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

Music post! And this time, it's not about Vocaloid.

So, in case you do not know, I actually listen to other stuff than Vocaloid, like video game music and such. I also really love that type of music that is sometimes called Classical Sound or Neo-Classic, such as Sound Horizon, Yousei Teikoku, ALI Project, Asriel, etc. Well I finally discovered a few other bands!

The first one is Rokugen Alice. As per usual with these kind of bands, the singer is female and has a very nice voice. Actually, I think her voice might please more people than, say, Asriel's singer voice which is very original. Anna Sakurai's voice is less high than most other japanese singers, and she is very versatile. For now I only downloaded their cd Alice in the Necrosis, which is really good~ Here is the first song, Metamorphose :



As you can see, their music is, overall, softer than Asriel [which is more rock or metal in my opinion] and calmer than ALI Project [their songs are really over the top usually xD] It's still very good.

The next band is Alieson! Again, a female singer, whose voice is pretty high. She sounds very cute in my opinion xD. Anyway, I downloaded the cd Black Ribbon, and I'm listening to it right now. So far, it reminds me a lot of Asriel, which is good~ Here is the song Ghost :




I really like these kinds of song, they sound so epic xD

The other band I listened is Love Solfege, apparently they're somewhat of a must-know band in the classical sound scene. I have yet to download a cd though, so I won't talk about it right now xD

/kazumi

Soon ...

.. I think I'll try to order from Taobao. I really really really want this coat :

It's just so awesome .. Also maybe it would work well for my Ciel cosplay, but I mostly want it for everyday life. I think the vest part is included too. Anyway, it's awesome and I want it. The thing is .. I'm scared to order from Taobao, even with a shopping service. Everything is in chinese and I'm scared of getting the wrong size or something. Fortunately, this coat is also on Qutieland where they put the measurements in english. I thought of actually ordering it from Qutieland but it's way more expensive. From Infanta, the Taobao shop, it's about 65$ [canadian], while on Qutieland it's 89$ [american]. Waaaay overpriced, especially considering it's not even a proper coat for canadian weather.

So, Taobao it is! I just need to save up a bit .. After all, I just ordered a Link wig and christmas is coming .. Anyway, I think I'll order these socks too :

Yay for royalty symbols on socks! They're only about 3$, and I thought I might as well order two items instead of just ones. There's a lot of pretty clothes I wanted too but since the coat is already kinda expensive I'm just gonna buy these socks.

... I wish I were rich D:

/kazumi

Harry Potter?

Damn right, Harry Potter. I went to see it yesterday with friends from school.

So, my last class of the day was history of science .. It was, well, boring. We had a mini test like always, but I hadn't had the time to read the text it was about so my answers to the three questions went like this :
1. Frederick II of Prussia
2. Otto von Bismarck
3. Darwin proved that the Prussians were indeed a superior race.

[I received today a message from the teacher, asking me : Is Prussia your favourite subject? Haha, damn right it is.]

So yeah, afterwards we had to wait for the others, since they had a class until 4:30 and we had finished at 2:30. It was long, and I was hungry, but then eventually arrived and we went ONWARD! TO THE RESTAURANT! Like awesome prussian warriors, lol.

Anyway, fast fowarding .. At the movie theatre we had to wait outside, even though we had bought our tickets beforehand :\ That kinda sucked. Me and one of my friends kinda stood out, since we had decided to dress like victorian aristocrats xD Some people seemed kinda scared lolwtf Maybe because I was wearing my mini tophat that sits on my head magically.

So yeah, after waiting and having bought important supplies like Skittles and M&M, we took seat in the theather, and the movie began.

REVIEW TIME!

Is what I'd like to say, but .. First of all, I don't really want to spoil anything, go watch it and make your own impressions. But mostly it's because I'm still unsure about whether I liked it or not. And also because I had to go see it in french and UUHH the dub it's so horrible. But yeah, what I can say is that, most of it is pretty similar to the book, they did a good job with that. Also, the part when they infiltrate the ministry is hilarious XD However, there was a lot of rather long and boring parts .. I know the book is a bit like that too, but it doesn't work as well in a movie I guess. Oh yeah, and there is a soft-porn-ish scene with Harry and Hermione. It was weird, to say the least.

