However in countries outside of Japan I think game music is still a potential growth market that has not yet developed to the extent that we are seeing in Japan.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For over ten years or so game music has developed into a very large market.
The level on which Japan seems to have picked up on my music seems to be on a more abstract level.
The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level.
Japan has really great fans for all kinds of music. I think they're keeping metal alive.
The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.
Well, in Japan, I have got a group of musicians that I have worked with a lot, that concentrate just on the hardcore stuff, say, that Naked City has been working on. We have like a repertoire of sixty songs now.
I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan.
The games industry is already bigger than the music industry, and it's mainly directed at teenage boys.
Clearly, Japan is a most important market for digital consumer products.
First off, I don't want anyone to think I'm this huge thing in Japan. Every group from here that's made any records over any length of time - even indie bands - have a Cheap Trick effect in Japan.