I've always been a HUGE Gundam fan ever since I was a kid. You know, after I come home from school I remember myself watching G Gundam and shout "SHINING FINGERRRRRRRRRRR!!" at the TV screen. All these mobile suits in action truly fascinates me! Oh, and the songs too! They're pretty catchy for an anime, the first one being "Just Communication" from Gundam Wing. I always find myself singing along to various Gundam tunes, especially the ones from Gundam Seed. (so many songs in that series, my god!)
One day I sang "Quiet Night" to a friend, and he said "You know, you sound just like Lacus Clyne." I was like, whoa, wait, what. I mean, I was never a Lacus fan. I like Cagalli more because our attitudes are pretty similar! Not to mention that my normal speaking voice sounds very tomboyish! Then again my friend insisted I should sing more of her songs, and when I did he suggested I record some and post them on Youtube.
The first one was "Fields of Hope," a Lacus song that I love to sing in the bathroom. O_O I really didn't know so many people would actually like that one! The mixing was poorly done because it was my first time to record a song by myself but I'll try to do a better, full version someday.
Doing Lacus Clyne songs sure is fun. A fan once suggested me to sing in cons, but I'm really shy when it comes to SOLO live performances! but maybe if I gather enough guts, I'll finally be able to sing in anime conventions. So, yeah. Check out my Lacus Clyne covers below and tell me what you think! I'll be featuring my Gundam 00 song covers on my next blog post, so watch out for it! Oh and if you have any requests please do hit me up by sending me a message on my Facebook page!
It all began one boring summer day, browsing through the Court-Records forums and stumbling upon an awesome Phoenix Wright song cover thread started by a certain "Mia Oh Maya." I first clicked on "Child of Magic," (aka Trucy's Theme) listened to the awesome jazz track and my, it instantly shook me off my bored trance! I was like, "Oh, this girl...THIS GIRL is definitely SOMETHING."
This lovely lady right here is Adriana Figueroa, more popularly known in the web as "Adrisaurus." She is responsible for doing awesome (and probably the best) cover songs from certain anime, videogames and more in YouTube that has gained her many fans because of her beautiful golden voice. And hey, she's very pretty and kind too! Most of her covers are not your usual covers, mind you. She puts on lyrics to songs that originally does not have vocals for example, the character themes from Phoenix Wright. After subscribing to her YouTube channel, downloading her songs into my player, listening (and singing along) to them for almost two years, visiting her channel right now puts a smile on my face because she has already won over 10,000 subscribers! Yay!
Being a huge Adrisaurus fan and all that, I realized her vocals might fit on the English lyrics of "Eternal Love" from Final Fantasy XIII (originally sung in Japanese by Sayuri Sugawara) I was writing at that time. The translated song was initially intended to be sung by me, but then realized that my voice sounded a bit off for the song after I did a test recording so I decided to hand it over to Adriana instead. That was the first time I "approached" her online...you know, through YouTube messaging. At first I thought she'd probably ignore it, but to my surprise she did actually reply and was very much willing to sing along to my lyrics! A couple of months later, everything went BOOM! The song was finally uploaded on YouTube and many, many people loved it! It's actually the first Eternal Love English cover ever. Me and Adri are extremely thankful and so much overwhelmed with all the positive comments everyone has been giving, to the point that even other people are already doing their own covers of the 'unofficial' English version! It's really an honor to be able to work with an extraordinary singer like her!
To make you realize why I am so ecstatic about her songs, might as well make you guys listen to her version of Eternal Love! Oh, and please check out her official Facebook fanpage! :)
ETERNAL LOVE (English Version)
Vocals : Adriana Figueroa
Lyrics : Judee Zabala
This I swear unto the starlit sky
My love for you will stay forevermore, forevermore So hold on to this hand of mine And I promise you, I'll never let go...
Days just keep on passing by And you are always on my mind Naturally, baby you're the only one
Together we face what's ahead Unafraid of anything And that's because you're here with me
To look onto those strong eyes I wish time would stop and leave us here in this embrace (Baby, we will own the night...) I can see a thousand lights Shining brightly from the sky onto your smiling face And then you'll see...
Eternal love, that's what this is This feeling that I just cannot resist So hold on to this hand of mine And I promise you, I'll never let go...
The day we first met, the day we first kissed I still remember everything about us, babe Until the day you when said yes; These are the moments I am sure to cherish for all time... Your lips are so sweet -- can you feel my heart beat? I still remember everything about us, babe And after all this time I'm thankful to the stars that I have found you
When I think about it now, I was probably too blessed to be forever yours (I am yours, and you are mine...) But I try my best to hide; Tears falling from my eyes, cause sometimes I'm afraid You might say goodbye
Eternal love, that's what this is This feeling that I just cannot resist So hold on to this hand of mine And I promise you, I'll never let go...
Eternal love, that's what this is This feeling that I just cannot resist So hold on to this hand of mine And I promise you, I'll never let go...
I swear upon the starlit sky My love for you will stay forevermore My heart and soul I'll give to you Cause this warmth I feel is eternal love...
The Final Fantasy XIII-2 soundtrack is filled with tons of awesome vocal tracks (well, except for one hilarious chocobo track) and I instantly fell in love with a certain track called "Yeul's Theme," sung by the lovely Joelle. Yes, the song whenever scenes about Paddra Nsu-Yeul takes place. There's also another version without the vocals, so i used that track in order to do a cover for this lovely song. So yeah, check out my cover! Forgive me if my vocals suck, i just sang it out of pure love! :)
Oh, and just in case you need the lyrics, here you go!
Sooner than memories begin to fray Everything from the past just swept away
Apparently our company has a pet dog named Furfur. Some person gave him to one of our production workers and has lived with us since last year. This dog seems to think he's a Siberian Husky (although he's only a local breed) because he likes to hang out inside the creative department's room because of the airconditioner. Prissy dog.
I guess this is my 2483759825302572057th attempt on making a blog. I sure do hope I'll be able to manage this one better. Well yeah. Oh, and check out my friend's adorable pink Stitch Blackberry case.
