't know much about Japanese. However the more easy ways to learn "English, French, Dutch and German" you also can use for Japanese.

    What you also say with "Reading a book that teaches you grammar, sometimes doesn't work for many people"

    Do you know why?, Because 99% of all books doesn't explain grammar in a few words or in 1-2 sentences.  since fuck the exceptions. since exceptions can be also given separate.

     

    I can talk about this very long... I won't.

     

    Things I need is

    - be in a good mood.

    - own made flash cards, small and big.

    - Flash cards with pictures and words, not only with text only.

    - trying to learn as a kid

    - More than one notebook (I use 3) Maybe I will use one more.

    - A Kanji dictionary on paper (so as real book) and digital dictionaries.  (still need to buy a better Kanji dictionary, but they are hell expensive)

    - A good teaching book. (I use Japanese for busy people (I did finish book 1 (^o^)/), I think it's perfect, since they don't use much text to explain grammar and so on) includes audio lessons. :P

    - Japanese friends who help out. (The shit thing is, many always have to work and don't have much time to help out but lucky there is lang-8, but people from lang-8 don't check your Japanese to English translations -__-)

    - To chat (write) in Japanese, even if I use translation website myself. However it makes me to need to understand the "Japanese human". You pick up kanji and words.

    - Translating lyrics and interviews. even with knowledge of poor Japanese, it also helps to learn. However you need to have someone who can check up your translation. So that you can learn from your mistakes.

    - lots of time, lots of time. lots of time.

     

    I did learn a lot from "Hibiki" when he still did chat to me and other people.

    But now a Japanese woman talks to me :3 (YEAH, which is better for me)  

     

     

    As said, I can talk much longer about this.

     

    After all it's all about motivation.

    Which I simply don't really have at the moment.

     


  2. I try and try and try and I'm simply to lazy to learn every day which I should otherwise I forget everything and can start over again in book 1.

    what happened...

     

    I've dyslexia or no a sister of dyslexia aka dysorthography

    So I simply forget all rules all the time and I cannot really remember words when I don't have repeat them... 1000 of times. I cannot remember sentences.

    But for me its more easy to understand then to write the language myself. so... aka its like -> I understand way more than I can write.

    I'm even able to translate some stuff. long not everything. But somehow I already succeed a bit (when things aren't to difficult). But then I still cheat a lot.

    since if people talk, I can't really understand a thing if there is no Japanese subtitle (well, if I know about what they talk then I can understand a little):P  yeah cheating ya know, google translate etc translate websites and dictionaries.

    After all I'm still rookie as the fack. I still don't understand lots of things. But I finally finally remember things faster than in the beginning.

     

    However it's not that difficult to remember kanji for me. still not really learning kanji seriously. But time by time I simply remember some and never ever forget the meaning of those kanji.

    so maby I should swtich to chinese? lol

     

     

    But I don't think that I ever really can speak/write the language. But I guess that one day I understand it pretty well. Still shouldn't give up.

    But it's hard when having dysorthography... since you need to practice over and over and over again. and Japanese is still a very complicate language.


  3. 1. Do you feel like you are entitled to free music? If you do, why? If you don't, why not?

    Not really, since music isn't actually for free.

     

    2. How do you feel about people refusing to share their music because they want to support the band?
    There is only one good reason for refusing and that is if you are a good friend of the band yourself. then you simply shouldn't share. Since then you simply should find a different way to promote them between your friends so that they will buy and share the freaking CD well I don't like if they share music of bands I can't share a thing. I guess it's just my own jealousy?  Kinda of "I'm not allowed to share, so nobody is!"  haha... But in the end I feel very happy if people really do like the music. However that made the REMNANT upload for me clear after the break-in from CAT5 <3

    However peoplez keep in mind, if you like something then also BUY the real CD or download it legal (if possible) 100% if those small artist make it possible to buy something simple and for cheap price.
    But I still think that a few of those bands, should put their music for also FREE online. Kinda to give "fans" the option, to download legal for free or to download legal/to buy as real CD to return a bit of money.

