Vote for B’z at French J-Music Awards 2009
News Hey there people, I’ve read about this on the BNP forums and also on a site affiliated with OTL (http://www.bznobise.eu/). For the French-speaking folks among you this site is probably already known to you.
However, as I’ve had a lot of chit-chat with Odon Vallon (the webmaster of B’z no bise), I encourage you all to vote for B’z on the French J-Music Awards for making a change even though you’re not French.
Can’t speak French? Don’t fret. Thanks to my wonderful memory of the French I learned back then in high-school I’ll explain the voting process in detail for you.
Step one:
Register for an account so you can vote here: http://www.frenchjmusicawards.com/register.php
The form goes as follows: Username/Nickname, Password, Repeat Password, E-Mail. (The last two are your birthdate and gender, which are optional and only serve their statistics)
Step two:
Check your E-Mail (perhaps even the spam-folder) for an E-Mail from “French JMA 2009” and click the confirmation link in the E-Mail (which should look like this: http://www.frenchjmusicawards.com/validate.php?email=XXXXX@XXXX&validate=XXXXXX)
Your votes are not valid unless you confirm your registration by clicking on that link!
Step three:
Log in to your account with the username and password you provided: http://www.frenchjmusicawards.com/vote.php
Voting is possible from January 11th, 2010 12 AM to January 31st, 2010 11:59 PM (GMT+1). The results will be out in early February!
Here are the categories in the voting section from top to bottom:
1) Best women’s solo artist single of 2009
2) Best men’s solo artist single of 2009
3) Best female or mixed group single of 2009
4) Best “boys band” single of 2009
5) Best male group single of 2009 => B’z – Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE
6) Best collaboration single of 2009 ( Sorry no Koshi x SLASH there 🙁 )
7) Best women’s solo artist album of 2009
8 ) Best men’s solo artist album of 2009
9) Best female or mixed group album of 2009
10) Best male group album of 2009 => B’z – MAGIC
11) Best “Best-of” album of 2009
12) Best Live-DVD of 2009 => B’z LIVE-GYM PLEASURE 2008 -GLORY DAYS-
13) Best choreography of 2009 (name a song that has been released as a single or as part of an album in Japan in 2009)
14) Female or mixed group of 2009 (one Japanese artist per box; mixed group only counts if the main vocalist is female)
15) Male or mixed group of 2009 (Same as 14), just male vocalist)
16) Revelation of 2009
17) Best concert or tour in France in 2009
18) Best CD cover of 2009
19) Japanese artist you want to come to France in 2010 (or something like that? not sure)
Anyway, happy voting!
Japanese Magazine PLAYER “2009 Reader’s Poll”
News The latest issue of the Japanese music magazine PLAYER(http://www.player.jp/index.html) features a retrospect on the year 2009, 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 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
Happy New Year 2010!
News I know this is a little late, but I’ve been a little busy and I was not able to finish the video I wanted to put into this post.
As usual, B’z has also released their new year greetings to B’z fans on B’z PARTY. My undercover agent who infiltrated B’z PARTY was able to get the video for me 😉
Tak & Koshi’s Favorite Music from 2009
News And you thought their music was diverse; look at the albums Koshi & Tak listed as their favorite releases from the year of 2009. One of them doesn’t fit with the rest, to say the least. Certainly an interesting choice, I’d say.
Tak Matsumoto
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
Neal Schon – Beyond the Thunder
Superfly – Box Emotions
GReeeeN – Shio, Kosho
The Beatles – Complete Box Set
Koshi Inaba
Band of Skulls – Baby Darling Doll Face Honey
OneRepublic – All the Right Moves
Cage The Elephant – Self-Titled Debut Album
Kings of Leon – Only By the Night
Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy – The Second Movement of Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto
Messages from Tak and Koshi & “Long time no see” as Theme Song
News “Long time no see” has been announced as the theme song for the drama show “Salaryman Kintaro 2”, which will start airing on TV Asahi in January, 2010. If you want to check it out, here’s the official homepage: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/kintaro/
With B’z 17th official studio album “MAGIC” out of the door, Tak and Koshi have put up their messages directed at their fans:
Tak’s Message:
Seriously! It’s MAGIC!!
Tak
Koshi’s Message:
This is an album that shows the awesomeness of the band.
It was fun producing it!!
Pump up the volume and listen to it☆
Koshi Inaba
B’z LIVE-GYM 2010 “Ain’t no Magic” Logo & Support Members announced
News The tour logo has been posted on B’z Official Website today:
I hope you all like it as much as I do. I think it’s very original. Furthermore, support members have been announced along with revealing the logo:
Masuda Takanobu — Keyboards
Barry Sparks — Bass
Shane Gaalaas — Drums
Ohta Shinichiro and Akihito Tokunaga are not on the dream team this time.