Yay! This is the second video in the Bon Kyu! Bon Kyu! BOMB Concert groupdub series!
I’m pretty pleased with the synchronization and timing in this one, but I feel like the balance between individual singers as well as between the vocal track and the instrumental track is definitely less good in this one. Oh well, thus is life…
I’ve also been completely hosed, which is why this has actually been done for a good month or so now but I’ve only gotten around to writing it up now ^.^;
But anyways, here ’tis!!
Cast members (by YT username):
Takahashi Ai – Kyttyee
Niigaki Risa – VeePinku
Kamei Eri – mewpareltje
Michishige Sayumi – StrawberryShine00
Tanaka Reina – AlwaysYouu
Kusumi Koharu – HinoRei575
Mitsui Aika – CherryNyanNyan
JunJun – KokoroSword
LinLin – xoxoMeeYonxoxo
This is definitely one of my favorite songs, although I don’t even remember how I came across this. I’m guessing just random browsing of AKB48 information. Either way, this song is really very beautiful despite it’s rather creepy role in Densen Uta. Which, incidentally, I cannot make up my mind about whether I should watch or not because on one hand I’m very intrigued plus I love AKB48, but on the other hand, I hate horror movies, and I hate gore and this one seems to have plenty of gore…
Either way, I decided I would attempt to sing it. No way in heck can I even approach Hoshino Michiru’s vocals, but it turned out better than I expected, given that I’ve been sick for the last… what… 2 weeks now?
Well, I decided to take on an ambitious organization/mixing project, trying to host a groupdub of the entire Morning Musume Bon Kyu! Bon Kyu! BOMB concert. And maaan…. it’s a task, trying to mix 9 voices, and I’m totally being a perfectionist for this, so that doesn’t make things easier XD. Thank goodness most of the people in the dub have been very good about turning in lines on time and such, so that has not been a big as a hassle as I worried it could become.
Result? Hours of aligning all 9 parts by syllable, and then tweaking the volume levels. This is the first time I’ve actually spent time de-amplifying parts where more than one person sings, so that the volume throughout the song is more or less the same (aka no blastingly loud chorus parts where 9 people suddenly all sing together).
I think it came out pretty well, except that apparently I had the audio volume too loud for Adobe Premier to export properly so the sound is kind of staticy >.< Oh well, live and learn…
Cast members (by YT username):
Takahashi Ai – Kyttyee
Niigaki Risa – VeePinku
Kamei Eri – mewpareltje
Michishige Sayumi – StrawberryShine00
Tanaka Reina – AlwaysYouu
Kusumi Koharu – HinoRei575
Mitsui Aika – CherryNyanNyan
JunJun – KokoroSword
LinLin – xoxoMeeYonxoxo
One of my best YT friends, AlwaysYouu, and I decided that it would be awesome to do some duets together, since we have fairly similar voices and like the same songs. So we’ve started our duet series with a dub of “Everyday Everywhere” as sung by Ai Takahashi and Reina Tanaka in concert. The song was originally by Taiyou and Ciscomoon (another Hello! Project subgroup) as a quartet, but I really like the concert version. Besides, both AlwaysYouu and I are big fans of Aichan and Reina.
This was a really difficult song, given the high level of vocal proficiency of the two original singers, and the fact that there’s a lot of super-high adlibs. I think we did pretty good overall though! And by chance (on my part at least) we ended up sounding not entirely far off from the original voices. The audio is kind of too loud, and I apologize for that (as I was the mixer for this).
So here it is! It’s the first time I’ve posted a non-solo piece ^.^
I haven’t watched this anime yet, but I’ve been absolutely in love with song for the past month or so now. Not only the melodic aspects, but I love the lyrics too, so finally I decided to record my own version of it. There’s still wobbly spots and such, but I feel like it’s somewhat better than a lot of my other recordings ^.^ Although I don’t think I have a very good Sakura voice at all.
