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Time for a new Engloids.Info Video Spotlight!
Yesterday, Baggagelizard uploaded the song that showed me how poorly I’ve been using Oliver in my own works. From its subtle ambiance, to its determined drive, this song delivers more than it promises. I’ve heard quite a few VOCALOID originals that try to achieve this feel, but aren’t able to nail down that difficult combination of melancholy and drive.
In the end, the best way to describe it would be to just say, “watch the video above!”.
I have been looking for a Prima original to spotlight for a while and imagine my surprise I found this gem by Vortex11316 in my inbox.
He is Vocaloid newcomer with this being first official release. Don’t underestimate him either, he is an experienced amateur musician with roots in garage bands dating back to the 70s.
Vortex’s Morning Light is has a New Age atmosphere with a 90s Pop hook. Aside from the Vocaloid vocals it is very reminiscent of Space Music and has a beautiful NASA slideshow to match.
Thanks for the reply. It would be an honor to have it featured.
Backstory:
This is my first original song using a Vocaloid. It’s a pop-style tune using Prima. I tried to make her sound as young as I could since her voice might be a bit mature for this kind of tune. Since this was my first Vocaloid creation, I focused on learning pronunciation using alternate phonemes, attack, and decay, and left the expression curves fixed. I’ll work on more expressiveness on future songs. The video is a collage of images from the NASA images website. I’m not a professional musician, but I’ve been creating instrumental music in my home studio since the days of 4-track reel-to-reel. Since discovering Vocaloids a few months back, I’ve been able to start to add vocals to the creative mix. Thanks for listening and thanks to all the musicians who have posted all the great Vocaloid examples. All comments, critiques, and creative ideas welcomed.Instruments:
Alesis Micron
Electric Guitar
Vocaloid2 Prima
Sony Acid Pro (audio)
Sony Vegas Pro (video)
The music is very atmospheric and contemplated and with the Vocaloid vocals it is reminiscent of Malcolm Brown (LyleMusic) whom we have interviewed in the past.
When I found this classified under the Vocaloid “Crowning Music of Awesome” @ TvTropes I knew this just had to be our next feature.
Done in an Electronic style and marked by its driving beats, haunting vocals, clear rythm, and one hell of a catchy hook this song represents MsConstantine’s first real attempt an an Original Song. She is relativly new to making music, is looking to improve and is requesting some feedback/constructive criticism. Drop her a line on the video page or the various links at the end of the post.
Ok, so this was my first real attempt at an original song. I was going for a techno-ish feel, as that’s the genre I’m most comfortable starting out in. I tried to make a song that would fit Big Al’s vocal range well, so I hope it turned out ok. I’m completely new and untrained to actual music, so this was kind of a shot in the dark for me. I really want to improve and keep making music, so please tell me what areas I can improve in. Also, as you may have noticed, I’ve disabled the thumbs up and thumbs down on this because I really, really want feedback. If you hate it, please at least leave a comment to tell me why, and what I can do to fix it in the future. I really appreciate all constructive criticism, and I value your opinions, so please let me know what you think. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this! It really took a lot of work!
Nico: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14730534
Here’s the MP3 if you want it: http://www.4shared.com/audio/UHpz6DSv/Frcture.html
VSQ: http://www.4shared.com/file/wNnvYuid/Frcture.html
Please post your version as a video response so that I can see it
Our next spotlight is by none other than our own Koda-P.
After the recent Miku concert at AnimeExpo Koda worked a month straight complete this original featuring both Big Al and Sweet Ann.
It is quite different than your typical Vocaloid song and seems to carry a high-energy rush of paparazzi & breaking news with a pinch of that Hollywood magic thanks to Myst’s excellent art.
For a song with so much energy, the lyrics are quite grim. It tells the story of a woman who marries a man for his money but in the end it isn’t enough and she ends up robbing a bank and crashing to her death in a grim scene that is laced with irony.
Hello again, world! This is my newest original VOCALOID release, finally finished on the inspiration derrived from AX2011. Turn on Closed Captions for subs, and as always, thank you very much for listening! If you’d like to dub/cover/translate/reupload to Niconico, feel free to do so, just let me know with a YouTube message.
If you like what you hear, subscribe to me or anyone else who helped with this video. Credits below.
Song: Headline Love
Singers: Sweet Ann and Big Al
Music and Lyrics by: Koda-P/Kodakami (me)
Eight-bar guitar solo by: MaserBeam
Song Art by: Myst SaphyrSong MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?63w4fj3vszxpv6u
Off-vocal MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?728mw42z7zq90sk
If you recognize that live guitar, that is because it is none other than MaserBeam who also made an appearance in ResoNation Collab’s Speechless.
Originally created for a song competition our next spotlight is brought to us by ChaoFreak. Uploaded recently to celebrate Sonika’s recent birthday this song shows that Vocaloid can span generations and is a collaboration between ChaosFreak, his dad, and his dad’s old band UHF.
Video Description:
So this was what I entered in the SONiKA song competition all the back to last year. It’s SONiKA’s birthday, so I thought that was a good excuse to actually put this up.
This was a collaboration between me and my dad’s old band, UHF.
The song was written by taxwielder
The instrumental and vocals were (programmed?) by me
Supervision and editing by my father, who does not have a youtube. :UPictures are sort of halfassed yet again. Realized it was her B-day late last night… Yup.
So happy birthday VOCALOID2 ZG-V5: SONiKA! I think next year, your parents should get you an ACT.2~
