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BrentInJapan
Приєднався 3 жов 2013
Konnichiwa! I'm Brent. I live in Japan, and I post mainly about music and Japan life. I hope you enjoy both, but if not, let me know! I might separate those topics into different channels.
I really appreciate every subscriber I get! Thank you so much!
My original music is on iTunes, but viewing and liking is much appreciated!
I really appreciate every subscriber I get! Thank you so much!
My original music is on iTunes, but viewing and liking is much appreciated!
Cheap, Amazing Wagyu Bento In Kobe #wagyu #bento #japanesefood
In Kobe for lunch? Grab this amazing bento, a conbini beer, and hit the local shrine or sit by the sea.
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Відео
BrentInJapan Podcast 0004 Work Culture, Not-So-Politeness, and Insider Tips with Masashi
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🍣About the podcast: I’ve been living in Japan a long time. I have a lot of interesting friends here so I thought we’d get together, turn on a camera and have fun talking about our experiences and perspectives on Japan - among other things. Almost no editing. Enjoy! 🍣Today’s guest: Masashi is one of my oldest friends in Japan, and the first of many Japanese guests I want to have on the podcast s...
BrentInJapan Podcast 0003 Sightseeing, Etiquette, J-Women Myth and “The Bomb” with Mark
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🇯🇵About the podcast: I’ve been living in Japan a long time. I have a lot of interesting friends who live in Japan or have visited often so I thought we’d get together, turn on a camera and have fun talking about our experiences and perspectives on Japan - among other things. Almost no editing. Enjoy! 🇯🇵Today’s guest: Mark is one of my oldest friends in Japan, and in the world, actually. He has ...
BrentInJapan Podcast 0002 Japanese Nature, Food, and Spirituality with Jagna
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🌸About the podcast: I’ve been living in Japan a long time. I have a lot of interesting friends who live in Japan or have visited often so I thought we’d get together, turn on a camera and have fun talking about our experiences and perspectives on Japan - among other things. Enjoy! 🌸Today’s guest: I met Jagna in an Irish pub in Osaka called The Blarney Stone where my band was playing. She didn’t...
BrentInJapan Podcast 0001 Beyond Stereotypes: Why should you live in Japan? with Sean
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BrentInJapan Podcast 0001 Sean / Beyond Stereotypes: Why should you live in Japan? 🏯About the podcast: I’ve been living in Japan a long time. I have a lot of interesting friends who live in Japan or have visited often so I thought we’d get together, turn on a camera and have fun talking about our experiences and perspectives on Japan - among other things. No editing. Enjoy! 🏯Today’s guest: Sean...
BrentInJapan Podcast 0000 Introduction
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Irasshaimase! Welcome! My friends and I often talk about Japan and it’s a lot of fun so I thought why not turn on a camera and make a podcast out of it? You’ll learn a lot about life here, and with all the crazy experiences we’ve had, you’ll be entertained, too! I’m already planning to include my English-speaking Japanese friends as well! I’ll be sure to ask everyone about their best tips for t...
Washburn AB-20 Fretless Acoustic Bass Review
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I know! I’m 35 years late for this review!! LOL You can still buy this bass so watch for my recommendation! Links to songs mentioned in the video: 🔹My original songs using this Washburn AB-20: 🎶 Pyrrhic Love (Starts with a bass solo!) ua-cam.com/video/2H9WDx4kAYE/v-deo.html 🎶 Today Is The First Day ua-cam.com/video/F8oxFhHGMSg/v-deo.html 🔹Solo Bass Jazz Songs using the Washburn AB-20 🎶 Straight...
