Spoon Market, Craig and Trend-Setting

So, as expected, our last week of shooting has been packed trying to get in all the Tokyo footage we can.

What to say about the last few days...what to say...

A few nights back we attended Spoon Market which was an event hosted by The Tokyo Pinsalocks. It was a mini-festival of sorts, where various female groups performed, candy was served and there were little stands selling handmade clothing and toys. It had an arts and crafts feel, mixed with some interesting tunes...made for a good time.

There was a duet of twins playing Hawaiin music on ukeleles. Rad.

Later in the evening, the Tokyo Pinsalocks performed.

We've been talking to them about producing a music video. They're interested in our animation style, and might want a video which incorporates hand-done stop motion animation with them as characters.

We'll be meeting them soon to talk details/set up a shoot for the video.

So the event went well.

The next day, we interviewed the owner of the website tokyogigguide.com. The Australian, named Craig, had some really good things to say about his experiences as a foreigner trying to understand the Tokyo music scene.

He also emphasized many of the points we have already been exploring, like the problem's with the Norma system. This is the system in which bands have to pay venues to perform, instead of earning money for their performance. Kind of backwards.

Later, Lewis and I went and filmed Tokyo people in all their fashionable get-ups. We were set-up in Harajuku, where all sorts of trend-setters congregate. We've been shooting people in close-up lately so we have some of the faces of Tokyo on hand. And who doesn't like people watching...

Alright, off to an interview...more photos coming soon.

Ian