Dubber's Radio: Episode 3 Part 3 & 4

I finally ate my pizza, but that was around 11:30am, it's now 4pm. Yeah, I take forever to blog. I talk too much, plus I was distracted by Law&Order a little, and then our old house tenant stopped over like half an hour ago and I talked to her a little and that slowed me down on getting this up. Now I'm hungry again, and definitely no longer chilly.

On an off-topic side note. I mentioned before about how I baby talk my dog. Sometimes I'm sure it sounds like I am speaking an alien tongue. Now and then I come up with new phrases to say to her (out of nowhere). Before, it was something like "jubba jubba jubba." No lie. I'd say it all baby like, in a cutesy 'I-love-you' voice while petting her belly.

Well now, for some reason, I'm moved onto "Ah cha puh paow" I don't even know how to spell what I say. The ending 'paow' I exaggerate and hold out, and sometimes I'll throw in an extra 'puh' or two. Why is my brain so lame? And I call her every pet name there is, but my recent favorite is 'sugarbean.' Sugar doesn't even come from beans! Anyways, I just felt like sharing more about my weird self. Onward!



[*] Kappa is adorably funny. I admire that she accepts and shares with us that there are ups and downs to being in charge. When Buggy asks her what she doesn't like about running HanaP, and she laughs and says the same anwser as for what she does like, with different reasons; I couldn't help laughing a little along with her (& smiling).

I like how Kappa runs things, from what I've heard. If there is a way to do something or set something up so that things get done smoothly and quickly, with a good result; it's definitely preferred. A little OCD isn't so bad. Organization is a great quality for a leader to have! And as she says, Kappa always has her sub-leaders to "make sure that I'm not doing anything off the wall crazy."

[*] Wow. I had run across KawaiiStarProject's first comment on cremeproject's profile, and I my first thought was; WTF? I didn't know that they'd posted yet another one. Like Buggy mentions, it's awful that KSP resorted to posting their hater comments on someone else's profile!! Cremeproject is wonderful, and it sucks that their page got such trash posted on there.

And I agree with what Kappa said in her reply comment, "Not that I understand like, anything they said down there." I don't either. KSP doesn't seem to be run by the most literate person. And it wouldn't be as bad if KSP was more than just a hater. If they were some amazing jaw-dropping project that was feeling extremely threatened or competitive, okay.

But the other day as I was browsing through YT, under the Recent Activity section I saw that someone (who shall remain un-named) had rated a video 1 star. My first thought was; only one? Is it really that bad? So I clicked and had a listen. And Yes. Sadly, it was that bad. I can't claim to know anything about mixing, but I do have two ears and they didn't enjoy what they heard. The dub I clicked on was KSP's first actual dub.

And I'm not bashing the singers. They all sounded rather good! I actually liked most their solos, some cute voices. They show promise. But their parts were all over the place, mixing wise. Almost nothing was together. Some of that might be due to possible off-timing when it came to the singing, but the dub overall was just badly put together. It seems likely that KSP is just hating on HanaP out of jealousy, perhaps? (oh, and when I say KSP I am referring to whoever runs the thing is, not it's members)

If you look down at 'How to Deal with Haters' in Keywords&Quote section, take in what Kappa says in the second paragraph. The leader of KSP has managed to give their project a bad name through their actions. Immature nonsensical hater. That is what's in my thoughts now.

I love how Kappa and the Hana girls dealt with this. They were very mature. Well, I think the LOL bit was really funny, but it wasn't horribly offensive and Kappa wasn't trying to push buttons. Hopefully this is finally smoothed out, and KSP will just go on doing whatever, and HanaP will go on rockin'


DR- Episode 3 Part 3 Keywords & Quotes ~

On Being a Busy Bee
"Currently I'm in my last year and a half of college, so it definitely doesn't make the work load any easier to keep up with. . . .so as much as I don't want it to be, some days it gets really stressful. But it makes it worth it in the end, that's why I keep with it." -Kappa

Haters
"They're an unfortunate part of the package, sadly." -Kappa

How to Deal with Haters
"I have an extremely quick temper. . . .somebody has to hold me back, cause I'll be like gung-ho to go tell somebody off. I have to make myself take a deep breath first, which gets easier the more it happens. . . .

