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streaming and download from 2020.5.13 on 😊

Bring back Gagaku era, Meev!

Is this Satanic?

My set entire set up (hoping to add a Hario manual grinder and get rid of the cheap Walmart (Hamilton Beach) metal blade grinder). 
 

The end result, awful at taking pictures, the cup is half full, it didn't make THAT little lol. Also, please excuse the paint job back there, whoever painted it before we moved in got spots everywhere. 

Gurl, I enjoyed both.
 
I cannot function without coffee in the morning. It is my drugs of choice.
And I like both unsweetened. And no cream.

The quality was better during the stream than as a VOD, for some reason. I'm certain they keep recordings of what each camera filmed, but if anywhere, we'll see it on a DVD/Blu-ray. If there's ever been a reason to make a new documentary, it would be this show and the current situation worldwide.
 
Here's part 2 of the doc:
 
SERAPH published this, btw:
 

I'd pay cold money to hear Kyo do some stupid growl squeal of "arufooooooooooooo".

Everyone else: *Cancels/Postponed/Livestream their shows*
 
DIRU:
See you May 6th and 8th, bitches! Hihi!

1.) Live limited release.
 
It is archaic and need to be left behind in the age of streaming. Elitism won’t work these days. Sorryboutit. 

 
 
2.) band name using all kinds of symbols and/or numbers that is not easy to pronounce.
 
For obvious reason.

It’s 2020 and people still arguing over buying a CD?!? We have iTunes and we have streaming services these days. Even the most indie western band would have their songs upped. What’s that? Your obscure Japanese bands are not? Well, blame them for being elitist in turn for irrelevancy. Ironic.  
 
Like honestly, support when/if you can. It is not mandatory. Especially if your faves are attached to label. Unless self produced, those munnies would mostly ended up to the labels and producers bank accounts. However, it will ensure your band to not be dropped for having low sales.
 
But if you wanna support your bandomen and ensure that they would afford their next bowl of Yarou Ramen, or their Gucci/Chrome Hearts earrings, then you better be buying official bands merchs and/or attending their shows if/when they make stops to your area or nearby. much like drag queens, those bookings fee is how these bandomen paying their bills..., and some gari gari kun for that matter.

It’s 2020 and people still arguing over buying a CD?!? We have iTunes and we have streaming services these days. Even the most indie western band would have their songs upped. What’s that? Your obscure Japanese bands are not? Well, blame them for being elitist in turn for irrelevancy. Ironic.  
 
Like honestly, support when/if you can. It is not mandatory. Especially if your faves are attached to label. Unless self produced, those munnies would mostly ended up to the labels and producers bank accounts. However, it will ensure your band to not be dropped for having low sales.
 
But if you wanna support your bandomen and ensure that they would afford their next bowl of Yarou Ramen, or their Gucci/Chrome Hearts earrings, then you better be buying official bands merchs and/or attending their shows if/when they make stops to your area or nearby. much like drag queens, those bookings fee is how these bandomen paying their bills..., and some gari gari kun for that matter.

It’s 2020 and people still arguing over buying a CD?!? We have iTunes and we have streaming services these days. Even the most indie western band would have their songs upped. What’s that? Your obscure Japanese bands are not? Well, blame them for being elitist in turn for irrelevancy. Ironic.  
 
Like honestly, support when/if you can. It is not mandatory. Especially if your faves are attached to label. Unless self produced, those munnies would mostly ended up to the labels and producers bank accounts. However, it will ensure your band to not be dropped for having low sales.
 
But if you wanna support your bandomen and ensure that they would afford their next bowl of Yarou Ramen, or their Gucci/Chrome Hearts earrings, then you better be buying official bands merchs and/or attending their shows if/when they make stops to your area or nearby. much like drag queens, those bookings fee is how these bandomen paying their bills..., and some gari gari kun for that matter.

1.) Live limited release.
 
It is archaic and need to be left behind in the age of streaming. Elitism won’t work these days. Sorryboutit. 

 
 
2.) band name using all kinds of symbols and/or numbers that is not easy to pronounce.
 
For obvious reason.

1.) Live limited release.
 
