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orcelito · 2 years ago

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Also me loosely researching the classical music industry in japan and finding some westerner getting ripped to SHREDS in some reddit post. I was legit reading this comment aloud to my coworker bc I was aghast at how brutal they were being (but also kinda amused bc they were. Kind of right.)

#speculation nation #i say loosely researching bc im not going for 100% realism in my self indulgent band au fanfic #but i still wanna have an idea of what the real life music industry looks like #the original asker was someone who was like 'i wanna combine my dreams of being a professional musician & living in japan. any tips?'#tho like much longer than that. talking about the plan they were thinking of and all that shit #there were ppl who were like 'literally Why Japan'(bc of anime probably)#& then the brutal reply from someone living in japan that tore INTO it #one of the biggest things being that Most people in professional orchestras in japan are japanese. for several reasons #like paying for visas not being smth the orchestras would wanna do. just easier to keep with ppl from japan #this response detailing how they could Possibly go about this if they were legit serious #but then being like 'but thats not why you want to do this is it?' & calling out the weird glorification of japanese culture #and i was just like Dammnnnnnnn #me and the employee both being old anime fans who are learning japanese for the enjoyment of it #but neither of us having any illusions about japan being the end all be all & thus wanting to Move There #id love to visit someday but i dont want to Move There. it's apparently pretty hostile towards foreigners overall anyways #but yeah i almost felt bad for this person. but Also. this response gave me some very useful info for my research #like yes sorry OP that u just got murdered. but this person just supplied the info i was looking for so Hell yes

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