>except the bassist

what's wrong with being a lefty?

don't tell me you think muhammad is the messenger of allah

>>146342096
Bassists are always criminally under appreciated.

>>146342096
Mio's face always makes me want to puke. I think it's beacuse she is the anime version of Joey deMaio.

File: 1342855992081.png (13KB, 390x461px) Image search: [Google]

13KB, 390x461px

>>146342096
>except the bassist

Never forget.

>>146342252
But that's not true, they're the meme member of the group. Literally every teenager ever prefers the bassist because of that. It's the main guitarist who doesn't get attention because these days everyone needs to be a goddamn hipster.

It's like in Mario Kart where literally nobody ever picks Mario because he's too popular.

>>146343761
>I don't care if what Aya did was exaggerated and improper even by Western standards
>your whole post

Nigga you need to get off your high horse.

What year is it

>>146343761
>rejecting the bassist

I agree, she did nothing wrong.

>>146343850
I won't change my opinion unless someone provides a rational argument as to why seyuus, or anyone else having sex should coincide with the end of their careers

>>146343284
As a bassist myself, you're full of shit.

And everyone I know picks Mario, because since he's the main character "he must be the fastest, right?".

>>146342252
By those who don't even know what a bass sounds like. Why even care about these people's opinions?

>>146344211

Funny thing is Japan used to be more sexually libertine. They picked up Victorian morality in the 19th century in their attempts to catch up with the European empires. Obviously much has changed since then (Japan has gone from absolute monarchy to liberal democracy, women are no longer stigmatized for working, etc.) but there's definitely still a strong culturally conservative streak with regards to sex, though they're still probably a lot healthier about it than people where I am in Jesusland.

>>146344256

Get better friends. Shy Guy is the patrician Mario Kart choice

>>146344648
>Japan used to be more sexually libertine.

I'm pretty sure women were never allowed to "slut it up". Only guys got to do that. Typical of patriarchal societies.

>>146342096
what is the difference between a bass and a guitar

What exactly happened? All I can find is that she had a boyfriend.

>>146344740
One gets you laid.

>>146343761
*tips kabuto helmet*

File: 1329882167467.jpg (310KB, 1024x576px) Image search: [Google]

310KB, 1024x576px

>>146344776

>>146343761
>First of all, there's nothing wrong with having sex.

Actually yes, there is something wrong with having sex.

>>146344256
Play something other than the root notes and you'll get attention.

>>146344740
It's called a "bass guitar" so they're both guitars.

>>146344211
I'll bite.

The reason the auspices of purity are demanded from both men and women working in the Japanese VA industry is simply because it's part of the job requirements. In the same way that being a truck driver requires you to drive trucks or being a firefighter requires you to scale ladders and possibly wade into an inferno, being a VA requires that you maintain a celibate public persona. Someone looking to get into the business is told this constantly, and deviating from it represents a breach of professional responsibility.

As for why this is part of the job requirements, that's simple--the market demands it.

As for some of the things I expect you will say:

>but making VAs adhere to those kinds of terms is inhumane!

It's a contract that they enter into willingly and with the knowledge that it is required of them. If they do not actually want to do it, they can quit and leave the job open for one of the thousands of hopefuls who will perform the job without complaint.

>the market is wrong for making those kinds of demands of people!

Why? I also think their obsession is pretty stupid, but they are free to spend their money as they choose. Also, the majority of /a/ users have a similar mindset to the Japanese market.

>>146342096
It hit me that kids that age can buy those fucking instruments. I didn't get a Gibson until I had a job, and a real one not counting cars.

This just makes Haruhi even more lewd.

File: 1459129570517.jpg (84KB, 646x712px) Image search: [Google]

84KB, 646x712px

>>146344740
A guitar is a six-stringed instrument typically tuned E-A-D-G-B-E, and a bass is a fish.

>>146342252
>Implying the guy at the keyboard isn't always the most underappreciated
Nobody cares about the keyboardist ever

>>146346935
Aya did.

The bassist didn't fuck her because he was already married, he was too pure for this world.

>>146346783
fuck you maki

>>146345856
Not the guy, but you don't think it's a least a bit fucked up that someone practically has to give up on having a social life because they voice a cartoon character?

>>146347164
Did he sell out the rest of the band?
That would make him a shit.

File: 1441037579802.png (582KB, 518x602px) Image search: [Google]

582KB, 518x602px

>>146347418
rude desu

>>146344776
>Implying Sting and Paul McCartney never got laid for playing bass
Your dumb

>>146347427
I think it's fucked that your social life involves sleeping with everyone in the band

>>146347562
One was a member of the fucking Beatles, the other was a musician who was a legit 10/10 in his younger years. Your average bassist is neither of those things.