So yeah, I still recommend you all to go and see the movie! Some people really disliked it, and some others really liked it, so I guess it really depends. Go and make your own opinion.

So now, enough talk about Harry Potter, and more talk about Prussia. I know I seem kind of obssessed right now .. and I am! Honestly, I first started to like Prussia because I liked the Hetalia character, but now .. I really like Prussia for what it is. And Frederick the Great is really awesome. I wish the politicians right now were more like him.

ANYWAY I'll post his before my internet dies again.

/kazumi

Bon.

J'ai appris que ya DU MONDE DE L'ÉCOLE [xD] qui lisent mon blog donc .. dorénavant j'essaierai de ne pas écrire trop de  conneries .. pour garder ma réputation d'intellectuelle aristocrate t'sé.

C'est ça, pis vous pouvez commenter en passant :B

/kazumi

I hate today.

During the week-ends, I like to relax, to have time to do my homeworks, and also to play some games and to do nothing intelligent on the internet. Especially since I have a killer week coming.

But of course, my mom decided to invite over a bunch of people tonight. So, since it's soooo fucking important [no], we have to clean every goddamn place in the house, and she has to keep bugging me to do this and that. Okay fine, I've got nothing against helping people, I just don't like being ordered around when I don't even want to see these people in the first place. I'm not the one who invited them. I don't care if the house is messy or not.

So, yeah. I can't wait to go to Montréal now .. I can't stand my mom for long periods of time now. She's just so bossy and stressed during the weekends, when I just want to relax [but of course, I don't work and I only go to school so I already have plenty of time to relax .. nevermind the fact that I'm in the program with the most work in college :\]

I know I ALWAYS complain about this .. I'm sorry.

On another note, I decided to download Preussens Gloria, the prussian military march XD It's absolutely awesome of course. I also wanted the unofficial prussian anthem, Preussenlieb, but I can't find a good quality mp3/video on youtube. It sucks, but it's understandable since, you know, prussia doesn't exist anymore it's too awesome to be recorded properly.

Talking about Prussia, at school I'm starting to endoctrinate people about how Prussia is awesome xD It's cool cause now I have an ally .. that is a Wilhem II fanboy [Wilhem II is prussian if you didn't know]. Actually I think I already talked about that guy, he dressed as Wilhem II for our Halloween party. But yeah, soon everyone shall know about the gloriousness of Prussia!

Also, another one of my friend talked about a LARP [live-action role-play, GN in french] taking place in like .. the 18th century. I SO WANT TO GO AND HAVE A PRUSSIAN ARMY FFFFF. So yeah maybemaybemaybe we'll go. If we can get a decent amount of people with us we're gonna kick everyone's ass with our prussian awesomeness. The thing is, first we need costumes .. and we need arms. Not so complicated when talking about a normal LARP, swords and such aren't too hard to make. But in this particular one we need firearms [fake ones mind you XD] and these are a bit thougher to make. I'd also want a saber or rapier too.

Anyway .. I'm off doing boring chores .. Wish me luck.

/kazumi

Well, I've been feeling kind of meh this week :\ Nothing too bad, but nothing too good either. I don't really feel like doing anything. Especially not schoolwork -_____- But there's just so much we have to do wbnfjesngfwrj I must not think about it or I'll go crazy.

I still decided to dress up tuesday .. I took a picture :

 Sucky camera is sucky. And I look kind of fat o_O Anyway. It's not really lolita or anything, the theme was ''british''. Not sure if it worked .. But I like it xD I wish I had more steampunk-esque accessories.

Other than that .. Not much. I called to schedule my damn driving classes. These classes are a laugh .. I'm really bad :\, and the neverending hours of theory are given by someone who clearly isn't meant to be a teacher. I hate it. And just thinking about the exam makes me nervous. Go me. At this rate I'm never going to be able to drive .. Okay, let's stop the negative thinking already.

..................... I was about to write more but then everyone on facebook wanted to talk to me all at once so fuck that xD I'm going to bed now.

/kazumi