colorful人生

@colorfuljinsei
 
funnily enough, i used to think the limitation was with LEZARD's composers cos the great majority of lime-era songs followed the same percussive style that matched the high-pitched chest voice, but sora basically demonstrated that lime was the problem. who would have thought... ._.
 
i'm not bashing lime cos he's obv technically very gifted. i was a fan of early LEZARD and i still have fond memories of their songs. but imo sora stretched LEZARD's repertoire to places where they could never have gone with lime.

kizu-stans are out to get you now, haha
 
侍アバンギャルド has me agreeing w/ you on this one. LEZARD has def. started to reach their full potential w/ Sora. The band isn't as "one-note" as they used to be w/ Lime...which brings us to Kizu.
 
IMO Kizu is exhibiting the same problem old-LEZARD had, just w/ nu-DeG flare. I think when everyone starts to shake off the nostalgia goggles, disinterest is going to set in. Though, I was never interested in "that" style band, so others see it differently.
 
It's all personal preference I guess. LEZARD's electro-kei doesn't appeal to everybody, as well.

good headphones kill the budget-kei
 
I have to switch to my "fun-cans" (modded SHP9500s with Alpha Pads) that color the sound enough to make shit mixing enjoyable. 

also source material for what's easily the best vid on the internet

NHK World's (which was offered as a PBS channel where I went to college) "Begin Japanology" series is probably one of the best sleep aids ever, not because it's boring, but how oddly therapeutic the episodes are. Peter Barakan's voice + really smooth shots & transitions makes for some fascinating material. 

also source material for what's easily the best vid on the internet

r.i.p flamingditto69

r.i.p flamingditto69

VK:  POIDOL - AQUA BLUE, ドレミ・ファ - 御伽曲第88番, and everything from HAKLO this year.
J-Pop: Lamp - Her Watch and odol - 時間と距離と僕らの旅 (probably their album on 10.24 tho)
C/T-pop: Crowd Lu - 幾分之幾
K-pop:  GFRIEND - Time for the Moon Night
Jazz: Submotion Orchestra - Kites
Rap: Saba - Care for Me
Other: George Clanton - Slide, Roex - Dissension, and DÉ DÉ MOUSE - be yourself
 
Honorable Song Mentions: 
LOOΠΔ - Stylish
ELRIS - Summer Dream
PRISTIN V - Get It
-真天地開闢集団-ジグザグ - あっぱれ珍道中
Neverland - HOWL

access to recording equipment and daw's has totally changed the game. i think so much of the 'old indie' sound has credit due to the last era of straightforward recording techniques, before drum triggers, melodyne, and softsynths became the new staples of record production.
 
it hurts the most when i hear a new band who's got something interesting going on creatively, but its packaged in this gloss of fake drums, self-recorded and surgeon-ed production. atleast the cheap recordings of decades before had an essence of life and passion to them. maybe thats hopeless nostalgia....

Agreed with colorfuljinsei about the synthesizers. Don't get me wrong, I love when a band incorporates lush synths, but the majority of 2010s VK that uses synth always seem to resort to that grating, cheap sounding synth like this. Lots of bands (Royz, anfiel, LONDBOY, i.Rias, 0.1gの誤算, and maaaany more) are guilty of it and it's an immediate turn-off for me.

As much as I like the current scene, I do think there's been an over-reliance on software synthesizers. When I use the term "over-reliance", I refer to softsynths being used as a crutch instead of an asset. I wish that budget bands embraced more traditional methods than trying to half-ass their way through default plugins (...but that requires talent :V).
 
Though, I will say that any sound, including this one, is subject to being called "generic" when it's used a lot. Idk, I guess it's just a product of the times. 

As much as I like the current scene, I do think there's been an over-reliance on software synthesizers. When I use the term "over-reliance", I refer to softsynths being used as a crutch instead of an asset. I wish that budget bands embraced more traditional methods than trying to half-ass their way through default plugins (...but that requires talent :V).
 
