Desired Effect consists of a guy who writes and records songs in his apartment/room.
He first put together an album called "hitorikurashi" which was sold for charity and managed to raise $500 to help build homes that were destroyed in the 2004 tsunami in India. Please take a look about the cause
here
The Tokyo adventure and trying to find bandmates turned out to be a real disaster, 'daishippai'. He is now concentrating on his career and trying to get into school. But is still looking to jam/make music with anyone interested!
EDIT: The one song that did manage to get completed this year was "Makis Song" please have a listen!