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HearJapan is teaming up with glitch label PROGRESSIVE FOrM to bring Japan’s finest micro music makers to the rest of the world.

PROGRESSIVE FOrM is a label that specializes in minimal, atmospheric glitch music. While that might make it sound cold and brooding, there is actually a lot of life in the work created by its impressive roster of artists. Their sounds are crafted with a level of detail that could only be described as love. Each nano-second long tick and crack is perfectly places and sculpted. Many songs unfold slowly over time, lulling you into a hyper-extened time frame that will cool you down and calm you down.

For those looking for a bit more variety in their electro experimentalism, the FORMA compilations offer up a wide ranging treasure trove of artists. They display just a bit more melody and organic sound-scapes than some of the more pure glitch-based artists while still managing to be suitably “out there.”

Some of the PROGRESSIVE FOrM roster has already been released music overseas, but only as limited vinyl releases. So weather it’s Yoshihiro Hanno’s clinical micro-loops, Ametsub’s kaleidoscopic, toy-like melodies or Aoki Takamasa’s stark yet beautiful cover of Toad the Wet Sprocket’s “Walk on the Ocean” (yes, with vocals!) you are sure to find a wonderful new world of sonic delights.
All MP3 albums will be available September 8th at the HearJapan Global Download Store.

LINKS:

All PROGRESSIVE FOrM releases
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/label/1/254/progressive-form

Forma. 3.10
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/album_info/Forma_310

Ametsub
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/member_info/Ametsub

Aoki Takamasa
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/member_info/Aoki_Takamasa

Nao Tokui
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/member_info/Nao_Tokui

Shuta Hasunuma
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/member_info/Shuta_Hasunuma

Yoshihiro Hanno
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/member_info/Yoshihiro_Hanno

Eater
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/member_info/Eater

Ryoichi Kurokawa
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/member_info/Ryoichi_Kurokawa

tree river
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/member_info/tree_river

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Over the past 7 days we have been running a contest for our insider club members who comment on our blog. The prizes that we set up for this contest were an autographed CD from Bada (formerly from S.E.S) and two autographed posterd from the same artist.

Last night we did a random draw from over 700 ballots. Some members had well over 100! We have 3 winners.

*Disclaimer start*

This draw was not for money of any kind. This was for

our members and the prizes will be considered as a gift with no

monetary value.

*Disclaimer end*

And now for our contest winners!

Autographed CD: bobloblaw from Winnipeg

1st autographed poster: Singsarang from Jarkata

2nd autographed poster: 2ne14ne1 from Chicago

This was quite an upset because our top 5 commenters did not win a

prize.

Jessica (92)

Jennie (38)

Minzypop (30)

Elisa (21)

jenniepn (12)

So we did another draw for $50 gift card from yesasia.

Winner: Minzypop from Los Angeles

Congratulations to all of the winners! I will send you each an

email shortly to get your contact info.

I am sorry for those of you who didn’t win. We will have another

contest next month. Please keep an eye out for it!

That’s right! There is another bunch of Japanese bands heading over to Canada this fall. In just three months you will have an opportunity to see four of the best bands in Tokyo’s underground scene. 1st off there is the HearJapan favorite, sgt., a post rock band with elegant violins. Listen to their samples and check out a Live Report from last year. Next up is MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS. They are two girls and a drummer whose post rock/shoegaze sound have unleashed themselves on the scene just two years ago. Next up is the amazing hip hop duo known as uhnellys. Never heard of them? HearJapan has a free download of their song PIKA Mood. Last is the indies band susquatch, who’ve been around since 2003. You can hear their music on their MySpace Page.

Three bands from HearJapan will be attending this tour. The dates aren’t all confirmed (MORE are coming), but here are the confirmed dates:

Oct 9 Toronto @ the Velvet Underground
Oct 12 Montreal @ Club Lambi
Oct 14 Vancouver @ the Biltmore Cabaret

The same promoter who put on the show this past May already decided it was time for a round 2. For all the latest updates, check out Next Music From Tokyo. If you live in the United States and plan on waiting for these bands to tour the US. You better think twice because indies bands hardly ever get the chance to go abroad. So start planning for your vacation to Canada. You might remember that HearJapan offered a free download of all of the bands from the last tour. We will do a similar promotion this year. While you’re waiting, be sure to purchase some of the albums we offer from HearJapan. Keep on coming to HearJapan for more information!

I just got this press release today. It looks promising.

HearJapan remix contest with Denkitribe

Yokohama, Japan – August 9th, 2010 – HearJapan is teaming up with one of YouTube’s biggest stars to give you the tools to be the next big sensation!

M4TC: Derived is the debut album from Denkitribe, the 30th most subscribed Japanese musician on YouTube. A master of electronic music making devices, Denkitribe has inspired people all over the world to take matters into their own hands and make their own music. M4TC: Derived is the culmination of his effort and DIY spirit.

Denkitribe is also releasing M4TC: Derived under a Creative Commons license. Each track will be made available on a site dedicated to this release (see below). There you can download the full stems, full source, ableton files and more. Not only is he letting you see exactly how he makes each track, a rarity in today’s music world, but through a CC license he is letting YOU remix the tracks. The album title, M4TC means Music For The Commons. You can use his music in any way you like and even sell it on HearJapan or in your local record store. As long as you keep his name on the release with a remixed by tag you are free to do whatever you like. How cool is that?!?

