Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-60.241.60.158-20121216013750/@comment-5290733-20121216033823

Utaite isn't anything like an exclusive club or anything. Just like you can post any song you like on YouTube, you can post anything you like on NND, as long as you have an account. In fact, it may be easier to simply be a YouTube utaite. There are several very successful "Youtaite", even gaining attention from the NND community, and it may be easier to participate in a community that operates in her native tongue. (Even though NND has an English version, there is by no means a large English presence on the site.) However, there are a few ideas that are not quite requirements but rather unspoken traditions of NND. (Please keep in mind that I'm not a successful utaite or anything of the sort so I don't have a personal perspective of this; these are just my observations.)


 * Respect: Respect is big. Always credit, always be humble. Some only provide the link to the original song and their own mixers/illust/whathaveyou, and some go so far as so re-credit every person credited on the original song (movie, illust, instrumentals etc.) In the end, though, make sure the people who worked hard to give you a song you could sing get the recognition they deserve.
 * Cooperation: not a "requirement" per se, but working with other people gives you access to fans in NND, because your name, your videos will end up in other people's mylists of "stuff I have mixed" and things like that. It also gets you friends, which is always helpful when you need more helpers or just advice. Don't just befriend people for their works; no one likes to be a tool. And don't forget to credit them.

Another thing that would be helpful is a premium account; with it you can upload much higher quality videos, make your descriptions attractive, and broadcast namahousous to connect with fan and attract new ones when they lurk. It's only 525 yen, or 5.96 Australian dollars, per month. (Even though this stingy Raspomme doesn't have a premium account)

When you start out, you don't necessarily need fancy personal illustrations, and many mix their own works as well. In fact, if you have a nice mic, the vocals should practically mix themselves. If you have a wonderful and unique voice, it doesn't matter where you're from, what you look like, or what language you speak; the view counts will speak for themselves.

If you make a point that you're Australian, there will be many people who will compliment your good pronunciation of Japanese and generally admire you for being from outside of Japan. However, there are others who don't like the idea of outsiders invading NND (though it's a lot friendlier than real-world Japan, I think). Whether you reveal any personal information is up to you.

The site [www.ofurotaimu.dreamwidth.org|ofurotaimu] has a lot of information about getting started with NND as well, so please do check it out!

These methods are neither official nor testimony, so if anyone wants to point out how blatantly wrong I am about something, feel free to call me out!