MUSIC DIRECTOR REACTS | Wowaka - Unknown Mother Goose
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You should hear 'Not a Devil' its a collab between Deco27 and PinocchioP. It has Miku tuned in each of their styles and they alternate. You can close your eyes and know which Miku it is. Also a great song. ua-cam.com/video/lMEt3RdqB9Y/v-deo.html
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You should hear fairy tail dragon force ost
So my journey with Vocaloid originally stems from rhythm games. There's a game called Osu! which had a beatmap for a few vocaloid songs that intrigued me, in particular the song Teo by Omoi.
From there I listened to a few of Kenshi Yonezu's songs when he was known as Hachi, for his early pieces that used vocaloid which fascinated me, 2 of my favourites below.
Matryoshka
Donut Hole
Recently I've delved into Project Sekai Colorful Stage, basically another rhythm game but in this they integrate vocaloid with amazing artists. It's so different and really captured me. I'd really encourage taking a listen to these 2 tracks from the game.
Shoujo Rei by More More Jump!
Awaiting Clear Skies by Leo/Need
RIP Wowaka. So glad you did this song, this was the last song Wowaka produced before his death.
negative. his last songs are present in the album Howls -by his band
no, dont forget his band 'hitorie'
@@prismcube Sorry, I meant his last vocaloid song. but yeah, his last last songs were from Hitorie. Thanks for reminding me.
@@CharcoalNeko Hitorie was soo good...
I still hate how it still feels like we lost him too soon
Vocaloid can be tuned differently, and can sound different. The thing that attracted me to it is it's a way for many artists to get out their Sound, give them a chance. Otherwise so many would haven't made it. wowaka was in a band and it wasn't working out. He used Vocaloid as a "one last shot" and made 1 album. Unhappy Refrain. INSTANT CLASSIC. So many good songs. He later established the first record label for Vocaloid. He later died a couple years back in his sleep. He was only in his early 30s. His only album (from around 2011 i think) is still a classic today. And it's so unique sounding. Proper record companies wouldn't give this stuff a chance cause it's soo Experimental and not radio friendly. Vocaloid has a lot of respect from me. Millions of artists given a shot. And so many unique sounds, and thousands of great tunes. Some songs get tens of millions of views. And some get played at live concerts. Fan covers are everywhere. It's the reverse of the usual industry. Music/Fans first, Money/Industry Second. The know they wouldn't be here without the artists. Imagine your getting shafted a lot, and no ones taking you seriously and you use vocaloid as a last ditch effort and all of a sudden you got 50 million views, being asked if you'll let companies play it live in concert with full bands, holograms, etc. It's crazy. 90% of Vocaloid artists are Solo Artists. They write, perform, produce etc. everything. Make the CGI music videos (called MMD after the program) and some draw the music videos (referred to as PV's).If a Vocaloid Artist has "-p" at the end of ther name, that means producer. Utsu-P, Pinocchio-p, etc. Some include it as a stylised thing, but that's a proper annotation. I've seen it in TV credits too.
if you include hitorie, it's not wowaka's only album.
and it's not called vocaloid. it's called j-pop. it's not j-"pop" anymore since how many subgenres it takes over, which hooked me
@@RiRiRiPoks Even if you only look at his vocaloid work, unhappy refrain still isn't his only album. There's also the monochrome disc (2009) and World 0123456789 (2010). They're just less well known than unhappy refrain
@@RiRiRiPoks I didn't mention it just because vocadb lists it as an EP
i think you're confusing Hachi, the one who didn't succeed in the band was Hachi, andWowaka came from a University, he played with the school's music club and then graduated, he worked as a Vocaloid during his university era. For a while he didn't join any other bands, so it can't be said that he couldn't work with the band, After being in Vocaloid for a while, he created Hitorie, who used to use Vocaloid & Niconico.
That band saved him from the negativity that Vocaloid brought, a band made for himself.
Often times Vocaloid songs are made to deliver a message when the producer doesn't have the right voice. So it's become almost tradition that Vocaloid producers put deeper meaning into the lyrics, like what you would think of a poem. This is probably the most attractive thing about these songs rather than the vocals or the music, which is often not found in other types of music.
I can only agree with you. The way japanese native speakers can play with their words and create layers of meaning in a single sentence is amazing.
wowaka’s music is incredible. if you like the sound of Unknown Mother Goose, i highly recommend Unhappy Refrain and Rolling Girl. rest in peace, wowaka.
and world end dance hall
Two-faced lovers as well
I like Toosenbo and Boku no Sainou
Wowaka was a musical genius. He was a pioneer in advancing vocaloid as a musical outlet. He was most known for his chaotic, intense sound, which I feel is really well showcased in this track. Vocaloid are all tuned very differently, and every producer would make miku (or other voice banks) sound distinct and unique. Wowaka further created a name for himself with his intense, almost overbearing sound layering and chaotic instrumentals. He was one of the best things to ever happen to vocaloid, and vocaloid likely would not be where it is today without his influence
Also, what attracted me to vocaloid was just how diverse the sound was. Listening to different artists and hearing how different they're tuned was always so fascinating to me, and the community wrapped me in
Couldn’t have said it better myself. R.I.P.
. based this sng is vry clvr. rip h:soundd
I think everyone discovered vocaloid, and specially hatsune Miku, for different reasons, but I'm pretty sure all of us got hooked because of the huge variety of sounds that different composers could create based on the same software. From simple to complex, from pop to rock, from slow-paced and calm to crazy fast, from the cutest human-like voice to a more artificial, sometimes frightening mechanical voice.
Mm yeah. Even if they don’t know it.
Rolling Girl and Senbonzakura breached mainstream. A lot of songs were in animation memes. Nyan Cat was originally a vocaloid song before utau became the meme.
Porter Robinson used vocaloid Avanna in Sad Machine and Oliver in Goodbye to a World. Now he voiced his own vocaloid: Po-uta
I had the privilege of seeing this song performed live at Magical Mirai 2019, and it was an experience I am never, ever going to forget. Since you're not very familiar with Vocaloid, I should elaborate a bit on how the concerts work: Hatsune Miku, the synthesized voice/character used in this song (and all the rest of Wowaka's vocaloid work) is depicted through 3D computer animation projected from multiple angles onto glass, essentially a hologram dancing in time to her pre-recorded synth vocals. However, all the musicians backing her up are real people playing live, and their talents deserves special mention. All sorts of different artists with WILDLY different styles write songs for Miku, so the concerts cover a huge variety of genres and the band has to be able to play all of them equally well.
But back to this song specifically. The concert was at the end of August 2019, which meant it was less than six months after Wowaka had died. His death (heart failure related to stress and overwork) came as a huge shock to the community, since he was only 31 years old, but even if he hadn't been so young, it's impossible to overstate the impact Wowaka's work had upon Vocaloid fans. He released most of his Vocaloid work in the early days of the medium (2009-2011), and the viral popularity of his songs like Rolling Girl, World's End Dancehall, and Two-Faced Lovers played a key part in Miku's breakthrough as a mainstream figure in Japanese music. It wasn't as if he was the first artist to make "angsty" music with Vocaloid, but no one was doing it quite like him - until, of course, his fans started to make music of their own. You can still find a lot of creators active today whose styles take cues from Wowaka.
