Music career in japan - Page 2

noonboy · (#11 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by HinataUchiha

Ok, i know absolutely nothing about starting a band, nor how to play any instrument at all. but i've always dreamed of being in a metal band. i'm going to learn an instrument soon, but my parents could never afford it. anyway, I love Japan and always wanted to go there for a week or two.......or a couple hundred lol
Good luck, though!

one day we will. i can handle drums. i love jp to but you more

Yuusuke · (#12 (**permalink**))

Me and my friends are trying to make a j-rock band lol.

lol and were 4 black kids and a white drummer. I wonder if that will work X_X

Yuusuke · (#13 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by HinataUchiha

Ok, i know absolutely nothing about starting a band, nor how to play any instrument at all. but i've always dreamed of being in a metal band. i'm going to learn an instrument soon, but my parents could never afford it. anyway, I love Japan and always wanted to go there for a week or two.......or a couple hundred lol
Good luck, though!

depends on what kind of instrument in a =metal band
Guitar- to start off i would recomend squier or epiphone
Bass- a rouge or a squier ( i have a rouge sounds awesome.
Drummer- ask one I don't qkno
Keyboard- YAMAHA FTW lol

Kenpachi11 · (#14 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by kirakira

I don't want to burst your bubble but the chances of you succeeding in Japan via a Japanese record company without any Japanese is next to zero. Even if you spoke fluent Japanese it would still be pretty slim. The entertainment industry in Japan is vicious and takes no prisoners.

But if you still want to try, go nuts and create a demo tape and send it to the major record publishers. I'll give you the link for Avex for starters. The most popular publisher in Japan. They will contact you if you think you are good or they'll just chuck your tape in the bin and won't bother notifying you about it. They don't notify failed applicants.

http://avex-audition.jp/always/

No there isn't a English version of the page.

Just to get you prepared, they receive about 40,000 of these entries a year so you better be pretty bloody good.

You could also try other publishers like Toshiba EMI, Sony EPIC, Sony Music Group and heaps of others. Anyway good luck.

i know koreans also go to japan and start music careers there also.

Colin · (#15 (**permalink**))

Hmmm I don't know what advice I can give.

But I also must agree that without Japanese the chance of being a success in the Japanese music industry, as I'm pretty sure it's the second biggest next to the United States. It might be the third though. Not sure if Japan's or England's is bigger.

But if you're really set on it go ahead and try for it

Kenpachi11 · (#16 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Colin

Hmmm I don't know what advice I can give.

But I also must agree that without Japanese the chance of being a success in the Japanese music industry, as I'm pretty sure it's the second biggest next to the United States. It might be the third though. Not sure if Japan's or England's is bigger.

But if you're really set on it go ahead and try for it

thanks and yea we are going to try to be a j-rock band anyway.
but me and my bro are learning japanese.