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animeismyaddiction
04-25-2012, 11:29 PM
Hi everyone!
I wanted to try my hand at some song mixing. And I have been in a passionate, steamy romance with Final Fantasy IX (otherwise known as the best video game ever) for quite some time now. Hence, my hosting of a

Melodies of Life Songdub!

Female Parts

Eiko- soprano
Eiko is a young girl who can summon eidolons. Her voice should be high and cutesy.

Garnet- selfcasted (Sorry, I'm being annoying.)

Freya- low mezzo-soprano or alto
AS Freya is very serious and strong, I imagined her voice to be a lower female voice.

Vivi- alto
Vivi's actually a boy but since he's only 8, I figured he would be better suited to be played by a female.


Male Parts

Zidane- tenor
Zidane's the 16 protagonist of the whole game. It would be excellent if his bright and cheery demeanor was apparent in his voice.

Steiner- baritone
Steiner is Garnet's very serious knight. His voice should be significantly lower than Zidane's but higher than Amarant's.

Amarant- lower baritone/bass
I always pictured Amarant being played by Travis Willingham, meaning that a lower voice is a must.

Androgynous Parts

(I wasn't really sure which catagory to put this in :sweat)

Quina- Low alto/high tenor
Oh, Quina, you're a tricky one. S/he is not given a definite gender during the game. That being the case, Quina's voice should be more androgynous. Don't worry about it too much and just go for it! :)

Audition Guidelines
For audition lines, please sing the second chorus of the song as follows:

A voice from the past, joining yours and mine.
Adding up the layers of harmony.
And so it goes, on and on.
Melodies of life,
To the sky beyond the flying birds
Forever and beyond.

Record it as a mp3 and name it "Character_Audition_Your Username.mp3" (So, for example, "Garnet_Audition_animeismyaddiction.mp3")
Then, just send it on over to simplysarah2323@live.com!
Piece o' cake!

Now for my philosophy on casting: I'm not looking for the most amazing singers out there. More important is the willingness and ability to work hard. So even if Adele auditioned but it was clear she wouldn't send in her lines on time or rerecord something when I asked, I would have take a pass on her. And it's okay if your voice doesn't exactly match the part! Good effort is (usually) enough for me!

I haven't set a deadline yet, but I don't think I'll get to sit down and organize everything until after final exams, which would be June 6th. If I have everyone I need at that point, I'll cut it off then. So, for now, the deadline is June 6th!


I'll be eagerly awaiting your auditions, lovelies!
:wave

Received Auditions
Liam Young
Gwerewolf
Kite Ellipsus
CraftyHolo
Sensubean
Mr Meowmerz
HiiragiStorm
Cassie
Lucid Dreamer









P.S. Hopefully, the text color will make up for the sad lack of pictures. I did have pictures but I just couldn't get them to work. God, I'm such a tech noob. Also, I was planning on making the "Female Parts" and "Male Parts" pink and blue respectively but I didn't want to enforce gender stereotypes. Besides, what would the androgynous color be? And it's a nice blue anyways.
I really need to stop procrastinating on my homework -_____-

Gwerewolf
04-28-2012, 08:38 PM
Audition sent.

animeismyaddiction
04-29-2012, 08:28 PM
And audition received! (:

Liam Young
04-30-2012, 01:01 AM
Audition sent.

lenka
04-30-2012, 04:52 AM
I can audition? *--*!

animeismyaddiction
05-02-2012, 08:36 PM
Recieved :)

And of course, Lenka! Please do! Getting auditions makes me ridiculously happy :D

CraftyHolo
05-06-2012, 02:24 AM
:3 Sent an audition.
Sure hope this isn't dead. DX

animeismyaddiction
05-06-2012, 02:03 PM
Nope, it's alive and well!
Audition received (:

Sensubean
05-07-2012, 09:56 AM
Audition sentu.

animeismyaddiction
05-07-2012, 12:39 PM
Audition sentu.

Received. Thank you!

