Rayflower single out
- Posted on May 29th, 2010 by Henkka
- Categories: Blogging, News
- Tags: atsuro, makoto, rayflower, yuki
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Just as a quick reminder to you guys, Rayflower‘s single is now out. Still haven’t got my hands on it actually, so here’s to hoping it’ll pop up somewhere sooner rather than later. The full PV can now be found (in disappointingly shitty quality) on YouTube. The tune does sound absolutely rocking though!
One more quick bit of news: though they just barely got their first release out, looks like they’ve already set a date for their follow-up single! It’s entitled Inishie and will go on sale on August 4th. Hope it’s as good as their first!
In my foolishness I forgot to post the full line-up of the band. In case you weren’t aware, it’s:
Vocals – Takayuki Tazawa (SPIRAL MIND, ex-Waive)
Guitar – YUKI (DUSTAR-3, Λucifer)
Bass – IKUO (BULL ZEICHEN)
Keyboard & producer – Keiichi Miyako (SOPHIA)
Drums – Sakura (Lion Heads, Sons of All Pussys, ex-L’Arc~en~Ciel, ex-Zigzo)
(thanks to Neumania!)
In other news, Makoto‘s site reports that he’s planning a birthday concert/event. More info to come in June, I’ll keep you updated. Speaking of Makoto, here he is sporting his meganekko style with cool actor Tamaki Hiroshi (Nodame Cantabile, Love Shuffle)!
Finally, I’d like to talk a little about the blog. It’s been up for three months now and honestly so far I’m really happy with the amount of hits it gets. I mean, when I started out, I knew I’d be sorely disappointed if I expected any real popularity to speak of. Hell, it’s a band that’s been dead for a good seven years now! Still, even averaging ~5 visits daily (on a good day) is more than enough to make me go “wow.” Last month I even had a day with 26 visitors! What the hell! Sure, on my other blog I often have days that surpass the amount of this site’s visitors in total, but to me seeing people actually reading this blog makes me significantly happier for some peculiar reason. Especially the fact that I even have a few commenters on this site, that to me just feels surreal. I’d just like to thank everyone who comments here, links this site somewhere or even silently reads up on the latest Aucifer going-ons. I’m happy if it helps anyone keep up with them.
I’d like to ask you guys something. As readers, is there anything more you’d like from Silent Melody? Anything you’d like me to do differently? More news on related artists, or just more focused on Aucifer? More opinion pieces? More, err, eyecandy? Simply just more/less posts? Want more of anything, less of anything? Or if not, if you’d just let me know that what I’m doing now is fine as is, that’d be sweet. Comment and let me know what you think!
One thing I have been wanting to do is reviewing Aucifer’s releases one by one. Not only that, but I’d love to also gather up anyone else’s reviews on Aucifer and post them here, as I know not everyone can be bothered with setting up a blog and all that. Would there be any interest in that, or would that be just about me satisfying myself?
Finally, have some pics of Atsuro who’s rehearsing for Minori Chihara‘s live tour right now.
Yeah, that video quality is kinda disappointing, but what can you expect from mp4? But since it’s the only full version of the song that I can get for the moment, so I’m thankful enough.
Anyway, I’d love to see more news (or posts). That way everyone can feel somewhat closer to the band. And I think you should also focusing on related artists like Rayflower, DUSTAR-3, and maybe, Olive Sunday too,. Because if Makoto can have solo career, it won’t be fair if we leave out other member’s project rite?
About reviewing every releases by Λucifer, it’s a very nice idea. I’m sure everyone would love to talk about what we love the most about the band.
Also, I know there are only 6 votes so far, but don’t you think that it’s about time for you to make a new poll?
Yeah, hopefully it doesn’t take too long for a proper quality version. Like I said in the post though, the song does sound very addictive!
For now my policy with the blog has been sort of to not post unless there is something significant enough (in my books) to post about… but that’s something that can result in not that many posts getting out. It might be good to sort of ease off on that a little so as to give me more chances to post about new happenings. And I agree on your notion with Makoto’s solo career vs. the members’ bands. You’re definitely right about that.
I’m glad you like the reviews idea! That’s been on my mind ever since (and even before) I started the blog but I’m just not sure if that’s what the people want. Everyone might just be after the newest news whereas reviews and other opiniony things might be something a little unnecessary. But then, I suppose Aucifer is kind of the type of band where fans — especially the newer ones — are also looking for a place to exchange their thoughts on the songs and whatnot. So in that respect I think it might be a good idea.
And you’re absolutely right about the poll. I was thinking about that myself when I made the post but since there were only six votes, I thought “meh, I’ll let it be…” Still, I’ll change it right after I make this comment, and perhaps when (if?) there ever appear to be more readers, I’ll make the B-side poll again.
Thanks a lot for your thoughts mate!
Just wanting to say thank you for linking back to us! I’ll be keeping my eye on this blog from time to time, so if you post news we can send some credit your way! (Actually I just posted about Makoto’s birthday event and credited your site for the info: http://neumania.net/?p=17243)
Also, if you would like, we could feature your reviews on NEUMANIA. We’ve been meaning to get some reviews up and hopefully it would help draw more attention to your site as well.
It is seriously really nice to see such a dedicated site to Λucifer up and running!
-Noah (Neumania co-founder)
Noah, thank you so much for the shout-out on Neumania! I thought the site looked really pro so I wasn’t expecting a comment back at all actually. 😀 Even that Makoto article… what was only a tiny blurb on my post, you guys made into a proper article. I still have a long way to go with the news reporting side of things!
As for featuring my Aucifer reviews on Neumania, that does not sound like a bad idea to me at all! How should I contact you guys when I finally get to making them?
Thanks again!
I’m really sorry for the long delay in my response! We have been caught up in so many things over at the site that I’ve barely been able to keep up.
Thank you so much for your incredibly kind words! Our site actually started out rather small. We were just another news blog hosted on blogger about a year or so ago, so we are very open-minded when it comes to working with other sites and blogs that are relatively new to the industry. We still have a really long way to go ourselves, but it’s definitely an on-going learning experience. It’s always nice to hear that people appreciate what we have been doing though, it really means a lot to us. I’m sure the same goes for the rest of the new or “little guys” out there which is why we try to give some shout-outs when we can!
You can contact us at neumania@neumania.net or if you want to ask any questions you can contact me personally at noah@neumania.net. It’s no problem at all, we look forward to hearing from you in the future.
Hey, no worries!
I was actually previously editor of one Int’l Wota, so I get where you’re coming from. Well, obviously the content is different (IW is more idol-oriented) but the aim of the site is to introduce as many promising blogs as possible as well as keep everyone up to date in the latest idol world going-ons. In any case, I can definitely appreciate what you’re doing with Neumania. Keep up the good work and there’s sure to be good things in the site’s future! 🙂
Thanks for the contact info. It might take me a while as I’ll be busy next month (pssh, girlfriends!) but I’ll get to it eventually. Thanks again for linking to me, good sir!