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Luy will be the vocalist from now on.
 
They have new pics but I'm on my phone so someone else can post them

can somebody please tell me what the FUCK i'm trying to accomplish by making these
 

Yes, well the Xperia X Performance looks too good to be true. Quad-Core ACTUALLY being used to it's full potential, with Video/Camera capabilities being on point. 3GB of RAM with this CPU is solid memory for the battery life is touting. Current LTE standards are impressive as well.
(DO NOT believe the reviewers at Engadget or anywhere right now)
 
It's basically a solid Japanese" iPhone" running android (WHICH I HATE WITH A PASSION). My last phone was an Ericcson W350i. Thing was more of an MP3 player than a phone lol but it was solid.
 
Sony tends to cater to music aficionados. Which is why their current phones support such large Micro SD card sizes.
Only thing is the price, but that's only because I don't want a contract.

http://www.closetchild-cd.jp/product/51053
 
What the fuck, Yasu? Cumming coming soon to RarezHut...

Yup, I was watching the internet meltdown with great amusement when the rumour first surfaced..
South Park comes out 1 week after that. This completely ruins my schedule. I guess I'll play South Park first, surely it is the shorter game...
 
In other news, details about PS4's 4.00 firmware update have been released.
Yay for folders, improved library organization, ability to view trophies offline, and other UI improvements!
Never mind that this stuff should've been there from day 1.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/08/15/ps4-system-software-4-00-will-feature-folders-ui-refresh-more/
https://www.jp.playstation.com/blog/detail/3499/20160815-ps4.html <-- includes screenshots
 
Custom profile header looks nice. Wish I took more screenshots now.

.. I don't want to keep talking about MiA but
If you watch that video I posted on page 2.. *shrug* I am no expert, but it sure looks like he knows how to play guitar solos, which is way more advanced than "one or two chords". You could claim he is faking it, but those finger movements look pretty hard to fake without actually knowing what he's doing. I would not see the point in training a "guitarist" to fake-play a guitar without actually teaching him how to play a guitar.
 

mia's face makes me uncomfortable

man, schools got weird
when i went to school, music was only played in music class..
 

I actually read that specific interview maybe 4-5 years ago, and that's exactly where I first heard of the ghostwriting stuff. (in fact, it might be the ONLY article/interview about the VK industry I've ever read)
 
Unless I missed something, because I skimmed parts of it, I didn't see anything there that mentions ghost musicians, which is what I've been asking about in this thread.  It did say that typical band members start out as teenage dropouts who want to be rock stars and "want to learn to play guitar", which implies that they are being taught to play their instruments. Maybe.
 
... I suppose I could believe that other people are playing instruments during studio recordings, and the actual band only plays during lives (or mostly dances during lives), which is why lives can sound shitty, which is why I usually ignore the existence of lives.
 
In any case, no one's shown me any concrete proof of it, but I suppose it doesn't really matter to me. I like the studio recordings and the photoshopped images, no matter how "fake" they are. I'm not interested in going to lives, I'm not into meeting band members, and I'm certainly not into stalking them, sending them money, or sucking their dicks.
 
 
... ?? Yes, I know you really hate Mejibray.
I just wanted to point out that, at the very least, MiA appears to be able to play a guitar. Whether or not you think he's good at it is another matter entirely.
I can play a piano. I learned piano for years and years with a bad teacher who didn't train me very well. I do not have a creative bone in my body and cannot write music or improvise, but I can read sheet music. If I was forced to practice it and play it for a living, I could probably perform well enough to impress untrained listeners.

14 September release  

I've only been really into VK since 2010, and I still really love it. I am not likely to "burn out" because I don't listen to songs/albums on repeat, and I still listen to non-VK artists. I also lack the time/willingness to seek out new bands to listen to, so maybe I'm not as exposed to "shitty" bands as others are.. I have a bunch that I like and I tend to stick with them. Even within the limited group of bands I listen to, there are bands with interesting ideas, or great lyrics, or vocalists with really nice/intriguing voices, etc.
 
 
I cannot stand 80s/90s VK though. I haven't liked anything I've heard (full disclosure: I haven't heard very much). A big part of it might be the production values (or, lack of good-quality rips). Modern VK just sounds so much better to me, from a technical quality standpoint.. (and I don't even care if the vocalist has been auto-tuned like hell, as long as it makes them *sound* pleasant enough to my ear.) I also really hate the look of old school VK bands.. the makeup and hair just look bad to me (plus, lack of photoshop). 
 
 
I use too many brackets.

lol
 
here, have a rough translation.
 
"This is Issei of BugLug.
Sorry for making everyone worry about me.
I don't remember anything about the accident, but somehow I am still living.
I want to sing again at ASOVIVA so please give me a little more time.
No matter what happens, I will return.
Thank you."
 
