Aravynandrea's Blog

I saw that fox6 had a "mymusic blog" so I thought I'd take a moment to share my favorite music with my fellow bloggers.

Don't ask me about Mariah Carey or Britney Spears or either Simpson sister, cause I simply don't know. When I turn on the radio now-a-days, I can't differentiate between one artist or another.

It seems they all sound and look like each other now-a-days. If Britney cuts her hair, they all do. If Jessica Simpson dyes her hair dark, they all do. Even the music sounds like clones. I couldn't tell you who was singing what anymore.

Its like, in order to one up the competition, the BECOME just like the competition, with their own edge.

However, there is one style of music that hasn't disappointed me... some may find this weird... but I am in LOVE with J-Rock and J-Pop (The J stands for Japanese.)

I've always loved the Japanese culture and history, and I'm actually headed to Japan next year for a 2 week vacation (my first time out of the country! yay!) So it only stands to reason that I would enjoy music from Japan.

What's great about it, is all of the artists compete with each other by standing on their own individuality and letting the music and the lyrics speak for themselves. and even better, there is a fire in the music that has been missing in American pop and rock these days. (At least in my opinion.)

Gackt is my favorite artist. What is cool about him, is that you don't even need to understand Japanese to get what he's trying to convey with his songs.

Other great J artists are X-Japan, Dir En Grey, Alice NINE, Glay, L'arc~en~ciel, do as infitinty, UTADA, TM Revolution and another favorite of mine, Orange Range.

If you're interested in catching what J-rock is all about, check out my station or my station's blog. (yes I'm a dj for an independent Japanese music station. ^_^)

And tell me what music you enjoy outside of Britney, Whitney and Christine...

Well its Christina... but Christine rhymes a little better. Lol.