Merry Christmas, everyone! Now we come to the end of 2010. I still have a lot of work to do and the final exam at the beginning of next year but I will try to make the review post for the whole year soon. However, we should finish the left work of this year first. This December hasn't ended yet, so this will be an "active post", the content will be updated until the very end.
My impression with this month's AGM is pretty good. Therefore, I wonder if I should reserve one or more entries in this year's top songs list. Moreover, there are still some expecting stuffs in the coming days.
Update 01/21/2011: Sorry for the delay, anyone! I have just finished my semester exam (in a so~so way). Now is the time for music. Since the last update, there are more stuffs coming, but the best ones are from C79, which also means we will have some electronica and dramatic songs in the list. Check new update at the positions: 3rd, 4th, 5th and the NON-AGM section.
1. stereopony - Chiisana Mahou
2. Hanazawa Kana - Kuchibue Jet
3. sister-A - Beautiful dreamer
4. Meramipop - A Sense Of Distance
5. Hotaru - ENG Dream
6. Hanazawa Kana - Koi no Shirushi
7. Blue drops - Kaeru Kara
SIDELINES:
- The album Bleach Concept Covers is really good. I prefer tracks: 2, 7, 10, 12. They are all already well-known songs, so I won't put them in the mainline. Here is track 7, a cover of the notable Life is like a boat:
- Track 2 of Bleach OP 13 Single (SID): Danro is quite impressive but it seems nothing related to the anime. You can download this song here.
- New single from Lia(Vail) doesn't impress me much. The style is so typical.NON-AGM:
- Nayuta (new name in this blog, right?) is one of the most promising voices of doujin music. Her voice is sweet, calm and smooth, much like Makino-chan. Her new song: "Structre" from Split Theory is good but not Game OST. You can download here.
- Our Chata has a new good relaxed song named "Akane-iro" from doujin album: bassy - Wonder Full World. I have put it in the playlist. Download it here.
The date for this post has been modified for the time being (originally 12/26/2010). I will change it back later.
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Sunday, December 26, 2010
AGM December 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
AGM November 2010
Well, AGM November 2010, it would not have existed. There are many reasons opposed to its existence:
- I am very busy helping my older sister's wedding. It maybe our family's biggest event of past ten years.
- My assignments ' deadline draws very near. My last week is all for it.
- I have a cold. For all last week too.
- The AGM is really the least noticeable from my first AGM Month post.
But at last, in a quiet night, a break after many struggling days, I decide to make this post. For what, I don't know, maybe to leave some line of my thought for these memorable days. I won't say about this month's AGM, that line above is enough.
As my sister's leaving, in a short while, I realized the burden on my shoulder is heavier. It's the burden of responsibility for my family, my society and of course for myself. I suddenly had a strong desire to become stronger and wiser. And so, I struggled with all my weight, strove for the most logical thinking and the most useful strength. I work and learn every time I can and never cease to desire for more and more. That's a good way to lead a life, I think. However, even after getting some achievements, I still feel a gap in my mind. It seems I've lost something very important. Not until tonight when I have a break to listen to some peaceful AGM songs did I realize that I can't live without music and romance. Without them the life will become something like a big but dry tree. I think that everyone must have sometime to enjoy themselves not to set themselves loose but to gain more strength and will to go on. It's a simple rule of life, but I've just understood it better recently. So now, if you can read this post, it means you are having some free time. Just enjoy your time with music and everything you like. For me it's this peaceful night with some romantic and tranquil pieces of music...a necessary silence before the next stormy days. My assignments and the final exam are waving for me!
1. Chata - Always
2. Tomatsu Haruka - Yasashiki Hibi
3. Daisuke Ono - Key
OTHERS YOU MAY LIKE
Merry Christmas without You (May'n, Nakajima Megumi & frontier stars) - Macross Frontier Concept Album - cosmic cuune
The Sky Remains Azure (Rosie CV. Junko Minagawa) - Senjou no Valkyria Song Collection
Natsu Tori (Nakajima Megumi) - Tamayura ED Single
NON - AGM BONUS
Yui Makino - Cluster
"Ao no Kori" makes me disappointed a bit. In such a dramatic song, I can't find the sweet and calm side in her voice (which we love her most for) much, just the cheerful and girlish side. It seems her style has changed significantly since she switched to Sony Music Entertainment (become more playful). You can see that in all her recent songs. Well, but that new style is really well appropriate for this song, makes this an exuberant, youthful and of course cute song, which is really worth listening again and again. Yet, I still expect to see her other side again.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
AGM October 2010
The recent month's weather is really strange. It started with the chilling and dull days of a typical cold season then suddenly changed into the hot and sunny days and now is the endless rainy days. Dunno what's waiting ahead, I always prepare a pair of sunglasses, a raincoat and a pullover whenever going out. Maybe I will take a showel just in case it snows.(lol, just joking)
The AGM of last month is also strange. Many singles, albums came out and some of my favorite singers released their new work, but there are only 3 songs that reach my AGM standard, which has been gradually lowered for the past two years. This thing only occured once. The God of AGM seems to be rather hard on me recently, doesn't he?
