These are the romanized lyrics to the song Zhu Zhi Ge by Xiang Xiang
We dont have it on the site at the moment, but hopefully Kurosawa will upload it soooon!!
zhu ni de bi zi you liang ge kong gan mao shi de ni hai gua zhe bi ti niu niu
zhu ni you zhe hei qi qi de yan wang ya wang ya wang ye kan bu dao bian
zhu ni de er duo shi na me da hu shan hu shan ye ting bu dao wo zai ma ni sha
zhu ni de wei ba shi juan you juan yuan lai pao pao tiao tiao hai li bu kai ta e~~~
zhu tou zhu nao zhu shen zhu yi ba cong lai bu tiao shi de guai wa wa
mei tian shui dao ri shai san gan hou cong bu shua ya cong bu da jia
zhu ni de du zi shi na me gu yi kan jiu zhi dao shou bu liao sheng huo de ku
zhu ni de pi fu shi na me bai shang bei zi yi ding tou zai na fu gui ren jia e~~~
chuan shuo ni de zu xian you ba ding ba suan ming xian sheng shuo ta ming zhong fan tao hua
jian dao piao liang gu niang jiu xi xi ha ha bu hui lian hong bu hui hai pa
zhu tou zhu nao zhu shen zhu wei ba cong lai bu tiao shi de guai wa wa
mei tian shui dao ri shai san gan hou cong bu shua ya cong bu da jia
e~~~
chuan shuo ni de zu xian you ba ding ba suan ming xian sheng shuo ta ming zhong fan tao hua
jian dao piao liang gu niang jiu xi xi ha ha bu hui lian hong bu hui hai pa ni hen xiang ta
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Post a vid of yourself singing this or any of the other songs on Pyontube and you could win something special!!
Good Evening Pyonners!
Seeing as we are trying to promote new bands as well as the good old ones, I thought I would introduce the Oricon Charts. The Oricon Charts are similar to the US Billboard Charts and the UK Charts in that it is based on the weekly sales of each single!
Each week I will be updating you with the newest chart releases and I will be uploading the videos to Pyontube for your viewing pleasure!
Because we started to late in the year, I am going to have to pick it up at the current position of Week 45.
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Oricon Charts - Week 45
1. New entry at number 1 is Kanjanai8 with their new single "Musekinin Hero"
2. New entry at number 2 is Kobukuro with "Toki no Ashioto"
3. New entry at number 3 is Tunnels with "Nihon no Mikata - Nevada Kara Kimishita"
4. New entry at number 4 is SID with "Monokuro no Kiss"
5. New entry at number 5 is WaT with "36 Do"
6. Down from number 2 is Masaharu Fukuyama with "Sou - New Love New World"
7. Down from number 1 is Hey!Say!Jump! with "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy"
8. New entry at number 9 is Milky Way with "Tantanta-n!"
9. New entry at number 9 is Maaya Sakamoto with "Ame ga Furu"
Recently i have been working on a series of tweaks and updates to the site. Although mnay of them are as of yet incomplete i did manage to get a few of them live over the past few days.
New Video player
You may have noticed the new video player used by the site already. This new player comes with not only a new style but also a new widescreen display. The aspect ratio, although set by default as 4:3 can also be changed to 16:9 or even be set to fit the whole player window.
For those of you who where interested in embedding the videos into external web pages you may have noticed the embed code has been removed and replaced by a flash menu. This menu will however embed the large player. In the near future you can expect the embed code section to make a return, Instead giving access to a redesigned standard sized media player.
New Audio Player
The audio play pages have also gotten a redesigned media player sporting a large thumbnail image and visualizer display. This player may possibly be improved in the future. I am also working on a variety of audio players ranging from slim to to large that will be supplised in the form of embed code.
New Site Logo's
Another update the site received was the ability to randomly pick a new style every time a page is loaded. currently this feature is being tested by displaying a variedy of different logo's designed by both myself and tsujigazm.
Two of the logos where designed by members of pyontube NaRinSHfetch and ShikixLeBroche. We will be adding more logo's in the future as well as a few other interesting style changes.
Thats all for now i guess as i would like to keep the details of other upcomming changes a secret, Everybody loves a suprise.
I hope you all enjoy the new media players and if you have any questions or suggestions feel free to comment here or to send me a message.
