![Mew feat Kiyoteru Hiyama - Friends (Amii Stewart / Mike Francis) [Vocaloid Cover] @sailorenlil](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hmn_91dsSj0/sddefault.jpg)
Uploaded June 2012 | Updated September 2026, 27 minutes ago
A Cover of Amii Stewart/Mike Francis' "Friends" by Mew with Kiyoteru Hiyama as backing vocals. Based on this version by Luka Megurine and Big Al youtube.com/watch?v=6c1jmYj9Rng
I wanted to get something paring Mew and Kiyoteru (now my favorite vocaloid paring) out before the upcoming Anime Con this weekend, so I shelved another project that was taking longer than expected and at the last minute decided to do this one. While the stanzas were okay, the chorus was not quite how I hoped with Mew almost struggling to sing it without some tinkering with the singing style settings.
Background music arranged using Modplug Tracker/OpenMPT:
openmpt.org
Picture created using Miku Miku Dance
Mew model by TwilightAnimeLife
Kiyoteru Hiyama model by Chie Madara
Subtitles added using Windows Movie Maker
Disclaimer: I do not own the song "Friends"
A Cover of Amii Stewart/Mike Francis' "Friends" by Mew with Kiyoteru Hiyama as backing vocals. Based on this version by Luka Megurine and Big Al youtube.com/watch?v=6c1jmYj9Rng
I wanted to get something paring Mew and Kiyoteru (now my favorite vocaloid paring) out before the upcoming Anime Con this weekend, so I shelved another project that was taking longer than expected and at the last minute decided to do this one. While the stanzas were okay, the chorus was not quite how I hoped with Mew almost struggling to sing it without some tinkering with the singing style settings.
Background music arranged using Modplug Tracker/OpenMPT:
openmpt.org
Picture created using Miku Miku Dance
Mew model by TwilightAnimeLife
Kiyoteru Hiyama model by Chie Madara
Subtitles added using Windows Movie Maker
Disclaimer: I do not own the song "Friends"
![Mew feat Kiyoteru Hiyama - Friends (Amii Stewart / Mike Francis) [Vocaloid Cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hmn_91dsSj0/mqdefault.jpg "Mew feat Kiyoteru Hiyama - Friends (Amii Stewart / Mike Francis) [Vocaloid Cover]
A Cover of Amii Stewart/Mike Francis Friends by Mew with Kiyoteru Hiyama as backing vocals. Based on this version by Luka Megurine and Big Al http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c1jmYj9Rng
I wanted to get something paring Mew and Kiyoteru (now my favorite vocaloid paring) out before the upcoming Anime Con this weekend, so I shelved another project that was taking longer than expected and at the last minute decided to do this one. While the stanzas were okay, the chorus was not quite how I hoped with Mew almost struggling to sing it without some tinkering with the singing style settings.
Background music arranged using Modplug Tracker/OpenMPT:
http://openmpt.org
Picture created using Miku Miku Dance
Mew model by TwilightAnimeLife
Kiyoteru Hiyama model by Chie Madara
Subtitles added using Windows Movie Maker
Disclaimer: I do not own the song Friends")
![Gumi V3 - Alone (Heart) [Vocaloid Cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kbiQI0tOpv4/mqdefault.jpg "Gumi V3 - Alone (Heart) [Vocaloid Cover]
Cover of Hearts Alone by Gumi V3 utilizing her Native, Sweet, Adult, and Power voicebanks. An improvement over a previous project. I made use of her different voicebanks to suit each voice of the song. For instance the softer parts of the song (eg Stanzas) use Gumi Sweet for the lead vocal and Gumi Native for the 2nd voice, while the louder parts (eg the Chorus) use Gumi Power for the lead vocal and Gumi Adult for the 2nd voice. I actually considered using Gumis English voicebank as well, but its problems with vowels as well as its lack of power prevented it from being a viable option.
Background music arranged using Modplug Tracker/OpenMPT:
http://openmpt.org
Subtitles added using Windows Movie Maker.
Disclaimer: I do not own the song Alone.")
![Hiyama Kiyoteru - Babe (Styx) [Vocaloid cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kvFXLkPc--M/mqdefault.jpg "Hiyama Kiyoteru - Babe (Styx) [Vocaloid cover]
Babe by Styx covered by Hiyama Kiyoteru. This is the 2nd of 3 versions of this project - called the classic edition (since Kiyoteru is doing all the vocals, just like Dennis DeYoung did in the orignial Styx version).
Also special about this version is the application shown - it is OpenMPT, which I used to tie everything together, aside from arranging the background music. What I did after completing the Vocal Sequences, I broke them down into the songs main sections (First and 2nd Stanzas, First and 2nd Chorus, Intermission, and Ending), rendered each into .wav files, and then imported them into OpenMPT as instruments. Channels 9 and 10 in the song pattern handle the vocals.
Background music based on this midi file (special thanks to whoever uploaded it):
http://www.free-midi.org/song/styx-babe.html
Intro based on this piece (special thanks to Cast412 for a nice intro)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOfwWVDcG3s
Edited, mixed, and tuned using Modplug Tracker/OpenMPT:
http://openmpt.org
Subtitles added using Windows Movie Maker 2.6.
Disclaimer: I do not own the song Babe.")
