The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The level on which Japan seems to have picked up on my music seems to be on a more abstract level.
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.
I'm just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
Japan has really great fans for all kinds of music. I think they're keeping metal alive.
The Japanese seem to be a loyal audience.
Japanese people accept that art and commerce will be blended; and, in fact, they are surprised by the rigid and pretentious Western hierarchy of 'high art.'
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.
It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten. It is a great intellectual challenge and a gorgeous sensual experience.
Japanimation is a whole different art form.
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.