Ok, so it may appear dead here recently while tsujigazm is away and i am busy working on a series of side projects so i thought I'd make a little post containing some teasers of what i have been working on.
Style Cleanups
As a designer i am aware pyontube lacks the finer touches. This is mostly because i have been learning various technical platforms and have had little time to spend on what i'm actually good at. I have been working on improved styling little by little and will showcase it when i am happy.
If you notice any sections of the site that look a little off then feel free to email me the details, with a screenshot if needed at admin@pyontube.com.
Mobile Platforms
At the moment Pyontube does offer some level of iphone compatability on the video pages. I have been looking into various methods of improving this from a custom iphone sized theme to a fully functional iphone app. This project has been taking up most of my time.
Site Extras
I have also been working on improving features such as blogs, groups and profile pages. I have also been working on new sections of the site such as dedicated article pages and some form of interactive live chat.
Browser compatibility
Once i roll out the new site style i will be looking into improving browser compatibility, mainly with Internet Explorer. This however is of as low a priority as making a standard compliant web-browser is for Microsoft. Until then i suggest you use a real web browser such as firefox or safari. (i am also toying with html5 and css3 techniques to add exclusive features to compatible browsers.) At this moment in time safari 4 is the only browser compatible with html5 and css3 although firefox should add support in the future.
General Chatty Stuffs
If anybody wants to contact me in any way be it site specific or would just like a chat then here are all my details.
Pyontube Support request email: admin@pyontube.com
Private email and windows live messenger contact: kurosawa@pyontube.com
skype name: kurosov (usually only available for text chat)
iChat: kurosov@mac.com (rarely on as i usually have skype and adium for msn running, maybe when ichat hits iPhone
)
Do you guys know kevjumba from YouTube?
He made this super cool video on racism among young people and how Asian parents always want their children to date other Asians.

He compared girls to M&Ms. Cause no one is being a racist towards M&M's right? That would make absolutely no sense - which was his pointe. You see, according to his parents, he should only eat the yellow M&M's. Even tho M&M's might have different colors - they still taste exactly the same.

I really like his way of thinking. XD lolz. Kevin ftw!
And btw, yes.. that's a picture of me semi-licking the yellow M&M's from my bag. U know why? Because all of us inhere heart the Asians. XD <3 And I especially heart all the Asian guys. Mwahahah~
WILL YOU BE MY M&M? ó__ò<3
As you might have noticed already, this entry doesn't seem much appealing to the ones who don't really care enough to look on the not-so-very-bright sides of life.
Usually I only get philosophic when drunk, but right now daily life is getting to me - along with weather here in Denmark.
We all have our good and bad days - but it seems that the entire November month is hating on me. I'm ill with a bad-ass cold and I feel like shit all physically. To top that, I've felt like this for almost two weeks. >_<'' All my friends from esp. JF keep telling me that I'm always sick and such - and maybe they're right. I dunno. I think - since I had the flu a while back - I only felt 'really' well for a week tops, then I got this stupid cold. It's the irony of life. People keep saying ''better live your life while you have it''... how am I supposed to live my life when I'm freaking sick all the time? ò__ó;;
Other than that.. You know, we all have this friend who claims to be a best-friend but who never really seems to be giving anything, right? I have this friend. She's nice - sometimes. Mostly she has these crazy-ass mood-swings meaning that I'm always the target. If she has a good day she calls me 'sweety pie' and shizz like that. When she has her bad days she's always like ''may I kill you now?'', ''Why do you care to put on makeup when you're ill and look like shit anyway?'', ''You're so stupid'' bla bla bla~! She obviously likes to put me down just to make herself feel not as bad. Also she keeps giving me material stuff. To begin with I thought she was just being nice to me, because she knows that she earns almost 3 times as much as me and there I cannot afford that much.. but now I'm wondering if she only gives me material stuff so that she always got something she can use against me, you know? If I dun wanna take her shift one day (eg. because I have to sit my brother, take care of the dogs or just need a weekend off) she'll be like ''Sometimes I just feel like your bank-account. You only like me when I give you stuff and pay for you!''. It's really unfair and most of the time I have no idea where I have her at. I can never seem to figure out whether she likes or hates me, whether she's in a good or bad mood or whether I'm even her friend or not. Do you feel my frustration? Also she tends to talk about stuff she knows nothing about. >_<'' The other day during english class we were discussing the possibility of Obama choosing Hilary Clinton to be his Secretary of State. I then asked her if Hilary even KNEW anything about foreign politics where to she replied that 'doooh, she studied it on a high level at college'. BASHED into the ground verbally - just because I'm so stupid. Half a second after she said that - our teacher says that Interior politics actually is Hilary's strength. Suddenly my 'friend' pokes me and says ''She studied interior politics at college, you see!'' and I'm thinking like; 'but didn't u just say foreign politics?' I let it go for a while and then wondered, 'did she even study policy?'. I go on to my cell phone via WAP-connection, searches for 'Hilary Clinton wiki' on the browser and finds out that she studied law and civics on a higher level. Nothing about politics... And that's not the first time she 'claims to know when she doesn't know shit'. >_<''
Gah.. I'm totally ranting.
