Kairon, I received your videos in the morning.
I really enjoyed them! To be honest, though, I liked your videos more when you actually tried to experiment with the song and the tune rather than having the tutes and the notes guide you through it. I think you did really good with your take on the Zelda theme with the trumpet.
I thought your take on "Daydream Believer" with the bells and cat suit was both great and adorable. It really made something like the cat suit play well against real instruments.
I also liked the video in which you were played both parts as the singer and had the tute play bass I believe.
Hope you send more videos my way!
What did you think of my videos? I had way too many, sorry if it cluttered your video library!
Haha! Thanks Pap! You know, all of your videos were SO PROFESSIONAL. You arranged all the Miis and all the parts sounded rehearsed and planned and in place, nary is a wrong note heard!
My music videos are all so slapdash in comparison. Even the ones I like best I can hear parts where I should probably go in and give it a better performance or play this note or timing differently. *sigh* I think the Flea Waltz one I made is the least "dirty" of my Wii music performances....
I think my music videos show that I like Wii music best when I can really find a good angle to "play with the music." Whether that means finding different timings that still capture the spirit, as with the Zelda piece or Sakura piece, or just completely stripping the piece down and seeing what emerges like in the Sukiyaki one.
As for your videos... I think I'm in love with the "I've never been to me" one. That one makes me happy, lol. Oh by the way, the Frank West one? With the zombies? Genius. And your turkey in the straw one is another one of my faves for its entrance, but also its calm simplicity. Your videos, apart from being impeccably performed, all have such amazing instrumentation, you've found wonderful combinations that don't just work, they also sound suspiciously natural.
*looks at Pap's latest video* Oh wow? Sophia's All Stars? Lol!
You know, so many of your videos revolved around AC or Wii Music that I desperately want those songs unlocked in mine now.
Thanks a lot for the really nice comments! Its great to hear comments from other players, especially since I've encountered very few of them and Wii Music is about sharing creations and exchanging ideas.
Funny enough, I've never truly pleased with my videos. I've always hear some stuff that I am not happy with. Its very rare that I get it on the first try. But the best are those that I kept hammering till the very end and ended up with something I am pleased with.
One thing I like to do is that I create small stories around them. In other words, I want to explain people why the characters are there and are playing that song.
Here's an example:
"Oh Christmas Tree" piano: The story is that a young boy receives a toy piano for Christmas. As he grows older, he gets a second piano and as an adult he is a piano master, and on Christmas Eve he creates a miracle and performs a song with the ghosts of his past.
Frank West and friends sing "September": I loved the track in "Elite Beat Agents". I just thought it was a happy track, so I thought I would have characters from a dark game perform a very happy tune.
"Oh my darling Clementine": This is perhaps the most Puertorican piece in the game. What I did is use instruments commonly used at Puertorican parties (guitar, bongos, maybe an accordion, a trumpet and there's always someone clapping along). At the end I had the clapper clap in joy (I was lucky that the camera panned on him for better effect). The stomping sound was also well placed.
The Flea Waltz with dog and accordion: The story is that a cruel dog owner takes his dog to the park and forces him to sing in order to get money. Fact: That's actually Smash_Brother in the dog costume
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Joker and friends sing "Every breath you take": The original song was deemed very weird and spooky, especially since the lyrics make it seem like the singer is obsessed with someone. It made more than enough sense that a dark character would sing a creepy song, so I chose the Joker. He's pretty much telling Batman/Bruce Wayne that he''ll be watching every move, breath and step he makes, waiting to attack.
"I've never been to me" video: This is actually a tribute to "Total Drama Island", a show on Cartoon Network. I know its a pretty crappy show, but me and my nephew were hooked on it, especially when it was nearing its end. We talked about the pairing of Gwen and Trent, so I dreamed up this idea that Gwen is singing to Trent while he provides the guitar (an instrument he plays in the series) and as a bonus I had Owen (the fat guy who wins the competition) play piano.
"La cucaracha" by the Chowder cast: Its me and my nephew's favorite show, and it actually incorporates many musical elements, so it made sense to download and create Miis based off the characters and since the show is about food and wacky humor I put them on the cake.
"Turkey in the straw": The story behind this one is that a brand is traveling home from a concert and they get really bored. So, one of the members encourages them to stand up and play something to pass the time and have fun. So that's why it has a slow start, but has a strong finish.
"Wii Music" by Jesus: I DID NOT MAKE THIS. My nephew Jesus did (and yes this is a common name in Latin America). I was stunned at how EVERYTHING, even the rapper and beat boxer fit perfectly with the calypso. That's why I send it to everyone because its an amazing example of how someone with little music training can create a great performance in Wii Music.
Oh yes, I didn't mean to have the band called "Sophia all stars". Its an annoying problem in that the game names the band according to the last member that played. Ideally it should be "NWR all stars". It features the few members who actually defended Wii Music and enjoyed it for what it was.
Thanks for the comments!
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