Full Chorus: Smiling [KHV Chorus]

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  1. Jayn

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    Smiling!

    Stats.

    3 out of 30 solos OPEN

    18 out of 20 quartets OPEN.

    4 out of 11 duets OPEN.

    Chorus CLOSED TO NEW PARTICIPANTS. OPEN TO THOSE ALREADY IN THE CHORUS. ANY LINES CLAIMED BY NO ONE ARE OPEN AS SOLOS. ALL OTHER LINES ARE CLOSED, DESPITE NOT BEING STRIKED OUT BECAUSE I AM LAZY.


    Notes;

    IGNORE what is written below about solos/lines. You may have two solos and five lines all together. I edit this on the 18th, depending on the activity this song gets. This song is meant for more than one person, and it's meant to be a LARGE collaboration. Please join if you have enough time!

    This was our randomly picked song.

    I feel this song needs a bit of background. Smiling is a song dedicated to Nico Nico Douga. Some of you may have heard of Nico Nico Chorus. There are a lot of singers that come together in that community. Nico Nico Douga is like the Japanese Youtube. This song is pretty popular for choruses, but I've never seen an English one...

    Anyway, the lyrics are pretty much talking about their bond, and coming together as one voice, yadda yadda...being there for each other. All of that good stuff. It's an extremely heartfelt, feel-good song.

    That being said, despite most of you probably having no idea what this song is, it would be great to have a good amount of participation. Besides, I think variety is great. We've been doing a lot of popular songs, with the exception of Deck'd, and to branch out and do something new will be good for us. If you've got the time and are willing, please help out and learn the song.

    I had to loosely translate/make the lyrics singable for us. It gets the same message across, all in all. But I apologize for any massive mistakes.

    This song is made for lots of solos, and then a gradual coming together.

    I'm going to split the lyrics up normally to gauge interest. If interest is so little that it's necessary, I will expand parts and this'll become a smaller chorus attempt than usual...But I'm hoping we can all come together and give this a short.
    Pay attention. If you mess up on a word or a line, please do it over. Sometimes it really hard to fix your mistake. I know it can be time consuming, but it's worth it.
    Your lines are due BEFORE the listed date. If you have to drop out, drop out TWO DAYS prior at the latest. This is a new requirement. I'm tired of late minute drop outs. Please help me out by giving me enough time to work with your dropping out, if you must do so.

    What is this?

    It's just a collaboration type musical thingy with KHV members. Anyone can join. ANYONE. All you have to do is post the lines you want, record them, and send them to me on time.

    If you weren't in the previous choruses, I need you to find a picture for me to edit for you. High quality anime pictures can be found here: http://www.zerochan.net

    It doesn't have to be anime, it can be anything. It just has to be HIGH quality, and LARGE enough for me to work with. Not giant. But a nice size. Bigger than our avatars. Once you turn in a suitable picture, you'll never have to again unless you want to for future chorus stuff.


    So yeah, if you want to find another picture for me even if I have one, let me know. Otherwiseeee, for anyone who -hasn't- given me a picture yet at all, please do so.


    There are no auditions, no microphone restrictions. It doesn't matter if you think you're an amazing singer, or if your mic is fuzzy, all I ask if that you have fun with it and turn your parts in!


    The Song?

    [video=youtube;HJYZyEdCFAg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJYZyEdCFAg[/video]

    Here.
    I'm sorry it's awful. I'm so sick right now.

    Again, if there are any mistakes in the written lyrics, please let me know. I spent a few days writing them, but I tend to still miss things. xD

    Edit; There's one part I think I sang might, when it should have been 'may'. The lyrics are correct, I am wrong. *__*




    How to Record.

    For those of you who aren't sure how to go about recording yourself singing it, there are several different programs you can use. Audacity is a free program. I use Reaper, which is also free for evaluation.

    What I'd like to ask if that you sing along with the instrumental/main track for timing, but your finished track not have the instrumental. For example, if you make two different tracks in a program, and record yourself singing on one track and have the instrumental on another track or playing on youtube or something while you sing your part, when you send it to me I would like to just hear your voice and not the instrumental. It is MUCH better for you to be too quiet than too loud. If you're quiet, I can turn your volume up. If you're too loud and your mic peaks, I have to turn your volume way dowwwn.

    You can sing along with the instrumental, and it's okay if the instrumental/main song is heard faintly in your recording, so long as it doesn't overpower you. For those of you who decide to use Reaper, I can show you a detailed tutorial on how to do it.

