At the risk of sounding like a broken record.. It all started with anime for me. "Cruel Angel's Thesis" from Evangelion, "Yakusoku Na Iranai" from Escaflowne, "Party Night" from Di Gi Charat.. The original Bubblegum Crisis music, all those fantastic op and ed themes from Card Captor Sakura.. I was a napster fiend, trying to get as much stuff as possible. I grabbed a few Ayumi Hamasaki songs as well, some great remixes of "Evolution", "Boys and Girls", and "Trauma". My wife bought me Ayu's first 2 CD's, but I didn't listen to much else for many years. I began listening to Pizzicato Five later, and Kahimi Karie. My current job has me in the car ALL the time, travelling, and I've really stopped watching anime. I can just never find the time.. It kills me that this is happening, but I've started listening to a ton of jpop in my car to make up for it. I joined an Ayumi Hamasaki forum earlier this year, and discovered Otsuka Ai. I've played her albums to death and have been branching out, looking for other artists that I might enjoy. I found BoA, and W.. From W, I found Mini Moni and then Morning Musume. I came to this forum to learn more about Hello! Project and to hopefully make some friends who will help me discover more new artists. A friend from the Ayu forums helped me discover Mika Nakashima and Yukawa Shione, so hopefully people here will be equally generous. ^_^