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I've posted the 2011 Annual Utattemita Ranking in ofurotaimu but I must say I didn't feel happy with the ranking. Of course this is primarily because I like unpopular covers of songs and I'm not fond of most of the utaite in the rankings. It can't be denied that they're all very, very popular, but my own tastes are entirely different from what was reflected in the ranking to be the general consensus.

So I decided to compile my own list ; A ; . I'm not as epic as Utaran-san so I only included the 50 covers of 2011 that I really like. Really like means listening to them over and over! Most of them are not in the ranking in the comm. Also, I tried my best to limit my choices, like I only chose one cover for one song (except for Karakuri Pierrot, which is really a song I love and I cannot choose one cover I like). There are some repetitions of utaite names here, too coughclearcough but I tried minimizing that XD;.

IDK how interesting this list will be to you but I hope you discover a singer or two! I assure you all of the people/songs in this list are awesome :3.

( 50 songs, not arranged in order )

Well, I also wanted to do a Vocaloid version but I actually have a LOT of favorite Vocaloid songs this year that 50 might not cut it and 100 is just O_O. I'll die! So I guess I'll let it slide this time XD.

I got this cute link from ohaesthetics and the results were too funny not to share XD. This was my result.

You are Orange Sheep, who is quiet sort, and is a touchable person. But you possess feminine attraction as well. This may seem like flirting to fellow women, and may be misunderstood by men. You are a sociable, but tend to keep a distance from people, and will not show your real emotions and feelings easily. Although you are modest, you are a proud person as well. You don't apologize or yield to things. You have great tactics to make others take in your demand, without them realizing that they are doing so. You are extremely good at negotiating and bargaining. You tend to feel isolated, and in order to overcome that loneliness, you have lots of interests. You have sharp eyes, and can make your ideals come true by effectively adopting other people's expectations. Although you lack leadership sort of action, you have perseverance to take up any challenge. You can also use money efficiently, and therefore you are a shrewd shopper. You are good at catching the heart of men. You will be liked by different type of people. But this may give them false idea, and cause misunderstanding. Although you may take men lightly, once married, you will become a devoted wife and a mother.

- "quiet and touchable" wat XD
- feminine attraction is kind of a lie. i don't even know how to flirt orz
- the next two statements are kind of true
- "You have great tactics to make others take in your demand, without them realizing that they are doing so." <-- hahahahahaha*chokecoughchoke*
- the next two statements are so true, especially the second one.
- "You have sharp eyes, and can make your ideals come true by effectively adopting other people's expectations." <-- not really orz
- "You can also use money efficiently, and therefore you are a shrewd shopper." <-- NOT ANYMORE
- "You are good at catching the heart of men." <-- This is why I'm still single.
- "But this may give them false idea, and cause misunderstanding." <-- I'm scared, what does this mean lol.
- "Although you may take men lightly, once married, you will become a devoted wife and a mother." <-- ......o, okay ._.


What are your results, guys? XD

Because I keep talking about UTATTEMITA and UTAITE and NICO NICO DOUGA in my LJ/DW, I figured I should write what it's about and give a wide view on what to expect from it. Also, since Noey-san said she wanted samples. So here?

My current fandom is about utaite (singers) or to be more specific, amateur singers who upload covers of their songs in the Youtube-like Japanese site Nico Nico Douga. What makes this fandom interesting is the tons of genre, people, meme and other fandoms that you can encounter in it. This fandom has no bounds, is continuously growing, has lots of stories and projects and will be forever adding new people each day for you to discover. While this fandom is mostly Japanese, there are non-Japanese people who are also considered "utaite". To avoid confusion, I only refer to singers as utaite when they upload covers in Nico Nico Douga.

At present, amateur singers in Nico Nico Douga, which we prefer calling utaite, mostly cover Vocaloid songs. Vocaloid is another story in itself, so for now you may read Wiki's boring explanation of it. Basically, people (producers) make songs (either covers of existing songs or originals) using Vocaloid and upload it in Nico Nico Douga. Then, utaite take those songs and make covers of them, just like what they do with anime, game and mainstream songs.