Wowaka took a break from Vocaloid for a few years after the release of his album Unhappy Refrain. He shifted focus to his singing career as the frontman for the band Hitorie, but in 2017, the year of Hatsune Miku's 10th anniversary, he came back to with this song, Unknown Mother Goose. The lyrics are all about his relationship with Vocaloid and the unique (and weird) semi-anonymous fame you can get as a creator working with Hatsune Miku in particular.
On the music side, all those neat little changes in the composition/arrangement that you analyze here showcased his growth as a songwriter since the days of Rolling Girl (which is still a FANTASTIC song, but it's a bit... impatient, compared to this one. His early songs tended to be very fast and intense throughout). In every way the release of Unknown Mother Goose felt like a triumphant homecoming and a milestone marking how the community has grown up together, which made it all the more devastating to hear of his passing less than two years later.
So, back to the concert. All the Miku concerts in the months after Wowaka's death had a short tribute, followed by one of his songs. If I'd been at the performance on a different day (Magical Mirai Tokyo was a multi-day event with three shows over a weekend), I might have seen one of the early songs, but I'm glad I was there for this one.
I'm not fluent in Japanese. I couldn't have sung along to all the songs in the concert even if I'd wanted to, but during the "whoa-oh-oh" section, I swear that every person in that crowd was singing along together. For that moment alone, for that feeling of being a part of something so powerful like that, I will forever be grateful to Wowaka's music.
@@kawaii33366not everyone here is familiar with vocaloid, man. bros just trying to share an experience :)
@@kawaii33366there’s no need to be rude abt it, not all viewers are going to have otherwise been interested in vocaloid (at least not to the extent they’d know abt that)
thank you for writing out your experience.
Kikuo is by far one of my favorite vocaloid artists, especially his genre bending aspects. He has many songs that aren't sung by vocaloids in his KikuoHana album as well.
There are so many. I love almost every popular Vocaloid song. Even Roki. Well, it's aight. My Vocaloid playlist is 210 songs.
As long as he doesnt listen to Gomenne with subs 😅
@@WilliamLevesqueineX agreed
N Buna, nilfruit, inabakumori, wowaka, kikuo are my favs
The instrumental range Kikuo has on his music is honestly impressive.
For me, what attracted me to vocaloid was that every artist used it differently. They all have their own sound and while Hatsune Miku is one being, she represents so much more. Every time I think I've heard it all, I hear another artist using her voice differently and that feeling always feels so good. I don't listen to as much vocaloids anymore but Unknown Mother Goose will always be one I enjoy listening to. From Wowaka, to the melody of Miku, to where you can sing along with her saying woah no matter what language you speak, To the meaning of the lyrics, everything about this song at least for me is simply amazing. Wowaka will always be with us.
As an old Vocaloid consumer when i was younger, i think the attraction for myself was the fact that it wasn't a person i could connect with that was singing. My relationship when listening was purely art based.
Also, trippy sounds are always cool 😂
yep the trippy-er the vocaloid song is, the more I dig it. This was my story before and even now xD
Been listening to Vocaloid for around 12 years now. What I've always found attractive about it is the variety in sounds and the way the producers tune the voices to sound unique. It's just a lot of people using the same tools and making them their own, so you never know what to expect. If you're interested, check out some songs by producer Hachi, you know him as Kenshi Yonezu (he did KICK BACK).
2011? 2012 when I got hooked lol. Good stuff!
SO GLAD you listened to this one. Wowaka is a Vocaoid producer legend, it can be argued that his music is what brought Vocaloid from the old era of ballad songs (2007-2010) into the next era, with his use of high bpm. He was highly influential in the vocaloid scene, formed his own record label, and also started a band called hitorie. He passed away in 2019 at the young age of 31. Someone so influential to me died, but nobody really knew here in the US aside from us hardcore vocaloid fans. It means a lot that more people like yourself are sharing his music with your audiences. Thank you❤ This song in particular was the last Vocaloid song he released, in 2017.
I don't know if you'll find it as interesting as Unknown Mother Goose, but his #1 biggest smash hit was definitely Rolling Girl, consider reacting to it. If you want something more complicated, perhaps Two-Faced Lovers. If you want something that will completely overwhelm you with a wall of sound, I love one of his more less-well-known songs, Lineart.
As for "why we like the voice", I think it's less about the voice and more about the music people make with it, at least it is for me. These people like me who stay on their computer all day, perhaps dealing with similar social anxiety-typle problems, can still make the music they want to make, thanks to this virtual singer program. The cute anime girl helps get eyes on your music if you have her in the thumbnail. And then, an entire online music community was born...
10:05 This right here is exactly what made me fall in love with vocaloid more than 8 years ago at this point.
“I like it. It’s different.”
I grew up with pop, country, and rock/metal, and while there were some songs I really enjoyed, the vast majority left me feeling bored because a lot of the sounds just felt the same. None hit me in the way everyone else seemed to get invested. I tried out a bunch of genres even outside of the ones I grew up around, but still no luck. And then I was introduced to vocaloid. I genuinely think it’s the fact that it was so different in sound, rhythm, and really everything that finally made me fall in love with music outside of playing my cello. Every song was a new experience, and that was something I desperately craved. Many of the songs I fell in love with then are still among my favorites today, and it ultimately led me to alternative music genres where I found more of that uniqueness from non-synth musicians.
This song in particular came from a very interesting time in vocaloid history. Other comments have mentioned the meaning behind the song, and how it spoke of Wowaka’s relationship with vocaloid and how he felt anonymous from his work. Everything was attributed to Miku and not really him at all in the early days, and that played a big part in his experience. It took a while for producers to start being talked about more than the voice used. Throughout the years, for this reason and many others, there were a number of major producers stepping away from the scene, and the original hype for vocaloid felt like it was dying down. Some people went as far as to say vocaloid was a dying genre, and we had another prominent song, Sand Planet, released the same year as Unknown Mother Goose talking about the changing scene. But I feel like it’s still going strong. Things have changed a lot, much of it for the better I feel, and I’m so glad I’ve been able to be a part of it. I’m gonna be an old lady sharing this music with my grandchildren, I’m sure.
There's SO much variety with how different producers tune the vocaloids. MitchieM tunes them so smoothly its nearly realistic, PinnochioP gives them this young, pop and abstract (?) vibe, Nayutalien makes them SUPER high pitched (that one's definitely an acquired taste imo), livetune REALLY leans into the electric/synthetic sound, and wowaka makes the vocals sound earthy, warm, and emotional even if it sounds synthetic. Definitely recommend those producers and Unhappy Refrain by wowaka.
