Don't we normally have some sort of "get creative" challenge going on? Did I miss it? Where did it go?
Well here's my submission for the challenge, even if it doesn't exist.
This is actually my first song I have ever produced that used Vocaloid. Well..used vocaloid for lyrics. I have used Miku in the past for "Ahhhs" and "Oooos" but never with lyrics.
I have posted the EP as "Free or pay what you want". You are welcome to download the 2 tracks (+ the instrumentals) for free if you can't afford, but you know...it's cool if you want to buy me a beer.
This is actually the start of the second album I might be doing under the "Nephilim Novel" name. However, at this time, due to some stupid mistakes on my part, the first full album I released is currently not available for download. However you CAN stream the full thing here:
As for "Everything Always" here is the description I provided about the music on the bandcamp page:
The original "Everything Always" was inspired by my version of "Alone" when I accidentally stumbled into a whole new song by speeding "Alone" up to 3 times it's normal play speed.
I have long had an interest in the Vocaloids and have wanted to attempt a Vocaloid song, but since the program is best used in Japanese, I found most english songs lacking. They sounded very robotic and unnatural. As a result, I refused to do a Vocaloid song until I was capable of writing a song in Japanese.
While listening to the band, WHITE ASH, it made me realize; I don't need to know the language to write in the language. The lyrics may be nonsense, but as long as it sounds good, that is what is important.
The song "Goodbye to Everything" was inspired by the idea of "If this song was originally inspired by speeding up a song, what would happen if I slow the song back down?"
It was upon doing this, I witnessed something magical happen. The entire song transformed.
However, "Goodbye to Everything" is anything but just "Everything Always" slowed down to one-third it's play speed. I hand picked which stems sounded best slowed down, and processed these stems to preserve some of the original character that was lost by slowing them down so much.
However, largely, musically, it is similar, but at nearly one-third of the speed of "Everything Always".