Saturday, January 27, 2024

vtuber is out now!


I though I would gather up all the links for out newest album, vtuber, in one spot! So here they are! I think if we knew how many titles already had "vtuber" in them, we would have named it something else, LOL.













It's also available overseas on KKBox and Line Music among others!

Sunday, January 21, 2024

The 3Represents's Third Release - vtuber - Will Be Out Soon!


The 3Represents vtuber album
to be released soon!
 Our third album, vtuber, Out Now on Bandcamp and All Streaming Platforms!

Track list:

01 Kronii
02 Day After Day
03 Commute
04 vtuber
05 Last Donut
06 Ten Seconds
07 National Cow Appreciation Day
08 Fat
09 Shohei Ohtani
10 I Wear a Mask to Hide My Ugly Face
11 Garden of Failure
12 Nobody But You
13 Free


Please look forward to its release!

Lyrics

Kronii

Kronii, my sweet Kronii
would you like some baloney?
or, how about macaroni?
or maybe Rice-a-Roni

Kronii, can I touch you?
Can I also smell you?
What's your favorite brand of soap
and where do you buy shampoo?

Can you tell me
why am I like this?
Can you help me see
something I may have missed

I'm so obsessed with you
'cause you're so beautiful
You're telling me if I don't wanna be this way
All I gotta do is just not be this way

Kronii, my sweet Kronii

Kronii, my sweet Kronii
Do you ever get lonely?
Or cry yourself to sleep?
Or wander alone in the street?

Kronii, can I touch you?
Can I also smell you?
What's your favorite brand of soap
and where do you buy perfume?

Can you tell me
why am I like this?
Can you help me see
something I may have missed

I'm so obsessed with you
'cause you're so beautiful
You're telling me if I don't wanna be this way
All I gotta do is just not be this way

Kronii, my sweet Kronii
Kronii, my sweet Kronii

******************

Day After Day

I comb through the weekly ad, it's not bad
Chicken thighs are pretty cheap this week
I can buy a ten pound bag and make it last

Every week I scrounge up all the change I have
That determines my diet for the week
Survival mode is my permanent state

It's what I deal with day after day after day
It's what I deal with day after day after day after day
Day after day

I blew some cash on the lottery, I didn't win
It was a stupid thing to do
When you've got no hope, it's what you tend to choose

Survival mode is my permanent state
It's what I deal with day after day after day
It's what I deal with day after day after day after day

Shut up with your talk about pulling myself up by my bootstraps
You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth
So spare me your precious advice

Every week I scrounge up all the change I have
That determines my diet for the week
Survival mode is my permanent state

It's what I deal with day after day after day
It's what I deal with day after day after day after day
Day after day

********************

Commute

I'm still in bed and it's half past noon
I see no reason to get up any time soon
I have a job that means nothing to me
Any way you look at it the future's pretty bleak

I'm counting on some kind of disaster to make me feel alive

My commute takes about an hour long
Long way to go just to end up somewhere wrong
Mr. Bus Driver feel free to take a nap
If we plunge off the bridge just say the brakes were pretty bad

I'm counting on some kind of disaster to make me feel alive

I've got some kind of chain around my neck
and it's pulling me down, down
The water keeps rising above my head
I fear I'm gonna drown, drown

I'm calling and calling out for some help
but no one's ever around, 'round
I'm screaming and screaming my lungs out
but I can't seem to make a sound, sound

Looks like I made it home, safe and sound
Maybe my luck would change if I weren't on the ground
Hurricane season is supposed to be bad
A Category 5 should wipe the place off the map

I'm counting on some kind of disaster to make me feel alive

I've got some kind of chain around my neck
and it's pulling me down, down
The water keeps rising above my head
I fear I'm gonna drown, drown

I'm calling and calling out for some help
but no one's ever around, 'round
I'm screaming and screaming my lungs out
but I can't seem to make a sound, sound, sound

********************

vtuber

Ugly boy, what are you doing?
I can see you following me
Don't you know that you don't stand a chance?
With a girl as pretty as me?