I should blog on LOLLIROCK, do my homework (since my school councellar apparently thinks that my grades suck) and clean my room. But I'm not in the mood. >_<'' Shiki's being annoying as well. she wrote me ''Aww, you seem down..? T_T'' and I replied ''I kinda am'' and then she just replied ''Okay thanks!'' O_O;; And I was like ''Thanks?''.. WHY ARE PEOPLE SO ANNOYING?!
I hate girls. >_<'' I need more guy friends in Denmark. -sigh-
OK SO,,,
Japanese music fans in the UK never get a good deal when it comes to tours because no one ever comes here on tour,, that is all about to end thanks to the 100% Genki Tour!
The 100% Genki tour takes place over 10 days in May 2009, and will introduce contemporary Japanese acts to the UK. International audiences have demonstrated a growing interest in Japan’s music, and a wealth of talented artists exists in the burgeoning domestic scene, spanning the entire musical spectrum - from punk to electronica, from techno to ska. Young Japanese bands, producers, singers and DJs have their own unique sense of direction and style, due in part to the unique position of the country - increasingly immersed in Western culture, but still removed, culturally as well as geographically.
Bringing a taste of Japan’s exciting music scene to a UK audience, the tour will take in 4 of the UK’s best, most cutting-edge festivals.
| Date | City | Event | Venue |
| Friday 15th May | Brighton | The Great Escape | various |
| Saturday 16th May | Brighton | The Great Escape | various |
| Sunday 17th May | Manch ester | Futuresonic festival | Night & Day |
| Tuesday 19th May | London | Strummerville party | Under The Westway, W.London |
| Thursday 21st May | London | Stag & Dagger festival | The Queen of Hoxton, E.London |
| Friday 22nd May | Liverpool | Liverpool Sound City | tbc |

Emerging from the borderless youth culture of Japan, 80kidz began making music as a three-piece DJ unit in early 2007, and released their own limited bootleg mix CD “The Kidz Are Alnight No.1” in February of the same year. This mix sold-out rapidly and requests for DJ appearances quickly followed – they have since performed with the likes of Justice, Busy P, Boys Noize, Teenage Bad Girl, Hot Chip and Bobmo. “The Kidz Are Alnight No.2” continued to move things further forward for them, and a series of Myspace only unofficial remixes saw the threesome’s music blogged, discussed, and circulated around the world. This attention has built ever further with the posting of an original track, “Disdrive”, which was soon followed by official remix requests pouring in from autoKratz, Danger, Benjamin Diamond, Cazals, CSS, Black kids, the Shoes, Quiero Club, When Saints Go Machine, and Futurecop.

DE DE MOUSE is the brainchild of bespectacled Tokyo-based studio boffin Daisuke Endo. Following the lead of “chiptune” pioneers (and fellow Tokyoites) YMCK, DE DE MOUSE’s sound is characterized by feather-light vocals, housey beats, infectious synth melodies and lush production values. Unlike their near-contemporaries YMCK – DE DE MOUSE began life in 2005, two years after YMCK debuted – Endo does not base his entire oeuvre on soundtracks to games made for the 8-bit NES console. Instead, Endo’s layered grooves often take on a darker, more abstract bent that incorporates drum ‘n’ bass and ambient. DE DE MOUSE has won fans in Tokyo’s music and fashion scenes: as well as sharing live bills with the likes of HALFBY and BUFFALO DAUGHTER, it has also soundtracked fashion shows by Takayuki Suzuki, the costume designer of choice of J-pop stars such as Mika Nakajima.