    Here's an Audacity tutorial written by P for Mulan, but whatever;

    How to Use Audacity

    Getting the Stuff

    Go here and download the version for your computer. (Use the 1.3 series.) Install it in the manner appropriate for your OS.

    Go here to download and save the Mulan instrumental to somewhere on your computer. (Or whatever instrumental you may be using.)


    Opening the Instrumental

    Open Audacity. You'll should see this.

    Open the Mulan instrumental with Audacity. In a Mac, it's File>Open. Navigate to where you saved the Mulan instrumental, and open it.

    You should now see this. There are two tracks, for the two stereo tracks.


    Recording

    Open the Audacity preferences and look under the 'Recording' tab for the Overdub option. Make sure it is ticked, so you can hear the instrumental as you record. Mine looks like this, but yours may be slightly different.

    Press the red button up top. A new track will begin to record, as can be seen here

    Listen through the instrumental until you get to the part with the lines you need to sing, at which point, sing them. When the song is finished, press the yellow, square stop button. You should end up with something like this.


    Fixing Errors

    Of course, you'll probably screw up somewhere. That's why you can do it multiple times. Click mute on the mistake'd track, as in here. Next, click before the area where you made a mistake and press the record button. You can now sing the part again. When you're done, press the stop button. You'll end up with this. You can do this procedure as many times as needed, until all lines are correct on at least one track.


    Editing

    Now we have to delete everything except the lines you're gonna use. (You can now unmute any muted tracks.) We want to use the Split Delete tool. You do this by selecting the unwanted lines, as in here, and using Split Delete on it. On a Mac, the shortcut for it is Option+Command+K, but on a PC, at a guess, it would be Alt+Control+K. It will yield this result.

    Continue doing this until you've only got your lines left. Mine looks like this.

    Now we remove the instrumental track too, by pressing the X on the top-left of those two tracks. We're left with this.


    Sending to Jayn

    Now the hard work is done, we just need to export it. Go File>Export, and choose where to save the file. Make sure it is in WAV format. It'll look somewhat like this.

    Ignore this metadata thing that pops up. Just hit 'OK'. Likewise, hit OK on the Mono Channel warning.

    You're done! Now go and upload your file to some filehost, or email it to Jayn.

    Rules?

    • Have fun!
    • Send your lines to klairecross@gmail.com in MP3 or WAV format OR provide a download link for me in this thread, PM or VM.
    • You may have FOUR parts (FOUR lines), and a maximum of FOUR people can sing one part together--EXCEPT for the lines in [brackets]. Those are solos, so only one person can claim those. This rule may be changed depending on how many people are interested.
    • These Kawaii Desu things here --> { ♥ } <-- are for duets. Only TWO people can claim those.
    • The lines in black should be recorded by everyone.
    • First come first serve for lines, but the deadline is January 24th. That means turn in your lines BEFORE then.
    • Once a line is striked out, it means it's not available anymore.
    • Please RESERVE your lines before you record. You can post here with what lines (FOUR max, but not three solo parts) you want. I will update the thread with who's singing what part, and what lines are all reserved out.
    • When you send your lines to me, you can either have your lines timed to the instrumental in ONE long file !TIMED TO THE INSTRUMENTAL!, or you can record all of your lines separately and send them to me that way in a ZIP or RAR file.
    • Once again...TIME your vocals. Sing to the TIMING of the song. Sing to the song.
    • Remember that I don't actually want to hear the song behind your vocals. If you sing along, wear headphones so your mic doesn't pick it up OR have the song really low while you record. If I hear it, the audience will too and that makes it sound bad.
    • Please help fill out the song. If you have the time, please pick four parts. REMEMBER to record the BLACK LINES. Otherwise, when the chorus sings together, your voice will not be included.
    • Anyone can sing the black lines, but I'm less likely to fit you into the video if the only thing you sang were the black lines. (When it's much harder to fit everyone in to begin with.)

    Lyrics/Parts:

    Black Lines = EVERYONE records that part.
    { ♥ } = Duets. TWO people can claim that part online.
    [ ... ] = Solos. ONE person can claim that. Only ONE solo per singer. This MAY change depending on how many people join.
    ♂ = Male
    ♀ = Female
    // = Anyone can sing/optional/adlib...Please do the adlibs. I took out a second rap, and it'll just be silence. xD

    [Smiling together
    We'll be together,]
    [PaW]


    [What better time than here and now,
    to stand out from the crowd?
    Let's step out towards a bright future!]
    [Fearless]


    Smiling together.