Stupid boy, just go on home
Your constant whimpers are bothering me
Don't you know that you're wasting your time
with a girl who's out of your league?

Nerds, weebs, and weeaboos
They all make me so miserable
I just wish they would leave me alone
They need to start living a life of their own

I'm just a vtuber, I love to sing
but I won't be your personal slave
There are things that I want to do
without the stares of nerd boys like you

I want to go to my local cafe
and not have to worry about you sniffing my chair
Or look out my window to see some nerd
going through my trash for a souvenir

Nerds, weebs, and weeaboos
They all make me so miserable
I just wish they would leave me alone
They need to start living a life of their own

I'm not your girlfriend, I'm not your wife
I'm just a vtuber
I'm just a vtuber
I'm just a vtuber

*************************

Last Donut

I was gone for only five minutes
When I got back, someone ate the last donut
Even though I said, 
"Hey, can you save the last donut for me?"

They couldn't even do me this one favor
Those motherfuckers only think about themselves
Fuck them!
They can all eat shit and die

I want my donut right now
Someone better bring me a jelly donut
I'm not kidding, I'm going nuclear
Better stand back, I'm gonna blow

Just bring me my jelly donut
It's my god given right to eat a donut
I'm not kidding, I'm going nuclear
Better stand back, I'm gonna blow

I've calmed down, but I'm still mad as hell
No one ever looks out for me
I try to be nice and be considerate
But I never get the last donut

They couldn't even do me this one favor
Those motherfuckers only think about themselves
Fuck them!
They can all eat shit and die

I want my donut right now
Someone better bring me a jelly donut
I'm not kidding, I'm going nuclear
Better stand back, I'm gonna blow

Just bring me my jelly donut
It's my god given right to eat a donut
I'm not kidding, I'm going nuclear
Better stand back, I'm gonna blow

***********************

Ten Seconds

I'm sorry, but I won't be coming in today
There's a stream with Kronii, Fauna, and Mumei
I'm afraid you'll have to way until the stream is done
My priority in life is to have a lot of fun

They're really cute and funny, clever, and so smart
In just two years, they've secured a place in my heart
All my spare time is now reserved for Hololive
It's okay if always watching them leaves me sleep deprived

I'm writing comments hoping they'll be read aloud
But they never do, it hangs over me like a cloud
I'm afraid I'll have to spend some money for superchats
That's the only way for you to notice me, you little rat

My income's gone and money's getting really low
Should I sell my blood, that way I can raise some dough?
Don't forget I also want to buy some really cool merch
That's the price I pay for joining the Hololive church

Ten seconds, that's all I can get
After that, they'll just move on to whoever's next
They'll read my name, but that's about it
For those ten seconds, I feel alright for a little bit

My affirmations come in ten dollar chunks
If I quit cold turkey, I wouldn't last a month


Ten seconds, that's all I can get
After that, they'll just move on to whoever's next
They'll read my name, but that's about it
For those ten seconds, I feel I'm loved for a little bit

My affirmations come in ten dollar chunks
If I quit cold turkey, I wouldn't last a month
I wouldn't even last a day

I feel as though I'm getting really close to them
Is it cringe for me to say they're my only friends?
I know they don't know me from Adam but that's okay
Friends don't need to be made of fresh and blood in this day and age

I'd never go out to a karaoke bar
I don't have to 'cause IRyS sings while I play the guitar
All my spare time is now reserved for Hololive
It's okay if always watching them leaves me sleep deprived

Ten seconds, that's all I can get
After that, they'll just move on to whoever's next
They'll read my name, but that's about it
For those ten seconds, I feel alright for a little bit

My affirmations come in ten dollar chunks
If I quit cold turkey, I wouldn't last a month
No...

