'M(A)DE IN JAPAN' out June 29th + 2015 TA TOUR (TA ver.) [II]

[loicrop]

Thank you very much. I've just contacted him/her. Fingers crossed!!!

[aliceshields]

^ Good luck

[ayuuk]

For those of you who got the TA bonus 5 stickers (printed on Japanese-style paper), how are you gonna use them??

[pedronekoi]

It's funny that Summer Love is in 5th place! It's my least favorite song from the album. :~ "Breakdown" and "Mr. Darling" are my absolute favorite.

[truehappiness]

TODAY is a CM song now! For a home decorating brand, it looks like.

[Aderianu]

「TODAY」at the Tokyo Interior CM

[attractive nausea]

^ This makes me laugh because i remember what i said about TODAY in the "MADE IN JAPAN song opinions" thread back in May

TODAY sounds like that kind of song that could be played in a random japanese commercial.

[Evolution7/4]

Originally Posted by attractive nausea

^ This makes me laugh because i remember what i said about TODAY in the "MADE IN JAPAN song opinions" thread back in May

Lmao

[Aderianu]

lol and this commercial is really random

[Cahz-]

Random song for a random CM.

[AyuGAME]

I'm happy with whatever tie-in she got...I'm hoping for big brand..but promotion is still promotion..better than nothing at all

[Next_Level29]

today fits perfectly!

[taskinillusion]

Why the hell isn't this album on US iTunes yet?! They had been so good about updating her stuff there... Sigh.

[ayuinh.k?]

7/29/2016 Recochoku

Single Daily Ranking
#35 (UP) - FLOWER

Album Daily Ranking
#33 (UP) - MADE IN JAPAN

Video Daily Ranking
#14 (UP) - FLOWER

Chaku Uta Daily Ranking
#15 (UP) - FLOWER

[Cahz-]

It worked!

[Zeke.]

It really is such a travesty the way they continue to butcher her vocals in post like that. I watched Untitled 〜for her〜 the other day on youtube and then booted up A BEST LIVE and the difference is staggering. I couldn't watch it. You can't feel anything at all coming from her when they process her so much that she becomes flat and the sound emotionless.

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

It really is such a travesty the way they continue to butcher her vocals in post like that. I watched Untitled 〜for her〜 the other day on youtube and then booted up A BEST LIVE and the difference is staggering. I couldn't watch it. You can't feel anything at all coming from her when they process her so much that she becomes flat and the sound emotionless.

Actually A BEST LIVE wasn't THAT bad, it was only the beginning when they switched to different software/settings. My guess they were using Melodyne or similar program before and then started using Auto-tune. The real nightmare began starting from CDL 2013-2014. They ruined Premium showcase, A-nation 2014. Then for some unknown reason they returned to an old editing technique, so A-nation 2015, CDL 2014-2015 and Arena Tour 2015 were nicely edited. And then the nightmare continued with CDL Made in Tokyo and TA Tour 2015. Oddly enough there was 1 song in CDL Made in Tokyo that was edited the old, normal way - WARNING.
I'm so happy that I didn' pay for TA Tour DVD. The moment Ayu opened her mouth in the first song I knew they f**ed up her voice again. I tried watching different parts, but couldn't stand it and deleted the file. I enjoyed her human voice in MS Flower performance thinking that it most likely will be insanely robotic in upcoming AT 2016 broadcast.

[luna7996]

Didn't know where else to post in case anyone else is interested but Made in Japan bluray ver is 20% off right now at cdjapan. I just got my own copy together with the 1500 points I had been saving up it came down to almost nothing. =)

[JEWELian]

Not really sure if there's a better place to talk about it (there isn't a separate TA Tour DVD thread), but I'm kind of disappointed with the editing of the TA Tour. (I only just received my album+bluray set).

Audio was done poorly, her voice sounds robotic in parts, they didn't really do a very good job of capturing the atmosphere of the show at all, which is sad as it's probably my favourite time seeing her live.

It was also a shame they cut out the acapella section, but she had an annoying MC with Timmy so not really complaining about that missing.