SEIYUU LOUNGE

In this episode, let's celebrate the 11 best albums released in 2020 by Male Seiyuu and 2D units.

Albums mentioned in this episode:

🎵 Wataru Hatano “Never End! Summer!” 

https://open.spotify.com/album/5wAThNetS01Wj8HECJw1eQ?si=QDRsRB7lQYCKKhDku3hS9w

🎵 TRIGGER “Crescent Rise”

https://open.spotify.com/album/3YZZ5tD78xFEa1C9YbOgmC?si=8xWizzmrT56WkQrexGEi7Q

🎵 OLDCODEX “Core Fade”

https://open.spotify.com/album/68wMPEi7Zll0mVl9eU6PiB?si=VftTgaahQTehNn5U0zpV_g

🎵 RUBIA Leopard “TRIGGER” (not available on streaming platforms worldwide)

🎵 GYROAXIA “SCATTER”

https://open.spotify.com/album/473KwK7a5lOIux9syp6uAA?si=KfsJe6SCRXqN8JJbTBLj-g

🎵 Tetsuya Kakihara & Nobuhiko Okamoto “trust and play” (not available on streaming platforms worldwide)

🎵 Anthos “Message”

https://open.spotify.com/album/1AWSOm1XYYLW26sIq5ryt3?si=MQX9soR9SDKL-l72vR3jkQ

🎵 Yuma Uchida “Over”

https://open.spotify.com/album/6OqfeZEAKDobcNnyUrXES3?si=8EcEr5vpRai9p8szk2MsDg

🎵 SolidS “DIAMOND” (not available on streaming platforms worldwide)

🎵 Makoto Furukawa “from fairytale”

https://open.spotify.com/album/7wc4sdFngsrLkxRyUOd6Y7?si=QU-JDHvWSjW44c4UkTsqog

🎵 Soma Saito “in bloom”

https://open.spotify.com/album/5p9c5jiVG8BMUc8E9mi24R?si=Hhpdy8UeTvuuqba3G03zvw

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Wrapping up the "12 of everything" series of Holiday-themed episodes, I will talk you through who were the 12 male seiyuu that impressed me the most in the music industry.

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In the spirit of THTFHQ's "12 of everything", in this episode I talk about 6 gifts given by Seiyuu to their fans in 2020 & 6 gifts I wish seiyuu had given us.

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For those that love the Holiday season this episode is filled with talk about some of the Christmas-themed songs performed by your favorite male seiyuu and 2D music groups.

Thank you to:

P M for suggesting the 12 Days of Christmas theme

Maiya for suggesting the "Christmas themed anime episodes, movie moments and songs" topic

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Anime music has turned into its own culture within anime and Male seiyuu have made their presence known in this side of the music industry. But what is anisong? Why do seiyuu want to have their music featured in anime? Do singers have creative freedom when creating music for anime series?

These and more questions are answered in this episode!

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In this episode you and I go into a bit of detail into some of the most common vocal techniques your favorite seiyuu use when singing. 

After this episode there's no way you won't know what Vibrato, falsetto, crescendo, head voice, chest voice, is.

Songs mentioned in this episode:

🎵 Shouta Aoi “I am” (emotional expression)

https://bit.ly/ShoutaAoiIam

🎵 OLDCODEX “painting of sorrow” (emotional expression)

https://bit.ly/paintingofsorrow

🎵 QUELL “Club the Cage” (crescendo in the instrumental)*

🎵 SolidS, QUELL, SOARA, Growth “Dear Dreamer.” (crescendo in the vocals)*

🎵 Fantôme Iris “histoire” (Accents)

https://bit.ly/FantomeIris

🎵 Toshiyuki Toyonaga “Kitten” (Head voice)

https://spoti.fi/2IFZx6H

🎵 QUELL “Angel's Ladder” (chest voice by Shunsuke Takeuchi)*

🎵 OLDCODEX “Blow Away” (belting)

https://bit.ly/BlowAwayOCD

🎵 Soma Saito “Petrichor” (legato) 

https://bit.ly/SSPetrichor

🎵 Happy Birthday song (in your language or just in English)

🎵 Growth “Gregorio” and “FLOW AWAY” (harmony)*

🎵 Marginal #4 “GiVeME” (unison)*

🎵 Growth “Mahou no Kizuna” (unison)*

🎵 Buster Bros!!! “IKEBUKURO WEST GAME PARK” (beatboxing)

https://bit.ly/BBIWGP

🎵 Soma Saito “Rutsubo” (whisper)*

*Not available on streaming services, at least in my location (Europe).

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What does your favorite male seiyuu's voice sound like? What is their voice register? These are just some of the questions that fans of seiyuu and music ask themselves.

In this episode of SEIYUU LOUNGE you will learn the basics to tell apart baritones, tenors and bass singers as well as the difference between voice tones and voice types.

Below are some of the songs I mentioned for you to listen to and understand the topics I was talking about:

🎵 Soma Saito “Lemming, Ai, Obelisk” (レミング、愛、オベリスク)  

🎵 Yuma Uchida “ERROR” https://spoti.fi/3pJJV2n 

🎵 Toshiyuki Toyonaga “Kitten” and “Yume no Meto” (ゅめのめと) https://spoti.fi/2IFZx6H / https://spoti.fi/3pIi8iX 

🎵 GRANRODEO “Odyssey ~ sono nantonaku o shirinagara ~” (odyssey ~そのなんとなくを知りながら~) https://spoti.fi/38WOXmv 

🎵 Makoto Furukawa in “Dokeshi to (sadness)” (道化師と..(sadness)) https://spoti.fi/3lL9TAn 

🎵 MEDICODE “Rosa” https://youtu.be/olLE6Q0Znjs?t=299

Articles on vocal tones and vocal register:

https://ramseyvoice.com/vocal-tone/

https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/opera/understanding-different-voice-types/

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In this episode you will learn about recording sessions for 2D music projects, solo artists and bands as well as differences between singer-songwriters and performers.

This is a follow up episode to Episode 14 - Producing seiyuu music: gear and studio -, and most of the music production jargon used here is explained in that episode.

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Get to know the essential gear in a studio, how a studio is on the inside, as well as learn a couple of technical music production terms that I often use for male seiyuu music reviews.

This is a core episode filled with interesting and useful content to understand the upcoming episode 15.

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Seiyuu not only do anime dubbing but they also do narration, games and drama CDs. However, recordings for these types of entertainment are unique.

In this episode I guide you through the details that make these recordings unique, as well as a brief talk about vocal cord injuries and how detailed dummyhead microphone work is.

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