Jpopmp3s blog

This is an announcement to let everybody know what is happening with the JpopMp3s.com site.

The site was hosted in the USA and I had paid USD1000 last August for “lifetime” hosting. Little did I know at the time that “lifetime” meant 6 months, coz as you may have noticed the site has been down since the beginning of January.

It took me a while to figure out what happened but basically the server that the site was on crashed and burned and the hosting company didn’t have any backups and decided not to contact anybody that was affected.  All email messages to the hosting company bounced back and Facebook and Skype messages went unanswered.

Luckily I have a backup of the site on my hard drive and I’m trying to find someone to install the content management system  and backup my site. Unfortunately the same company that installed it the first time, is the one that did the runner with my grand, so I need to find someone else to do it.

If you want me to put the site back up, please leave a comment below. Frankly this whole rigmorale, combined with Apple making it increasingly difficult for me to get these cards to you, (not to mention the crappy exchange rate) has me kind of disillusioned, so some encouragement and moral support would be greatly appreciated.

I will update here and also send an email to everybody on my list when the site is up and running again.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

This is an announcement to let you know that I will be leaving Japan for a 3 week vacation next Friday morning the 18th of December. iTunes cards will be unavailable from my site from December 18th to January 8th 2010.

You may or may not know that iTunes changed some things around this year and I now have to physically go to a store and buy the cards that I send you. I used to be able to buy online so last year when I went to the Philippines I could still send out cards.

Not being in Japan I will not be able to run to the store and buy your cards so will have to travel with a couple of thousand dollars worth of cards in my luggage, or I’d run out mid-trip.

I don’t want to cause any disappointments so I’m letting you know now so that you can get in before next Friday (I’ll probably close the store at around midnight Thursday Japan time.)

Sorry for the inconvenience. I did consider having a friend “babysit” the store while I was away but I didn’t want to run the risk of him not getting everything perfectly right, as I try to give the best customer service experience possible.

So if you want any cards between now and the first week of January, please come to JPopMp3s.com before midnight Thursday night Japan time or you will have to wait till January 8th.

I hope you and your family have a very happy holiday season and a prosperous 2010.

When I do get back, I’ll make up for the inconvenience with a special sale. Check back here after January 8th for details. There will only be a limited number of cards available at the special prices so be sure to check back here then.

This morning somebody asked me on Twitter to help them find an MP3 for a song that I didn’t know. They included a link to the video of the song on YouTube. I thought this would be a good opportunity to show everyone a quick, free and easy way to extract and download the MP3 audio from a YouTube video without the need for any software. Check the video below for a quick and easy way to get not only any MP3, but also download the MP4 or a Flash video or even a video formatted to play on your iPod.

While I found the sound quality wasn’t as great as you hear on the actual video, I think it’s fine if you are in a pinch and if you didn’t want to download from the Japanese iTunes store with a prepaid card from JPopMp3s.com

Scroll down to the bottom of this post to list to or download the audio only version of this video.

Transcript of video

Aaron:  Hello and welcome to another JPopMp3s.com video. Today I am going to show you how to download and extract an MP3 file from a YouTube video. So for example, if you see a music video for a group that you like but you cannot find just the music track, you can go to YouTube.com and you can download it for free. So for example, I am going to use this song that somebody asked me about on Twitter. She asked me how to find this song. So I am going to click right here and it goes to the video on YouTube.

[music]

Let’s stop that. Now it is really easy to extract the MP3 and download it. So what you should do is on YouTube, go up to the URL bar and click in front of the word YouTube. And just before YouTube, type in the word “kick”. So it is the same URL but with the word “kick” in front of YouTube, so kickyoutube.com.

So you go there and you will see kind of like a YouTube clone, and it is the same video basically. So up here you have choices to choose from. You can download the MP4, which is the video, Flash video…If high definition is a choice you can get high definition. You can get the video for your iPhone or just the MP3, which is what we want here.

So we click this and we click this green “go” (button). Now what that is doing is that is processing the video. It is extracting the MP3, and when it is ready, this green box here will change to a blue one that says “down”. That will take two or three minutes, so we will just wait for that. I will pause the video and come back when it is ready.

Before I do that, let me just give us a little plug. You know about JPopMp3s.com where you can buy iTunes cards for Japanese iTunes store and you can download anything you want from the Japanese store.

Normally you would need a Japanese credit card and a Japanese address to get one of these, which you probably don’t have, but I do. So use me! Use my address and use my credit card and I will send you a JPopMp3s.com iTunes card. There are testimonials here from very satisfied customers. Feel free to look through it.

OK. This is still downloading, so I will just pause the video and come back when it is ready.

OK. So once that finished ‑‑ that took about two or three minutes ‑‑ this changes to a blue download button. So you right click on it and save it wherever you want. I am going to save it to the desktop. You can call it whatever you want. I am just going to leave the name as it is.

And once it downloads, you can just open it up and it will play in your default MP3 player. In my case it is iTunes.

[music]

There you go. So the sound is not as clear as it is on the original YouTube video. But you know, if you are going to listen to it in your iTunes there is nothing wrong with that.

OK. I hope you enjoyed the video. Follow me on Twitter. Subscribe to the blog. And have a good day.

Transcription by CastingWords

 

 You can listen to or download the audio only version [3:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Below I am posting the transcript of last night’s live Twitterfeed of the MTV Japan Video Music Awards for any Jpop fans who couldn’t watch it and want a blow by blow report. I hope you enjoy it and please feel free to leave a comment.

