Of the Vocaloid voices/characters, Hatsune Miku is my favorite by far, so this Google Chrome commercial really appeals to me:

While I was driving last week, my version of “Circles” came up in my shuffled iPod playlist, and I was wondering if anyone else had used the same vocal stems and released the results online.  Earlier today, Ancientofdeejays found my version of “Circles” on YouTube and posted a comment, one which I thought was quite apt, especially after I checked out how he (I presume) used the same vocal stems:

…I found it extremely interesting and proves that two people using the same template can come up with completely different but equally valid end results.

Definitely different end results, but I like both.  I also wish that I had previously thought to make use of Second Life for creating music videos

The two different usages of the “Circles” stems:

A quick and quirky video made with Xtranormal State. The “bad bass” is an original, made from the Angry Taurus Bass at www.soundsforbeats.com (with extended sustain and release) and then run through distortion and an EQ with frequency automation in Reaper.

At last, Tomorrow’s Deviants is here!

Tomorrow’s Deviants was inspired by Movie Dialogue Vol. 4, an offering from Loopmasters (www.loopmasters.com) in which audio from old public domain media has been cleaned up and packaged for royalty-free use in modern music and media production.  As I listened to the demo of Movie Dialogue Vol. 4, I knew that it would eventually be useful for something, although at the time, “something” was yet to be defined, yet I instantly bought it.  Several months later, as I was combing through the myriad sound files of this Loopmasters offering, everything finally clicked in my mind, and “Tomorrow’s Deviants” was quickly underway.

The core of “Tomorrow’s Deviants” revolves around audio of the 1965 anti-pornography propaganda film Perversion for Profit, which features the narration of news reporter George Putnam.  It is interesting that while the arguments Putnam presents in the film focus on pornography magazines, many of the same arguments could potentially be made in the early twenty-first century with the prominence of the Internet and other modern technologies, which in turn have made it much easier than ever for the average person to find pornography.

Admittedly, Tomorrow’s Deviants is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek recasting of Putnam’s own words from Perversion for Profit. In fact, several key words and phrases from the film are featured in the newspaper-style cover art.  Putnam’s narration naturally inspired the use of sound effects, which essentially perverts his arguments to convert his message into a comedy of sorts, especially when his words are heard more than forty years after they were initially spoken.

Once again, a big, big thanks is due to Ulrike Kleinert for the cover art.  It is truly amazing how she can take my odd descriptions and turn them into great artwork!

Tomorrow’s Deviants is available on Bandcamp now!