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I owe you guys replies, you've been so kind in showing your support re: the audition, gah, what did I do to deserve y'all.
Anyway I'm here to update you guys on the last interview.
Before the interview I had lessons with both my Japanese teacher and my singing teacher and they both noticed something amiss with the company.
1) They aren't a talent agency
2) None of their related talents have debuted
3) They seem to run a school
On point 3 - you always have to be a bit wary of organisations that run schools and don't debut people. They earn lots of money from school fees; that's what keeps their business going. Then they tell the talents that they aren't working hard enough at their lessons, that's why they don't get to debut. The cycle continues.
(Heads up - places like Johnny's have free lessons, and while it's really competitive at least you're only focusing on becoming a tarento, and no one's really sucking your money)
This means, even if I get through the interview, I won't be having anything to do with this place.
I've met a couple of producers this year and they always ask me the same things. What do I want to do in the industry? I'm fed up. Haha. Two days ago at the interview I was told that the most important thing is whether or not I will be able to pull fans in or not. I get it. Even on YouTube, subscriber counts are really important. But what the industry is looking for nowadays are people who already have a fanbase. They're not going to invest in people like me, unknown and frankly kinda old.
So I guess I'll concentrate on putting myself on the internet for now. I find that writing fic is actually a hindrance to my musical pursuits, but whatever. Right now I'm just gonna write fic. After putting myself out there, I'll see how it goes; maybe there'll be other auditions, other contests. I'm not going to stop taking singing lessons. I want to get as good as I can.
I realise that being jealous of Arashi is a good thing. It's woken me up to a lot of possibilities. However, I shouldn't aspire to be like them. What I want isn't what they have. I know what I want, and right now, the industry isn't offering it to me. I don't know how long it'll take until I get there, but I'll get there.
I owe you guys replies, you've been so kind in showing your support re: the audition, gah, what did I do to deserve y'all.
Anyway I'm here to update you guys on the last interview.
Before the interview I had lessons with both my Japanese teacher and my singing teacher and they both noticed something amiss with the company.
1) They aren't a talent agency
2) None of their related talents have debuted
3) They seem to run a school
On point 3 - you always have to be a bit wary of organisations that run schools and don't debut people. They earn lots of money from school fees; that's what keeps their business going. Then they tell the talents that they aren't working hard enough at their lessons, that's why they don't get to debut. The cycle continues.
(Heads up - places like Johnny's have free lessons, and while it's really competitive at least you're only focusing on becoming a tarento, and no one's really sucking your money)
This means, even if I get through the interview, I won't be having anything to do with this place.
I've met a couple of producers this year and they always ask me the same things. What do I want to do in the industry? I'm fed up. Haha. Two days ago at the interview I was told that the most important thing is whether or not I will be able to pull fans in or not. I get it. Even on YouTube, subscriber counts are really important. But what the industry is looking for nowadays are people who already have a fanbase. They're not going to invest in people like me, unknown and frankly kinda old.
So I guess I'll concentrate on putting myself on the internet for now. I find that writing fic is actually a hindrance to my musical pursuits, but whatever. Right now I'm just gonna write fic. After putting myself out there, I'll see how it goes; maybe there'll be other auditions, other contests. I'm not going to stop taking singing lessons. I want to get as good as I can.
I realise that being jealous of Arashi is a good thing. It's woken me up to a lot of possibilities. However, I shouldn't aspire to be like them. What I want isn't what they have. I know what I want, and right now, the industry isn't offering it to me. I don't know how long it'll take until I get there, but I'll get there.