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(I'm sorry my story is a real, "Back in my day we appreciated the anime we got, 'cause we had to work for it! You young whipper-snappers don't realize how good you have it with yer simul-cast streaming malarkey!" But I think it is always interesting to appreciate the history of how we got to...

(This started as a response to another discussion thread by @REDD that I kept expanding until it needed its own write-up.) [via pixiv のくはし] I think part of the difficulty in characterizing Miku is due to her being more of a meta-character instead of a character in the traditional sense. From...

"Is Vocaloid for kids?" A post expressed concern about other people who had made snide remarks about things such as Vocaloid seeming to be for children, and not something adults should be involved with. I wrote a reply that turned into something I felt should be its own post. People who say...

Before Magical Mirai there were several different concert series. In fact, Miku has been doing live concerts every year since 2009! Currently we have Magical Mirai, Snow Miku, Miku Symphony, and Miku Expo. Next year will be the tenth Magical Mirai. Hearing that, I decided to go back and...

Wow, this is one of those instant-favorites songs. It has everything I want in a funk song like this. Can't get enough of that bass!

Daruma Audio Announces Koharu Rikka and Tsurumaki Maki Headphones Details on their official twitter. A release event was held at Shibuya Loft9 with music demos and themed drinks. (pic via twitter)

LIQ's style has really been evolving this year.

After a particular discussion, I found myself wondering how things would be different now if the whole idea of the “Character Vocal” series hadn’t become a thing. If vocal synth software was just released as voicebanks with a name and maybe an illustration. If artists using vocal synths never...

Classifications of Derivative Works I've wanted to figure out the terms for different types and styles of derivative works. If you take an original song and change elements of it, what term best describes those changes? I made this table from my best estimation of what those terms would be...

Now and then, I have been going back and reading articles in the media, blogs, magazines, academic papers, etc about Hatsune Miku. It's always interesting to read an outsider's perspective. I figured I would occaisionally post some excerpts from, and links to such articles. I'm going to post...

"Last Knight Battle" by ひとしずく×やま△ （Hitoshizuku_Yamasankakkei） New original Meiko song!

Somehow this music resonates with my soul.

PLAYLIST SET 3 ( Piano - Keyboard - Ballad ) ( EDM - Club - Style ) ( Soft - Rock - Soliloquy ) ( Technopop - DnB - Future Bass ) ( Super - Eurobeat - Breakcore ) ( Trance - Synth - Glide ) ( Gothic - Rock - Chapel ) ( Citypop - Retrowave - Wistful ) Kasane Teto - (Chimera Mix)...

Recently, for whatever reason, I've been listening to the song "+REVERSE" by niki. I looked at the lyrics on the wikis and didn't find any to be satisfactory. I'm not fluent in Japanese but I do understand a lot of words and phrases. I also have several translation aids/resources. Here I've...

ウナなん方言 -AO.ver- / 音街ウナ - シカクドット Unanan Dialect -AO.ver- / Una Otomachi - Shikaku Dot

Thought I'd put this illustration together.

I posted a trend popularity graph of the USA and correlated it with various events. I figured I'd do one specific to Japan. On Hatsune Miku's release there is a tremendous spike in activity. I used a graph time period that omitted it only to make spikes and changes more visible. I did paste...

SHA-CHI-KU Rebellion / おにたま feat. GUMI＆初音ミク This really deserves to be noticed.