File: 1380074539902.jpg (53KB, 500x375px) Image search: [Google]

53KB, 500x375px

>>146344727
>2000+16
>unironically discussing the patriarchy

I want the cultural marxists to leave.

>>146346935
Jon Lord.
Though he used Hammond organ not a keyboard but I guess it is close enough.

File: m-maki.jpg (180KB, 734x690px) Image search: [Google]

180KB, 734x690px

>>146346783
you can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish

>>146347639
You're retarded.
You have a containment board.

File: 1470611273663.gif (1MB, 217x217px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 217x217px

>>146343761
>>>/r/anime

>>146346935
RIP Keith Emerson

>>146342252

Not all. Some bassists are the front man of the group, but not many. Fucking Lemmy was a bassist.

>>146342252
John Entwistle

>>146343761
>Everything else is just a result of otakus' insane obsessions.
except its the market theyre cattering to and gives them money. its the industry thats like this, its literally part of their job. there are just regular seiyuus out there, idols are another thing. they have an image to upkeep, again, its their fucking job,

>>146347499
Yeah but I think only Aya got affected

>>146347862
But all the famous idols do gravure

File: 1287712065769.jpg (349KB, 1000x831px) Image search: [Google]

349KB, 1000x831px

I want to pick up guitar but it feels awkward as shit to play. How can anyone deal with this? Only string instruments give me trouble. I play piano and have no issues.

>>146347427
>Not the guy, but you don't think it's a least a bit fucked up that someone practically has to give up on having a social life because they voice a cartoon character?

Of course I do. I say as much in my post. But let me ask you this: whose fault is it, and what can anyone do about it?

Consider that if the executives decide that celibacy is no longer a requirement, the consumers will simply vote with their wallets and force them to reinstate a policy of mandatory celibacy.

Consider also that, again, no one is forced to become a VA. People choose to do so of their own free will, knowing that it's an extremely competitive industry and that they are required to not have any personal relationships. If they think this is stupid or not worth the sacrifice or whatnot, they can, like the consumers, vote with their wallet and pursue a different kind of work instead.

>>146347979
I've been learning to play for almost two months now and it still feels awkward. Hopefully I'll get good someday.

>>146344648

>Japan
>healthy about sex
>declining birth rate

No. Just stop, weeb.

>>146348094
People can have sex without making babies anon.

>>146348131

Yeah, those are called "accidents". Just like you.

>>146347981
I know that's how it is, but it's sad to think about. To me the only thing I care about in a voice actor is their voice, but I understand most of the market doesn't think like that.

>>146348131
You were too busy asking yourself if you could that you never stop to consider whether you should.

>>146347782
Al Cisneros
Flea
Geezer Butler
Steve Harris
Cliff Burton, though shortlived was big.
Lemmy was bit off oddball imo, he used a bass sure but his tuning, settings and way he played was more similar to guitar than typical bass playing.

>>146348167
Aya was not just a VA. She was being pushed pretty hard as a sort of otaku idol as well.

>>146347979
Play in the classical position with your thumb behind the neck instead of wrapped over on top.

File: CjvyAWHWsAIQkW3.jpg (43KB, 600x600px) Image search: [Google]

43KB, 600x600px

Would you go for sloppy fifths, /a/?

File: 1300933208314.jpg (370KB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

370KB, 1280x720px

>>146348081
It feels so counter-intuitive. Playing chords with your fretting hand is weird and doesn't feel natural at all. Strumming while only playing certain strings is also fucking awkward. I don't know, man.

>>146348280
That's how I've always tried playing.

>>146347951
That isn't mutually exclusive from being and idol. Idol otaku do not care about purity in its traditional, laudable sense of absence of licentious actions and thoughts; they care about purity in the sense of "absence of licentious actions and thoughts towards anyone except for me."

Gravure is fine because they can maintain this illusion since there are no men present. They presumably self-insert as the cameraman/director and imagine the woman is getting naked for them. Now actual JAV, where the woman has sex or performs sexual acts? That's entirely out of the question for them.

>>146343284
Just sounds like you and people around you are a bunch of hipsters.

>>146348340
You'll get there. Just try to avoid bad habits.

File: frank.jpg (57KB, 640x400px) Image search: [Google]

57KB, 640x400px

>>146348311
I want the scraps.

File: 1424554254136.png (261KB, 1920x1080px) Image search: [Google]

261KB, 1920x1080px

>>146342096
Mio is too good for that brazen slut.