Nylon Tapewound Bass String Comparison: D’Addario vs. LaBella
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Nylon Tapewound Bass String Comparison: D’Addario vs. LaBella
K Yairi YB 3C Fretted Acoustic Bass With Cutaway
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K Yairi YB 3C Fretted Acoustic Bass With Cutaway
Don't Get Around Much Anymore (solo bass and vocals)
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Don't Get Around Much Anymore (solo bass and vocals)
On The Sunny Side Of The Street (solo bass and vocals)
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On The Sunny Side Of The Street (solo bass and vocals)
Vincent (Starry Starry Night) - Don McLean (cover)
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Vincent (Starry Starry Night) - Don McLean (cover)
Shallow (cover) by Rika Osaka and Brent Byrne
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Shallow (cover) by Rika Osaka and Brent Byrne
Hang Guitars Without Drilling Holes In The Wall
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Hang Guitars Without Drilling Holes In The Wall
She Will Be Loved / With Or Without You - Maroon 5 / U2
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She Will Be Loved / With Or Without You - Maroon 5 / U2
Message In A Bottle - The Police (cover)
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Message In A Bottle - The Police (cover)
乾杯 - 長渕剛 (カバー) | Kampai - Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (cover)
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乾杯 - 長渕剛 (カバー) | Kampai - Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (cover)
In Ear Monitor Workaround - Possibly Free!
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In Ear Monitor Workaround - Possibly Free!
Cry Me A Lawsuit: where Page actually got it (if from anywhere at all)
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Cry Me A Lawsuit: where Page actually got it (if from anywhere at all)
Best Keyboard/Input Device Layout for Music Production (Or any other work!)
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Best Keyboard/Input Device Layout for Music Production (Or any other work!)
Mr. Big - To Be With You singalong cover in Kobe Japan
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Mr. Big - To Be With You singalong cover in Kobe Japan
Just one example of the amazing cost-performance ratio of Japan!
Cost-performance! A great Japanese English term!
Yum! Bring me there when I visit! I ❤ beer too!
Will do!!
Ma cracks me up....Read a palm expert
palm reading expert ....my english not so good
@@michaelbeard5Yup! He’s hoot!!
I’ve used both. To me the D’addarios are dryer and generally my preference. LaBellas are ok. They sound wetter to me, meaning notes linger longer. LaBellas I think are available in 6 string sets and are longer. LaBellas sound more plastic I think.
Interesting!! You know, I didn't compare the sustain! It's so strange I overlooked that! Thanks! The LaBellas have different lengths which is probably good, but the D'Addario are really long and will generally fit any regular bass. As I concluded, the D'Addario sounded better to me on that bass. Thanks for commenting!
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I am really enjoying the podcasts. Listening to you & Mark talk about your experiences made me laugh! Great job! This one especially brings back memories of when we visited Japan. Talking about the conveyer belt sushi which we went to with Mark and the Korean bbq which was awesome. Our visit to Hiroshima and the Golden pavilion, Himeji castle, going to Osaka for Okonomiyaki. I loved Japan and you are a great tour guide, Brent! 😊
You're the BEST fan! Thanks! I'm happy you're watching. No pressure. Looking forward to you coming back!!
These guys are freakin' amazing!! Amazing I say!!!!😇😇
😁
I have to agree. I mean, come on! High entertainment value, vast knowledge, and damn handsome! You did well too, buddy! LOL
gonna be hard to follow up on Mark F......very nice
lol..."cut like a fish or gut like a fish?".....inside joke
You know it!! Philippines 2008!
Gotta get you on the podcast soon!
nice guys!!
I use LaBella flats, but very curious about tape wound.. After a listen. My vote is still LaBella
Yeah! They're great strings, for sure. Can't go wrong with them! Interestingly, I've never used normal LaBella flats - only tape wound.
I have the same Washburn with dadarrios as well (with a fishman preamp) i love it but only with an amp or with a pick since it doesn’t resonate that well. I was eyeing that Ibanez for awhile, thanks for the review 🍻
Thanks so much for commenting! You’re right- not much volume on that Washburn. You might laugh but I just did a “30 Year Review” on it! 😂 Check it out if you’re interested: Washburn AB-20 Fretless Acoustic Bass Review ua-cam.com/video/9RRgTfCsXaY/v-deo.html
As for the Ibanez, AMAZING bass!!