     

    3. In relation to the second question, what do you think of people who tell others not to share something they themselves paid money for as they think its content is exclusively for those who paid for it?

    Because why would you buy it when you can grab it for free I guess?

     

    4. Do you think entitlement to free music is worse in visual kei than in other communities?

    no. its all the same.

     

    5. How do you feel about people who deliberately share releases in low bitrates to encourage you to buy the CD?  Do you think that if someone does decide to share, you're entitled to the highest rip?

    well it encourage me to buy the real CD. if I download something in FLAC or good 320kbps. then there will be only 1% chance that I will buy the real thing.

     

    6. Have you ever been approached by people, either on Monochrome Heaven or last.fm, who wanted you to share something? If you didn't want to share, how did they react? What did you think of their reaction?

    I don't share to shit people LOL.  I don't mind to share stuff, but I can't simply share stuff from bands who are to close to me. But I don't care about the reactions of people.


  4. For me it's to difficult to explain without photos so here ya go

    Physical Music (CD`s, Tapes, Records)
    Physical Videos (Blu-ray, DVD, VHS)
    Other Stuff You Collect

    :3 see it yourself, you can see perfectly how my logistics are :3

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    Also simply 2 rows

    Manga and DVD's (not music DVD, but movie)

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    Digital Music (iTunes, Google, rekochoku, downloads, etc...)

    itunes download -> in itunes download folder
    Other downloads -> in Legal purchased folder
    Also a back up on a CD | however they are timeless available at the download websites

    Physical Goods (Clothing, Obi, Posters, Cheki, Bonuses like photo`s, etc...)

    Obi simply inside the CD.

    Clothing in my closet with clothes on a bandshirt staple :P

    Photos & Cheki in a big photobook
    Posters I found a nice way to put them away, which I don't use

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    But not everything is stored inside my room; aka Manga and movie DVD.

    They are in 2 other closets.

    in one closet, stuff packed in 2 plastic boxes (only manga), and other things in just paper boxes. Also in that closet are 2 other closets which more manga and DVD and few other things are stored.
    And then there is one more closet where I keep another staple of manga.

     

    Summary
    Best way the keep your room nicely. I like to keep my room well desinged. :P


  5. As requested ^_^

     

    I don't know this band, and in the end I don't regret for not knowing this band. 

     

     

    The style of this music it reminds me of a mix of, pop, dance, electro, industrial, metal and rock, it simply has all. Just kinda more heavy dance music which fits more the industrial world. It reminds me also of bands such as "Mindless Self Indulgence" However this kind of music is a bit more soft and has a way more crazy singing style. Even if it has all kind of cool music elements which I won't mind if they got mixed. It also kinda get a bit of boring fast after listen to one track for 1:30min. Then you actually want to skip to the next song. It kind of has simply to boring voice over. Somehow it also reminds me a bit of vocaloid lol. It also reminds me of AURAL VAMPIRE, Bespa Kuromo but the music AURAL VAMPIRE is much much better since Aural Vampire doesn't get boring. The female vocalist has simply a boring standart all day voice, it doesn't even make this music more cool. if there was no voice this album would even sound way more fancy and then it would be a bit lesser boring. It also somehow reminds me a bit of Macross Frontier music. But only some parts.  

    I do understand this kind of music, I general like it pretty much. However it's nothing special. I really want to skip each song after 1-2 min.
    It's such C album.

    My Raiting: :1.0:  simply to boring for me. If this album was fully instrumental I would have listen to the end. but the voice it's so annoying and simply fuckt up this album completly. the voice really doesn't add anything it's simply annoying. I couldn't even finish the album.


    Just give me Aural Vampire, Bespa, Mindless and some other bands who really know how to create such kind of music.

     


  6.  

    Acid Black Cherry: – ラストダンスは私に

     

    I don't have a link for Yasu's version but you might've heard it. The original is "Save the last dance for me" by the Drifters.

     

     

    But yasu made a Japanese version of that original song. sadly. so no english cover by him. (^.-)


  7. WTB

    And no I won't buy if the prices are crazy high;
    I will give you my offer.

     

    TAPES;
    ARC:G:NOËL <- MAX €10 per TAPE

     

    CD:

    V/A 蜜会 (Mikkai) €15,-
    Calmando Qual all RARE CD's which are not official released €10 for each CD

    Calmando Qual BLACK BOX 1,3,4 and upwards €10,- each

     

    Chekis

    Calmando Qual; €5,- per cheki (I buy from all members)

     

    Magazines

    Koneko 14,15,57, & 58 : €3,- each and need to be complete with all posters and extras.

    And any other magazine with Calmando Qual inside.

     

    FLYERS

    Starwave Records - 1cent per flyer. 

    Calmando Qual - any old one. 50 cent per flyer. but I would love you more if you would give them away. 

    Any other kind of cool flyers, if you want to get rid of them, I'm happy to the pay shipping costs.


  8. Hm, most of my orders are from https://www.jishubanclub.com i guess.

     

     

    So they send overseas? oO..

    I didn't know that.. good to know~ 

    btw for brand-x

     

     

    Order information for overseas

    Please don't use Hotmail & yahoo.com,

    because we can't send the E-mail by influence of the anti-spam.

    Please read before placing your order

    We can take orders and ship to any country in the globe

    =.= my paypal is HOTMAIL adress. does that matter with paying?

    If not then I'm going to try them in the future for sure.

    I don't like closet child. but only because they only use EMS and they won't send your order as a GIFT no matter what. 

    I wished they cared more for oversea fans who want cheaper shipping.

    ZEAL LINK and Like an Edison usually have the best bonus items but online orders incur the extra cash-on-delivery handling charge.

    cash-on-delivery handling charge. Oo...??

    But they don't write anything about "oversea shipping" at their website?

    but littlehearts doesn't sell overseas right?

     

     

    also where is that puresound guide how to order from them? =.=


  9. A few things got shared before my shop started, but for personal reasons, I'm currently in the process of getting my shop registered as a legit business. Because of this, I have to do things more "by the book", which certainly doesn't include illegal things like uploading. Beyond that, some people don't want the stuff shared. If there's something really rare that's only available at the shop and someone spends... say... $40 buying it, I think it'd be pretty shitty for the shop owner to go "oh you spent all your hard-earned money on that? now I'll give it to everyone for free!". If the buyer wants to upload it, then that's great, but they own it now and it's completely up to them. As "nice" as it'd be for people who couldn't buy, I'd be lying if I said that doing such things wouldn't lose me a TON of business in the process.

     

    Oh you are going to make it a real legit busniss. yes then its another story.

    Still would be nice to know who bought something if someone grabbed it before your nose. So that someone can contact that person to ask if that person might could share it. Then it's still up to the one, who bought it, to share it or not.

    Since there are plenty under us who love to support PANDA and to help out still other people who didn't had the change to buy the real CD or Tape. (^.-)


  10. Nya giru isn't nu-metal at all, its doesn't sound like any nu metal band.

    They don't fit inside (for me, or nu metal has changed like crazy too).

    Giru is simply for me alternative only. Because to much of different types of styles.

    I name such music from now on, "new age alternative" which can be rock,metal, core etc.

    Since I don't think you can put giru im a real box. To much different elements.

    Thanks anyway (^^)v

    But I gonna check your new review request. (*^ー^)ノ♪


  11. So wtf is giru now?

    ???Core or new alternative metal?

    Or maybe mix of core with taste of alternative metal?

    Some shizzel somehow even sound a bit like screamo.

    ( ̄ー ̄) 20~10 years ago naming a music gerne was at least easy...

    Nowdays I don't understand a fuck about those gernes anymore...

    Its getting harder the last 4~5 years.

    Still amazing how "core" is turned into how its nowdays.

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