File: 1288483251636.jpg (6KB, 144x152px) Image search: [Google]

6KB, 144x152px

>>146348410
I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT

File: 1472144496181.png (120KB, 450x409px) Image search: [Google]

120KB, 450x409px

What do you think the Bassists face is once he caught wind everyone got pussy from the same chick except him

>>146344648
>not picking Funky Kong with a Bowser Bike
it's like you want to come last

>>146349167
Glad that he didn't get any STDs?

>>146347562
They never got laid for playing bass. They got laid for being Sting and Paul.

>>146342096
Can someone let me in on what is you guys are talking about
I thought this was a k-on thread but from what I'm reading its not

>>146349608
Aya Hirano-thing? Slept with everyone in her band except the bassist?

>>146349608
AYA HIRANO SLEEPS WITH BAND MEMEBERS
Except the bassist
DOHOHOHOHOHO

>Play guitar
>Everyone talks to you after show
>Play bass because bassist quits
>No one talks to you besides maybe one who recognizes you were up there with the band but it's usually a music nerd and never a girl
>Play guitar again
>Everyone talks to you again
>But everyone says the band sounds like shit or weird when no one is in bass duty
>Back in bass again and better let a random guitarist take duties for the weekend

That said, it's easier to find a gig playing bass than guitar. A bassist to musicians is like a girl to a classroom full of boys, everyone's thirsty for one, they'll please you to keep you, you get to be picky. You don't get the girl being a bassist though.

>>146349608
Aya Hirano (Haruhi) slept with everyone in her band except with the bassist, which during the whole drama that was happening, seemed pretty hilarious (as is a common joke/reality that no one cares about the bass player).

>>146342252
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgaBGu7Mlvo

>>146349608
I pity your innocence. Like a child before a meat grinder.

>>146349608
>thinly veiled seiyuu scandal thread

I remember the news and when shit went down but I never got to see the pics. Did they actually come out, or just a small tease with super low crap resolution?

>>146346783
>typically tuned E-A-D-G-B-E
E standard: EBGDAE, you start from the higher freq/thinner string/higher string (which is the one nearest to the ground) to lower string (nearer to your head).

>>146349947
Use a backing track if you have to.

>>146349608
>normalfags talking about normalfag shit the thread

>>146347981
What exactly, are they not allowed to do?

Not allowed to have a partner?
Not allowed to marry?
Not allowed to sleep with random people?

File: Screen Shot 2016-08-27 at 1.59.21 PM.png (422KB, 600x600px) Image search: [Google]

422KB, 600x600px

Aya is actually in America right now.

She's attending the same ESL school I went to.

>>146350655
Is she on another official hiatus? I still buy everything she puts out, but it's been quite a while since her last album.

>>146348094

Better than "muh teen mothers because condoms are the devil" America

>>146343761
Glorious mods.

>>146351422
Would rather teen moms than women in their thirties having kids to be honest. Atleast they're putting their youth to good use.

>>146347562
That's Sir Paul to (you)

File: ....jpg (56KB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

56KB, 1280x720px

>>146350286
>mwaaa you start from the higher frequency!!

Shut up nerd

>>146342096
that's a funny way to say "lead vocalist"

File: beginner-guitar-chord-chart[1].jpg (19KB, 480x270px) Image search: [Google]

19KB, 480x270px

>>146350286
You're wrong. When you write from left to right you start with the thickest string. No one calls it "EBGDAE".

For example, the DADGAD tuning is often pronounced as spelled, "dad gad", no one pronounces it as a "dag dad".

>>146352358
>those B and F chords

Pretty weird chart desu senpai

>>146342172
You begrudging anus, what does this have to do with Islam?

>>146351422
you mean "huge generalization because the US encompasses a wide range of cultures and histories"

>>146345856
>>146347862
I know how the market works, I thought it was clear that my post was just a rant about the crazy requirements seyuus need to respect.
Should they aim to become a voice actor if they're not willing to comply with the job rules? Probably not, but I don't think it's unreasonable of me to be upset if a seyuu I like falls into oblivion because of something that, in my opinion, should have nothing to do with their job. Again, I understand abstaining from sex and relationships in general is part of this, I just don't like it.

>Also, the majority of /a/ users have a similar mindset to the Japanese market.
I don't think so. People here often just get a good laugh from all the drama that comes up whenever a seyuu's sex scandal is exposed. Not all of them maybe. Maybe some of them react like Japanese otakus, but overall the reactions in the two communities (Japanese and non-Japanese) are vastly different. I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if some of the most crazy ones wanted blood, in a quite literal way.

>>146347770
>>146351427
Yeah, I know right? Some guy has an opinion on an /a/ related topic? Really?! How dare he, the fucker?!