I don't know if any project leaders out there realize this, but. . . .You're a main representive of that project, and if somebody sees you acting immaturely, no matter how the rest of your project acts, that's how they're gonna think about your project." -Kappa


Right on to the final part!



!! I'm so happy that Buggy mentioned Sayuri (Lilacsilk28)! She is a super nice girl, and it's lame that she had to put up with KSP's comments. It's cool that Dubber's Radio, HanaProject and CremeProject all support each other! UWAH~

Another thing I love about dubbing in general (but HanaP included) is that it has no age limit. I think it's awesome that 25-30 year olds are still dubbing. Heck, I still wanna be a huge dubbing, blogging, Hello!Project fan in ten years. Whether your 14 or 22 or 27, it doesn't matter! It's all about having fun!



Hoshizora's Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai was the dub selected this time around for the Critique. Buggy had to do a lot of cutting, and so if you'd like to hear more than what she fit into the video, download the full critique. I did!

Both Kappa and Buggy had a lot of good pointers. And even if you're not a part of Hoshizora, but you're looking to improve your dubbing, your project, or you're planning on singing this song; have a listen!

On a sidenote, Buggy sounds so much like this girl I was in girl scouts with a long while ago. Her name is Amelia. It's weird how similiar their speaking voices sound. So every time I listen to Dubber's Radio, I am reminded of her. I wish I had a voice sample of Amelia's so I could show y'all, lol. But yeah. Random.

& I don't really have any good Keywords or Quotes this time around. Lameness. I'm just not focused enough to sort through this 4th part to come up with a few good ones. But I really enjoyed listening to this entire episode, and I look forward to the next!!

Dubber's Radio: Episode 3 Part 1 & 2

I went to bed at like 3am last night. I was going to stay up until five to finish something, but my computer needed to restart because of automated updates anyways, so I just turned in. I was hoping I wouldn't miss out on anything while sleeping, so when I forced myself to get up early (in practice for going back to work) and saw that Dubber's Raido Episode 3 was up, I was excited and bummed.

But when I took a peek, it only had a few comments!! Which meant I hadn't missed much, lol. And then I was confused as to where it started off. It took me a moment to realize that it was FOUR PARTS! How freaking awesome is that? Four times the goodness of the usual 10 minutes of Buggy. Lovely

We start things off with an interview with Kappa, leader of HanaProject~



I feel the need to say that right before the interview started; I clenched my fists, closed my eyes and smiled while squeeing silently with glee. Not in that order, but all at once. Cause I'm excited about this! One minor thing niggles me though; Kappa doesn't talk as loud as Buggy, and a few times I found the backing music was a sinch too loud and distracted me from listening to when she was talking. But that could just be me, lol.

Homg! It's so interesting, listening to them go back and forth!! And I'm loving all the Kappa info. I feel cool, cause I actually know who Ange (froghaterk) is! I don't know her really, but I stumbled across her profile the other day when I was checking out HanaP Gen 5 member BakaPai. She has a lovely voice, and if Kappa looks up to her, she's gotta be pretty wow-worthy.

Star-struck Kappa? Cute~ "I used to call her the mixing goddess," she's talking about Luthien; "she was patient enough to take my mixing and talk to me and give me advice. . . .she's been a hue impact on my mixing." *got distracted listening to her dubs* She is an awesome singer!! I loved her autotune Dakishimete, but y'all should also listen to something unauto-tuned too. She's fabulous.

I love how much time and work both Buggy and Kappa put into this. Thinking up all the questions, taking the time to anwser them, then doing the interview for recording, and mixing it all. All just to entertain us (though I'm sure they were too in the process). They did a spectacular job, and they most certainly have my attention and props!!

