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First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1. ムック
1. MERRY2. カラス3. 蜉蝣4. DIR EN GREY5. D'espairsRay6. ギルガメッシュ7. 9GOATS BLACK OUT8. the studs
2. Yeong-wook Jo
1. Jo Yeong-wook2. Jo Young-wook3. Cho Young-Wuk4. Yeong Wook Jo5. 조영욱6. daisy ost7. Jang Young-Gyu8. Dalparan
3. Pendulum
1. DJ Fresh & Pendulum2. DJ Fresh feat Adam F3. Vandalz4. Adam F & T.K.O5. Pendulum & Bulletproof6. The Qemists7. Disorted Minds8. Sub Focus
4. Frédéric Chopin
1. Franz Liszt2. Ludwig van Beethoven3. Sergei Rachmaninoff4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5. Johannes Brahms6. Felix Mendelssohn7. Johann Sebastian Bach8. Franz Schubert
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I haven't bought anything in a while. While most new releases haven't impressed me lately, there are a few albums that did spark interest.

(1) First there's 安全地帯 (Anzen Chitai - Safety Zone) - a Japanese band that was quite popular back in the 1980s. Their music fills me with longing for days gone by. Modern-day artists don't quite make such epic ballads anymore... at least not in the style that 安全地帯i does. Lead singer, 玉置浩二's vocals are pure love. It's rich, emotional... and classic. 安全地帯 is especially amazing as a group because Tamaki's solo releases don't quite give me the same satisfaction as his work with the band. Since they have a lot of albums, I thought that the best thing to do is to buy their greatest hits compilations - their 2CD Ballad Collection - 'Only You' and their greatest hits album - 'The Very Best of Anzen Chitai.'

My favorite 安全地帯 song is also the first 安全地帯 song I've ever heard - 'Suki Sa', which was a theme song for the Maison Ikkoku anime…

Okay, it is so long ago, that I wrote anything here...and I just decided to update my Concert List, because since I was in japan in July 2006 it got MUCH longer XD"

- Blood (in Paris, France) 02.04.2004

- Eve of Destiny (in Münster, Germany)

- Balzac (Köln, Germany - with interview ^o^)

- DéspairsRay (Berlin, Germany) 30.10.2004

- Blood (Kassel , Germany - with press-conference) 11.09.2004

- 蜉蝣 (München, Germany) 11.02.2005

- DIR EN GREY (Berlin, Germany) 28.05.2005

- ムック (Köln, Germany) 05.05.2006

- DIR EN GREY (Köln, Germany) 28.05.2006

--+-- MY TIME IN JAPAN --+--

- Revbel, xjihadox, Reincarnation, Rez, Ruinas, ViaVie, Liberalism, gashaito (Meguro RockMayCan, Tokyo, Japan) 29.06.2006

- Kamikaze Boyz (Ikebukuro Cyber, Tokyo, Japan) 01.07.2006

- darty drop, Meteor, Party Room, Uraki, Ameria (Ikebukuro Cyber, Tokyo, Japan) 04.07.2006

- Dollis Mary, Dolly, Gensyoku Atome, NoGoD, REALICE, Cinema Strip (Urawa Narciss, Tokyo, Japan) 05.07.2006
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