JaME Team Archive

  • 2010

    JaME’s Best of 2010

    Now that 2010 is nearly over - and what a tumultuous year it's been, with many bands going on hiatus or disbanding and the unfortunate bereavements - JaME team members would like to present the things that really stood out for them over the year.

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  • bestof2009

    Happy New Year 2010!

    2010 is now here and we at JaME hope that you had a happy and safe holiday! 2009 was a year where we saw a lot happening within the Japanese music industry.

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  • happy2009

    Happy 2009!

    At JaME, we're eagerly looking forward to see what the next year will bring us, but we are also particularly fond of looking back, by creating several articles and also listing our own Top 3's with "best of's".

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  • desk-kay

    JaME Offices!

    Ever wondered what the "JaME office" looked like?

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  • JaMEMain

    The Recycled Questions Interview with JaME

    The JaME team currently includes over 100 people, all with different backgrounds, cultures and interests. Seeing as we are represented in almost 30 countries, you can imagine that it’s a colorful bunch with a lot of interesting personalities. We wanted to give our readers a...

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  • JaMEMain

    Question & Answer session with JaME!

    Quite some time ago already, we put up a post in which we asked our readers to submit questions for JaME. It took quite some time (we were secretly waiting for more questions!) but here are the answers, answered by various members of the team:...

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  • hide Memorial

    hide Memorial: JaME member comments

    Kay: To be honest, when we started this hide memorial project, I was very skeptical about it. My first thought was: why do we do this for hide, and not for the countless other Japanese musicians that have also passed away? And does hide really...

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  • JaMEMain

    Embarrassing Moments During JaME Interviews

    Occasionally, the JaME team members do interviews, but not everything always goes right. From being told that there would be a translator but not having one show up, band members in bad moods giving off the “hurry, I want to leave as soon as possible!”...

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  • JaMEMain

    Ask JaME a Question!

    Maybe you’ve wondered why the sun lightens our hair but darkens our skin, or why women can’t put on mascara with their mouths closed. But have you ever wondered how things are done on JaME? Maybe you’ve asked yourself why JaME has a file on...

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  • happy2008

    Happy New Year!

    When the clock strikes twelve on December 31st, people all over the world cheer and wish each other a Happy New Year. It seems that for some people, this event is no more then a change of a calendar while for others, the New Year...

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