They are not related, but VERY CLOSE with each other. They are also really good friends and spending time together even without work, shows or anything like that. Akane and MISA f.e. are best friends, they went to the same musical school in Tokyo for many years and both have an jazz background, maybe that´s also explaining why they can improvise, filling and playing so damn good! For me it´s the best rhythm duo on the planet right now. And if you combine that with an awesome singer, an insane guitar workhorse (writing most of the songs) and an little pigeon with the plan to take over the world with the will and talent to fill everything thats missing (lyrics, backing vocals and rhythm guitar) ... You got Band-Maid :) They are outstanding!
Freedom is 7 years old. Domination is 3 years old. Wait until you start listening to what came off of Conqueror. The mix at this concert was not their best as they used room mics and not straight off the boards. Zepp tokyo 2018 is the best mixed concert you will hear, but it’s mostly not on youtube since this concert came out on blu ray. While kanami writes the songs, akane and misa write the rythym sections themselves. This is why they sound so tight and in sync. Akane, Misa and Kanami are widely considered the best in their instrument worldwide right now and the praise just increases as more people are exposed to them. 7 years ago, Miku did not know how to play guitar at all land has been taught by Kanami. Play live shows how far she has come in such a short amount of time. Its also why Kanami likes to walk over to her a lot ever since they went with full wireless kits at the end of last year.
Hmm. Also... "ONSET". It's an instrumental, but IIRC, the official video on their channel is from the 2018 Zepp Tokyo show. You'll get to hear Misa's bass in all it's proper tonal glory. OK, I'll shut up now, lol!
@@FarisaAzmi too late. Also, TBH, after 500 reactors spending half the song commenting on wondering when the vocals are going to start? Be nice to skip that for a change, IMO. YMMV
@@BryanForceDrums Emphasis on "Mental". 🤣 The opening guitar riff here reminds me of T-Rex's "20th Century Boy". I think you two are ready for some Lovebites - Thunder Vengeance live@ Zepp DiverCity Tokyo 2020.
You should check out the instrumental, Onset (live). Also, Play (live) would be a good option. Rinne (the MV, not the live which is shortened by iover a full minute). Wonderland (live) and Real Exisitance (live) are both good options as well. Its hard to find a bad track by Band Maid, to be perfectly honest.
Bryan excellent reaction, if you can try BAND-MAID / REAL EXISTENCE (April 13th, 2018), the sound mix is much better than this last one, greetings from Brazil.
Be careful of falling deep down the rabbit hole guys. The "Domination" CD was in my car player for a solid year until it was replaced by Band-Maid's latest album "Conqueror". I find myself listening to little else when I have the choice. You've been warned.
Loved your comment, John. But careful of your last line. You might get another great "army" of fans to drop in and say Hello, hello, hello... and not in a good way. ;-
the only way to get better at anything is to practice Jenny. I have been working at University of Washington for 32 years with a LOT of students from all over the world. I am astounded how quickly vocabulary is mastered and in some cases accents vanish. I mean all I can claim is tourist level German and Spanish.
am Japanese. If you use goole, it will be converted to English. If it is not a long sentence, there are few conversion mistakes. First, if you want to change your mother tongue to English: Open Goole and enter "Mother tongue in English" in your native language. If you enter a sentence in your native language on the left side of the screen, the converted English sentence will be displayed on the right side. Copy the English text and paste it in the comment field. Correct any conversion mistakes and click the reply button. This is OK.
@@Danceofmasks This is how to put out subtitles when there are subtitles in the video sent in Japan. Let me explain. ① Click the gear icon "設定Settings" at the bottom of the screen. ② Click "字幕Subtitles (1)". .. ③ Click "日本語(自動)生成Japanese (automatically generated)". ④ Click "字幕(１)日本語(自動生成)Subtitles (1) Japanese (automatically generated)" ⑤ Click "自動翻訳Automatic translation" to display each language to be converted. ⑥ Scroll down and select the 6th "英語English" counting from the bottom. Click on it and English subtitles will appear on the screen. There are some interesting interview videos in Japan, so please try them. Please try to access the program "Rock Fujiyama". Marty Friedman vs Kerry King. I will put a link on it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VayLEfRhmrE.html
Bryan - they did a livestream at the start of lockdown in Japan. At the start, they did the intro to Slipknot's "Duality". These ladies a few steps away from full-on Metal. Akane, Misa and Kanami could certainly go harder.