Ten seconds, that's all I can get
After that, they'll just move on to whoever's next
They'll read my name, but that's about it
For those ten seconds, I feel I'm loved for a little bit

My affirmations come in ten dollar chunks
If I quit cold turkey, I wouldn't last a month
So I think I'm gonna keep on buying
Those superchats are the only thing that keeps me from crying

I'm always ten seconds away
(I'm always)
                 ten seconds away
(I'm always)
                 ten seconds away

*********************

National Cow Appreciation Day

Hey, Mr. Cow, I just want to tell you
how much I appreciate you
You give us milk and let us eat you
Sorry about that

I just want to make sure you're comfortable
If you need something, just let me know
I've got some carrots as a treat just for you

Hey, Mr. Cow, I just want to tell you
how much I appreciate you
I don't even mind the constant farting
You do you

I just want to make sure you're comfortable
If you need something, just let me know
I've got some timothy hay just for you

Your flesh is delicious
Too bad we have to kill you for it
But one day we'll grow it in a lab
I hope you'll live to see it

I just want to make sure you're comfortable
If you need something, just let me know
I've got some juicy apples just for you

I just want to make sure you're comfortable
If you need something, just let me know
I'll give you all the fresh cut grass you want

***********************

Fat

I'm getting fat and I don't care
Would you mind passing me that bowl of gummi bears?
Oops, I just split my pants, so what?
I can fix that with a napkin to cover my butt

What are you looking at?
I'm not some goddamn animal in the zoo
I still have my dignity
Oh, look, someone dropped that Twinkie on the ground
It's my lucky day
Who wouldn't love a free Twinkie?

I was thin and I still never got anywhere
So I'll just be helping myself to my share
Oops, I just ate the whole cake, my bad
Oh well, no cake for you, sucks to be you

What are you looking at?
I'm not some goddamn animal in the zoo
I still have my dignity
Oh, look, someone dropped that HoHo on the ground
It's my lucky day
Who wouldn't love a free HoHo?

I'll take that
and I'll have some of that, too
You might as well give me everything
I never get anything

What are you looking at?
I'm not some goddamn animal in the zoo
I still have my dignity
Oh, look, someone dropped that Twinkie on the ground
It's my lucky day
Who wouldn't love a free Twinkie?

What are you looking at?
I'm not some goddamn animal in the zoo
I still have my dignity
Oh, look, someone dropped that HoHo on the ground
It's my lucky day
Who wouldn't love a free HoHo?

*********************

Shohei Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani slept with my poor mommy
and now I'm gonna have a baby sister
What's that you're saying? My mother is a liar?
Okay, I admit that she's a serial grifter

Part of me still clings to the hope that it could be true
Please, please, let it be true
I want Shohei to help me play in the Major Leagues
Please, please, that would be so cool

Shohei Ohtani, won't you marry mommy
and be the father I so desparately need
I'll be a good daughter and bring honor to your name
I'll stay in school and get good grades and still watch all your games

Part of me still clings to the hope that it could be true
Please, please, let it be true
I want Shohei to help me play in the Major Leagues
Please, please, that would be so cool

I would be the first ever woman
to play in the Major Leagues
I would have to be a knuckle baller
to have a chance to succeed
I promise to train very hard
I'll measure up to any bar
You'll be proud of me I swear
No rice, no life!

Shohei Ohtani slept with my poor mommy
and now I'm gonna have a baby sister
My whole life is a wreck, my mother passes bad checks
Ohtani san, please help me and assist her

Shohei Ohtani
please help my mommy
You're my only hope
I need some way to cope
Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani

*********************

I Wear a Mask to Hide My Ugly Face

You'll never catch me going out of my house
without my mask on, no you'll never see that
It's not because I'm afraid of catching the flu
That's not the reason, no that's not the reason

When I was born, I was hit with an ugly stick
That's what they told me, that's what everyone tells me
So you see I wear a mask to hide my ugly face
I don't want anyone to see me, sorry you can't see me

I spent my entire life hiding in a corner
Like some dog who's never been loved
You better be careful, don't stick your hand out
I just might bite it off