    [Every day and every hour,
    The world continues to turn.]
    [What?]


    [And with every life that fades,
    There's another life that's born. ]
    [NemesisPrime]


    [Even though it may not show,
    Some people hide it deep inside,]
    [Krowley]


    [There's a fragile part that's there,
    That's often covered up with pride.]
    [Jayn]


    { ♥ } Trying to protect ourselves, [greater_bloo, Fuzzy]

    { ♥ }We still need someone else, [Cookiie, Andrew]

    { ♥ } To guide us when we feel we'll break apart, [Ryan, Jayn]

    [Oh, how to love?] [Jayn]

    You still don't understand, [Mish, Krowley]

    [But maybe I can help,] [NemesisPrime]

    All you have to do is reach out and take my hand. [NemesisPrime, greater_bloo, Excasr]

    Smiling together [Fuzzy]

    { ♥ } We'll be together, [Ryan]

    What better time than here and now,
    to stand out from the crowd?
    Let's step out towards a bright future!
    [Excasr, What?, Fearless, PaW]


    Smiling together,
    We'll be together.
    [greater_bloo]

    [No matter how hard it may get,] [Chevalier]

    [I'll lend you my courage,] [Ryan]

    [I'll be here for you, through and through.] [Andrew]

    Smiling together.~

    [Rap]

    [Do you disagree?
    Think we're just playing games?
    Well, it's no big deal. We just don't think the same.]
    [Fuzzy]


    [I don't care who you are, I don't care, what you do.
    As long as you're being true to yourself--yeah, you.]
    [Excasr]


    [In this world, we tend to let a lot pass us by.
    We have to open our hearts, and I'll tell you why.]
    [Cookiie]


    [If you open your heart, then you open your mind,
    And we'll all come together, to smile and shine.]
    [Mish]


    { ♥ } It's like a wish upon a star,
    In the middle of the night.
    [Mish, Krowley ]


    [As long as we know it's there,
    We're always reaching within sight.]
    [Esther]


    As we look up to the sky,
    Life's pain will pass us by,
    [Cookiie, What?, PaW, Ryan ]


    [Just remember that dreams are limitless.] [ Esther]

    [Oh... Stop the pain now!] [Jayn]

    I don't know what to do... [Fuzzy, Jayn]

    But maybe you can help, [Chevalier]

    All I have to do is open my heart to you.~

    Smiling together
    We'll be together,


    [As long as everyone is glad,] [Ryan]

    [We'll erase the bad,] [Fuzzy]

    { ♥ }And happiness will find us, too. [Krowley, Ryan]

    Smiling together, [greater_bloo]

    We'll be together. [Fuzzy]

    There's no need to be sad,
    As long as we have,
    Each other to sing along.
    [Esther, Fearless]

    { ♥ } Smiling together~ [Andrew]

    Wait, just a minute. [Excasr]

    [The world can still be a pretty scary place.] [Fearless]

    What counts is inside, [Cookiie]

    [Where all the fear starts to melt away. ] [Jayn]

    It's not all a waste, [Fuzzy, Excasr]

    [Remember there's a line between the past and the future,] NemesisPrime]

    You can break the mold, [NemesisPrime]

    You just have to seek out the light.

    { ♥ }Even when you try to block it out, [Jayn, Ryan]

    [Sometimes the scary voices are still loud,] [Ryan]

    { ♥ }Sometimes, even when you try to escape, [What?]

    [You still remember your hurt and your pain.] [Cookiie]

    [If there was a place we could run away to,] [Chevalier]

    [I'd cross through borders and time, just for you.] [PaW]

    When you are lonely, there's nothing to fear, [Jayn, Andrew, greater_bloo]

    KHV Chorus is here!


    Smiling together,
    We'll be together!


    //[Ad-Libs]

    Smiling together
    We'll be together,
    [Mish, Excasr]

    //[Derp ad-libs]

    Smiling together
    We'll be together,


    What better time than here and now,
    to stand out from the crowd?
    [NemesisPrime]

    [Let's step out towards a bright future!]

    Smiling Together
    We'll be together


    No matter how hard it may get,
    I'll lend you my courage,
    [Excasr, Esther]

    { ♥ } We'll be here for you, through and through. [PaW]

    Smiling together.~ [Jayn, Excasr]

    Even when you try to block it out,

    Sometimes the scary voices are still loud,

    Sometimes, even when you try to escape,

    You still remember your hurt and your pain.

