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Anime Dad wrote:Interesting.... Nakama Yukie #1.

I guess "Highest paid" doesn't equal "Most talented".... how else could you explain Kyoko Fukada? :hehe:

The good book says 'blessed are the humble...' - I guess 'dumb' qualified as 'humble'...

chokakoi wrote:

Sou desu ne! Thank you!!!

She actually starred in a dorama alongside Yutaka Takenouchi called Rondo...

slashersam016 wrote:i dont whether you guys know this already but.. even im not a fan of Ayumi.. im shocked.. :puppydog:

Ayumi Hamasaki deaf in left ear

Fans of pop star Ayumi Hamasaki were surprised on Friday by a post on her fan club website revealing that the singer has gone completely deaf in her left ear.

Hamasaki mentioned that she had her ear checked last year. Her deafness was confirmed, and doctors said her condition was not treatable. The loss of hearing had started as early as 2000, when it forced her to cancel several shows.

Hamasaki said that she will continue her singing career as long as she can still hear with her right ear.

source: http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2358

am I a little late for this?? :sweat:


I'm saddened by the news.. adn deafness is one of the most painful thing that can ever happen to a musician...

take care ayumi :puppydog:

kisarazu wrote:deafness is one of the most painful thing that can ever happen to a musician...

Is she a musician or just a singer?

bmwracer wrote:
Is she a musician or just a singer?

singer. but she writes her own lyrics. but whatever, every singer seems to claim that they write their own lyrics these days. and they probably didn't do it by themselves.

even ERIKA-ho-sama, *says* she writes her own lyrics

monta wrote:singer. but she writes her own lyrics. but whatever, every singer seems to claim that they write their own lyrics these days. and they probably didn't do it by themselves.

Well, even writing her own lyrics doesn't make her a musician... ;)

bmwracer wrote:
Well, even writing her own lyrics doesn't make her a musician... ;)

ha... interesting. So what does it take for a person to be called a "musician"?

yanie_chan wrote:

ha... interesting. So what does it take for a person to be called a "musician"?

ER.. i think singers are considered as musician because they are still dealing with music.. well anyway as long as what you are doing is related to music.. it's painful ..

i don't know if this is supposed to be here but...

Namie Amuro is starring the new Vidal Sassoon campaign, and you guys have got to check her new PV out!!!

it's one of the best japanese video clips i've seen so far

http://youtube.com/watch?v=od2aAWquNjs

yanie_chan wrote:

ha... interesting. So what does it take for a person to be called a "musician"?

different people different point of view on what they call a 'musician'. Some people think that someone gets to be called a musician when they create the 'music', you know, like the whole package, so they create the whole song.

writing the lyrics is like... writing an essay?? coz they probably didn't synchronize the lyrics with music by themselves.

so when those boybands and some singers say that they wrote the lyrics, i think they just took a page from their diary and have their composers etc sync their lyrics with the music for them








:beaten: okay, no heat, don't let this be another Shi*rota Yuu whtvr thread

yanie_chan wrote:ha... interesting. So what does it take for a person to be called a "musician"?

I think someone who can play and instrument is a musician... And someone who sings is a singer... They're mutually exclusive, IMO. :)

why has it turn into a battle of 'what is musician' vs 'what is singer'?


anyway... i was shock to know that she's deaf in one ear... she is really courageous to tell everyone about it...

chokakoi wrote:why has it turn into a battle of 'what is musician' vs 'what is singer'?

No "battle..."

Just a friendly discussion.... :)

‰ª–{Œ’ˆê [Okamoto Kenichi] divorced. Last year :shocked:
source: Sanspo
so... he's on the market now? :twisted:

monta wrote:be another Shi*rota Yuu whtvr thread

I have missed something, clearly ;p

aleyna wrote:‰ª–{Œ’ˆê [Okamoto Kenichi] divorced. Last year :shocked:
source: Sanspo
so... he's on the market now? :twisted:


I have missed something, clearly ;p

I donLt know who he is :headscratch: but is he over 28? And good looking?

EstherM wrote:
I donLt know who he is :headscratch: but is he over 28? And good looking?

:hehe: :hehe:

Singers and musicians?

I'd always assumed that musicians were people who played instruments, as BMW said.

But talking to singers... they're comfortable referring to themselves as musicians since the voice is their instrument. They make music with it.

Violinist, Pianist, Vocalist, etc.

The gray area, for me, comes when you're talking about the person who writes the words. The Lyricist. That person is a writer, not a musician. Unless, of course, the lyricist also performs his or her song. Then he or she is both a writer and a musician.

EstherM wrote:

aleyna wrote:‰ª–{Œ’ˆê [Okamoto Kenichi] divorced. Last year :shocked:
so... he's on the market now? :twisted:

I donLt know who he is :headscratch: but is he over 28? And good looking?

born in -69, and he is extremely cool and very much worth worshipping ;)
The photo here on database doesn't do him justice at all, he is very much <3 live.
He was in ’j“¬ŒÄ‘g back in the days. Is quite droolworthy nowadays. Hot.

I tried youtube, but there was nothing recent, sadly.
From 2002: http://youtube.com/watch?v=nQPf0QCfE8s He appears 5:07. I don't suggest watching the other parts ;)


(Tu_tricky, don't even think about it :mrgreen: )

Geezer wrote:The gray area, for me, comes when you're talking about the person who writes the words. The Lyricist. That person is a writer, not a musician. Unless, of course, the lyricist also performs his or her song. Then he or she is both a writer and a musician.

Thing is, are there lyricists who aren't musicians or is that mutually exclusive as well?

bmwracer wrote:
Thing is, are there lyricists who aren't musicians or is that mutually exclusive as well?

when you mutually exclusive it reminds me of one of my worst subject which is statistics :hehe:


anyway don't worry monta this is not another shirota yuu thingy hehe we don't heat up here :mrgreen: