This past spring I attended TAKII 7 (The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational) to help judge. It was a cool, unique little anime event in Philadelphia. The actual karaoke contest was small, but it was fun seeing innovative new ideas that aren’t always done at cons. Thanks to D-Chan for the invite and crash space that weekend, and everyone who organized it. I hope TAKII 8 is even more of a success!

I finally got the pictures off of my camera:

Inside the convention space, which was really cool. The stage was great, I wish LeetStreet Boys was performing on it, lol.

These trees look right out of one of our videos. The weather was great that weekend.

Dealer and exhibitionist… HA HA!

Pic with a fan. ^_^

A Korean high school dance troupe did a performance as the evening entertainment. They rocked!

Love our music? Want to sing our songs in the shower? At the local talent show? How about in Anime Idol? We’ve gotten a good number of requests. So now we’ve added an album full of karaoke mixes for the low price of $6.99 in our store!

We’re really happy about working directly with Thebizmo. Music is available for sale the same day that it’s uploaded, and there’s no cost. iTunes can take as long as 2 months just to put up a song, and they don’t give you any information about it. What’s more, Thebizmo sells things like shirts in addition to albums and songs, and the store payment is secure.

We’re currently one of Thebizmo’s top selling artists, and we will be announcing something really cool partnering with them in mid August. You won’t want to miss this!

Here is a karaoke rendition of “Yuri The Only One” from Andrew, intended for performance at Otakuthon, in Montreal. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to perform at the con, but Andrew sent us this nice karaoke video with his vocals instead. Now everyone can enjoy his performance! (Don’t forget that you can pick up our karaoke album in our bizmo store.)

Artists – please see updated contest info below with technical notes and questions answered from our contest sponsors at thebizmo.

An oldie but a goodie! Really energetic cover of “Masquerade” by some super cute lolita (lol33ta??) maids at Anime Vegas last year. Wish I had been there in person for this one! (Note to self, get some dancers…)

Who has their Halloween costume picked out already?

Dawww…

What’s the cutest thing you’ve seen / heard this week?