Dōjin music(同人音楽,doujin ongaku), also called otokei dōjin(音系同人) in Japan, is a sub-category of dōjin activity. Dōjin are basically non-official self-published Japanese works which can be based on official products or completely original creations. Such products are sold online on specialized sites, on the author's own sites and in conventions such as the very popular Comic Markets.
Genres
Dōjin music isn't a musical genre in itself but is indicative of a particular means of publication. (Similarly the term "indie" in the United States is used in this way.)
Dōjin music consists very often of video game music fan arrangements. Much original Dōjin music also exists, and has been created both for dōjin games and independently, spanning many musical genres such as pop, rock, techno, trance and many more.
By nature, dōjin music is often self-produced, at low cost, by independent artists. Home-studio software is typically advantageous to dōjin music composers, as it is cheaper than studio mastering live instruments. As such, most Dōjin music has a distinct synthetic quality to it. It is common to have one live instrument (such as a guitar) backed up by synthetic orchestrations, though full instrumentation is becoming more and more common in dōjin music, such as orchestral works or dōjin jazz.
Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound and silence. The common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics (loudness and softness), and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture (which are sometimes termed the "color" of a musical sound). Different styles or types of music may emphasize, de-emphasize or omit some of these elements. Music is performed with a vast range of instruments and with vocal techniques ranging from singing to rapping, and there are solely instrumental pieces, solely vocal pieces and pieces that combine singing and instruments. The word derives from Greekμουσική (mousike; "art of the Muses"). In its most general form, the activities describing music as an art form include the production of works of music (songs, tunes, symphonies, and so on), the criticism of music, the study of the history of music, and the aesthetic examination of music. Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. Common sayings such as "the harmony of the spheres" and "it is music to my ears" point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to. However, 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music, saying, for example, "There is no noise, only sound."
The story uses third-person narration and tells the story of Victor, a self-conscious man for whom "music he did not know... could be likened to the patter of a conversation in a strange tongue." When Victor arrives at a party, he finds the other guests listening with varying degrees of engagement to a man named Wolfe play the piano. As Victor does not know the song being played, he loses interest. He catches a glimpse of his ex-wife at the party, but cannot look at her. He laments the fact that now he must "start all over" the long task of forgetting her (in a flashback, it's revealed that she left him for another, who may or may not be at the party). Throughout the entire story, Victor views the music as a structure that has him encaged in an awkward situation with his ex-wife; it had seemed to him "a narrow dungeon" until it ends, thus giving his ex-wife the opportunity to leave, which she does. Victor then realizes that the music was not a dungeon, but actually "incredible bliss, a magic glass dome that had embraced and imprisoned him and her," and which allowed him to "breathe the same air as she." After she leaves, another party-goer comments to Victor that he looked immune to the music and that he didn't think such a thing possible. His own inanity is revealed when Victor asks him what was played and he cannot tell whether it was Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata or Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska's rather easy piece, Maiden's Prayer.
The song was thought of by Sermon after buying a copy of Gaye's Midnight Love and the Sexual Healing Sessions album, which overlook some of the original album's earlier mixes. After listening to an outtake of Gaye's 1982 album track, "Turn On Some Music" (titled "I've Got My Music" in its initial version), Sermon decided to mix the vocals (done in a cappella) and add it into his own song. The result was similar to Natalie Cole's interpolation of her father, jazz great Nat "King" Cole's hit, "Unforgettable" revisioned as a duet. The hip hop and soul duet featuring the two veteran performers was released as the leading song of the soundtrack to the Martin Lawrence & Danny DeVito comedy, "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" The song became a runaway success rising to #2 on Billboard's R&B chart and was #1 on the rap charts. It also registered at #21 pop giving Sermon his highest-charted single on the pop charts as a solo artist and giving Gaye his first posthumous hit in 10 years following 1991's R&B-charted single, "My Last Chance" also bringing Gaye his 41st top 40 pop hit. There is also a version that's played on Adult R&B stations that removes Erick Sermon's rap verses. The song was featured in the 2011 Matthew McConaughey film The Lincoln Lawyer.
A 6 hours Symphonic/Gothic/Ethnic Doujin music mix featuring 4 playlists from 4 Doujin music channels:
Nachingel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZMUB-dbevPjtPKyYkdMBHw
Axfarie: https://www.youtube.com/user/axfaeriemarionette1
Arc Naria (Salman): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSfyiCrOZEeKpwCwb2_S4yw
and Elegant Sister.
