☆ Official Request List

I'm placing this article up as an alternate means of communicating with all of you about what you would like to hear. I am hoping that it will organize my mail more efficiently too.

Many times a day I have to clear my inbox and read through all of the lovely requests that you have all sent to me. I understand that I don't always respond to everyone, but please let it be known that I do read every message sent to me- whether that is via youtube inbox, twitter, e-mail, or Nico Nico Douga.
If you have questions about lyric usage/request FAQs/other, you can find that information on my FAQ page, which is here.

Please understand that though I am happy to read all requests sent to me, I cannot accept to sing every request. As stated in my FAQ Section, I will more often than not choose the most popular requests or those that are requested the most unless for specific reasons.

These reasons being; out of my vocal range, personal disagreement to the song itself, unreasonable/offensive/inappropriate lyrics.

All song requests can be made with leaving a comment below by copy-pasting the following. Then, just fill it in with your own information! Very simple, no? I very much appreciate this, as it makes the process faster for me.

Song Request: How To!

Song Name: (ex. "Luka Luka★Night Fever")
Vocaloid: (ex. Luka Megurine)
Video Link: (ex. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQhfd6nQbbU)
Comment: (ex. "Your should sing this song because it my favorite!")

That's all you need to do! Please be nice to eachother and I hope to hear some wonderful suggestions from you all very soon! Thanks for taking the time to request and making it a little easier for me to listen!

Cheers!
『rockleetist 』

☆ Lyric Usage Disclaimer & FAQ

Very often (at least 10+ messages a day) I am questioned by fans or twitter followers that would like to know about my clause on lyric usage. As to save me time and energy replying to all 3,000+ people with this query, I decided to write out a small piece about the requirements for using my lyrics.

Lyric & Translation FAQs

1. "Can I use your lyrics?"
Yes, you can! I don't mind other dubbers or singing groups using my lyrics to do their own covers. In fact, many people already have both on nicovideo and youtube. I very much enjoy hearing others' renditions of my lyric adapations.

2. "That's it? I can just take them and use them?"
Not exactly. You're free to use them, however I ask that you give credit where credit is due. This means that if you use either of the following:

Vocaloid Lyrics

My voice tracks and/or MP3s of my dubwork

That you are not claiming these as your own. When someone uses my lyrics or my work, I request that they put a link to my channel in their video descriptions giving me credit for the lyrics/music/vocals. If you need that link, you can find it here: http://www.youtube.com/user/rockleetist.

If you like my dubs, please support me by doing this. :)

3. "Can we use your lyrics for a group-dub?"
See Questions #1 & #2.

4. "How do you translate your songs into English from Japanese?"
I am not fluent in Japanese, ergo I require a translator. I have several sources that I rely on for my translations. However, motokokusanagi2009 is who I go to for my direct translations. Anything I receive elsewhere, Motoko translates for me to double check its accuracy.

These translations are non-singable, text only.

5. "How long does it take to write English translyrics?"
That's dependent on the song, to be honest. Songs like "Just Be Friends" may take 10+ hours where as songs such as "We are POP☆CANDY!" take only 2 hours.

It's virtually impossible to take a direct translation and sing it to match the melody lines correctly. If done so, it sounds awkward. Nothing matches as it should. To fix this the song must be 'rewritten', but carefully done so that it doesn't it stray from the original meaning of the song.

I spend hours upon hours sitting at a desk with a thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, and notebooks working out lyrics, synonyms, and antonyms for hundreds of words that will allow me to do this. I may take a sentence and write out several different ways in different styles to see what flows with the song more fluidly.

It isn't good to have lyrics that are rough around the edges- which is why I spend a very dedicated amount of time perfecting them before I begin practicing and recording them.

I'm not sure if my fans & subscribers truly know how much heartfelt work I put into my English lyrics- which is why I ask for Question #2 above.

6. "Do you take requests? You should sing [insert song here] by Len!"
I do take requests. In fact, I generally receive anywhere between 10-20 of these messages a day. Ironically, many are for songs that I'm either planning for or have already uploaded to my accounts on Nico Nico Douga and Youtube. I do my best to read through all my requests, but it's impossible to fulfill all of them. There isn't physically enough time in the day to sing all the songs that 4,000+ of you on Youtube alone would like me to sing.

Aside from some of them being a little ridiculous ("Please dub 'The Disappearance of Miku Hatsune'!"), I take the most popular ones that are requested and usually sing those. Or, if I particularly like a song such as "Electric Love", I will sing it just because I like it.

