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Because there IS no official board in the Asian area of the world, i think this is the most appropriate area to ask this.

anyone here ever lived/DJed in Japan? i would love to move/live there in my lifetime. and OF COURSE DJ there .

How accepting are they of foreigners? i plan to go over there prepared, finacially and knowing the language wise. Are the clubs good for a Prog/Trance/House scene?

yes i'm sure it's been asked. but this site is the one all inclusive and significant place to get the answers i'm lookin for.

any real world experience on DJing and/or the Japanese culture would be much appreciated.

Thank you,

Matthew

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Originally posted by Seakr Because there IS no official board in the Asian area of the world, i think this is the most appropriate area to ask this. anyone here ever lived/DJed in Japan? i would love to move/live there in my lifetime. and OF COURSE DJ there . How accepting are they of foreigners? i plan to go over there prepared, finacially and knowing the language wise. Are the clubs good for a Prog/Trance/House scene? yes i'm sure it's been asked. but this site is the one all inclusive and significant place to get the answers i'm lookin for. any real world experience on DJing and/or the Japanese culture would be much appreciated. Thank you, Matthew

While I don't know about how it is in Japan, I do know that when you travel to foreign countries and expect to DJ, be prepared to work your ass off. You might get a couple of quick gigs handed to you, but If you really want to become intergrated into the scene and get consistent shows its more than just "being foreign".

This is coming from someone who has spent serious time and effort getting gigs and coverage in India. Also, try not to go there without contacts- Do your homework before you go!

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Originally posted by Allied Nations While I don't know about how it is in Japan, I do know that when you travel to foreign countries and expect to DJ, be prepared to work your ass off. You might get a couple of quick gigs handed to you, but If you really want to become intergrated into the scene and get consistent shows its more than just "being foreign".

Yeah, I'm not riding on the fact that, "hey i'm white, i'm different," to get me gigs/acceptance.

What do you mean about working hard beyond knowing the language and having an obvious skill level?

i m not sure about japan .. but my frens say clubbin there is not really popular ... for the reason that ppl only club when they wanna get laid or something like that .. thats why most ppl tend to avoid clubs in japan.. i think what ppl in japan do is they go to karoke bars or something ..and sing and drink till they drop .. plus another thing to look at is look at all them famous japanese djs .. like satoshi tomie .. and yoji biomehanika .. i think they all got pretty popular and well known in foreign countries.. not in japan.. though i could be wrong ..

oh and i dun think clubs in jap spin much of progz ,trance or house much .. hahahah maybe some clubs do .. but if i m not wrong i think they spin more japanese techno .. u know in those ARCADE they have those DDR (dance dance revolution machine) the dancing machine crap .. yeah if u know the music those DDR machine play .. then u would know what i m talking about .. i THINK clubs in jap spin more of those kinda stuff .so yea ... u better be prepared to expect then unexpected.. hahaha

i know of some psy trance israeli dj's that been in japan djing on big raves..
there is a trance scene, don't know much about progressive...
but for sure they got clubs and parties, & alot of karoake too

one thing you should understand,
u would have to get your name famous,
releasing tracks would be the best if you in to it.

Yoji is like a rock star in Japan. There are some big superclubs there too. I am sure there is a trance scene, best bet is to maybe visit for a few weeks? Check it out yourself.

and learn some samurai

This post is kinda off topic and weird, but what the hell

I'm pretty sure japs don't drink alot, because many of them can't handle the alcohol, meaning, their bodies can't break down the chemicals and they just get really sick and not really drunk . So maybe that's why they don't club more, they have no reason to go out and get drunk like us white people ... I might be wrong though, we were discussing this is biology class a couple of years ago...

But I'm also really interested about going to Japan, I was thinking about going to TiTech (Tokyo technology institude) when I finish my studies here at home... that is, if I manage to keep my grades high enough (and I mean REALLY high )


...and some more completely useless information: Alot of black people (african decendant) can't drink milk, because they don't have the enzyme to break down the lactose in the milk. Some decades ago, the Red Cross sent a bunch of water-solvable milk powder to refugee camps in Africa, that stuff is full of vitamins an shit, but when the people drank it they all got sick and puked their guts out... ... yeah, that's not really funny..

It's amazing how much useless crap you learn at school

techno seems to be pretty big there though.
i remember hearing about techno festivals on mt fuji with massive lineups. Alot of the jap dj's (make that 9/10) i've caught live were techno jocks, ranging from hard chris liebing style techno to minimal funky ritchie hawtin stuff and weird weird electro dj's.

All i heard was that at least Westbam and a couple of other's were excited about Japan because the crowd is supposedly really open to all sorts of styles/sets, meaning if u have a big bag you can also play records from the bottom (in the same set, duhh)..

I remember once Jono Grant mentioning on ASOT XXL that ppl there also listen to trance and are rly opened to this kinds of music. Clubs like e.g. Velfarre play trance.

Just out of curiosity, why Japan?

ageha and womb are two big superclubs that i know of.

trance isn't too big there from what i know, mostly techno and house. japanese culture is very distinct though and they are most definitely on the forefront of improvising and coming up with new stuff.

i have no clue how easy or hard it is to break into the dj scene there, but i doubt it is easy. same as with any local scene in the world...mix with the crowd, get to know people, promoters, other djs, etc.

but one piece of advice though, don't go with just the intention of dj'ing....that way if you fall flat on your face at least you can still do something else.