    If there was a place we could run away to,

    I'd cross through borders and time, just for you.

    When you are lonely, there's nothing to fear,

    KHV Chorus is here!


    { ♥ } Smiling together
    We'll be together,
    [Excasr, Esther ]


    [As long as everyone is glad,
    We'll erase the bad,
    And happiness will find us, too. ]
    [greater_bloo]


    { ♥ } Smiling together,
    We'll be together.
    [Fearless, Andrew]


    [There's no need to be sad,
    As long as we have,
    Each other to sing along.]
    [Ryan]


    Smiling together
    We'll be together!

    Lines In

    Jayn
    Andrew
    PaW
    greater_bloo
    cookiie
    Nemesis_Prime
    Ryan
    Krowley
    Excasr
    Esther
    Fearless

    Mixing Progress.

    None.

    Video Progress

    None.

    Pictures Needed From...

    N|A
     
  2. NemesisPrime Hollow Bastion Committee

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    I'm back baby! I want:

    [But maybe I can help,]

    [Remember there's a line between the past and the future,]

    All you have to do is reach out and take my hand.

    What better time then here and now,
    to stand out from the crowd?

    You can break the mold,

    It feels SO GOOD to be back!
     
  3. Mish smiley day!

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    Long song is long. I hope it's not too hard to fill up all the spaces.

    I can has these lines?

    [And with every life that fades,
    There's another life that's born. ]


    [If you open your heart, then you open your mind,
    And we'll all come together, to smile and shine.]


    { ♥ } It's like a wish upon a star,
    In the middle of the night.


    You still don't understand,

    Smiling together
    We'll be together,
     
  4. Damax1 Moogle Assistant

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    i bet smurfasarus can do it ask him i am his brother
     
  5. Excasr The Forgotten XIII

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    Wow, I will enjoy this song too!

    Let's see...

    What better time then here and now,
    to stand out from the crowd?
    Let's step out towards a bright future!


    [I don't care who you are, I don't care, what you do.
    As long as you're being true to yourself--yeah, you.]


    No matter how hard it may get,
    I'll lend you my courage,


    Smiling together
    We'll be together,
    [Mish]

    { ♥ } Smiling together,
    We'll be together.


    Well that's it. I'm finally sleepy, 5:46AM LOL.
    Need to rest, tomorrow I will send you the lines Jayn.

    Edit:
    Wow, it's funny, I don't know how to saw KHV Chorus in English. LOL. No worries, it can't be so hard. Well, going to sleep.
     
  6. Glen Returned from the dead

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    Doesn't quite work that way. The person nominates themself to do certain lines. If you want to do it, by all means go for it, but i have no intention of doing this one.
     
  7. Krowley Moderator

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    Lines requested;
    [Even though it may not show,
    Some people hide it deep inside,]

    { ♥ } It's like a wish upon a star,
    In the middle of the night. [Mish]


    You still don't understand, [Mish]


    { ♥ }And happiness will find us, too.
     
  8. MsEstherMaria Merlin's Housekeeper

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    Hey Jayn!!!!

    I'd like to have this lines:

    [As long as we know it's there,
    We're always reaching within sight.]

    [Just remember that dreams are limitless.]

    There's no need to be sad,
    As long as we have,
    Each other to sing along.

    No matter how hard it may get,
    I'll lend you my courage, [Excasr]

    { ♥ } Smiling together
    We'll be together, [Excasr]

    Is it possible????

    Thanks Jayn!!!!
     
  9. Cookiie Traverse Town Homebody

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    This song sounds nice (:. May I get:

    { ♥ }We still need someone else,

    [In this world, we tend to let a lot pass us by.
    We have to open our hearts, and I'll tell you why.]


    As we look up to the sky,
    Life's pain will pass us by,


    What counts is inside,

    [You still remember your hurt and your pain.]
     
  10. What? 『 music is freedom 』

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    [Every day and every hour,
    The world continues to turn.]

    As we look up to the sky,
    Life's pain will pass us by,



    { ♥ }Sometimes, even when you try to escape,

    What better time than here and now,
    to stand out from the crowd?
    Let's step out towards a bright future!
    [Excasr]
     
  11. Fearless A good and beautiful child

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    [What better time than here and now,
    to stand out from the crowd?
    Let's step out towards a bright future!] (first one)

    [The world can still be a pretty scary place.]