What this means is, if I'm overwhelmed with requests to do the same song (unless I for some reason personally dislike the song greatly), I will pay the most attention to those- as those are what you all would like to hear the most!

More often than not, you can always see what I'm thinking about singing next or what will be upcoming by following me on twitter.

7. "Do you do duets with other dubbers?"
I do on great, great occasion. This doesn't happen very often as my schedule is full most of the time. Doing a duet is a very grueling process as there is much more to it than simply two people singing parts.

Singing a duet, on a technical level, is about vocal blending as well as correct filtering all recorded through similar equipment. I try my very best to make sure that all my dubs are as high quality as I can get them. It makes that very difficult if the person that I am singing with is only using a headset microphone.

However, you may catch me doing this during certain songs that require it. Future notice, I may hold auditions for these particular songs.

General FAQs

1. "Why do you only sing Vocaloid songs? You should sing [insert song here]!"
I sing Vocaloid songs because I truly adore them. I find them innovative and unique. It's something that everyone can create if they have a good ear for music and there are so many genres and types of music that encompass it.

I like the idea of doing something original. There are a lot of vocaloid dubbers/singers out there, but I know very few that do what I do in regards to the lyric work. Many of the songs are fantastic, but Vocaloid fandom is 80-90% Japanese language. The fact that I can take that and introduce it to English native audiences makes me happy because it's much easier to appreciate something when you can understand it.

2. "Do you other things other than singing?"
In between the musical whatnot, I play a lot of World of Warcraft. I also run a gaming shop in Bangor, Maine USA. I draw and upload things on my DeviantART account occasionally, too.

I'm a pretty busy person overall.

3. "Have you ever had any music lessons?"
Piano; 20 years.
Guitar; 8 years.
Intermediate violin player.

I've been singing since I was very young. I have also had vocal training for R&B and Jazz, as well sing acapella barbershop with Sweet Adelines International; an International Organization for women singers as a tenor (Soprano 1, SATB).

I have competed in vocal competitions in Maine, New York, and Florida; placing as a finalist in each. I placed 2nd in the state of Maine for Jazz All-State vocal competition in early 2000s, as well.

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Anything that isn't answered here, please feel free to contact me via twitter, youtube, or simply leave a comment below. I do my best to check my accounts at least twice a day. I apologize if you wrote a message to me and it was overlooked.

I get swamped and I don't always see all of them, but I do my best. Hopefully this FAQ will help get your questions answered easier.

Thanks everyone!
Lots of Love and Appreciation,
『rockleetist 』

☆ Electric Love (English)

"Electric Love" (English Version) || エレクトリック・ラヴ
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Electric Love

Composer: 8#Prince | Original Title: エレクトリック・ラヴ | Vocaloid: Miku
English Lyric Adaptation & Vocals by 『rockleetist』

Electric Love. Electric Love, Ah~
I want you to see what you mean to me.
I need you to know~

As I look up high into the sky
The sun is low and settling down.
The orange hue in clouds of blue
Reminds me of you.

Illumination~ the light I see thought we are apart.
And in my circuitry the energy rushes through my heart.

(Bridge)
My voice is transmitting to this digital love with you.
So let the soundwaves of my song start to radio through.
The minds and hearts of the world.
This technological girl will sing the echoes of my very devotion for you.

And now to you I'll convey an electronic display
Of just how much I think about you everyday.
Oh baby, tell me you'll stay before I start fading away.
From this~

(Chorus)
Electric Love. Electric Love, Ah~
I want you to see what you mean to me.
I need you to know~

Tonight you can so easily see
The moon that's rising slow up into the night.
Aglow among the stars that are shining far.
Just like dancing light.

Yet this transmission.
One I thought lost within the dark.
Sends a single signal to you direct from my heart.

(Bridge)

Electric Love. Electric Love, Ah~

(Bridge)
(Chorus x2)

☆ Daily Ranking: #2?!

I've had many new followers on my twitter recently! In fact, most of them have tracked me down from Nico Nico. I was very surprised this morning when I woke up and found the following message from one of them:

"Congratulation on getting 2nd place in today's daily ranking."

It took a moment to process that when I first read it. How does a foreign English speaker place on the daily rankings on Nico Nico? Sure enough, I click the link and there it is staring me right in the face. I was absolutely shocked. Very surprised and happy! But still absolutely shocked.


What? Is this for real? ♥

Thank you for supporting me, Nico! I've had a chance to meet such wonderful new people that I never would have had contact with before. I'm happy that you've enjoyed my version of Luka Megurine's "Double Lariat" (Youtube or Nico Nico)!