I don't know how much sense I'll make as opposed to how much rambling I'll do, since this is such a long episode. So forgive me now for my blabbing. I am going to spilt these into two seperate entries, two parts per, other wise I'll have one mega big one. Uwah, looks like tons more Hana info in Part 2!


DR- Episode 3 Part 1 Keywords & Quotes ~

Kappa
"She is the founder and leader of Hana Project, and one the of the best mixers and producers out there in my opinion." -Buggy

Dubbing
"I think the thing I like the most about it is, the satisfaction you get after you put up something you know is really good. . . .It makes you feel that it was worth it, no matter how many sleepless nights you had." -Kappa

Favorite dub
"The stuff I've done with Junran is really top on my list. It's hard to make a call on it because there's been a lot of stuff that I've really fallen in love with. I think out of all the Junran. . . .Nanchatte Renai was the best one, in my opinion." -Kappa

AKS (manage AKB48) & minor LOL vaule
"They will get you dragged down into Youtube purgatory , never to be seen again." -Kappa

*runs off to put a sweater on* My arms were cold, but they're much better now. And mah belly is rumbling. Quiet! Oh. Well, it is almost lunch and I skipped breakfast. *put'sa pizza in the oven* Now it's time for more Dubber's Radio! Uwah!



I love how this part of the episode gets so much into HanaP. And it's even better coming from Kappa. I know I read up on the project on their forums and maybe asked Rae and Kappa a question or so; but this is way way more fun and informative.

And it's not only an insight into HanaP, but into dubbing and projects. I can't say that I've ever experienced any of the frustrations or satisfaction (as result of putting a dub up) that Kappa mentions, but I like hearing about it! She's talking about her experiences, and by doing so gives us non-dubbers an insight into things. Cool beans~

I think the Keywords & Quotes for these individual parts say more than my typing this time. Because I'm not commenting on Kappa's interview really, just soaking in everything that these two are saying. So the K&Q section shows stuff that I picked up on, or things that I was interested in hearing.


DR- Episode 3 Part 2 Keywords & Quotes ~

Hana Project the Phoenix
"We definitely did rise up. . . .we topped 100 (subscribers) in just a few months. . . .we've gotten more and more since then somehow." -Kappa

Goal
"My original goal wasn't to make it popular or high-quality, but I did want to do my best to make sure that it was reaching it's full potentional. . . .and I wanted to be worth the time of the people in it." -Kappa

What sets Hana aside
"I think the biggest thing is that we actually get stuff done. . . .all of the members have a sense of responsibility and motivation, which I think is really special. . . .from my side, I try to keep everything as organized as possible. . . .and when all that comes together, we get stuff done. That's the secret formula to it." -Kappa

Keeping the peace: dramafree HanaP
"I don't usually have to smack anybody down for doing something stupid, because our auditions process really emphasizes the personality aspect. We make sure that the people we're letting in are the people for us, for our community. . . .

They have to fit vocally as well, but the most important part of it is that they're gonna get along with us, we're gonna get along well with them; we're gonna want to work with them." -Kappa

Homg. I find this extremely amusing. I'm kind of bored at the moment and I wanted to search for something new to listen to or blog about. But the only way to do it on YT is to jump from profile to profile, or search a random H!P song with the hopes of some dubs coming up in the results.

Then I remembered yoproject.net! They have a dubbing/karaoke section in their forums, so I went there to take a look around. I decided I'd hop from thread to thread, listening to whatever I was offered. The very first youtube link I click on in the first thread; which username does it turn out to be?

MegHitomiVAA. Who is one of the Gen 5 HanaP members. LOL. I had said back in that entry that I would try and have a listen to all of the girls I didn't know. And I am right now! But I totally didn't plan it. She's pretty good.




And now for another discovery through yoproject! UNiQstudios (a new dubbing project that is still taking auditions) recently put out this teaser trailer for AisuPOP Idol 2010. I must say it looks pretty interesting. I'm more into dubbing for the fun of it, but I suppose there's nothing wrong with a little healthly competition. I am crossing my fingers for no drama though, lol.