Personally not that big of a fan of synthetic vocals, but if we’re talking instrumentals, vocaloid producers are always able to deliver. As far as I’m aware many people share this feeling, hence why there are so many people doing vocal covers of vocaloid songs, and I myself always look forward to hearing new covers of vocaloid songs I enjoyed instrumentally. If you liked this song, I recommend you check out the self-cover version of it by wowaka (the producer of this song and lead member of the band hitorie, may he rest in peace).
At first, I don't really like vocaloid since it sounded kinda strange (especially the vocal), but I really like the concept of the freedom so I gave it a try often. Now I really like to find the surprises each producer creates in their music. I became more in love when people start to cover the music (also known as 'utaite'), which brought humanness(?) and emotion. When I found some people able to match the original vocaloid's pitch, it got me thinking like: "human can do this too?!". The producers, the utaites, their freedom in music is what attracts me even now. Ah, and the lyrics! I often found some really heavy and deep meaning in them which I crave.
Thank you for the reaction!
Yeah, Vocaloid is just music using synthesized vocals. Not really a genre. So if you find a music producer that you like, you can ''like Vocaloid''. And if the vocals are not your thing there's a lot of people doing covers.
@@LixienXIII Forreal, I’m not a big fan of the Vocaloid called “flower”, but my favourite Vocaloid composer, Hiiragi Kirai, uses flower all the time! But as a bonus, sometimes Hiiragi Kirai writes with a specific utaite in mind, so when that utaite uploads their cover… you get an absolute banger.
If you want a big “humans can do that?” moment, check out Miyashita Yuu’s cover of this song, he jumps the octaves flawlessly, even when he doesn’t have to. He’s mad ❤
@@LixienXIII i mean ya they actually used real voices to make the voicebanks
This made me so happy for some reason, seeing other people appreciate wowaka's music is so cool
Also, wowaka has covered this song with his own vocals and his band "hitorie" and it sounds great, especially the live version🙏
(+If you enjoy wowaka's music and aren't a big fan of Vocaloid, then hitorie is great to listen to)
The message of this song specifically just adds so much more, to summarize the majority have interpreted this song to be wowaka's message to viewers to tell us that he wanted the recognition, he wanted us to know that he was the real artist and not Hatsune Miku. Vocaloids and synthesizers are just merely instruments. He deserved so much better, RIP.
Damn.. never thought you'd make a video on this Wowaka song. I love this song and am actually excited to hear your analysis
I was surprised I could actually understand everything that Tony analyzed, but it makes sense considering the amount of times I've listened to the song.
The thing that pulled me into Vocaloid twenty years ago was the stories people would tell with their music. Story of Evil, Seven Deadly Sins, Night∞, Synchronicity, and Kagerou Project are all stories told over multiple songs. There are hundreds more that tell a story in a single track; Tower of Ai, Alice Human Sacrifice, Tokyo Teddy Bear, This Is The Happiness and Peace of Mind Committee. More common is a pair of songs that tell the same story from different perspectives, or as a main act and epilogue; Daughter of Evil/Servant of Evil; Just Be Friends/Answer, ACUTE/REACT, Romeo & Cinderella/ANOTHER: Romeo & Cinderella.
Overall, wowaka has to be one of my favorite Vocaloid producers, but I'd also recommend Deco*27, GHOST, MichieM (if you want to hear Miku sound like a person and not a computer, this is the producer for you!), halyosy, kikuo, Giga-P, and Kanaria.
Enjoy!
Reading this comment was a huge nostalgia trip, so thanks for that. I also how vivid the imagery is in many vocaloid songs, or the way intense emotions/stories are written into the them (this usually applies to the early ballads). The popular ones that had an impact on me were Meltdown, Magnet, Just a Game, letter song, love is war, Just Be Friends, World is Mine, Imitation Black, and The Long Memory (Natsu-P). You also get strange but fun songs like Matryoshka, Dancing Samurai, and PANDA HERO.
(Sorry, the rest of this is long with no TLDR)
Quick note on wowaka:
I feel like it's basically impossible to understate wowaka's influence in the VOCALOID sphere, even down to his influence on the average *tempo* of vocaloid-songs. (Is it just me that believes that everything was much slower pre-wowaka and sped up after he dropped Rolling Girl?)
Recent, interesting songs:
Some interesting tracks I liked were Confessions of a Moon Flower (samayuzame), shinigami buyou (kodokulove and covered by ROSU), neurosis (hachiya nanashi), happy shape (hachiya nanashi), and maria (somari).
Producers:
I love the producers @raeoverhere923 mentioned. Regarding larger producers, I also wanted to add MARETU (hit or miss), tsumiki, HACHI, syudou, and NILFRUITS. They're not my favourites, but they're interesting and noteworthy for various reasons.
I would also like wakame-kun/_x0o0x/whatever this person goes by - they're the kisaragi station song went viral and they make songs about urban legends and they occasionally collaborates with Chogakusei.
Extra 1:
I feel like it's also noteworthy to mention the utaite/cover vocalists involved in the vocaloid community as well, since that was how I got into VOCALOID on Nico Nico Douga. A lot of the really popular original utaite (like 96neko, mafumafu, soraru, nqrse, E ve, etc.) are still active and thriving. Miyashita Yuu will always be my favourite utaite for how transformative his covers are.
Most recently in 2020, Ado started off as an utaite as a teenager, got a music deal, and is now smashing through records left and right. Some other noteworthy new-bloods I like are chogakusei, LOLUET, ROSU, sekai, and yoshino_niku.
Extra 2:
Some mad lad on Nico Nico Douga made a piano medly of 134 vocaloid songs (with a little wowaka bit in the middle), and I make a point to share it with everyone because it's amazing. Someone posted it in 3 parts on UA-cam, and here's part 1 of 3 (ua-cam.com/video/YO10KySJhMM/v-deo.html).
I highly recommend "Hole-Dwelling" by Kikuo! One of the greatest vocaloid songs I've ever heard, it's pure insanity.
as a devotee of Kikuo, I support this with a prayer
Kikuo is probably one of the most musically inventive producers out there, hole dwelling is amazing
hole dwelling is a cultural reset
Personally, the reason I got into Vocaloid was how fascinating it is. The technology still blows my mind to this day.
I didn't know it was Vocaloid. I just started listening to Deco27. I didn't know what Hatsune Miku was. Because Hanabie covered Deco27.
Obviously I knew something was going on. Deco27 uses Miku as funky as anyone. The song that hooked me was MKDR.
What I really love about vocaloid or vocal synth music in general is the ability it gives artists to make music with sounds and/or topics that would have been difficult to make if they used real vocals. Producers like Ghost or Hachi probably wouldn't have become as known as the are if the made that type of music sung by a real person
Interesting
I think Hachi would be super cool to see on this channel. I'd really love to see a breakdown on his absolutely chaotic masterpieces (Or maybe they aren't even chaotic?) I think Matoryoshka or Panda Hero would be perfect or maybe Musunde Hiraite Rasetsu to Mukuro because of its creepiness :D I think even if you end up not liking Hachi's style you'll definitely give credit to how unique his tracks are ^^
My attraction to Vocaloid stems from the emotion that producers are able to showcase using a voice sample. It’s insane when you listen to different Vocaloid producers and see how wide the range is between realistic tuning and purposefully robotic tuning. It’s all used to convey different emotions!
