Anyone know any Japanese artist like Yui, soft, cute, pop songs?
well, as for cute... otsuka ai is a personal fave. "smiley", "happy days" and "ningyo hanabi" are some of my fave songs from her!! i also really love ayumi hamasaki!! shes my fave!! though she does alot of techno (which are all still cute ^^)... she also has some really great other songs!! like "i am", "no more words", "to be", "angels song", "powder snow", "evolution", etc... maaya sakamoto is great! try out "hemisphere", "purachina", "koibito no suite", etc.... nami tamaki: "prayer", "believe", "realize", etc.... ali project has more of an...er... dramatic feel... but the songs are way cool! : "kopperia no hitsugi", "rose moon", "L'eternite", etc.... and origa is also great!! shes a russian artist but her songs are brilliant!! really!! they have a real "matrix anime" feel to them!! : "sayonara" (this song is more sweet), "rise or fall", "inner universe", "date of rebirth", etc.... theres also: naime amura day by day do as infinity dream chocochair yellow generation utada hikaru is popular... but other than "simple and clean" im not too fond of her songs.... minako honda ritsuka okazaki oranges and lemons yura yura mika nakashima the brilliant green etc....... heres where they list a bunch of artists!! they have lyrics as well (and anime songs too ^^) http://www.animelyrics.com/jpop/ and youc an download some here: http://www.rippersanime.com/index.php?page=Music&list=E on that page you should download: tonight/midnight -- and -- jouhou -E's otherwise, Forever- elemental gelade, Be your girl- elfen lied, and fly away- eureka 7. these are some of my faves!!!! thats the E page, though. theres A-Z ^^ please enjoy!!
Korean or Japanese Songs similar to these ?
I am looking for new Korean or Japanese music to listen to but i can't find any. Here are a few songs that i like :) ALL FT Island songs :) D-NA - Stumble Stumble The Brilliant Green - Ash like Snow G.NA - I'll back off so you live better MBLAQ - Goodluv SS501 - Beacuse I'm Stupid Yui - Rolling Star If possible i would like some female singers because i have alot of male vocals in my ipod already . . . BTW - i dont like artists like suju, boa and all the tachno-like music, im not in to it; :) thanks in advance :)
Why do Japanese singing voices sound so different?
One big thing is that the Japanese has more “nasal” tones to it than English does, and that has an effect on the sound of the singing. For example, the “N” sound in Japanese can be a syllable all by itself. That is, an “N” with no vowel sound attached. That sounds odd to an English-speaker’s ears.There is also a very common style of singing (and speaking) amongst female pop singers to deliberately make themselves sound younger, which is the opposite of what most Western singers do. It’s an “affected” style that the singers use because it’s popular.Here’s the band Chu’s Day, whose singer usually does not use that affected style, doing a wonderful cover of Mariah Carey’s version of All I Want for Christmas is You:And singing an original song in Japanese:And if you check out some of the hard rock/heavy metal acts, the singers usually dispense with the affected voice:But the “nasal” tones of the language are still apparent.As to Korean singers sounding like Japanese singers, a lot of that is because the K-Pop industry modeled itself after the J-Pop industry.
Are there any American bands that sound like Japanese bands?
Welcome to the genre! First let me warn you that nobody can tell you exactly what fits you but you. Rock is such an incredibly diverse genre and there are literally thousands of bands out there. That being said, I'm personally a fan of all kinds of music, including J-Rock and J-Pop, and these are some "American" or rather English-Speaking bands that have a style similar to bands like FLOW and NICO Touches The Walls. Avril Lavigne. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGR65RWw... Relient K (While actually a Christian Rock band, they have amassed a large following from fans who aren't Christian as well. This band actually got me into Rock Music in general and perhaps I associate it with Japanese Music simply because it is what I listened to at the same time that I got into J-Pop but here you go anyway.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZJBejiI... Within Temptation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKtapZFS... OneRepublic (While they are making waves today on the pop radio, OneRepublic also has been considered "Alternative Rock" in the past. Check out the song I provided here which provides a beautiful melody the likes of which you often find in a Japanese song.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWZ4D-0W0FM LOSTPROPHETS (BRILLIANT MUSIC but the lead singer turned out to be a pedophile and is rotting away in jail... Despite this, the music this band put out is awesome and I sincerely hope the rest of the band members regroup and put out new music). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z5FWlUN1go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6FyvK4DO6U If you like any of the above you may want to listen to Linkin Park as well. While they are a little bit more aggressive than the above, if you liked any of the acts I mentioned above you will probably like them. Google their songs, "In The End" or "Pushing Me Away".
Need help naming song - asian lyrics, female vocals, very early 90s?
The song may have been Japanese, but i can't be sure. I know it was in an Asian language, with female vocals. I believe it became somewhat popular in the states in the early 90s. I first heard it on alternative radio, I think Q -101 or WXRT, both are Chicago radio stations. I later seen the video on MTV of this band doing the song in question. If I remember correctly, it was 1 female and 2 males. I think the video was in B & W. Both guys in the video had thick glasses, a sort of geek like appeal to it, much like the video by The Rentals, "Friends of P" or Boggle's, "Video Killed The Radio Star"...MTV even used parts of the song in some commercials for it's extreme sports segments. The song had an alternative pop style - beat-nik - almost 60s surf music sound, up-beat, very heavy on the percussion...almost a "Grove Is In The Heart" meets "Wipe-Out"... if there are any ideas, please let me know!
What is the edm/trap song that begins with a melody that sounds like traditional chinese or other asian music?
It starts out with a melody that sort of sounds like a traditional chinese song, but then picks up and drops with a trap/edm beat. To anyone who can sort of relate it to this, the trap part goes: "Duh-Duh-Duh" really loud and then continues with "d-d-d-d-d-d-duh" while still sort of keeping the melody at the start. Thank you to anyone who can help me find it :)
Whats that newish song with the asian girl singing it in the music video?
She sounds like shes white. Its like a pop song you know. I heard it when i went bowling. shes riding a bike in the music video and her asian family is like singing too lol. its weird but its got a cool beat
Does Spotify have Asian music (specifically, Korean/Japanese/Taiwanese pop)?
Technically, yes, Spotify does have Asian music, as others on this question page have indicated, but the collection is sparse beyond the absolute top artists, and most of it is poorly organized (with artists, songs, and album titles a mix of misspelled English, inconsistent pinyin/transliteration, and on rare occasion the original language, etc.).In terms of Taiwanese music, Spotify's collection includes some oldies and the top artists of the past decade, like Jay Chou 周杰倫 and Leehom 王力宏 (accessible only if you search by their English names), but try searching Mayday 五月天 or Cheer Chen 陳綺貞, arguably two of the top artists/groups in Taiwan today, and there's nothing.In terms of Japanese music, I've been unable to find any substantial collection of music searching in either Japanese or English for artists like Ayumi Hamasaki 浜崎 あゆみ or Mika Nakashima 中島 美嘉, both extremely popular artists over the last decade. There are some anime collections or "music box" versions of their top songs, but not much else.For a non-Asian audience, Spotify has enough Asian music to be interesting, but for someone who is actually interested in and keeps up with Asian music, it's woefully inadequate.