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Originally posted by aleksd Just out of curiosity, why Japan?

I've always been interested in the culture since i was a child. It's a group of islands the size of Hawaii, and yet they put out some of the best technology and inovations in the world. I like their cars too. It just seems like the place to be, a place on the forefront of things. As for scenery, nothing that special from what i heard, though very beautiful.

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Originally posted by b i n k u n trance isn't too big there from what i know, mostly techno and house. japanese culture is very distinct though and they are most definitely on the forefront of improvising and coming up with new stuff. i have no clue how easy or hard it is to break into the dj scene there, but i doubt it is easy. same as with any local scene in the world...mix with the crowd, get to know people, promoters, other djs, etc. but one piece of advice though, don't go with just the intention of dj'ing....that way if you fall flat on your face at least you can still do something else.

Yeah, I don't plan on going over there until I'm stable financially where I'm already at. Besides Djing, i don't know what kind oif skills I have of use. I'm trying to get a diesel drivers licence, but Japan's main income is export. I'm not sure if a truck driver would be in as high demand like America..

Japan's to small for truck drivers

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Originally posted by Seakr I've always been interested in the culture since i was a child. It's a group of islands the size of Hawaii...

Hahaha, good luck getting a job as a trucker in Japan! Like any transport company would give a job like that to a foreigner. Basically if you want to work in Japan for a living you have two options: English teacher or translator. Unless you go to Tokyo or some place big like that, the only DJing jobs you'll get are for tiny venues with a majority of them being hip-hop gigs. Failing this, you might find rave like parties in smaller cities throughout Japan, but I guarantee they will be very limited, very hard to find, and won't get you scratch to live off of money-wise. Unless you get rich and famous DJing in other places then you're shit out of luck sir. I am living here right now, and I can tell you that usually they have pretty racist and close-minded attitudes towards hiring foreigners, especially for jobs of high importance such as truck driving. But for your desired work, it'd probably be more open-minded- but you still wouldnt get jack in cash and your dream is still very unrealistic. I don't see what all the big fuss about Japan is either though... even though I will most likely end up teaching English here.

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Originally posted by theblakeman Hahaha, good luck getting a job as a trucker in Japan! Like any transport company would give a job like that to a foreigner. Basically if you want to work in Japan for a living you have two options: English teacher or translator. Unless you go to Tokyo or some place big like that, the only DJing jobs you'll get are for tiny venues with a majority of them being hip-hop gigs. Failing this, you might find rave like parties in smaller cities throughout Japan, but I guarantee they will be very limited, very hard to find, and won't get you scratch to live off of money-wise. Unless you get rich and famous DJing in other places then you're shit out of luck sir. I am living here right now, and I can tell you that usually they have pretty racist and close-minded attitudes towards hiring foreigners, especially for jobs of high importance such as truck driving. But for your desired work, it'd probably be more open-minded- but you still wouldnt get jack in cash and your dream is still very unrealistic. I don't see what all the big fuss about Japan is either though... even though I will most likely end up teaching English here.

are you nou?

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Originally posted by Seakr Yeah, I'm not riding on the fact that, "hey i'm white, i'm different," to get me gigs/acceptance. What do you mean about working hard beyond knowing the language and having an obvious skill level?

I mean making contacts, networking, gettign your shit out there constantly being a part of the scene and costantly supporting all of what is going on and really becoming a true part of the scene.

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Originally posted by Benshin Japan's to small for truck drivers

oh wow the amount of ignorance in that statement ... amazes me.




Anyhow in order to move there and reside in Japan you need to have a high level of education.
Truck drivers work insane hours ( more so then what you may have heard about people holding regular jobs ), there is a huge amount of truck traffic between the south and the north for fish trade where the drivers are often up for days at a time.
It will most certainly not be an easy job to consider over there, and financially it will not be rewarding.


Otherwise in regards to the clubs a lot of people have pretty much covered that. There is a scene but like in most countries you have to know where to find it and then manage to get integrated.


also small piece of advice: get rid of any debt! That will weigh you down seriously if you move abroad especially Japan. Also don't rely on having a big lump sum of cash when you go over there cause it will most likely not last a long time at all seeing as everything is really really expensive.
You need to go there in advance and plan everything out jobwise before you make the big move.
And don't expect to be fluent in japanese before having lived there for a good amount of time. Languages are learned by exposure not by reading a book!

Lee Burridge got the scene going in Thailand and Hong Kong. He grew big there.
Japan has a big Prog house/Techno scene.

When I think of clubbing in japan, I think of HUGE clubs (with strippers here and there at stripperpoles) and massive laserlights and f*ck*ng Tech-trance!

Now, THAT's Japan.

But I haven't got a clue.

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Originally posted by PutBoy When I think of clubbing in japan, I think of HUGE clubs (with strippers here and there at stripperpoles) and massive laserlights and f*ck*ng Tech-trance! Now, THAT's Japan. But I haven't got a clue.

LMAO!

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Originally posted by Benshin Japan's to small for truck drivers

I didn't say that truck drivers have no importance in japan or low education. I just said a general statement that Japan's small compared to America. American truck drivers are in demand since it takes forever to drive from California to any Eastern city. I am just saying that there aren't going to be many job openings for truck driving in Japan.

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