Plus- much like the American Idol that inspired the idea -it's something that dubbers and fans alike can look foward to, as the contest gets step by step closer to the end and announcing the winner. A building of exciment that draws in viewers. At least that's what the headers of this idea are aiming for, I'm sure. I am definitely awaiting the first video, so I can get a taste of what it'll be like.

Also, on UNiQstudios' blog, it has been recently mentioned that this contest will be featured in a coming episode of Dubber's Radio! Now I'm really interested. If Buggy is taking the time to promote, then it's gotta be something worth checking out.

Aya Rambles & Poll Results

I'm so lame. I'm sitting here dancing (with my upper body) in my chair while acting like some peppy H!P girl on stage, all smiles and hand-movements (er, the computer is my crowd?) while playing my own game of Sing-a-long with Himawari and Kohaku.

"PARAPIRAPORAPORAPPO" I've got those parts down pretty well now. I can pretty much keep up, except I might goof now and then, but I can always just throw in a 'po' 'pi' or 'pa' and it still sounds like I know what I'm doing, LOL.

Before this I was listening to Kirari by Tokyo Girl's Style on repeat inbetween browsing and listening to auditions. But right now I've got Kohaku and Himwari's dub on repeat. It's just so freaking catchy and amazing~ See! This is why I love downloads ♥

And as I start this about the poll results, I am jamming out to Romeo & Cinderella by Hanatan. But I'm going to change it. It's been through at least three times. Hmm, maybe some AKB? Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru it is! I love this song. Anyways~

The poll is finally over! The first choice won, hands down; "*waves both arms spastically* I love it! Buggy rules!" After the first five votes had all gone there, I had a feeling that it was going to be the winning option. And it was, by about 80%. But it was all kind of a silly, cause I purposely centered the choices around loving some part of Dubber's Radio. (*switches to Run Devil Run by SNSD*)

Whether it was Buggy, the show itself, or the featured dub that was available for download. So it was a win-win situation, it all just depended on what just how much you liked it. I was happy that someone voted for the third option, but just cause it made me feel awesome to be "oh wise Aya" LOL. (*picks Heart and Soul by AAA next*)

I am really excited for the next episode of Buggy's radio show, cause she is interviewing Kappa, leader of HanaP!! You can read Kappa's rambles about it in her latest entry over on her blog. (*listens to Zhuan Shu Tian Shi by Tank* Beautiful song)

And on a sad note, I will be starting work back up this Thursday. I probably won't be able to get on until 5:00pm (Michigan / Northern USA time) every day, except for weekends; which I believe I have off. This is going to cut back on how much blogging I get done in a day, so bare with me ;w;

A million thanks to all my wonderful readers!! I will do as much as I can in the next two days. If you have anything you'd like me to take a look at just message me on YT or send the video my way via Shared Videos. And now, it's 4am my sweets, so I better be heading to bed~ ILY'ALL

(I leave you all listening to Our Songs by Totemomo)

IKP auditions

LOL. This is epic. I know it's just a audition video, but it's so funny. I kept giggling. EPIC. Go listen to it. You need to listen to it. Oh, and this video answered a question that I posed not too long ago; Generation 3's name will be Akarui, which is the Japanese word for 'bright'

Here is a cast, as listed in the info bar. I got some of the names in the beginning (you will too, if you listen/watch). I picked out Aly easy enough, Leader Takari too. Homg, I love the british accent ♥ So many funny lines in this. You have~

~The person who could voice an anime character.
~The person who isn't a judge but still loves to be in stuff like this.
~The british accented person.
~The sick/froggy/dead/almost country-ish sounding leader.
~The person with the CUTEST Foreign accent ever.
~And the amazing person who took everyone's lines, including her own, because they got last minute busy and couldn't do the video.



One thing I really really like about this, is that IKP did a great job at outlining exactly what they want, what they expect, and what they will accept. It's all in the info bar on the right AND Amaranth, Aqua, Celeste, Goldenrod, Scarlet, Heather and Takara all read off everything, putting humor into it and making you want to join just cause they sound like a fun (hard-working!) bunch~

I also want to, again, bring up Buggy's episode one of Dubber's Radio. All of the points that she mentioned- Before the audition, Audition Songs, Waiting for the Result, & Final results -are good things to keep in mind, and many of them were brought up by IKP.

