“The first and primary reason is that I love Vocaloid songs and wanted to incorporate Vocaloid into my music. “I used Hatsune Miku for two reasons,” he told Digital Trends. He used Hatsune Miku to sing on the track Alone, taken from his album Falling With the Sakura Leaves. Wisp X writes EDM, house, and drum n’ bass genres which suit Miku surprisingly well, illustrating her versatility. When you meet Wisp X, a 20-year old musician from New York you need to forget the ultra-cute Hatsune Miku image and music you may have heard before. Itoh referred to, and for many, recording with Miku has been life-changing. Hatsune Miku and all the other Vocaloids provide the same opportunity to anyone with some musical talent. App stores and the popularity of smartphones allowed anyone with a computer and some coding knowledge to write and release apps. The success of Vocaloid software and the world it has created can be compared to the rise of smartphones and app developers. When you’re happy with the result - which could be after take one, or take 1,001 - you can add Miku artwork, a Miku music video, and release your own song to legions of fans around the world. She doesn’t care what genre she sings, will never disagree about stylistic choices, works all hours, and never requires payment. If you want to use Miku’s now-famous image and her name, then you can also do so, just not for profit unless you get a licence.įrom musicians wanting to experiment with vocals, to those who don’t have the means or opportunity to employ a singer, she offers almost complete musical freedom. As with other musical instruments, original music created using Hatsune Miku can be distributed and sold. She sings mainly in Japanese, but does have an English voice bank. She was the third such product from Japan’s Crypton Future Media, and eventually became part of a troupe of six separate Crypton-made Vocaloid singers. Vocaloid software uses Yamaha’s voice synthesis engine, and Hatsune Miku version one was released back in 2007. It’s strange, but this character who is also a digital instrument is at the center of an incredible digital music revolution, a movement that provides freedom to thousands of musicians who, without her, may never have their work heard. That phenomenon is big, and Mikus’ fans number in the millions. Fortunately there is a bigger purpose behind Hatsune Miku.” These are the words of Hiroyuki Itoh, the CEO of Crypton Future Media, and the man behind virtual singer Hatsune Miku and the Vocaloid phenomenon.
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