In this spirit of shared celebration, HearJapan is also running an M4TC: Derived remix contest! All you have to do to win 20,000yen in credit is to get the remix parts, record your song and upload it to YouTube. One winner will be chosen from the one with the most views and another will be chosen by Denkitribe himself!

Contest entries must be received before December 31st, 2010. Full contest details can be found at the page link below. Your song can be in any style, so have fun and be creative! Good luck!

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LINKS

Denkitribe Remix Contest page
http://www.hearjapan.com/news/hearjapan_news/Denkitribe_Remix_Contest

M4TC: Derived
http://www.hearjapan.com/store/album_info/M4TC_Derived 

Remix parts
http://www.radiumsoftware.com/m4tc

Kpop-Jpop.com strives to give our readers the best information, the best insider information, and THE BEST CONTESTS!

That being said, we have just decided to increase the ods of you winning something cool!

You all knew that we are giving away an autographed Cd from Bada. here it is in my hand!

Now we got something else in store for you!

Guess what it is…

Two Bada Posters! Do you know what the best part is?

THEY ARE BOTH AUTOGRAPHED.

I know some of you sent me an email asking if I was telling the truth about having the autographed CD or not. Here is your proof!

however, you need to be an insider club member to win it. Just join our insider club and comment on a blog post to get a chance to win. The more comments, the more chances!

Kpop-Jpop.com brings you the inside information that you deserve. The information that we provide is unique. The other guys will not tell you this kind of thing.

We are leaders.

We are leading the pack again with this article. Everyone is focusing on the big 4 record labels for their Kpop auditions. These consist of SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, and Pledis Entertainment.

However, there is a homegrown US company that has made some of the biggest Kpop stars to date… and I guarantee that most of you have never heard of them.

Here is a list of some of the people that they discovered.

Fly To The Sky: Brian Joo

HOT, JTL: Tony An

Yoo Seung Joon

Shinhwa: Shin Hye Sung

Click B: Woo Yeon Seok

1TYM: Danny

Dong Bang Shin Gi: Micky Yuchun

Shinhwa: Andy Lee

Papaya: Kang Kyung Ah

1TYM: Teddy

They have offered consultation services for people such as Tiger JK, Se7en, KISS, Turbo, and many more…

This company is called Brothers Entertainment. This entertainment company was established in 1988 and is the oldest and largest company of its kind in the United States. Their greatest area of expertise is their ability to scout and train talented people that wish to enter the recording industry in Korea.

Brothers Entertainment

If you hope to be a star in Korea, you have got to talk to these guys.

Here is what you need to do:

• Send in your demo disc that shows off your vocal or rapping talent
• Recent photos (the more the better)
• Application form!
• Optional video (I sat it’s an absolute must)

Please keep in mind that it isn’t necessary to spend money to have a professionally recorded demo CD. Just make sure that they can hear your voice clearly. Your pictures do not need to be professional. Just make sure that you look your best in them. ALWAYS label your photos and disk! Your optional (must) video can be a simple camcorder recording. If you can post it on YouTube, they will like to see it.

However:

• DO NOT over sing.
• Chose songs that match your ability.
• Send files to both email and postal mail. This ensures that their spam filter doesn’t block your email.
• Do not be easily discouraged. They receive several demo CD’s every week. Sometimes they can only respond to those chosen for an interview.  Even if they like you, it can still take time to contact you.
• Don’t take it personal if you get the boot. Just work on improving yourself and try again next year.

MOST IMPORTANT:

• NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER pay a fee for an audition to any company. If they charge a fee… you are getting scammed.
• If they like you, they will be the ones spending the money, not you.

Complete the application form and send all items to the following address…

Brothers Entertainment
P.O. Box 176
Temple Hills, MD 20757 U.S.A

You can also call them at (202) 728-3855 for more information.

The contest is finally here!

The Kpop-Jpop insider club contest is here! I am super excited
about this because we are giving away an autographed CD from Bada
(former member of S.E.S)!
In order to qualify for this contest you must meet the following
criteria…

• You must be a Kpop-Jpop.com insider club member
• You must comment on a Kpop-Jpop.com blog post

Each post comment that you make will equal 1 ballot. The person
with the most comments will have the most ballots.
However, it only takes 1 ballot to win! The ballots will be drawn
at random.
We will announce who the winner is in 1 week from today.

Don’t worry, if you dont have the time or don’t want to wait you
can always purchase this autographed CD from Youhna!
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This version comes with a rolled poster shipped separately in a
protective cardboard tube. Poster and DVD shipments may arrive at
different times.
Autographed copies of Younha in Japan available for first batch of
orders. Only while supplies last!

I already placed my pre-order. You should too!

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Autographed Bada CD

Step 1
Select the right song. The song should be one that is challenging, yet easy for you to perform infront of a group of people. The song should also fit the genre of the audition. For example, if it is a Broadway audition, a Broadway song should be sung. If it is an opera audition, a hip hop song will not be appropriate. In this case, you are doing a KPOP addition. Therefore you would need to either chose a kpop song or a different type of pop song.

Step 2
Add choreography and expression to your performance. Just a few hand motions or gestures along with facial expressions can make you stand out next to a person who just stands still and sings. Remember, you are there to wow the judges… and you need to give them a performance to remember. It doesn’t have to be your own routine. It’s probably better that way. You can do just as good by using a routine from a suitable music video. Remember, it is not the routine or the song that matters the most. It is the performance.

