Jun. 25th, 2011

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shell

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Shell is a rather prolific utaite who started to upload covers of his songs way back in 2009. His covers are hit or miss, but most of them have over 10,000 views, the most popular being Sweet's Beast, which remains one of the best covers of the song in Nico Nico Douga.

Shell's voice is low with very minimal breathiness, which makes his covers full and solid-sounding. He can reach high notes if wants to, though, although he prefers singing in a lower pitch, probably so as not to make his voice wobbly or strained. He sings a lot of rock and upbeat pop songs, probably to fully utilize the best of his voice, although surprisingly, he pulls off singing very fast-paced and hard to sing songs. He's quite versatile in his song choices and while not all of them are hits, it shows how good he is at controlling his range and flexibility.

Most of the time, he prefers singing KAITO songs to match his range, but he also sings low and upbeat Miku and GUMI songs, all of which he performs really well. He sounds similar to Xiao and terry when it comes to range and quality, but with a fuller, deeper voice.

Aside from singing solo, Shell also participates in many choruses and collabs ^^. You can check them out in his other mylist.

sample songs
Kimi no Taion (KuwagataP original)
FLOWER TAIL (yuukiss original)
Migi Hidari (koushirou original)
Chillyditty of February (DARS original)
Sainou Sampler (koyori original)
Akutoku no Judgment (AkunoP original)

nikki says:
I first knew of Shell when I was collecting all my favorite covers of Migi Hidari (yes, I love that song so much IDE--). After that, I totally loved his Chilliditty cover (you can't find that many good covers of it) and eventually I got into the habit of checking out his every uploads. He might not sound very boy-next-door-ish, but it's nice listening to the solidness of his covers, especially those that require very skillfull singing (Flower Tail, Akutoku). I also like his second voices, they're very well done!
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HAPPY 2nd YEAR ANNIVERSARY, GUMI!


Two years ago on June 25/26, Megpoid/GUMI was released. Unlike Hatsune Miku, she was released by Internet Co. Ltd., the same company that released Gakupo. The official name of her program is MEGPOID. She was nicknamed GUMI as reference to her voicebank source, Nakajima Megumi. It is said that her program is officially named Megpoid, but her avatar is named GUMI, although the facts are blurry. Anyway, since it's easier to pronounce, GUMI, it stuck as her most-often used name.

GUMI is said to have a very realistic voice, but at first, no one seems to use her much due to her difficulty level. Slowly, though, she gained enough popularity and users that she's probably the second or third most-used Vocaloid today. We're even getting a GUMI/Megpoid extend!

Since GUMI is my most favorite Vocaloid, I felt compelled to make a pimp post as well as a spam post for her birthday. Under the cut are lists of songs which were popular during her release and during her 1st year anniversary. Of course, it won't be complete without a list of my own favorites.

NOW, in the comments, feel free to post YOUR FAVORITE GUMI songs. I'm sure you all have one XD;. Please post them as links + the composer. YT and Nico links are welcome, but embeds are not allowed in the comments, I think (OTL). ANYWAY, I hope you have fun reminiscing GUMI's early moments as well as some of her hits!

nikki likes making lists as much as she likes GUMI )


So what is/are YOUR favorite GUMI song/s? It doesn't matter if I've already put it up above, feel free to share your favorites in the comments or else this won't be a spam post anymore ^^;.

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