Mr. Meowmerz
05-07-2012, 09:48 PM
Audition sent.

animeismyaddiction
05-08-2012, 10:34 PM
Audition sent.
Received (:

animeismyaddiction
05-13-2012, 07:48 PM
Bumpinggg~

Cassie
05-14-2012, 07:01 AM
Thinking about sending something in b/c I like the song...but I'm not all too familiar with the characters. Only one I know (that I can potentially audition for) is Vivi ^^; Are there voice samples or something you could provide?

animeismyaddiction
05-14-2012, 09:03 PM
Thinking about sending something in b/c I like the song...but I'm not all too familiar with the characters. Only one I know (that I can potentially audition for) is Vivi ^^; Are there voice samples or something you could provide?
Well, since FFIX isn't officially dubbed, there's no official voice type or anything. But I always thought his voice would be that of a young boy.
He appears dubbed in Kingdom Hearts (which you can watch at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFgbxuf0B3c). However, the voice was a bit high and shrill for my liking. I found this fandub (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Rh_bhx0UQ) that had a really nice voice for Vivi.
But don't worry too much about it sounding just right. I'll be really happy if you send in something (:
Hope that helped!

Cassie
05-15-2012, 12:05 AM
Thanks. I'm also interested in Freya and Quina. Freya I'm OK on...but Quina's another story XD;

animeismyaddiction
05-15-2012, 09:29 PM
Thanks. I'm also interested in Freya and Quina. Freya I'm OK on...but Quina's another story XD;
Yeah, Quina is...a special one... XD
I don't really have a voice in mind for him/her so feel free to use that imagination! :D

Cassie
05-16-2012, 04:57 AM
I have one more question (well...for now. ^^;) I did a few different takes for Quina...do you want them separately or in the same file?

animeismyaddiction
05-16-2012, 10:20 PM
I have one more question (well...for now. ^^;) I did a few different takes for Quina...do you want them separately or in the same file?
Seperately would be great. Thanks for asking! I look foward to hearing them (:

Sensubean
05-16-2012, 11:33 PM
Hm... I did a voice for Vivi and I was trying to do it more like the KH voice. Should I re-do it and make it more boyish?

Cassie
05-17-2012, 02:55 AM
Audition Sent! ^^

animeismyaddiction
05-17-2012, 08:54 PM
Hm... I did a voice for Vivi and I was trying to do it more like the KH voice. Should I re-do it and make it more boyish?
I haven't listened to your audition yet (since I planned to listen to them all at the same time), so I don't know how yours sounds. More of the reason I didn't like Vivi's Kingdom Hearts voice was because it was kinda of shrill and nasally. If you re-record, I can consider both (if you would like).
So, it's your call. But don't feel pressured to rerecord!

animeismyaddiction
05-17-2012, 08:54 PM
Audition Sent! ^^
And received! Thanks! (:

Lucid Dreamer
05-20-2012, 01:27 AM
Audition sent! :3

animeismyaddiction
05-20-2012, 05:39 PM
Audition sent! :3
And received! Thanks (:

animeismyaddiction
05-23-2012, 11:41 AM
Bumping!~ Still looking for more auditions!

animeismyaddiction
05-26-2012, 01:37 PM
Bumping again! Deadline is still June 6th!

animeismyaddiction
05-28-2012, 06:23 PM
Lalalalalalalala bumping~

animeismyaddiction
06-02-2012, 01:17 PM
Only 4 days left! Bumping :D

animeismyaddiction
06-04-2012, 01:09 PM
Any last minute auditions? Let me know and I can give you a couple more days to record!

animeismyaddiction
06-05-2012, 08:10 PM
Last day! Let me know if you would still like to audition but need an extension :)

animeismyaddiction
06-06-2012, 12:20 PM
Thanks for the auditions everyone! I hope to get everything casted and ready sometime this week, so keep an eye out for it (:

animeismyaddiction
06-08-2012, 09:53 PM
CAST LIST


Let me first just say that I was really impressed with all of the auditions. There were a lot of tough choices to make but without further ado, here's the cast!


Zidane: Gwerewolf
Steiner: Liam Young
Amarant: Mr Meowmerz
Eiko: CraftyHolo
Freya: Lucid Dreamer
Vivi: Sensubean
Quina: Cassie


Congratulations everyone! I sent you an email (I assumed the email with which you sent me your audition would work) with more information. If you want it sent to an different email or didn't get it, just let me know!
I'm looking forward to working with all of you (: