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1.
Workaholic 04:15
Everything that I have worked my life for Can it please just be the keys to my wish's door Working on some tiny detail afraid that if that's wrong, this all fails Trying to fix this perfectly The whole mechanism consumes me Oh, the time, it's already past nine and yet I stare blankly at this mess This is not yet how I want it to be This is not my vision for the dream that I have made my whole life foundation of Everything still needs to be put in place Everything needs a fresh face Everything that I have worked my life for Can it please just be the keys to my wish's door The cups of coffee make a stain on my notebook, oh it's such a pain though I guess myself I shall blame I mean, my head's feeling out of frame I'm tired of all this useless mêlée yet I can't resist this chance now I'm working day by day to make it be I work today striving a tomorrow where this all bears fruit if hopefully I'm trying to place everything in place I'm trying to make this great Everything that I have worked my life for Can it please ju-ust be the keys to my wish's- Finally I have made my dre-eam be Finally I built the walls of the structure that I made my life foundation of Everything is now perfectly in place Everything down to the base Everything that I have worked my life for They are now the-e keys and I now open the door I have done everything in my life now I now hope that you will start to build yours now Don't lose hope
2.
The clock ticks, it's now at 6 and I am running late Where's my train? I'll be kicked out if I arrive at 8 Finally it comes to the station and I am now at ease Time to check my bag again I got my purse and keys Oh wait Oh wait My phone My resume as well Oh crap I left them again! (God, help me!) I am starting my work's first day I hope that it will go my way Somehow though I worry that everything will go wrong Oh The clock's ticking by and by I try and try but my brain just fries at the thought and nervousness I might just fall and die Today Stepping foot at office floor The boss opens his door "Welcome you came late now you shall Calculate the salaries, do paperwork for everybody" Sitting in my cubicle The light's shining barely The lack of space in this room It just consumes me - Oh Just oh Someone dropped a big pile of papers Why ain't it smaller? (God, help me!) I am starting my work's first day I hope that it will go my way Somehow though I worry that everything will go wrong Oh The clock's ticking by and by I try and try but my brain just fries at the thought and nervousness I might just fall and die Today
3.
Hey, don't mess me up okay? The two of us are locked In battle for a day In this air conditioned room One of us will be doomed if war we do not wage So hopefully I will get this deal today And by the way also Hopefully my boss will be blown away He will be blown away ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay We're cat and mouse I'm going for the prize and I will rock this house Can you just be Willing to give up and accept your big defeat These words I'd say If I somehow was not so very much afraid Can I just be able to lead, that I plea? I... I can't believe I lost What can I even do The deal I made was tossed So, it's that apparently Our rival is a corporate monopoly So hopefully you will give me another chance And by the way also Hopefully in this round I'll get upper hand I will blow you away ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay We're cat and mouse I'll try and again try Pushing until I fly Can you just play it honest and fairly if only just for me? I'm no longer not at all so very much afraid anymore Can I just be able to knock down the door? We're cat and mouse but bigger doesn't mean that you will rock this house Sometimes you need The will and a heap of passion to deal defeat These words I say I am now somehow not so very much afraid Let us just be Try harder 'till ends we meet
4.
Paperwork 03:51
"Welcome, audience it's time for me to keep you entertained now Please applaud now" That I sadly say to the silent piles of paper all around me Payrolls, time rolls, salaries Malaria absence records too Time, I beg you Clearance? Nuisance. Form A-1? Just please be gone like the ink in my pen Everytime I think about this job I get Makes me regret All this paperwork is exhausting Wish I could go back to singing To think all this work is not what I wanted in the first place I wish- Oh well then Mechanically stamping every single job firing pink slip I bit my lip Hoping that my name won't be on one of these I'm like a machine now Pressing plastic black marks on the dramatic financial report It's not a sport Though I'll tell y'all it's as tiring as football The earning's one for all So now it's only how much more to go wait, a hundred, oh All this paperwork is exhausting I didn't even want to do this To think I went to a music school but didn't graduate I wish I studied
5.
Project 03:08
I couldn't even get sleep, in the midst of this machine here going beep. Can anything ring a bell? Between these proposal papers, I can't tell Working so hard on this. Yes, I do get pissed, when my mark I miss. I can't do this but, I don't think I'm dismissed if this I resist. Oh what to do With this job here Oh I wish that I disappear! Blood sweat and tears They were spent here Oh I wish that this will soon end Please end I guess I hit a roadblock, Ideas are worth much I don't have enough? Sayonara to bedtime, I need to write experimental design. Working hard to the end The completion is just around the bend. Oh, All this hard work will hopefully be worth my blood sweat and tears. Oh what to do I'm almost done Oh I wish that They will applaud Blood sweat and tears They were spent here And they say that I succeeded The end
6.
Easter Bunny 04:48
Welcome spring! What will you bring? I can't wait until Easter comes! Easter bunny What will you bring us on this sunday? one two three hunt! Lets, celebrate this holiday together We will, hunt easter eggs together Forever Egg hunting Lots of food A get together with family We're painting eggs We're cooking supper for everybody Let's celebate Easter sunday together The easter bunny will come tonight! Lets, celebrate this holiday together We will, hunt easter eggs together As family The bunny will bring us some delicious chocolate easter eggs Easter bunny I can't wait to see you on sunday! one two three hunt! Lets, celebrate this holiday together We will, hunt easter eggs together forever

about

CHECK OUT THE YOUTUBE CROSSFADE PV: youtu.be/QQyRUrtPTWo

We were challenged to create an entire album in just one week.
This included melody, production, lyrics, and even art.
This is the result.

