Author: Jay Li
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Sound Studies and Aural Cultures – 2
I am probably gonna go with VOCALOIDs, they are one of the most unique parts of J-Pop culture, and theres probably a lot to write about them.
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Sound Studies and Aural Cultures – 1
Choosing a topic As usual I will most likely be writing about something I am farmiliar with Aspects within J-pop that are fitting for a paper, either history of J Pop or something to do with Vocaloid, as that is the most unique part of Jpop culture
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Sound Studies and Aural Cultures – 6
Final edit I guess there isn’t much to edit, added a bit of compresser on my speaking voice, and some eq so random sounds dont pop in as much. made it so that the transitions are smoother and bam, final
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Sound Studies and Aural Cultures – 5
Recording, Was gonna rent out a mic and all, but forgot, so imma just record on phone, easier to do anyways. songs i chose per artist are also edited in the DAW, they loud. need turn down. all songs peak
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Sound Studies and Aural Cultures – 4
artist that could be talked about pinnochioP, very old producer, famous deco27, very old producer, very famous ayase, personal favourite, very famous as a group now wowaka, very old, famous, sadly dead hachi, is now a normal singer/artist, kenshi yonezu eve, is now a normal artist
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Sound for Screen – Blog 6
New Choice of Screen I have looked through quite a bit of my possible options, and I think that using excerpts from the game Onmyoji would be the most fitting. They have minimal to no talking, they have a lot of different styles to choose from, and almost all of the CGs from Onmyoji have…
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Sound for Screen – Blog 5
Change of plans Due to rules and assignment needs, I could not use any version of the original music. But to put a different piece of music over an animation made specifically for another song in J-Pop culture, as they value copyright and specificity very highly in creative work. This requires me to rethink my…
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Sound for Screen – Blog 4
Music Planning I plan to do two different rewrites of the original music, one in the style of a radio, where they are driving in the car. That part could be the tamer parts of the song, as a slight background music. The second part is where the main character falls into “water”. I want…
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Sound for Screen – Blog 3
Start of doing the Foley Foley Planning – Sounds that are hard to do in a studio – Glass getting shot by a bullet – Drink / Food getting shot by bullet – Rocket Launcher – Sounds that would be better found online – Japanese crossing light sounds for the blind – Japanese train announcement…
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Sound for Screen – Blog 2
Artist Study – YOASOBI YOASOBI is a Japanese duo that makes music based on novels from a website called Monogatari. With Ayase being the main songwriter and Ikura being the main vocalist. They started around when COVID-19 started, and quickly got popular with their debut song, Racing into the Night. I chose their fairly new…