JubyPhonic

JubyPhonic (also known as Juby) is an English speaking female utaite, as well as a professional voice actress and vocalist. She began singing on her channel May 29th, 2012, summer before her last year of high school-- just for some summer fun. But also because social anxiety and panic attacks were making it difficult for her to continue to perform onstage--and she refused to totally give up on something she loved and had been doing since she was little. The arts, creating--art, acting and singing--had always helped her cope, gave her life. So filled with trepidation, she closed her eyes and just gave it a go. As luck would have it, 8 years later she's recorded now more than 300 covers and reached over a million subscribers worldwide. JubyPhonic's YouTube channel has well over a third of a billion views.
Juby wanted to give more visibility to the many young 'bedroom composers' she loves, that speak eloquently through music on so many human, and sometimes difficult topics. She began recording covers, with the hope that singing these works with English lyrics would reach more people around the globe and build appreciation for these heartfelt songs. Since 2017, Juby's YouTube covers of VOCALOID and anime have been translated and subbed by fans in almost 40 languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese. There are even a few translations done in Esperanto.
Besides recording cover vocals and writing her own translyrics/ lyrics, Juby also provides her own subs, creates or directs some of the artwork, makes cover harmonies, mixes audio and edits video. When time allows, she enjoys collaborating on original projects and re-mixes with other artists, composers and musicians. Her real hope though is in time to do more of her own original songs and re-mixes.
Although she often does most of her work alone (excepting the rare duet or collab) in 2015 she started doing more elaborate projects and artistically directing her own paid collaborations, now made possible with the support of her fans through Patreon.com. These time consuming projects can take a few months to a few years to complete. She has also collaborated on projects with various professional and non-professional groups worldwide. Juby often balances directing around 35+ project collaborations on the back burner--that's besides the many she is working on, at various stages of progress. But on the whole, the majority of Juby's covers are typically done in a tough, grueling work week. 
Her near 100 hr work week often includes college schoolwork and any professional voice acting jobs, overseeing her channel business and various projects, plus all the work that goes into 'the cover of the week' which often includes: research/lyric writing/vocals, harmony rehearsals and recordings/mixing/subbing/video editing/managing artwork, arrangers, composers, musicians, rights/social media sites and Patreon announcements/mp3 downloads or digital releases...and more. And depending on the problems that surface on that cover, Juby may have a few or all 24/7 pedal-to-the-metal, hard crunch days before a release, before she can finally collapse into a heap to rest...and start all over again. Being a YouTube artist isn't easy. It's a lot of hard work with little to no time off. Juby tries to take breaks when looming burnout and mental health issues become a little too real.
Her voice has a characteristic stability, clarity, and brilliance along with a certain bounce to it. She is also known for being emotionally expressive and touching her fans' hearts. A soprano with a wide vocal range, she records in bright straight pop tones--contemporary pop. Her signature VOCALOID/ anime style varies from piercingly resonant in high pop/rock/electronic, to a gentle, intimate voice for acoustic and and jazz covers in the mid-tones. Juby has been acting and singing onstage plus had vocal training since young. Her theatrical background and voice acting experience contributes to her ability to "become" the character in her covers.
Her skill with incorporating idioms and correct pronunciation/syncopation in her Japanese to English translations has made her translyrics favorites of many of her fans. Juby has received praise not just from global but Japanese fans, as well as some Japanese producers when she covered their works "Amazing lyrics... also good remix and good video as we all know. But This translation quality is quite something...unbelievable. The meanings and rhythms, both are perfect....20/10 IMHO by Dixie Flatline" (Sugarvine) "omg this is fantastic thx Juby 👾🎉"--雄之助/Yunosuke (Palll.Sensation) "Nice work!!﻿"--Rasmus Faber (Waiting for the Rain from Asterisk War ED) . Juby has also written the original lyrics to new compositions, in collaboration with composers--some were Japanese producers.
Out of over 230 released covers, about half have well over one million views. A few of her most popular English covers to date: Drop Pop Candy (17.7M views), Bad Apple (11.0M), Game of Life (10.9M), Mind Brand (10M), Lost One's Weeping (9.9M), Echo (8.4M), World is Mine (8.1M), Childish War (7.8M), Aishite Aishite Aishite (7.7M), Wildfire (6.7M), Witch Hunt (6.5M), Miss Wanna Die (6.2M). (June 2020) YouTube carries the majority of her covers. SoundCloud has over half of her covers plus different versions, acoustic, experimental collaborations with new composers, new re-mixes and mashups. NicoNico carries less than half of her covers plus several covers not available on her YouTube or SoundCloud channels, such as her cover of "Namae no nai Kaibutsu" from Psycho-Pass , which made Nico rankings; and "Deja Vu" by CircusP and CrusherP done with the Japanese STUDIO GUIANA. Through Asian fans, JubyPhonic covers also share an up-to-date presence on BiliBili (Chinese YouTube).
She supports her fan's creative expression and all new creative works in general, thus her translyrics and covers are available for use as long as she (and the original work) is properly credited and used in projects for fun (non profit).
She depicts herself with pink/reddish hair, often with a yellow hoodie with long rabbit ears. Her pet and avatar is a rabbit in pink and white. She sees the rabbit as a symbolic invitation.