It is archaic and need to be left behind in the age of streaming. Elitism won’t work these days. Sorryboutit. 

 
 
2.) band name using all kinds of symbols and/or numbers that is not easy to pronounce.
 
For obvious reason.

I like the punkish side of VK, so my suggestion is always add plenty of safety pins, and studs on anything.  Especially  on leather. Jackets, your creeper shoes, belts, suspenders, bagpack, anything!

Live limited releases are probably the most annoying. Especially if there is no digital release.

1.) Live limited release.
 
It is archaic and need to be left behind in the age of streaming. Elitism won’t work these days. Sorryboutit. 

 
 
2.) band name using all kinds of symbols and/or numbers that is not easy to pronounce.
 
For obvious reason.

1.) Live limited release.
 
It is archaic and need to be left behind in the age of streaming. Elitism won’t work these days. Sorryboutit. 

 
 
2.) band name using all kinds of symbols and/or numbers that is not easy to pronounce.
 
For obvious reason.

1.) Live limited release.
 
It is archaic and need to be left behind in the age of streaming. Elitism won’t work these days. Sorryboutit. 

 
 
2.) band name using all kinds of symbols and/or numbers that is not easy to pronounce.
 
For obvious reason.

1.) Live limited release.
 
It is archaic and need to be left behind in the age of streaming. Elitism won’t work these days. Sorryboutit. 

 
 
2.) band name using all kinds of symbols and/or numbers that is not easy to pronounce.
 
For obvious reason.

A better marketing team. That is what VK lacks.
 
Being edgy isn't the issue, Billie Eyelash is the latest example of that. And language barrier? Although valid, but with these K-Pop acta around and actually popular, so much so that they went to evening talk shows or performs at Coachella, one of the major Summer music festival in the world, I don't think it is that much of an issue these days. Especially when your music genre audience market is younger people or people who are young spirited.
 
And what did Billie, BTS, BLACKPINK, Ariana, Kardashians, and others have that VK acts don't? A marketing team that control the hype machine up in large scale.
 
Also, they are not utilizing internet very well when it is a great  tool to expand your reach. And actually this is a main issue with Japanese music industry in general. Like, L'arc~En~Ciel a major label band have only set up their official YouTube channel in December 2019!! And have been copyright strikes every single uploads of their music or music video by regular people so nobody but the actual fans actually know who they are. Imagine that.
 
Which is sad and tragic, since internet was the reason VK went viral outside Japan in the first place in the early 2000s with the P2P file sharing such as Soulseek being popular.

I made this "tutorial" for all you guys and girls who struggle with the makeup. I work as a makeup artist and this is my tips on how to look visual kei even if you are not asian!
 
This look is the basic visual kei look that most artists use, you can create different looks using this as a base which I will get to later!
 
Let's begin!
 
Step 1:

 
Always start off with a clean face. Moisturize heavily and put on a good primer that minimize pores and smoothens out the skin texture. A primer helps to keep your making looking fresh all day long, also it protects your skin.
 
Step 2:

 
To really get a visual look you should get some colored contacts! The ones portrayed here are called "White Zombie" and you can get them at regular halloween stores, costume shops and also online. Circle lenses are also commonly used in visual kei, those makes your iris/eyes look bigger! Always put on your contacts before you put on your makeup to avoid damaging your eyes.
 
As you can tell, the girl in the photo doesn't have any eyebrows! That's because I recommend you to either pluck your eyebrows, shave them off or just cover them up using a glue stick. Why? Well... because we are going to create a different eyebrow shape that fits the style better! 
 
Step 3:

 
Put on a full coverage foundation that is a little bit lighter than your skintone. It has to be full coverage to cover up any redness and imperfections. You want your skin to look flawless! Also use a concealer to cover up dark circles or other imperfections the foundation didn't cover.
 
Don't use too much foundation because it might look cakey, you want your skin to look as flawless as possible!
 
Step 4:

 
Set the foundation and concealer with a lot of loose powder to get rid of any shine. This will make you look completely matte and also help your makeup to stay in place during the day. Visual kei artists doesn't follow the glowing skin trend so keep it matte. This also makes your skin look even more flawless! Make sure the powder you use is either transperant, or the same color as your skin or a little bit lighter. Never use a powder that is darker than your skin!
 