The band’s first eye-opener into the world of music began with band leader, TA-1, first encountering Hip Hop music. At this time, TA-1 was simply a DJ but soon transformed into a drummer after finding interest in intricate rhythms. During high school TA-1 got together with classmates, Keishi (Vo.) and Hiroshi (Gtr.) and a band was born. Influenced by the ska boom in the late nineties they quickly become a ska-core band and upon moving to Tokyo, met a trumpet player named Honma, who was soon included into the group. Soon after, the band recruited a saxophonist and bassist thus creating the six-piece band known as “Riddim Saunter.”

A hyperactive one-man band / turntablist / organ playing whirlwind, who has created an worldwide internet phemenon. Tucker’s confounding, high-energy mix of rock and roll, punk, pop, and hip hop leaves critics fumbling for words. The electric organ fan site Electone Zone described it dizzily as “a 21st century Neo-Tokyo vaudeville show.” Other fans describe his sets as “performance art” (in 2006, Tucker appeared at Barcelona’s Sónar multimedia music and art festival). “Vaudeville” implies comedy, and laughter is the obvious response when Tucker spins the “Pink Panther” and “Sesame Street” theme songs, scratches records with his nose, or leaps shirtless into the crowd. Music critics’ vocabulary is rarely so taxed, but coming up with a way to describe someone not entirely hip hop, not entirely rock, not entirely retro, and perhaps not ever entirely serious has left many at a loss. Even Tucker’s show-stopping blazing organ trick is both a Hendrix send-up and a gutsy act of vandalism more punk than hip hop. Tucker’s mash-ups are knowing and often more than a little tongue-in-cheek, but his reverence for retro instruments and melodies goes well beyond the merely ironic.
If anyone is going to go to the Liverpool gig then let me know and we could have a Pyontube outing! :D
Those of you who make use of the ability to embed audio/videos from pyontube to other websites via the use of widgets will be happy to hear that we have just released a range of customised widgets designed to showcase a users contributions.
These 4 widgets will only show the content that members have added to the site and are available for videos, music, photos and even blogs.
To get to these widgets simply visit the "My Media" link below the main navigation then select "My Widgets".
Audio Widget
Image Widget
Blog Wdiget
Video Widget
Users can look forward to an even larger pool of widgets in a variety of styles and sizes in the future. We encourage all members to make full use of these widgets to help promote thier favorite artists to those who normally would not hear them.
You may have noticed that both Kurosawa and I have not been hanging around on Pyontube for quite some time. We are both having internet problems, Kurosawa's being far worse than my own. We are trying to to access Pyontube as often as we can but having this small problem is proving quite prohibitive. This is not to say that we are giving up hope or slacking from our work! NO! We are constantly trying to develop the sites structure and ideas for content, logos, banners, blogs etc. We are also working hard on competitions which you will see here in the near future.
We have not lost faith in you, our dear Pyonners! We love it that you are still uploading content and continuing to enjoy the media that is up on the site! :D
We shall over coooooome!*
Your Loving Community Manager
Tsujigazm
*Discworld: Missing Presumed? - Sufferajester
Ok, Ok, so maybe there are is no Sex on this blog post,,, nor will there be any lies, but one thing is for sure, there is a whole stack of videos lined up for you!
Pyontube is currently in the process of amassing a mega amount of audio and video for you to feast your eyes and ears on! As well a promoting the well known bands and solo artists on the site, we are also going to be showcasing the newest talent, both signed and unsigned to come out of China, Japan and Korea.
I know that a small number of our videos are not the best quality, but to counteract that problem we will be getting a large amount of our audio and video files from a hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh quality source and yes, we will be using our own money to keep your eyes and ears filled with the latest music, videos, news and gossip from the East!
This is where you come in!
Although we are using our own money to fund this, it would be nice for you to support Pyontube by visiting our friends and supporters over at YesAsia.com and YesStyle.com by clicking on their banners that are dotted around the site :D
No doubt the fashion concious of you have already seen the sparkley bags and bright tshirts on the banners :D
As well as promo
We will also be selling iTunes gift cards for both the American and Japanese iTunes stores. You can buy the Japanese cards over at a popular Japanese Toys, Gifts, Magazine and General Wackiness store online,,(you know who i mean),, but they are slightly overpriced for the cards they sell... in my opinion anyway!
