I’ll try and keep this in mind for my next review, oddly enough, will probably be SAWA’s COLORS mini-album whose song titles consist of ManyColors, Blue, Yellow, Pink, and Green. You’ll be hearing from me if they fail to deliver their specified colour.

Then, I saw the questions and was like… ooo survey ^_^.

Thus:

1. What was the first Japanese song that you ever listened to?
I can’t really remember. It was probably Sailor Moon related but outside of anime and video games, the first Japanese song I listened to was Boys & Girls by Ayumi Hamasaki

2. Did it inspire you to like that group/singer, or did it turn you away?
I became a pretty big Ayu fanboy, I won’t lie about that. Then, her songs started to get repetitive and I started liking other acts so my interest eventually waned. I recently reacquired the A BEST album which got me started into her music so I’m getting a bit nostalgic.

3. What is the one song that you have been listening to for the longest time?
As of Summer/Fall 2007, it’s been Suzuki Ami meets Nakata Yasutaka’s FREE FREE but I’ve had stints with other songs before… I’ll let you know when I remember.

4. What group/singer have you liked the longest?
m-flo. They were the second Japanese group I got into since I’ve been listening to Japanese music. Also, love comes and goes knocks my socks off.

5. What is the song with the most plays on your itunes/media player?
According to my last.fm/user/johpan, Perfume’s Perfect Star Perfect Style has the most plays.

6. Is that song your favorite?
It’s probably my third favourite Perfume song of all time.

7. If not, what is?
I’d have to say Secret Secret contrary to what it says in my album review. Second would be Baby cruising Love.

8. Is there any one group that you can listen to all/most of the songs by? If so, who?
Perfume, though I have a bit of beef with Foundation. A little with Elevator as well. A smidge with butterfly.

9. What is your favorite agency?
UP FRONT. For obvious and not so obvious reasons. Mostly obvious though.

10. What is your favorite group/singer?
Perfume.

* Why do you blog?
I blog for fun and as an outlet for my opinions on the things I experience in everyday life.

* What long-term goals do you hope to accomplish, if any at all?
I just want a blog that doesn’t end up dying. I’ve had two die on me so far.

* Where does your blog fail to meet your goals?
So far, my newly dubbed personal blog was failing due to lack of entries but now that I’ve declared it to be personal, I think it’ll get posted in more often. Here at boylikesmusic (and everywhere else), I’ve been kinda slow recently because of my newly acquired full time job and I’ve been adjusting the biological clock to my work schedule. It’s been really tough on me…

* If you do have goals, what will accomplishing them do for yourself?
Having blogs that don’t die makes for a stronger online presence.

* What do you want to gain out of blogging? A creative outlet? Praise from others? Personal satisfaction? Money?
I secretly want to be an internet celebrity that isn’t just a one trick pony in the spotlight for 15 minutes. I don’t want to be that [insert stupid action here]-guy. I want to be johpan. Or if I ever do end up going legit online, being known by my real name would be awesome. I don’t think I’m ready for the real name thing though.

* Do you feel that your blog should meet a requirement for amount of entries? Do you feel any particular entry should be a certain length?
I think I should do at least one decently sized post a week with little posts here and there. As for lengths, it’s quality, not quantity. Tee hee.

* For any particular entry, what motivates you to start and finish blog posts?
Raw emotion. When doing album reviews, I always listen to the album while writing. Same goes for watching concert DVDs. Live events have to be blogged about later, of course. Writing about what you feel and how you’re feeling at that precise moment is motivation enough and usually gives me a paragraph or two or three of useful content.

* Do you actively consider long term goals for each individual post?
Never. I’ve never really thought about goals prior to this survey.

Subject Material:

* What do you blog about?
On thoughts and rants, I’ll be posting about anything and everything. Before I wanted it to be mostly reviews and of stuff without too much of myself in it, or at least the stuff no one wants to know about myself. But now, I think keeping the blog like that is hindering performance. I’m ready to cross that threshold.

Here on boylikesmusic, I do anything music related. tar used to cover the music stuff too but when I heard of IW, I thought it would be best to separate so then I could get an article or two up there. lol >_<. I try not to be a TOTAL fanboy on my blm but that sometimes fails… *sigh*

Bananas for JunJun is my worship blog for JunJun where I can unleash the fanboy beast within. I think I’d die if I couldn’t let it out every now and a while, right? Yeah, thought so.

