I don’t wanna feel Blue anymore...
Tried to hear more of the Nico singers. Not the electronic fake ones, the human ones. Not surprisingly I'm mostly interested in boys. Somehow I only found out live videos of 3 of them on YouTube and I'm to lazy to actually go on NicoNico.
赤飯 At first I didn't really like him but now I'm rapidly changing my mind. The boy has an impressive voice but he's also confident and charismatic.
ピコ Well, he's a really cute boy and I like him. The only one of the 3 that has his own Vocaloid. Debuting as a proper singer sure gained him enormous success but he remains as shy and humble as ever. As for his voice it is kind of cool but I wouldn't say it's that impressive. Also I don't like the songs he sings, I wish his potential was better used.
I really like the two of them collaborating. Their Magnet duet sure is a hit on its own. It's basically a fanservice-parody. I like that. Sekihan's voice doesn't really sound like a girl's though imho. It just sounds really weird lol.
蛇足 Dasoku was really disappointing. There's this one cover of Honey he did with Sekihan and it was pitiful. The latter ended up singing most of it even though he obviously tried to give Dasoku some space. He can't sing live at all. And he doesn't know how to act on stage. Also I personally don't find him attractive. Somehow I didn't like him from the start but honestly for the sake of Shou I was hoping that he's at least a good singer.
Overall verdicts: From what I've heard Nico Nico has some really talented people, but the thing is in this age you can't really tell much just from the recording. And the live performances I've seen are quite raw and don't live up to the recordings at all. Obviously these people have potential but they could use a few years of voice training before actually doing tours and stuff. The range thing is also somewhat questionable. I mean Gackt has reportedly a 4,5-octave voice and I believe it because I've heard him with my own ears. He could really do the whole 2-voice thing better than anyone and yet he never brags about it.
Basically this community is a lot like anime/seyuu one. It would be really cool if it were a bit more professional but basically I quite like it.
赤飯 At first I didn't really like him but now I'm rapidly changing my mind. The boy has an impressive voice but he's also confident and charismatic.
ピコ Well, he's a really cute boy and I like him. The only one of the 3 that has his own Vocaloid. Debuting as a proper singer sure gained him enormous success but he remains as shy and humble as ever. As for his voice it is kind of cool but I wouldn't say it's that impressive. Also I don't like the songs he sings, I wish his potential was better used.
I really like the two of them collaborating. Their Magnet duet sure is a hit on its own. It's basically a fanservice-parody. I like that. Sekihan's voice doesn't really sound like a girl's though imho. It just sounds really weird lol.
蛇足 Dasoku was really disappointing. There's this one cover of Honey he did with Sekihan and it was pitiful. The latter ended up singing most of it even though he obviously tried to give Dasoku some space. He can't sing live at all. And he doesn't know how to act on stage. Also I personally don't find him attractive. Somehow I didn't like him from the start but honestly for the sake of Shou I was hoping that he's at least a good singer.
Overall verdicts: From what I've heard Nico Nico has some really talented people, but the thing is in this age you can't really tell much just from the recording. And the live performances I've seen are quite raw and don't live up to the recordings at all. Obviously these people have potential but they could use a few years of voice training before actually doing tours and stuff. The range thing is also somewhat questionable. I mean Gackt has reportedly a 4,5-octave voice and I believe it because I've heard him with my own ears. He could really do the whole 2-voice thing better than anyone and yet he never brags about it.
Basically this community is a lot like anime/seyuu one. It would be really cool if it were a bit more professional but basically I quite like it.