Step 5:

 
Now it's time for shading/contouring! This is what makes your face look more defined. Visual kei artists doesn't do regular shading/contouring since most of them are men and want to look edgy.
 
What you are going to do is to either use a bronzer, a face powder or a contouring powder. It doesn't really matter what you use, just make sure that the powder is 2-3 shades darker than your skin and is brown in color. Avoid anything shimmery, go for a matte powder. You place this powder using a brush inside the areas I have marked with red and make sure to blend it out.
 
Don't use too much, less is more and you will end up looking dirty if you use too much.
 
If you accidentaly use too much you can just go over it using some more of the powder you used to set your foundation.
 
It should look something like this:

 
Step 6:

 
Now it's time to highlight! This is what is going to make your face look brighter, defined and polished.
 
Use a matte light powder, or eyeshadow for this. It should be about 3 shades lighter than your skintone. Again, very important to make sure the powder is matte! If you are very pale you could get away with using a white eyeshadow or a clown white pressed powder.
 
Apply this inside all the blue areas I marked on the picture and it should look something like this:

 
Step 7:

 
Now it's time for the eyes! Start off by creating a guideline using a black eyeliner pencil. Recreate the same shape as the red line shows in the picture above! The green line shows where the shape should stop on the bottom eyelid.(While looking straight forward, the shape you create should  stop right where your pupil begins.) Hope it makes any sense lol?
 
It should look something like this:

 
Step 8:

 
Fill it in using black gel liner, or the same eyeliner pencil you used to create the line. Make sure to set it using a matte black eyeshadow to make sure that it lasts all day long!
 
Put a white, or a very light beige/off white eyeliner pencil inside of the blue marking shown in the picture above. This is what makes the eye pop and look more defined!
 
Now your eye should look something like this:

 
Now....

Last step of the basic eye makeup is to add shading in the areas marked in red as shown in the picture above, this creates a fake aegyo-sal which is very popular in asia, also it makes the eye look a bit more interesting! Just use a brown eyeshadow that is a bit darker than your skin, or use the same product you used when you shaded your face.
 
Add some mascara and the basic eye makeup is done and should look something like this:

 
If you want you can add things to this such as rhinestones or stickers! If you want to add a color, a lot of visual kei artists puts a colorful eyeshadow around it like this:

 
If you want a more feminine look you could add long fake eyelashes or more mascara, like this:

 
Step 9:

 
Now it's time for the eyebrows! You want them to be kind of thin, further down towards the eye, slanted upwards so that they look angry and pretty close to the nose bridge. If you have grey hair they should be grey, if you have pink hair they should be pink, etc. I recommend using a waterproof liplinerpencils if you want unnatural colors such as pink, red etc. Eyeshadow works fine though if you want softer/"natural" brows. Avoid black eyebrows, they look harsh. Use a dark brown instead!
 
I picked grey eyebrows, this is what they look like:

 
Step 10:

 
Last step! Lips! You can do whatever you want with your lips. Block them out using a concealer, wear black lipstick, red lipstick, purple lipstick.... It's all up to you!
 
Visual Kei artists often times wear gradient lips. That means you block your lips out using a concealer, then put lipliner in the middle of your lips and blend it outwards! That way your lips look soft, no sharp lines around them etc.
 
In the picture above I tried to show you easy visual kei lips. It's so hard to draw makeup, but I think I did alright. To achieve that type of lip, you forst put on a regular lipcolored lipstick that is slightly darker than your lips. Then you dip your finger, or a brush, in black eyeshadow and blend it into your lips.
 
Using eyeshadow on the lips is very common in visual kei. It makes the lip last longer! Instead of lipgloss you could use a very shimmery eyeshadow or powder highligter for example!
 
Now you just need to fix your hair and you are all done!
 
Hope this tutorial helped some of you, feel free to ask if you have any questions! ❤️
 

Progress like one chord a day been made.

I like the punkish side of VK, so my suggestion is always add plenty of safety pins, and studs on anything.  Especially  on leather. Jackets, your creeper shoes, belts, suspenders, bagpack, anything!