tautology (cover by Teza's Tunes)

Hello there! This is my cover of the song "tautology" by m@rk! It's quite rare for me to cover songs these days without making custom instrumentals to go with them, but this one is pretty special to me in its original form, so I wanted to use the original to match it! I actually covered this song about 10 years ago, back when I was first starting to do song covers on my old KZbin channel, and it was honestly a delight to revisit it again after all this time. I'm very proud of how it came out! I decided I wanted to make a present-day cover that would have blown little Teza away if she had heard it back then, so here's a little gift from me to myself! I hope you like it too~
The original song by m@rk can be found here: www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2394813
The art for the video was done by me myself! Yet another little treat from present me to past me since I couldn't draw well at all back then xD Thanks for listening!
The art of me used in the thumbnail, as well as my logo, was done by my good friend mark_th~

[@potatoqueen5248]

I love how every upload it’s a genuine coin flip as to whether it’ll be a shitpost or a masterpiece.

[@TezasTunes]

LOL, Inconsistency is how I violently dodge KZbin's attempts to force me to monetize!

[@gama3937]

Really wish i could put the home alone meme with the dodger

[@KairuHakubi]

Anybody who's waiting for you to do a lousy cover should really give up at this point, it's not gonna happen. top notch.

[@TezasTunes]

Thank you as always >w< You've been with me for a long time now, so it always makes me happy to hear kind words from you!

[@halfhalo33]

I’ve been writing a script for a webtoons/webcomic for couple years now and i listen to your videos when I write it at times give me the push of creativity I need.

[@meleter8107]

This tune is quite nice and calming. I am glad I checked the channel again

[@TheAdvertisement]

Goddamn I'm literally taking a logic course rn and just learned what a tautology last week I SWEAR YOU READ MY MIND

[@bobiboulon]

So I heard your cover of Nayru's Song, that is 10 years old, and wondered how did you voice changed since then. And oh my gods, you kept improving and you voice is more beautiful than ever!

[@0haimark]

Sounds great! The background harmonies are just *chef's kiss*

[@TezasTunes]

Thank you!! Yes, I'm super proud of the way the harmonies came out, it makes me really happy!

[@ohsosleepy...]

So many memories with this song!! Thank you for covering it 😭

[@TezasTunes]

Yessss I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers it!! I'm delighted if it brought up good memories >w

[@GeneralJedidie]

Let’s gooo🔥🔥🔥

[@comradesoupbeans4437]

when even her shitposts are high quality you know her serious covers are genuinely beautiful

[@TezasTunes]

Heh, glad you think so! I'm very proud of both x3

[@Glitterblossom]

Oh, *wow*…

[@AccelGoGo]

i just ran into you again after putting my likes playlist on shuffle and encountering your sarishinohara cover from 2012, and wow its been so many years and your voice has always been stunning but im just blown away now! i hope you continue to sing and i hope you're well.

[@TezasTunes]

Aw, thank you so much!! I'm touched that you remember me from that long ago, hehe. I'm so happy that you hear improvement in me--I've worked really hard to get here, and I'm definitely proud of where I've gotten! I'm gonna sing for as long as I live >w< I hope you're well too!

[@floppafan2246]

I don’t know what these words mean and I haven’t heard the original song but this sounds really good

[@TezasTunes]

They're in Japanese! The original song is called "tautology", and you can find the translation of the words through a quick google search if you want to~ I'm so glad you like it though, thank you!

[@LemonMoon]

You’ve come a long way since kazoo covers

[@TezasTunes]

Hehe, thank you very much~

[@vidhoard]

First. :) Beautiful! ❤

[@TezasTunes]

Thank you!!

[@beccarchive]

Aaaah Teza!!!! Still love this song, great cover!!!

[@TezasTunes]

Eeeeee, thank you Becca!! w< Idk if you remember, but you actually drew the art for my cover of it way back then! :D Good memories~

[@DeronHargrove]

Sheesh, this is great

[@TezasTunes]

Thank you~! ^^ I'm happy you like it~

[@LupinticDream]

Beautifully done

[@TezasTunes]

Thank you so much! :D

[@RafaCB0987]

better than ever

[@TezasTunes]

Thank you so much!

[@pastable1590]

This is amazing well done

[@TezasTunes]

Thank you so much!!

[@shaquan77]

:D

[@eunhochoi5920]

Cool like always 😎

[@TezasTunes]

Thank you!

[@DanielKRui]

Do you speak Japanese (outside of the occasional song)? If not, did you find pronunciation for singing difficult? Do you keep the meaning of the lyrics in mind while singing, or just mainly focus on the sounds?

[@TezasTunes]

Hi there! I do speak some Japanese, but I'm by no means fluent--however, JP to EN localization is my irl job, (not translating the Japanese itself, but taking raw translations from translators and editing them to sound like natural English) so I do know a lot of things that I feel are beyond beginner level and know a lot of nuances of the language! And I've been singing in Japanese for over ten years now, so pronouncing it honestly feels like second nature to me at this point~ I do tons of covers, and I do keep the meaning of the lyrics in mind while I sing; usually I'll make a table in my word processor that has the Japanese lyrics on one side, and the English lyrics on the other, so that I'm able to easily reference it for tone and mood. ^^ I do also do my own translyrics from time to time here--my proudest one is probably my English cover of Forces by Susumu Hirasawa!

[@DanielKRui]

@@TezasTunes Thanks for replying, giving some insight into your process! I really like the song and your clear, steady, and "effortlessly floating" tone (that also appears in your Mr. Sandman meme cover that led me to your channel); I might have singlehandedly given this video 50 views/loops over the course of a day! How many "you"s are singing this? There are some vocal harmonies/lines in the back but I can't count how many layers.

[@TezasTunes]

@@DanielKRui Aw, thank you so much!!! I've been singing for a long time, and while I don't have any formal professional training, I've worked very hard to kind of nail down what I feel is "my" voice; I'm so glad that you like the way I sound, and that you're liking the cover too! ^^ As to how many voices there are, for this one... There's the main vocal, a low, mid, and high harmony, and one extra "asmopheric" vocal that pops in here and there, so five in total!