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It seems that my translations of radio shows and lives with various utaite (Nico singers) come up on Google search a lot so people have been e-mailing me/commenting since last year about them ^^;. However I haven't really sat down and took the time to give answers and they sort of piled up OTL. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ignore :(. Here's a rundown of some of the questions I've been asked and the answers to them, for everyone's information :).

1. Where do you get downloads?
A few months back, when they weren't so keen on using Nico namahousou, the singers usually have lives streaming in audio players (Winamp, etc.). Unlike in Nicolive where the free streams only last for 30 minutes, streaming shows are continuous so they drag for a long time, the longest I've listened to is...5.5 hours? Anyway, these streams can be saved, so the singers sometimes upload the show to their blogs. Most often, like with the case of DasoClear, their fans upload the shows in their mixi communities under lock.

2. Can you share these files?
No, I cannot. Sorry. The fact that they're shared under lock or that they're removed from public servers are clues enough that it's bad taste to share the shows. I don't know the policy on this, to be honest so I'd rather play safe and not share the files.

3. But isn't translating also the same as sharing the files?
Yes, in a sense it is, that is why I don't translate the whole thing and just bits of the show. I'm contemplating putting them under lock but not yet. We'll see.

4. Will you continue translating past radio shows?
This is a hard one. I would love to but right now, I have too much on my plate. Aside from doing blog stuff and work, I also listen to tons of lives every night that it's hard to keep up with everything all at once XD. If there is demand for it, I will try my best, even just excerpts.

5. Are there lives even now?
Yes, but most of them are in Nico Live, now. You need a Nico Nico Douga account and sometimes, a membership to the community. These lives cannot be saved as easily as previous streams so there's probably no one sharing files of these, afaik. One good thing here is that there are videos now, so you can see the people if they choose to show their faces (uhuhuh ikemen!Dasoku <33).

6. Whose lives are you listening to at present?
I listen to a lot. Whoever is online? LOL. My fixed list is as follows:

Priorities: Clear, Tourai, Gero, Smiley*2, Choucho, Panyo, JimuinG, wowaka ... and Jack when he's singing Namie/enka songs

When priorities aren't online: Valshe, Dasoku, Asamakku, Amu, ShounenT, Soraru, Mucchi, REN, Usa, PUPI, Wotamin, Pokota, Miichan, Urata (very interesting person lol), AtarimeP, Hachi, HYBRID SENSE, Machigerita, FullkawaP, Rerulili, CELO Project, etc.

Note: The utattemita community has nice nicolives, because they feature some less popular artists and they sing in the show :).

7. Will you translate present lives?
Ah. Errr...I admit it's going to be hard for me since I can't save the streams for relistening. The most I can do is time-shifting and while I can rewind/fforward it, I can't repeat the whole thing more than once, I think. So...very small excerpt and trivia, I think, that I'll insert here and there LOL. I don't know how much people want recaps and if it's bad manners to post about lives, to be honest, so I mainly just fangirl by myself or bothering people in skype or plurk.

8. How come you don't post about lives or new Nico stuff here?
Because I might be spamming. LOL. Honestly, who would want short posts about lives and short intros on stuff in their feeds? ^^;. If you really want to be updated or reminded when a live or new songs that are up, I mostly post about new stuff that I like or lives that I follow at twitter.

9. Translate this for me.
Oops! While I do like translating shows and Vocaloid songs (onsenjikan), I don't really do translation by request. I'm not very good in Japanese, too, so I make a lot of mistakes (one reason I can't completely translate a radio show). I haven't formally studied Japanese (self-studying while I don't have money lol) so you might want to ask a more professional/able translator for your needs.



Okay, that's a huge backlog of answers there, I sincerely apologize. If you have any more questions, please ask in the comments or by e-mail if it's a personal thing (fascinais at gmail). Thanks!