All art credit (from left to right):
'アコルドリア' by Gakuru:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/64802950
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Garuku
'.' by ミヅモリ:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/71150498
Twitter: https://twitter.com/xcllcx
'Painting Doll' by MISSILE228:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/66555623
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MISSILE228apl
'初' by AppleCaramel:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/68985997
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Apple_A_Caramel
published: 12 Jul 2020
Relaxing Doujin Music Sunday
Sweet Dove - Ode to a Nightingale
https://sweetdove.bandcamp.com/album/ode-to-a-nightingale
★ Sweet Dove:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sweetDoveMusic
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/sweetdovemusic
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/sweetdove
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6Yv1yvepxwzXexhcz8KIeu
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/sweet-dove/1375474357
Stream illustration '梅雨散歩' by 鍵倉:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/63441621
鍵倉:
Pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/16623578
A 6 hours Symphonic/Gothic/Ethnic Doujin music mix featuring 4 playlists from 4 Doujin music channels:
Nachingel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZMUB-dbevPjt...
A 6 hours Symphonic/Gothic/Ethnic Doujin music mix featuring 4 playlists from 4 Doujin music channels:
Nachingel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZMUB-dbevPjtPKyYkdMBHw
Axfarie: https://www.youtube.com/user/axfaeriemarionette1
Arc Naria (Salman): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSfyiCrOZEeKpwCwb2_S4yw
and Elegant Sister.
All art credit (from left to right):
'アコルドリア' by Gakuru:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/64802950
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Garuku
'.' by ミヅモリ:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/71150498
Twitter: https://twitter.com/xcllcx
'Painting Doll' by MISSILE228:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/66555623
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MISSILE228apl
'初' by AppleCaramel:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/68985997
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Apple_A_Caramel
A 6 hours Symphonic/Gothic/Ethnic Doujin music mix featuring 4 playlists from 4 Doujin music channels:
Nachingel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZMUB-dbevPjtPKyYkdMBHw
Axfarie: https://www.youtube.com/user/axfaeriemarionette1
Arc Naria (Salman): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSfyiCrOZEeKpwCwb2_S4yw
and Elegant Sister.
All art credit (from left to right):
'アコルドリア' by Gakuru:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/64802950
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Garuku
'.' by ミヅモリ:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/71150498
Twitter: https://twitter.com/xcllcx
'Painting Doll' by MISSILE228:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/66555623
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MISSILE228apl
'初' by AppleCaramel:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/68985997
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Apple_A_Caramel
Sweet Dove - Ode to a Nightingale
https://sweetdove.bandcamp.com/album/ode-to-a-nightingale
★ Sweet Dove:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sweetDoveMusic
Youtube:...
Sweet Dove - Ode to a Nightingale
https://sweetdove.bandcamp.com/album/ode-to-a-nightingale
★ Sweet Dove:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sweetDoveMusic
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/sweetdovemusic
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/sweetdove
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6Yv1yvepxwzXexhcz8KIeu
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/sweet-dove/1375474357
Stream illustration '梅雨散歩' by 鍵倉:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/63441621
鍵倉:
Pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/16623578
A 6 hours Symphonic/Gothic/Ethnic Doujin music mix featuring 4 playlists from 4 Doujin music channels:
Nachingel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZMUB-dbevPjtPKyYkdMBHw
Axfarie: https://www.youtube.com/user/axfaeriemarionette1
Arc Naria (Salman): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSfyiCrOZEeKpwCwb2_S4yw
and Elegant Sister.
All art credit (from left to right):
'アコルドリア' by Gakuru:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/64802950
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Garuku
'.' by ミヅモリ:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/71150498
Twitter: https://twitter.com/xcllcx
'Painting Doll' by MISSILE228:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/66555623
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MISSILE228apl
'初' by AppleCaramel:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/68985997
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Apple_A_Caramel
Dōjin music(同人音楽,doujin ongaku), also called otokei dōjin(音系同人) in Japan, is a sub-category of dōjin activity. Dōjin are basically non-official self-published Japanese works which can be based on official products or completely original creations. Such products are sold online on specialized sites, on the author's own sites and in conventions such as the very popular Comic Markets.
Genres
Dōjin music isn't a musical genre in itself but is indicative of a particular means of publication. (Similarly the term "indie" in the United States is used in this way.)
Dōjin music consists very often of video game music fan arrangements. Much original Dōjin music also exists, and has been created both for dōjin games and independently, spanning many musical genres such as pop, rock, techno, trance and many more.
By nature, dōjin music is often self-produced, at low cost, by independent artists. Home-studio software is typically advantageous to dōjin music composers, as it is cheaper than studio mastering live instruments. As such, most Dōjin music has a distinct synthetic quality to it. It is common to have one live instrument (such as a guitar) backed up by synthetic orchestrations, though full instrumentation is becoming more and more common in dōjin music, such as orchestral works or dōjin jazz.
Following the workshop, a doujin Cantonese music concert showcased the participants' talents and facilitated musical exchange with external artists performing Japanese songs with Cantonese lyrics.
James Lee...The StandardChannel. IOSAndroid. IOS Android. More>> ... Independent creators and publishers in animation, comics, video games, novels, music and cosplay are also invited to head to the Doujin Zone to exchange ideas ... .