Though, I will say that any sound, including this one, is subject to being called "generic" when it's used a lot. Idk, I guess it's just a product of the times. 

As much as I like the current scene, I do think there's been an over-reliance on software synthesizers. When I use the term "over-reliance", I refer to softsynths being used as a crutch instead of an asset. I wish that budget bands embraced more traditional methods than trying to half-ass their way through default plugins (...but that requires talent :V).
 
Though, I will say that any sound, including this one, is subject to being called "generic" when it's used a lot. Idk, I guess it's just a product of the times. 

As much as I like the current scene, I do think there's been an over-reliance on software synthesizers. When I use the term "over-reliance", I refer to softsynths being used as a crutch instead of an asset. I wish that budget bands embraced more traditional methods than trying to half-ass their way through default plugins (...but that requires talent :V).
 
Though, I will say that any sound, including this one, is subject to being called "generic" when it's used a lot. Idk, I guess it's just a product of the times. 

As much as I like the current scene, I do think there's been an over-reliance on software synthesizers. When I use the term "over-reliance", I refer to softsynths being used as a crutch instead of an asset. I wish that budget bands embraced more traditional methods than trying to half-ass their way through default plugins (...but that requires talent :V).
 
Though, I will say that any sound, including this one, is subject to being called "generic" when it's used a lot. Idk, I guess it's just a product of the times. 

@colorfuljinsei don't fight me he's the one who said "vividol"

*trades left arm* We get 3 more fans and we'll have Exodia!
What I'd do for actual recordings of little snow, JUMP, shuffle, etc.
 
I'm stoked that Yoshito has been active on twitter again tho :D. He rehearsed for Ena/Naoto's birthday live and they've been hanging out a lot, so I'm hoping he returns to the scene someday. 

Apparently Natsu was in poor physical condition and pulled one of those disappearing acts. https://www.vkdb.jp/NEWS_4831#gsc.tab=0. He hasn't tweeted on his acc. since Oct 2013 https://twitter.com/neverlandnatu.
 
Simply put, we don't know.

I gotchu. Give me a day and I'll post in the discog forum.

It's a lot more complicated than that. Someone could just re-post a bunch of old material, and if they had to be new, unique releases not already on the forum the overlap would be ridiculous. This discussion has happened year after year, and the same conclusion is reached. Those uploading on the DL forum need to understand their stuff WILL SPREAD. You can append as many warnings as you want, they're useless. 
 
The club function on the forum is underused. If anyone wants to share privately amongst individuals w/ the same taste, perhaps that is an option for you?
 
 

Personally, I delete my uploads after about a week and I don't publish anything I don't want to see spread, so for me it's a non-issue. Was just brainstorming for other users^^

It's a lot more complicated than that. Someone could just re-post a bunch of old material, and if they had to be new, unique releases not already on the forum the overlap would be ridiculous. This discussion has happened year after year, and the same conclusion is reached. Those uploading on the DL forum need to understand their stuff WILL SPREAD. You can append as many warnings as you want, they're useless. 
 
The club function on the forum is underused. If anyone wants to share privately amongst individuals w/ the same taste, perhaps that is an option for you?
 
 

If you post it on the DL forum it's going somewhere, end of story. If you don't want it on a blog, just don't post anything...or post the whole thing to YouTube. That way you can hear people complain on here about "shitty YouTube rips". 
 
I used to be completely anal about it... "Credit me!" "Don't repost for 10 days!", etc. etc. It doesn't matter. At this point you just gotta...
 

If you post it on the DL forum it's going somewhere, end of story. If you don't want it on a blog, just don't post anything...or post the whole thing to YouTube. That way you can hear people complain on here about "shitty YouTube rips". 
 
I used to be completely anal about it... "Credit me!" "Don't repost for 10 days!", etc. etc. It doesn't matter. At this point you just gotta...