Producer Spotlight: Capitaro/かぴたろう

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I apologize for being late. Several things are abound in this new thing I'm addicted in. It's called real life or something XDD;. Anyway...



Capitaro/かぴたろう

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Capitarou started uploading his works in Nico Nico Douga in 2009, but since he uploads rarely, he only has six uploads, one of them a rearrangement ^^;. You might not know of him because of his very few songs, but you might be able to recognize him as the producer of the hit "Osorezan Revoir".

Capitarou first uploaded a rearrangement of the song "Seikan Hikou" from Macross Frontier, using GUMI and using a very different rock arrangement. However, his forte is not in rock songs, but rather in ballads (or rock ballads). He has a talent for writing mysterious, emotional songs. Not emotional in terms of love, like with papiyon, but more of in a sentimental way. While Capitarou's earlier works uses a lot of guitars and synthetic beats, recently he started using more of piano with haunting tunes.

His main Vocaloid is Miku, although as I mentioned, he used GUMI once in his virgin work. His Miku is tuned just right, not too high and not too low, thus not overshadowing his amazing works with the melody.

Aside from composing songs, he also sings covers of other people's songs, although VERY rarely (he only has a couple). He has a really good voice reminiscent of Keysuke and similar utaite.

sample works
• Seikan Hikou -rearrange rock version- (GUMI)
• Osorezan Revoir (Miku)
• Tooi, Tooi [Far away, Far away] (Miku)
• Yoru Obake to Watashi [The Night Goblin and I] (Miku)

sample covers
• Guriguri Megane to Gekkouchuu (original by FullkawaP) -> o/////o
• Yoru to Nijiiro (FullkawaP original)


nikki says
Capitaro's "Osorezan Revoir" is one of my favorite Miku songs to date. The message of the song is also hauntingly lovely. I didn't like Capitaro's older works, but his change in style is awesome and so are his recent works. His latest, "Yoru Obake to Watashi" is so cute and creepy, I can't stop listening to it...

[Guide] Ordering from Shops with no International Shipping

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In the Vocaloid and Utattemita fandom, most of the merchandise are either 1) in comiket/other conventions or 2) in Japan-only online shops. Most of the time, Vocaloid and Utattemita CDs are sold in Toranoana, Animate, Amazon Japan and more recently, Three!!. If you are a non-Japan resident, it's a bit hard getting stuff from those shops (except Amazon, unless you wanted an item that is not shipped internationally). In order to buy from these shops, you need to use a deputy service.

note 1: I will not be talking about shopping assistance for comilket/vomas, since it's an entirely different thing. This will only be about items sold in online shops.

note 2: As most utaite and producers discourage auctions (like Clear), and because of my inexperience with it, I will also not discuss auctions and how to bid on them using these services.

( sort of a guide but not really )