Hey, huge fan of the producer who wrote this song, wowaka. Wowaka is probably one of the most influential producers in the vocaloid community before he died in 2019. He had a very unique style of tuning and just music in general, he always had a way of pulling in an audience. Unknown Mother Goose was his most current and last song in Vocaloid, and is such a different song compared to the rest of his vocaloid work. He was apart of vocaloid between 2009 and 2011 before he left and formed the band hitorie. He remained with hitorie until he passed. This song released as a tribute to Miku during her 10 year anniversary, and his band aided him in recording the instrumentals. I don't see a lot of people give enough credit to Yumao(Drummer), ygrashy(Bassist), and Shinoda(Lead guitar) for being apart of the recording and production process. Wowaka was the song writer, rhythm guitarist, and vocalist for Hitorie before he passed away in 2019. Even if you don't make a video on them, it would be great if you could give hitorie and more of wowaka's music a try. They really do have such a unique sound and the rest of hitorie is continuing strong as a 3 person band. Thank you so much for listening to Unknown Mother Goose, this song means so much to me!
One interesting thing with Vocaloid is that, as someone learning Japanese, the way they sing very phonetically/by syllable sometimes helps with hearing the lyrics. It doesn’t always sound natural, but it can be useful. Granted, the earliest songs I heard (around 2008? V2 era,I think) just sound absolutely muddy/tinny/robotic. I’m not good with music, but I can tell the software apart by how clearly I can understand the lyrics. Songs from v4 and onward can sound totally crisp.
It’s also interesting how a Vocaloid song can sound emotional and robotic at the same time. “Itsuka, Cinderella ga” by HitoshizukuP and Yama(triangle) is a good example.
I'm glad whoever made the pick chose unknown, such a good song. One of the best on the album.
this is crazy i've heard this song a thousand times but i was able to listen deeper to new sounds that i never noticed before
Wowaka was a great choice for your first intro to Vocaloid, because his compositions are so diverse and fascinating. It's chaotic but it also works so well. I have listened to a lot of different Vocaloid producers over the years, but Wowaka remains my favorite for his amazing ability to overwhelm but at the same time, sound so purposeful in everything he writes. RIP Wowaka, you are a king
I'm not the biggest fan of vocaloid, however there is an artist that impressed me and is now my 2nd favorite artist of all time. Their name is Inabakumori. I Highly recommend listening to some of their songs such as Loop Spinner or Lost Umbrella.
I think what drew me into vocaloid 10 years ago was the sheer creativity of the art form, like you said the usage of the instruments and way it is layered and structured is so so fascinating and I think its only because vocaloid is made by independent solo artists, industry came second with this. It was always by fans for fans, and there are a lot of layers as to why fans love it; another being the characterization of these inhuman vocals- these characters were given personalities and stories through music and a lot of artists would reflect that in their own creations until it became widely accepted. I think another thing at the time was the range of emotions and stories conveyed specifically and only through vocaloid music at the time, there was a lot of raw and gritty songs that touched upon the struggles of a lot of kids at the time and it just /resonated/ we felt so seen by these artists and by association grew to love the inhuman vocals that represented this culture of music.
Wowaka has been and always will be one of my favorite creators, and one who was gone too soon. His music for so long made me feel so seen in a world where I felt I was alone, especially Unknown Mother Goose and Rolling Girl. He truly was such a unique producer, and I am always so enamored when I see his music affect people outside of our sphere of the Vocaloid community. Thank you for checking out this song and being so kind and open minded
"(Not) A Devil" is a recent song made by two big names and a great way to see how differently this popular voice bank can be tuned.
About the sound, it wasn't much what attracted me, but more about the rate with which this songs talked about heavy topics or were full blown stories, also I ended up gravitating towards IA in my early days which is a voice bank that sounds more realistic, Six Trillion Years and an Overnight Story is an absolute classic of her which almost every rhythm player knows and has also been covered by Wagakki Band.
Hey Tony! I would like to say I've been watching you for a while and am always excited when I see a reaction to a song I like :)
There are some really great songs out there (musically) I would suggest, but alas I don't think I can pay to see them (lol) so seeing them pop up as one of your videos is great.
May wowaka rest in peace. Forever in our hearts
Honestly I’m not a huge fan of vocaloid, BUT a lot of the musical composition is crazy. And from a sound engineering perspective a lot is involved and it’s pretty cool. Not something I personally would listen to for enjoyment, but it is interesting and I respect the talents behind these songs
Thank you for listening to Japanese works! He is the pride of Japan!! ︎
日本の作品を聞いてもらいありがとうございます！彼は日本の誇りです‼︎
For me, the atraction to the vocaloid sound is that it can be tuned to fit really any music style and creators have really taken advantage of it. They are able to make the vocals match the instrumentals a lot better and almost use it as an instrument itself
For me, vocaloid has many different themes, stories, rhythms, emotions, and that's captivating. Each composer expresses himself in a unique way and it is a very unique musical community with so much variety in it
That whole album is the pinnacle of Vocaloid music. Unhappy Refrain and Rolling Girl are both great too. Wowaka will be missed.
First time hearing Vocaloid, I think I didn’t even noticed that it was a computer singing (Hatsune Miku- The World is Mine)
I was just hooked on the groove of the song and loved it. But when I realized that this is Vocaloid, I fell in love with their voice
It’s just so unique and fun to listen to. My favorite producers are Kikuo and Maretu, their works are the majority that I listen to
Glad to see that you love this song
Ofc there will be always people who just won't vibe with vocaloids, however, the beauty of it is that there is so much people can do with them in so many different styles, genres and ways of tuning and it truly makes me love vocaloid music so much. There is so many amazing vocaloid producers that have such unique ways of making the music and are just to talented. Some of my favorites are definitely Kikuo, Wowaka, Maretu, Deco27, Neru, Utsu P and Hachi. I feel like I have forgotten so many others as well but it's amazing how all these producers have such unique sound using vocaloids. So as long as someone isn't compeletely put off by vocaloids, there is definitely a producer who makes music using vocaloids that you'll like!