*Do not message IKP members, bugging them about auditions.
*Make sure to follow the rules and requirements to the letter.
*Don't apply if you're not going to be active.
*Please, don't be a sore loser. Be open to advice on how you can improve!

Dubbing is for enjoyment. So enjoy it! Above all; it's about having fun~

IKP is a great dubbing project, so if you're interested; Go audition!

! ! ! I just got home from a little family outing and plopped down to do whatever. When I looked at my subs list and saw that Buggy has released the next episode of Dubber's Radio, I was super mega excited! (Then I got sidetracked by blogging about Martha and Leilani for a bit, lol)

Before I even listened to the episode, I opened up this entry type box so I could; listen, pause, type, listen, squeal happily, pause, type. LOL. I'll end up listening to it a lot of times anyways, as I usually do most things I cover~

"I was always worried that I wasn't going to get any views or whatever."

Is this girl mad? Nah, we all have doubts sometimes, nee? But wonderful Buggy didn't know that she needn't have them, because her radio show is AMAZING, and I am not the only one who thinks so. Her first episode had 300 views, an Average Rating of 4.67, and she has received oodles of honors already! (See profile for listing)

Buggy has caught a lot of people's attention. Including mine. LOL, I was talking to Fae (nytefaerie) earlier today, and she mentioned Yo Project. It went something like this (I BS-ed the wording);

Aya; HOMG, where did I hear about them from?!

Fae; Uhhh, Dubber's Radio?

Aya; YUSH ! ! ! ♥ (I was thinking hearts in my head)

That's just the great thing about Dubber's Radio. Besides giving useful information, and getting to hear Buggy's thoughts/advice - you can also discover a lot of Projects or websites that you never knew about!! Call it advertising or shameless plugging; whatever you want. It's an awesome spreading of word that brings the YT dubbing community closer together!



[;w;] kgjebgjkbrjkgergnrjkgnrkjgnerk. I feel so mushy-happy right now. You know the feeling you get when someone compliments you, and you're just all smiley and happy? Yeah, I'm feeling that times like, a kajillion. A huge thanks to Buggy for talking about my blog on her show. It means so much to me!!

And I've actually got to give some props. Rae (SingingOnDemand) was the one who planted the seed in my mind, by casually commenting that I should start a dubbing blog. So I did. And now I love this thing SO much. I really really enjoy what I do on here, and I'm glad that I can make other people happy too. Everyone should get a little sunshine spotlight now and then.

[*] OH! And in reply to Buggy's comment about not knowing if I do any dubbing; No I don't. I love to sing! I sing to myself like, all day. Whatever H!P or other song comes into my head. I don't dislike my singing, but I don't think I'm anything special; but isn't that how most people think? You are your toughest critic.

I've had some people ask me to dub, and I am considering it. My biggest problem right now is a lack of equipment; I have no speakers or mic. I do have a camera, which could do for now. And since I'm on layoff, I have lots of freetime (but not always an empty noise-free house, lol). Ugh, I can't believe I'm doing this. But here is a little something on my boxnet I recorded for a few friends, just as a voice sample.

ANYWAYS, moving on!

[*] I'm super interested in this episode's topic; Mixing! I am completely mixing dumb. Well, I can't say that I've ever tried. But I have played around with Audacity, and let's just say I know how to make myself sound like a chipmunk. . . . LOL, I loved the Depressing Karaoke Bar effect!

I don't have many comments to make on Buggy's sections on mixing, except that I found it all very interesting to listen to, especially from an experienced mixer. I do agree that Audacity isn't too hard to figure out, so if you are a beginner, I would say to give it a go first. Plus, it's free! Here is a link to the download page. OH, and I was curious. Buggy mentioned that Audacity is free. Is Audition as well?