Yeah, at the Line Cube concert they went for more room mics than direct from the board sound to get the crowd reaction. Consequently the guitars and bass are very unfocused compared to the Studio Coast and Zepp Tokyo concerts. You were right the first time, Akane. You could go anywhere from here. 'Puzzle' LIVE, or some BAND-MAIKO songs, or other Music Videos like 'Blooming' or 'Rinne'.
This is a great live performance and it's a ton of fun! For some of their more impressive compositions I would suggest: Daydreaming Blooming YOLO Puzzle Secret My Lips ( my personal fave!) 🎶🎸🥁🎸🎶🙂🔥🔥🙂
You should also checkout the music videos for Band-maid- Blooming and Rinne. Don't watch the Rinne live version it's been shorten down due to them being on television. Also Blooming doesn't have a live version yet.
With a new single on December 2nd and the new CD out in January Band-Maid is fast becoming one of the most prolific songwriting and record making bands of all time. And every single song is quality. The only acts l can find who put out more songs in a comparable period of time, which is now about 8 years, are the Beatles, Stones, Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan and Neil Young. All over (and some a lot over) 100 songs. This alone puts Band-Maid in rare company. Now couple that with the fact that they are the most personable, charismatic, talented, compelling and often misunderstood hard rock band working anywhere on the planet today and you can begin to understand why Sacramento loves Band-Maid and l have it on damn good authority that there are a host of places around the globe who feel the very same way. If anyone had told me just six years ago l would become a deranged fanboy for an 810 year old pigeon l would have looked at them like they had rocks in their head. And that's a fact.
Even more fun fact: none of them play the instruments that they started with. The closest is Kanami who does play piano on a couple of songs. Kanami did not pick up the guitar until high school. And the only reason she says she did that was to be cool with her classmates. Kobato Miku is an exception in that she did not play any instrument before Band-Maid. Sacramento loves these ladies.
Nice!, great job man. Well, about the mix: This is their third DVD released and this is the one less post edited so you can hear the crowd, so being a wide space (three floors) the lead guitar and the bass (but not drums and vocals) lacks some volume during the entire concert (that is something also commented by the people who went to the concert, not sure if that was a technical decission). The other two are Studio Coast and Zepp Tokyo, heavily postproduced to avoid crowd noise, but you can hear the instruments in all their dinamic range which is absolutely awesome. In their official channel you can listen to three songs of Zepp Tokyo (2018) "Real Existence", "Cross" and "Onset". Onset is an instrumental and I highly recommend it to better know of what level of musicianship and songwritting we are talking about. Prepare to be amazed.
You are hooked real hard like the rest of us are. They are magnificent and Akane is the one of the most creative drummers I have ever heard and she always plays the right thing for every part of every song. She is remarkable.
THE best live Rock band on Earth. If you bring a bassist friend in to enjoy them, treat them to a nice slice of Misa's bass playing with something like Moratorium ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HiArXRC6aCY.html . Or - no, I mean 'and also' - show them her piece in this song (3:54) you're reacting to where she palms her pick and then hammers and pulls and also, within about half a nano second, starts picking - amazing skills and apparently a hard thing to master.
That would be MISA. There are a million Misa in Japan. There is only one MISA. And that is why she stylizes her name in all caps. "When people think about bass players l want them to think about MISA"- MISA
@@tonygriffin_ According to Dave. And he is right as well. Not trying to cap on you my friend. Just trying to get people who don't know any better to understand why she spells her name in all capitals. One of the most popular porn stars in Japan is named Misa. Sorry if you were offended. That was not my intention. Peace.
@@sacluvsBM No offence taken, buddy. I knew she was called MISA, MISA, MISA by fans but didn't know about the all caps bit...or why she used it. Best not to get one of the best bassists on Earth mixed up with a porn star! Peace back at ya!
Oh you did your assignment, you slowly learning their names. Since you're a drummer too, you should check out Achan's drum cover of Maximum the Hormone, that would be cool.
What makes or breaks a good/great band is the rhythm section. And those two are just outstanding. To me, Akane is the driving force behind the Band-Maid express.