I think I remember you painting your bedroom walls black , at your parents house as well. In Pine Crest....? So long ago. Jagna is an interesting person for sure. Unique.
Yeah! That was totally black. These walls are a dark grey. Thinking about a black wall in the bedroom though! 😆
@@brentinjapan Hahhh
hahhh ...streets with no names. (U2). @8:50 mark
Really though. Except for a few main roads, when I came here I had no idea how anyone got mail!!!
@@brentinjapan I would have been lost hahhh. Nice idea with the Video-Pod-Casts", I feel like I can catch up with your last 20 years, hah
😂
Daves world of fun stuff (youtube channel) is a bass fixer, luthier. He has a heat press for bent necks.
ua-cam.com/video/S9jlc_Mzy1o/v-deo.html&pp=ygUfZGF2ZSdzIHdvcmxkIG9mIGZ1biBzdHVmZiBwcmVzcw%3D%3D
Thanks! I'm in Japan, though. I guess the neck could be bent forward so that the truss rod would have to be tightened to pull it back. Interesting idea to keep in mind on the bass with which I'm replacing the AB-20.
The man just made a video to show the world how clueless he was about something that everyone already knew.
LOL! Can't argue against that!
Excellent rendition!
Great collaboration!
It was fun, too! Until the wheels fell off! LOL
Sounding great!
Thanks! We ought to do one of these together!
Very cool. Sean has spoken very highly of you Brent. Sean is my oldest friend, being great friends since about 1974. I now live in Australia, where Sean had visited me before heading off to Japan. This was a great watch! Thank you Brent!
I've heard great things about you, too! Thanks for watching and subscribing. And GREAT handle!!
Good seein' you and Goodwin. Y'all take care guys!
@@FCForeman Thanks man! Didn’t know you knew him.
Congrats for the launching of the podcast!
Thanks man! Looking forward to having you as a guest!
I have seen a couple
Ever play one?
@@brentinjapan I did not. I will keep an eye out. You changed the preamp on that one?
@@zeusapollo8688 yeah, I had to. The electronics were a little strange right from the beginning, but a few years ago, the bass always distorted. I found that Fishman preamp and it was much better, but as you can hear in the audio it still distorts when I play really loud unless I turn the volume down a lot and turn the volume on the amp up more.
cool! I also commented on UA-cam. The rating should be good.
Your pronunciation is beautiful! I’m so touched 🥺
Great video!
Thanks James!!
its a simple chord progression. one doesn't own that
We also have this in India
Thanks!! Seems like all of Asia has it. I wonder about the Americas and Europe.
Nice groove...
Thanks for listening Willie!!
How about Europe or the Americas?
OK, so it seems I've never tried this in other Asian countries!! I've been to Thailand, Singapore, etc... just never tried it, or it was so long ago elevators didn't have that function.
In india too, pretty common for newer elevators
standard feature for many elevators in asia. it depends on the elevator model too, some only need to click once, some need to press and hold to cancel.
older elevators before the 2000s don't have this feature.
It also works in Singapore
Ye in the Philippines too
Oh oh!! I think I need to travel more!! LOL
In my country you just click it again and it deselects.
Really!! Awesome!! Why aren’t ALL elevators like that!?
Why was I expecting him to go to floor 345 or smth
😂
My Dean Exoticas are more versatile than my P or J basses...Aphex System electronics, Aural Exciter and Big-Bottom Sound. Killer tone with the proper strings...D'Addario black tapewounds. ua-cam.com/video/Nsf2ydAbHxI/v-deo.html
I heard the wound strings tend to break quite often with locking tuners? That'S more or less the only thing keeping me from them
Interesting. I’ve never heard that. That has never happened to me on acoustic with locking tuners, and I play really hard. I don’t bend much though.