1. Ishikawa Chiaki - Mou Nani mo Kowakunai, Kowaku wa Nai
2. azusa - Kutsu no Oto
3. Horie Yui - Arigatou
TSUBASA WO KUDUSAI (Ayako version)
Here is another version of that well-known song. It is so different to the K-ON one that it gives me some new opinion of the song. Listening and comparing these two versions is an interesting thing indeed.
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Friday, October 8, 2010
AGM September 2010
The heavy rains, the gloomy sky, the fierce storms. Well, September, it's that time again. My country, especially the Central region, is full of water (of floods and tears). I don't hate rain (I played under rain much in past) but being stuck about two or three hours in a traffic jam after rain is such a pain in the ass. Even looking up at the beautiful violet sunset sky can't compensate for that annoyance.
The best songs of last month come from July and August. Don't be surprised at the time. AGM September means "the best new anime/game songs I find in September" not "the best anime/game songs released in September" and if you still don't understand, let's speak frankly that some singles/albums are not available online until days, weeks or even months after its released day. I always want to make the released month match with the month of the post. That's the reason why I postpone the monthly post until the mid of every month, but sometimes it's still useless as you see.
Well, it's too much for an explanation, but I hope that I will never need to talk about that again. Now, for AGM last month, it's really much better comparing with last month's one. And the main reason is the old-but-awesome music, from Animeja album, hope you're not bored with them. Most of the vids are unavailable due to copyright so I've made a crossfade for this month's AGM. Sounds interesting, right?
1. Meja - Teru no Uta
2. Hanazawa Kana - Gentle Twilight
3. Meja - Always with me
4. MOMO - Cherish
5. Shikata Akiko - The Forest of Shelanoire
COMPLEMENT FOR AGM JANUARY 2010
Although I always try not to miss any good songs, sometimes mistake is still made. Here is a compulsory complement to AGM January:
1. KOKIA - Within the light
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Friday, September 10, 2010
AGM August 2010
Well, life is really hard, especially for those who always want to live in a peaceful place like me. I have a frustrating time now but as the saying goes, "People always dissatisfies with the present, longingly remember the past and hope for the future but the present will be past and the future will be present.", I think this maybe hard but will be a memorable time in my life. That's the problem of endurance and fighting spirit after all.
Last month is really a busy time for doujin music fans (C78, of course). Even I'm not one and so busy with working but its heat has gone into my top unobstrucsively. The quality of AGM is just average, almost the same as July. The Golden Age of AGM still doesn't come back (or it has gone away forever?). Just look back at last year April and you will know why I keep saying this line again and again. However, it's not good to be in despair for long, let's make a warm welcome for those winners of August 2010, most of which are ballad for laidback time:
1. Ayane - Omoide wa Yubikiri no Kioku e
2. Hanako Oku - Garasu no Hana
3. Matsushita Yuuya - Bird
4. Chata - Gensokyo, Past and Present
NON-AGM BONUS
Chata - Rakujitsu
Chata again in this corner. She's really the name that I expect much in C78 and Usagi Kinoko doesn't let me down at all. Just listen to this song at the playlist and enjoy her way. She really know how to make music!
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
AGM July 2010
July! It is the first time I've experienced working eight hours a day (though it's just an internship program). What I say is: very uncomfortable and lack of freedom, especially for the like of me. However, there are really lots of helpful things that I can learn there. It's a good hardship after all!
For that reason, I don't have much time to wander in AGM world as usual and not until now that I remember to make this monthly post. However, another reason is that the AGM last month is not really noticeable. There are only four songs I can listen and none of them is really excellent, they are all little more or less at average. Another thing that you can easily realize is the invasion of feminine songs over my top song list. That I say, gentleness can spare hardship, right?
1. Mikuni Shimokawa - Kimi ga iru kara
2. azusa - I love
3. Itou Shizuka - Hana
4. Aramaki Youko - Sekai ga setsunakatta hi ni
NON-AGM BONUS
Another nice song from Queen Maaya. It's a mixture of Chinese traditional music and Japanese singing style. And what come out? Well, a really strange epic song!
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
AGM June 2010
June comes with more rain and power cut in my hometown but that can't reduce the heat from World Cup. Yeah, that is a month of the King Sport. I'm in favor of Brazil and Argentina but as you know they all have returned home. I don't know what will happen next, this is a really unpredictable tournament. Maybe only Mr Poulpe Paul knows.
The AGM last month is not as hot as World Cup but still a delicious meal for AGM lovers. It is better and there is a variety in genre. Angel Beats and Girls Dead Monster don't rule my top as they do in other anime music sites but still make recognizable contribution. We should give them a vote of confidence and hope July's AGM will be another musical party.
1. Sarah Lim - Beyond the sky
2. Megumi Nakajima - Watashi ni Dekiru Koto
3. Rin Oikawa - Final Fantasy VI ~ Aria
4. ON\OFF - Butterfly
5. GLDEMO - Ichiban no Takaramono (Yui Ver.)
AGM BONUS
Well, that's truly an AGM but another version of Brave song. This Girls dead monster version gives more immense feeling and makes this song more memorable. I will have much pity on this song if it doesn't become a hit.
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