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  • Ah just beautiful :) I put on a playlist of your songs to help me unwind at the end of the day. I just love them! It's hard to believe they are not professionally done!

  • I like this really much. The way of the vocals, the sound of them, everything is just... perfect. Awww, it gives me shivers down my spine. Of course, the good sort of them :)

  • Kate I want to say, as an avid FFXI player for the better part of my life. the Ronfaure music was some of my favorites, and I would listen to the Piano collections to this day. This version is beautiful and I could listen to it all the time. Your voice is incredible. If I may request doing The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah, that is my all time favorite FFXI song, and it's absolutely gorgeous.

  • would be cool to hear this in english no idea what it saying but still sounds awsome

  • Gotta kill all the worms and rabbits

  • Does this song have lyrics that you can share? It would be awesome to be able to sing it as well as listen to it.

  • Always incredible ……

  • So beautiful~ <3

  • I like the comment she wrote for the haters.. xD

  • thanks for bringing me back to Ronfaure, although just for a couple minutes.

  • I think this song is in J.R. Tolkein's Elven language, Quenya. I've studied both Esperanto and Quenya in my free time for a few years now and it- Esperanto- is very similar to the Romantic language set up and dialect like Italian and Spanish. I did however listen to Enya's Evenstar which is in Quenya and Ronfaure is very similar to that much rather than Esperanto.

    P.S. I am a Linguist

  • impressive job :)

  • I love all of your videos Kate! you're quite a great artist, not just your sweet voice but also your knowledge on musical instruments as well. Keep it up! :3

  • I'll be motivated ot Sing Ranfaure now~ Thank you for uploading such a beautiful cover. But your voice reaches past the space and time and steals my heart~....<3333 Left breathless in the silence, susbended on your wings you give me a reason to breath once again~

  • How someone like you can even GET haters is beyond me. there are literally trolls for everything. Thank you for your contributions to the music world. Fantasy is what i live for, and you bring the celtic style beautifully. You make many many people smile just with your videos. Haters will hate, but fans like i, are rooting for you all the way.

  • ok I am going to do a head-wall instead of a headdesk because I cannot believe I MISSED this cover and have never listened to it becore or at least I do not remember it. I am so terrible T_T

    this, kate is a lovely cover and once again, I do not know how you do it but you just carry my spirit somewhere where it is wonderfull. thank you for singing this kate

  • er is there a english translation? =x

  • When i learned to play this on guitar i cryed i remeber leveling my taru paladin through this zone. >:)

  • You have a phenomenal voice. I just think you are amazing at what you do.

  • GDI I miss this game. Honestly, there should have been a vocal version for Ronfaure, Windy,and Bastok... as well as Jeuno and Whitegate.

  • cool!!

    you've got a really nice voice!

    I wish i've got a voice like yours...

  • Beautiful!!!

  • Oh my lord. I did not expect your voice to be that great. It seriously blew me away. Your singing is beautiful!

  • anyone know the lyrics to this? and also the translation? I'd really like to know

  • just wow wow wow XD XD XD XD XD XD where can i download this mp3 can u made the song longer?

  • your cover of this song is amazing its really truly is amazing , just like all your other final fantasy covers :):):)

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  • Ronfaure is full of memories for me. What do the lyrics mean? I wish I knew. So lovely.

  • "For those of you who sadly confuse my ability to sing yodles/turns/ornaments as nothing more than an auto tuner's effect, I was sure to perform as many yodles as I could in the bridge just to annoy you."

    Bwahahahaha funny. Don't listen to them Kate they are just jealous of your beautiful voice.

    Also. . . 16 Thumbs need to be smashed in a doorway!