When you strip down their sound to its rhythmic core, there's a bit of a bouncy Ventures vibe that runs through a lot of their sound and gives it that happy poppy groove. They like to bounce that groove back and forth a lot and hand it off as they do their mini solos.
The real answer is: A producer who gets to hire the people with talent and ambition and gets enough resources to book the best of the best of everything, be it materials or tutors or studio time. This is the musical equivalent of the Lexus LFA.
Never ever gets old...amazing \m/ Check out The Non-Fiction Days (as loud as you can)! - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ItYN-ri1NPs.html If you can find it live, the absolutely kill it!
Can't have you struggle with Akane's name. Think of the A in car but very short and almost cut off. Then think of the E in the Canadian stable "ehh" but also super short and almost cut off. Japanese vowels are super short and punchy. A KA NE
They are the most beautiful and amazing band on the planet and the incredible combination of Akane and Misa is the most incredible rhythm section I have seen in years, Check out Secret My Lips ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1Vuca7V-5Ec.html
It's hard to find keyboard players for band stuff because they're either classically trained concert pianists, or they're overbooked. Everyone and their dog wants to be a rock musician... so guitar it is. Everyone forgets how important keyboards have been for rock and metal and that you can shred with them as well :D
Miku worked in a maid cafe, while in school. She got the idea for the band. She heard of Kanami, and asked her to join.Kanami knew Akane, got her to join. Akane knew Misa from school. Misa and Seike werent as fond of maid outfits, why they are in more concierge, festivity director like outfits. Kanami writes and composes the music, Miku writes the lyrics. Misa adds the bass stuff. They have interviews out to get more details on their formation. Jimmy Paige saw them live in 16, and loved them, called Akane one of best drummers, since Bonham. Took photos with them. Misa-bass, Kanami- lead guitar, Miku- rythum/vocal, Akane-drums, Seike- vocals. Rinne is a harder song. Dont you tell me(live), has Kanami and Misa trading off solos. Blooming, has two Kanami solos. Moratorium, is an awesome song. On Set, is an instrumental, showcasing the bands technicality. Bass solo, Kanami shreds, and does the most incredible tapping runs, very EVH mixed with Gilmore feel.
Again a very good analysis. Of course you get a lot of suggestions for band-maid songs and they are all good. But the measure of all things is clearly "Real Existence" live 2018! The song is not suitable for radio, hard and fast but (for certain reasons ☺) nevertheless very complex. The band offers a fantastic performance and Akane shows where it goes. Every other band should look at this! I know you will love it because you are a musician yourself. After that you will know how good Band-Maid really is!
You seem to appreciate all the little things does back there.. Then you have to listen to Wonderland, from the same show again. She does sooooo much subtle crap back there that basically turns a song that could very easily be a hot mess into a masterpiece.
You are about to delve into a very deep pigeon hole. There is no bad Band-Maid song in my opinion you will be spoilt for choice. Check out Puzzle, Blooming, Dice, Onset, Moratorium and Rinne. All LIVE if you can get them. This will lead you to many other J-Rock / J-Metal fox and rabbit holes. There are plenty other bands here to check out. I'd suggest LoveBites, DollsBoxx, Unlucky Morpheus and of course Babymetal.
These girls are awesome. Misa and Akane are an amazing engine to the band. Try " Non fiction days" and "Real Existence" official vids. Also " Endless story" is an amazing ballad!!
Nice! I'm 45, been into heavy music for like...33-34 years. Avoided Band Maid because of the image, thought they were a gimmick, the Baby Metal effect, etc. These guys snuck onto my autoplay one day while doing chores... and BLOWN away. After this... pull up the live for "PLAY". The chorus is intentionally very poppy, but that brings the audience into the song nicely. Might be biased as it was the song that started my journey down the Band Maid rabbit Hole, but they are currently one of my top 5 favorite "hard rock/heavy metal" bands, right up there with Iron Maiden, Metallica, Nightwish and Opeth
Also, as a drummer (you, not me, I'm just a terrible bass player), I hope to see you break down more of Akane's technique. I love the limp wrist/marionette action she has doing on, instead of the death grip I see so many drummers mistake for being a power thing. She does a drum cover for Maximum the Hormone's "Bento Sandal Dance" that really shows here style nicely.