    { ♥ } Smiling together,
    We'll be together. (last one)

    What better time than here and now,
    to stand out from the crowd?
    Let's step out towards a bright future! [Excasr]

    There's no need to be sad,
    As long as we have,
    Each other to sing along.




    As I said on the other one, I can't record lines till next week.
     
  12. Excasr The Forgotten XIII

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    WOW.

    The song isn't to hard to record, because you almost sing everything without any pauses, that's the why I will record the full song. LOL I will need to practice this A LOT before recording.

    Maybe I will send my lines today, but I think I will just practice now, and most likely send the song tomorrow or Friday, until Sunday I will send them, I think.

    Also, what derp ad-libs means? Lol, I know how is a ad-lib, but I don't know what a derp ad-lib would be. DX

    EDIT: Hey Jayn, my solo in the RAP part isn't strike out.
     
  13. Peace and War Bianca, you minx!

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    Talk about random song choice, this is a tougheel.
    I like a challenge. I was gonna nominate myself for the wole rap section, it would've been mad.

    Jayn, your reference is amazang!

    I'll take:

    [Smiling together
    We'll be together,]
    ---- The first one

    { ♥ } We'll be here for you, through and through.


    [I'd cross through borders and time, just for you.]

    What better time than here and now,
    to stand out from the crowd?
    Let's step out towards a bright future! [Excasr]


    [There's a fragile part that's there,
    That's often covered up with pride.]

    As we look up to the sky,
    Life's pain will pass us by,

    And no offense Jayn, but you can stuff getting a whole song recording from anyone. It would never work. However if you need more lines done from a lack of people i'll do my best to help.
     
  14. Excasr The Forgotten XIII

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    PaW is right, this song is too hard. But I think that this chorus will be one of my favorites. And your reference was great!

    Whathell? You're getting 5 solos, 1 duet and 2 quarters? :gunwtf:
    :blink:

    In this one you can just get 5 lines, two of them can be solos. :shocked:
    This is in the first note on the first post of this thread. LOL

    EDIT: Oh yea, Esther already picked the Dreams limitless solo. ::L:
     
  15. Peace and War Bianca, you minx!

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    I had trouble figuring out what was what, just don't put me down for whatever lines if you don't want Jayn, but i'll do them anyway right now.
     
  16. Jayn

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    Alright, edited!

    Excasr, 'derp ad-libs' just means more ad-libs, same thing. Sorry for the confusion. xD

     
  17. Excasr The Forgotten XIII

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    LOL, no problem Jayn!
    I gonna record them and probably send FRIDAY, so the song is cool. I like it. It's a bit fast, but this will make the chorus be awesome this time! ::L:
     
  18. Beau Hollow Bastion Committee

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    { ♥ }We still need someone else, [Cookiie]
    ~In light blue

    [I'll be here for you, through and through.]
    ~In orange

    { ♥ } Smiling together~
    ~In forest green

    When you are lonely, there's nothing to fear, [Jayn]
    ~In orange

    { ♥ } Smiling together,
    We'll be together. [Fearless]
    ~In maroon
     
  19. MadDoctorMaddie I'm a doctor, not a custom title!

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    Hurray, I didn't miss anything!

    Could I have these, please?

    { ♥ } To guide us when we feel we'll break apart,

    [Do you disagree?
    Think we're just playing games?
    Well, it's no big deal. We just don't think the same.]


    As we look up to the sky,
    Life's pain will pass us by,
    [Cookiie, What?, PaW]


    { ♥ }And happiness will find us, too. [Krowley]

    { ♥ }Even when you try to block it out, [Jayn]

    EDIT: Oh, just realized that the solo was in the rap portion, and there are some obstacles I really cannot overcome on short notice xDx So could I switch my solo to this?

    [There's no need to be sad,
    As long as we have,
    Each other to sing along.]
     
  20. greater_bloo Gummi Ship Junkie

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    I'm kinda new here so forgive me if I seem weird, but basically I just have to pick the parts of the song I want to sing, sing it along with the ones colored Black, then send it in right?
    Anyway I would like to sing these parts please:

    All you have to do is reach out and take my hand.
    [NemesisPrime]

    Smiling together,


    { ♥ } Trying to protect ourselves,

    When you are lonely, there's nothing to fear, [Jayn, Andrew]

    [As long as everyone is glad,
    We'll erase the bad,
    And happiness will find us, too. ]
     
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