So you can get access to the latest and greatest Japanese, Chinese and Korean music from a more legitimate and high quality source rather than getting the music and videos from second hand sources online that are just a little less legitimate ;)
Support your favourite bands by buying their music from iTunes as they recieve more of a royalty as they would from just selling albums via a regular store or cd's on stores such as Amazon.
Getting the music right off the shelf, straight from the recording studio, as soon as it is released is the name of the game in the eyes (and ears) of a music consumer and that is why Pyontube is investing in the newest sounds and videos as soon as they are released so you, our very much loved Pyonners, can hear the high quality music and watch the highest quality videos before they are muxed and chopped and changed by users of Youtube and the quality is sacrificed by constant tossing around on sites :D
Only the greatest quality will come from Pyontube from now on and with your help, we can create the greatest Asian music community on the net!
Thank Y'all for your time ;)
Love
Tsujigazm
I am super pumped this year because it is the Pillows's 20th Anniversary and they are having a cover contest. The prize is a paid trip to Japan to see their 20th Anniversary Concert on the 16th of September. It is an international contest as well so I am sooooo going to enter. Me and a couple of friends are still narrowing down the selection of what song we are going to do but the one I really want to do is Scarecrow... the problem is we can't find the band score or even tabs of its... so we have back up songs as well.
I will upload the video that we enter on here once we get it done or videos of trials to get some feedback. =o
*If anybody knows where I can find tabs, chords, band score, or anything for Scarecrow it would be most appreciated! ^^*
The end of march brings a range of site updates both to the front end and to our administration tools. The updates that you will notice are:
3rd Party Log-ons
Potential new members will now find registering on Pyontube even easier than before thanks to this addition. New users may now login to Pyontube using an account from one of the sites listed below and their information will automatically be imported to our database and a new account created for them.
Blog page redesigns
The blog pages have undergone a redesign in order to make them more appealing. These updates currently have problems rendering in Internet Explorer so we reccomend people upgrade from IE to a more standards compliant brwoser such as firefox, google chrome or preferably safari 4.
In the future the site may also undergo a redesign in order to take advantage of the emerging css3 standard used in Safari 4.
Media Navigation enhancements.
When visiting a video, audio, blog or photo page from either a list or search you will now notice previous/next buttons that will take you to the next page in the list. These will be further improved in the future.
Comment Improvements.
Previously only the comments boxes on profile page had the 'WYSIWYG' editor that allows you to style your posts. This has now been implemented on all comments boxes.
New addition to Profile pages.
Members may now add any rss feeds they like to their profile pages. These will appear in the left column under the profile picture.
Live bookmarking.
All media and blogs on the site can now easily be submitted to a selection of live bookmarking sites via the use of a new set of buttons on the page.
A looks to the future
Podcasts
In the near future we will be setting up a range of audio podcasts that will allow members to receive a selection of songs on the site via itunes. These podcasts will be a free subscription available to anyone.
Newsletter
We are also currently in the planning stages of a pyontube interactive email based news letter containing the latest site news, jpop information & a variety of other extras from competitions to give aways.
HeyHey Pyontubers.... :D
Just a quick post to let you know that I am willing to upload any Anime or Game Soundtrack that you want :D So just leave a quick message on here and I will post it up on here for you :D:D
Short and Sweet
Tsujigazm
(and also movie soundtracks ;) )
You are in Akihabara and see what appears to be a struggling idol selling her DVD for only 480 yen where the
average price is 4,800 yen. She looks up at you and gives you the watery eye puppy look. What do you do?
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The economy must be in a real mess if Idols have to go onto the street to sell their own DVD's. It isn't even
the glamorous promotional shoots they are used to, they are actually desperate and STRUGGLING to sell
their DVD's. They look so happy on the covers but don't look so happy at having to be out on the street
selling their DVD's. I guess it would be pretty humiliating because they have had to knock so much off
the original price that they feel like crap. I know I would, but then again, if I made a DVD like that,
I wouldn't expect anyone would buy it hehe.
OK!
So everyone knows a bit about me, Tsujigazm and exactly what I do here on Pyontube, but our reclusive leader Kurosawa is something of an enigma.. He keeps himself locked away and only pokes out for a comment or two, but otherwise keeps himself busy playing with the dark innards of the Pyon~World.
I decided to crawl into the underbelly of Pyontube to search for him and ask him a few questions so that each and every one of you can find out just a little more about the man, the mystery, the practically transparent person (due to lack of sunlight) that is Kurosawa..
