XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc, rec.arts.anime.music   
   From: martin@starship-excalibur.co.uk   
      
   On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:39:28 GMT, "Oliver Wong"   
    mangled uncounted electrons thus:   
      
   >    We're a J-Rock band, composed of two guitarists, a male vocalist, a   
   >female vocalist, a bassist and a drummer. We've mostly been doing covers of   
   >other J-Rock bands like Asian Kung Fu Generation, Arc En Ciel, Shiina Ringo   
   >and a few western bands like Fallout Boy or Green Day.   
   >   
   >    We've been invited by a university to perform at their yearly Anime   
   >festival. We watch some anime, but we're not hardcore fans or anything, so   
   >we're not sure if we know what are the "hottest" series right now. So we're   
   >sort of seeking suggestions on what songs to learn for the festival (it's   
   >about 8 months from now). What kind of songs would *you* like to hear at   
   >such an event?   
   >   
   >    If it's not too much trouble, keep in mind that we're a J-Rock band, and   
   >what instruments we use. That means techno/dance songs with a lot of synth   
   >(a lot of animes are like this), or hip hop songs with record scratching   
   >(Samurai Champloo is like this) will be difficult for us. If a non-rock song   
   >is sufficiently popular, we can probably adapt it to our instruments and   
   >style, but our music composition skill isn't all that great, so we'd prefer   
   >to play songs "as is" when possible.   
   >   
   >    We already played Asian Kung Fu Generation's Haruka Kanata, one of the   
   >intro songs for Naruto, at last years festival as part of a short 10 minute   
   >intro to another performance; the university seemed to have liked us enough   
   >to invite us for our own 1 or 2 hour show (we're still discussing the time   
   >slots with them) for this upcoming festival.   
      
   Heh. Anything from the original Bubblegum Crisis OAV series   
   (*not* BGC 2040, the later TV series!!!) - 1980's j-rock at its   
   best IMO. Always provided your female vocalist can pull off the   
   challenge, of course! (If you don't know BGC, one of the   
   characters - Priss Asagiri - is the lead singer in a rock band,   
   and the music is an integral part of the series.)   
      
   Martin D. Pay   
   Yeah, I'm a fan, OK?   
      
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