Step 3
Practice the performance singing with choreography as much as possible. Once the vocals and choreography are memorized, try to arrange at least one practice in front of an audience. Ask a few friends or family members to be your audience and or critics. A vocal coach who can give advice for any necessary improvements is ideal. Many people use Singorama to help improve thier chances at a Kpop audition.

Step 4
Choose the right outfit. The clothes should also match the genre of music or the event for which the singer is auditioning. They should be stylish, comfortable and fit well. Also, wear stylish comfortable shoes. For women, jewelry and other accessories are a plus. For men, try to wear something dapper. the pants around your ankles are on the way out. Look at CN Blue for example. They look dapper.

Step 5
Prepare a bio card and resume to give the people holding the audition. The bio card should be 5 x 7″, and have your photo, plus your age, height, eye color hair color and dress or pants size listed at the bottom. You can google this and find some examples. This is Key to have the judges remember you. You need this in addition to the written application that companies like JYP Entertainment or SM Entertainment will have you fill out.

Step 6
Have fun! Don’t stress yourself too much over the audition. It is not the end of the world if you don’t make it that time. It justmeans that you need to practice more.

Tip: Just because you think that you are a good singer does not mean that you are a good singer. Just because your friends tell you that you are a good singer, it does not mean that you are. They may not want to hurt your feeling s with the truth. If you are serious about a singing career you need to spend some money. How much does a doctor spend on medical school? A lawyer on law school? You should be no different. You MUST find a vocal coach to help you.

Your voice box is a set of 2 muscles that relax and tighten to produce sounds when air is pased in between them. Just like any muscle, they need to be excercised in order to become in shape. Anyone can excercise… and everyone can learn to sing. It just takes the right coach. Programs such as Singorama are there to help guide you sing on pithc and on key consistently. If you are serious about success… you MUST look into this program. Consider it an investment in your future.

Kpop-Jpop.com is the authority on Kpop auditions. We have helped give solid advice to many Kpop hopefuls. I have personally been to many of the Kpop auditions to see our readers try and succeed. This guide is here to help you have a realistic shot at your dreams.

Best of luck!

If you are serious about your audition you need to go to the Kpop Auditions website!

Korean films added to the Korean Wave offering sensational scenes and plots, in a manner different from those offered by Hollywood. They contained strong characteristics of Korea and the feelings that many Asians could easily assimilate.

For example, the Korean film “Shiri” became a hit in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, because of how he deals with the sensitive North and South Korea issue, and interested individuals accordingly in neighboring countries. Although “Shiri” is a political film, it invokes the feeling that Asians have a sense, like when they look at a tragic love story between North Korean officials and female South Korean special agents. In addition, Korean movies such as “Shiri” and “Joint Security Zones” (commonly known as “JSA”) has attracted many Japanese spectators, which has led many Koreans to be more proud of their national popular culture, because Japanese popular culture had been recognized in most Asian societies hitherto.

In the early 2000s after the Asian crisis of 1997, the Korean government began to target the export of Korean popular culture as a new economic initiative. President Kim Dae-jung (inaugurated in 1998), who was called informally the Chairman of Culture, established the Basic Law for Promoting Cultural Industries in 1999 by allocating $ 148.5 million to project.

Through this learning process, Koreans have provided their own twists foreign styles and shapes, with the mixture and add their indigenous features and flourishes only in innovative ways. Therefore, products similar to U.S. products that have recently been called the Korean Wave is said to evoke a sense of familiarity between the people in Asia. For example, the popularity of Korean television series in Asia owes much to the knowledge base of Confucian values, such as family orientation, respect for the elderly, and son preference. Projected images of modern and trendy Korean dramas are not the only thing that attracted Asian fans: the dramas have confirmed that people call their “adherence to social mores in Asia.”

The representation of South Korea in the dramas of television, high-quality visual images in movies Korean Confucian sentiments embodied in music videos and serials, active promotion of Korean production companies, and the sharp drop economy of all Asian businesses opportunities created for Korean popular culture to circulate in Asia.

Sung Sang-yeon is a lecturer at Philological and Cultural Studies, Department of Musicology at the University of vienna, Austria. She obtained a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at Indian University in 2008

The term Korean Wave refers to the phenomenon of Korean popular culture, mainly circulated through the mass media and enjoys a wide popularity outside of Korea. It has identified Korean television, film, internet games, fashion and popular music. It is not known exactly when the term Korean Wave has started to become popular among Asians, but state media have begun to recognize the Korean popular culture in mainland China in 1997, when the Korean television drama “Star in my heart “was released in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other Asian countries.

The Chinese Broadcasting Company Phoenix TV, which broadcasts throughout Asia showed the drama in its Chinese name, and the issue has met with broad popular appeal, particularly in mainland China. The drama drew the attention of people in part because his main actor, Ahn Jae-wook, has been particularly attractive to women in China and Taiwan.

Chinese audiences have been attracted by the image “modern” view of fashion, hairstyle, lifestyle and South Korea. The opinions and points described in this drama, like tall buildings and luxury cars and high living standards, described South Korea as a modern, developed country. According to Kim Hyun-mee, the dominant image of Korea, Taiwan had already been filled with roughness, violence and lack of material and cultural refinement, but after Taiwan had seen the Korean TV dramas, they revised their impressions. Projected images are modern, such as following the latest fashion, fast tempo and cheerful background music, and emphasizing the visual imagery, all the drama Korean television showed to be fashionable, and Taiwan realized that Korea has was much more modern than they had believed to be.

