/jp/ - Otaku Culture

So I was in Ben Franklin today, picking up yarn as a gift for my sister...

...and guess what I saw? Tohos. Cheap, too. Which one should I pick up tomorrow?

I can do some editing, if you want. I have great grammar and spelling.

>>5494005
There are alternate English versions (or maybe they've all joined together) of F/SN with the H-scenes cut. I'll ask for one of those with F/HA.

>>5493632
Damnation. I guess I'll have to deal with the ero bits (which can contain good storyline) being cut out, then.

I don't suppose anyone knows if a version of Hollow that's like Realta Nua for F/SN exists? That is to say, an official non-ero version with the ero scenes substituted for actual storyline, rather than just nothing (like the fan non-ero versions).

>>4957050
I've got a master's degree in performance and education. The students I teach are aiming for the bachelor's degree. If you could apply for a skilled concert orchestra and get in (not Berlin Philharmoniker level stuff, but not a podunk five-man wind band - the professional orchestras) you could cut it as a teacher.

>>4957087
Plenty of community colleges have good music departments. If you have one nearby, look them up and see if they are worth looking at. Otherwise, hire a private instructor (that is, if you don't want to pay the exorbitant tuition at a university).

>>4957110
I would use that time to get a job and earn money for lessons. I really, really recommend against self-teaching as you A) can't address your own weaknesses that others, but not you, can see; and B) will develop and reinforce bad habits and the improper way to do things. Proper technique is important, even if it seems like a waste of time.

>>4956931
I don't know how most people do it, but I've had connections to people involved in music for most of my life. I just kind of asked, and they hooked me up.

You do need to be very skilled in playing music and teaching to be a professor, though. Not so much for a high school music teacher - but it still helps to have a degree in music (and, depending on where you are, might be necessary).

>>4956849
I very much enjoy teaching. This is really my dream job.

>>4956831
What do you think sage means?

>>4956794
I had the choice to go around the world, touring and releasing CDs. I prefer to teach music and play on my own terms, rather than playing what an agent thinks I should play when. This was a conscious decision, though other peoples' experience may be very different.

>>4956292
College-level music teachers make quite a bit of money - especially on top of private lessons (which you will have time for; as a music professor, I don't really have much to do every day other than teach my classes).

>>4952872
It provides an extremely solid foundation for 90% of the Baroque and Classical music you'll play. Romantic music takes a different approach, so it isn't as useful for that, but it's certainly still good to have studied The WTC.

And my view on finger exercises is that they are completely unnecessary, but some students like them anyway. They don't hurt progress unless overdone at the expense of other things, and a happy student is a quick-learning student. So I let the ones who enjoy them do them.

>>4952714
Czerny's good for technique studies, but I am a big fan of Bastien for overall teaching from performance to theory. Having a unified set of books that is dependable for consistent quality is immeasurably useful.

>>4952731
If you're going to teach yourself, I would recommend doing so with the aid of books rather than just random playing. It will make you feel like you have direction (since you will) and will help your playing.

>>4952590
You won't feel like you're improving for quite a while, if you're like most people. That's how it is with anything - you can't see your own progress since it's happening gradually and internally.

If you ever intend on taking lessons, just stay fresh with what you already know rather than trying to teach yourself anything. If you don't, feel free to do whatever you want in terms of buying books and teaching yourself.

>>4951995
Teaching yourself is a bad idea. You'll pick up all sorts of bad habits that you'll just have to unlearn if you ever take lessons.

>>4952003
You should. Learning music theory helps both in listening to and performing music. I am firmly of the belief that music theory should be taught at the same rate as, and alongside to, performance.

>>4951777
Teaching is harder to learn than playing or theory - even ear transcription to a conductor's score is easier than teaching someone properly. It was even harder for me than most, because I had no trouble learning to play, so I couldn't relate at first to students who didn't just get it like I did.

>>4952017
Just listened to it, and I have to say, it's a lot easier than several Chopin or Liszt pieces I've played. Where could I get sheet music for this?

>>4942119
That isn't an answer, though. That's just telling me what I already know. I'm asking why having a tripcode bothers people.

>>4942136
If you care about the standards of the community, then pay attention to what's in the message field, not the name field. Notice that it wasn't (and rarely is, in my experience) a tripfag who brought up this subject? It was one of the people who hates (for whatever reason) tripcodes.

>>4942020
But...why do you care? If 4chan isn't about the poster, then the fact that I have !ShiNKU/JVI after my name shouldn't bother you, right?

>>4941931
Being anonymous isn't a society at all. Posting on 4chan is - sort of. I still post here, even though I have a tripcode attached. How does that separate me from other 4chan posters? You can tell who I am, that's all. I present 420chan as an example of an imageboard with no anonymity that presents consistent quality (other than one shitboard - /weed/ - but there's always an exception). I see more antitripfags lowering board quality than tripfags, anyway.

>>4941886
To have high standards requires egotism - belief that your taste is correct. Therefore, disdaining others' egotism is hypocritical, something you would agree is bad, right?

>>4941836
It's not about ego, it's, again, about accountability. If I consistently shitpost I'll be ignored; if I don't, I'll gain credence.

Even so, why does it bother you enough to get visibly angry about my tripfagging? Clearly I don't adversely affect the board or even this thread, so what's the purpose of getting mad about me having a way of identification?

>>4941784
For the first point, why do you consider anonymity to be so vital to the board? Clearly other boards (like 420chan, and 7chan for a while) get along with no anonymity (a randomly-generated name or poster ID, but consistent among one IP) just fine, and in fact can be quite a bit higher quality than 4chan. If that doesn't apply to you, feel free to give theories relating to the typical poster who hates tripfags.

As for the second, why not act rationally about the situation? Not judging a person before you know them is one of the best ways to be at least reasonably civil, and will help you get a fairer image of people in general or specific.

Personally, I tripfag for attention, but not to garner it in a negative way - more to let people know it's me posting, and to give me accountability by way of reputation.

>>4941746
Why would you tell me that?

>>4941727
I've been saying the same thing for months, maybe a year by now, but nobody listens. They'd rather go "HURR TRIPFAGS ARE KILLING /BOARD/" than admit the fault lies with them.

Why does a tripcode anger people so, anyway?

>>4941649
I hate to bring it up here, but...