Hi, I am a musician from Germany. Although I am not a full time one. 
Thank you for this wonderful forum where people share their experiences. I have never been in Japan, but I am interested to visit to introduce either my / my friend's music. I am not sure where to post questions about these kind of activities. I have researched internet about visa, music tour agents, labels etc. (can not afford one at the moment )
Then I found your forum / subforums which also discuss entertainment and other aspect of Japanese life.
My friend has quite a rusty basic Japanese language knowledge. (JLPT level 4 ) He almost never use it in real life. So there will be some challenges ahead.
The genre played is tropical house, trap , fusion jazz. My friend can also perform singer songwriter style.
I read that Japanese fan are not used to heavier bass more drum oriented. And the club sound system is not designed to support bass oriented music.
If you have first hand experience please kindly elaborate.
Further information is that on every given Saturday night there are 15000 artists and bands performing in 5000 venues in greater Tokyo area. Could anybody confirm this?
How about music life in areas outside greater Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka areas?
The main target audience is the local native Japanese. We are also keen to collaborate with local and gaijin artists.
Thank you in advance for your responses. Looking forward to get to know you!
Thank you for this wonderful forum where people share their experiences. I have never been in Japan, but I am interested to visit to introduce either my / my friend's music. I am not sure where to post questions about these kind of activities. I have researched internet about visa, music tour agents, labels etc. (can not afford one at the moment )Then I found your forum / subforums which also discuss entertainment and other aspect of Japanese life.
My friend has quite a rusty basic Japanese language knowledge. (JLPT level 4 ) He almost never use it in real life. So there will be some challenges ahead.
The genre played is tropical house, trap , fusion jazz. My friend can also perform singer songwriter style.
I read that Japanese fan are not used to heavier bass more drum oriented. And the club sound system is not designed to support bass oriented music.
If you have first hand experience please kindly elaborate.
Further information is that on every given Saturday night there are 15000 artists and bands performing in 5000 venues in greater Tokyo area. Could anybody confirm this?
How about music life in areas outside greater Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka areas?
The main target audience is the local native Japanese. We are also keen to collaborate with local and gaijin artists.
Thank you in advance for your responses. Looking forward to get to know you!