Hmmm...
It turned from finding out about Kurosawa to finding out what Pyontube is about and why it came into existance.
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Tsujigazm: HELLO
Kurosawa: HiHi
Tsujigazm: I have decided to interview you on behalf of all the members of Pyontube so that
they can get a little insight into the mysterious being that is Kurosawa.
Kurosawa: Oookay
Tsujigazm: Social networking websites are nothing new nowadays and there are many out there
to compete with, what made you want to start your own social networking website?
Kurosawa: As is pretty obvious I am a huge fan of asian music and like most of you have
been a member of various online communities with similar interests. However I
found it was difficult to gain access to a range of music as most of these sites
either rehashed the same few artists and bands while others didn't have a means of
listening to the music. I always thought 'Wouldn't it be great if there was a place
I could visit to listen to the music I like before I make a commitment to buy'. A
sort of 'try before you buy' for those groups I have never before listened to. After
searching for a long time to no avail I thought I'd go ahead and make the bloody
thing myself. and I did.
Tsujigazm: Couldnt someone just search for what they want on other popular video websites?
Kurosawa: I admit that is what I used to do myself. Youtube does have a large selection of
asian media, but I find that not only is the quality poor but the music is hard to
find. Youtube and other social media sites tend to be a free for all with content
and as such does not help support a community of people with common interests.
Because Pyontube is focused on Asian music we do not have these problems.
Tsujigazm: Ok, so what can you offer someone who visits your site? What sets you apart from
other social media websites?
Kurosawa: My main goal for the site was to create a great community.
No matter how much content we have the site would not be an attractive place to visit
with a community like some other sites (which I wont mention here).
My next goal was to bring awareness to the lesser known even independent Asian
artists out there as there is a wealth of talent many people are unaware of.
Pyontube offers many things other sites do not, mainly heavy user influence. We
allow members to create groups and even contribute to site design by having a go
at making their own logo's. We also offer a growing range of customisable widgets
for members to add to their blogs or personal web pages and even reward our most
active members with a customised widget upon request.
In the near future we hope to offer new ways for our community to influence the
site.
Tsujigazm: You say that your main goal was to 'create a great community'; what is your
definition of a great community?
Kurosawa: Hmmm. I guess a given is a community full of active members. This doesn't necessarily
mean members who upload lots of stuff but rather people who rate media, comment on
blogs and pages and make friends. This is a large part of a social networking community.
The most important part is that people get along well. Why join a new community if you don't
make new friends?
Tsujigazm: Indeedy! Your second goal was to promote new and lesser known bands, groups or solo artists.
What is your (Pyontube) approach to this? How are you finding these artists who are not well
publicised?
Kurosawa: We have been looking into a few methods of finding these artists including requesting people
living in Asia to join the community. We also listen very carefully to the soundtracks in Asian film
& TV. Our best resource has to be the iTunes music store in Japan. Here we have access to an
independant and unsigned artist section that is full of great music.
Tsujigazm: You said that you can make 'custom widgets' for communities and/or members. What are they
and how do they work?
Kurosawa: A widget is basically a small web app, usually flash based that can be placed anywhere that allows
you to post in html. The widgets on Pyontube are fully functional media players that will list all of your
favourite music on Pyontube for anybody to play. The actual file is stored on our servers so all you
need is the small section of code and you can use the widget anywhere.
Tsujigazm: So a Pyontube member can post their widget on, say, their favourite message boards or forums?
Or on the pages of their favourite social networking sites like MySpace?
Kurosawa: Absolutely! We even offer an automatic system for the more popular sites so they don't have to
worry about messing about with code.
Tsujigazm: Does a person have to be a member to take a Pyontube widget and use it?
Kurosawa: We have a mix of widgets available. At the lowest level there are those found on our media play
pages. These allow anybody, even non members to use a widget that plays the corresponding media.
Next we have special widgets only available to members that will list and play all the things that person
has contributed to the site. Finally we have the custom widgets, These are created just for our most
active members and include custom graphics and logo's.
Tsujigazm: On each members page, they have a small section for "Points" Can you tell me how a member can
accumulate the points and how they can redeem them on the site?
