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I checked out 少年記 because I saw Mi'ihen pushing them, so I was like, oh okay, I am really feeling that Gazelle song. Maybe another one of my current favorites is Theatre by ViViD, I am always coming back to that. Or Butterfly Dreamer, or Point of View, both by DIV. As for Non-Japanese I like 「Closer」 by Tegan and Sara, kinda not my style, but I always followed them since their debut, because their first release had a review in RIDE BMX magazine and I used to listen to whatever they reviewed... So good memories of these groups whenever I get to go riding. As for changing things in my favorite songs, its not my style to think like that so I just enjoy for what I see it as.

17 pages later... never even made it far into the double digits... 四

Nice, I especially like the two chars holding hands, really well done and cohesive look.

Oh whoops, haha, I meant Deadend, Reload as you probably know was the name of the old band, dunno how I mixed that up.

Diary is probably first place, second is Reload. I usually put them on in a certain mood, and let the albums play, but those two are really good for me to listen to on their own, so they get the most play, I am more attracted to catchy songs with lots of hooks when I am going through my library.

That is cool. Since they already planned this before D.I.D. unfortunately lost Akane, I wonder if this band has a better chance at a full time deal with DC, or if they will bring in both this band if successful, and another new band, or if D.I.D. members are kept on contract to find a new band. Many possibilities. Now I look forward to the MJO album and the Eastern compilation.

Very good post, I like how it stayed in the middle ground and took an objective view. To me, the part quoted is what I feel may be simple, but most important for the community and even the industry. 'If I love the product enough, I will buy it.' And 'If the fans love the product enough they will buy it.' If the int'l community treats it this way, and if the industry can see this way working.

Wow, looks like they and the label did a really good job with the European tour, cool to see it get so much coverage on Youtube and get the feeling that there is communication with the fans.

Very, very good post Rsasai. You made many points in a well composed way, and provided a wealth of information. I truly appreciate you taking the time to write that out, and look forward to seeing more of your posts in the future. I have made my stance on the issue somewhat clear ( I write in stream-of-thought most of the time, but I hope everyone can bear that). But I think people keep undermining the value of actual cd sales, which I believe to be the actual measure of `stock` in a band. Even if all funds dont go to the artist, they go to the production of the works, the advertisement, the printing of the cd`s, and the future budget of the bands endeavours. I am still personally thinking over the best way for bands to distribute. I like your idea of an online shop with lossless, and it would be amazing if labels banded together to get a service such as this, or even a streaming service or subscription service where you pay a monthly fee, and additional revenue is generated by ads, etc... Though I am still unsure of how much money could be made by the subscriptions and ads, and if it can equal or exceed what cd sales would generate. This is just some dreaming that I like to do. As for iTunes, it is better than nothing, always, but I still dislike the quality, and I know the prices they charge do not equal cd sale revenue, or support the current system VK and other areas survive off of. But at the same time, I wonder if there really is a solution, or if we will always have to deal with their being the have`s and have-not`s of society that either can buy, and enjoy, or can`t. Also, I sometimes feel lonely in my stance of truly loving and being on the sides of the artists, as cynical thoughts, disrespect, and nit-picking towards the art and artists seems to permeate the structure of our modern societies.I go to various places for talking about my love of things such as music, wrestling, movies, etc... And it seems like everything is overwhelming negative, and I cant help but understand why the whole system is built around pleasing fan-girls, as well as all other obsessive fan-types, and marks. However, please understand that I value everyones opinions and take note of all of them, and take all serious replies for the same worth, good or bad.

Hello, These are some of my favorite sketches that I always keep around for motivation / inspiration. I don`t set out to draw anything anime / manga styled, but this is how I see things and how things come out when I just draw people. I have studied realistic styles, and anatomy when I was young, but now I like to play around and make things different, like different faces, wide shoulders, slim waists, etc... None of these are `finished` drawings, I just sketch for five minutes or less until I get the outline of what I want. I have not drawn much in a while because I have many other things to do, hopefully posting these motivates me to get back to doing another thing I love. But most of all I just hope you enjoy looking, I share because I see many great creators here and enjoy seeing your stuff as well.

Nice, I have loved their recent releases, and always appreciate Resistar making it so I only have to buy one to get all songs.

Yeah, it depends on the song. One example for me would be Girugamesh's MONSTER album, I downloaded an mp3 before my cd arrived, and it was hard to enjoy at higher volumes, or during a dense track with sharp highs and crunchy guitar like ANOTHER WAY, at first I was worried that the album wasnt recorded, mastered etc that well, but when I listened to a flac rip and then ripped my own it sounded a lot better. But then there is stuff like some DIV releases where the range fits well into 256, 320 etc... In the end there is always a trade-off when buying digital in one form or another, some greater than others. We dont have perfect solutions, and neither do record labels atm, but atm I think the bitrate issue represents a minority in the debate, as I do not know that many people that actually know or care about audio quality. Physical sales goods in Japan are still driven by the actual physical existence, presentation and value of psychological fulfillment it brings to a customer. Digital sales are not as popular and our opinions on bitrate are not visibly presented to labels or digital service providers in any case. I dont think people on one end know or see the value in the opinions against the statements made by NB, and I also think people on the other end are writing off what they said, and I personally think that as the creators themselves they should always be able to voice their opinions and feelings about how their product is being used, even if people dont agree. I would rather they speak up and keep the issue on the table rather than us all pretending that whenever you even search an album or single name downloads dont pop up.

Not even close to on-topic, can you please either post that in another forum or PM each other pics of your boyfriends instead? Thank you.

I always had problems, and found the video playback had issues such as reduced quality, random artefacts, low frame rates, inability to handle excessive loads, etc... I also had issues with subtitles, and found the audio was low quality in many cases. Then it had trouble with Matroska video types, as well as codecs interfering with other codecs, and vobsub not running smoothly with my custom made subs. That's just me though. I used MPC btw with some codec pack, either CCCP or the other popular one.

It's 2014, people with mental disorders or issues aren't 'freaks'.

That sucks so bad in so many ways, but I want to stay positive and hope 茜 comes back. He was a really unique entity, and a void will be left in his absence. They made lots of awesome music, I hope to hear them again someday.

Cool, nice to meet you. What are some bands you like?

I feel like the conspiracy theories are gonna start rolling in, but I am guessing he is able to play a lighter schedule part time with session bands and friends, rather than being a full time musician drumming all day everyday. If anything it shows he actually loves VK and playing, rather than giving it up completely which would be disappointing. Just my opinion.

Not sure if I agree with this yet. Market fluctuations always happen, and Japan is a country with over 90 percent of its music bought physically. Their digital files have not shown considerable.growth, so why should they push the move to a digital platform that is lower quality, against their cultural and artisanal values, and go from selling different versions of a physical good at larger profit margins, for one version of a much cheaper digital version which also erodes their brick and mortar economy. As for piracy, it is different from a Japanese persepective as outsiders are basically telling them they have to face piracy when piracy is very sparce in their territory. Most of the files I see being grabbed are Japanese products being uploaded by foreigners anyway. I think it is a complex issue and attaching foreign values or blueprints to it is not the best way to go, especially when Japan's music industry is still a giant, and supports an unbelievable amount of acts in any case.

They are pushing it with the versions now, but like usual I will pick up the two versions with unique songs. Nice to see they seem to have healthy one-man's going. I want to see them.