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TheStarPalace
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  • Only asking here because I know some people use mercari/buyee, does the service accept debit cards? My regular card and my paypal dont work with buyee
    Leon
    Leon
    ^seconded. I use debit thru Paypal
    TheStarPalace
    TheStarPalace
    It's weird, none of my other foreign purcahses have been blocked, just buyee. maybe I should paypal or something about it :(
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    Leon
    Leon
    It's probably your bank? I've had no issues buying from anywhere in Asia but I know for a purchase from Amazon UK once, I had to call the bank and authorize the transaction bc my credit union had decided the UK wasn't a safe place to buy from (LOL)
    Why are there so many vocaloid/utau people on YouTube who make compilation videos that get 10x the views of the original posts....I never even hear of any of these people outside of YouTube what are they contributing other than easy views
    starting to understand why some people dont like the proliferation of vocaloid MVs with original characters
    uncreepy
    uncreepy
    Why don't they like it?
    TheStarPalace
    TheStarPalace
    Part of it is that the vocaloid characters themselves can end up kinda unknown. There's been a lot of hit flower songs in the past 5 or so years but flower herself is a pretty unknown character outside of the vocaloid fandom, since quite a few of those hits use original characters. Personally I love it when MVs use original settings/stories but the vocaloid element can be kinda forgotten that way which stinks for people who like the characters.
    uncreepy
    uncreepy
    I can see it from both sides. Some artists just don't want to have to contact the Vocaloid company for permission to use the character image (requires a character usage license if you are making money by basically promoting your song with the character's name/image).

    I have contacted Japanese companies about permission and some of them are okay with it (ex: Lapis), but others have a really annoying rigamarole (ex: Zunko, you have to buy stickers that expire after a year if you want to sell CDs). It's honestly intimidating contacting companies for permission and takes a while to go back and forth, I can't blame artists for wanting to avoid that mess by using an OC.

    I think personally, I want to draw Vocaloid fan art, but I do not want to use them in my music videos. Part of it is the reasons I listed above, but the other part is I want my fictional band to have an image that matches the sound, and I don't think the Vocaloids match my taste (basically metal/goth). I can imagine other people don't use Vocaloids in their videos for similar reasons. Or maybe they just want to make music without it being fandom attached? I dunno. Sorry for rambling.
    Ever go back through the entire discography of a producer you like for fun? I like doing that with vocaloid producers since there are many I only know a few songs by. Anyways stream Hiiragi Kirai
    the only bad thing about getting into UTAU is that suddenly, just about every vocaloid seems popular in comparison to the utaus you like
    I still can't believe the person who made the art for butterfly on your right/left shoulder is now doing art for a music project that has 96neko in it
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    Krin
    Krin
    wait really?!!? what project is that?
    TheStarPalace
    TheStarPalace
    It's called Paradox Live and it's a hip hop series, it only just recently started releasing albums. Akiakane specifically drew this group: BAE
    (The character with the long red hair is voiced by 96neko!)
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    Krin
    Krin
    that is so cool, i'm HYPED
    I've been using V4 for 2 years and I only just learned that you can make it so the entire parameter line doesnt shift every time you change anything. It has changed my life
    I've been neglecting my vocaloids a lot ever since last year and I really wanna remedy that. I'll give kiyoteru all the love in the world to make up for it ♥♥♥♥
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