Ha! Ha! I had my prejudice in the beginning too. Then I said to myself, wait, this is from a different culture. The far east has a different approach on theatrical presentation, might as well be their masks. So I boldly start listening to them. Oh boy! Who knew I was in for a treat.
I have the Blu Ray for this show and the whole show is like this. Onset is another song on their YT channel. Rinne is also awesome, but it doesn't have really good live vid, the official is still very good.
Digging into their past, this band almost didn't make it, Akane almost lost her ability to drum, MISA almost leave the band, and thanks to their fans they keep on, thanks to their OG fans who has been with them from their humble begining we get to see these awesome show, and I see why the band was so close with their fans, In addition to that, Miku's choice to recruit her band maids starting with Kanami is also a smart move, if she recruit MISA or Akane first she might get rejected as both already in their own band, and the idea of wearing maid costume kind of making them think twice on joinning, Kanami also compose so having her makes it easier to tell the other member on what kind of music they were aiming for, and Kanami likes the "gap" concept, Miku and Kanami are like same type of airhead genius,
Hey Bryan, check out BAND-MAID's latest instrumental MV called FROM NOW ON. Better than ONSET!? And they are doing a one man show in Nashville on 5/21/23 at the Brooklyn Bowl. See you there.
👩🏻🎤JUNNA🥁 "Through the Fire and Flames" (drum performance) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UKr1H4Jv6is.html 👩🏻🎤JUNNA🥁 DragonForce Drummer Reacts to JUNNA ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2M2Hv5GuSn4.html 🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸 After blind exhibitions for some drummers I know, (audio only first, then video). Their favorite's were consistently Junna, Yoyoka, Sina, and Fumi, in no particular order. Here's a young Fumi, 3+ years ago. She now plays drums for the band Accént! Even with only a 3-piece band, they cover BAND-MAID really well, along with their originals. 🥁Fumi ふみ🥁 【SILENT SIREN】 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KYEyHT53hSU.html 🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸 Another mysterious bassist. Another master drummer. Lead guitar/vocals. ❗Accént❗ "Don't you tell Me" (Live) 👉🏻BAND🎀MAID cover👈🏻 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BbEYc2yY2s4.html Kanon (11 years old): Vocal & Guitar Haru (11 years old): Bass & Chorus Fumi (10 years old): Drums & Chorus
Comment on the mix: For Band Maid live shows, this is actually a very mediocre mix. Kanami's (the head guitarist) guitar is buried (audible but takes work) and Misa's bass tone is also lacking it's usual glory. If you can find videos from their 2018 Zepp Tokyo Live show, or even from their second Online Show in August, you'll be mind blown. The Shibuya show (this one) is good, especially for the theatrics they add, but the sound was only OK by their own standard.
@@tommcfall1274 I have it also, and can categorically state, having played it on TVs, sound bars and studio headphones, no, it's not. Misa's bass is much lower in the mix, and missing the richness of the Zepp Tokyo mix, and Kanami's guitar is likewise much lower, making many of the riffs and leads which aren't specifically featured, like her solos are, much harder to pick out, especially for a new listener. There is a reason that they comment on the mix in this video, and tons others. Put it side by side to the Zepp Tokyo 2018 show and it's night and day. Sorry chief, when it's not only frequently commented on, but many of us can point out the specific differences? You're going to have to do better than "I gots it and it's all good" herpaderp.
@@mr.bluebird6544 Yup. I have to wonder how many people claiming the mix is fine listen on laptop speakers, crappy earbuds, Beats (ugh!) or just have spent too much time at a shoot range without ear protection. It's not a terrible mix, about on par with most live albums I've seen TBH, even the revered but dated ones like Iron Maiden's "Live After Death". But it doesn't hold a candle to the Zepp show. And while the Online concerts (especially the first half and drum mics on the first one) are less polished, you get Misa and Mincho in their full glory, as well as Miku's vocals a little higher in the mix. Shibuya is pretty damn vanilla.