 

lol
<-- Mejibray's drummer is literally my avatar.
 
I know you're joking but
I'm reasonably convinced that Mejibray can play instruments, even if you don't like the sounds that they produce
 
this is the first thing that popped up on youtube
I mean, I guess you could get all conspiracy theorist and say "what if he's just air guitaring"..
Anyway my problems with Mejibray have more to do with the vocals and the usually-bland songwriting.
 
Speaking of songwriting, I have heard accusations that most VK bands don't actually write their own music/lyrics. That's a more believable accusation than "they don't know how to play their instruments".

not sure if it's true that bands don't know how to play, but it's true that some bands choose to not play. I've been to a few taiban where some bands literally put down their instruments and just dance around to their music. One I saw seemed more like a comedy skit than a live
 
In any case, I agree with @ぺるしゃ猫. some bands have a really crazy, borderline dangerous fanbase,  but a lot of bands' fans are harmless. They definitely should've interviewed different bangya, but I guess that wouldn't have made as interesting an article? lol

It's not so much exaggerated as it is rarer cases of the worst side of the scene. This is not every fans experience but I've heard of it all happening over and over again through the years. The website themselves takes things and spins them in a comical or absurd light, so that is important to remember. They picked the horror stories on purpose.

While there are some valid points most of this is turned up to 10. It's exaggerated to the point of no return.
 
Though, I must say, dropping that much on bands? Yeah. It's true. 
 
And of course every band is different. Most people I know have not been attacked at lives. I have had one girl knock into me during mosh because she is possessive but most of the time it's all very civil. It depends on the band though, a grieva fan when moshing slammed into my arm that had a brace on it. 
 
As for gyaku dai, if you are prepared, it generally doesn't hurt that much. If not, what happened to suuu could happen to anyone, especially if the bar isn't padded.
 
I've never really been attacked or felt like I was in danger. I've had my name mentioned or "that foreigner" on tanuki but it was never a big deal. I've never felt a need to hide my social media and never really tried too hard to hide my face in photos. For girls much more heavily involved in the scene tho it is something to consider--the internet bullying.
 
But really there's so much more interesting and great stuff about this scene than "these girls attack you!!" And let's be real: mosh pits in the west are far more dangerous than anything I've witnessed at a vk live. 
 
Shitty musicians exist anywhere. Musicians who sleep with fans exist anywhere. 

It does seem interesting, I'll give it that. Set a whole day aside where it's just you, the game, and a beautiful TV display with the lights off, and I have no doubt that you can let your imagination go wild.
 
Only problem is: with the already huge list I have to still finish, and the games I've already preordered come next month, this game will only be bought and sit for a looong time before I can actually get to playing it.
 
So I agree, if it were $20-30 for this, I'd totally bite. By the time I can actually purchase it, it might just be lol.

lol
 
here, have a rough translation.
 
"This is Issei of BugLug.
Sorry for making everyone worry about me.
I don't remember anything about the accident, but somehow I am still living.
I want to sing again at ASOVIVA so please give me a little more time.
No matter what happens, I will return.
Thank you."
 
 

lol
 
here, have a rough translation.
 
"This is Issei of BugLug.
Sorry for making everyone worry about me.
I don't remember anything about the accident, but somehow I am still living.
I want to sing again at ASOVIVA so please give me a little more time.
No matter what happens, I will return.
Thank you."
 
 

These phrases frequently appear in my thoughts
 
痛っっっってぇぇぇ
なんだそれ?
五月蠅ぇぇぇ
うぜぇぇぇ
えぇぇ…
嫌嫌嫌嫌嫌嫌嫌
 
as you can see, I am frequently annoyed by things

These phrases frequently appear in my thoughts
 
痛っっっってぇぇぇ
なんだそれ?
五月蠅ぇぇぇ
うぜぇぇぇ
えぇぇ…
嫌嫌嫌嫌嫌嫌嫌
 
as you can see, I am frequently annoyed by things

lol
 
here, have a rough translation.
 
"This is Issei of BugLug.
Sorry for making everyone worry about me.
I don't remember anything about the accident, but somehow I am still living.
I want to sing again at ASOVIVA so please give me a little more time.
No matter what happens, I will return.
Thank you."
 
 

lol
 
here, have a rough translation.
 
"This is Issei of BugLug.
Sorry for making everyone worry about me.
I don't remember anything about the accident, but somehow I am still living.
I want to sing again at ASOVIVA so please give me a little more time.
No matter what happens, I will return.
Thank you."
 
 

whens this next single coming out? its due next month but no details yet!!! i came here just to necro this cuz i listened to akane by accident and for whatever reason im madly in love with it HALP