For sure this duo needs more eyes on it. I feel like this group is on the ascent and their best work is yet to come.

I agree. I do think Starpeggio is going to be their breakout project. Between Midnight Mission and Yoru no Matsu Yo it's shaping up to be a top shelf project.

It's a phenomenal song. They really crushed it.

They really are a golden duo.

Thanks! Glad it was helpful for you.

Good beeps and bops indeed.

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Interesting insight. Thanks! Glad you liked it.

Something about Japanese Fusion just hits different. Glad you liked it.

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Welcome aboard! I appreciate it!

That’s an interesting analysis. Part of my rationale for keeping the verses in A is that Suisei outlines that same pentatonic motif from the string intro a few times. Thanks for the input!

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Thanks! As a Charles Cornell fan, that means a lot to even be in the same breath as him.

I honestly can’t wait.

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There is a channel called Ravenclaw Reacts that reacted and analyzed entirety of Still Still Stellar and Overture, if you want more Suisei/MGO musical analysis.

2nd’ing Ravenclaw. She’s awesome. (And a lot smarter than me lol)

I can definitely understand that perspective. Part of my rationale for keeping the verses in A was that Suisei outlines that pentatonic phrase multiple times. Obviously, my word is the furthest thing from gospel, but I suppose this is just how I heard it. I'm more than happy to take the L if it turns out I'm completely wrong lol

Thanks a lot! I'm a fan of ravenclaw reacts myself. I really like her analysis. (and she's way smarter than me lol)

Yeah, I elected not to cover them since it didn't really fit with the topics I covered, but it was cool to see all the references hidden in the video.

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It sure is.

You got it lol

It is quite the interesting story. Suisei and InoTaku reached out to each other nearly simultenously (I think he was first in actually doing that thought). The former for him to compose Stellar Stellar, the signature song of her first album Still Still Stellar. And the latter for her to sing his major debut single 3:12 (while a well known composer already it was with 3:12 that he joined a major label, Via/Toy's Factory in this case). In some interviews he was asked why he choose a vtuber to be the vocalist of his major debut and he answered "I didn't choose Suisei because she is a vtuber, I chose her because she is a great singer" or something along those lines. After successful cooperation in these two songs they decided they got along well so formed Midnight Grand Orchestra. From what I've heard the first album, Overture, was mostly based on songs he had already composed back in school but according to clips I have seen of them talking about it Suisei was very involved in the lyric writing process (well, she did write the lyrics of Stellar Stellar as well, alongside some of her other original songs).

Man's got a gift for sure.

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Thanks!

I'm glad I could be even a small part of your musical journey. Best of luck!

I'm glad you're enjoying the content! I'll definitely get to our beloved Fox Friend one of these days. Her music is always so catchy.

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@@VirtualDiscog Gotta agree you made it super easy to follow. I'd love to see you talk about the key change in Soiree too I still think the writers are geniues, but freaks, the key change in the chorus from A to G and back for like 4 bars??? gets me everytime.

I definitely plan on talking about Soiree at some point. There's a short that Suisei uploaded with the actual chord progression and I was giggling like a kid in a candy store.

I really appreciate it! I'll probably circle back to Starpeggio at some point. Blackhole Dancehall caught my attention, as did Igniter, so there'll definitely be more MGO content in the future.

Thanks!

I could see that. Part of my rationale is that Suisei sings that A pentatonic line multiple times throughout the verses. But, if it ends up being the case that it's as you heard it, I'll happily take that L lol

I really appreciate it! I thought about giving an example of a "bad" key change, but it's kind of a hard square for me to circle. I'm largely of the opinion that there's no such thing as "bad" music or "bad" musical form, just music that's not to your taste. Starpeggio is great though. I might circle back and make a video on Igniter at some point because that song's incredible.

@@VirtualDiscog Well I'm glad to know my favourite song is the "incredible" one lmao. Watched some of your other videos now and have subbed, you've got really good audio quality (which would be ironic if you didn't lol, but I have a bit of experience with this and your mic setup is very clean) and you've got good pacing and editing, keep up the good work, man!

@phoenyck Thanks! I’m glad you like what I’m doing.

I appreciate it. Glad you got some enjoyment out of it.

imo no. Though it really helps to quickly notice common movements. you can just use a guitar/piano(or anything else), to figure the underlying bass and slowly add the more complex sounds 👍

I'm gonna agree with @freds5751 here. That's how I started. Some things just come to you naturally the more you play around. Then once you know a little from what you've done, you can branch out into more concepts. Like I said in the video, a lot of musicians rely on "Does it sound good/cool?" when writing.

Honestly, I think you're right about the bass. For how much I listened to it, I might have just mislabeled it. That said, I think it's still a C#m7, just over Bb instead of B. Great catch regardless. As for the last chord, I did simplify the bass progression, since I was more focused on the main chords, but it does make that jump to set up restarting the progression. Thanks for the insight! Glad you liked the video.

I can’t say I have, but I’ll look into him. Thanks for the recommendation!

JPOP: Distance (Hikaru Utada, 2001) JRock: Time to Destination (Every Little Thing, 1998) City Pop: Ride on Time (Tatsuro Yamashita, 1980) Synth Pop: 真璃子 (Mariko, 1986) Fouku: Kisha ga Inaka wo Toru Sono Toki (Wataru Takada, 1969) Jazz: Introducing Jun Fukamachi (Jun Fukamachi, 1975)

@@VirtualDiscog You are a good feller, thank you very much.

@@ringoreddo308 No problem! 👍