After the popularity of “Star in my heart,” Korean soap operas has quickly gained air time on television channels in Asian countries. In addition to attracting and content of Korean television drama, the economic crisis in Asia quickly led Asian buyers prefer cheaper products that Korean products in Japan. In 2000, Korean TV dramas was a quarter the price of those of Japan, and one tenth the price of television Hong Kong dramas. The reasonable price of Korean popular culture, such as music drama, films, was one of the main factors that have attracted Asian production companies to buy Korean products at the beginning of the Korean Wave .

The role of popular music in the movement of Korean popular culture in Asia is very important. In the late 1990s, Channel V featured Korean popular music videos and has won numerous Asian fans, especially because of adolescent groups and the feeling in the Asian music videos. “In particular, the boy band HOT was at the top of the pop charts in China and Taiwan in 1998, the group was so popular that album sales continue to rise, even after the band’s break-up in mid -2001, “said Shim Doo-Bo in his 2006 paper on Korean pop culture in Asia. Followed by HOT, adolescent groups such as NRG, SES, Baby Vox and has attracted Chinese and Taiwanese young audiences and particularly in Taiwan, the Korean duo received CLON unparalleled success. I conducted interviews with sales managers to production music companies show that successful debut CLON Taiwan is the most important fact of Korean Wave there. CLON Popularity interested many Taiwanese in Korean popular culture, including its soap operas and films. The reason why the popular music of Korea has attracted many Asian fans is that he adopted Western pop music and recreated in the Korean style, through fashion or style of performance.

Sung Sang-yeon is a lecturer at Philological and Cultural Studies, Department of Musicology at the University of vienna, Austria. She obtained a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at Indian University in 2008

The Korean pop culture has become one of pop cultures most beloved among Asian fans during the last 10 years. Asia is no longer dominated by American popular culture, and the fans are now able to choose what they consider more “Asian.” Many have recently come to prefer Korean pop culture, which they consider to be cool and trendy, as well as something that contains Asian values and sentiments.

Increasingly throughout Asia have chosen to watch Korean movies, music Korean People follow the Korean soap operas, and even travel to Korea to visit sites they have seen in their favorite Korean dramas. The sudden rise in popularity and spread of Korean pop culture across Asia is new, unprecedented, and fascinating. This cultural flows in Asia today is called the “Korean Wave.”

The Korean wave has become popular in the discourse in Asian countries and beyond. Many academics and journalists have written about in academic journals, newspaper columns and magazine articles, highlighting the reasons for the emergence of Korean popular culture as a force throughout Asia and speculating its potential influence on the future of the region. Obviously, as a similar product to consumers’ own cultural products, the Korean Wave provides Asians with the assurance that even in a world of increasingly globalized Asian identity remains strong. In Korea, as scholarly and popular articles have discussed the influence of the Korean Wave in Korean society, argued the superiority of Korean culture as compared to other Asian cultures, and noted positive reactions to Asian companies Korean popular culture in newspapers, television documentaries, and elsewhere.

The Korean Wave is a subject of debate and doubt from many angles. Many observers believe he can not sustain its popularity and insist that the producers and artists will not be able to meet demand for innovative products necessary to continue to attract an Asian public. Indeed, some argue that its popularity is already melted and no more Asian fans as much interest. Some decry the quality of Korean popular culture, which, they spread only as a replacement affordable products for the Japanese pop culture after the sudden economic collapse of 1990.

Although there have been discussions pessimistic about the Korean Wave in Asian countries, the presence of Korean popular culture has become increasingly evident in Taiwan and among Asians living abroad. During several visits to Taiwan between 1999 and 2006, I saw dramatic changes in people’s attitudes toward Korean popular culture and the increasing presence of Korean popular culture in Taiwan.

In addition, as a Korean living in Europe, I often notice the growing consumption of Korean popular culture among Asians abroad. There are active exchanges of Korean popular culture, such as sharing DVDs Korean TV series and purchase many DVDs Korean abroad whenever Asians returning to their countries of origin. In this essay, I discuss how the Korean Wave has started and why it spread in contemporary Asian society.

This document is mainly based on the research I did in Taipei, Taiwan and Vienna, Austria since 2001. My analysis is based on opinions expressed by Asians in Taiwan and abroad, including Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and the Philippines, through interviews and research on new pages Web and academic journals.

Sung Sang-yeon is a lecturer at Philological and Cultural Studies, Department of Musicology at the University of vienna, Austria. She obtained a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at Indian University in 2008

This is a guest post from one of our Kpop Insider Club Members

Try to check on the video clip of famous singers or Hearing kpop group members today youtube:)

In my own point of view ..
Of course, that you are accepted,
1. you need to sing and dance as large as those of Korean idol groups today ..

2. You must also have very nice and most importantly, a good attitude and perseverance.

3. Of course, you enter the Korean industry .. pop and you must be good at speaking Korean .. much better if you know other languages like English in particular, Chinese, Japanese. For example, U-KISS Xander does not speak Korean very well because he grew up in other countries, but he knows seven languages, .. which is a factor for him .. Knowing lots of language.

