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VOCALOID songs

Lately there have been some pretty decent vocaloid songs, alongside with that Love Synthesizer song. Perhaps its because of this Vocamaster thing that was around recently? Hmm... Nevertheless a lot of these songs aren't too terrible.

"Who is Smiling" - has a good melody.

サイノウサンプラー - A nice, "hoppy" song. Can't quite figure out what the title means right now though... "Sainousenburaaaaaa"...? :V

fake or fate - a song by producer maya. I'm really not a big fan of her (his?) works because I don't think he/she/it can use vocaloid properly. I like the artist that did this video though... I think people are saying things about how the video feels very "eroge-theme"ish.

Toku P producer!!! Sadly, I don't think his latest works are striking a chord with me (and with many people for that matter) these days. Well, its in the top charts so still...

むかしむかしのきょうのぼく - DECO27. Enough said. Oh, I should add, Angry Miku is scary. :(

("Strange Strange myself of right now?" PV seems appropriate for that)

Hidamari Sketch 3rd Season (Unfinished)

NOGIZAKA HARUKA PARODY

IN MY MY HIDAMARI SKETCH

THIS SHOW IS OFFICIALLY COOL

ハッピーシンセサイザ

AND YES GUMI HITS TOP NICO NICO CHARTS AGAIN (alongside Luka)~

As the producer's name suggests, its easy-pop style, with a more or less "calm yet hopping"... well, at least something that would make for good "this is the last episode and we're showing the result of what everyone is doing after the big finale has ended.

...

So the title is "Happy Shoe Size", I think, which means... they're pretty happy about shoe sizes. :V

EDIT: So it turns out the actual name is Happy Synthesizer. But seriously, Happy Shoe Size would have been such a better name :V

Shini-tan Scans

This channel I hang out in is making a scanlation group.

http://shinitan.wordpress.com/

Go visit and support. They have a cute avatar so clearly this is a good reason.

キャットフード

Another "cheeky" song, I would say, from doriko (the same person who did Romeo and Cinderella, which was one of the songs I chose when I started *cough* diverging from GUMI tom Miku). I really like the style to this song, and probably because I'm feeling annoyed over figuring out this homework problem I have I feel the mood of this song sounds strangely appropriate...

Well, okay. I'm just weird.

Title is "Kyato hodo" >>> Cat Hood? I don't know why they need the "ya" in there if that's the actually title though.

Android OS

UPDATED OS!!

FIXED WALLPAPER SETTINGS!!

PRETTY NEW UI!!

A PIXIV APPLICATION COMPATIBLE WITH THE LATER OSES ONLY WHICH IS WHY PREVIOUSLY IT WOULDN'T LET ME DOWNLOAD!!


ANDROID BANZAI!!!

Drawing Miku

http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=1964641

LOOK IT LOOKS LIKE A GUIDE FOR DUMB PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO CAN'T DRAW

I'M SO EXCITED

IF ONLY I KNEW WHAT THE DETAILS SAID but its ok I should attempt this.

Someday.

:V

Random self note I'm getting sick again, not completely yet but I can feel it coming. AAAH I DON'T WANT TO GET SICK I hope this is all paranoia but usually I'm right. Or is my paranoia causing the sickness? I CAN'T GET SICK I HAVE THINGS TO ATTEND TO OTL

HAKUMEI

well this is an unusual concept. VY1 (I'm not sure if I mentioned this before) is a characterless vocaloid, therefore does not have its own icon. Supposedly its supposed to be genderless too (ie can be male or female). When it first came out, I (and probably many other people) listened to a few songs but were pretty disappointed; I basically thought it was pretty much a miku clone.

I canNOT say the same for this song.

There is still some semblance to Miku, but definitely whoever made this song put out the full potential of VY1, which is supposed to be a "professional" VOCALOID (not that the others aren't professional... well, whatever that word means anyway). Props to convincing us the potential of VY1, just like MeltDown presented the potential of Rin (which, btw, I am not very satisfied with any other Rin song beside that one, which is really disappointing).

Also, this song has been going up the charts slowly and surely, which is actually kind of neat. Sort of like, the underdog pushing through the chart full of Mikus? :V

EDIT: I need to make an additional comment about the character presented in this song "Oniko". Apparently its a supposed moe representation of the Chinese insult "Japanese Devils", which is the otaku counter to the growing Chinese/Japanese tensions. :/ While I do appreciate the song itself to be quite a masterpiece, I don't think the Japanese fanbase should take something like this in such a light fashion, especially since there's a reason why Chinese are typically so rather hateful to the Japanese with references to the past. Perhaps I am just young and not understanding, but I can say "bygones be bygones" and acknowledge what happened in the past, yet also acknowledge what is different now. However, people like these really need to learn WHY such a statement came up to being in the first place (it might be more of a government censoring problem though) and not just make a play on words on such sensitive topics.

On the other hand, the Chinese might need to loosen up their hatred, since hatred really doesn't get anywhere imo. I think the Chinese have been doing that already though I can't say for sure.

Although... if China Extremists are going to hate Japan, don't freakin fall through your devotion just because a 14 year old girl with larger-than-usual chests was crying, "Don't hate Japan ;o;". Which happened. That in itself gives them an excuse to make something like this. -_-;;

tl;dr song is nice content is questionable.

