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  1. Well I started off...as every black kid usually does...just listening to rap and RnB music....but then I guess it sophmore year of high school, I heard "Pardon Me" by Incubus and that song alone changed my views on music! I was like "holy f*ck! a DJ in this rock group! This song kicks total a**" ...not that they were the first to do it. Just the first that actually did it the way I liked it at the time. From then on, I just dived hugely into different types of rock genres...

     

    Then, my musical style changed again when I went to Otakon 04' and saw L' arc en Ciel. I was like "I have no idea what he's saying, BUT this music is just speaking to me!" I finally started getting a sense of music outside of 'Merica! So those are my two biggest changing points musically.


  2. I usually do a track by track, but I don't have much to say about any individual song. Byou singing as the years go on turn me off more and more. It started after Duality. I feel his vocal limited range is just not good for these songs and he always sounds so like breathy...like he's out of air (I think someone mentioned something of that nature above too). This album isn't bad at all overall, but nothing truly great is on this album except maybe Red Thread and like 2 others. I will say that for every cool thing that happens in each song, there is something that sets it back (usually Byou's vocals).

     

    Highlights -

    Red Thread

    death candle (a better ballad than Teardrop)

    DEVESTATED LAND

     

    Low Light -

    EVERYTHING'S A LITTLE CRAZY RIGHT NOW.

     

    Everything else falls somewhere in the middle.

     

    3/5


  3. It seems to me ever since high school I branch out and become obsessed with a certain type of music every 2 years or so...I was the typical black guy liking only rap and RnB...then around my junior year, I got heavy into rock music especially punk: AFI, Zebrahead, Bad Religion, Alkaline Trio, etc, etc....when I got to freshmen year of college, I got really obsessed with jpop thanks to Ayumi Hamasaki, Amuro Namie, Utada Hikaru, mflo....when I got to my junior year of college it was NOTHING but jrock-ed out, Gazette, Dir en Grey, Asian Kung Fu Generation, Art School, etc...after college, I got into a huge techno dance phase....then after that, I got back into american music and was obsessed with post-hardcore music...now here I am in the midst of my kpop craze. lol...I guess I've never really taken a "break" really, but I have gone through obsessive years with just certain genres...


  4. No particular order.

     

    1. XtripX (FINALLY BACK YEAH!)

    2. UNITE

    3. Vistlip

    4. the Gazette

    5. Mejibray

    6. Nocturnal Bloodlust

    7. Dir en Grey (though I don't like everything they do, I like their creativity)

    8. Sadie

    9. DOPPEL

    10. Royz

     

    #1 is totally Nocturnal Bloodlust...I wake up and go to bed to "SPhere" almost everyday lol


  5. ^

    This band and solo artist are on the opposite side of the spectrum then Akado...I think they actually visually did a good job looking VK (Well the second video---that look with him sitting in the chair is kind bad, but his other stalker look is good), BUT their songs are horrid...especially that first example (WTF was that random chorus?)...Akado looks like crap, but they actually seem like good musicians. I wish these bands could find a balance without sacrificing anything...Psycho Phobia's look with Akado's music, I think I could actually get into it... I will, however, check out some of more Akado's music though...


  6. Firstly... Sora and I are girls... =_=# I've never had issues with being a girl... O.o

    Secondly... Do you guys think that doing an online collaboration would mean having a less hard time finding members?

     

    Didn't say you did...all I was saying is that girls usually in the band get pushed to just being vocals which is sad. It's always cool to see girls playing instruments...sorry for digressing from the subject...

     

    The online colab could work, the problem is no one is usually full force about it. No one seems to take it seriously and eventually it just fizzles out without any results. As long as people are determined to do it, it could work...but it's just hard to keep it going...


  7. I play bass, but I move from NYC to NM for school, so I wouldn't be much help. I'm also a chick, and that tends to lead to a big fat "NO" for most people. Alas.

    Awww....lol. I'd take you into a band with me! It's always refreshing to see a female play an instrument instead of just being a singer in the band. Alas, you are too far away too.... :(


  8. I think another contributing factor is you either need to go all out if you're going to do an alternative VK/goth style. If you half ass it, you'll always look like bad. Though this coming from someone that doesn't dress up or do fashion but that's one of the reasons I don't dress up and be fashionable haha. I just don't have the energy or interests to really go all out with a fun and funky fashion and will half ass it and will then of course look really bad LOL. 

     

    Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, I been trying to find this Moi dix mois cover band with a bunch of nerdy kids playing with cardboard instruments. However I think it's just a fan PV but it's still pretty bad. Don't think that counts then but it's pretty funny. They're probably just having fun but I would have made the video unlisted.

     

    I guess I can contribute AKADO

     

    http://youtu.be/Q3jRO2DO_3o

     

    I actually like this. But I don't like the Visual Kei style presented here. Just don't like the way they dress. ALso, freeze frame on some of the vocalist's facial expressions. THEY ARE HILARIOUS! Like 2:09...most of his screaming faces are funny.

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