Kill yourselves

Also, I'd like to know which rule I violated.

>>146347979
I have it the other way around. Guitars are easy to learn, but my brain doesn't help me do even two consecutive chords right with a piano.

I mean, how the fuck do you press four keys right, then press four *other* keys right, then press four *other* keys right, and so on.. Just how do you memorize all that shit.

When I put it this way, you might think it's the same with guitars, but I find guitar chords much easier to memorize, unlike piano chords which are a complete pain.

And I didn't even get started on playing with two hands. Two different rhythms, or a rhythm with one hand and a melody with the other. Good luck coordinating that.

>>146347979
>>146353262
My point is that if you can play the piano, then that's already a great talent and you should work on it.

Try searching youtube for inspiration. Anime song covers and touhou medleys tend to be absolutely beautiful, and that's not to mention the loads of tracks titled "jazz piano music", "morning piano music", "happy piano music", and shit like that which ranges from entry-level easy to somewhat advanced, and is fun to listen to.

Improve on your piano skills. Mugi will be proud.

>>146347639
>cultural Marxism
This meme should have never come into being.

File: 65.png (358KB, 337x574px) Image search: [Google]

358KB, 337x574px

>>146350655

And she's enjoying all America has to offer.

>>146342252
>I don't know who Peter Hook is

>>146353524
fugg

>>146353436
>meme
If only

>>146353262
I had no issue with piano; I could do it when I was like 7. I guess you could memorize the chords, but why the fuck would you when you literally have the fucking sheet music right there? Man, I'm starting to think you tried to learn piano with some retard approach.

File: ukulele_saur_by_dorkynoodle.jpg (19KB, 467x350px) Image search: [Google]

19KB, 467x350px

I'm learning the ukulel /a/

File: 1460030443254.jpg (48KB, 500x469px) Image search: [Google]

48KB, 500x469px

>>146347979
Get better at the piano, seriously. I am a guitarist of a little more than eight years, and I seriously think that piano is the best instrument. The fact that the piano can so easily have two separate voices playing over each other makes it the easiest instrument to sound good solo with automatically, and makes transcriptions from other instruments to the piano very easy.

Second of all, the piano is very loud on it's own. This makes it pretty much the perfect classical concert instrument; there's a reason that there are so many famous piano concertos and like fucking 10 famous guitar concertos. In terms of classical music, and solo playing in general, the piano is better.

Now don't get me wrong I love the shit out the guitar, there's a reason I still play it. The problem is, sounding like a pro on the guitar is more challenging than the piano. The guitar's not HARDER than the piano, but it does have a steeper learning curve if you want to get into classical or jazz, which are really the only types of music that matter anyway.

Now if you just want to play chord progressions and get pussy, than by all means give up the fucking piano and get practicing guitar, or better yet, play the ukulele (if you want an extra stupid meme instrument). Playing some stupid shit by Neutral Milk Hotel or Bob Dylan will probably take you like 5-6 months max to learn on guitar, and it impresses pretty much anyone that doesn't give a shit about music. If you want an electric and want to play Iron Man or Smoke on the Water or some shit, that's even easier and you can definitely impress anyone who doesn't care about music.

In short, if you really like music then I recommend you just stick with piano, but sounding mediocre for dumb broads on guitar is really fucking easy, but you might as well get a uke or mandolin if you want that. Being truly good at any instrument is really hard though. The guitar is a beautiful instrument if you want to really get into it.

>>146347639

>i know nothing about the frankfurt school or marxism and get all my information from youtube documentaries

>>146344727
Woman can fuck whoever they want because men will accept in a heartbeat, but men have to work hard to get a woman to sleep with them. Men can't be sluts.

>>146353524
Me on the right

>>146353200
>overall the reactions in the two communities (Japanese and non-Japanese) are vastly different
>a few attention hungry otaku burn manga or destroy dvds
/a/ goes to their favorite Burger-Nippon "news" site to read about it.
>/a/ gets worked up over a scandal, harrasses a seiyuu's twitter with dickpics so her agency has to close it
/a/ blames /v/.

>oh I guess while being a public figure I fucked all my colleagues and got pictures leaked to the tabloids
>should have nothing to do with their job

>>146354231
I didn't, because I don't have a piano in the first place. I'm just imagining the difficulty.

And you started when you were 7. If you are even 14 right now then that means you've been practicing for 7 fucking years already. 7 years are enough to make a music prodigy, not just let you be able to play chords easily.

>>146354231
>>146357579
In any case, I assumed you are still inexperienced with the piano, but seems like I was giving unneeded advice.