In 2015 she branched out-- she ran her first "Skochbox Summer Cover Contest". And she had also already started streaming some fun/ serious talk shows with utaite friends, sometimes bringing in a guest, and always encouraging fan participation, Q&A. For 4 years The Unholy Quartet--Juby, Rachie, Kura, Anthong--did occasional streams on YouTube, dependent on their availability. The 'utaite friends talk' group begun by Juby had their own avatar, social media sites on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Discord. In 2019 The Unholy Quartet reorganized and morphed into Yonaka Tea Time, a monthly podcast organized around human interest and topics appealing to the anime/ VOCALOID community led now by Juby, Rachie and Anthong (Kura was short on time). Yonaka Tea Time also has its own social media plus now is published on multiple sites. On remote occasions, Juby also joins forces with her sister Genevieve, a voice actress like herself, to do podcasts on all things anime: shows, manga, conventions, voice acting.
In May 2019 JubyPhonic released her first digital album of covers to buy or listen to on streaming music services. It was a compilation of her Circus P covers called "Welcome to the Circus".
A voice actor and vocalist, Juby has been working professionally for Sentai Filmworks for over 7 years. She has done leading and supporting roles in over 90 shows to date--this year she'll hit the 100 dubbed shows mark. (June 2020). See TRIVIA below for a few notable roles and award nominations or just check out anime news network under her real name --Juliet Simmons-- for a more complete list.
==Affiliations and Collaboration Projects==
==List of Covered Songs==
==Discography==
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
==Interviews==
2019 HIDIVE YouTube (Anime Streaming Svc) JULIET 
SIMMONS - JUBYPHONIC INTERVIEW; Video: 10(ish) Questions with Juliet Simmons 12/4/19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eQ9sRsYhNQ&list=PLn_v6qtWrlyOb5rivWprSrm-wncgi0-R4
2018 Cosplay Realm Magazine NOV 2018 IDOL Issue; Intl Digital & Hard Copy Magazine Article: JUBYPHONIC - JULIET SIMMONS INTERVIEW (It's a 4-pg spread interview w/pictures in the Nov Idol Issue of Cosplay Realm Magazine, an intl cosplay publication--it costs almost $20 per hard copy glossy issue or $10 for a digital copy. To buy go to: https://www.cosplayrealmmagazine.com/
2018 PeachTreeCornersLife.com at Anime Weekend Atlanta/ Atlanta, Georgia; Video: Voice Actors Bryan Baugus & JULIET SIMMONS INTERVIEWED at Anime Weekend Atlanta 10/7/18 https://peachtreecornerslife.com/2018/10/voice-actors-bryan-baugus-and-juliet-simmons-interviewed-at-anime-weekend-atlanta/
2018 AmerimeMedia.com at AnimeNEXT/ Atlantic City, NJ; Video: JULIET SIMMONS INTERVIEW 7/9/18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc0VO0_cpOc
2017 blog. Onehallyu.com - Asian Intl Forum (The Onehallyu Blog - OH!); Intl Asian Blog: A Q&A with Your Favorite English Cover Artists  --  Janny (China), Margot Dr (France), JUBYPHONIC (USA), Mallorie Herrera (USA), Pellek (Norway) 7/30/2017 http://blog.onehallyu.com/qa-favourite-english-cover-artists/Vocaloide-Utatu-extras.blogspot.com.br 
2016 Yattatachi.com  JUBYPHONIC/ Juliet Simmons Interview Part 1; Podcast/ Transcript 7/8/2016 http://yattatachi.com/jubyphonic-interview-pt1
2016 Yattatachi.com JubyPhonic/ JULIET SIMMONS Interview Part 2; Podcast/ Transcript 7/15/2016 http://yattatachi.com/jubyphonic-interview-pt2
2015 Voice of the Voices at Anime Midwest/ Chicago, IL;  Video: JULIET SIMMONS INTERVIEW 7/20/2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDbid5xOQPA
2014 Vocaloide-Utatu-extras.blogspot.com.br - Brazil (Fandom Extras); Brazilian Blog & Hard Copy Magazine Article: JUBYPHONIC 12/5/2014 http://vocaloide-utatu-extras.blogspot.com.br/2014/12/entrevista-exclusiva-com-jubyphonic_5.html
==Anime Convention Guest Appearances==
Kawaii Kon 2019 - April 5-7, 2019 in Honolulu, HI
Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 - September 20-23, 2018 in Atlanta, GA
San Japan 2018 - August 31 - September 2, 2018 in San Antonio, TX
AnimeNEXT 2018 - June 8-10, 2018 in Atlantic City, NJ
Anime North Texas 2017 - November 17-19, 2017 in Irving, TX
San Japan 2017 - September 1-3, 2017 in San Antonio, TX
GoDaikoCon 2016 - August 5-7, 2016 in Pontiac, MI
Anime Midwest 2016 - July 8-10, 2016 in Rosemont, IL
Bakuretsu Con 2015 - October 30 - November 1, 2015 in Colchester, VT
Anime Midwest 2015 - July 3-5, 2015 in Rosemont, IL
PLUS
New York ComicCon 2018 - Oct 4-7, 2018 in New York City, NY (VOCALOID Covers Workshop w/Rachie)
Anime Expo 2018 - July 4-8, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA 2018 (VOCALOID Meetup)
Anime Expo 2017 - July 1-4, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA 2017 (VOCALOID Meetup)
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