4. Well anyway be linguistic case does not work more. As long as you have talent .. go!

5. And oh, one more thing you need to enter the industry Kpop is the charisma. Kpop idols are known for their broad appeal and charisma! so you must have:)

Just look at the performance and listen to clips kpop big stars now in youtube, they have many. and see how they have been accepted. Anyway, it would be better if you hear all the management of three of these great kpop? Business – SM Ent, Ent JYP, YG Ent:)))

Here are some excerpts hearing KPOP I found:)
Wonder Girls Sun Ye:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S5-XIczN …
Taemin SHINee! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AqpxbyLi soo cute;) …
KEY SHINee! ) Http: / / www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG5YbdO1c …

Waa they were so great .. and more! : DDD
hahaha try to find other;)

>>>>>>> And when you’ve already become a star .. kpop
Be ready to fangirl! or Fanboys! we’ll be crazy bout you! and we fear loan-to-kill-you-if-you-touch-him FANS! hahaha .. Ok seriously, several members of the Korean groups stay in a dorm or a house. They have a contract. Sometimes, most of them are not allowed to have girlfriends and buddies under the contract. Well, expect that you will be really famous among the community kpop!

Well regarding the studies, of course you need to know the Korean language, or at least know how the conversation .. Korean, which means that you CAN talk to a Korean. Can we really speak of a language with Korean Korean right? Well, if yes .. good for you. But if youre just not good enough. You can take courses Korean there. Some members of the Korean group are also not fluent in Korean, because they were born / grew / study / work in another country. Well, the stars are regular kpop always able to go to school. Most of them are already graduates. Many of them got to the school to their popularity! As SHINee Minho others .. etc. etc. are currently under study if HAV hectic schedules, activities, concerts and tours.

You can check the information of open auditions at SM Entertainment in: http://twitter.com/smaudition2010
and last year: http://twitter.com/smaudition2009

J-pop is an integral part of Japanese popular culture, be found in cartoons, commercials, TV shows, movies, video games and other forms of J-ENT. Some television news programs even run a J-pop song during their end credits. In the anime and television shows, including dramas, opening and closing songs are changed up to four times a year. Because most programs have a combination of both opening and closing songs, it is possible for a show to use eight tracks for a single season.

Over the past decade, J-pop has steadily gained fans worldwide through video games and anime. Many video game fans to import games from Japan, well before they are released in their respective countries. The theme songs and soundtracks of the games and anime can be a gateway to more interest in the kinds of J-pop and other Japanese music. An example of this can be found in the games Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II, in which popular J-pop singer Utada Hikaru performs the theme songs. His single “Easy Breezy” was also used to promote the Nintendo DS. The Ouendan series and Brothers Band for DS both function of many songs from J-Pop. In the case of the anime shows are usually sold in the West with their original soundtracks intact, offering a more direct exposure (but not always the case, leaving fans shocked). Some shows aired on television in the United States, for example, have seen their themes go so far as to become commercially available as ringtones by incumbents in this country.

With the changing trends of music in India and Bangladesh, J-pop has gained ground. Although the J-pop listeners are usually the younger generation in Asia, just like Love Utada Hikaru “First” and “Flavor of Life” have succeeded in increasing the interest of J-pop in the older generation too. After the channel Animax has been introduced, knowledge and popularity of J-Pop spread among youth in Asia.

Pop duo Puffy, a Japanese acts who have put their equipment on the market of the United States, had their own animated series on Cartoon Network, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, which premiered in 2004 and lasted three seasons. Before that, the duo had recorded the theme song to the other comics of the same channel, Teen Titans. Due to the success of their show clips Puffy, who are known as Puffy AmiYumi in the U.S. have repeatedly shown during programming of the channel.

J-pop (also J-POP), an abbreviation of Japanese pop, is a loosely defined musical genre that became the musical trend of Japan in the 1990s. J-modern pop has its roots in the music of the 1960s such as The Beatles and replaced kay?kyoku (Japanese pop music until 1980) in the Japanese music scene. It was invented by the Japanese media to distinguish Japanese music of foreign music and now refers to most of the popular Japanese music. According to 2006 data from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Japan has the second largest market for recorded music in the world behind the United States.

The origin of the modern J-pop is said to be the Japanese rock inspired by The Beatles. Kay?kyoku Unlike the Japanese genre of music called J-pop uses a particular type of pronunciation, which is similar to the English language. Singer to do is remarkable Keisuke Kuwata, who gave the Japanese word “Karada (body)” kyerada. Moreover, unlike Western music, the second major (and soil) was not commonly used in Japanese music, except the art of music before rock music became popular in Japan. When Group Sounds (which was inspired by Western rock) became popular, however, the Japanese pop music has adopted the second key that was used in the final sounds of the Beatles song “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and Song of the Rolling Stones (I Can not Get No) Satisfaction “. Although the Japanese pop music has changed the music based on a pentatonic Japanese tetrachord distortion of Western music over the course of time, the music that the traditional Japanese singing style has remained popular, such as that Ringo Shiina.

Initially, the term “J-Pop” was used only for Western-style musicians in Japan as Pizzicato Five and Flipper’s Guitar broadcast just after the Japanese J-Wave was created. However, the term has become a generic term covering other genres like the majority of Japanese rock music of the 1990s.

Tower Records Japan J-pop that defined the entire Japanese music belonging to the Recording Industry Association of Japan, except the Japanese indie music (also known as “J-indie”) in 1990, but began to use the classification more sentimental, like J-club, J-Punk, J-hip-hop, reggae-J, J-anime, Johnny and Visual in 2008 after a few indie musicians released their works to the majors. Music City Ito, a Japanese CD stores, has adopted a classification for the broader group Sons, idol of the 70s-80s, Enka, folk and established musicians of the 70s-80s, most major genres of J-pop.

