Author Topic: The Korean Music Thread (Read 156395 times)

Fenrir · « **Reply #160 on:** January 06, 2010, 08:59:22 AM »

^
Shows you how much I get around the forum.

Maybe I should start posting in there.

lollipopgirl · « **Reply #161 on:** January 06, 2010, 09:16:20 AM »

Quote from: sh15uya on January 06, 2010, 08:35:30 AM

fyi there's also an Asian Music Ent. Perf thread in the Asshole

So THAT'S where your posts disappeared to

I did not know that thread existed, I do now

thatonezombie · « **Reply #162 on:** January 11, 2010, 03:08:00 AM »

Secret

DO Me DO Me · « **Reply #163 on:** January 11, 2010, 09:20:04 AM »

^Secret! Sunhwa, that crazy girl. I love her on Invincible Youth.

Yeah! Start a T-ara thread! If not, I might as I've become a T-ara fangirl lately, but I'm sure I'm gonna be a lazyass posting stuff.

Bo Peep Bo Peep Oh!

daigong · « **Reply #164 on:** January 11, 2010, 10:50:48 AM »

Quote from: DO Me DO Me on January 11, 2010, 09:20:04 AM

^Secret! Sunhwa, that crazy girl. I love her on Invincible Youth.

Yeah! Start a T-ara thread! If not, I might as I've become a T-ara fangirl lately, but I'm sure I'm gonna be a lazyass posting stuff. Bo Peep Bo Peep Oh!

I MADE IT

* daigong stands at and stares at doodie, proud of self.

GO POST IN IT

http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=23459.0

Time to go copy a wiki or dozen.

daigong · « **Reply #165 on:** January 18, 2010, 08:06:21 PM »

anyone remember these?

http://www.idance.co.kr/ -> Lame?
en.mysprite.com

I had mine on my desktop and tried to learn the Baby VOX dance

kuno_thunder · « **Reply #166 on:** January 21, 2010, 11:55:36 PM »

I figured this was the most appropriate place to post this, instead of all of their individual threads. Look at how far the YG guys live compared to everyone else!

original article : news.nate.com/view/20100120n03280
translated image from itszmaeee @ soompi

shurastriker · « **Reply #167 on:** February 11, 2010, 06:07:29 PM »

Quote from: takkutaku9 on January 05, 2010, 04:09:04 PM

Is it okay to post korean indie music here? This song is my favorite from korean indie band, The Black Skirts.

lol i realized some of the lyrics in spanish after listening the second time... good stuff

shurastriker · « **Reply #168 on:** February 13, 2010, 06:29:37 PM »

me post, me post

MoT (못) is a two piece Korean rock band... indie

sh15uya · « **Reply #169 on:** February 23, 2010, 05:02:34 PM »

Quote from: koreatimes

Korea Launches First Official Music Charts Gaon

By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter

Popular K-pop songs will now be listed on a local music chart resembling the United States' Billboard Charts, enabling both fans and artists to further enjoy, protect and spread K-pop music.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Music Content Industry Association launched the ``Gaon'' Charts at a hotel in Seoul, Tuesday, with hopes that it will create a more systemized and reliable music industry.

The word ``gaon'' means ``middle'' or ``center'' in Korean, and it was chosen to represent fairness and reliability.
Compared to U.S.'s Billboard Charts, which was launched in 1940, and Japan's 42-year Oricon, the local chart may be a bit late on the international music scene, but experts are expecting it will work as a well-balanced and an upgraded version of music charts.

The Gaon Chart is based on both online and offline data of album and music sales. It has ruled out radio airings, which play an important part in the Billboard Charts, and decided to focus on the transaction between music and buyers.

``It was only last year when we started this project. We have done many things to protect the rights of our musicians and their works, and I believe this chart will help as well. Music charts work as a bridge that introduces, spreads and exchanges musical contents to the world, and I believe this will be a chance to nurture the music industry,'' said Culture Minister Yu In-chon.

The local chart is divided into five categories: the Gaon Chart, Digital Chart, Online Chart, Mobile Chart and Album Chart.
The Album Chart sums up album sales by six major album distributing firms such as LOEN Entertainment, SM Entertainment, Sony Music Korea, Warner Music Korea, Universal Music and Mnet Media ―while the Mobile Chart will estimate the best selling ringtones and caller ring tunes each week. The Online Chart will calculate music source sales, online album sales and streaming services. Finally, the Digital Chart will sum up Online and Mobile Charts, while the Gaon Chart will present the final list that accumulates all of the top results. The Gaon Chart will be released once every six months, while the other four will be released offline and online on a weekly basis.