I wear a mask to hide my ugly face
It's for my protection, I can't stand the rejection
I've been told I need to stay in my place
The world's for the beautiful, and my ugliness is indisputable

This is the hand that I was dealt
I don't expect to receive anyone's help
Just go your own way while I tend to myself

When time has passed on, will anyone remember me?
They won't remember, no they won't remember
I'm no different from office furniture
I'm just some furniture, a piece of furniture

I spent my entire life hiding in a corner
Like some dog who's never been loved
You better be careful, don't stick your hand out
I just might bite it off

I wear a mask to hide my ugly face
It's for my protection, I can't stand the rejection
I've been told I need to stay in my place
The world's for the beautiful, and my ugliness is indisputable

This is the hand that I was dealt
I don't expect to receive anyone's help
Just go your own way while I tend to myself

I wear this mask to hide my ugly face
I don't fit in with the human race
All you ugly people out there know what I mean
We are not heard, and we sure as hell ain't seen
Ooooh...

I wear a mask to hide my ugly face
It's for my protection, I can't stand the rejection
I've been told I need to stay in my place
The world's for the beautiful, and my ugliness is indisputable

This is the hand that I was dealt
I don't expect to receive anyone's help
Just go your own way while I tend to myself

I don't expect to receive anyone's help
Just go your own way while I tend to myself
I wear my mask to hide my ugly face
I've long accepted that this is my place

**********************

Garden of Failure

Got my gloves and a floppy hat
and I put on a pair of worn out jeans
Gonna get my hands dirty, get 'em really dirty
Like an oil rig worker's hands

Prepping my garden takes a lot of work
but I'm gonna reap a bounty that will prove its worth
Gonna plant some beans, tomatoes, cucumbers
I'll be saving so much money

My daddy, he told me
hard work always pays off in the end
But my daddy was left a broken man
When his pension went down the can

You tell yourself, I'm prepared
I've got everything in the bag
But you don't know
It's all rigged against you

It's been a few weeks now and nothing's grown
All I've got is a pile of dirt and rocks
I guess I don't have a green thumb
I'm really clueless like that guy from Green Acres

My daddy, he told me
hard work always pays off in the end
But my daddy was left a broken man
When his pension went down the can

You tell yourself, I'm prepared
I've got everything in the bag
But you don't know
It's all rigged against you

You tell yourself, I've worked hard
I've done everything I'm supposed to do
But then you realize
You never stood a chance

It's not my fault
I didn't do anything wrong
I'm just a cog
I'm not in control

You tell yourself, I'm prepared
I've got everything in the bag
But you don't know
It's all rigged against you

You tell yourself, I've worked hard
I've done everything I'm supposed to do
But you don't know
It's all rigged against you

*******************

Nobody but You

I just picked up my pizza
and I was walking back to my car
when this kid came up to me
and asked if he could have a slice

I just looked at him and told him fuck off
Who the fuck are you to think you could
come up to me and ask me for a slice of my pizza?
I don't even know you, you're just a total stranger to me
You little brat

I work hard every week
I think I deserve to treat myself to a pizza
If you want a pizza, too
then get a fucking job like the rest us

I don't care if you're only ten years old
That's not my fucking problem
Go ask your stupid parents for a pizza
and leave me the hell alone

I learn my lesson long ago
There ain't gonna be anyone to help you
Anything you get in life is gonna be
Through your own hard work that you do

You're on your own, don't ever depend on friends
They'll never have your back, that's just a dead end
Nobody's ever gonna help you
You gotta learn you're the only one you can rely on

There's some guy in the parking lot asking for
bus fare so he can get back home to his cat
How'd you get out here, then, with no cash?
This sound like bullshit

I just looked at him and told him fuck off
Who the fuck are you to think you could
come up to me and try to scam me with some bullshit story
I don't even know you, you're just a total stranger to me

I learn my lesson long ago
There ain't gonna be anyone to help you
Anything you get in life is gonna be
because of you, and nobody else but you