Whereas rock musicians in Japan in general hate the word “pop”, Taro Kato, a member of the pop punk band Beat Crusaders, said that pop music encoded as pop art was more catchy J-pop and he also said that “J-pop” was the POP (????, poppusu?) music to recall being aired repeatedly in an interview where they completed their first full length album under a major label, BPA Pop to the arrival in 2005. Because the band did not perform the “J-pop, their music featured on the album of the 80s Pop MTV. Another member Toru Hidaka, music of the 1990s for his influential (Nirvana, Hi-Standard and Flipper’s Guitar) has not been heard by fans of other music in Japan at that time.

Contrary to this, although many rock musicians in Japan until the late 1980s without respect for music kay?kyoku, many Japanese rock bands of the 1990s such as Glay kay?kyoku assimilated into their music. After the late 1980s, breakbeat sampler and also changed the Japanese music scene, where the drummers of experts had played a good pace because traditional Japanese music did not have the rhythm-based rock and blues.

However, Hide Greeeen openly described their kind of music as “J-pop. He said:” I also like rock, hip hop and breakbeat, but my domain is still J-pop. For example, hip-hop musicians learn “the culture of hip-hop when they start their careers. We’re not like those of musicians and we like the music sounds like a lot. These professional people can say:” What are you doing? but I think our musical style is cool, after all. The good thing is good. “

K-pop is an abbreviation for Korean pop music (also referred to as Kayo or Gayo music), specifically from South Korea. Many of these artists and musical groups have branched out of South Korea and have become popular in many countries around the world. The popularity of K-pop is often considered a part of the rise of the Korean Wave, the recent surge of popularity of contemporary South Korean culture in Asia.

Modern Korean popular music first appeared in the 1930s. In the 1950s and 1960s, the musical performances organized by U.S. forces in and around the American military bases in South Korea provided South Koreans with examples of other modern music.

The South Korean pop music scene soon had several genres: Boy or girl bands whose appeal lay mostly in their appearance; a technically difficult, older genre that had its roots in the colonial period and was popular with older Koreans; and the often amateur acoustic guitar singer-songwriters, who became popular in the 1960s and sang in a simple vocal style. In 1970s, rock music was introduced into South Korea, mainly popularized by Cho Yong Pil. Trot, pop music inspired by Japanese-styled music, also became a main genre in pop music.

The debut of the group Seo Taiji and Boys in 1992 marked a turning point in South Korean popular music, as the group incorporated elements of American popular musical genres such as rap, rock, and techno into its music, which brought a decrease in the popularity of trot. The tremendous success of Seo Taiji and Boys in South Korea and other experimental groups, such as Panic, set the trend for the present generation of K-pop groups and artists. Dance-oriented acts became dominant in the South Korean popular music scene of the early 90s including the legendary hip hop duo Deux. The mid-90′s marked the emergence of teen idol groups, creating a different trend in the music scenes. Groups such as H.O.T., Sechs Kies, Shinhwa, S.E.S., g.o.d. and Fin.K.L became extremely popular, having strong fanbases and high-selling albums (with some groups having a “million seller”, an album selling over one million copies). Starting with the break-up of Sechs Kies in 2000, however, most of these groups have since disbanded. Although some artists have continued their successes in the following decade, new groups have since taken their places.

Currently, in the 2000s, pop groups are still very popular although there has been an emergence of South Korean R&B and Hip-Hop: artists such as MC Mong, 1TYM, Jinusean, and Epik High have proven successful. Underground artists such as Drunken Tiger, Tasha (Yoon Mi Rae) have also helped hip-Hop become mainstream. Recently, rock music has become noticed by the public, with acts such as the Yoon Do Hyun Band and Seo Taiji gaining national recognition. In addition, there are also popular techno/dance artists such as Lee Jung Hyun, Kim Hyun Jung, and Yoo Seung Jun, whom all had very long careers while remaining firmly entrenched in their genre of music. Just as well, ballads and R&B have remained popular, as singers such as Baek Ji Young and KCM, in addition to SG Wannabe, have continued their success for many years.

There are also many artists who have had international success as well. BoA has become the highest-selling international artist from South Korea, due to her strength in the J-pop market[citation needed]; this was in part due to Lee Soo Man’s adaptation of the Blue Ocean Strategy. Since then, artists such as Rain and Se7en have also released albums outside of South Korea, becoming well-known throughout Eastern Asia. Rain has also had his international Rainy Day 2005 Tour, having tour dates at Madison Square Garden, the first South Korean star to do so. He has been recently featured two Hollywood films, Speed Racer and Ninja Assassin. He was also voted “Your #1 Influential Person in the World 2007″ by a TIME Magazine online survey.

Kim Bum Soo is the first South Korean artist to reach the U.S. Billboard chart and ranked as 51 on the Hot 100 chart in 2001.[citation needed] After that, solo female artist, mink and Korean-American group, S.Blush also reached the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charts, where they ranked #1 in 2006 and #2 in 2007 respectively. Skull, a Korean reggae artist from YG Entertainment also ranked as #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales and #14 Hot Singles Sales in 2007. Se7en who is also from YG Entertainment, BoA from SM Entertainment and Rain from JYP Entertainment are all currently concentrating on their U.S. debuts. Although Wonder Girls became first K-pop artist to have a song reach the Billboard Hot 100, there has yet to be a prominent, successful K-pop artist in the American music industry