Also, this recording is dedicated to my boyfriend, who is always there for me, even when I’m not necessarily reciprocatively as good of a girlfriend as I should be. He is my Syaoran ^.^
So here’s “Yume no Tsubasa” originally sung by Makino Yui for the anime Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle:
I absolutely love this song, it’s just so much fun and makes me want to dance!! And I love that it’s sung and released by both Koha and Maimai. And it’s cool that their different styles and personalities come through in their respective renditions. Koha’s version is definitely a lot quirkier and I think has a stronger and more unique character to it. Sadly this character comes off as “annoying” to some people Maimai’s version is adorable, because her voice is so cute and goes with the tone of this song so very well. I do have to say I think Maimai’s voice is much smoother than Koha’s but I think this, along with her significantly fewer vocal embellishments (aka squeaks…) make her version cute and fluffy, but I think a bit less striking than Koha’s. They’re both good though!! ^.^
In my creation of my cover, I discovered that at least for Koha’s songs, the backing vocals are not center-panned. Because to my dismay, the instrumental had no backing vocals, so I figured, might as well try making one out of the normal mp3 and see if the backing vocals are more present. And YAYZ they are very much present ^.^ And the actual instruments actually disappear pretty nicely, especially when mixed back in with the official instrumental… ^.^
So here’s my rendition of this song! Pitchier and much less professionally edited than either Koha’s or Maimai’s… but still acceptably decent, I think
Have I said how much I love High King? Well, I absolutely adore High King, it’s like the cream of the crop all concentrated in one place singing awesomely uncharacteristically H!P songs. If only they weren’t a one-shot group… I adore Ai-chan in this one, her dancing and her voice both pull off the effortlessly sexy look sooooo amazingly… It’s amazing how far she’s come since her debut! Reina’s a bit too cute for the song, I think, but she still does a wonderful job. And who knew little Maimi and Saki could look so grownup!! I love it, especially Saki’s dancing… It’s nearly as good as Ai-chan’s. Maimi’s dancing scares me a little bit because every time she moves her head I think she’s going to break her neck or something, but I’m happy to see her put such passion into it. And Maeda looks and sounds adorable, which makes an interesting juxtaposition with the other girls’ matureness. I really like her, and I think given a few years her voice and dancing will be ready for this kind of thing. She doesn’t quite have the smokingly sexy thing down yet, but I’m glad she got her introduction into the more visible realms of H!P with this group, because it’s just so much fun, and I’m sure it’s inspiring for her to be working with the top members of the main H!P groups! Besides, she really rocked Kioku no Meiro (which by the way I think I might like more than C\C… not sure yet, I vacillate).
Not having done this style of singing much before, my first attempt at a dub was a very weak approximation on all counts (rhythm, melody, sound…). My second attempt is at least better rhythmically, although I really just don’t know how to do the cool effortless R&B singing they pull off. But oh well, it was really fun… Sadly, I think the only voice I can actually imitate is Maeda’s…. curses… doomed to forever sound like a little kid… Oh well, Momoko seems to be rolling with that just fine
Ahhh I really love this song, maybe because the girls look like they have such attitudes when they’re singing ^.^ I also think it’s just a really nice song, plus it’s squarely within my best range.
I’ve also ventured into the world of video mixing, so this one’s actually dub (aka I tried to synchronize my singing to the video). It was moderately successful. The singing I’m pretty pleased with (there were a few less good parts where voice control went out the window for a split second… but…)
Oh, and apparently it’s synced good enough to really confuse my boyfriend into thinking that all the girls sounded like me for some reason
Well, given that my first introduction to J-pop was through anime, and that I then discovered AKB48 before even getting to H!P, the inevitable has happened… I’ve decided to cover songs outside of H!P…
So my blog will from now on begin featuring my covers of various anime songs as well as other non-H!P artists, although I suspect there will still be a heavy emphasis on H!P material. ^.^
Maybe this is my Koi series ^.^ Another song by W, also in an imitation of a foreign musical style, this time the Tango, wheee! This song was also fairly simple to learn, and I just really liked the melody, so…
And I tried the reverb thing again. I’m still going to have to experiment some more to really figure out how to fine tune it and use different amounts on different parts of the song, but for now I seem to have found some settings that work decently.
Maimai’s version is adorable, because her voice is so cute and goes with the tone of this song so very well. I do have to say I think Maimai’s voice is much smoother than Koha’s but I think this, along with her significantly fewer vocal embellishments (aka squeaks…) make her version cute and fluffy, but I think a bit less striking than Koha’s. They’re both good though!! ^.^