You're on your own, don't ever depend on friends
They'll never have your back, that's just a dead end
Nobody's ever gonna help you
You gotta learn you're the only one you can rely on

I learn my lesson long ago
There ain't gonna be anyone to help you
Anything you get in life is gonna be
because of you, and nobody else but you

You're on your own, don't ever depend on friends
They'll never have your back, that's just a dead end
Nobody's ever gonna help you
You gotta learn you're the only one you can rely on

I learn my lesson long ago
There ain't gonna be anyone to help you
Anything you get in life is gonna be
because of you, and nobody else but you

You're on your own, don't ever depend on friends
They'll never have your back, that's just a dead end
Nobody's ever gonna help you
You gotta learn you're the only one you can rely on

********************

Free

I hold in my hands
The key to my happiness
I'm talking about this little lottery ticket
I know it's gonna come through for me
Just you wait, I'm gonna be a winner
I'm gonna buy me a big house
With so many rooms,
I'm gonna sleep in a different room every night
And when I wake up in the morning
I'll be feeling right
'Cause I'll be free
The way I was meant to be

Sunday, October 30, 2022

Virtual Singer Jamboree! - New Album Released!

Virtual Singer Jamboree! Album
 It's been four years since Universal Healthcare Now! came out.

Now we have Virtual Singer Jamboree! released! Hooray! We seem to like to use exclamation points for our titles.

It's already out on Spotify (check out our Spotify tab for the embedded player) and is probably out on many other streaming sites already, too! We'll be putting it out on Bandcamp very soon.

It took us that long to get enough material that we felt would be worthy of release because honestly, we wrote a lot of crappola.




Here's the track list:

  1. Be Best
  2. Asian Parents Stories II
  3. Guan Guan
  4. Worst in You
  5. Dirt Spoon Girl
  6. I So Pale
  7. Forget About Me
  8. Number One Girl
  9. My Butt Hurts
  10. The Great Resignation
  11. Stay Alive
  12. Naptime in the Subway
  13. Kiara's Lonely Floating Vomit Pile
  14. White Baby Lover
  15. I'll Keep Mine
  16. Hey Stinky
We've released these as demos over the years on YouTube, but we've now finalized them and here they are in the final form. So get ready!

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Our Entries in Eclipsed Sounds's SOLARIA Original Song Contest

 

We entered two songs for Eclipsed Sounds's SOLARIA Crowdfunding Anniversary Original Song Contest! Have you heard them? Check out the videos below.

We don't really need the money (but sure, money would be nice) and we already have the SOLARIA license (but it would be nice to have another license so we can put it on our laptop), so "winning" the contest is not a big deal. What we would really like is to come in 5th place. Why? Because we'd get that merchandise we missed out on during the crowdfunding campaign. It was a blunder that we regret. Megumi just didn't think SOLARIA sounded all that good, and in her defense, the rough preview wasn't anything special. We just didn't really how rough and preliminary the voice sampling was at that point.

You're allowed to submit more than one song, so we ended up doing two. We probably should have taken more time in refining the lyrics because they're kind of clunky in spots.


Our Second Submission



Our First Submission


Saturday, April 30, 2022

Mei You Ru Guo by Fish Leong (cover song) -- but We Messed Up the Mix!

 

Hey guys, how have you been? We covered a song by Fish Leong, "Mei You Ru Guo." You may remember it if you have watched the Taiwanese drama, "My Queen." If you've never seen it, you should watch it, it's good!

We recorded the parts in two days and mixed it and posted it. Which leads me to the subject of today's post: Never do that!

Why? As it turned out, the mix levels were off. What sounded good that day turned out to be not so good. Why does this happen? Well, the problem with recording/mixing for an entire day is, after a while, your ears suffer from ear fatigue. Don't consider the song "finished" at the end of a long recording/mixing session. Put it aside. Come back to it after a day, or even two days. You want to listen to the mix with fresh ears.

