Hi, I'm Dranzerstorm
Welcome to the Video Game & Music Lounge
This world is dedicated to Video Games and Music as I'll be showcasing the following.
Video Game Reviews set to the same tones as Retro Retrospective's Anime Reviews
Music reviews of Anime Openings & Closings
Western Cartoon music
Vocaloid Classics.
We may even have some Top Tens
I hope this World entertains you.
Vocaloid is full of variety so expect some more unique tunes to show up as we dive into Doremifa Rondo.
Miku is playing band leader accompanied by her marching doggo friend as they march across the landscape witnessing everything from animals to people doing the Rondo, the beat is very reminisce of a children's song but the meaning of the song tells you that you are not alone, stand up and join the Rondo, you'll feel better, a good comparison is the phenomenon of flash mobs, you can't help but feel joy witnessing it.
The song itself is dead easy to master and a million times more adorable in the Mirai games.
I've got a few of these planned so if there is any you want me to cover, drop a comment.
Next up is one of the most popular Vocaloid tracks, Romeo & Cinderella.
The staging for Hatsune Miku features a fairy tale castle while Miku herself is dressed in dark coloured princess attire.
Miku is pining after her Romeo but her parents disapprove of the relationship so keeps it a secret. She compares her situation to the one Juliet faces but would rather have the happy ending of Cinderella, going as far as calling out her Romeo to save her, although it is hinted that it is merely a fit of passion amplified by the increased tempo of the music.
The song is by far Miku's most iconic, about normal difficulty in the game for a melody that keeps you on your toes with dramatic key changes and tempo that speeds up towards the end, the stage perfectly encapsulates the gothic fairy tale setting.
I have more of these prepared so if you want me to cover a particular track, leave a comment.
Vocaloid, the singing program and it's various voices becoming mainstream successes over night spawning a huge catalogue of music, but are these songs just catchy melodies or something more meaningful? Let's find out with our first song, 1925.
Miku is playing conductor on a tram in 1920s Japan, society is rapidly changing with the country opening to the west and industrialisation, the melancholic song features examples of how people's attitudes were changing, out with the old traditions in favour of the new and progressive, even if said attitudes could be interpreted as going against everything Japan stood for.
Every vocaloid can sing this track, showing that this mind set can come from anyone, this being the taisho period of Japan will no doubt draw comparisons with Sega game Sakura Wars.
As far as playing the track on the rhythm game goes, it's a fairly easy melody to pick up.
I have a few of these lined up so if there are any you want me to look at, drop a comment.
Now we dive into a short history about Vocaloid.
Vocaloid is a singing voice synthesizer program developed by Yamaha with the idea of helping people practice their singing much in the same way they did with their keyboards teaching people how to play.
To do this they use an A.I with a distinct voice whether it be male or female, English or Japanese to act as the Synthesizer voice. Now this doesn't sound very spectacular does it? Well when the second version came out, history was made.
Hatsune Miku along with Len & Rin Kagamine and Megurine Luka became icons of the brand, later becoming virtual idols in their own right, with Miku leading the group.
These idols were created for the Vocaloid system by Crypton Future Media, with the idea of having a virtual person help with your singing; with Japan's industry of cute idols, Miku and the others were accepted members of the pop industry which would start the idol and mascot trend which still continues now.
Shows like Aikatsu owe it's existence to Vocaloid and Miku.
But what about Miku herself?
Well here's Cryton's profile of her.
Birthday: August 31
Age: 16 years
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Height: 158 cm / 5.18 ft
Weight: 42 kg / 93 lb
Suggested Music Genre: Pop, rock, dance, house, techno, cross over
Suggested Tempo Range: 70–150bpm
Suggested Vocal Range: A3–E5, B2–B3
Her career includes: Mascot for Super GT Championship with Good Smile Racing, Toyota, Sapporo Snow Festival and even Domino's Pizza to name a few.
There's even ongoing plans to get her into space, Britain's own fashion magazine "Clash" used her as a cover model, she helped Nico Nico Douga's popularity massively, Sega has a range of rhythm games dedicated to her, the thousands of homages in anime, most notably Black Rock Shooter where the lead is based off her design and to top off her ongoing achievements, she opens for international singing sensation Lady Gaga.
All this and still no anime series, she practically is Anime's mascot.
So that's Vocaloid, a simple voice program that has created the biggest virtual stars of our time.
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