>>146357116
>oh I guess while being a public figure I fucked all my colleagues and got pictures leaked to the tabloids
>should have nothing to do with their job
You don't need a "pure" vagina to sing and voice characters.
No, her private life should have nothing to do with the job. You could argue it's normal that people frown upon sex scandals, even in the West, but is there any real reason why they should flip their shit?

>>146358261
Addition:
As for the whole KitaEri thing, the whole thing seemed like one of the usual /b/-tier raids, played for the hell of it. But again, I'm not denying there are no western otakus who get as mental as the Japanese ones, but knee-jerk reactions are much more common on boards like 2ch and Futaba than here. Look at Emittsun's sex scandal, the threads were nothing but shitposting with some slut-calling, nothing more. I didn't get the impression anyone really cared. But hey, maybe I'm wrong on all this, still, this doesn't really relate to my main point, which, maybe hasn't come across yet (my bad, English is not my first language)

Is doing something that might get you exposed in a sex scandal a good decision if you are a seyuu/a public figure/whatever? No, it's a poor decision, because people's reaction will be harsh, especially in the case of Japanese seyuu, whose jobs specifically consists in maintaining a pure image, among the other things.
However, am I supposed to just accept a sex scandal is enough to bring down someone's career, no matter how good they are in the other (and most important in my opinion) fields of their job? My answer is no.
I'm not crazy for seyuus, but I liked Aya Hirano, and I'm sorry the sex scandal greatly hindered her career. Yeah, I know, people got mad because she "betrayed" them, she violated her job's rules etc. What can I say? Fuck these people, I don't agree with them on their standards.

>>146359654
A sex scandal nearly brought down an American president.
A sex scandal can thus easily bring down a Japanese idol voice actress.

>>146353524
Me in the middle.

>>146360151
But it was only oral sex

>>146361081
I'm not sure if you're talking about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky or not.

Eh, I personally never cared about celebrity "scandals".

First, I don't give a fuck who people breed with. The reality of the matter is that they always breed, and it's always crazy and stupid. And my universal reaction is: Yeah whatever.

And second, I think that defaming someone is generally cruel, no matter the reason (and no matter what their gender is -- so don't jump on me for "defending women"; I'd have totally said the same if it were a man). I'd only consider it when that person is being inhuman (i.e. doing something actually criminal), not because they did whatever stupid shit in their life. People are always stupid with their life. Again, my universal reaction is: Yeah whatever.

Live and let live, people. This whole petite and small-minded gossiping and spreading shit about others like it's totally something isn't really as exciting as people think. It sucks balls, it makes you a piece of shit, and it's one of the major reasons why I can't stand conversations with most normies.


And I'm not even defending her. If she were my friend I might have scolded her. But we all know you guys aren't trying to be genuinely helpful or anything, just being worms who enjoy defaming people.

>>146358261
To the losers she markets too? Yeah you do.
And women and men who're hoping to capitalize on it will go out of their way to defame them.

Think that doesn't happen in the west too?

Welcome to reality.

File: 1457921049668.jpg (28KB, 316x317px) Image search: [Google]

28KB, 316x317px

>>146352358
>no full barre on the F major

>>146362959
How did this retard even learn to play? How much time passed from the episode she joined the club to fuwa fuwa time?

>>146363615
Idiot savant

>>146347427
You can lead a social life without doing anything Aya did.

>>146365158
You can also lead a social life by doing the same thing Aya Hirano did.
You just have to keep it a secret.

>>146361462
Okay? Imagine if she was a man. Everybody would call him a sleazy scumbag, and rightfully so.

>>146365356
Yeah but it certainly would not be enough to hurt his career unless someone filed rape charges or something.

>>146348226
Al Cisneros! You! Are my dude!

>>146365436
It all just depends on what kind of enemies that man would have.

>>146365436
True, I'd put that down to a de facto male dominated society

File: Aya_Hirano.jpg (153KB, 584x980px) Image search: [Google]

153KB, 584x980px

>Except the bassist

>struggle to strum guitar chords
It's literally the easiest thing to do to "play" music, nobody even tries anymore.

>>146344170
If I remember, it was the other way around, actually. The bassist had a wife and wasn't having any of Hirano's shit.

>>146365436
Because female fans don't care. This is just how capitalism works, anon - if your job depends on sexually appealing to people who value purity, your career is going to tank if you turn out to be not pure, and the person who's appealing to people who don't value it as much won't run that risk.

Death threats or whatever are another matter, but your career ending because you did something people really didn't like is kind of inevitable when your job description is effectively "be appealing to fans so that people will want your draw-power in their shows and public appearances."