The problem with our mix was that the lead vocals was too loud. Also, some of the other parts like the acoustic guitar and keyboards were too soft. It's funny how the levels sounded good to me at the end of the day, but the very next day, I realized that the levels were not correct. It's a rule I should always follow--always check the mix again the next day before you consider the mix to be finished--but I keep breaking this rule because I'm so impatient!

But don't be like me! Take your time! Let the mix "rest" and come back to it the next day.

Here is the song with the incorrect mix levels.


Mix levels need to be corrected


Can you hear it? So let that be a lesson for me. I don't have really good ears--I'm not one of those people who can really hear things like legendary mixers Bob Clearmountain or Chris Lord-Alge. I need to be pretty slow and methodical and not rush things, but it's hard for me because I'm impatient and just want to get things over with!

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Gearing Up For FAWM 2022!

 

FAWM 2022 is just around the corner, folks! This is a good way to practice getting into the routine of regular songwriting. Megumi, Yasuko, and I will be throwing ourselves into the ring, for sure!

You'll need to write a song every two days, so you can't get bogged down trying to make it "perfect." I'm planning to just construct simple songs--verse/chorus/verse/chorus. Nothing too complicated, not too many chord changes.

I know Megumi doesn't want to always have to set up her guitar to record a backing track, so she's planning on writing many of the songs just using the built-in virtual instruments (such as the piano) in the DAW. In fact, she downloaded a whole mess of pre-constructed midi chord files so she can just drag and drop the chord in. Drawing in the notes for the chords isn't hard, but it gets tedious so this will sure make things go faster.

You can download these chord files at:

https://pythonrepo.com/repo/ldrolez-free-midi-chords-python-audio

We've already started practicing writing songs! Synthesizer V Solaria will be singing our demos for us! Check out our first "pre-FAWM" song:




Tuesday, December 28, 2021

I Think It's Time Everybody Hop on the Synthesizer V Train

 

Hey, folks! How is everybody doing? Did you have a good Christmas? With 2021 winding down, I think we can look ahead to 2022 and see what it holds in store for us regarding vocal synthesis.

In my last post, I posed the question: Is it time to ditch Vocaloid in favor Synthesizer V? Six months later, I can confidently answer that question with a resounding YES.

First, for someone starting from scratch, the cost is ZERO. Synthesizer V Studio Basic and all the lite voicebanks are free.

Second, moving up to Synthesizer V Studio Pro to take advantage of all the great features of the full version and buying the full version voicebanks is very reasonable in terms of cost. The editor is only 90 bucks. You also aren't forced to buy a bundle of voicebanks--you can just build your library with the ones you want.

Third--and this is a huge reason to throw your hat in with Synthesizer V--with the 1.5 update, through the magic of AI, the full version of the AI voicebanks can now sing in English, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese without manually messing with the phonemes. That basically triples your voicebanks! (Note: this feature is only available with Studio Pro and the full versions of the AI voicebanks).

Of course, Eleanor Forte singing in Japanese or Chinese won't match up with a true native singer in those languages, but she is surprisingly good at it. Definitely more than good enough to use her as a backup singer in those cases. And the same is true for Koharu Rikka singing in English or Chinese and all the other voicebanks.

The case of Tsurumaki Maki AI (JPN) is interesting because I've read posts from people saying that her singing in English sounds exactly the same as Tsurumaki Maki AI English!

And if this isn't enough of a reason, in January, Solaria will be released. Solaria has a powerful voice. Have you heard her demos? She can really belt out a song. Think power singers like Linda Ronstadt or Kelly Clarkson. And, a male English voicebank is in the works.

There really isn't a reason NOT to move on to Synthesizer V. Although, honestly, there is a huge contingent in the vocal synthesis sphere that likes the older stuff--I'm talking about Vocaloid 2 or 3 voicebanks. I just think that's kind of weird. It's like using Windows 3.1 instead of Windows 10 (and soon, Windows 11). But hey, you like what you like, right?