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feeling: sick? not sure...
listening to: LIX. - 「 」
Aw, CRAP! For the first time in nine years, I let a month go by with no posts in this blog DX Even in my angstiest "I'm dropping off the face of the internet, goodbye forever blog" moments, I still managed to post something here at least once a month... now I'm tempted to cheat and post something retroactively dated October nth just so there won't be a big hole in my archives forever... maaaaaaannn *kicks self*
Not much really happened worth talking about in the past couple months though, I guess. Still obsessed with Ameba and Nau and Pigg, which has led to all this neglect of my English-language internet accounts... been bouncing all over the emotional spectrum where band work is concerned... eh, yeah, I guess I can rant about that here. That'll take care of November. >>;
So I believe I mentioned here that LIX., one of my favorite bands in Kiwamu's fold, lost three of its members back in September. That... really hit me hard, for some reason. I've been involved with Japanese indies bands for six years and seen a lot of member changes, dissolutions, etc... yet I had never even met LIX. (except Yuu) and still their end might have hit me even harder than when BLOOD broke up a couple years ago. Maybe because in BLOOD's case, I sort of expected it. But LIX. was so new, so promising, so amazing... they had so much talent and so much going for them, and Yuu was so excited about it... I knew Roger liked them too so I had high hopes that we'd be able to bring them to the US someday and I'd get to meet them. And then half a year later, bam. Gone. Of course, Yuu is determined to continue the band with the new name "lix" and the new vocalist Chihiro, but it's never going to be the same. LIX. was perfect as it was. I can't imagine anything topping that.
And yeah, *points up* my current music? Makes me want to bawl my eyes out every time. Yet I can't turn it offffffff. Argh.
BUT, in other Starwave-related subjects... I mentioned that I was contracted to go to Nekocon the first weekend in November to help out with The Sound Bee HD, right? To be honest, I was REALLY nervous and uneasy about that. I knew nothing about the band except that their music was hit-and-miss with my tastes, none of the other US staff that I've worked with before would be there, and I knew the band had at least one member who knew English so I didn't even know if I'd really be needed. Not to mention Roger wouldn't let me fly there, so I had to "carpool" with another staffer who lives in Pittsburgh and continue to Hampton from there, which meant a 12-hour drive both ways for me. So yeah, I had a REALLY hard time getting geared up for this con. Wasn't feeling much better about it when the 12-hour drive meant I arrived in Hampton too late to meet the band at the airport.
However, it turned out I had been worried over nothing. Well, not nothing, because that 12-hour drive still called for due caution and stuff... but Nekocon this year was without a doubt the BEST convention experience I've ever had. Roger said the same for Tainted Reality in general, and he's worked far more cons than I have so that's saying a lot. Yeah, everything went totally smoothly, nothing even ran noticeably late (except the first concert, but that was only by a tiny bit and it wasn't our fault)... and The Sound Bee HD turned out to be THE BEST group of people I've had the pleasure to work with. Their bassist is female, so she and I roomed together, which meant I worked closer to the band than I ever had before and we had all completely earned each other's trust and confidence by the second day. And that female bassist is also the member who knows English, but turned out to be not as fluent as I thought, so I wasn't unnecessary after all. ^^; In fact, all of the members made sure to let me know on countless occasions that they'd have been lost without me and wanted me to be there for them every time they come to the US from now on. The leader, Daisuke, even said that I was the best interpreter he's ever had in his 20 years as a musician. T___T No group I've EVER worked with has made me feel as needed and appreciated as these guys did. They were absolutely the best. And after some of the other con experiences I've had in recent years, I really, really needed that. ♥
Hear that, Suicide Ali? Better get your butts in gear - you've got rivals! >.>
...It did kind of make me miss Suicide Ali even more, though. I really hope they get to come back here soon. Oh God, if they and Sound Bee ever come here TOGETHER, I think I might die of pure epicness. *dies*
So yeah, I've been in this silly unshakable great mood ever since I got home from Nekocon a week ago. I was so happy for the first day or two after I came home, I literally felt like I was floating. And I've been having a jolly good time writing my con report ever since I got back. >.> Going to be my longest one yet...
And, um, yeah. I guess that's all I got for now. Until December, probably :P;;
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 11/16/2010 05:43:00 PM
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