* Would you be keep a blog even if it wasn’t about the subjects you tend to cover?
No. I need to blog about things I enjoy.

* Do you write about the material to promote it to others?
Mostly yes, but that may change soon in tar’s case. blm is a review/music blog so it’s mostly there to promote. Bananas isn’t meant to promote per se. It does but I just write in Bananas for the lulz and because JunJun is so darn adorable. I want to pinch her thighs and rub her inner cheeks. Whoops. Wrong order. And wrong blog.

… sigh.

Readership:

* How much do you care about readership?
It’s cool to have readers and fans but the more you have, the more is expected from you, in a way. Casual fans make for a good casual blog.

* Does it satisfy you to know people are reading, even if they don’t comment?
Yes and no. I like that people are reading but I don’t know if they leave thinking, “Wow, that article was garbage.” I wouldn’t want that to happen. I also don’t want people to start flame wars.

* What effect does receiving a comment have on you?
It depends on if the comment content is accurate or way off. If it’s correcting an error, I’d thank them. If they’re gonna be a jerk about my mistake, I unleash the internet hate machine. If the comment is way off but in a nice way, then I correct them nicely. If they’re wrong and jerkish, I shoot them down as best I can.

* Do you write with a particular audience in mind or an unspecified general audience? Why?
If I write about music, I tend to write hoping people can understand basic musical concepts and include different musical terms. Same with gaming and technology. Other than that, I write for no audience in particular. Maybe if I had to choose, a semi-informed audience would be most appropriate.

* If you write for a particular audience, is it International Wota? If yes, why?
If I have something that would interest the community, I would direct it towards IW but generally, I just write to make myself happy and to get my opinions across.

Community: (The International Wota section)

* If International Wota didn’t exist, would you blog?
Probably not so much about Japanese Music as specifically as I do now but I’d still be doing CD reviews and such since I did (not in as much detail as I do here) in my previous blogs.

* When IW covers an entry of yours, are you encouraged to blog more or less?
More, though I don’t blog just to get on IW.

* When IW does not cover an entry, are you encouraged to blog more or less?
Neither, I just blog for me and if I happen to get on, yay. If not, oh well XD

* How often do you read other blogs?
I browse IW headlines and if it intrigues me, then I go to the blog itself.

* How often do you comment on other blogs?
Only when I have something constructive to say or when someone shares something I enjoy.

* If another blog covers a topic that you wanted or wished to cover, do you still blog about that specific topic? Why or why not?
Yes, because everyone has their own opinions and each opinion is just as “interesting” as the next.

Commitment:

* How serious is your attitude towards blogging? Do you consider it just as something to do for fun?
I tried to take a semi-professional approach but it just takes the fun out of it. I do it for fun now and will always.

* How often do you blog? How often would you like to blog?
I used to do a decent sized entry a week, now I’m lucky to get 2 a month in. I’d like to blog like how I used to but with this full-time job, it takes a lot out of you.

* What prioritie
s do you or have you put aside in order to blog? Why?
School because blogging > school in terms of personal enjoyment.

* Do you see yourself blogging in 6 months? Why or why not
Yes, music, gaming, tech, and life, and JunJun will still be around in 6 months, and as long as I have an opinion on something, I’ll post something, even if it is just a paragraph.

Personal:

* Would you say you blog for yourself?
I have at least twice already.

* What is your feeling after posting an entry? Is it relative to the time and effort you put in an entry?
I usually have a smile on my face as I click Publish. Then just as quickly, I click edit and go over all the mistakes. The bigger the entry, the bigger the smile.

* What needs does blogging fulfill?
It gets my opinion out there even if no one’s really reading it.

* Do you consider yourself a writer?
No.

* Do you consider yourself good at writing? Good at blogging?
Writing, no. Blogging, I’m alright but I could be better. Depends on what your definitions of good are. In terms of insight and descriptions, I think I’m good. In terms of frequency, my posts have been sorta few and far between, which is bad.

* How much of your personal life do you share on your blog? If none, why do you leave this out?
I don’t really want to involve my personal life into some of my blogging but sometimes, it can’t be helped and sometimes, you just need to let the personal stuff out… just, you have to be careful about letting too much out and/or try not to look like a whiny bitch. I hate reading about them and, thus, don’t want to appear as one either.