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As far as I know CDJ, YesAsia, and HMV don't offer online gift vouchers anymore. But I think Amazon does. Thanks so much for the feedback. I really appreciate it!

ahh, that makes sense now, because i would have liked to see more variety of gift vouchers from different music sites like cdjapan for example. otherwise, i'm not sure what else would make good prizes.

I'll definitely take your comments into consideration for the future. What kind of prizes would have been better? One of the main problems (for me anyway) is barely any music sites offer internet gift vouchers anymore. 

also, just another opinion of mine, but i personally didn't feel too excited about the prizes, so i didn't feel entirely enthusiastic about entering either. hope that helps for the future maybe?

i'd love to participate next time if there's another opportunity in the future~ ^^
i think it depends on people, but i feel that if participants want to make a full costume it would require at least two months to prepare because:
1) it gives them time to think about who/what to cosplay.
2) some may need to order materials online which takes time when you have to wait for them to arrive .
3) some might make their own costumes from scratch, which takes a lot of time and effort, and even trial and errors.
but well, this is just my opinion from past cosplays i've done. it's different for everyone, and it also really depends on who/what people want to cosplay as. some cosplays might require more time than others to make. ^^

They're apparently working with the guitarist of rammstein as well

Ah man... memories. ( ;~; ) And scans. No one scans magazines anymore. 

bring back those old-ass mp3 rotation websites too
yknow, the ones that would upload like 3 new songs a week or something

Now if only people could take all that energy and use it to post news in the news section instead of just sitting around qq'ing!

...ha ha.

#teamtokage

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Welcome to the insanity!

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Damn it I hope my stuff arrives in time would be a shame to miss this D:

They have a ton of energy! You should check them out sometime if you can.
 
LOL. No problems here. We can pool our resources. XD PS If you have cute Chitose cheki let me know. ♥

Glad you enjoyed yourself!! I haven't seen them live before but I heard they're always fantastic.
 
Also if you don't mind me shamelessly hijacking your status update: if anyone's looking for shia chekis in particular i'm selling a ton of them XD

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

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

I'm no virtuoso to be sure but when I first started I learned a lot of 3 chord punk songs, or big 4 chord pop progressions. I did learn how to read tabs but that's really it. I was never out to be a lead guitarist though, I only picked it up to fill in rhythm in the bands I was in or to write basic melodies for demos. So if you're looking for higher level expertise I can only recommend youtube for some free lessons because you can find basically everything there. That's where I go to figure out something that stumps me and have it explained. 

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.

It feels like it came up so soon. Have fun, enjoy it for the rest of us! ;^;

thank you!! I definitely will

They played 4 hours. So many songs.