Online results will be made by calculating data given by top music Web sites such as Melon (www.melon.co.kr), Dosirak (www.dosirak.co.kr), Mnet (www.mnet.com) and Cyworld (www.cyworld.com). According to the association, the offline and online data will be those based on the results made by approximately 97 percent of Internet users who purchase music online.

Meanwhile, popular girl band Girls' Generation and boy group Super Junior took first place in the digital and album sales categories last year, respectively. According to the association, Girls' Generation's ``Gee'' was the most popular song, while Super Junior's ``Sorry Sorry'' sold the most albums throughout Korea in 2009.

Steve Choi, the director of the Korea Music Content Industry Association, explained that the online estimates needed more polishing, as they have not yet come up with a definite strategy on how to calculate online data.
``The Gaon Charts you see today is not the final product. It's the beginning of Korea's official chart and we need to polish it up for the time being,'' he said.

Indeed, the Gaon Charts is in its infancy. It is yet to be released in other languages other than Korean and still has a long way to go to be acknowledged by fellow countries. While major charts such as the Billboard Charts and the Oricon Charts categorize their system depending on the music genre, radio airings and type of albums, respectively, it has categorized its charts based on online and offline sales. This had made it a leading charting system in the digital age of music purchasing, but whether it will successfully be embedded in the music industry remains in question.

``We have never had an official music chart, despite the popularity of K-pop around the world. The music industry has changed drastically thanks to the Internet, and the Gaon Charts will be in the forefront of such changes in both technology and music distribution,'' said Bang Geuk-gyun, the head of the Korea Music Content Industry Association.

Internet users can find the Gaon Charts by visiting its Web site at www.gaonchart.co.kr.

edit:
... and my 1400th post goes to korean music

kuno_thunder · « **Reply #170 on:** February 23, 2010, 08:41:09 PM »

About time. I like how they're focusing on protecting the music, something that the whole music industry needs, from pirates like me, arrr.

zoolander · « **Reply #171 on:** February 23, 2010, 09:49:17 PM »

The logo looks just like Billboard.

Isn't the main Billboard chart based on airplay? Are they also going to do a chart for that?

It sounds like the successor to MIAK. Hopefully it works out. There hasn't really really been anything since it shut down. Hanteo and Hot Tracks are too confusing and only cover a certain portion of sales and stuff.

daigong · « **Reply #172 on:** February 28, 2010, 12:11:22 AM »

Korean Music!! :korea:

I was doing research for the KPOP SECTION and stumbled across Dia (디아) - any fans?? incredible voice!

She's kinda cute, but all her perfs. are like cover songs and reminds me of Park Bom and I read she getting heat for being a Park Bom rip off, HARSH!

lol this cyworld pic is hilarious:

more info:
http://www.kpopwiki.com/index.php?title=Dia
http://mardi09.wordpress.com/category/korean-artists/dia/

thatonezombie · « **Reply #173 on:** February 28, 2010, 06:52:28 AM »

These love birds are cute

daigong · « **Reply #174 on:** March 02, 2010, 02:16:49 AM »

^ hmm...i think. we need...more discussion.../me whips up a thread that will be ball busters

HEY! who is this? Ahn Jin Kyung. Former Baby VOX:

powerful voice!

Ping · « **Reply #175 on:** March 02, 2010, 02:23:00 AM »

She was the former leader of Baby V.O.X Rev (the Baby V.O.X remake) and a member of old school group, To-Ya. I liked To-Ya when I was younger, but I don't know if I can forgive anyone for Baby V.O.X Rev

kuno_thunder · « **Reply #176 on:** March 03, 2010, 02:51:15 AM »

Yeah, Baby VOX Rev was just ... no.

daigong · « **Reply #177 on:** March 12, 2010, 08:49:50 AM »

^ lol That is WACK. It's like new Mini Moni and/or v-u-den...or remaking We Are The World

yo I was just researching new KPop content for our site and stumbled upon this new release by Seiren (세이렌) - it's a mix of dance / ballads:

BUT FUCK! Their vocal prowess (c) basugasu is off da charts!!

I think this is their debut single. Whaddya think of em??

atomic_particle · « **Reply #178 on:** March 22, 2010, 03:56:15 PM »

Quote from: shurastriker on February 11, 2010, 06:07:29 PM

Delight - 아 비데 (I'll Be There)

That was cute but it's really random - singing beside the toilet bowl. lol

^ They have great voices, I like their upbeat song

--

I just want to post this because the video and song are both beautiful and dramatic but with a twist, you'll know once you watched it

thatonezombie · « **Reply #179 on:** March 24, 2010, 03:40:02 AM »

Who's down for some Magic?