EDIT2: additional info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinomoto_Oniko

Daydreaming

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/11/daydreaming-is-a-downer.html

Oi, I don't think I'm being more depressed and I'm one that tends to stray from my mind every single day... Well, I do see in cases that I will feel like I have nothing to do at times but that's usually more associated with the fact that I'm sitting in front of a computer, imo, which seems to distract me and make me forget what I was going to do a lot of the time.

I personally believe its an issue of idleness and having nothing to do rather than actual daydreaming. If my mind is wandering while I'm doing a hard problem on my homework, I don't think I come back depressed afterwards... :V

ネリネ

OH THE CUTENESS

THE CUTENESS IT KILLS


THE CUUUUUUUUUUUUTENESSSSSS

Banshee

Hello.

*Uhuu... Uhuu...*

What is your name?

...I do not have a name... *uhuu... uhuu...*

Why are you crying?

I am crying because it is sad... *uhuu...*

Sad? What is sad?

It is sad... everywhere is sad... *uhuu...*

...I do not understand what you mean.

*uhuu...* the world is full of sadness... but the world cannot feel it. The world cannot afford to feel it... so I do in its place...

Sadness, as in...?

Pain...despair... death. Everyone feels sad when it happens to them. Everyone feels sad when it happens to others too... but only those close by notice, and only for so long...

Everyone feels sad? I still do not understand what you mean.

When one is hurt everyone feels sad. Especially in death. The ripple of those lost spreads throughout, no matter how small. But though everyone is sad in their hearts, they see it not in their minds.

I am the one that cries in place of everyone... *uhuu... uhuu...*

Everyone...?

The man involved in the traffic accident... the disease-struck child in the impoverished land... the victim of an unfair homicide... and the murderer being executed for justice... *uhuu... uhuu..*

And you cry for all of them? For all of us?

We are sad. Everyone is sad, but if everyone knew it they would not live. They could not live. So I stay... here... crying... *uhuu... uhuu...*

Why do you do this...?

*uhuu... uhuu...*

Why not happiness? There is lots of happiness in the world, why not feel joy instead?

Joy... everyone has joy... everyone has sadness... but everyone cannot feel both at the same time... everyone wants joy, so I will take away their sadness...

But... what about your joy? Your happiness?

*uhuu... uhuu...*

You will keep doing this... forever?

*uhuu... uhuu...*

...Who will cry for you?

*uhuu... uhuu...*

繰り返し一粒

Figures I find a good VOCALOID song right when I need to sleep.

I'll comment more on this later. Maybe.

EDIT: It was cool. :V

Holograms

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101103/full/news.2010.579.html

I like how my first thought to this is, "What will Japan do with this kind of technology?!?!??!"

Virtual 3D dancing Miku where we can see all around! HURRAY

Remember that one Nature article with the emphasis on coding in scientific fields?

Someone sent in a letter in response:

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As a microbiologist who has published work based on in-house computer code, I empathize with the laments in your News Feature (Nature 467, 775–777; 2010). However, its emphasis on more training for scientists and students fails to consider a downstream issue — retaining the talent afterwards.

From personal experience, there is a common perception that computational analysis is just a tool to enable 'real' discoveries on the bench. Hence, there is little incentive to brush up on computer-related skills. A few graduate students from my laboratory have invested time and effort to become respectable programmers, despite their lack of a background in computer science, but they became disillusioned when they found that their hard work was considered to be of secondary importance to the science.

These talented individuals have since left for careers in finance, management and information technology, where the same programming know-how and problem-solving skills are highly appreciated. They now enjoy shorter hours, comparable pay and greater job security than a tenure-track assistant professor.

The corollary of Nick Barnes's observation in World View that “most professional computer software isn't very good” (Nature 467, 753; 2010) is that good programmers — regardless of their scientific background — are in demand everywhere. Teaching programming skills and best practices to scientists may indeed improve the quality of software, but the software in question might not necessarily be for scientific research.


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Hmm. Makes me wonder where my future will be. Assuming that I'm good enough to be a programmer in the first place... V:

カタハネ

So, I think there some Rin and/or Len songs of similar style to this, and they reached #1. I personally think this has better voicing and just as good style, why is this at max only reaching 135? D:

GUMIIIIIIII D:

Liaison

Haven't been paying too much attention to GUMI lately, shame on me.

Apparently a lot of her recent popular songs don't appeal to me. On the other hand, this song isn't that popular though I think deservedly it should be. It's not the best, but it has a pretty nice melody. And pretty pictures. Clearly that's important.

Electrical Stimulation to Improve Arithmetic Skill

I prefer a more science-sounding title instead of "Zap your brain to get better at number crunching"... which is basically what they say and seems like basically what its about. :V

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/11/brain-zaps-improve-math.html

PIKACHU used THUNDERSHOCK!!
It's super effective!!
Ash's MATH SKILLS has LEVELED UP!!!

まるくなる

The "whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat" video of the day. I really wouldn't have posted this just because of the song because I don't think the song seemed that great, but uh... as you watch the video, I'm sure you'll understand.


"Ma Ru Ku Na Ru" is some title that I do not know what it means. CUE GOOGLE TRANSLATE

"Be Round" Right. V:

Where is my round GUMI?!?!?

夢、時々…

The new #1 hit for today. Quite a good song, very deserving to be in the top ranking. So mellow, so peaceful...makes me think everything will be alright... (probably not true)

Dream... from time to time...