I'm aware that I have had requests from my watchers for "Melt" ("メルト 3M MIX"), "Little Traveler", and others. Looks like it's time to get to work!

☆ Request List (Winter 2009)

You wanted to know! Here it is!

I compiled this little video to show everyone what songs that I have lined up for the end of the year. Instead of answering 300 messages a day, I thought that uploading this may clear up some confusion and put a few smiles on everyone's faces.

Some of you have been waiting patiently to see their requests answered, some of you may see some songs you didn't expect, and I hope the remainder will like the ones that I personally wanted to do and added to this list on my own behalf.

I'm waiting on some new microphone equipment to be delivered to me before I record the next set, but at least now you know what to look forward to.

Thanks for 1500+ subscribers, you guys are amazing.
Thank you for all your comments, requests, suggestions, channel views, and video responses!
Keep them coming because I absolutely love them.

☆ WIP List: October 2009

After reviewing everyone's messages on my youtube account, and read pages upon pages of requests and suggestions to consider certain songs, I have decided to create a 'work in progress' list for the pieces that I'm currently working on. When I finish recording and uploading a song from this list, I shall mark it and link it to the correct video on my account.

The downside is that it's inevitable truth that I can't get to/sing everyone's requests. I receive a lot of them, at least 5 a day. I do my best to read them all, as I check my account mail every two days.

Here is the compiled list of every song that I am currently working on and its percentage to completion:

1. "Just Be Friends" Megurine Luka 99% (Completed Lyrics, need to record)
   
2. "Melody.ExE" Miku Hatsune 99% (Completed Lyrics, need to record)
   
   
3. "Melt" Miku Hatsune 60% (Incomplete Lyrics)
   
4. "Last Smile" Miku Hatsune 50% (Incomplete Lyrics)
   
5. "Linaria" Kaito 50% (Incomplete Lyrics)
6. "Meltdown" Rin Kagamine 20% (Incomplete Lyrics)
7. "Onaji Youni" Miku Hatsune/Kaito 20% (Incomplete Lyrics, Duet Mixwork)
8. "Kokoro" Rin Kagamine 60% (Completed Lyrics, Vocal Mixwork)
9. "Light Song" Miku Hatsune 15% (Incomplete Lyrics)
10. "Last Night, Good Night (Acapella)" Miku Hatsune 10% (Vocal Mixwork)
11. "Double Lariat" Megurine Luka 60% (Incomplete Lyrics)
12. "Dancing Samurai" Gakupo 10% (Incomplete Lyrics, Lyric rework for female POV)
    

☆ Cinderella Romance

"Cinderella Romance" ("シンデレラ・ロマンス")
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Orig: Miku Hatsune || English lyrics: 『rockleetist 』

CrossXposted a while ago between my blog here and my youtube account. This was finished a while ago, but my blog posts are a little behind my youtube uploads at the moment. Two more to follow this, actually. This was a request from a handful of subscribers. Not as high a number as the requests for Alice Human Sacrifice, but enough that I wanted to complete it.

I had never heard it before until I was @tweeted the video by a follower on my twitter. I really fell in love with how cute it was, but worried about breathing positions. The song itself is not only fast, but barely gives any spaces for breath. Not that Miku would have to worry about proper breath marks in her music, hmm? Unfortunately, I do.

Several practices and lots of lyric work and I managed! All in all, I'm pleased with how it came out. The harmony lines tracked so much better than I thought they would when I was originally recording them.

Finally done, released, and doubling as the finished request and a thank you to all my subscribers as I hit 200 at the time this was uploaded.

☆ Last Smile [wip]

"Last Smile"

Vocaloid: Miku Hatsune
Requested by: x1Bella1x

Ah! I love this! x1Bella1x suggested this song to me and I'd never heard of it until now. Needless to say it's being added to my request list. Does anyone know who the original composer was? If so, I'd love some sort of clue.

I started working on the lyrics, but they're not completely finished. I've got an oral surgery coming up, so I won't be able to sing this out for a little while. To be honest, that makes me sad. Also, wanted to say that I really appreciate motokokusanagi2009's help with some of the translation work. It, like Strobe Nights, was another one of those songs that (at its time before popularity swung it into high gear with Project Diva) was hard to find proper translations for. It was all some sort of metaphorical mess that made no sense when it was transposed from Japanese into English.

I'm still looking for the off~vocal file of this track if anyone has it. I can't seem to find it and even my followers on twitter are out on their luck. If anyone has it, I'd appreciate it!

At this time, I don't have a completion date for this one, but I'll keep up with progress reports like always.