The days of looking up to the stars are long gone.
Making music seems like an unattainable thing.
When it comes to music, most people may think of well-made studio CDs and melodious classical music, while for ordinary people, not to mention the dazzling piano music just by looking at the score, the variety of instruments alone is enough to embarrass us.
From ancient times to the present, human beings have never changed their love and yearning for music. Even if you don't understand music theory knowledge, you still have the most primitive impulse to create and express. Whether it is an old man walking with a small song or a young man howling in KTV, singing is our instinct.
In 2007, Vocaloid 2 was born, like a thunderclap, setting off a revolution in civilian music.
This year, Hatsune Mirai and her onion song swept the world. "Allah rubs Ari-mile"... The magic lyrics and melody made the world exclaim, "It turns out that music can do this, and songs can still be sung like this!" ”
"Virtual Singers can play like this, or should I try it too?" As a result, a group of people who love to sing began to emerge.
Because they like V family songs and anime soundtracks, they began to spontaneously upload cover videos on the Japanese bullet screen website NICONICO, and each video will be followed by a sentence "歌ってみた", which means "try to sing a little", and over time, this has become their flag and belief! "Singing" was born!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > brilliant in the civilian era </h1>
Try to sing for a while, it is such a simple reason, opened the curtain of the singing era, they have never been serious singers, what they promote is only the singing instinct that everyone has.
The no threshold for N station submissions and the extremely sufficient song reserves of the V family have attracted more and more singers to participate in the cover submissions. Just as the so-called world is full of talents, although many people are happy, but there are many leaders. Some people's submissions are very well-made, comparable to the standard of professional recording studios, while others make bold innovations and adaptations based on the original song, which is dazzling for a while.
(NICONICO Singing Weekly)
Not only contributors, but also countless listeners attracted to good music. Many people know for the first time that in addition to the record, there is this way of listening to songs, and the two-dimensional attributes of the V family and the strange brain holes of the p masters have attracted niche fans who cannot find resonance in mainstream music. In the N station, this platform where everyone is equal and has the ability will be appreciated, and the singers have ushered in the peak of content and popularity.
As we all know, once a singer signs a contract with a company and is planned a route, he can't be fanciful and willful, but on a website that is all based on interest, no one cares what tricks the singers want to play. A steady stream of newcomers poured into the field of cover singing, everyone was tirelessly developing a variety of new ways to play, over time, the big waves, some unique skills stood out, not only attracted a large audience at that time, but also had a certain influence even now.
When it comes to the unique skills of the singers, the "high-pitch system" – that is, the singing method known for its pitch – is absolutely indispensable. You know, electronic singers can sing high notes that humans can't reach, such as the famous "Furnace Heart Melting", and the soul-destroying high notes have stumped a large number of cover singers, who can sing it, who is God.
In this environment, the female singer Mi Mi リツカ (Chestnut Flower) became a hit with a non-degrading cover video of "Heart melting", and the number of hits was second only to the original. Also standing out for her high pitch is the now anime singer やなぎなぎ, a non-human treble "メルト" that directly earned her the appreciation of composer Ryo and became the second-generation lead singer of her orchestra Supercell.
(Supercell - a story you don't know)
In addition, there is also a super difficult "Treble Chef Ability Test", which has been tirelessly turned over by all walks of life and horses until now.
The treble system has made many ordinary people shout directly, but the ability of the singers is not limited to this. In this era, women's clothing gangsters are not unusual, but people who can sing male and female voices still have to be admired.
In 2009, the male singer saw Akama and Pico's "magnet" as soon as it was submitted, the popularity exploded. But they don't rely on the curious topic of male singers singing lilies, but on their excellent pseudo-voices. Akahi mainly plays loli tone, and PIKO is the royal sister tone, singing the female voice better than the little sister, and it is impossible to know that there are two men behind the song.
