Welcome to the brand new CDJapan blog, released in conjunction with the update June 29, 2006 to our systems. Now that we've switched to an automated system for most of our pages, we're able to present a wider variety of genres for our customers.

However, no change is without problems, and I'm here to address your concerns, hear your praise (always welcome!), and in general give you a little background on what's going on behind the scenes at CDJapan. I'll try to keep this frank and informal.

First, the ground rules:

1. Comments to articles will be accepted up to two weeks after an article is first published here. I'll try to respond to comments, but please understand that the CDJapan staff is still busy switching over to the new system and will not be able to respond to everyone.

2. Say whatever you'd like in the comments section, but please remember that CDJapan is a family site. The same rules for our product recommendation system apply here--don't write anything you wouldn't say in front of your mother.

3. You are free to address other posters here, however we will not tolerate flaming.

4. Please keep all comments in English. Just trust me, you don't want to see me attempt to reply in Spanish. :)

I'll be taking the next few days to introduce the new features and discuss some of the problems we're currently working on fixing. In the mean time, have a look at our redesigned site (check out our introduction page for a brief crash course). I'm excited to hear what you guys think!


* About the author: My name is Dan and I'll be your host for the CDJapan blog. As a part of the CDJapan contents team, I'm mostly responsible for the Japanese independent music, foreign music, and articles on our site. I listen to pretty much everything but my current favorites are UA and Ringo Shiina/Tokyo Jihen.