Oh man, so happy you checked out GYARI. His stuff is a great example of just how out there Vocaloid music can get. And this isn't even the most intense jazz out of GYARI's works either. Rather than a genre, Vocaloid music is an underground scene defined by the use of the software. And like a lot of Japanese music, Vocaloid music takes from basically every genre and mixes and matches things along the way to create their own take on things, whether it's straight forward pop, EDM, Rock, or Jazz, it's rarely as "conventional" as western music in the same style would be. Regarding the song itself, the title translates roughly to "Akari has arrived!". Unlike English, where we have relatively limited onomatopoeia (sound words like bang, pop, boom, crash, crackle, buzz), Japanese an absolutely enormous number of onomatopoeia and uses them way more readily than English. They can also represent things that don't necessarily even have an actual sound associated with them. For example, "Jii" represents staring intently at someone/something. The little drawings that accompany each vocal sound used are generally a visual representation of the sound she's saying, for example: "Goro Goro" refers to something large/heavy rolling, and it shows her rolling looking more like a car wheel than a person, and "Mogu Mogu" (the frame you're sitting on after the song ends, at 2:16 into the song) is the sound of munching on food, with Akari being drawn with her cheeks bulging full with food.
Nice to meet you. I think this reaction to the song is very rare. The song uses the voice collection included as a bonus with "VOCALOID Kizuna Akari," rather than the Vocaloid part itself.
FINALLY VOCALOID! definitely worth doing a little research on, you'll find it fascinating I'm sure. It's Luke Midi Vocals kinda. Love to see some more vocaloid songs here. Pretty much anything from Kikuo or Wowaka (the Unhappy Refrain album) is a great start. Here's some specific songs wowaka: Unknown Mother Goose Kikuo: Hole Dwelling Mitchie M: Viva Happy Junky: Sweet Magic JimmyThumb: Calc. 99% of Vocaloid artists are just 1 person, writing, producing, recording, etc. everything. So much talent in the vocaloid scene.
thirded!!! a lot of currently popular japanese artists started out (or had a decent time in) the vocaloid scene. kenshi yonezu, eve, tatsuya kitani (an absolute GEM for basslines)
And even if, like me, you end up not enjoying sound of actual vocaloids, there's a whole lot of amateur (and many turned pro) singers out called "utaite" 歌い手 who got their start covering songs on the internet, which includes a lot of the best stuff that comes out of the vocaloid scene. You can usually find covers by looking for the title of the song + 歌ってみた ("i tried singing")
It's basicly SFX with your mouth, but put into a song... Like Baamm, whoosh, nyoom, etc If you understand what she's been yaping and doing, it's a funny music video! Next one ChocoMint Ice?
Nuh bruh... this is GYARI. Dude is an amazing jazz arranger who uses vocaloid and other voice synths in his work. My personal favorite is his cover of KZ/Livetune's Yellow followed by "Vocaloids Literally Just Screaming." Check out Scramble Panic Sessions for a great sampling of his work.
Is it only patreons, who suggest compositions to react to? I have something, which I would absolutely love to hear your analysis on, but I don't really have money for patreon right now...
Not sure how much interest ya got in what a VOCALOID (or better yet, vocal synth. VOCALOID is just 1 of the many programs, but can also be used as a catch all term) when it comes to the back of what it is, but vocal synths basically take a sound & place it on a piano midi. Basically pitching up & the down the sound used. Usually the voices are of an actual person, with the commercial voices being paid for in original songs. So the voicer will record an "a" sound, & that can be put on a midi track to sing "a" at any pitch, length, etc. You can change the pitch & such within the note too to better make a natural sound, but from there the voicer will record all the sounds the language normally uses & there's some neat creativity with extra sounds, how they use their voice to get the samples, extra pitches/tones/etc. I basically do this for a living so I see & do a lot of the background process ^^ but ya, the 1s half I don't think is any vocal synth, but this song is so much fun. Glad you had a fun time with it! (& if you already kno this, then this is for the ppl who scroll on by!)
Oh man, so happy you checked out GYARI. His stuff is a great example of just how out there Vocaloid music can get. And this isn't even the most intense jazz out of GYARI's works either.
Rather than a genre, Vocaloid music is an underground scene defined by the use of the software. And like a lot of Japanese music, Vocaloid music takes from basically every genre and mixes and matches things along the way to create their own take on things, whether it's straight forward pop, EDM, Rock, or Jazz, it's rarely as "conventional" as western music in the same style would be.
