‪Su凸ko D凹koi 「ブス」PV‬ - Japan's Hottest New Girl's Band!

We just made the new video for Japan’s Hottest New Girl’s Group! Su Ko D Koi! These girl’s are fantastic! Su凸ko D凹koi 「すっとこどっこい」. The song is called, “Busu” which means “Ugly.” It's amazing that these three girls can make such a powerful sound. Check it!

Su Ko D Koi - Busu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE0s_D8G5hc)

Here's the lyrics: 

(Chorus)

Ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly

I wonder if I am ugly

Ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly

I know that I am

I've been living with the face for 20 years

I've come to realize that I'll never be a princess

I am not the only one who thinks so

I could never work as a hostess at a bar

(Chorus)

But I got a boyfriend one day

I think he also thinks I am ugly

That's what I think, but I'm not sure

But for the first time, I thought, "Oh I'm glad to be alive." 

For the first time in my life

I thought from the bottom of my heart, 

I am happy to be alive

I was really happy

(Chorus)

After dating for about six months

He suddenly hit me

I didn't do anything to deserve it

When I woke up in the hospital

with a transfusion in my arm

He had his head in his hands

Then he was gone

But I wasn't angry at him

Because it was the first time he really made me feel like a woman

I was happy!

(Chorus 2x)

Thank you!"

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It’s kind of like the old 1950s song, “He Hit Me, and It Felt Like a Kiss” by the Crystals but with a 2015 twist!

Cool! 

If you like this, please go "Like" their Facebook page: http://on.fb.me/19e1HCn

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This video was made by me and Ken Nishikawa at Robot55!

Shonen Knife New Video! "Ghost Train"

Who doesn't know Japan's most famous girl's rock band, Shonen Knife? 

Even Kurt Cobain from Nirvana loved this band!

This is an old video, of course. The band members have changed and Kurt has died.... FYI.

Well, after all these years, Shonen Knife still rock and my friend Ken and I just finished their new video for the song, "Ghost Train." Enjoy!

Cute Japanese High School Girls Singing... Heavy Metal? Must Be Seen/ Heard to be Believed.

Once again, Japan has the market on weird cornered. I was just turned onto this band by a friend.... Make that ex-friend.

Japan has all sorts of cute stuff and tons of cute pop stars. So cute that you want to strangle them all.... Well , maybe excepting this one. 


I don't know what to make of this... It's a new artist from Toys Factory. Toys Factory was a good label twenty years ago. The person responsible for this, though, should be shot.


But, you've got to see this to believe it. It's called "Baby Metal." Leave it to Japan to create a "cute" heavy metal group.

This is some girls from Sakura Gakuin, which sounds like a school named "Cherry Blossom School" but I suspect that this isn't a school at all. It also says that "Baby Metal is the Heavy Music section of Cherry Blossom School."

Most probably Sakura Gakuin is the name of some crappy cute girls band... Let me check for you....

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Oh, my freaking Jesus God in plaid! It is! Sakura Gakuin is more cute crap from pop hell!... That makes Baby Metal, cute heavy metal from... well... Hell, I guess (so if heavy metal is from hell it's supposed to be good, like Spinal Tap, right?) 

Click on the video... if you dare!

Jeez. Seriously there are people who actually buy this crap.... The girls are cute.... Just wish they'd shut their mouths....

Baby Metal... Or Sakura Gakuin.... Pick your poison. What kind of twisted and demented soul would take the girls from Sakura Gakuin and make a heavy metal unit!?.... Seriously, there are some very sick individuals running around. 

Baby Metal and Sakura Gakuin: Only in Japan. Enjoy! Er, if you can!  

"Oh Lordy, what hath befallen us?" - Exodus 16 Jackson 5

Moja, Marketing and Me (Japan's Best New Rock Band is Moja)

OK. A short (but hopefully interesting) blog for your Sunday pleasure. It's mainly about a Japanese rock band named Moja but it is also about getting out and marketing yourself in the real world to real people. 


First up, let's talk about the band, Moja.

Moja. Playing at SXSW 3/16/2011

Here is Japan's best new rock band. Their name is Moja. They are a drum and bass duo with a guy named Haruhiko and a goddess on drums named Masumi. This duet is so hot that they've been invited to play at SXSW in March 2011. That's huge!


What is SXSW? Wikipedia describes:


SXSW Music is one of the largest music festivals in the United States, with more than 2,000 performers playing in more than 90 venues around downtown Austin over four days, in March. Though it is an industry-based event, SXSW Music links locally with events such as the annual Austin Music Awards show and Texas Rock Fest. SXSW Music also offers free musical samples of featured artists at each festival. 


When people ask, "Who do they sound like?" I can't answer that question. It's hard to describe Moja's sound. They don't sound like anyone else. It's incredible that just two people, with just a drum and bass, can make such a massive wall of sound.


If you like loud rock music, then click on the video. If not, then don't! This blog will continue below with an explanation of what this has to do with you and with marketing. 

Since this band is rising like a rocket, I knew that I had to take this chance to make their promotion video. Both Ken Nishikawa and I took two days (one was all night) in Feb. 2011 to shoot this video and then we edited it for about 10 hours on a Saturday night. It was a fun but extremely tiring process.  


Making a video like this should cost at least ¥500,000 for the entire package. How much did Ken and I get paid to make this video? Nothing. Zero. We did it for free. It was a labor of love... 


Actually we lost money as we bought food and drinks for ourselves during the shooting and editing days as well as train fare.


So, if we lose money doing this, why do it? 


Because I've mentioned many times before, that to be successful on the Internet, you have to have great content and you have to give things away for free. When you give things away for free, you are addressing the wants and needs of the readers and people who come to your site - and not being self-centric by always thinking of your own wants and needs. When you give things away for free, people will come. Perhaps, after addressing these needs of your visitors, then they can enter into your sales cycle then become a money maker for you thereby addressing your needs. 


You also have to be an expert in some field. I consider myself an expert in independent music. I've been in it for over 30 years.


I am starting an Internet business that is very much concerned with the music business. And since I have already been in the music business since 1978 and know that, in the music  business, credibility is hard to get, it is even harder to buy.


By supporting independent artists and the independent music scene and creating these sorts of high-quality music videos for those artists,  we make a statement; we are here and we are here to help you - not take advantage of you. 


This gives me massive credibility - much more than a, say, mere promoter who wants to hold shows and make money. I am giving the artist something they really want, and can use for years and asking for nothing in return.


One of the problems with Internet people is that they have no experience in the real world. They have sat behind their computers for so long that they don't know that face to face human interaction is still the trump card - especially in a business like the music business. Look at how the CEO of Groupon screws up his business by not being understanding of real people's feelings and local customs.


He definitely needs to get out more into the real world. 


Here is an ancient Chinese saying: "It is the wise business man who bows his head lowest for he shall understand his customers and become wealthy." OK, well, it's not so ancient and it's not so Chinese; I just made it up. But it's true.


Now, with a video like the above, I show people that I am here to help and be a part of the scene and I am real. This video is great promotion for the band but it is also great promotion for me too. We made this video last night. This morning I just did a Google search for "Moja Japanese band" and there the video is on the first page of results and, along with it, my name appears! Mission Accomplished!


If you are blogging or doing Social Media or other Internet services, is there anyway that you can become more connected with the real world by getting out and doing things with real people; thereby driving others to your web site and promoting your name? 


Think about it.




Here's another article on Moja


Moja on Myspace