K-pop is similar to American pop music, with R&B, dance, and hip-hop being very popular genres in the 2000s. However, unlike American pop music, which had most of its boy bands and girl groups either break up or informally disband, bubblegum pop is still very popular in South Korea. Groups such as TVXQ,Big Bang, Super Junior, Wonder Girls, SS501, Girls’ Generation, 2PM and continue to be top sellers in K-pop, and artists like Ahyoomee and LPG have released novelty songs, to varying degrees of success. However, the 2000s has seen the rise of R&B vocal groups, such as SG Wannabe, Davichi and SeeYa having success with their albums. Ballads are also very popular, as 2006 has seen the release of ballad singles by non-ballad artists, including Shinhwa and Baek Ji Young. In addition, trot music has made a comeback in mainstream K-pop as well, mostly due to the success of Jang Yoon Jung and Park Hyun Bin. The year 2007 was marked with the release of numerous girl and boy bands, though only a few managed to top the charts. Despite new bands debuting, physical sales for CDs have become increasingly low, due to the stagnation of the K-pop industry. The highest selling album of 2007 did not even reach the 200,000 mark with only 190,998 copies sold.

The beginning of 2008 saw the rise of electronica dominance in the K-pop scene, influenced by the release of Big Bang’s mini-album Always, which heavily featured the genre.Other artists also followed the trend, such as Jewelry for their song “One More Time” and Brown Eyed Girls for “L.O.V.E.” Even artists that release music in other genres have released electronica-influenced albums to suit the current trends, including Epik High, Gummy, Clazziquai, and Lee Seung-cheol.

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Good video with some cute robots.

This is a catchy video for a noob group. Perhaps we will see some better work from them in the future. My main problem with this video is that you can’t tell if they are actually sinnging well or not due to the autotune.

Don’t get me wrong, autotune is cool if you want to sound like T-Pain. However, it should not dominiate the song.

Take a look at the video and let me know what you think.

missA

This is exactly what we need, another kpop girl group that is produced by JYP.

I have to admit, thier song “Good Girl Bad Girl” is quite catchy. We should see much more of them in the near future as they make thier rounds to the rest of the music shows, drama’s, variety shows… and all of the commercials that the kpop idols do.

If you take a look at the picture on the left you can see thier interesting fashion choice. I personally dig the pink hair that Jia is sporting. It actually suits her for some reason…

If youwant to learn more about missA you can check out thier Daum Fan Cafe at http://cafe.daum.net/missA.

Here is a funny video introduction by Jia and her pink goodness. Is it just me or is the girl in the background humping a doggy bed?

You can be the judge of that…

Here is thier performance from TVN

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On various online community sites, a recent photo was posted of of solo singer and former member of legendary K-pop group H.O.T, Tony An. The photo shows his current state while serving in the army and it’s garnering a lot of attention.

With only 80 days left until Tony An’s serving time in the army reaches an end, this photo portrayed him looking rather cute and young-looking despite his age of 32.

Netizens have responded:

“How can you maintain a young appearance while serving the army?”

“He’s still cool nonetheless”

In 2008, Tony An entered the ChoongNam NonSan military training center, and after serving there for 5 weeks, he has been serving in celebrity military affairs.

We are the Future from 1997

With BoA’s teaser for Woo Weekend being released a couple weeks ago, the full music video was released recently through MTV Japan.

The theme focuses on a retro-style based from the 80’s, and was created for the 25th anniversary of “Disney on Ice” in Japan. BoA can be seen dancing to a clean, unique choreography that really fits with the song.

Check out the funky music video below!

A few weeks ago, rookie group D-NA (Dae Guk Nam Ah) revealed the MV for their comeback title track, Stumble Stumble. Now they’ve released a making of video for the MV.

Check out the boys in full football gear below and thanks to Carys for the tip.

The boys of Super Junior have just released their 4th repackaged album and here’s some goodies from the album.

Version C of the album contains many photos of the boys and you can view all of the below. Surprisingly, troubled member Kangin makes an appearance in the photos as well. As a bonus, there’s additional photos from Super Junior’s official website.

The MV for No Other should be out soon so keep an eye out for it and the boys will be performing on the July 2nd edition of Music Bank.

Thanks to Brianna for the tip and www.onlyhae.com + ZOEY for sharing the photos.

2PM’s Ok Taecyeon transformed into ‘Ok Dooly‘?

For those of you who are wondering who Dooly is, he’s a cute green dinosaur created by Soo Jung Kim from the popular Korean cartoon Bo-Mool Sum (Treasure Island).

Taecyeon posted a photo onto his Twitter of his selca while strolling along the streets and striking the Dooly trademark expression with his puffed up cheeks and unevenly opened eyes, further expressing his face in response to the intense hot weather.

Along with the photo, he put up the words, “I was taking a stroll, it’s finally summer now~ I’ll be careful not to suffer from the heat!”

Still dorky as ever. Netizens have commented, “Cute~”, “Be careful of the heat”, “You were like that on the street?”

2AM’s Jo Kwon recently posted two photos onto his mini homepage taken with 2PM’s Junho!

In the first photo, their masculinity and charismatic and electrifying stares are left untouched. However, the second photo does a total 180 degrees turn as Junho suddenly has entire left harm up and in locked position to flick Jo Kwon’s forehead, while Jo Kwon is trying to lean away from Junho.

Along with the latter photo, Jo Kwon added some more fun to this comical photo with the face off comment, “?? (What do you think you’re doing?).”

Netizens have humorously commented, “What does he think he’s doing? Junho, put your hand down”, “Jo Kwon flinched”, “Jo Kwon do the same thing as Junho.”