Hi from the uk 🇬🇧 check out Band maid play live world domination tour even better ♥ And check out floor jansens (Nightwish) friends band Epica it's another symphonic metal band Epica unleashed live retrospect show Epica consign to oblivion live at the zenith Paris
BAND-MAID is the best. If you want some incredible tasty drumming check out Real Existence live and Rinne MV for sheer power then Wonderland live and Daydreaming MV for finesse (live version is even better but not available on RU-vid anymore). But ANY of their videos will blow you away!
Bryan, you should check out another Japanese band - Tricot. They have 3 female guitar/rhythm/bass players, who have been together for over 10 years, with a male drummer who joined in 2016. If I had to describe their music I would call them math pop with a punk rock sensibility, but they are really unique and pretty difficult to categorise. I especially like their live stuff (there's a lot on RU-vid) but I always prefer live music, so perhaps that's just me! Regards from the UK. (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NrGofQuGjDw.html is probably as good a place to start as any.)
🤘🤘❤🤘🤘 MISA MISA MISA!!!! 🤘🤘 Yeah they're Heavy Rock and sometimes dip their toes over the metal line!!! As was suggested, definitely check out Rinne (Reincarnation)!!!! 😉🤘🤘
I enjoyed your video. Big Band-Maid Fan. As a drummer I wondered if you were familiar with The Black Page by Frank Zappa. Frank learned the drums first then the guitar. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AQt2inyxNNg.html this is Terry Bozio performing it. Id love to see your reaction to it.
Can you react to Nemophila - Oiran? I honestly wan to see your reaction to that. 👀 They're a new-ish band but boy i love that song so much. Non-fiction Day from Bandmaid is great as well. My personal favorite from them.
I said this on your last video, and I'll say it again. More bands need to learn to have fun whilst they're on stage. Making music bn is supposed to be fun. Enjoy every time you go on stage as it could very well be the last! That, and it's always good to take what you do seriously, just don't take yourself seriously.
A new/old sound (70's-90's Hard Rock/Metal). Their composition, sound quality, and execution of their music is matched only by their lengthy song catalog of potential #1's. Their music is original and new, and yet it feels very familiar and fresh. They have many fans from the 70's. Find their throwaway song that feels like time filler/killer. Ain't none.
great reaction 😊 BAND MAID ❤️ Thank you for the reaction video of the Japanese band 🇯🇵😉 please next LOVE BITES / Holy War The drummer of LOVE BITES is also pretty good BAND MAID and other Japanese bands 🇯🇵 (Unlucky Morpheus, GALNERYUS, WAGAKKI BAND, NINGEN ISU) Please also give us some reaction videos 🙇♂️ I'm using a Google translator, so I'm sorry if it becomes strange English 🙏
I found Band-Maid about two years ago while being bored at work watching silly Japanese Music videos. (see Baby Metal "Gimme Chocolate"). They kept popping up in my recommendations, but the thumbnail clearly showed them wearing silly Maid costumes. But hey, that day I was watching silly videos. OMFG! is all I can say. After you watch and listen to these musicians you will never think of them as silly. The first thing I focused in on was the Drummer. I had assumed this was just another Pop-Idol group where the girls just sing and dance, looking cute as they do their thing. But from the first ("Start Over") the Drummer was clearly playing a funky tasteful groove. It went from this kind of light guitar pop to slowly built up piece that had me clicking on the next one on the list: "Thrill." A total throwback to 80s Hard Rock nearly Metal. The drummer is sprinkling in double pedals and just keeping it rock solid. At this point I'm impressed and had to keep going. "Real Existence" is what put me over the edge. Akane (I had read the comments to find out her name at this point) goes completely Keith Moon wild on the drums while never losing control. Each verse, each chorus and the guitar solo all have multiple sub sections on the drums. So, after watching every last official video on their channel multiple times, made my first iTunes purchase EVER (and first money spent on new music in DECADES) I called up a friend of mine who had played guitar professionally in Japan back in the 90s. "Dude, I just found THE MOST AMAZING Japanese band! and they're all girls! and all dressed up li...." "Oh, you found Band-Maid, here, let me send you a link" ONSET. I think I cried as Kanami tapped her way accorrs the strings.
Aloha Metal Drummer, liked your "Freedom" reaction, 'Akane was hunted down by Rock royalty Jimmy Page to complement her as one of the best Rock Drummers out there now! They took a selfie after a BandMaid gig!!!
