I've gone from being Vocaloid indifferent to a Vocaloid hater. Being the father of a 12 year girl who is obsessed with imaginary Japanese Vocaloid artists, I'm totally over the sound of it, although I agree the histrionics produced by these things can be fairly amazing to hear from time to time.
What I did find more interesting was the AI "sung" version of Joelene that was doing the rounds a few days ago, based on the voice of Holly Herndon:
https://youtu.be/kPAEMUzDxuo
Interested to see where that goes, although I've got to admit, I'm a purist, and any type of digital vocalist is going to make me go "meh" sooner or later when compared to even a half decent human singer.
There is definitely a element to high energy music which appeals to younger crowds. Same reason clubs tend to turn music up to levels capable of causing hearing damage.
I even exploited this fact as a way of staying awake a couple times while taking long road trips, as a stand in for caffeine.
Having high energy music is OK, allowing it to disturb the peace is not, time to teach the lessons about manners and being considerate, I suppose (buy a pair of headphones for her, limit her volume so she doesn't suffer early onset hearing loss).
No guarantee she won't turn out to be obnoxious as an adult, but that's the genetic lottery, I'm afraid.
What I did find more interesting was the AI "sung" version of Joelene that was doing the rounds a few days ago, based on the voice of Holly Herndon:
Interested to see where that goes, although I've got to admit, I'm a purist, and any type of digital vocalist is going to make me go "meh" sooner or later when compared to even a half decent human singer.