I’ve now come to the conclusion that I’m also crap on fretted too after this performance mind you I’ve only been playing 50 + years! Great playing there. Brilliant.🏴🇬🇧
Wow!! Thanks so much!! I’ll release another vocal/bass video once my intonation gets better on the new bass.
La Bella sounds fuller to me on the lows. I’ve got an 80,s Japanese Vox white Shadow fretless do you think these strings would be suitable! By the way my fretless playing is crap. Cheers….from 🏴🇬🇧
Wow! Rare bass! Some people really love them. I’m sure the LaBellas would sound great on it, if you’re interested in tapewounds and you like that rounder tone. I agree (I think everyone would agree) that the LaBellas have a fuller low tone.
Yeah I got the Vox from ex Be Bop Deluxe bass player called Mike Close here in Yorkshire England. It’s currently got 45 rounds on it. Beautiful dark rosewood unmarked board. Seriously don’t spend enough time with it. I have a 77 Rick and a Japanese Boxer in Torino red which I absolutely adore and gig with. Seriously Japanese craftsmanship is second to none. Cheers mate.🏴🇬🇧
tried them both: I played the LaBella's on a second hand Fender jazz (fretted): even with good setup it was not possible to have good intonation on the E string ... This second hand bass had already wider cut out nut slots that you need to put something like a 115 for the E and 60 for the G string ... When I wanted to put these on my P bass, it didn't work because it has the normal nut slots ... Than in a (jazz) band situation it's true that it becomes less clear what note you are playing because of the character of the sound of the LaBella's. (sound very good on your own but does not always work with other instruments) So the negative: you need to cut out the nutslots, intonation on E string, too wooly sound playing in a band. So I went to the d'Addario's ('cause I like Damian Erskine's sound with them). I was afraid that they would feel to sloppy because of the thinner gage: that was not the case, for me they even feel a bit stiffer (or maybe because they have more attack, I play them softer ...) You don't have to widen the nutslots (so now I have these on my P bass that I use to play jazz), they have more highs and mids so you hear more clear what note you play when playing with other instruments, when you want them to sound warmer, just roll down the tone knob ... and maybe most important: no more bad intonation on the E string! The problem I always had with P bass when playing jazz: the sound always works anywhere with any band (which is not the case with a jazzbass: sometimes it's great and sometimes it doesn't work at all ...) but it worked on my nerves that you keep on hearing this typical P bass character. That's better now with the d'Addario tapewounds: makes the bass sound more neutral. (also tried the Rotosound tapewounds: the intonation problem was worse than with LaBella and on every string, a bummer because I liked the sound!)
Seems like we both came to the same conclusion but you went through a lot to get there. I feel the same about the gauge. They are lighter, but the tensiion is good. Anyway, thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Cheers for the info.🏴🇬🇧
Hey Man, (Brian B , from the Valley here) Love them both!! Nylon is a very animated sound :)
Hey man! Thanks for watching! Yeah, I love them both too! Can't go wrong with either.
Ghs use flatwound for EAD & round for the G sting. LaBella uses round.
Oh! Interesting. Thanks. I just looked at the Fender site for another poster and they didn’t say.
D'addario are round wound with nylon tape.
Thanks!!
Nice job, I enjoyed listening to the ENTIRE recording... having the timings was extremely helpful also... it allows me to go back to review stuff. Thanks
Awesome, thank you for checking it out!! Glad it helped.
Just reread your comment. I didn't express how much I appreciated your feedback last time. Thank you so much!!
I use the D'Adderio's on my fretted acoustic bass - I find they have a 'crisper' tone.
I agree! Thanks for watching.
Wooowww......heart piercing..... Best
Have you ever used Fender Tapewound? I'm under the impression that they are round wound under the tape, which defeats the purpose? Any way nice bass!
I looked a bit on the Fender site and they didn’t really say. They mentioned that in general, tape is wound over round or flat strings to produce tape wound strings. In any case, they sound pretty good. And glad you liked the bass. Thanks for watching!!