Anway, here is my personal list of people and songs you should check out as a newbie to the utattemita fandom. I actually made one like this a year ago, but I guess it's time to mix new songs with classic ones so here I go again XD. All the people and songs here are my personal preferences. Some people have their own. Who knows, you might discover someone else along the way and get hooked on him/her XD. Please consider this just as a guide or as a sample list, not as a representative of the whole utattemita fandom.

This is just the list + group dl link for those who just want to download and go off on their own. More explanation + individual links under the cut.

tracklist
Download Folder (4 zip files)

Note: I got a little carried away. There are 50 songs in this post.

( the nitty gritty details under the cut )

And those are literally my favorite songs in Nico Nico Douga---not really XD. Sorry for the length but I tried covering all possible genre and voice types. I really took it easy on the crack songs because I don't want to break new people's brains so early.

If the file is too big for you to download, I suggest reading the list and listen to the songs that pique your interest. Then you can move on from there :).

Also, on a personal note to Noey-san, since I wrote this with her in mind, here are some of our peers' favorite singers:
Nikki : Clear, Tourai, Choucho, Seriyu
Len: Asamaru, Wotamin
Lyn: Nodoame, Tourai
Luna: Gero (specifically XD)
Yama: Valshe (I didn't know! XD)

Despite the length of this primer, I hope it helps? ;w; If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I would write more, but there are tons I have already written in ofurotaimu. Just look at the first post in the comm and the tags.

Just a short notice.

Tinypic has closed its doors on non-North American uploaders and had killed image links of those who aren't registered and aren't in North America. All my pictures are uploaded in tinypic, so that means all the image links in this journal, in my communities and forums are down, unless you're from North America and then you can see them.

Apparently, Tinypic allows you to check your folders for your previous uploads but you cannot link to them anymore (well, for me). I have hundreds of images in Tinypic, and IDK how the hell I'm going to fix all the links for those.

So anyway, expect to see a lot of image errors here and in my communities. Sorry about that. They should've given a notice seriously. I don't even know how to start reorganizing. OTL.


ETA: Okay, now it's back up? I can see my images again? I don't really know what's happening ffff.

Dropping by to say I'm alive and kicking, even if my journals are gathering dust. I assure you I'm just busy and I haven't packed up and ran away from the Interwebs, although if you're in twitter or ofurotaimu, I don't need to assure you 8D.

I've been terribly busy with work (too much writing = death) and it's the flu season here, too. June-July is really not for me. And then the SP Vocaloid rankings were released to I'm spending my time going through all the lists there (I listen to all the songs...at least in the Kagamine, GUMI, KAITO and Luka rankings). So uh...until I finish with the last one there, I won't be free :(. Don't worry, I'll do it tonight LOLOL.

Uh...things to update about, I'm going to list them here:
- Nero x Limone-sensei nicoraji report
- Kogeinu's world domination plan
- Clear's live (very little though)
- Summer anime (would you believe I haven't watched a single one?! GOD)
- more I forgot

Mmmm...what else? Brain empty at the moment, although I know I had a long to-do list. Anyway, I mostly update ofurotaimu now of manly utattemita/vocaloid updates so just head over there if you need me ^^;. I'll try to be back to updating this by August (birthday month woot!! not...). Oh! I haven't thought of what to do for July 30 /failure. Ugh. ofurotaimu anniversary, what more can I post for that?



If you want to talk to me, feel free to bother me in twitter, skype or plurk, as I don't check other sites much. I'll see you soon~!! Don't defriend me sdlkhasflhsgd I'm alive and kicking ♥

This is nikki's journal here at dreamwidth. Originally, I registered as affascinante but when I discovered that this username is available, I decided to move here and make the previous my fic journal |D. Don't ask why the username, I just like how it sounds ♥.

Supposedly too, this will be a non-fandom journal. But I ended up making communities here for my fandoms ^^;. So...well, that's it. I'll probably be rambling here, too. I'm not crossposting from my other journals, though :). Wowowow, how am I going to do this XD;?

That said, hello again ♥!