I think it's so cool that Buggy chose this dub, cause at one point I was going to cover it here! But I got sidetracked. I shall have to do IroKokoro Project's next dub instead~ I completely agree with Buggy. This dub is so EPIC *clicks the download link* The song has really grown on me through listening to Bishoujo's cover of it.

So this is how it went; I met Rae. Rae was in MidoriProject. I really liked MidoriPro. Leader Takara created IroKokoro. I really really like IKP. I discovered HanaProjectDubs. I LOVE HanaP.

As far as dubbing groups go, I think IroKokoro is right behind HanaPro. (On my personal rating scale). I haven't been paying them enough attention lately. So I will try really hard to get an entry up about them. Thank you to wonderful miss Buggy for the inspiration.

And most definitely, for all her work that brought up this awesome episode.


DR- Episode 2 Keywords & Quotes ~

Audacity
(+)"The interface is really easy to use. And it's a great program for beginners, because I feel like it's relatively uncomplicated."

(-)"What I don't like about it, is that there's not a lot of effects. And the effects it does have, they aren't the best."

Audition
(+)"I find that the timing mechanisms work better for me. . . I love that I can kind of just slide my file around. And, for me, it ends up going faster that way."

(+)"Also, what makes Audition really good are the effects. The one thing I cannot live without is reverb. But like, as I said, there's a lot of effects, so that be really mind boggling."

(-)"The other thing I hate about Audition, is that there is no re-do for the multi-track effect. I mean like, what the heck."

(=)"Even with the cons, it's (Audition) the program I use."

LOL Value
"Ah dur ah dur ah dur."

"It is not Buggy-friendly."

"And the Mac is like; Oh no Buggy's coming. It's time to roll over and die."

Dubbers Radio [brought to you by shockingbuggy]
The radio show for dubbers, by dubbers, and about dubbers



What is epic? Hello! Project. Hana Project. Yamabuki. Dubbing in general. Oh, and what else is EPIC? Why Dubbers Radio, of course. If you have not tuned into this first episode of shockingbuggy's new radio show, DO IT NOW.

Buggy is very easy to listen to, in that her and her talk-topics are interesting and things that dubbers and non-dubbers alike can either relate to, or enjoy learning about. She states her opinion, but doesn't over-do anything, and has nifty little tips. She explains what she's talking and/or why she thinks what she does.

I LOVE her background music. It's cool that it's not the same song throughout the whole thing; that'd be boring. I also love that she has links to what is played; she is advertising dubbing groups, but it's in a very non-annoying way, and it's such a nice and positive thing to do. You can listen to her and the music and not get confused. She follows an easy program, and her content is quite informative.

I really liked how at 8:55, listeners were told to pause so that they could go to Yamabuki's dub and have a listen, before continuing on to hear comments about it. It was a really smart idea, and it worked awesomely without wasting any of the precious 10 minutes. Props to WAO mixer; Kiri. (ILU RAEBEE)

In this topic, Buggy covers Auditions. She has asked for input from Groups on; "What are things you look for in auditions?" But she's also asked for input from auditioners as well. Drop her a comment if you want to share your thoughts! I love this show already, and I just know she must have gotten replies flowing in. Oh, and if you haven't yet; SUBSCRIBE!


D R- Episode 1 Keywords & Quotes ~

"Mixing, to me, is what can make or break a dub."

Hana Project
"Because I am shameless about self promotion; WHOO!"

Vocal Imitations
"When people try to vocal imitate, they kind of force their voices to do something that's not really natural for them."

First step to auditioning
"Oh my god, I cannot stress this enough; read the directions."

[LOL value]
"No one sounds good when they're singing through their nose. Not even Koharu. Or Sayumi."

And lastly, I quote Buggy on this; "Don't really stress about being rejected from a dubbing." group." I definitely agree! It's not the end of the world. Just keep singing~ Practice brings progress, but most important of all; just have fun! And Buggy also suggested that if you really want to improve, you can always ask for some pointers.

This is just the beginning of what is already an EPIC show in my opinion. I can't wait for the next episode, and I plan on following along here on my blog.