Have any RBN Authors tried to get Japanese Artists/Bands?

[BravoGangUS]

I know it would be hard due to the language barrier but has anyone tried yet?

It would be amazing to have songs from K-On (Ho-kago Tea Time) in Rock Band

Anyone willing to try and contact PONY CANYON? I'm pretty sure they have the rights to the music from K-On. (On the back of all the CDs it says PONY CANYON INC)

It's a long shot but hey, that would be an awesome start to having Japanese songs on RBN.

Not sure if the 2nd link is them or not but I'm 100% sure the 1st link is.
http://www.ponycanyon.co.jp/
http://pcmusic.jp/index.php

[FairwoodStudios]

No success so far on our end, but yea we've attempted a few. We were working on one before Japanese became available, since they're instrumental, but we have gone after some J-Pop and Japanese New Wave since then.

Although arguably we already have the first Japanese group on RBN.

[BrodieMike]

Since they were one of the 20 Free DLC from RB2, it would be awesome to get more X Japan

[Bissrok]

No success so far on our end, but yea we've attempted a few. We were working on one before Japanese became available, since they're instrumental, but we have gone after some J-Pop and Japanese New Wave since then.

Although arguably we already have the first Japanese group on RBN.

Very nice. I don't generally buy RBN songs, since I mainly play for Pro Guitar, but there's certainly a lot of Japanese bands out there I'd have to pick up.

[FairwoodStudios]

Very nice. I don't generally buy RBN songs, since I mainly play for Pro Guitar, but there's certainly a lot of Japanese bands out there I'd have to pick up.

Agreed. Polysics, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, maybe a bit of Seatbelts to mix it up...

Aside from the language barrier Bravo pointed out, there's also the fact that most Japanese bands you know are on major or semi-major labels, and the bigger the label the harder they are to get involved in RBN. So it's a real uphill battle.

[AskariNari]

I tried getting Guitar Wolf, but the label said they only go through HMX for RB releases.

[jeccaneko]

I imagine it would be hard for any RBN group to get K-On songs, honestly. K-On is a hot commodity in Japan, and the fees they'd want would probably be fairly high, especially for what is ultimately a more niche DLC sale. Them being in Japanese automatically will make some people not buy, plus being on RBN limits the audience a bit since it doesn't get as much attention and only 360 players have full access. I'd certainly buy if they came out but... just sayin'.

[BravoGangUS]

Anyone willing to try and contact PONY CANYON? I'm pretty sure they have the rights to the music from K-On. (On the back of all the CDs it says PONY CANYON INC)

It's a long shot but hey, that would be an awesome start to having Japanese songs on RBN.

Not sure if the 2nd link is them or not but I'm 100% sure the 1st link is.
http://www.ponycanyon.co.jp/
http://pcmusic.jp/index.php

[DragoonXD]

Pony Canyon has the rights to the Mario Kart 64 soundtrack (assuming Wikipedia is to be trusted). Get to work, people!

[AshtrayHeart]

Orange Range and Nobody Knows would be great, in my opinion.