Draft King Band General Discussion

Hey guys,

Remember how Draft King performed at shows with HEAD SPEAKER?

I KNEW for some reason that the name "HEAD SPEAKER" sounded familiar but couldn't remember why until now. I've been going through internet archives looking for Stereopony and Mixbox stuff we might have missed. One of the things I'm looking for specifically is the live video of Stereopony performing "Namida" at SCHOOL OF LOCK.

Instead, I found this, HEAD SPEAKER's band profile on the SCHOOL OF LOCK site: http://www.tfm.co.jp/lock/riot/2008/artists/artist.php?id=4

It's from the same year that Stereopony was in it but then dropped out of the competition after signing with Sony. My guess is that this is where the Stereopony members met HEAD SPEAKER and why NOHANA and SHIHO know who they are today. Cool right?

 

Wow, no response from my last post...

Anyways, I just wanted to ask... Did anyone notice that NOHANA's, SHIHO's, and MAO's names are no longer officially lowercase? Only erica's name is lowercase now: http://draftking.info/profile/

 

I'm like talking to myself here... Anyways, I'm writing a two part review on Draft King's EP Just Say u.r.?. Part one is published now: http://en.draftkingfan.com/draft-king-just-say-u-r-review-part-1/

What do you guys think?

 

Alright let's see if we cant get some DK discussion going.
At the moment they're doing some lives, nothing out of the ordinary...
BUT
They seems like they're getting ready for a good amount of activity, most likely revolving around their one man in December
First of all they did that photoshoot for their new artist picture a while back and we haven't seen it yet so likely it will be used for one man promotions
Secondly DK was recently recording, judging by the amount of days it took, I don't think it was a full album and chances are it will go on sale, either right before the one man or on the day of the one man itself, but I think its safe to assume it will be a live venue sale only
Chances are we'll start seeing this stuff around the start of November when they start aggressively promoting their one man.
Now on to the topic of the one man...
I always jump to grand conclusions but I think they'll announce their debut, these are the reasons (albeit not good ones):
1. The timing of the announcement. [short DK 2014 time line: One man -> Country wide CD sale -> Release Tour -> One man announcement]
Just saying these events are starting to seem like "try-outs" to me. And right after the Tour Final was sold out they announce the one man...
2. The name of the one man: Mission "ZERO"? This is their third one man so why not "3rd mission" I think this implies the live is special
3. The venue: Not only did they downgrade size for their third one man, but eggman was chosen. Possibly because sentimental value? I doubt they had problem filling up CLUB QUATTRO so they should at least have gone with a venue of similar size right?
4. End of the year - I don't know why, but Japanese people love making big moves at the end of the year Lol
5. There really isn't anywhere else for Draft King to go. Now they just need someone behind the to promote them and make their name known, I think they're good enough. This is just based on the comparison of the first set of live videos and the live videos from the second one man but Erica has gotten noticeably better. And I think "Mayonaka no Merry-go-round" off their CD is really good.

Worst case scenario we'll get more live videos from the new one man

 

Given your track record with predicting something big happening for AIMI last year prior to the announcements of AIMI's resumed solo activities and the AIU forming, I think the other members should pay attention.

I haven't been around. How long did it take? Even if it wasn't enough recordings for a full album, couldn't they just slap the three tracks from the EP onto it to beef up the track list? They could also get fancy with an "Introduction" track, an interlude, and a hidden track/message at the end of the album. It might be on the shorter side with maybe just nine tracks, but I wouldn't count out a "full album" just yet.

Seems valid. I kind of hope you're right. It will be two full years after they formed, one year after Hiddy left. And since NOHANA and SHIHO already have experience and MAO has the MUSE Music Academy background, it should only be a matter of time...

Haha, or they delete all their videos again and replace them with updated versions.

 

I'm still wondering if they're going to make the ZERO show tickets available elsewhere, atm it's only sold at their upcoming lives.

 

@crimsonknight4 you are a wizard...

 

thanks haha I got dibs on Hufflepuff

Well DK signed up with an agency
With this signing I think it opens up a good amount of possibilities

1. Single, what I said about the one man still stands. I think they'll announce something biggish. And clearly its not that they're signing to a label. lol
2. One of my more grandeur expectations but not entirely implausible: A TV appearance. They still do need to get attention at the national level. So obviously TV is a great way to get them some exposure. Many of Sun's people appear on TV plenty
3. As I said, they do need exposure so I think we'll be seeing them published in some big magazines too
4.My most boring and possible prediction: They'll do more lives all around the country and more often for the countryside.

@rsniteblaze about your question about the recording. NOHANA said at one point that they were recording and then like a day later said that recording for the bass and drum recording was done, but maybe she meant for the day cuz recently she posted on twitter that she was recording again.

@dereko92 When you go to the one man don't you dare let me see any pictures you take....

 

Sun Music seems like quite the bigshot to get signed up with, I'm just curious to how they're going to handle a Girl Band. I just hope they actually promote the band overseas (i.e region-free on YouTube). More or less, I hope they aren't like Sony Music.

@crimsonknight4 I'll try update as much as possible

 

Wow sounds like you had a great time. You even got your CD signed, that's great! I can totally see NOHANA doing that Eiffel Tower thing haha.
As for the fifth song I believe they mentioned they have been performing a new song.

 

Great report! Good job on getting to talk with them all, mad jealous.

I hope you're gonna keep that CD in a vault in mint condition

Oh and send @rsniteblaze a message so he can reward you 100 points for seeing them live (Y)

 

Aw they declined the photo? Well, I guess not everyone can have special privileges like Tony haha.

Did you mention you were from VGD? You're probably the first UK member that they met haha.

But hey, congrats on being the first VGD member to get their CD signed. You got a one-up on all of us. That's going to be a very valuable item down the road. Take care of it haha.