Regarding the song itself, the title translates roughly to "Akari has arrived!".
Unlike English, where we have relatively limited onomatopoeia (sound words like bang, pop, boom, crash, crackle, buzz), Japanese an absolutely enormous number of onomatopoeia and uses them way more readily than English. They can also represent things that don't necessarily even have an actual sound associated with them. For example, "Jii" represents staring intently at someone/something. The little drawings that accompany each vocal sound used are generally a visual representation of the sound she's saying, for example: "Goro Goro" refers to something large/heavy rolling, and it shows her rolling looking more like a car wheel than a person, and "Mogu Mogu" (the frame you're sitting on after the song ends, at 2:16 into the song) is the sound of munching on food, with Akari being drawn with her cheeks bulging full with food.
Nice to meet you. I think this reaction to the song is very rare.
The song uses the voice collection included as a bonus with "VOCALOID Kizuna Akari," rather than the Vocaloid part itself.
FINALLY VOCALOID! definitely worth doing a little research on, you'll find it fascinating I'm sure. It's Luke Midi Vocals kinda. Love to see some more vocaloid songs here. Pretty much anything from Kikuo or Wowaka (the Unhappy Refrain album) is a great start. Here's some specific songs
wowaka: Unknown Mother Goose
Kikuo: Hole Dwelling
Mitchie M: Viva Happy
Junky: Sweet Magic
JimmyThumb: Calc.
99% of Vocaloid artists are just 1 person, writing, producing, recording, etc. everything. So much talent in the vocaloid scene.
I absolutely second this comment, specially with Hope Dwelling and Unknown Mother Goose, Kikuo and Wowaka are amazing
thirded!!! a lot of currently popular japanese artists started out (or had a decent time in) the vocaloid scene. kenshi yonezu, eve, tatsuya kitani (an absolute GEM for basslines)
And even if, like me, you end up not enjoying sound of actual vocaloids, there's a whole lot of amateur (and many turned pro) singers out called "utaite" 歌い手 who got their start covering songs on the internet, which includes a lot of the best stuff that comes out of the vocaloid scene. You can usually find covers by looking for the title of the song + 歌ってみた ("i tried singing")
It's basicly SFX with your mouth, but put into a song...
Like Baamm, whoosh, nyoom, etc
If you understand what she's been yaping and doing, it's a funny music video!
Next one ChocoMint Ice?
Yooo
I didnt expect to see Gyari here
HAHAHA i was literally thinking i should request some GYARI at some point for the jazzy goodness, imagine my surprise at seeing this in my recommended
We've got Geebz on to vocaloids now? I think Vtubers have to be next.
"I Love the base" is the bestest of the compliments you can give GYARI.
GYARI does some amazing work!
SUPER CHORUS TIME!
Man you gotta react to Naruto themes, amazing orchestral music with a mix. Highly recommend Pain's theme -Girei and Itachi's theme -Senya
Oh hell yeah, Gyari!
Nuh bruh... this is GYARI. Dude is an amazing jazz arranger who uses vocaloid and other voice synths in his work. My personal favorite is his cover of KZ/Livetune's Yellow followed by "Vocaloids Literally Just Screaming." Check out Scramble Panic Sessions for a great sampling of his work.
ナチュラルにピーナッツクリーム舐めるから流石にびっくりした🫢アニメで見たやつだー笑
Is it only patreons, who suggest compositions to react to? I have something, which I would absolutely love to hear your analysis on, but I don't really have money for patreon right now...
Not sure how much interest ya got in what a VOCALOID (or better yet, vocal synth. VOCALOID is just 1 of the many programs, but can also be used as a catch all term) when it comes to the back of what it is, but vocal synths basically take a sound & place it on a piano midi. Basically pitching up & the down the sound used. Usually the voices are of an actual person, with the commercial voices being paid for in original songs. So the voicer will record an "a" sound, & that can be put on a midi track to sing "a" at any pitch, length, etc. You can change the pitch & such within the note too to better make a natural sound, but from there the voicer will record all the sounds the language normally uses & there's some neat creativity with extra sounds, how they use their voice to get the samples, extra pitches/tones/etc. I basically do this for a living so I see & do a lot of the background process ^^ but ya, the 1s half I don't think is any vocal synth, but this song is so much fun. Glad you had a fun time with it! (& if you already kno this, then this is for the ppl who scroll on by!)
lol