File talk:Signal processors @ MUSICVOX.jpg

Category

According to en:Akiba-kei, Category:Akiba-kei is irrelevant to this image. "Akiba-kei music" is irrelevant to these recording processor. Takabeg (talk) 14:52, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

For this image, Category:Akiba-kei is acceptable, because we can see Akiba-kei characters in the image. But for File:2009 Synths & Pianos @ MUSICVOX.jpg and File:$1 Netbooks.jpg, Category:Akiba-kei is not correct. Takabeg (talk) 16:44, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Reason to add

I'll describe why it is appropriate to add Category:Akihabara and Category:Akiba-kei on this media (and several related media), because several peoples seem hurry up to change categories without waiting enough period to form consensus. Although, I don't interested on any offensive, flaming discussions on trivial thing by debate manias without enough researches. I expect thoughtful responses in gentle manner : )

Reason: In my opinion, this media, electronic devices for music production (outboards), is a useful example to show several aspects of Akihabara and Akiba-kei, especially as an electric town (symbolized by aspect of electronic devices) and its music culture (symbolized by aspect of music production tool).

• Akihabara as an electric town: since late 1940s, Akihabara was growing as largest electric town in Japan, as well known.

• Akihabara as a music town: Although Akihabara is rarely called "music town" (as already mentioned in somewhere), Akihabara have several aspects of music town as following.
  • Since 1970s, a numerous numbers of "Hi-Fi" audio shops for music listeners, and a half dozen of professional audio shops (for music production, sound reinforcement, and broadcasting) were opened in Akihabara.
  • Since late 1970s, Japanese electronic musical instruments manufacturers advanced in Akihabara for the sales and promotions of their instruments (for example, "Akihabara Roland Synth Studio", possibly Korg's showroom, and also floors for electronic home keyboards by Casio and Yamaha in the domestic electric shops). In addition, as a seedbed of venture business, synthesizer venture (rare at now in Japan) opened their shop or floor in Akihabara in mid 1970s (Wavekit shop, and possibly other brands)
  • As a neighborhood of music town Ochanomizu, at now, relatively large number of music related business are running in Akihabara: for example, half dozen of music studios (totally over dozen of rooms), near a dozen of musical venues/venues for various events including music, half dozen of large music shops/musical instrument floors in electric shops, and several independent music shops for dojin music, etc. (as in 2011).
  • Also a numerous numbers of street music events were seen in station front and pedestrian zone during mid 2000s, and after the temporal discontinuation of pedestrian zone, several are still seen. The performers on these events are not only the so called Akiba-idle and wannabes, but also the musicians and musical groups also performed in other places. Both of which often claim themselves as Akiba-kei, although the later seems slightly masochistic expression.

• Wide meaning of Akiba-kei: As described in Wikipedia article, Akiba-kei is historically partially influenced from Shibuya-kei, an international music/fashion/design movements started in Japan in 1990s, and as a result, the term Akiba-kei means wide spectrum of cultural movements which running around Akihabara and similar cultures in other places, in wide sense. Although several peoples seem to think Akiba-kei as nerds and nerd cultures in narrow sense, however, electronics mania and several music people (from game music to street music) are also Akiba-kei.

If needed, later I'll gradually add several sources and citations. --Clusternote (talk) 07:35, 29 November 2011 (UTC)