Comments on: White Album OP Single – Shin Ai – Review http://blog.animeinstrumentality.net/2009/01/white-album-op-single-shin-ai-review/ Anime Music! OP/ED and Soundtrack Reviews. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:32:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: zzeroparticle http://blog.animeinstrumentality.net/2009/01/white-album-op-single-shin-ai-review/#comment-189 zzeroparticle Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:25:13 +0000 http://blog.animeinstrumentality.net/?p=433#comment-189 @Shin Your comment puzzled me a bit at first since my preconception of a ballad was that of the medieval variety. That is, a song that's used to tell the story. When I looked up the term for alternate meanings and saw that it does include love songs like Shin Ai, your comment makes a lot more sense and I'd definitely have to agree with your thoughts, especially with the comparison to "Heart Shaped Chant." @Guest If there's a time for me to get egg on my face, this may be one of those. When I'd written that line, most of her music that came into my head tend to be the same stylistically. Just to list a few: Innocent Starter: Starts out soft, gradually builds up until it reaches an energetic chorus part and then ending on a consonant note. Eternal Blaze: Starts out soft and then the buildup occurs. Chorus has a feeling of urgency and closes out. Secret Ambition: Same as Eternal Blaze but even more pronounced as far the intensity peaks go. Justice to Believe: Similar to Secret Ambition, but the background instruments play a larger role. It's undoubtedly an an oversimplification as well as a superficial way to describe her music since the differences in each of those tracks are nuanced enough as to make them enjoyable. However, I'd been sticking wholly with the tracks that I enjoyed, so some of her attempts at branching out like "Still in the Groove" (which I disliked) didn't enter my thought processes. Hopefully this should explain what was going through my mind. And as for "Trinity Cross," "DISCOTHEQUE" and "Trickster," I acknowledged that she did attempt to sing outside her usual style, but it just wasn't to my liking. That is, it's not an unfamiliarity issue so much as they're not the kind of music I really enjoy listening to. Your observation about her using a different voice for that wasn't something I picked up on, but I could see that being an unconscious factor that went into my opinion. Thanks for helping me clear up my thoughts! @Shin
Your comment puzzled me a bit at first since my preconception of a ballad was that of the medieval variety. That is, a song that’s used to tell the story. When I looked up the term for alternate meanings and saw that it does include love songs like Shin Ai, your comment makes a lot more sense and I’d definitely have to agree with your thoughts, especially with the comparison to “Heart Shaped Chant.”

@Guest
If there’s a time for me to get egg on my face, this may be one of those.

When I’d written that line, most of her music that came into my head tend to be the same stylistically. Just to list a few:

Innocent Starter: Starts out soft, gradually builds up until it reaches an energetic chorus part and then ending on a consonant note.

Eternal Blaze: Starts out soft and then the buildup occurs. Chorus has a feeling of urgency and closes out.

Secret Ambition: Same as Eternal Blaze but even more pronounced as far the intensity peaks go.

Justice to Believe: Similar to Secret Ambition, but the background instruments play a larger role.

It’s undoubtedly an an oversimplification as well as a superficial way to describe her music since the differences in each of those tracks are nuanced enough as to make them enjoyable. However, I’d been sticking wholly with the tracks that I enjoyed, so some of her attempts at branching out like “Still in the Groove” (which I disliked) didn’t enter my thought processes. Hopefully this should explain what was going through my mind.

And as for “Trinity Cross,” “DISCOTHEQUE” and “Trickster,” I acknowledged that she did attempt to sing outside her usual style, but it just wasn’t to my liking. That is, it’s not an unfamiliarity issue so much as they’re not the kind of music I really enjoy listening to. Your observation about her using a different voice for that wasn’t something I picked up on, but I could see that being an unconscious factor that went into my opinion.

Thanks for helping me clear up my thoughts!

]]> By: Guest http://blog.animeinstrumentality.net/2009/01/white-album-op-single-shin-ai-review/#comment-188 Guest Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:26:28 +0000 http://blog.animeinstrumentality.net/?p=433#comment-188 Can you give a little more detail on why you consider Nana Mizuki a one-dimensinal singer? Personally I think her previous single Trickster which you found a bit lacking due to unfamiliarity to your tastes showed us some of her diversity. Arguably however I think the difference may have been that she utilised a different voice for both Trinity Cross, DISCOTHEQUE and Trickster which brings it down to a Character Song level. I guess it really depends on your personal taste in the end. Can you give a little more detail on why you consider Nana Mizuki a one-dimensinal singer? Personally I think her previous single Trickster which you found a bit lacking due to unfamiliarity to your tastes showed us some of her diversity. Arguably however I think the difference may have been that she utilised a different voice for both Trinity Cross, DISCOTHEQUE and Trickster which brings it down to a Character Song level. I guess it really depends on your personal taste in the end.

]]> By: Shin http://blog.animeinstrumentality.net/2009/01/white-album-op-single-shin-ai-review/#comment-187 Shin Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:39:58 +0000 http://blog.animeinstrumentality.net/?p=433#comment-187 Nice review. I feel it was a rather good ballad that reminisced Heart Shaped Chant, harps and all. Nice review. I feel it was a rather good ballad that reminisced Heart Shaped Chant, harps and all.

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