But I'm so happy you like Unknown Mother Goose! It's such a great song and if you like the sound of it, you'll most likely enjoy Wowaka's other songs too as they all have this certain vibe, feeling and sound that Wowaka brings to the table with his songs.
unknown mother goose really is a masterpiece imo. it's incredibly beloved to the community for many reasons- it was wowaka's contribution for miku's 10th anniversary, after he had spent years without producing vocaloid music, it was his farewell to vocaloid as a whole, it's a reflection on his time producing vocaloid content, and it's just a really good song. it being 5 years since his passing, i've seen a lot of content on youtube be recommended to me on his music again. i'm happy to see people giving any vocaloid music a chance, but wowaka is definitely one of the best and most beloved
as for my own history with vocaloid, i've honestly loved it since i first discovered it, back around 2009 or so. it was never about sounding human, though some producers can tune incredibly realistically (mitchie m is not my style, but he's known for tuning vocaloids very realistically ). to me, vocaloids are just another tool and instrument, and when used well, can convey just as much emotion as a human. sometimes having an inhuman voice singing gives a song more meaning; kokoro, a song about a robot gaining a heart, i think is an easy example, but many more ominous songs can benefit from the perfect monotones, or the distortions you can create- bitter choco decoration (or really most syudou vocaloid songs ) being a good example for the former, and lucifer by wada shimon being a good example for the latter. and the emotions you can capture using voice synths is still quite wide- ryo is known for injecting a lot of emotion into his songs, with melt basically starting a revolution in the vocaloid community *because* of how he managed to express emotion through it
i also love the variety of songs and the community vocaloid has created- many vocaloid producers can sing quite well, but i love that vocaloid gives them an option for another sound. and i love that it can give people who can't sing (like me, though i'm not very good with vocal synths yet ) a voice, and lets anyone have the opportunity to make music of any genre. giving people a voice too is, i think, why there's so much vent music in vocaloid; literally giving a voice to those who struggle to be heard, and forming a community as a result. it's as much a cultural thing as a raw instrument. of course, everyone will have a different experience, and this is just my personal story
ended up rambling a bit oops, thank you if you read this whole wall lol
I fell in love immediately with Vocaloid because of how versatile it can be. Every producer has the same base regarding what Vocaloid they use, but they can create something unique that sticks. There are some producers I can immediately recognize from how they tune a vocaloid or how they compose the music. I think Mitchie-M and Deco*27 are so popular because of how distinct their sound is. I've been listening to Vocaloid since I was a child and I think it was inevitable that I would end up liking it so much. :,)
I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but I definitely recommend checking out some producers and seeing if there are any you like! There are so many who work under different genres and if the synths aren't your thing, the composition just might be it. That was where I got a lot of my interest in music production!
I have so much to say about vocalsynth I could write a book, lol. Vocaloid is actually the name of the software engine from Yamaha that renders the voice, and there are many engines out there now (UTAU, Synthesizer V, CeVIO, etc.), so while a lot of people call it all Vocaloid I tend to use "vocalsynth" to be more inclusive.
The vocalsynth sound can certainly take some getting used to, because as you've seen it can be tuned in a variety of ways. Besides being a banger of a composition, I think Unknown Mother Goose is actually a good tech demo for first time listeners, too. It showcases things like wide pitch changes and really fast singing that can be difficult for human singers to achieve but are just a matter of programming for the synth. Also these vocals are more smooth and closer to human-sounding than a lot of other work out there, so can be easier on the ears in that way.
Besides the technology aspect, what I find most fascinating about vocalsynth is the culture around it. How it literally gives a voice to people who can't sing for whatever reason or can't get someone to sing for them. Now they have a way to share their art, their feelings, that they didn't have before, and I think that's wonderful.
Also, I would highly recommend checking out something from the Magical Mirai live show where they have a live band playing alongside a projection of the character. The character and the vocals are just a recording but it still turns out amazing.
Regarding Wowaka*, he was one of the most iconic producers in the genre. He wasn't just well known and popular, he was a legend, and I believe this song was his last before he passed away in 2019. The lyrics and composition contain callbacks to his other songs so there's even more going on if you're familiar with his work. The song Last Message by Marvin Valentin is a beautiful tribute to Wowaka and his work, if you ever get the chance to check it out.
Anyway, thanks for another great video. I'm looking forward to you learning more about vocalsynth!
*Some Japanese pronunciation trivia for you. を (wo) is pronounced just "oh", so his name is said as "oh-wah-kah".
RIP wowaka. found this song 3 years ago and have enjoyed it since yet found out about their passing recently
I think I fell somewhere in between acquired taste and immediately loving it. The thing about Vocaloid, similar to patches and samples in a DAW is that a lot of the success or failure depends on the "tuning" of the instrument. Adjusting the timbre, level of robotic intensity, vibrato and other aspects of the voicebank play a huge role in how the instrument sounds in a particular song. There are Vocaloid producers who are masters of their craft and can tune their preferred voicebanks in such a way that they are a perfect fit for a given song, ranging from purely artificial instrumental qualities to being indistinguishable from a real human singing voice. I don't consider Vocaloid works a genre, so much as an instrument or "featured singer". The producers in the industry have spanned many many genres and styles and use the Voicebank as a instrument/personality to fit their works. I'm definitely more a fan of the individual artists that make good use of the voicebank, and not so much a fan of producers who use tunings I find grating or distracting from the music.
I think Vocaloid was a way for music producers to create songs without the need to sing or have a singer which made them more free to just create songs. But it became more than that, there's different Vocaloid with different voices and people even created stories with these characters. It's also an interesting sound that you can0t replicate with human voices, so yeah it became its own thing and not just ''I can create songs without a vocalist''
Some people like it, some people don't. But even if you don't, the Vocaloid community has a huge culture around doing covers, a lot of Vocaloid producers just put the instrumental to the public to let people cover them (Eve is one of them, he also covered other Vocaloid producers songs and also lets people cover his songs). It's not like is an exclusive thing to the Vocaloid comnunity but it's definitely bigger compared to other communities.
But yeah. personally, I don't think it's the ''unique vocals'' that attracted me to Vocaloid music, it's just that Vocaloid existing made incredible music producers be able to just create music without being limited to not having a vocalist and also promote it easier (since it was unique).This huge culture around doing covers also helped promote their music. (I discovered Eve because of a cover for example) And good music is good music, I just got attracted to it.
Vocaloid is hit or miss usually. It’s either really good or pretty darn bad. Wowaka has always had incredible layering of multiple instruments, and his transitions from fast paced to slow are utterly unique. It’s a tragedy that he is gone so early but he has left us with truly impressive music to remember him.
I only like unknown mother goose as wowaka's vocaloid. Old ones are less addicting and pretty common progression, but thats only their wearly works.
@@RiRiRiPoks Indeed, for a rookie it was pretty impressive but aint nothing instrumentally complex. He definitely shine most with his band, Hitorie's works. I think Shutter Doll is probably his actual best song
I totally agree
I think it takes time to get use to the robotic voice
But once you’re used to it vocaloid songs become really special
I think what originally got me into VOCALOID (I was maybe 7/8 or so) was the variety of songs between artists and how they interpreted the voices and used that to their interpretation. There's a lot to look into it beyond it being originally Japanese based and all that, you look at it in a more music sense. There's so many things songs can tell through different artists and it's all about how they do it. It's amazing and VOCALOID never ceases to amaze me.
The main attraction of vocaloid for me is that because everything can be self-produced, it allows indie producers to be very expressive and experimental. In fact, it was the gateway for many, many great composer and musicians. A lot of professionals started as vocaloid producer, like Kenshi Yonezu.
