Visual Kei Bands
Vital Stats
Amy K
Bear, DE- people helped395
- People Doing It 24
The Problem
Visual Kei is an increasingly popular music genre created in Japan. Wikipedia describes Visual Kei as "a movement among Japanese musicians,that is characterized by the use of eccentric, sometimes flamboyant looks. This usually involves striking make-up, unusual hair styles and elaborate costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics. Some sources state that Visual Kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of J-rock (a term referring to Japanese rock in general), with its own particular sound, related to glam-rock, punk and metal. However other sources state that Visual Kei's unique clothing and make-up, fashions, and participation in the related sub-culture, is equally as important as the sound of the music itself in the use of the term." The problem that the world is experiencing now is the unability to spread Visual Kei music by creating more Visual Kei bands. Right now there are thousands of people who love Visual Kei music and would love to create a Visual Kei band, however they have no means of finding band members because it is a fairly new musical movement. This then hinders the ablility to spread music around the world, hense hindering thousands of people's musical creativity and individaulism.
Plan of Action
I have already creaded a page on an already popular site (called crunchyroll.com) that aids people in searching for Visual Kei band members. Additionally I've created a YouTube video that redirects people to this website in order to spread the word and allow more people to find Visual Kei artists near them. The page I created allows people to respond to forums and posts in order to advertise themselves as musicians as well as find other possible band members. My goal right now is to help as many people as possible find members, and then once people form bands, I'd like to help promote their bands.
Page: http://www.crunchyroll.com/group/Wanna_Start_a_Visual_Kei_Band
YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5uysvofzFk

