Miyavi

Today is Miyavi's birthday.... wow I cannot believe I'm posting about this... lol

But it has a reason... this time last year I was finishing my Master Thesis and applying to the Internship program that I'm currently in. So much has changed... it's unbelievable. Of course a year is a very long time and a lot can happen, but you only notice when you look back and think about it. Somehow, at that time, I really did not believe that things could have taken this turn. I don't why, but that is the truth. Maybe it's my not very optimistic nature.

I remember that one year ago, Miyavi's music was really important for me and the message within it was what I needed at that time. So, in order to celebrate the evolution of life:

雅-miyavi - 陽の光さえ届かないこの場所で ｆｅａｔ．ＳＵＧＩＺＯ (Hi No Hikari Sae Todokanai Kono Basho De feat. SUGIZO)

(credits to AKC925 @ YouTube)

Link to the lyrics and translation all credits go to baka_neko @ Jrock Revolution Forums

And the awesome news was...

... that I was accepted in a International Trainee Program, and above all that I will be going to do my internship in SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA!!!! To tell you the truth at the time I wrote that post I still didn't know where I was going to go, we were only told at the 23rd of May. Yes, I know that today is the 9th of June... but I really took my time to digest the news. And I think I have still to fully digest them...

I really had no expections when it came to the place I was going to be send to when I arrived for my week of formation in Lisbon. However, during the week I would sometimes harbour the thought it would be cool to go to San Francisco. And guess what?! That was where I ended up. And I'm going to be there for 9 months... :)

The only thing that I'm sorry about now is that Miyavi has already gone there for his world tour... bad bad timing... :)

So, in about a month the posts are going to start to coming to you directly from the USA. I'll try to be little more consistent, to give you guys a feeling of how the things are going on across the pond and a continent. ;)

(credit to www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it/)

Up for a full year!!

So yesterday was the one year anniversary of this blog....

I was convinced that it was around the 16th or the 17th of May... that's why I didn't post yesterday...

I've been planing this post for a while...

So in order to celebrate the one year of this blog here is a video from the one and only 雅-miyavi, from is last concert has a indie artist. :)

雅-miyavi - Shiawase nara te ot Tatakou (if your happy and you know it clap your hands, lol)

(Credits to Oresan382 @ Youtube for posting it)

雅-miyavi- : Selfish Love (7 SAMURAI SESSIONS-We’re KAVKI BOIZ- version)

I just had to post this video here!! This version of the song is just amazing!!
I fell completely in love with it and made me even more want to get the mini-album!! But that will have to wait a little... :(

Here it is 雅-miyavi- Selfish Love (7 SAMURAI SESSIONS-We’re KAVKI BOIZ- version):
(credit goes to MeevLover for posting it in YouTube)

S.K.I.N.

This is one of the best videos, in terms of sound and image quality, I've come across. Enjoy:

Here's the link (the box was too big...):
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v713200xPRfwd77

S.K.I.N. obsessed or Japanese Music III

So the first ever concert of the Japanese Rock band I mentioned in the previous post was yesterday (or better today at dawn). And I've just spend the all day looking for details... (crazy me :P)

It seems that they completely rocked!!! :D

Japanese Music!! (a new addiction)

About 3 weeks ago I discovered the fantastic world of Japanese Music, through chance I might say...
I have this habit of sometimes clicking on the link that says next blog and read a bit of what is written in the first blog I come across. On one of these "journeys" I bumped into a comment that said something like: "Finally Gackt has stopped being gay...". I found this statement quiet curious so I decided to go and see who Gackt was...

After surfing on the net for some hours, and a few pictures, translations and videos later I really got into Gackt's music (even do I don't understand a single word of Japanese). While discovering Gackt I came across other artists, and the next one to catch my attention was 雅-Miyavi.

Unfortunately getting Japanese music, or anything Japanese for that matter, is not very easy here. So in order to get to know better these artists I had to surf a lot on the Internet, and finally I decided to order two of their cds. Which arrived today!!!!!!

Completely addicted to Gackt and 雅-Miyavi!!!!

Here is the first music that really got my attention by Gackt - Lust for Blood:
(I would like to acknowledge pallidwraith for posting the video on YouTube)

And here's my favorite music by 雅-Miyavi - Ashita, Genki ni Naare:
(I would like to acknowledge xxitsxmitsukixx for the post in YouTube and the subtitles)