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vkgy latest interview, with a famous vkei writer! 
Also I worked hard on this one so it's a cross post with JROCKNROLL
 
Nagasawa Tomonori (長澤智典) is a music journalist of note, having written for most major visual kei magazines and bands. We had the chance to ask him questions over several weeks, and so we explore his career, and his decades-long view of visual kei from the inside.
 
 
 
Choose your favorite platform
 
vkgy
or
jrocknroll
 
If there are people who still have any questions about the "visual kei" history, we can do another round  
So if you do have any questions, throw them to me and I'll will ask them!
 

but its still funny that you cannot paint your face black as a white person, even if you don't mean to be a racist people see it as hell as racism....  while you also can do it because you think black people need more attention because they are also beautiful persons.... 
But nope you are a freaking racist...

but its still funny that you cannot paint your face black as a white person, even if you don't mean to be a racist people see it as hell as racism....  while you also can do it because you think black people need more attention because they are also beautiful persons.... 
But nope you are a freaking racist...

ALCYON is a Nagoya (名古屋) based visual kei band who formed in December 2017, and started activity in July 2018. They typically focus on heavy-toned music which contrasts beautifully against the high voice of vocalist Sera.
They celebrate their second anniversary this July at Nagoya Fits ALL. Read on to learn about their two years of activity so far.
 
It's a band who we somehow never really notice, however their music isn't bad at all and since last month we also can enjoy their music via digital platforms!
 
So please check them out here!
https://vk.gy/blog/an-interview-with-alcyon/

Some can, but still playing lives is important. 
lives are important to find and to keep your fans. 
 
 

ALCYON is a Nagoya (名古屋) based visual kei band who formed in December 2017, and started activity in July 2018. They typically focus on heavy-toned music which contrasts beautifully against the high voice of vocalist Sera.
They celebrate their second anniversary this July at Nagoya Fits ALL. Read on to learn about their two years of activity so far.
 
It's a band who we somehow never really notice, however their music isn't bad at all and since last month we also can enjoy their music via digital platforms!
 
So please check them out here!
https://vk.gy/blog/an-interview-with-alcyon/

Some can, but still playing lives is important. 
lives are important to find and to keep your fans. 
 
 

True, I forgot about that. The fact that they used vimeo to distribute the stream also costs more money than average and is a good move on their part. Vimeo uses a better bitrate and the encoding generally has little to no macroblocking compared to nearly most of the other platforms except maybe Netflix and Amazon.

I just hope after everything somewhat gets back to normal that all of the Japanese artists will continue to do online lives. I've been waiting years for this to happen, whether live streaming or selling pre-recorded concerts.

I just purchased the live before they stop distributing tomorrow.
It's only 57 minutes long and it's just Tetsu Takano performing solo on plugged in acoustic guitar. In the past he has played some amazing setlists as a solo singer. This setlist is just meh. He performs songs from The Black Comet Club Band, The JuneJulyAugust , nil and Zigzo. Although none of the slower / ballady ones that would sound amazing on semi-acoustic. (Sleep, nani kara nani made, Sayonara DaVinci, etc) Here are some of the songs he plays:

nil - Longing Long
The JuneJulyAugust - Every Single Night
Zigzo - Forever Love
TBCCB - La Vie en Rose

The video and sound quality are excellent. It's 1080p from what looks like a proper camera / DSLR lens and the soundboard audio is crystal clear which hasn't been the case for many lockdown gigs I've seen so far.

As a die-hard Tetsu fan (any Mega 8 Ball love here?!), I don't mind paying 3000 yen for this. But if you subtract the intro and outro stuff, it's roughly only him playing for about 50minutes.  As a casual fan, the money would probably be better spent buying the Black Comet Club Band albums digitally.

Looking forward to it, he's a really nice guy.

Hello folks,
I already have 3 band search profiles available for you guys which I published on JROCK'N'ROLL. 
Time to time, band search profiles also will appear on vkgy. so keep also an eye on that website. 
 
BAND SEARCH is something not written by myself, everything which you read has been written by the band/members themselves! So with BAND SEARCH they introduce themselves to you. 
 
 
- I'll update this post every time if there is a new band search available! 
 
2$4
THIS VERY DAY
MAGENTA OF AMBITIONS
Sho Kotani
prewords
極東ファロスキッカー
LiQuid ButterFly
大人のSilver-Rose by vo.
Visual Laboratory
METALIC
フルダヌキ
ヒミツノコウドウ
花魁ロマネスク
DOGMAS
THE RICKY DRIVE SHOW
The トリコロール by vo. Toru
BEBOP
餃子大王
LOOSE RIDER
EASTBAY
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The first 3 bands I would like to introduce are all non-visual kei bands and more "mainstream" type of bands. 
 
