Vocalising Desires: AMPLIFIED (Vocaloid)

Chapter 4: Deadbeat Holiday (Part 1)

-Miku's POV-

I have been quite happy this past week, Len was teaching me how to play Redundant on guitar and I must say he is a good teacher and guitar player. I learnt the song by Thursday and then was too caught up in releasing a cover version of the song on my channel and doing school work to even consider the fact...I didn't confess to him, or interact with the boy since that Thursday. But now I was in the music class with people singing their songs.

SeeU sung Spicks and Specks by the Bee Gees. It was a beautiful song made in the 1960's. My brother and I watch 'The Walking Dead' and I am surprised to recognise that the same song was in the show as well!

Akaito sang a song called Rank-n-File. It seemed...very anti-war and seemed to call to people rally. A protest song. It was good but I only saw his eyes watch my reaction and I felt a little disgusted. If you sing songs about a certain subject you sing about it not try and impress a girl! Sick bastard.

Then Len went up sitting down at the piano. He took a deep breath.

"Ima nani shiteru ka na/Kimi mo mite iru ka na /Orenji iro ni somaru sora wo /Asahi ni kawaru yuuhi wo" Len sung the first verse with a calm and soft voice, letting the song seemingly roll off his own fingers and voice like water running down a smooth rock in a rainforest. I was mesmerised.

"Namida koboshiatte naita yoru mo /Kudaranai hanashi de asa made waratte hibi mo /Wasurenai ima no boku wo sasaeru takaramono dakara /Hanarete itemo kanjiru anata no yasashisa /Dakara doko ni itatte mou hitori ja nai /Donna koto attemo kujikenai" Len continued and I noticed that the tempo of the piano changed as did the tone and feel of the song. It was almost like if he was connecting, no he was connected with the song, evident with the way he was swaying his body side-to-side like a metronome.

"Sora to umi ga kasanatta ano shima no you na /Hanaretemo onaji iro ni yasashiku mazariau /Hora yorisou kizuna" I heard the tone change again, slightly change but a change nevertheless. I have heard Orange Range before, they have three vocalists. Each vocalist had a different pitch. Len was changing his pitch depending on the small solo each vocalist had, I guessed. But in the small three line verse, they all sung together and I heard him neutralise the ranges and use his own pitch, a neutral one but each line he would change it slightly. So he covered all the pitches and vocals, what a smart guy.

"Naninani wo shittari naninani wo shiranakattari /Tomattari mae ni sundari ushiro ni sagattari/Mizukara korogaru toki mo areba te wo karite korogaru toki mo aru /Karan koron mata hirogaru /Karan koron mata korogaru" I see Meiko swaying, see never did that with the other students, Len was affecting her mind, I realised.

"Sotto mune ni te wo atete nemurenai yoru wa /Yume no naka de mata aeru kikoeru komoriuta/Senaka wo osu kizuna/Lalala... /Hora yorisou kizuna" Len and Meiko sung together. Both of them harmonising their voices, Len was surprised for sure and I was guessing the even Meiko-sensei didn't know that she was singing along to the song.

"Tomo no koe ga mune ni hibiita namida de nijinja michi wa mienain da /Ima get up! miagen da hora onaji sora kesshite kodoku ja neen da /Subete seoikomu koto wa nai sa ii ka minna inda ima shinjirun da kizuna /Kuzurenai kienai sa kore dake wa saa ikun da!" Len and Meiko sung in a fast paced melody, their voices slightly deepened as well. Some of my classmates began to join in, the ones who knew the song.

"Ippo ippo tada mae e ippo ippo hohaba awase /Korobisou nara sou te wo tsukame say wo! Wo! Minna de utae /Ippo ippo tada mae e ippo ippo hohaba awase /Korobisou nara sou te wo tsukame say wo! Wo! Minna de utae" many people including me sung the second last verse. A perfect connection to the song.