colorful人生

Sounds great, but....

WHAT DID THEY DO TO DRiVE O_O.

Sii sounds even more out of tune xD.

Re:Re:Re & Hide and Seek sound pretty cool :D.

PENTAGON GOT 5 SIDES Y'ALL

From what I've shown to friends of mine (in the U.S) it's either one of the following:

1. Language Barrier ("I can't listen to it w/o understanding the lyrics" or "The language sounds "weird") [Totally understandable BTW]

2. Any guy who wears makeup/cross dresses/etc. is automatically gay (More specific to VK)

3. Your interest in Japanese pop culture was supposed to be short-lived fad from your teenage years ("You're still listening to anime music?"/ ASSIMILATE PLZ)

4. It's simply not my taste [Again, totally understandable]

...and something actually interesting to talk about....

5. The melodies are "cheesy".

Idk if this has been mentioned before, but whether it's the preconceived notions they get from watching idol groups or anime songs; "cheesy" gets brought up a lot.

Since I'm not really versed in Music Theory, I can't explain this very well... This first comment from "nonotan" does though (to some extent):

https://www.reddit.com/r/musictheory/comments/2e5v76/what_makes_some_japanese_music_sound_japanese/

( Also reaffirmed my love of DeBussy ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) )

Now, w/ idol groups and certain J-pop artists (who cater to a certain demographic) it makes sense for them to be "cheesy" (your "Pretty Cure" openings will never be edgy =P).

Cheesiness can also be applicable visually, so many can find a lot of VK MVs to be really cheesy (additionally dependent on taste). 

However, I've seen this comment with less flashy, run-of-the-mill J-artists and more importantly, instrumentals/OSTs. 

I can't really delve into more since my knowledge is limited w/ this topic, but I just found #5 to be an interesting take on all of this.

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Also

6. YO JAPANESE MUSIC R SHIT CUZ OF PEARL HARBOR & THEY GOT FUCKED UP BY THE NUKES.

(Very, very, uncommon lol. Though that Women's World Cup (soccer/futbol/football) win caused a shit-ton of comments like that xD. People are strange)

I should also clarify, as someone who as experienced this, this situation will only happen if your library is WITHIN Itunes and you're using Apple Music IN CONJUNCTION w/ Cloud services activated (which the individual who wrote the article alluded to w/ the "cloud icon".) The cloud is also automatically activated, but I did turn it off initially...

Itunes takes liberties to make your collection "easily accessible" over the cloud and locally, which can mean lowering the bitrate in some cases. Apple Music's recognition also is not always up to par either when it comes to recognizing metadata, so mix-ups can occur. 

but...

I have yet to experience a situation where I couldn't access my files locally w/o wifi even w/ an ended subscription (which happened once since my Itunes JP balance ran out.)

...

Seems like I ended up a victim of this as well.

I noticed when modifying metadata on recently imported tracks (w/ artists I already had), I couldn't get certain albums/singles in their respective spots. Come to find out a good chunk of my library has been uploaded to the cloud (I also unintentionally made it worse sharing my library between both my PCs via. said cloud.) While It looks like I haven't lost anything, apparently I only have 111 GB in my Music folder v. the 124 GB stated on the status bar. 

Fortunately, I still have mainly 320 rips, and backups of my collection in both my Ipod Classic (which I haven't synced in months =P) and Google's Cloud (although I should take caution w/ that as well.)

Apple Music is a great service when it comes to listening to artists that do midnight releases (up to the label.)

That being said, I'm probably going to actively backup my tracks to my secondary drive and start using MusicBee again.

Gratz Apple, you now have a bunch of VK rarez xD.

Looks like vine works too =P

I just randomly clicked this since I got notified that Mi'ihen randomly clicked this, and I have no regrets. After watching the PV I'm HOOKED [2]

(I have no idea why I wasn't subscribed to SiM's label o_o) I like the Echosmith-y, PVRIS sound, and the vocalist bounces back and forth between languages really well *_*.

o_o

I've enjoyed their recent material so I'm quite shocked.

I hope REDMAN is still a thing (?)

O M G

I LOVE IT

ALL OF IT

SHOGO MIZUKI TWINSIES

11 minutes ago, hiroki said:

going out to drink at 1am cuz @Mi'ihen said something that gave me insomnia T_T

 

Holy shit, lol. HIROKI WITH THE MASSIVE SWAG

LOOKIN FRESH BOI

To think that someone I trusted and respected as a professor FOR 3 SEMESTERS (for one of my favorite subjects btw), turns out to be the absolute scum of the earth...
I'm seething with anger, but luckily he gets kicked the hell out of my uni. after this apparent investigation is over...

Hell, I'm being optimistic, considering he teaches 4/6 classes for the major... I'm glad the department is pushing for different professors though.

Just now, hiroki said:

 

sadly purple stone isn't participating in the album.. they're just there for the live (which is kinda... weird)

 

anyway i'm excited for blesscode, follow, astaria, RiR

Oops misread that, lol

Hyped for RiR and Follow tho

Purple Stone, FV, ASTARIA, and BLESSCODE *_*. Totally pre-ordering this.

IT'S HAPPENING. I CAN LEARN CODE FROM THE 2D WOMENZ

*dying*

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...but Pinocchio is not growing b/c he's a doll (and will never be a real boy.)

In the meantime,  Schrodinger's Cat is using Pinocchio as a scratch post, and being isolated in a closed system, low on oxygen.

The cat succumbs to its oxygen deprivation, and now you have a dead cat and a wooden doll in a box, DO YOU FEEL HAPPY NOW?!

Rest in Purple, Prince

I'm also on team Ran, since I'm not that big of a Kaya fan.

While RoNoCro is my favorite band in this list, Minami's vocals were super pitch-shifted at times.

I love my squeak-kei, but Ran is a stellar vocalist. 

I'm acting of half-bias here, tbh Kaya would win hands down if I judged "solely on vocals".

@Trombe posts in K-pop general :O.

*waves hands toward face*

 

Fuckin straya m8

wat [2]

So far this season I'm watching:

- Gakusen Toshi Asterisk S2

- Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge

- Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta

- Shounen Maid

- Kuma Miko

- Flying Witch

I also just binged and finished both Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance & Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut, which were your typical battle harem series... They were ok I guess.

Asterisk S2 is a touch better, but still kinda meh. Netoge resonates too much w/ me since I used to be a diehard mmorpg guy. Flying Witch and Tanaka-kun are super lax and are enjoyable with a nice cup of coffee/tea. Kuma Miko and Shounen Maid are just adorable. 

I need to pick up Re:Zero, Mayoiga (I liked Another), and Koutetsujou no Kabaneri.

Hundred looks to be another battle harem, I'll probably watch it when it finishes airing and the reviews come in. 

I was trying to find out what prof. gif would match with my cover photo, and now I'm suddenly rocking ghost avatars.

While it's not Halloween yet, I'm totally sticking with these until I run out of ideas.

Behold, the Keiya ghost I made in Piskel (adapted from a previous design)

~boo~

I personally find the fat arm one hilarious, but if anyone wants the slightly cleaned up versions, they're in the spoilers.

  THIS IS AMAZING, OMG! THIS IS MY PROUDEST MOMENT.

9 minutes ago, yakihiko said:

 

This could be an emotion on MH with "Para pls" as typo x'D

Mods?

Fuma disapproves of your spooky antics.