Eh..

I just read this article about Aoi from Gazette's tweet about Vocaloids.

Basically, he said that Vocaloid weren't real artists [obviously], and that music made with the Vocaloid software wan't equal to music made with real singers. However he deleted the tweet and apologized to Vocaloid fans, and even went as far as to buy the Hatsune Miku software.

I understand perfectly what he means, especially since, in the music business, he has right to be worried that virtual idols are ''taking over'' the industry. And he's obviously not the only one that thinks like that. Still, I think most people forget one important thing : even though the singers aren't real, the producers who make the music, the lyrics, and the people who make the animations/drawings/etc are, and it's insulting to them if we say that their work isn't good enough to be considered art just because there is no real singer.

Honestly, some Vocaloid producers are full of talents and they deserve praise as much as every other musician or singer. In my opinion, it's better to make your own music, write your own lyrics, and tune the goddamn Vocaloid yourself, than being a brainless singer that doesn't compose his or her own music and merely interprets it [obviously I am not talking about Aoi here, it's just a reference to the mainstream music scene]

Anyway, it's perfectly fine to not like Vocaloid, but saying that it isn't real music because the singer is virtual is a pretty stupid reason, and the people who claim that usually don't know shit about the Vocaloid scene.

/kazumi