Boku no Sainou

Tadaa late
I guess it's doomed to be that way for me and this blog...

Moving on.
About the Producer: wowaka has been one of my oldest favourite producers, and an unusual one at that, since I enjoy his fast rock compositions a lot. Maybe it's because of his Miku tuning, or maybe it's the usage of other synths that are sometimes heard in his songs, or maybe it's the sound of the piano. Whatever the reason, wowaka has given me an appreciation for harder sounding stuff, in a period where I was looking for niches as I was completely over the pop and techno music of mainstream 2011-2012. It still isn't my most preferred genre, but wowaka does it well, so I appreciate his stuff.

About the song: I started off knowing all the big wowaka hits like Rolling Girl and Two Faced Lovers. I think I'd heard Boku no Sainou once before in an album cross-fade and I remember that I really enjoyed it. However I'd forgotten what it was called.
Then came my Japan trip and I eneded up spending over $100 on Vocaloid-related merchandise. The last proper Voclaoid CD I bought (excluding Piko CD that I thought was Utatane Piko) was in Kyoto, and it was wowaka's Unhappy Refrain. I decided on it due to it having more songs that I knew and liked compared to ones I didn't know at all. Boku no Sainou was one song that fell into the former category, albeit me calling it the 'unknown song that I liked'. When I returned to Australia, I put it on and was pleasantly surprised. the album included album-exclusive versions of wowaka's popular singles, some of which I liked, and some of which I didn't.
I found myself getting into Boku no Sainou, Tsumiki no Ningyou and reversible Doll; stuff I had overlooked unitl now. The single version of BnS isn't as good, as the Miku tuning is really screechy and yuck. But I thought that if I could cover this with Ritsu Kire, it might save it for me, since the instrumental is slightly better/more synthy than the album version.

Currently I'm working on an UTAU/VOCALOID cover with Sukone Tei ad Megurine Luka for a contest on VocaloidOtaku. Hope it turns it out ok, and I'll post it up here when I'm done.

SeeU for now!!

Comeback

!!!!HEEEYYY!!!!

Okay, so now I've established where I was months ago, I should probably update this again...

In Sptember I managed to get the cover of SILENCE feat. Luka finished (again) and that's been up on YT for a while now. So give the link out here today for anyone who wants to view it.

And just now, I've uploaded a cover of the wowaka song, Boku no Sainou feat. Namine Ritsu Kire. I'll post later about that, but let's get back to SILENCE.

About the song: Well, I've already given my two cents on niki before when I covered WAVE, but I have to say that I adore his EDM so much, it's a mile ahead of his rock stuff.

SILENCE was a pretty significant song when it came out, for a few reasons.
For one, it used Avanna, and was niki's first English Vocaloid/English language song.
Secondly, it was a collaboration with kyaami, which left me internally screaming. I mean, kyaami has been synonymous with niki for while now, and it was great to see her get some more recognition in the Japanese community, as well as niki acknowledging her.

But most importantly, it got on the Japanese Vocaranking. That's a huge acheivement, not just for an English song, but for an English Vocaloid.

When I heard SILENCE, I fell in love, just the vastness and echo of the sound, it was like I was in the middle of Siberia or Antarctica; cold and huge. I felt compelled to cover this with Luka English. Despite not mixing her as well as others (I really wish I knew how to use autotune), I was happy with my result.


I'll try to post about Boku no Sainou tomorrow or later this week, hopefully I can keep my promise!

また明日！！