Give this lady a recording contract, stat!

[wyrdwad]

One of the board members on the Falcom message board I frequent linked to a few of these fan-made songs on YouTube, and I have to admit, I'm absolutely blown away by how good they are. This is just... some random girl who took video game songs, arranged them, wrote beautiful English lyrics for them, then played and sang them, and I swear, you'd think she does this for a living. It's some of the most heartfelt fan-made music I think I've ever heard, and she is CRAZY talented.

Don't believe me? Here she is both playing and singing the ending theme from Spirited Away. Which, if you've ever heard it, is NOT EASY TO SING WELL... but aside from having a non-Japanese accent (and not even a glaring one!), she's every bit as good as the original singer. Just listen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRWvIlDxB7Q

And here are some of her original arrangements, complete with lyrics and an MP3 download link in the video details:

"Rose of May" (Beatrix's theme) from Final Fantasy IX:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNHtbw4Kyf0

"You're Not Alone!" from Final Fantasy IX:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmbgCBZ86z4

"Aerith's Theme" from Final Fantasy VII:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-as6Kbcj4c

... Heck, just go to her YouTube page, and listen to everything. It's all really, really good. (:

http://www.youtube.com/user/katethegreat19

EDIT: Wow, she makes AMVs, too... and they're ALSO awesome! (:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOAUEGgqsII

-Tom