Again I completely did not expect this review but this is one of my favorite vocaloid songs of all time, I’m so happy you reviewed it. Keep up the awesome content
Utsu-P, Kikou are a few of really great vocaloid artists.
When I first started listening to vocaloids, I didn't really liked it. But then it eventually grew on me.
I loved vocaloid because these songs were the first ones that seemed to engulf me. The lyrics, strange sense of emotion conveyed through the music and even vocals. The stories and sense of thought that seems to go into it much more than anything I’m used to. I’m a classical musician so most people are surprised I like vocaloid so much, but just the same way classical makes me feel floaty and magical, vocaloid pulls me in and it feels unreal. When you find amazing producers like mafumafu, wowaka, deco*27, etc. it just makes you overwhelmed and surprised. You kind of fall into it. Discovered vocaloid through an English cover four years ago, I love it so much now. It’s fun, some of the songs you can feel with, and others are just silly and so happy to listen to. It’s unique and fantastical! I’m really happy I found such a thing. My personal favorites are mafumafu, kikuo, harumakigohan, and toa!
I didn't love how vocaloid sounded at first, but the more songs i heard from different producers i found the more it grew on me, and now i'm a big fan
For me personally, Vocaloid's been something I've been fascinated by since I first heard it (around 2011-2012) because Japanese is a language I speak at home. I don't remember much of my first experience to listening to vocaloid but I remember being fascinated that a computer program was used to manipulate a voice and still produce songs that actually made sense. I could listen to it and understand what the program was saying which fascinated me. From there, I got hooked onto individual producers and the songs they produced so it's just like following bands of a specific genre I feel. And its just been an upward spiral from there as the technology keeps improving so the programs are sounding more and more realistic as time goes by.
Also! Very glad you checked out this song! I watch your channel very casually but this song has a special place in my heart for numerous reasons so I was delighted to see you listen to it!
I’ve been a fan of vocaloid for almost 11 years i remember getting into it as a teenager and immediately loved it, still do and it turned into a bit of hyper fixation and inspired me to learn japanese. there’s just something about the robotic sound that i love
I've been a Vocaloid fan (Albeit not that hardcore) ever since I was a kid. It fascinated me how people are able to make a program to sing - however, what made me stay are 100% the producers and their lyricism.
Wowaka is one of them. I remembered listening to one of his other songs, "Rolling Girl", which made my eyes bawl out due to what I was experiencing during that time. I think it's beautiful that music is able to connect with people despite the language barrier or heck, even when the singer itself isn't human - it's what made me love Vocaloid even after all these years.
wowaka, may you rest in peace, you will not be forgotten (im boutta cry)
i got into vocaloid in around 5th grade. i really liked how different it was, and the fact that i had been listening to nightcore a lot at the time probably helped. i liked all the silly fun happy songs and the one that cemented my love for the instrument was definitely the Rin and Len cover of 'Electric Angel' (arranger-Giga-P, Tuner-Orebanana-P) such a good listen even so many years later. what kept me into it even nearly a decade later is the sheer amount of variety. no matter who you are, youll definitely find something you like
Vocaloid is a particular brand, and there’s more vocal synths than just vocaloid!
But the appeal to me is how accessible it is. It allows people to create things they wouldn’t have been able to make beforehand. If you’re not confident in your vocals or think you don’t have the voice for the song, it’s made possible by using vocal synthesizers. If you learn how to tune them well, too, they can sound very human.
Edit: there’s also certain songs where I feel the robotic sound is charming and adds to the meaning of the song!
If you liked this one, I recommend listening to Rolling Girl. Wowaka was truly an awesome voclaloid composer. Rest in peace.
Long time vocaloid obsessor here! I fell in love with the concept and voices of vocaloid instantly lol. I still can't describe exactly what about the voices I like so much, they're just such a serotonin generator for me. Always happy so long as I'm listening to vocaloid. Especially the ones that sound less human (most vocal synths have shifted towards more realistic sounding voices, which I still enjoy, but for me the less human ones are more unique and interesting and enjoyable, where the realistic vocals tend to sound kind of same-y)
I love this song. I’m pretty sure it’s actually the one that made me love the vocals. Everytime I hear the part after “Aaa, perhaps that says in my everything, that meaning lies.” I get shivers.
I get shivers everytime I hear this song.
Vocaloid helped a lot of Artists to get into the Music, everyone can use it, everyone can part of it, some people produce, some makes' fan arts, some makes animated music videos, some cover it or make a dance choreography.
It also exists some Vocaloid producer starts later to sing songs by themselves, or produce for Japanese Artists / Bands:
- Kenshi Yonezu
- Ryo (Supercell / formerly Egoist)
- Yoasobi (Ayase)
- Jin
- Eve
- Reol
- Mafumafu
- Kemu VOXX (Part of the Band: Penguin Research)
- halyosy
- Kanaria
- Syudou
- Livetune
- Deco*27
- miy_yuu
etc.
And I would agree what @V.F.D. said … every Vocaloid Producer has his own tune, and I love how high BPM some songs are, I love for example Deco*27 Streaming Heart or Ghost Rule.
oh, I make a mistake miy_yuu just start covering Vocaloid songs and didn't produce it (just his own songs).
also Yorushika(n-buna)
you should listen to his band hitorie! they have covers of a lot of wowaka’s solo vocaloid work but also just have such a vast and crazy discography. theres a lot of stuff to dig into that youd def like
I was always more of a lyric-oriented music enjoyer, so I fell in love with the variety of stories that vocaloid music told, especially since the artists didnt have to restrain themselves to their own voice or other people's views. This lead to some crazy lyrics that I cant find anywhere else but voicaloid, especially with how experimental it gets in its storytelling and instrumentation
I used to be OBSESSED with vocaloid music. I had over a terabyte of it on my PC.
Yes you read that right. There's that much of it out there.
Also funny enough I heard this song 1st time live.
Hearing this live is just a different experience altogether.
I mean the vocals are still computer generated but the live band goes HARD. With an Anime Girl lead.. that's just surreal.
I've experienced Hatsune Miku live show twice In UK. It's exceptional cause with the whole set up, audience attitude & band's dedication.
Just imagine Rock/metal show & a Rave combined into one.
It's pretty insane in the best way 😁
As always, I am here every new vid, but god damn, this song was a banger! I have been a vocaloid fan since the first gens of songs started becoming popular! It was an instant love for me, as it was something so new to me that I was taken aback. This was a fun song AND a fun video to watch. Would hope to see more of vocaloid in the future!
Hitorie is definitely one of my favourite rock bands, to see one of their songs featured on this channel is an amazing surprise.
This song was written by Wowaka, a Vocaloid producer who later was also part of a band called Hitorie. A lot of people interpret this song as a goodbye to Vocaloid. This is I believe their only song that has both a Vocaloid and a Human performance.
