Comments | desmei: Ju-ken

desmei

Ju-ken

Jan 07, 2013 13:47

Here are some things with Ju-ken on bass. Splitting files was done with hjsplit. Please let me know if there are any problems with the links or the files.

( lives (Anna Tsuchiya, Mai Hoshimura) )

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smokin_drummer January 9 2013, 01:00:03 UTC

OMG! Thank you! "bows at your feet then runs off to fill her hd with Ju-ken goodies"

desmei January 10 2013, 17:44:08 UTC

You're welcome!

smokin_drummer January 13 2013, 14:07:35 UTC

I'm lovin that icon up there. Where's it from? One other thing...do you know anything about the man that isn't on wiki which has barely anything? Where/when did he learn how to play the bass? He had to be doing something until the age of 27 when he hit the scene. How did he get hooked up with Heath? I'd love to learn more about him the person as well as him the musician.

desmei January 13 2013, 20:35:43 UTC

The icon's from one of the recent GLANZ pictures (this one).

I wish I knew more about him. I don't know that much about his very early years; there might be something about them in his various interviews. I meant to go through the Monthly VAMPS interview and the 2010 Bass Magazine interview, but never got around to it. The Monthly VAMPS interview talked about when he started to play the bass (high school, I think); I started going through it a while back (transcribing to try to read with online translator help), but don't remember the details now. He usually starts with Heath, but I think he actually played with Kiyoshi before he played with Heath (this is late 1997). If I'm remembering correctly, Heath said that he took Kiyoshi's band for his solo work, but that still leaves the question of what Ju-ken was doing before that and how he came to their attention.

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gloria74 January 25 2013, 08:43:42 UTC

He played Ends live ＴＯＴＡＬＴＯＮＥ (dvd is very good!!)
You can hear his powerful bass during the concert!
http://youtu.be/ypNAfu6SVaA

desmei January 26 2013, 23:07:24 UTC

I love his bass there. Ends is one of my favorites. I had the DVD and loved it; I got it in part because Ju-ken played on it (and only started listening to Ends because of his participation).

gloria74 January 27 2013, 09:08:06 UTC

I'm very glad to know him! Ryoichi Endo -for me-, is the japanese Jim Morrison. A dear friend of mine showed me his albums and I fell in love his voice. :) (By the way, he's a very pretty man. *Glory blushed*)
Then came the next big surprise when I noticed that who played the bass on the stage on Total Tone DVD! :)))

gloria74 January 25 2013, 08:46:34 UTC

I forgot to say that you collected a great collection! Thanks! :)