Actress Goo Hye Sun recently posted a photo on her mini homepage and it’s sparking a lot of laughs.

The photo shows her current condition as she posed with her mouth open and her tongue sticking out, portraying a weary look. Along with the photo, Goo Hye Sun didn’t forget to publicize the movie that she personally directed, Magic, and expressed, “I’m in slight pain. Huff huff.”

Having been busy lately filming and publicizing the movie, her schedule has been packed thus making her very exhausted and her current condition clearly shows in this photo albeit with a comical expression on her face.

Netizens who have eyed this photo have responded, “Huff Huff, cute pain Hye Sun.”, “Hope the movie becomes a daebak”, “The movie premiere theater is small huff huff, Hye Sun has become exhausted.”

I definitely hope her movie heads for a daebak, and you guys should definitely go watch Magic if you get the chance!

Having revealed their faces earlier this month, it was revealed that the newest boy group, Teen Top will be making their official debut in July, with their title track, Clap.

Even before their debut, they’ve been garnering attention from many for starring in their own reality show airing on MTV called Vice Guide to Everything. The program will chart the boys in-depth training program and will give an in depth look into the Korean system of grooming their idol groups. The program was recorded in April and is scheduled for broadcast this September.

In addition, one of the 6 members who are all in their teens was discovered to have starred in Seo Taiji’s Human Dream MV in 2008 and is called Ricky.

Do visit the international forum for them and show your support. Many thanks to Micheyo for the tip.

Yet another lawsuit was filed by three members of TVXQ. This time it is worth ~$25 million.

It has been reported that three members of TVXQ (Hero Jae-Joong, Micky Yoo-Chun, Xiah Jun-Soo) filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment. The members claimed that SM Entertainment profited off from their exclusive contracts that were illegal and therefore had to return all of their profits that SM had received during the contract term. The members are suing SM Entertainment for total of ~$25 million in damage.

Related posts:

1. Launch of TVXQ Japan unit
2. No response from three members of TVXQ
3. Update on 3 TVXQ members vs. SM Entertainment

Tags: dbsk, Hero, Micky, tohoshinki, TVXQ, Xiah

Last December, there were hundreds of news articles in Korea all claiming that actor So Ji-Sub and actress Han Ji-Min will soon be married. So far, the marriage has not had happened and  So Ji-Sub had finally decided to speak regarding the rumor, after six months since beginning of the rumor.

So Ji-Sub said, “I was both surprised and shocked by the rumor. I didn’t know where the rumor had started and didn’t know how to response. I think it was worse for Han Ji-Min because she was an actress. I was close with Han Ji-Min before but now we don’t keep contact with each other.”

So Ji-Sub continued, “My last love was right after I had finished my military service. After it, there were temporary ones but quickly went away because I was so busy with work. I want to love with passion as my charater did in the drama Road Number One.”

Related posts:

1. Update on So Ji-Sub & Han Ji-Min marriage rumor
2. Road Number One’s launching press conference
3. Rumor: So Ji-Sup & Han Ji-Min are going out!

Tags: Han Ji-Min, Road Number One, So Ji-Sub

Witness Han Chae-Young’s hot new photos to promote a shampoo brand in Korea.

Related posts:

1. Lee Byung-Hun “Han Chae-Young’s big mouth looks scary when she laughs”
2. Han Chae-Young, Yoo In-Young & Han Go-Eun
3. Han Chae-Young as cover girl for shopping mall

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Jang Geun-Suk and Park Shin-Hye were part of successful fan meetings held at Japan Shibuya on June 26th. The fan meetings were held at 2PM and 6PM and they were sponsored by AVEX. It has been told that all 4,000 tickets were sold out 5 minutes after it began selling its tickets and many fans had to look for secondary ticket sellers to buy the tickets, demonstrating how popular the drama You’re Beautiful was in Japan.

Related posts:

1. Jang Geun-Suk’s fan meeting in Taiwan sold out in 3 hours
2. A.N.Jell’s special live performance is coming!
3. Jang Geun-Suk & Park Shin-Hye reunited

Tags: Jang Geun-Suk, Park Shin-Hye, You're Beautiful

Here is a dirty little anecdote for you if you get caught hit-and-run in Korea: run, run, and run!

The police on June 26th revealed that Kwon Sang-Woo will not be charged with hit-and-run suspicion. That is because there wasn’t any damage conflicted to a human. The police stated that in Korea, hit-and-run is only charged when there is damage done to other people and Kwon Sang-Woo only did damage to non-human objects.

Also, Kwon Sang-Woo initially claimed that his manager was the one who was driving but at the final testimony revealed that he was the one who was driving, and therefore he will not be charged with lying either.

Many netizens are outraged by police’s decision saying that next time you get caught hit-and-run, you should run. However, it has been told that the Korean police is not giving him special privilege in this case and Kwon Sang-Woo just simply found a loophole.

Related posts:

1. Kwon Sang-Woo caught hit-and-run
2. Kwon Sang-Woo’s another slipped words from Japan?
3. Kwon Sang-Woo in launching event of a cosmetic store

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As each day goes by, we get closer to the release of Big Bang’s Taeyang upcoming first full length SOLAR album. YG Entertainment plans to release minute long audio samples of Taeyang’s tracks for six days until the 30th, with the album dropping on July 1st.

Check out the preview for BREAKDOWN below, it has a pretty catchy beat with some auto tune. Just listening to it, you can tell it was produced by 1Tym’s Teddy. Thanks to everyone who sent this in and check out the preview below.