Forum - View topicNeed Advice About J-Music
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kopiikat
Posts: 29 Location: a realm of subtitles and bad dubbing |
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Hey all,
As the Japanese representative of the East Asian Studies Student Advisory Board at my college, a few of my friends and I have planned a J-Rock concert as one of our Japanese events. As of yet, the practices seem to be going well, and everything having to do with the band will probably be great. However... The band will probably only be able to play around 8 songs. This would make for a very short concert. Because of that, we were planning to do some sort of karaoke thing and a dance afterwards. I've been struggling with trying to find appropriate music though. I know there is plenty of hip-hop that would probably be popular, but I can't seem to get a hold of much. Plus, I would prefer it to be non-stop so we can play about 3 CDs that will last us from around 11:00 to 1:00 or 2:00. I also personally have a lot of eurobeat, but I don't have much in Japanese. All I really know of are the Ayumi remixes, which are good but there's a little too much Ayumi in them, and the J-Euro Nonstop Best CD. I had thought J-Euro would have been good, but when I listened to it again, I realized that Winnie the Pooh was in it, and I'm not sure how many people would actually stick around and take that song seriously... In any case, does anyone know much about J-music and have any suggestions for us? It wouldn't necessarily have to be non-stop and I'm open to mixing music styles. I need something with pretty universal appeal, or at least something that people won't immediately think is terrible. (Perhaps that rules out eurobeat...) |
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Tony K.
 SubscriberModerator  Posts: 11446 Location: Frisco, TX |
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Welcome to the forum kopiickat-san.
Your topic seems like a very interesting idea. However, I'm a little confused by what you're looking for in "J-Music." I'm actually not all that well-versed in any firsthand knowledge of it, but I know a little bit about it in terms of J-pop and J-rock within the anime world (very little, mind you,) but I'd like to help you in any way I can to help spread the greatness that is Japanese music. As for what kind of music you could play, there are a lot of anime songs or songs by famous people who perform anime songs, which sometimes can categorize them as general J-pop/J-rock artists. That might work, but not knowing your background in it, I find it difficult to really give suggestions at the moment until I know a little more about what you're looking for. I don't want to just throw out random names of songs I like just because I like them. Are you having a live band, DJ, both, or something else? There are a lot of good songs out there, in my opninon, but I'm hesitant in how I think your audience might accept it when they actually hear it. Ah well, sorry if I'm not a big help right now, but I just want to proceed delicately. 
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sacchan
Posts: 277 Location: Okinawa, Japan |
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Why don't you try songs by B'z, L'arc en ciel, Shiina Ringo, or Mr. Children? I don't think you can go wrong with those. Maybe you can try their "best" collection albums.
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littlegreenwolf
 Posts: 4796 Location: Seattle, WA |
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Yokan, one of Dir en Grey's poppy songs, if very nice and... bouncy. Don't think that'd be a bad choice.
Then of course there's always Hikaru Utada stuff. Last edited by littlegreenwolf on Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:49 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Godaistudios
Posts: 2075 Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment) |
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With what's been mentioned above, you probably should consider Puffy AmiYumi as well. Considering they've also had CD's released in North America, it will mean that if people like the music, their music will be more readily accessible to buy it.
And of course, since Hikaru Utada was mentioned, it is good for the same reason. IIRC, her first U.S. release is coming out fairly soon. |
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kopiikat
Posts: 29 Location: a realm of subtitles and bad dubbing |
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We're having a live band, but those songs are already set. They're mostly J-Rock and include Dir en Grey, L'arc~en~Ciel, Gackt, Do As Infinity, etc. What I need is music for a dance afterwards.
I'm not lacking in Japanese music myself... but what I need is something that I don't really have much of: music to which Americans will be willing to dance. I personally would enjoy dancing to a lot of types of Japanese music, from J-Rock to Morning Musume-type pop, but I don't think that would be particularly popular, especially with college-age kids. While we're hoping they like the J-Rock concert, it's not really something you can dance to. It's one think to go to a concert, it's another to actually have to dance. People will only dance to what they're comfortable dancing to. With that in mind, I hope you all keep coming up with suggestions! |
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Tony K.
Subscriber Moderator Posts: 11446 Location: Frisco, TX |
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Ooh. Sorry, I'm not a big dancer, so my knowledge on dance music is pretty limited.
But if you're willing to think about it, how about a Dance Dance Revolution soundtrack? True, it's more of a rhythm dance to some kind of particular beat, but I'm sure there are some really good remixes out there that you could use for dance parties. It's the only thing I can think of that makes me think "dance club." And top of that, there's like, over a dozen of these soundtracks, although I don't think many are available in the U.S yet, so it might end up not working out. Sorry for my ignorance in J-music, but I hope this helps a little!
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sacchan
Posts: 277 Location: Okinawa, Japan |
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Dance? Then what about Amuro Namie? If you try her older songs, she used to do some Euro beat.
Others you might think about (including some older groups) are MAX, Da Pump, SPEED, BOA, EXILE, TRF, and ZOO. |
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Sword of Whedon
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If you want hip-hop/urban Tofu Records just put out a compilation album called Neo Soul
http://www.tofurecords.com |
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Hotaru
Posts: 481 Location: NY |
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[EDIT - URL contains WMA's which probably aren't legitimate.. -C]
scroll down at bit to the pop dance/dance section. plenty to choose from. |
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ahrog
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I stopped reading your post halfway through, as was apparently the style at the time. I also know almost nothing about J-pop, dance music, or other kinds of music, but I was just thinking that a Japanese eurobeat version of Winnie the Pooh would be TOTALLY RAD and/or TO THE MAXX. If you have anything like that, be sure not to overlook it.
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ANN_Bamboo
ANN Contributor
 Posts: 3904 Location: CO |
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Kopiikat, might I suggest M-Flo and Kick the Can Crew? The former blends hip-hop and pop which might work for some of the slower songs. The latter is one of my personal favorites. Kick the Can Crew is primarily a hip-hop group that is best known for their song "Sayonara Sayonara." Style-wise, their songs have a breakdance feel to them. As for other varieties of music, you could try some of Luna Sea's music (ex: "Tonight"), which has a distinct punk feel to it. The problem, as you've already found out, with trying out J-Euro music is that most of it sounds like DDR and Para Para music, which people might not be too familiar with. But as a last resort, if all else fails in the world, you'd be surprised how well college students will respond to a DDR/PPP non-stop mix. |
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