Forums and the Like
Batsu Jrock
Forums
Batsu is probably one of the largest
jrock music forums on the net. There's lots of members to talk to, there's a big fileshare forum as well as other sections
to go to for news of upcoming concerts and other jrock-related news.
Pros: Batsu is a big community with lots of different
kinds of people. It's easy to make friends. It is a very open community, so feel free to voice opinions.
Cons: It's a little overrun by 'fangirls' who are
a bit rabid at times... but it's not so unbearable ^^. The fileshare isn't as great as it used to be. Doesn't offer much as
far as indies and/or rare stuff goes...
Linkage:
Tonberry Torrents Tonberry is a great
place. Even if you can't use torrents, there's a Direct Downloads section which is full of uploads on server sites. In fact,
the Direct Downloads section seems to be more active than the actual torrents!! Feel free to request what you're looking for
on there as well.
Pros: You have two different sources on here: the
torrents, and the direct downloads. The people are very helpful and nice, and it's easier to find more rare or indies music
on here.
Cons: It's got many members already, but still not
a very big place. You won't always find what you are looking for. And also, I don't think there's any place to just talk.
So if you want to meet new people and make friends, try some place else.
Occult Proposal Forums
This place is just a regular jrock forum, it has a
fileshare section, as well as sections to discuss the bands, and theres of course a section for general discussion.
Pros: Since it's just a regular forum, it's easy
to navigate and you can talk as well as have a fileshare section available.
Cons: OP is not very fast paced. It doesn't have
enough members and needs more people to post. So at times it will seem dead. The fileshare section will seem very bare with
no new uploads for awhile and then suddenly someone will feel like uploading a bunch of stuff. So in that respects, it can
be unpredictable. But it's still worthwhile to check it out and look at what it has to offer already.
Jpopsuki
If you can't use torrents, go on ahead and skip this
one. This site is only for torrents and requests for torrents. No direct downloads. It is also primarily for Jpop. However,
Kpop is not uncommon. Some of the more popular jrock bands will be uploaded now and then as well.
Pros: There are many people so recent torrents are
easy to download, with lots of seeders. Only much older torrents will have less seeders and take longer. You can find a great
variety of jpop and other Japanese music as well. There is also a request section.
Cons: Only for torrents. And there are restrictions
for people with low ratios, or uploading to downloading indexes. If you don't make your own torrents and seed them, it can
be difficult to get your index up. Even when seeding something after you download. This was the problem I had. The only restrictions
however are that you have to wait to download. Depending on your ratio, you must wait a certain amount of hours after a torrent
is added in order to download it.
Livejournal
Niches
Jrock_uploads
This is a great livejournal community for filesharing. It
moves fast, and it's very helpful for finding whatever you're looking for. If you are not signed up for livejournal, I highly
suggest doing so. It's a great source of filesharing communities as well as informative communities.
Shame1ess
Another LJ community. It's basically
the same type of community as jrock_uploads. Same principles as well. Make sure to comment when taking something, and also
check b4 making requests. Try to offer something as a bribe if you're asking for something big.
Red
Aki
This another community much like the previous three. However,
this
one is not as active.. It's worth checking into though...
Will continue this later....
