This was specially arranged and produced for Miku's fifth anniversary last August, though I have only just discovered it.
I think this has been especially well done, and suits Miku's voice so well. Some Vocaloids aren't as good at the higher pitches (Luka and IA spring to mind) but Miku is one of the best in that regard...
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Friday, 10 May 2013
Merry-Go-Round of Life
For those who got this far with the Ghibli concert, and also for those who didn't (if you see what I mean), here is the full five-minute version of this delightful waltz from the Ghibli (Miyazaki) anime Howl's Moving Castle,with the piano part again played by its composer, Joe Hisaishi.
No video, just a still, but that's all it needs...
No video, just a still, but that's all it needs...
IA First Live Concert
A few months ago, on 28 November 2012, the vocaloid named IA (taken from her voice provider's name, Lia) had her first live concert, with a rather small audience. Her 'sub-name' (for want of a better term) is Aria on the Planetes.
Other performers were featured at this event as well, but the following eleven-minute clip is of just her three songs: Children's Record, Headphone Actor, and World Calling. Sadly the subtitles are in Japanese and Chinese only, but the performance is very good, I think, and merits watching at least the first song.
The lady's very good live, with her own vocal and visual style and stage presence. Her second outfit is really quite sweet, and it's worth sticking with this: trust me!
Overall, I was impressed with this effort, and am pleased that more vocaloids are appearing on stage nowadays.
Oh, and I don't think that was really Darth Vader on the dark side of the stage, on guitar...
Other performers were featured at this event as well, but the following eleven-minute clip is of just her three songs: Children's Record, Headphone Actor, and World Calling. Sadly the subtitles are in Japanese and Chinese only, but the performance is very good, I think, and merits watching at least the first song.
The lady's very good live, with her own vocal and visual style and stage presence. Her second outfit is really quite sweet, and it's worth sticking with this: trust me!
Overall, I was impressed with this effort, and am pleased that more vocaloids are appearing on stage nowadays.
Oh, and I don't think that was really Darth Vader on the dark side of the stage, on guitar...
Go West
This is a little different: the Pet Shop Boys' very catchy Go West performed by operatic vocaloid Prima with Miku used singly and as multiple voices for backing vocals – almost as a set of textures, in fact, in the innovative way it has been done here.
It's actually quite good, and is one of the earlier uses of Miku, dating from early 2008. Despite the boring still image, which I suggest ignoring altogether, I feel it is worth a handful of minutes lending one's ears to this...
It's actually quite good, and is one of the earlier uses of Miku, dating from early 2008. Despite the boring still image, which I suggest ignoring altogether, I feel it is worth a handful of minutes lending one's ears to this...
Venus remix
Although I am not a fan of dubstep as a style, this is a high quality and stylish version of Venus (written by someone known as 'y0c1e') performed by Miku in a remix assembled into a video by the dependable Johnny (J R) Harbort. If I've interpreted what's been done correctly, the remix is by one Jinnosuke Okibayashi, but I'm not a hundred percent clear on who has done what precisely, so am open to correction if I have it wrong.
I do know that the main image is by an artist known simply as Arikoshi.
The specific style has been dubbed (pun not really intended!) Mikustep, though generically within the Vocaloid context it is now widely known, rather clumsily I feel, as DubSteloid. I'm sure there must be a better term just waiting to be devised by someone!
The visuals here comprise a still image with 'sun ray' effects and a live spectral display overlaid, along with the lyrics in Japanese only so far, sadly. It works well enough within that restriction, as a musical experience alone, but an English translation is mooted. I shall add that when it appears...
I do know that the main image is by an artist known simply as Arikoshi.
The specific style has been dubbed (pun not really intended!) Mikustep, though generically within the Vocaloid context it is now widely known, rather clumsily I feel, as DubSteloid. I'm sure there must be a better term just waiting to be devised by someone!
The visuals here comprise a still image with 'sun ray' effects and a live spectral display overlaid, along with the lyrics in Japanese only so far, sadly. It works well enough within that restriction, as a musical experience alone, but an English translation is mooted. I shall add that when it appears...
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