In honor of the release of “Love, Yumi” I have taken both classic and modern J-pop songs that relate to the themes and feelings of the novel. “Anything For You” is probably one of the best example of a contemporary J-pop song enshrouding the entire meaning of the book. In fact, when this song was…
In honor of the release of “Love, Yumi” I have taken both classic and modern J-pop songs that relate to the themes and feelings of the novel. “HANABI ~episode II~” was initially chosen for its powerful and sad mood, but ultimately included because of the duality of the lyrics. What I mean is that they read…
In honor of the release of “Love, Yumi” I have taken both classic and modern J-pop songs that relate to the themes and feelings of the novel. “Tell me Why” is a forlorn, almost mournful tune in which a lover or friend wishes to learn why their companion is so depressed and wearing a mask to…
Well, are you shocked? =P It’s been over a month since my last Hubpages Wednesday, and in that time I’ve written five more articles (two of them in the past two days with more on the waythis week!) It’s amazing how much work actually gets done when you just sit home all day sick out…
I write about Japan and music and Japanese music a lot. It’s kinda my ~thing~. Anyway, two hubs for you this week! First one is a review of Ayumi Hamasaki’s latest album called Party Queen It’s mostly a favorable review so I suggest going to check it out and getting some new music – it’s…
To celebrate over nine years of me stannin’ the crap out of this amazing woman, I bring you Ayumi Hamasaki: The Queen of Japanese Pop Music. Don’t let her initial squeaky vocals fool you – not only is she the most successful female singer in the history of Japan, she’s also incredibly thoughtful, talented, and…
Earlier this month I contemplated joining Hubpages and writing silly articles about Asian pop music to see if I could make any money through AdSense. Obviously, not going to be the main source of income in my life, nor do I want it to be. I’m cool with that. It would just be kinda cool…
Most of us writers make small to grand soundtracks for our novels and/or series. This post is not about any overall soundtrack that I have (that will come later!) but instead about the “perfect song” that best sums up one of my entire series. In short, the theme song. Now, I have a theme song…