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I've never bought anything vocaloid related but I keep an eye on what's going on with this because y'know it's my sorta thing and frankly I think if they're trying to take over the world they're going about it all wrong. Hatsune Miku was the first vocaloid program and is without a doubt the most famous, but what's interesting about this is that because she's the oldest (by release date) her voice is the most synthetic and yet she's still the most famous.
I think people prefer the original because it best plays into the fantasy, like the girls in the band there's this unconscious fantasy that they're singing directly to their audience, that when you're sitting on the bus with your headphones on she's actually singing to you. Of course this is utterly ridiculous and all but the most obsessive fans know that for sure but with Miku it's different, everyone can download their own copy, it doesn't matter if she's singing to everyone because everyone can have their own Miku, the fact that she's artificial is part of the appeal.
Even the personality of the character varies with every interpretation, it's like how religious people all have their own personal relationship with god and despite knowing how subjective their perspectives are they still declare their god is the same god everyone else believes in, unless of course it's a rival faith.
Hatsune Miku is a pagan goddess of the digital age.
I think we're going to see more of these, not just vocaloids either, political parties might catch on to the idea that rather than having human figureheads they could use a carefully characterised mascot to the same effect, maybe even several mascots to appeal to different demographics.
Then again fast food establishments like McDonald's used to do this and have since grown out of it, but I'd blame that on an over-protective intellectual property mindset, a major part of Hatsune Miku's success has been allowing fans to do whatever they want with the character insofar as they're not making money from it without paying the requisite royalties. This open business model creates a powerful feedback loop of increasing value, people who produce/sell or just imitate or comment on vocaloid stuff increase its notoriety which in turn encourages more people to become involved.
Chances are I've just increased her fame by another dozen or so people
I've never bought anything vocaloid related but I keep an eye on what's going on with this because y'know it's my sorta thing and frankly I think if they're trying to take over the world they're going about it all wrong. Hatsune Miku was the first vocaloid program and is without a doubt the most famous, but what's interesting about this is that because she's the oldest (by release date) her voice is the most synthetic and yet she's still the most famous.
I think people prefer the original because it best plays into the fantasy, like the girls in the band there's this unconscious fantasy that they're singing directly to their audience, that when you're sitting on the bus with your headphones on she's actually singing to you. Of course this is utterly ridiculous and all but the most obsessive fans know that for sure but with Miku it's different, everyone can download their own copy, it doesn't matter if she's singing to everyone because everyone can have their own Miku, the fact that she's artificial is part of the appeal.
Even the personality of the character varies with every interpretation, it's like how religious people all have their own personal relationship with god and despite knowing how subjective their perspectives are they still declare their god is the same god everyone else believes in, unless of course it's a rival faith.
Hatsune Miku is a pagan goddess of the digital age.
I think we're going to see more of these, not just vocaloids either, political parties might catch on to the idea that rather than having human figureheads they could use a carefully characterised mascot to the same effect, maybe even several mascots to appeal to different demographics.
Then again fast food establishments like McDonald's used to do this and have since grown out of it, but I'd blame that on an over-protective intellectual property mindset, a major part of Hatsune Miku's success has been allowing fans to do whatever they want with the character insofar as they're not making money from it without paying the requisite royalties. This open business model creates a powerful feedback loop of increasing value, people who produce/sell or just imitate or comment on vocaloid stuff increase its notoriety which in turn encourages more people to become involved.
Chances are I've just increased her fame by another dozen or so people
