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Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker
I wouldn''t introduce albums but specific songs instead. It really depends on the tastes of the friend. I'd avoid ultra happy/animeish kinds of a song for a start since they can be a bit scary for people who doesn't know JPOP. Best to try songs in which ayu has a clearer voice, and in which the arrangements doesn't drown the entire song. However, again it would all depend on the taste of the friend. Whenever I feel like getting my mom to enjoy an ayu song, I play Voyage, JEWEL and the likes. She loves them. As for a friend, I sent her alterna and the Above & Beyond remix of M, which she enjoyed but I lent her my RAINBOW album (the only ayu album I have) and she didn't even bother to listen to it at all. I usually don't bother to tell my friends my tastes in JPOP though.
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Exactly. Good points.
I've thought about this too, but, to be honest I can't really decide. You just have to listen to more than a couple songs, maybe three or more, to show different styles of instruments and singing. I mean, "Ourselves" is completely different from something like "Fated". Though, like ImpactBreaker said, I don't usually ' come out of the closet ' to any friends about my japanese music. No one's really into that or Japan in general but myself, sadly.