I'm sure you're all excited to welcome a new instrument permanently into the Kanjani8 band formation: the trumpet! I thought I'd take the chance to tell you some things about it because while everyone has held a guitar before, knows how a drum set works and understands the principle of a keyboard, wind instruments are a complete mystery to many, ( Read more... )

I mentioned before that I love it when the staff makes an appearance, especially when it's because they messed up. It's so easy to forget they exist, but once the staff makes a mistake, you start to realise how much there's going on behind what you see. Two examples:

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Twitter says that Yoko played the trumpet solo in 青春ノスタルジー (Seishun Nostalgia ( Read more... )

There are two things I realised about 8UPPERS that I am not sure are common knowledge ( Read more... )

This is a post to celebrate the latest addition to my growing list of preferences that thoroughly baffled me when I realised I had them:

pretty people being comfortable on cushioned seating furniture!

Yes, I was as surprised as you are.

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I love it when we get to catch a glimpse on Johnny's staff. Directors, ADs, camera men, choreographers, lighting crew, mixers, costume designers, photographers, make-up assistants, technicians, managers,... I even like it when they are just mentioned, for example at the end of a concert when the group thanks them. Of course it's even more fun when ( Read more... )

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