OFF THE LOCK » Reader’s Poll http://www.offthelock.com Just another WordPress site Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:19:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Japanese Magazine PLAYER “2011 Reader’s Poll” http://www.offthelock.com/2012/02/04/japanese-magazine-player-2011-readers-poll/ http://www.offthelock.com/2012/02/04/japanese-magazine-player-2011-readers-poll/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:53:46 +0000 Tobias http://www.offthelock.com/?p=2055 As every year, the January issue of the Japanese music magazine PLAYER(http://www.player.jp/index.html) features a retrospect on last year, and what readers of the magazine liked the most.

Here's a relevant extract of the voting results:

Category "Best Artist": B'z ranked 5th (5th in 2010, 3rd in 2009)
Category "Best Album": C'mon ranked 2nd
Catagory "Best Vocalist": Koshi Inaba ranked 1st (same as 2009, 2010)
Category "Best Guitarist": Tak Matsumoto ranked 2nd (1st in 2010, 3rd in 2009)
Category "This year's biggest news": Matsumoto winning the Grammy ranked 4th
Category "Best Drummer": Shane Gaalaas ranked 16th (8th in 2010, 9th in 2009)
Category "Best Bassist": Barry Sparks ranked 6th

]]> http://www.offthelock.com/2012/02/04/japanese-magazine-player-2011-readers-poll/feed/ 0 Japanese Magazine PLAYER “2010 Reader’s Poll” http://www.offthelock.com/2011/01/04/japanese-magazine-player-2010-readers-poll/ http://www.offthelock.com/2011/01/04/japanese-magazine-player-2010-readers-poll/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:44:19 +0000 Tobias http://www.offthelock.com/?p=1083 Just as last year, the latest issue of the Japanese music magazine PLAYER(http://www.player.jp/index.html) features a retrospect on the year 2010, and what readers of the magazine liked the most.
Here's how B'z, Shane Gaalaas and Masuda Takanobu were ranked.

Category "Best Artist": B'z ranked 5th (3rd in 2009)

Category "Best Live Performance in Japan": B'z ranked 5th (4th in 2009) - Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto ranked 9th

Catagory "Best Vocalist": Koshi Inaba ranked 1st (same as 2009)

Category "Best Guitarist": Tak Matsumoto ranked 1st (3rd in 2009)

Category "This year's biggest news": Collaboration between Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto ranked 4th

Category "Best Drummer": Shane Gaalaas ranked 8th (9th in 2009)

Category "Miscellaneous Player": Masuda Takanobu ranked 4th (6th in 2009)

Source(s): B'zaholic Blog (Japanese)

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Here's how B'z, Shane Gaalaas and Masuda Takanobu were ranked:

Category "Best Artist": B'z ranked 3rd

Category "Best Live Performance in Japan": B'z ranked 4th

Catagory "Best Vocalist": Koshi Inaba ranked 1st

Category "Best Guitarist": Tak Matsumoto ranked 3rd

Category "Best Drummer": Shane Gaalaas ranked 9th

Category "Miscellaneous Player": Masuda Takanobu ranked 6th

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