[Hoshi no Suna]

identity you just summed up my exact story.

Originally Posted by emiko

You seem kind of "new" to all this

I'm not new to this, I'm aware that the music of any origin is versatile, and there are artists better, and worse, some to which my words from the main post apply, some that are the opposite etc. I've listened to songs from all over the world, whenever I come across something new, I have a tendency to download most of their albums at once and then listen to all the songs. And fail, every time. One song here, two songs there, and still no improvement.

I'm not saying that everything with the stamp "Japan" on it is amazing. I don't listen to every single musician from that country. But I have my favourites, and when I compare those to the better ones (better in my book) from another country, Ayu, GACKT and others win. I care about the lyrics, and theirs are magnificent.

I hope I didn't come out as closed minded though, 'cause I surely am not.