Ana PF’s Reviews > Quit Your Band! Musical Notes from the Japanese Underground > Status Update

Boy, am I glad I got this book as a present. At this point on my reading I already knew that Martin knows his stuff on Japanese music, but I am L-O-V-I-N-G the chapters on the challenges Japanese musicians face when going abroad / being exported, the brilliant, honest analysis on Japaneseness and the responsibility *both* the Western world and Japan have on stereotyped views of the latter and much, much more. Bravo.

Whoops! I think I now get some of the criticism to this book that it glossed over enka. Either I have yet to get to the part where the author picks it up again or it only had a really small chapter that wasn't even exclusively dedicated to it!

Yes, I'm reading four books atm LOL. Hoping to gain some understanding of Japanese music beyond J-pop from this one. So far, rather engaging and easy to read, although I need to listen to the groups that Martin mentions.