Pseudo-voices not only need singing skills, but also need talent, but they have been repeatedly taken out and ridiculed in the three dimensions. If a boy can sing a female voice, what awaits him is likely to be a "perverted" hat, but in the uncontrained singing circle, the two-voice class is definitely one of the unique skills at the top.
In addition to the increasingly sophisticated production and singing skills, the singers have long been not satisfied with honestly singing the original song, and various adaptations have added a touch of vitality to this talented stage.
Gun Sister's OP "only my railgun" everyone is tired of listening, but singing mi mi ぐるたみん (gollum carbon) is well versed in the way of whole life, and he is an excellent high-pitched singer, and he began to go back on the road to forgetting words. The first half of his cover of "only my railgun" was crazy and oblivious, making people want to quit when they listened, but in the final chorus, they suddenly returned to normal, and the audience burned up. Such a contrast made netizens kindly give him the title of "Emperor of Forgotten Words", and his popularity was overwhelming.
With such a pioneer in the whole life, others are naturally not far behind, and all kinds of recitations and funny changes to the lyrics can not only make people laugh, but also make people move to tears. In the tear-jerking divine song "アヤノの Happiness Theory (Bunai's Theory of Happiness)", Singing Saw ゆめこ (Yumeko) not only completed a high-quality cover, but also dubbed the characters according to the pv plot, and the final crying voice was extremely infectious, and even people like the author who did not understand the plot fell into pig tears. Such an excellent adaptation makes her cover song a good work in my heart that surpasses the original song.
The high quality of the works has made the singing group more and more noticed by the world, and not only in Japan, but also all over the world, people who cover songs because they like it. And the singers are so enthusiastic to contribute excellent contributions, behind the prosperity of the V family.
Because there is Vocaloid software in hand, as long as they know how to tune, anyone can make their ideal music. It is like a match, igniting people's burning desire to create, so that the musical dreams of countless non-professional musicians instantly become within reach.
It can be said that it is the p-owners who have not been known or even made music before, who support this unique cultural circle with their buried talents. The prosperity of the singing era is exactly the glory created by civilian players.
But people must not have imagined at the time that it was this civilianization and no threshold that made it glorious, and finally killed it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > decline in the elite era </h1>
The aforementioned やなぎなぎ is not the only singer who has walked from N station to debut.
In October 2009, two female junior high school students began to submit cover songs in the form of a group at station N. Their performances attracted the animation music magazine LisAni! The editor and vocaloid famous p master Kz's gaze, the two only seven months after the singing life released the original single, the follow-up development is incredibly smooth, one after another hot OPED let them gradually enter the ranks of first-line anime singers. They are Claris, a name that the ACG audience is already familiar with.
During the long period when there were no newcomers in the Japanese anime singer industry, the producers turned their attention to the singers who were active on the N station. In addition to Claris, ChouCho ("Ice Fruit" OP), VALSHE ("Conan" OP) and other people have also come to the front of the stage, becoming real singers, fame and fortune, some of the popular singers who have not made their debut in the mainstream but have a huge number of fans have also begun to release their own original albums, embarking on the road to becoming professional singers.
Debuting means having its own songs, having a broad stage, and also means fame, money and the identity of a "mainstream singer", which a good singer deserves, but it is a "no threshold" bullet screen website can not give.
(Animelo Summer Live Japanese Anime Song Concert)
It is true that everyone started out for love, there is no excessive interest involved, and it will be very happy to have a high number of broadcasts and to sing on NICONICO weekly. But power generation for love can not last long, some of them take singing as a side business, the three-dimensional life will be busy will be permanently retired, while others have the ability not to export singers, some people succeed in front, they are even less likely to be willing to hide behind the network line cover singing.
The p-master of vocaloids is in a similar situation. Writing songs for electronic singers is not their ultimate dream, so after becoming famous through the V family, they either went to write songs for animation or formed their own bands, such as the red and blue character song "and I'm home" of "Magical Girl Circle", which is the work of p owner Wowaka, and the OPED of "Crown of Evil" is arranged by Ryo.