Unfortunately Wowaka passed away in 2019, the band is still active and actually had a small hit when they had a song featured as the opening to the anime '86'.
I wish Wowaka was alive to see this. RIP the legend.
If you want some Vocaloid Metal, check out Utsu-P: I Think Dharma-San has Fallen. Phenomenal Composer. He has written amazing songs in many styles of Metal. Trash, Nu-Metal, Death Metal, bits of Funk, EDM, Pop, Classical, etc.
Goated pateron member for picking this song!
Man we are finally into vocaloid after the amazing anime and game music you have been reacting, there are so many vocaloid producers that I can't recommend one song specifically but hope you can listen to more ^^
For me it was the technology / concept. As I dug more into it (it's a deep rabbit hole) I found how there's more and more variety depending on the producer of the music. I just recently took the plunge into figuring out how to use the software myself and its in the category of easy to start, but hard to master. Very good analysis of the song, and awesome how you broke down a classic by an early master!
what I like about vocaloid is that it allows anyone to create a song even if you can't sing, so there is a lot of variety and original ideas and sounds in this genre. Also if you don't like listening to the sound of a vocaloid voice, there is probably always a cover
i stumbled across vocaloid through an animation using a vocaloid song when i was around 12. i was hooked from the first bar. i couldnt get over the emotions in the instrumental, and the lyrics were something i related to. i started getting vocaloid mvs pop up in my recommended and from there i just started listening to more vocaloid related stuff. i still love vocaloid dearly, its such a unique type of music, and portrays messages that mainstream pop rarely, if ever speaks about.
i heavily suggest close to you by niki ft vflower. its one of my personal favourite vocaloid songs. vflower’s vocals in the song are so strong and full of emotion and the instrumental just makes it even better.
Vocaloid was absolutely an aquired taste for me. It took time, but when i got used to the sound of the vocals (which was definitely the biggest hurdle), the music is addicting. I’ve heard some of the most unique and captivating stuff from these producers. Absolutely one of a kind! I recommend Kikuo as another producer to check out, he makes haunting but fun and out there stuff.
What i also find really fascinating and exciting about the use of vocaloid is how producers use the characters associated with each voice to tell their own tales. Lots of fans are invested in the characters so the stories the producers make draw us in just as much as the music does!
Neta que esta canción es de lo mejor de Vocaloid ❤️🩹
RIP wowaka:(
personnaly what i like about vocaloid is the sort of freedom each producer has with it, and the different ways they manage to express the same vocaloid. the diversity of genre also and a lot of the songs i really like have lyrics that hit me in the feels and i relate to a lot. i often feel heard and seen in a way with vocaloid songs because they express how i feel perfectly, in ways i wouldnt be able to word myself.
What originally drew me to music featuring Vocaloid was 100% their anime avatars of each voice bank.
And the amount of story-driven songs and their amazing music videos.
I was a 13, it was 2008 and anime had been starting to blossom into the western hemisphere more which of course mean I was a total weeb, I was bound to get into Vocaloid lmao
Sound -wise....I have a pretty wide taste in music (and sometimes I will make exceptions for genres I like less bc the song is attached to something else I like like a TV show) so something like an artificial japanese singing voice doesn't rly bother me, but also doesn't rly appeal to me on its own? It's all about individual songs or a most the individual styles of producers.
Vocaloid just rly opened the door for so many ppl who wanted to make music that required a vocalist that they couldn't find irl for one reason or another I'm just so thankful for that bc there are so many stories I would've never heard if not for that. Not to mention songs with lyrics that speak to me on a personal level in a way I have a harder time finding in more mainstream music, bc turns out ppl who want to make music but can't find any friends to sing for them (or aren't confident in their own voice) tend to be introverted neurodivergent nerds, like me XD
Fyi, vocaloid brings many great producers and artists into popularity spot, take example Kenshi Yonezu who is always top of the chart, Ayase from YOASOBI, Vocalist of GARNiDELiA (Maria), etc
Oh yeah, if you are looking for human voice who covers Unknown Mother Goose, try the one with Hanabasami Kyo and other girls.
as always, patreon always give us good recommendation
I could list so many other vocaloid songs to try off based on you liking this one as a longtime vocaloid fan, but I don't wanna bombard you, so let me just say, really glad you reacted to this! Wowaka is a legendary producer and we lost him way too soon, but it's always great to see new people discovering his songs!
In memories, Wowaka
This song get me tear up everytime
the last song he produced, so much things he wanted to convey.
I have adored vocaloid and the many producers involved for over a decade now and it's a huge part of my life. Big enough that I have finally convinced myself to sorta follow my dream and actually try composing and be a vocaloid producer. When I was first listening to Miku and Rin and Len on NicoNico it was just so bright and new and interesting, something I'd never really heard before and by my second song (butterfly on your right shoulder) I was hooked. And that appreciation has only grown as I've discovered more producers with their own ways of tuning creating new and interesting ways to have these banks sign to fit whatever mood they want. Which also leads into just how cutting some lyrics can be in vocaloid, which have spoke to me on a deeper level than any other music community has and vocaloid is a music community as much as it is a medium and sub genre
There are tons of vocaloid songs in an unimaginable amount of styles. it is not a genre of music, but a medium like animation is to film
Just started digging a bit more your channel and binging a few videos. This one gets to me quite a bit since this seems to be one of your first big forray into Vocaloid territory with a producer that is close to my heart.
I know it's a bit late by now, but I still wanted to contribute to the discussion regarding Vocaloid, what it means to me (us) and where I'm at in this journey.
I discovered Vocaloid during a summer in highschool 10+ years ago, I was bored and browsing UA-cam and stumbled upon a video (Last Night, Good Night). Didn't quite like it at first, but somehow, I just couldn't help but go back to it. It was weird sounding, not human, but something drew me into it. Out of curiosity I clicked on other songs like that, and they were all different, from one another. It felt even weirder now. It's not a human singing, and its got songs so different. Who even is composing those songs, I thought.
I eventually learned that this was a software that anyone could buy (with enough money) and make a song with (with enough time and effort put into it). I was already a big weeb back then so I was hooked pretty damn hard by the entire concept and the various interpretation of the characters as well as the topics discussed in those songs as well as the unbound creativity on display. As an aspiring musician (still am, coz I'm very good at procrastinating), this was like a revelation to me. It was discovering an entire univers of music unknown to me, it gave a voice to "us", the leftovers, the weirdos stuck on the Internet, just like the Internet itself did when it first started. I connected with the various messages of some songs, I admired the creativity of some producers. It was actual pop music, from the people. It wasn't made to be productive, to bring in cash, it didn't need greedy middle man or label squeezing every single drop of fun, passion and freedom out of an artist. It was music to be shared with others. Of course, there is always the desire to be known and acknowledge for your work, and some actually just did that and were successful. It was great, I was happy for them, but the core of it, the idea of creating for the sake of creating, and sharing your feelings with others that deeply resounded within me and still does to this day.
