[Translation] Dasoku's Q&A.

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Kim urbandecay asked me to translate the Q&A Dasoku posted long ago in his blog, so I did. It's a 25-question set.

Parentheses are my pointless comments.

( 25 questions )

And that's it XD;. Translation is done loosely and in a hurry, so please correct me if I mistranslated some :(.



I apologise for the lack of weekly dump. We don't have Internet at home and Nico's blocked here at work :(. Here's hoping I have Internet on Thursday /cries.

[vocaloid spotlight] doriko/KiritanP

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Since I've been posting about Nico Nico singers a lot, let's try posting about a producer (P)/composer this time :).

Note: Some Vocaloid composers/producers have two names: their original pseudonym and the one with the "P" sub (P is for producer, I think). Usually, their P names are taken from the song that made them popular. Having a "P" name, I think, means that the producer is recognized by a wide audience. Let's take for example minato (Tolie to some). His pseudonym is really minato, but when he's recognized as a producer/composer, he was dubbed "RyuuseiP" (from his song "Ryuusei" uploaded 01-13-08). So, sometimes I'll be providing two names for the composers, but I'll just be using the one I'm used to using to avoid confusion.

Anyway, we aren't going to talk about minato today XD;. I'm posting about one of my favorite Ps, doriko/KiritanP.

doriko (きりたんP/KiritanP)

| official site | niconico douga mylist |

Doriko got his nickname "Kiritan-P" from his work Miku-ristmas where Miku sang, "Ki~ri~tan~po~". (Kiritanpo is a kind of nabe, I think.) However, his P name is not often used, "doriko" is more popular.

Doriko is dubbed as the "god of Miku ballads" because of his hit ballads. He uses gentle sounds, usually piano and violin accompaniments or not-so-loud band music and combines them with powerful lyrics. Two of his works (Uta ni Katachi wa Nai Keredo and Yuuhizaka) have been released under an independent label. He has also released a CD of his own works, unformed. His works are often in collab CDs/compilation albums of Miku works. You might know him for his work Romeo and Cinderella which is his newest, not to mention most popular, work. So far, he has only used Hatsune Miku in all his works.

YOUTUBE PLAYLIST OF HIS WORKS

( Song List as of September 2009 )