01: 2$4
2$4 formed in 2013.
2$4 continues to aim to create music that transcends genres, Incorporating elements of chords, emo, and hip-hop into the songs, as well we add digital sound effects to our songs. 
Learn more about them here:
https://jrocknroll.wordpress.com/2020/05/11/jrnr-band-search-24/
 
 
 
02: THIS VERY DAY
THIS VERY DAY was formed in August 2019 and has appeared at Japanse TV in the show「踊る！さんま御殿」. They are a new generation rock band in the center of tokyo and thanks to “Prince (王子)” Yuchaso which is an SNS influencer the band received more than 100,000 followers!
Learn more about them here:
https://jrocknroll.wordpress.com/2020/05/26/band-search-this-very-day/
 
 
 
03: MAGENTA OF AMBITIONS
January 2019, MAGETA OF AMBITIONS formed as a band in Tokyo, in August 2019 the band went on a hiatus. On April 2020 the band released their 1st single “Another Story” via digital platforms.
Learn more about them here:
https://jrocknroll.wordpress.com/2020/06/09/jrnr-band-search-magenta-of-ambitions/
 
 
 
 

ALCYON is a Nagoya (名古屋) based visual kei band who formed in December 2017, and started activity in July 2018. They typically focus on heavy-toned music which contrasts beautifully against the high voice of vocalist Sera.
They celebrate their second anniversary this July at Nagoya Fits ALL. Read on to learn about their two years of activity so far.
 
It's a band who we somehow never really notice, however their music isn't bad at all and since last month we also can enjoy their music via digital platforms!
 
So please check them out here!
https://vk.gy/blog/an-interview-with-alcyon/

Well it worked before.. and yes it was popular I guess?

but this kind of pop also not 😂

Might be good if there is also a topic about how to support live houses right?
 
 
 Shinjuku club SCIENCE (fulling in English too)
https://twitter.com/S_club_SCIENCE
https://motion-gallery.net/projects/club_science
 
Shinjuku Loft
http://www.loft-prj.co.jp/LOFT/forever/
 
Ikebukuro Chop
https://twitter.com/ikebukuro_chop
https://puuchoo.kawaiishop.jp/
 
RATHOLE
https://www.facebook.com/rathole.tokyo/
 
LIVE SPACE ZERO
https://www.facebook.com/LiveSpaceZERO/
 
Sendai BIRDLAND
https://sendai-birdland.stores.jp/
 
ZircoTokyo
https://twitter.com/ZircoTokyo
 
町田The Play House
https://twitter.com/the_play_house
 
大塚Hearts+
http://hearts-web.net/plus/
https://twitter.com/Hearts_Next
https://twitter.com/Hearts_Plus2
 
大塚Welcome back
https://twitter.com/Welcomebackwb
 
Safe the live houses
https://savethelivehouse.com/
https://twitter.com/mikim0113

Scarlet Valse is a symphonic metal band who is at the frontline of the Starwave Records lineup. They've been active since 2011, and are renowned for their charismatic and responsible nature. Read on to learn more about them.
 
READ: English
READ: Japanese
 
 

Everything is via e-mail or DM.  
 
So bands get a digital document file with our questions included which they can answer whenever they want. 
 
 

Scarlet Valse is a symphonic metal band who is at the frontline of the Starwave Records lineup. They've been active since 2011, and are renowned for their charismatic and responsible nature. Read on to learn more about them.
 
READ: English
READ: Japanese
 
 

Scarlet Valse is a symphonic metal band who is at the frontline of the Starwave Records lineup. They've been active since 2011, and are renowned for their charismatic and responsible nature. Read on to learn more about them.
 
READ: English
READ: Japanese
 
 

Scarlet Valse is a symphonic metal band who is at the frontline of the Starwave Records lineup. They've been active since 2011, and are renowned for their charismatic and responsible nature. Read on to learn more about them.
 
READ: English
READ: Japanese
 
 

Scarlet Valse is a symphonic metal band who is at the frontline of the Starwave Records lineup. They've been active since 2011, and are renowned for their charismatic and responsible nature. Read on to learn more about them.
 
READ: English
READ: Japanese
 
 

if you go bit more underground I can remmend you
 
https://jrocknroll.wordpress.com/2020/05/11/jrnr-band-search-24/
 
 

what the future will be I don't know...
 
But it's shocking news.
 
 
They were so happy with the interview....
 
now this sad thing happened a day after I published the interview....
 
 
please don't let it be suicide....
 
 
my heart...
 
 
2017 live I saw. I will never forget
 
... wanted to see this trio again...
they are so kind...
 
 
damn you Corona... I wanna go to Tokyo... praying together with everyone......(or just saying to the deaths.. "your not forgotten")
 
 
Can't believe it...
 
 
this is the 2nd dead friend this month...

Well.. not everybody check's it here 😛 
 
 
But who knows the disbandment will mean a new start as a REAL band. 
 

Also the band was just a session band 😅
Also that's also no wonder... such bands appear and disappear...