Vocaloid wasn't just about the music, it ushered an entire microcosm of talented creators and artits, brought them together ; composers, sound engineers, singers, musicians, animators, programmers, artists, writers, you name it. There was virtually not a single creative mind left out basically and they were all able to share their common passion for creating through Vocaloid. And that was absolutely beautiful.
I'm using past tense, because nowadays, I don't listen to much. Vocaloid has evolved into something far, far bigger than what it was at first and I've lost the time to keep up with it. I won't say it's worse though. The old guard of composers are still putting out stuff here and there, whether they're now under a major label or still working with Vocaloid. There are new comers that made waves and the fans are ever growing. Things simply change, I've changed, but my love for what Vocaloid is probably never will. That is for sure.
Appreciate the commentary on the videos I've watched so far and the enthusiam towards stuff most people would dismiss as weird and dumb. Looking forward to watching more.
Cheers
I’m glad he had a chance to listen to this one, definitely a masterpiece in the vocaloid scene.
Tony, if you read this, try finding a live performance from one of the concerts, the way this song was improvised is another step above even this. In my opinion
about the vocaloid sound: i think for me it's half acquired and half excitement about what new sound a producer can pull out of their ass using different tunings. i remembered when i first got into vocaloid music i liked listening to covers sung by real people more, but after listening to more vocaloid i started to notice the little details in the actual craft of tuning the vocals that human voices can't really emulate, or just stylistic choices by producers that are chosen to fit their particular song or genre, and now I really prefer listening to the original vocaloid versions of songs. also because vocaloid feels less "sung" it actually feels more calming to listen to because you don't hear the actual strain in the voice of the vocalist, especially in very intense songs like this one. Wowaka actually recorded a version of this song with his voice, and I will still say I prefer the vocaloid version more because of how clear Miku's voice cuts through the layers of instrumentals. The almost emotionless nature of vocaloid also allows the creator's actual songwriting and producing skills to shine through without human interpretation, which can have its perks!
watching you react to it reminds me of the first time I heard this song and wow this really takes me back :')))
wowaka is rather famous for his incredibly complex music and rather simple melody for the actual vocals, making it brain tickling in the best way
I fell in love with this song from the first time I accidentaly hear it from my YT music queue. Even tho I loved vocaloid ever since I was just a kid, I'm never a musical person so I don't really know why I'm hooked with this song. I still don't fully undestand it now even after hearing your explanations haha but it's so nice to see someone genuinely appreciate this piece of work while trying to understand it! Thank you
And now, I'm even tempted to try to cover the song! it'll be so fun even if I screw up haha
For me Vocaloid was something that just kinda clicked when I discovered it, it was like discovering an entirely new world of music since these vocaloid artists make music in basically every genre out there, even some good vocaloid metal out there.
wowaka's band, hitorie, did the instrumentals for this song!! definitely worth checking out their discography if you ask me. i loved wowaka's vocaloid stuff when i was growing up, but hitorie hits in a much better spot in my opinion. wowaka's tuning style is still prevalent too because he was the lead vocalist until his passing. (':
there's so many types of music mashed into the vocaloid genre, sometimes you can just like a song, other times you gotta listen to it a couple times to really like it. In addition, some artists play real instruments to go with their songs, so it can be a mix or digital and physical instruments. And since wowaka played this song live with his band before, I believe a good portion of this had real instruments as apart of it
You know in vocaloid it really depends on the producer, their style, their way of tuning. If you like the producers style then I'm pretty sure you won't mind the synthetic vocals and if you still don't like it, you can always find someones cover who tunes the vocaloids realisticly or utaite covers of the songs.
(Pardon my English, I'm still learning)
I love how you react to vocaloid songs!! I had a very obsessed period with vocaloid a long time ago and I feel like it's something that a lot of people should listen to at least give it a try, because it's so interesting. the first time he listened to vocaloid, for me at least it sounded very strange, like noisy, because of how new it is, but after listening to it more often, it was at least for me something very funny, it has very good songs and its community continues adding more songs which makes it always come back to listen to some vocaloid again, I love it!!!
i gotta say that it was a pleasure to watch the evolution of Vocaloid and the community that formed around it in the early days of the video sharing site Nico Nico Douga. It's odd to say that Hatsune Miku, a virtual avatar of a niche digital music program, became the poster child, the mascot and face of that site.
But she was, or more so she grew into it through the users of that site. As a tool, she allowed everyone and anyone to give a voice to a composition or just have her sing a meme. Sure there were other version of vocaloid that were released before Miku but there was something to her deesign, the visual identity and her synth voice that beckoned to the people on that site. It was fascinating seeing this mere product mascot bloom into a full blown entity with their own personality and lore that manifested as individual users uploaded their songs, memes, covers and so much more. As the muscians, amatuers, proffesionals, hobbiest and your averge joes flocked and composed songs after songs. Artist, animators, editors gave these songs a their own visual identity. Then people who can play an instrument would make covers and some editor would compile these covers into versions with a full arrangement of instruments. Individual cover artists started to collaborate and form bands of their own, we see alot of these start up bands still performing now and others who have made it big time. Many of the musicians and composers we see in the frontline in Japan have their origin from this community.
The phenomenon of Hatsune Miku was an incident that caught lightning in a bottle. It really was in midst and one of the main catalyst that sparked the content creation renaissance on the Japanese Internet, and the crazy part of it all was that everyone's incentive wasn't monetary gain, but for the act of creation and sharing that creation with others. Some did it for clout others did it just for the shitz and giggles, but I fondly remember those hours spent listening and watching those passionate creations being set into stone through the medium that is Hatsune Miku.
I'm a passionate vocaloid fan. I think the appeal depends on the producer because of how versatile it is. Every bank sounds different in the hands of every producer. I love for more techno or experiment (for lack of a better word) songs, vocaloid can give this odd computerized/ jarring sound that fits in with the instrumentals. People like Kikuo, Pinocchiop, Nilfruits, Cosmo, Surii and so many more make music using this quality in a way that human vocals sometimes feel lacking. Definitely recommend checking out more producers. Vocaloid has so many indie musicians and filled with different styles that you can find something that fits you.
one of my favorite vocaloid songs, not only because of the music but the lyrics and their meaning and the influence of wowaka as an artist on the whole vocaloid scene. unfortunately he passed away but his legacy will forever live on. also i would love if you could check out either more of wowaka or more vocaloid in general. vocaloid is just a way of music so it has so many genres and styles. the vocals definitely take a lot of people to get used to but personally i always liked it (especially other vocaloids like gumi) but tuning of the vocaloid is also a challenge in itself and every vocaloid produces has their own way of tuning. one of my favorite producers are harumaki gohan, mikito-p, pinnochio-p, jimmythumb-p, kikuo, neru, wowaka, syudou, hachi, hitoshizuku x yama and a lot more. also i could forever talk about the influence that vocaloid has had on the japanese music scene and how so many currently popular japanese artists all come from vocaloid (either being producers or making covers) but i won't ramble too much