（and I'm home)
Everyone wants to develop better, and their choice is blameless, but the direct result of this is that there are fewer and fewer high-quality V-family songs and covers, and V-home and cover songs have become a springboard for old players to go mainstream. And because the fan base has solidified, the fresh blood is no longer the same, and the "comet-like newcomer" is no longer difficult to see.
This circle has deteriorated unconsciously, and the initial love has run out, and it, which was once full of vitality, has gradually evolved into a pool of stagnant water.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > is silent in the age of human design </h1>
Today, the head singing group occupies 80% of the audience in this circle, and the once "no threshold" singing has become a field that has to cross a high threshold to enter. Popular singing is no different from Internet celebrities, a large number of fans are clustered, and the cover fans at the bottom are not even worthy of being called "singing".
I joined a cover group in 2015, and one day when someone was discussing the origin of the name "Singing", a group member said: "I hate people who call themselves Singing, as if they are very great, and only big people deserve to sing this title!" ”
From the very beginning of casual participation based on interest to now becoming a symbol of class, the road has gone too far, and I don't know when it has been deviated from the direction. Singing has long been far away from civilian players, becoming condescending, completely deviating from the original intention, and the valuable trait of "no threshold" has been inherited by the emerging virtual anchors.
If the fading singing market is still supported by former true love fans, then the arrival of virtual anchors (Vtubers) is to give it a final heavy blow.
In 2016, the virtual anchor named "Trip Love" was born on YouTube, just like the meteor-like Shin Hatsune Mirai nine years ago, opening the era of virtual anchors. At first glance, Trip Love is a live2D image wearing a rabbit ear hairpin, no different from the ordinary two-dimensional cute sister, but her actions are captured by real people and dubbed by real people, and as an anchor, playing games and singing and talking about paragraphs, compared to vocaloid's main "electronic singer" concept, Trip Love is a more vivid multifunctional idol.
In the author's opinion, the reason why virtual anchors are so successful is because of their sense of zero distance and cultivation. Just like copying the old way AKB48 beat good morning girls, the virtual anchors eliminated the sense of distance brought by the previous pan-quadratic creators, especially the singing, by interacting closely with the audience in the image of the second dimension.
It's all singing, so why not go to a two-dimensional wife who will greet you but go to the powder of a faceless singing? Also a content provider, why not watch a virtual anchor who can play games and tell a paragraph instead of a singing singer? Accompanying a vivid virtual anchor from the first video to the end, isn't it better than licking a singing to see the big fragrance?
Everyone can participate in the interaction, even everyone can become a VTuber, and people prefer to sit on an equal footing with themselves. Whether the virtual anchors sing well or not, whether they play well or not, it does not matter at all, what is important is the sense of companionship, which is their cute sand sculpture. The era of looking up to the stars has passed, people are set as kings, and a single good song can no longer attract more people.
Just watching the virtual anchors pick up the previous "Treble Chef Ability Test" again, watching them cover a V family famous song, I can't help but think, the prosperity of the virtual anchor, how can it not remind people of the original cordial, civilian singing circle? Who remembers that singing means "try to sing"?
The author's current song list has rarely sung songs, but every time I loop to those one or two songs, I can't help but sigh. I used to think that it was the virtual anchor who snatched the market of singing, but if you think about it, the singing circle has long been unconsciously decadent, and the virtual anchor only appeared at just the right point in time. It started with "no threshold" and died in its own hands.
Imagine the heyday of that year, Google Chrome and Hatsune Future jointly launched ads, is a figure of enthusiastic creators. P lord, cover singing, house dance, painting, is the love that created this wave of glory that once violently impacted the traditional music market.
(Everyone is a creator)
No matter how much you sigh and sigh, the era of singing has died, and only those works that are tainted with the atmosphere of the times are still in someone's mobile phone.
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