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JVウタウ's Comment:
Luka is portrayed here as a person who wants to work, hence "Workaholic" being the first song, but "Workaholics," the album name, has an "s" at the end.
In reality, the album's title refers to me and Melobunii. We both work hard to become better, and eventually, we both worked hard at making this dream a reality.
To be honest, this album wasn't even originally meant to be. It wasn't a big project that took months of planning, nor did it even take months to be made.
Once upon a time, I was looking to improve my skills as a producer. That was a little more than a month after I released Rocket. I decided to join a Skype chat initiated by popular Vocaloid producer Ghost, with the goal of allowing more experienced producers to help newer ones. (They are no longer in it.)
I once told them that I finished writing a song in 5 minutes during class, and everyone (Ghost included, which made me fanboy) was surprised at the speed of that. (No producing was involved, it was literally just lyrics and a melody for a class activity.) Someone else in the group was fast at producing music - Melobunii, who has been my friend for some time. Melobunii could produce an entire song in a day.
Velvet (a member of that chat, and known in the community for his covers) suggested that if Melobunii and I had a collab, we'd be done with an album in a week. I thought to myself, "That's actually a brilliant idea!"
So I contacted Melobunii to start planning the album. It was February at the time, but we wouldn't be able to do it at the time because of my school schedule. At the same time, we had to schedule it ahead of an operation Melobunii was scheduled for, which was to be in April.
What month is between February and April? March! It just so happens that summer in the Philippines also starts in March.
When we started, I originally did not have the faith that we could really finish in time. The first thing we did was record an announcement. I then did a bit of the instrumental for "First Day of Work" as a background. A few hours later, it was posted on my SoundCloud. Two days had passed and, though two instrumental were finished at the time, there wasn't much done. I was worried that it might stay that way.
But on the third day, Melobunii finished tuning "First Day of Work" and I mixed it. It turned out surprisingly well! I made a short sample that Melobunii posted on her SoundCloud, and the reception was very good.
So we continued pumping song after song out, and what helped was that Melobunii often stays up at night, which helped because we lived in different time zones. I once asked her if she was used to doing that, and it relieved me to hear her say "yes" and "im a night bunny" (actual quotes from our Skype conversation), because, and I quote from my reply, "I would really worry for you if this album was why you switched time zones with the owls"!
I realize that this is quickly becoming a novela, so let me cut to the chase: Melobunii is one of the best people to work with. She's honest, true, and keeps on cheering you on. In addition, she's very optimistic and bubbly, and believe me, if I met a person like that in school, I would make sure to be with them in every group project. This is the first collaboration I have ever done in my life where I feel very comfortable.
So, thank you, bunii, and thank YOU for reading through the story of how this album came to be. I hope you'll like it!

Melobunii-P's Comment:
This was like, the best thing I ever done!!
Jv is the best person to work with, easy to communicate, very friendly! This album was made in a week, I had faith in finishing this album in a week //consideringIMakeSongsEverydayLel//
I am very very proud of this albums and the songs we made!
Someday, I would LOVE to make another album or a project!

credits

released March 27, 2016

General Credits
Music composed, written, and produced by JVウタウ and Melobunii-P
Vocals by Megurine Luka
Megurine Luka is a VOCALOID owned by Crypton Future Media, Inc. VOCALOID is a trademark of Yamaha Corporation

Marketing Material Credits
Album art by Melobunii
Background photograph by Angaurits from ja.wikipedia.org
Ground texture from kirkdunne.com
Spectrogram generated with Sonic Candle

Audio Material Credits
JV's instrumentals were produced in Apple GarageBand 10 using Apple GarageBand built-in instruments and effects, Native Instruments Komplete Players, Ample Guitar M Lite II, TAL-NoiseMaker, u-he TyrellN6, TDR Kotelnikov and Proximity plugins, Ambience reverb plugin by Magnus, and Ivy Audio's Piano in 162 running on plogue sforzando.
Melobunii's instrumentals were produced in FL Studio 12 using FL Studio 12 built-in instruments and effects.

Workaholic
Tuning: Melobunii
Concept, Melody, Instrumental, Lyrics, Mixing: JV

First Day of Work
Concept, Tuning: Melobunii
Instrumental, Mixing: JV
Melody, Lyrics: Melobunii + JV
Vocals: Megurine Luka V4X

Office Rivalry
Instrumental, Tuning: Melobunii
Melody, Mixing: JV
Concept, Lyrics: Melobunii + JV
Vocals: Megurine Luka V4X

Paperwork
Concept, Melody, Tuning: Melobunii
Instrumental, Mixing: JV
Lyrics: Melobunii + JV
Vocals: Megurine Luka V4X

Project
Instrumental, Tuning: Melobunii
Concept, Melody, Mixing: JV
Lyrics: Melobunii + JV
Vocals: Megurine Luka V4X

Easter Bunny
Concept, Melody, Lyrics, Instrumental, Tuning: Melobunii
Mixing: JV
Vocals: Megurine Luka V4X

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JVウタウ Zamboanga, Philippines

JVウタウ is a producer of music using vocal synthesizer software, especially UTAU. He does not have a set genre.
The "ウタウ" in the name being katakana instead of hiragana is meant to reflect JV's status as an overseas UTAU producer, since katakana is the Japanese writing system normally used in writing foreign names.
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