Woo! First time first!

おめでとう Eranさん！

Now that the competition is officially open to Yoshiさん entries, I have a question. Should we address the video to Junjiさん or Yoshiさん? =)

I’m still working my way through your earlier podcasts, so today I’ve enjoyed cherry blossom viewing and listened to Yoshi try to buy medicine for 胸焼け(muneyake) only to be told it was sold out! Do you remember that?

Anyway, I thought I would jump from April to August to make a comment and say a big thank you for all those long hours you just mentioned. Thanks to all of you, including Eran (congratulations!), every day I’m learning something new while being kept entertained. It’s a double edged sword though; I seem to spend all my spare time listening to your podcasts instead of talking to my wife, but when I do talk to her (always in Japanese) I get to try out some new phrase. So as long as the content you keep putting out day after day is good enough to keep her amused when I use it, my marriage won’t end in divorce.

Keep up the great work, you can count on my daily vote.

JockZon-san!
You rock I would love to see your video. Maybe you could post it on your web site! Huh, please, please?

Mac Users: try my tip: I opened Garage Band and recorded part of Utada Hikaru, then exported to iTunes and now it’s on my iPod. Maybe I can learn it

I recorded the song from Sean-san’s link:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/128149/video/

HAVE FUN!!!

My favorite part is when Nanase-san says to Junji-san, ‘Sorry you lost your chance.” She is so rude and haughty!! Then she says, “Hurry up and get ready.” And she is the guest on the podcast!

It sucs not to have a video camera…

Hello Liz!

How are you?

Shouldn’t the prize be a date with the lovely Chigusaさん?

I hope my wife doesn’t read this.

Put Takahashi-san on ILove. He should try and pick up Chigusa-san on the way!!!

Huh, I posted but nothing happened! Testo testo

Liz, thanks for the link to the score. That’s going to be useful. I’ve been playing around with iMovie (never used it before) & think I’ve got the basics now. I’ve realised that my digital camera can produce short avi files (but not mp4), so I’m going to try that and see if I can get them into iMovie. The sound will have to be dubbed on afterwards, so I’ll need to get a microphone.
Still not sure that I can do this, but maybe…

Alan

Bakanekoさん、

You’re scaring me!

Oh, I showed the video to my wife. And she said that it was hypocritical of Nanaseさん to criticize Junjiさん for judging her by her looks when hoping to get video messages from all of us.

テスト

Liz-san,
Scripts now done. I hope the grammar’s correct, but publishing them for comment would spoil the surprise. A first go at recording the script & the song came in at 55 seconds. I’ve used GarageBand to create a midi of the vocal part (shifted down two octaves, as I’m a bass) and am using it to practice using headphones & GarageBands monitor function. I’ll probably just practice now & lay down a proper recording next weekend. Considering that I don’t know what I’m doing, this so going better than expected

皆さん、頑張って下さい。

Hi Liz I’m back I’m not going to participate because I don’t have a webcam and because I don’t want to date Yoshi-san! I going to leave it to my friend Katie who wants to marry a Japanese guy! Hurry up Katie because there is already too many girls participating they are going to win if you don’t hurry! S_R_C

You know why? because I know he is not going to choose me anyway so its useless! Only one lucky girl will win Yoshi-san attention and trust me I know its not me! S_R_C

Ironically, the one who mentions Yoshis name the most, is you Daniel-san

Maybe Yoshiさん would like more than one girl

ummm im planning to have my “first love” song as a video as well, since i play guitar, i would probably be performing it with an accompanying guitar. is that okay?

A capella?? If you had only told me before!

I tried emailing, I tried the two links on the entry page, but nothing worked. So YOUtube ことした。

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3D6645751C3B2FEA

I didn’t really follow the rules, or answer all the questions, sing the song, or even sing at all, but hey… who cares! 紹介の前に恥かしかったけど、したからいい気持ちがきた。
(Before I did my introduction I was nervous but after it was a good feeling)

I expect to see everyone else’s awkward introductions soon.

Also, it’s in two parts.

ゆろしくお願い。お願い！

マクス

The 2nd part, taken sneakily in the piano showroom was great. It reminds me of getting kicked off the electric organ stand at the Ideal Home exhibition when I was a kiddy (yes I could play, but wasn’t likely to be buying anything for a few years & the salesman got a bit impatient).

My video’s done, but isn’t a cappella either. Unfortunately I can’t post it for copyright reasons (Bother). I might be write my own song (well a chorus anyway) and record that. Ok, not to the letter of the competition, but I’d then feel ok about posting it for everyone else’s amusement.

Alan

Just want to let you guys know that I’m done making my video, it was set in central park. I hope Peter-san gets nostalgic. hai. ja na.

Juan-san, we can’t wait! Please send it to:
contactus@japanesepod101.com