Kurosawa: The points system is a fairly new implementation that is still undergoing testing. Every member starts
off with 100 points when they join the site (members who joined before the system was implemented
got 250 points instead). You gain more points by contributing to the community, the number of points
given differs depending on the contribution with more points being given to those who upload content or
comment on a members profile.
In the future we hope to implement a series of rewards, both virtual and physical to tie in with the
points system.
Tsujigazm: Running a website like Pyontube surely costs real money and not just points, how do you manage with
the costs without resorting to taking donations and what can a member do to help out?
Kurosawa: Running a website of this scale does cost money. We need to run servers powerful enough to encode
all the media our members upload as well as have the space to store it in.
To offset this cost we, like all other non-privatly funded websites rely on advertisement revenue. We
have a variety of adverts on the site, the one that pays the most being the tall 'skyscraper' ad on the
right hand side.
At the moment Pyontube costs around $100/£68/€76/¥9,860 per month and is operating at a loss.
As we get more members this should even out however and we are optimistic about the future of
Pyontube.
The skyscraper advert I mentioned comes in two forms. The first being an advertisment for either
YesAsia or YesStyle. These ads are commission based, meaning if you buy something from one of
these stores after clicking one of these ads we get 5% of the sale.
The other kind is the standard Google ad. These ads give us money depending on how many clicks
we receive in a day. I will take this time to mention that if a member continuously clicks these ad links
to extreme amounts we actually lose money. This is done to prevent us from cheating the system so if
you wish to help us out please keep this in mind, We have had a member do this in the past and it
resulted in more harm than good.
Tsujigazm: Finally, As of now, do you think you are on the way to achieving the goals you have set for the
development of Pyontube and what are your plans for the future?
Kurosawa: Pyontube has succeeded in creating a small yet friendly community who are eager to contribute.
My goal now is to try and increase the size of this community without losing any of the atmosphere.
For this we hope our current members will help us out and spread the word to people they believe
would enjoy what we have to offer.
We have a range of new projects for the site underway including various site upgrades, an interactive
newsletter and competitions complete with virtual and physical prizes. Unfortunately for those reading
this interview we will be keeping the rest of these ideas a secret until we feel the time is right.
We are always open to suggestions from our members so feel free to email or post on either my or
Tsujigazm's profile.
Tsujigazm: Thank you for this wonderfully revealing look at Pyontube, it's history and it's future. I hope that it
opens the eyes and ears of our members to the hard work that is put into everything that happens on
this site and that it would not be possible without their valued input and it would not be worth it if they
didn't enjoy it! :D Thanks again Kurosawa for taking the time to share all this information with
everyone on Pyontube.
Kurosawa: 
Hello Pyonners!
I thought I would introduce a little section for sheet music to help the musically gifted or musically retarded play their favourite tunes to impress their friends and family :P
The first piece I have uploaded is from Final Fantasy X and it is called To Zanarkand.
Final Fantasy X: Piano Collections: To zanarkand
This afternoon pyontube was moved to a new server. This new server should be faster and more reliable than the older system and will also enable us to bring some exciting new features in the near future.
As of this time not all of the widgets hosted by us have been updated and may display incorrectly. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause but they should be back to normal soon.
What's up people?
Wondering wth I'm doing here, aye? Oh well. I just recently spammed my own gallery with pics of me, my Domo and my dwarf hamster Mr. Lee. I'm mainly gonna post jrock, jpop and kpop - because that's what I laiiijjkkk - and most likely some personal randomness as well. XD
LOVE ME!
and visit my personal blog AND website:
Okies, so I've been rather busy as of late and haven't had much time for anything. My classes are ending, and I'm still wayyyy behind. x.x ...So, I've been running through several tests daily trying to catch my ass up in time to make it. But, I promise, when alls said and done, I shall return! *exit stage left*
Wish me luck. ^ ^
Promotion
I have been working on promoting the site on various asian music message boards, fansites and fanlistings this week. News seems to be spreading slowly but still spreading. The best way is still word of mouth however.
If anybody here knows of a jpop site they think would be a good place to promote PyonTube, feel free to let me know.
I also made this new widget for use on gackt fansites or web, myspace, facebook etc pages of gackt fans.
site updates
I have been working on a few optimisation updates to the site, these are generally things members will not see but help to make things run more smoothly. A large update will be going live sometime tommorow so the site will be in "Read Only" mode until this update is complete. This basically means you may be unable to upload content to the site tommorow although viewing will still be possible.