How would you do it?

[Emirufish]

*Laugh*

I already HAVE a Jrock band.

However.

Next time I'm going to opt for members who can compose music. ><;;; None of us can compose music and our producer is busy composing for two other bands so we're like...


We're such losers.

 

[Tastes Like Future]

AHEAD OF THE GAME ARE WE?



Anyways, what's your band called?

 

[Emirufish]

Murasaki Hime.

It's like...2.5 people...

Julia, Shinobu (aka DJ Violet, aka Sisen), Producer-san.


We have no webpage or CD or merchandise.
I don't know if we'll ever record our music we DO have.

We've only done 3 lives so far...but they've all been good...?

&*^%$W#%^&*

 

[yuma.3942]

what I'd do...first learn composing music. Then learn how to do make up.
I think my music would be very classical-inspired and I'd use a lot of computer/synth. My band wouldn't be special, wouldn't be famous, wouldn't be technically good. ::kisaki::
There'd be a singer, a music composer/keybordist, then maybe a drummer, bassist and guitarist.
And VK costumes! Yay!

 

[Kinsao]

Well, thinking about the OP, it said 'jrock inspired' rather than *necessarily* VK... so... that would give us plenty of scope.

First -- good musicians! Meaning all of them. ^^ I'd like to have 2 guitarists... MUCC only has one and IMO that's one of their strengths (stops their sounds getting too congested), but I'd like to do some guitar harmonies. ^^ Me, I'd rather sing than play guitar, because... well, because I'm better at it >< and have more confidence in my singing. ^^ But I might play guitar for some things...

Second -- some people with good compositional skills. I'm not sure whether I'd like to go down that route of "I compose everything and then the others play it"... Eventually I might become a control freak but hopefully by that time I'll have got famous and can afford to go solo... XD. At the beginning it would be better I think to spread out the responsibility, so to have a bunch of good composers would give us more options, and probably more variety of songs too. ^^

Third -- have to be people who get along well together! ^^ No prima-donna asshole behaviour tolerated! Constructive discussion, not fights!

Fourth -- a strong image. Personally I tend to err on the ero-guro side of things (as a natural style, not consciously), but I think it is ok not to have necessarily a cohesive 'band style', but to be quite experimental and playful, and if each member wants to have their own 'personal image' that works just as well. ^^ It's also good to keep people on their toes, with changes of style - probably related to themes of songs, or groups of songs with a shared theme, that could be treated in costume. This of course would carry over to the 'live show image', which would be treated in a manner like theatre, with group decisions on set to complement the songs. ^^

Fifth -- a good promotions person! ^^

Sixth -- (actually my order is a bit messed up and this should come earlier but I'm not sure exactly where ><) -- an experimental approach, which uses other instruments (e.g. classical or folk instruments) and things which are not instruments, to make sounds, as well as digital samples and programming. However, ideally we should be able to make 'alternative versions' for 'emergency' in live, for instance if some equipment broke, so we could still perform a version without FX. ^^ (Then we can release these other versions later on and make even more money! XD)

Seventh -- a name in mangled French, with random apostrophes sprinkled on it. ^_~

 

[MMike]

It's is actually pretty hard to be very visual-kei for a new band. Costumes and stuff like that are pretty expensive and you might not want to pay that much if you don't have a lot of live shows or if you're not sure for how long the band's going to stay together.

So I would say... a member with a mom who likes to sew and can make costumes for the whole band, haha

 

[Mukau]

I would have each member pick a flower such as the bassist could pick the carnation etc, and then we would all sing songs that are romantic in nature. I would grow my hair very long and curly and dye it blonde. I'd wear medieval European clothes, and I think I'd sing in a really nasally voice and go through alot of member changes and then go on hiatus and then come back and have lots of releases!

Basically, a direct rip-off of Dir en grey.

 

[flowersofnight]

Basically, a direct rip-off of Dir en grey.

 

[sinhonornihumanidad]

sounds more like lareine, Deg would be...

start in very sucky bands, search for members in other sucky bands and form a new one. then kick off your bassist (and in revenge, he will become VK's most annoying man ever), get a new one and change the name of the band. Go to some indies VK producer's house and live there along with other bands, record a song similar to "USA for Africa", and then you will be a Nu metal starband in no time

 

[Xelyna]

If I started a VK band... I woulnd't be in it for a start, LOL. Female members are band death, unless they can totally convince everyone they're either a man or gayO_o;;

What you need is 5 of the hottest guys under the age of 20 who are at least vaugely competant at their instruments and who will improve with practice. Then you need them to write really good music that is the right combination of good to listen to and fun to dance to in the audience. Then you need some kind of gimmick, like, the vocalist will only do MCs through a puppet (although I've seen this in so many bands it's beginning not to be a gimmick anymore).

And then the most important thing is how they treat their fans. None of the guys is ever permitted to have a girlfriend (boyfriends are okay ), and they need to treat their fans like they love them, without giving any special favours to anyone. Otherwise bitchy fans will tear the band apart and they'll never make it off the indies circuit because they have no money

And other things... they need costumes that don't look like every other Oshare Kei band, they need to actually release CDs every 6 months or so, and they need to sign a contract in blood for their very souls that they will never leave the band!

 

[sinhonornihumanidad]

If I started a VK band... I woulnd't be in it for a start, LOL. Female members are band death, unless they can totally convince everyone they're either a man or gayO_o;;

What you need is 5 of the hottest guys under the age of 20 who are at least vaugely competant at their instruments and who will improve with practice. Then you need them to write really good music that is the right combination of good to listen to and fun to dance to in the audience. Then you need some kind of gimmick, like, the vocalist will only do MCs through a puppet (although I've seen this in so many bands it's beginning not to be a gimmick anymore).

And then the most important thing is how they treat their fans. None of the guys is ever permitted to have a girlfriend (boyfriends are okay ), and they need to treat their fans like they love them, without giving any special favours to anyone. Otherwise bitchy fans will tear the band apart and they'll never make it off the indies circuit because they have no money

And other things... they need costumes that don't look like every other Oshare Kei band, they need to actually release CDs every 6 months or so, and they need to sign a contract in blood for their very souls that they will never leave the band!

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[Orchid]

We would call ourselves Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which happens to be a real word. If our fans can't pronounce that, then they won't be permitted to purchase our singles or attend our live concerts. Speaking of singles, our first would be titled "Floccinaucinihilipilification", which also happens to be a real word.

If you were curious about anything more, our second single would be titled "Log".

 

[Demanufacturer]

We would call ourselves Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which happens to be a real word. If our fans can't pronounce that, then they won't be permitted to purchase our singles or attend our live concerts. Speaking of singles, our first would be titled "Floccinaucinihilipilification", which also happens to be a real word.

If you were curious about anything more, our second single would be titled "Log".

damn...




now my word ''consumentenbelangenbehartigingsverenigingen"seems to be not that long... does it?
yeah its a real dutch word XD


ANYWAY

my band whould be like moi dix mois,
only then it whould have everything i want MDM to be
which is SPEED
most of the songs of MDM are either to fast for a blast (which makes a blast almost impossible) or to slow... which gives a slow and boring (and easy sounding) blast...
think of the fast parts of shadows temple

me and a friend of mine both want to start a MDM-inspired band, but hell, we are the only two who like MDM ánd plays an instrument ;_;