
- 112 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Supercell's Supercell featuring Hatsune Miku
About this book
The lead singer on Supercell's eponymous first album is Hatsune Miku-a Vocaloid character created by Crypton Future Media with voice synthesizers. A virtual superstar, over 100, 000 songs, uploaded mostly by fans, are attributed to her. Supercell is a Japanese creator music group with the composer Ryo leading ten artists, who design album illustrations and make music videos. These videos are uploaded onto Niconico and other video-sharing sites. By the time Supercell was released in March 2009, the group's Vocaloid works were already well-known to Niconico users and fans. This book explores the Vocaloid and DTM (desktop music) phenomena through the lenses of media and fan studies, looking closely at online social media platforms, the new technology for composing, avid fans of the Vocaloid character, and these fans' performative practices. It provides a sense of how interactive new media and an empowered fan base combine to engage in the creation processes and enhance the circulation of DTM works. 33 1/3 Global, a series related to but independent from 33 1/3, takes the format of the original series of short, music-basedbooks and brings the focus to music throughout the world. With initial volumes focusing on Japanese and Brazilian music, the series will also include volumes on the popular music of Australia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and more.
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Table of contents
- 33 1/3 Global
- Dedication
- Title
- Contentsā
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Japanese Names and Translations
- Introduction
- Part 1āSettings
- 1āHatsune Miku and DTM Culture
- 2āHow Creative is the āPlaygroundā? Niconico, Piapro, and DÅjin Circles
- Part 2āSupercell
- 3āSupercell as a Creator Group
- 4āSupercellās Musical Works and Visibility in Social Media
- Part 3āPerformance
- 5āHatsune Miku Fansā Performative Acts
- Coda
- Notes
- References
- Links to Music Videos and Images
- Index
- Copyright