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Music Video Challenge: The Best Music in Time...So far..

I've had this idea for a while and finally created a scoring guide. I think this MIGHT be fun...but it's going to be big, like that one "sadness" thing...which I made too big because I figured out how to download videos! XD Well, I seem to only notice music videos nowadays, so I think this would be more important because nobody talks about music videos, and there are a lot of good ones that should be recognized.

I've tried to make this a fair scoring guide:

Color Scheme: (1-10)
Believable effects: (1-10)
Ability to give feeling: (1-10)
How well it goes along with the song: (1-10)
Quality: (1-10)
Creativity: (1-10)
Editing: (1-10)
Appropriate Angles: (1-5)
Clothing: (1-10)
Song: (1-10)
Dancing: (1-10)

The numbers are how many points each category is worth. I dunno if I should organize it like a movie awards thing like the Academy Awards, y'know with nominees and categories like 'best dancer' and stuff, or just make a list of the top 10 best music videos or something…still thinking that one through.

If you know any good music videos that I should know of (because I only know so many music videos), please tell me. Oh! And just so yah know, it has to be J-pop or J-rock. Just to give a fair chance. I mean, I can find little Chinese music videos, but tons of Korean, but the Korean videos would just double the count and lessen the chance of good videos to place.

Also, if you think I should add anything to the scoring guide, please tell me!

I'll be looking at as many music videos I can from many different jpop singers.

There's a great chance, though, that most recent music videos will get the higher scores, especially if they are high quality. So that might mess it up.

50 Great Voices

I'm sooooo excited:

NPR'S 50 Great Voices Series

All I'm hoping for is hearing somebody I know, and AGREE is a good arist. I hope Ayumi Hamasaki doesn't some how get on the list, but I'll be okay with Utada Hikaru. I mean, really, compare their voices (they have different voices, but basically the same genre of music):

I'll admit, Ayumi Hamasaki has a unique voice, but...it annoys me...>.>

Hey! Speaking of good voices! Lemme list some of the best voices in my opinion (with j-pop...maybe some j-rock, but I don't listen to much J-rock). Ones that really amaze me, and just kick me. Singers who's songs I download first because of their voices. Okie, here are some:

Takahashi Ai

Haruka Shimotsuki

Kaori Mochida

BOOWY

Aya Matsuura

Moritaka Chisato

Arika Takarano

Gackt

Nana Mizuki

Mao (SID)

Rurutia

Tomo (Vistlip)

Jyou (exist trace)

Hitomi Takahashi

Ataru Nakamura

Haruna (Hearts Grow)

Han Hong

And Utada Hikaru, of course. But I think the VERY best two are:

Alan Dawa Dolma:

Bad quality, but you can still hear her beautiful voice.

Yo Hitoto:

Bad quality, and the back-up band, or the painist, is TERRIBLE!! Worst I've ever heard in a live, but her voice is WONDERFUL! If only the pianist wasn't there, I think she could've sang it alone without any music with it.

They weren't in any particular list, just so you know. But just so you know, since I can only put in four videos, there were some singers that I liked MUCH more than others. I think Han Hong is up there with Alan Dawa Dolma and Yo Hitoto, maybe even better...O.O I mean, she's REALLY good! I'll highlight her in the next post!

I also LOVE Jyou's voice! It's soooo beautiful! And same for Ataru Nakamura, she's up there with Yo Hitoto and Alan Dawa Dolma, she's AMAZING! She can change her voice, but it's so deep...I just didn't have enough room to put any videos. I'll probably highlight her and Han Hong in the next post!

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