This thread will feature videos from the 歌ってみた (I tried to sing) tag from Nico Nico Douga: https://www.nicovideo.jp/tag/歌ってみた
https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/歌ってみた
The tag is attached to videos where users on Nico Nico Douga record themselves singing and is one of the much more popular tags on there. The tag includes videos in various forms like singing over karaoke tracks, adding vocals to instrumental music, preparing your accompaniment, and creating completely original songs.
I want to start off this thread with one of Hyadain's I tried to sing videos. https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8887200 [Play] I found it initially while working for working on another project for the Medley thread. This is basically a remix of BATTLE2 from Romancing SaGa. This is actually his 44th work as mentioned in the description and it features a guest singer RIKO-san who sings the part of Sif.
I'll be honest I never played any of the Romancing SaGa games, but man... While translating this and listening to the song over and over again I actually began feeling something for the characters due to the seriously well composed lyrics. I think the part that got me the most was Sif's mention of throwing away her dreams as bridal life and throwing an axe instead of a banquet. Fucking amazing. I will follow up this thread later with another entry into Romancing SaGa that I found.
If you don't know about Hyadain (Kenichi Maeyamada) early on he used to mainly sing songs of old game BGMs where he would rearrange them and make up his own lyrics. He is known for an outstanding arrangement sense, the humor he incorporated into his works, being able to change of his voice (the female parts are usually all sung by him) and for a extraordinarily high pace of releasing new songs. He is probably the most popular I tried to sing singers on Nico Nico Douga who is also partly responsible for Nico Nico Douga's growth as a community.
He revelead back in 2010 on his blog that his real name was actually Kenichi Maeyamada who is responsible for composing J-POP and anime songs. His major debut... well... you probably know the anime Nichijou, right? He made the opening theme Hyadain no Kakakata☆Kataomoi-C: https://youtu.be/osWXbe7MbGE [Play] and https://youtu.be/1Xxnp0Q1GYQ [Play]
Isn't it fascinating to contemplate the hidden contributors behind the growth of the Nico Nico Douga community? Like I think it's quite amusing to imagine some prominent individuals like this secretly crafting anonymous accounts and creating MAD videos for tags like Gachimuchi Pants Wrestling... LOL
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>>1897
I also want to bring up something even more intriguing: back then, when Nico Nico Douga wasn't a corporate shit hole and cared about its userbase, when the "I tried to sing" tag exploded on Nico Nico Douga, it led to the realization of a unique concept: gathering several more prominent singers from Nico Nico Douga to produce a "歌ってみた" CD available for purchase. This project was directed by Shigeru Saito who was associated with Lantis, he is known for handling music production for popular anime series like "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya," "Lucky☆Star," "D.C.Ⅱ," character songs, and radio programs. Interestingly, Saito was also a fan of Nico Nico Douga. Despite all of the copyright infringements of the song selections, they managed to release it. Initially, though, it was criticized for its poor song selection, but the evaluation improved over time.
The CDs released are as follows:
Lantis Kumikyoku feat. Nico Nico Artists, released on March 5, 2008: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm10385209 [Play]
Lantis's Canned Food by Nico Nico Artists, released on April 9, 2008: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2931961 [Play]
Behind the Scenes for Lantis Kumikyoku: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2244185 [Play]
Behind the Scenes for Lantis Kumikyoku Canned Food: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2631511 [Play]
MV for Lantis Kumikyoku: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2509451 [Play]
You can go look up the Lantis Kumikyoku and Lantis Kumikyoku Canned Food tags for even more information.
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From the original CD release of the album (FLAC):
https://www.mediafire.com/file/mcrx7998jzv6q69/%25E3%2583%25A9%25E3%2583%25B3%25E3%2583%2586%25E3%2582%25A3%25E3%2582%25B9%25E7%25B5%2584%25E6%259B%25B2_feat.Nico_Nico_Artists_%2528LACM-4466%2529_-_FLAC.zip/file
Includes the original song and its off vocal/instrumental in FLAC format, and scans taken from the physical case.
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https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17663034 [Play] Introducing singers who deserve more recognition but weren't invited to Nico Nico Chokaigi
I’m not sure if the video title is being serious, but it’s kinda extremely funny to think about how much talent Nico Nico actually started, with people who made what were often seen as joke videos going on to become professional singers, musicians, etc.
If you’re wondering what Nico Nico Chokaigi is: https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/ニコニコ超会議 It's basically a real life event held by Nico Nico where the community comes together to recreate Nico Nico Douga in the real world: https://youtu.be/BbqT4wNKCs0 [Play].
That being said, you have to ask why the management decided to dump so many resources into these large-scale events like Nico Nico Chokaigi and Nico Nico Taikai, while the site itself was barely functioning, even for premium users...
https://dic.nicovideo.jp/b/a/ニコニコ大惨事 (Nico Nico Disaster)
Going through the comments on this trainwreck is just brutal because it's obvious they were intentionally cutting costs to make Nico Nico barely profitable at the expense of a functional website. All while pushing these events (and even planning overseas expansions) without even securing a solid footing in Japan.
2011/02/28 (Mon) 20:14:27 ID: dRZYlmTgEd
The "Spirit of the Engineers" who power Nico Nico Douga at Dwango.
http://rikunabi-next.yahoo.co.jp/tech/docs/ct_s03600.jsp?p=001878
It sounds like they're looking for highly skilled engineers based on this article created on 2011/02/24, but after reading this article from 2011/02/18, I'm left speechless.
Takeshi Natsuno’s next strategy for Nico Nico Douga:
http://rikunabi-next.yahoo.co.jp/tech/docs/ct_s03600.jsp?p=001867
"But we are not resting on our laurels. We're aiming for the future. We have two directions: one is entertainment. We're moving beyond video towards live entertainment like concerts and musicals. We already have a world where 10,000 people will pay 2,000 yen just to watch an artist's live show on the internet."
"The second direction is overseas expansion. We’re not necessarily imagining physically expanding abroad since we can easily cross borders online in today’s world. We’re developing a business model that doesn't rely solely on Japan or cater only to Japanese users."
The "disaster" article mainly talks about what happened on February 5, 2011, during the the final event of the Nico Nico Taikai when a major issue hit Nico Nico Douga and both free and premium members couldn’t watch videos. It was probably one of the first big signs of Nico Nico starting to lose its userbase because of poor management decisions. I went through some of the 1500+ comments posted a few months after that, and honestly, it’s insane how much regular and premium users suffered because of their greed...
When Hiroyuki was still there, he famously said during the disaster:
"Did you know that, even though this is Nico Nico Douga, a video site, people can’t watch videos today due to a problem? I think it’s wrong to ignore our core business and do events like this."
Anyways I think it's almost impossible not to rant about the management in every post if you have to explain the things that make up nico nico so please enjoy that video lol.