VMAJ2009 opens with Green Day singing “Enemy”, yells out “Genki?” in the middle of the set
6:02 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Host Gekidan Hitori gets ready to open the show with a backflip- he paid 17000 yen for 2 hours of lessons
6:08 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Shonan Kaze presents Best Pop Video
6:10 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Winner of Best Pop Video, Katy Perry. “I kissed a girl”
6:11 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

“ariga zainmasu” she says, she probably means “arigatou gozaimasu”
6:12 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

BoA and Sean Garret performance in 5 minutes
6:13 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

ACIDMAN introduces world premiere of BoA and Sean Garret ” I did it for love” performance
6:18 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

The camerawork is terrible, they can’t focus on her. Must be the cameraman’s first day
6:19 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

AI and Blue Man Group present Best Group Video
6:22 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Winner of Best Group Video is……….EXILE, “Ti Amo (chapter 2)”
6:23 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Woohooo Teruma!!!!!!!
6:25 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Teruma Chan is presenting “Best Male video”
6:25 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best Male Video winner is…… KREVA “Akasatanahamayarawawon”
6:26 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

pink sunglasses on KREVA
6:27 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Ciara performance in 7 minutes
6:27 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Damn! I was too busy typing to take a good look at Teruma Aoyama’s beehive and green Kaftan ;(
6:28 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Ad for new SPEED single “SPD” !!! wooohoo
6:29 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

30 minute mark quick survey: Too much info so far? not enough? just right? It’s my first time, feedback appreciated
6:30 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Ciara looks hot in brown sequinned bodytight catsuit
6:32 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

MINMI and Special Others presenting Best Collaboration Video 6:32 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Winner of best Collaboration Video: NELLY and FERGIE “Party People”
6:33 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Ciara performing “Love, Sexy Magic at the MTV Japan Video Music Awards 2009 She looks great!
6:35 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

I’ll be watching this Ciara performance back on Tivo a few times
6:37 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

wow! Ciara does the splits!!!!
6:38 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Shimizu Shota presents Best Female Video
6:39 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Winner of best Female Video is……….Amuro Namie “New Look”– She accepts by prerecorded tape grrr
6:40 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

9mm Parabellum Bullet performance next
6:41 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

DJ Kaori still doesn’t know how to pronounce her own name
6:45 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Teruma Aoyama and AI hanging out drinking Coke in the “red room”, Kate Perry & KREVA too
6:46 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Girl Next Door presents “Best Reggae Video”
6:48 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best Reggae Video Award goes to : HAN-KUN “HOTTER THAN HOT”
6:49 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

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AAA introduces 9mm Parabellum Bullet performance
6:51 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Download your favourite Jpop and Jrock songs easily from iTunes Japan http://budurl.com/fn4t
6:53 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Tanimura Yuna introduces live perfomance by EXILE
6:58 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Wow I haven’t seen a performance as lively as the EXILE one since MC Hammer live
7:02 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

w-inds presents “best new artist”
7:03 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best New Artist Video goes to……. Kimaguren “life”
7:04 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

The crowd is very underwhelmed, like “who are these guys?”
7:04 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Maybe Kimaguren are too new, nobody seems to know them yet
7:05 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Is anyone even following these updates?
7:07 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

NIGO introduces Beastie Boys with a Street Icon Award
7:11 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Crystal Kay, in skin tight leather pants presents “Best Rock Video”
7:14 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

I can’t believe that “Maximum the Hormone” won Best Rock Video”
7:16 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Eikura Nana introduces performance by Remio Romen
7:17 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best HipHop video goes to TERIYAKI BOYZ® “ZOCK ON! feat.Pharrell & Busta Rhymes”
7:26 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Katy Perry performs Hot & Cold in sushi covered swimsuit with shortened yukata-type jacket
7:29 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Cyril (!?) presents Best Album
7:34 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best Album 2009 goes to Mr. Children
7:35 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Mr Children didn’t show up at the awards to collect their best Album Award
7:36 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best Karaoke Song Award goes to Kimaguren, “Life”
7:42 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

ProActive zit cream spokesperon Ito Yuna presents WWE star HHH!!!
7:44 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

HHH cops a feel of Ito Yuna
7:45 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Yuna Ito & HHH presents “Best video from a film” award. and the winner is: REMIOROMEN “Yume no Tsubomi” from “Kansen Retto”
7:46 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Black Eyed Peas performance coming up
7:47 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Meisa Kuragi presents “best Video of the year” vmaj
7:51 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best Video of the Year 2009 at the MTV Japan Music Video Awards is EXILE “Ti Amo (Chapter2)”
7:52 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Hope you enjoyed the coverage of the MVAJ2009. Download your favourite Jpop and Jrock songs from iTunes Japan http://budurl.com/fn4t
8:10 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Below are the results of the MTV Japan Music Video Awards 2009.

Best Male Video
KREVA “Akasatanahamayarawawon”

Best Female Video
NAMIE AMURO “NEW LOOK”

Best Group Video
EXILE “Ti Amo (Chapter2)”

Best New Artist Video
KIMAGUREN “LIFE”

Best Video of the Year
EXILE “Ti Amo (Chapter2)”

Best Rock Video
MAXIMUM THE HORMONE “Tsume Tsume Tsume”

Best Pop Video
KATY PERRY “I Kissed a Girl”

Best Hip Hop Video
TERIYAKI BOYZ® “ZOCK ON! feat.Pharrell & Busta Rhymes”

Best Reggae Video
HAN-KUN “HOTTER THAN HOT”

Best Video from a Film
REMIOROMEN “Yume no Tsubomi” from “Kansen Retto”

Best Collaboration Video
NELLY and FERGIE “Party People”

Best Album of the Year
Mr.Children “Supermarket Fantasy”

Best Karaoke Song
KIMAGUREN “LIFE”

Did you follow the live Twitter feed that I did for the fans who don’t live in Japan and wanted instantaneous results? If not you can still read the blow by blow at http://twitter.com/JPopMp3s or you can use the hashcode #vmaj to see all the tweets about the awards.