  • This is one of my favorite FF songs. I'm glad you did a cover of it, you certainly did it justice. When I get a chance to go to the bank tomorrow, I'll definitely be picking up your CD. :3

  • @EvilDarkJackel Of course it's easy to have alot of rock and roll energy when you're backed by electric guitars and real drum sets xD I have a harp, hand drums, and I work in the Celtic style (not rock) so I do the best I can with what I've got ^w^

  • @katethegreat19 I really like your style!!! I love your songs and you can give so much with them to oyur fans and to the fans of for example "Final Fantasy ". It´s really beautifull from you to create so much songs in oyur own stile. I like Celtic style as I like music in a Middle Ages style.

    What i want to say is--> Please, never stop singing your are one of the people who can sing to soundtracks!!! With best wishes Feowyn

  • @katethegreat19 I really like your style!!! I love your songs and you can give so much with them to oyur fans and to the fans of for example "Final Fantasy ". It´s really beautifull from you to create so much songs in oyur own stile. I like Celtic style as I like music in a Middle Ages style.

    What i want to say is--> Please, never stop singing your are one of the people who can sing to soundtracks!!! With best wishes Feowyn

  • @katethegreat19 Personally I think the beautiful celtic style melody is exactly what makes Kate so great. Sure she could try a 'rock and roll' approach. She could even waste her talent on mainstream pop. But the fact that she doesn't do that is what most of her fans love the most. And the genre she chooses is suited especially to people who love fantasy, especially Final Fantasy, and people like us love the type of music that makes our heart melt. Hopeless romantics for the win!

  • @katethegreat19 What about Celtic metal haha XD I guess that may be a bit too rough though. Have you heard the song "Omnos" by "Eluveitie"? I find it oh so beautiful ; ;

  • I have to admit that the type of music isn't my type of music but I give it a thumbs up just for your haters section. ^.^

  • lol i cant stop listening to this its just so awsome.i do have a question tho do you play final fantasy XI?

  • Wow... you have an amazing and magical voice. :) Great!

  • Another amazing song. I have one subscription on YouTube. I think, now, that will be two.

  • I love that you put a Celtic twist on this song, it makes it feel more like the original FFXI version ^^ My only critiques are whatever you used to record it does indeed make you sound like a robot at times and I don't appreciate the FF9 vid. With a little more love you could make this piece as good as the jp version!

  • @Sephirah It's not in the actual recording, it's what youtube does to my recordings when I upload them. It happens in the compression process. If you downloaded the mp3 you would hear it the way I intended.  thankyou ^_^

  • @katethegreat19 Just saying, but isn't it Final Fantasy IX? Instead of XI? o.o"

  • @BigBleachFan132 I actually explained this in the description ^w^; I couldn't find any XI clips to use for the video, so I used some from FF IX instead at the last minute. The song itself is from FF XI though. Sorry for the confusion.

  • @katethegreat19 Ah, I see.. I just noticed that you were using the roman numeral XI, but then saying 9 so I got a little confused is all. ^ ^;

  • This cover really gives me goosebumps and makes me want to play Final Fantasy 11 again.

    I'd love for you to take a look at the melody from Windurst and make a cover of that too~ But I know that's a bit much to ask. Congrats on the CD~!

  • I love your works. :) have u any of them in mp3? :)

  • I'm trying not to cry. One of your best ='3

    Really you are beyond the talent many have! You are a gift! ;3

  • WOW JUST WOW.. Ronfaure is my fav piece and you do it honer with this cover..

  • Madam, I truly enjoy your works.

    They make me dream, they make me think...and above all, they make me FEEL. Kudos to you.

    I am checking your blog soon. Thank you very much for making the songs you do - you have enriched the souls of many. Blessed Be.

  • Madam, I truly enjoy your works.

    They make me dream, they make me think...and above all, they make me FEEL. Kudos to you.

    Naturally, I downloaded them piecemeal as my net time is severely limited by survival issues (>_<), and I would like to know the address of your blog to see the history behind your lovely songs.

    Will you kindly link me? I have found several blogs belonging to 'Kate the Great' on the net, courtesy of google...but I got confused and I know not which one is YOURS. Thanks..

  • @DarkwingLady aww you're very kind! *o* I'm so glad you like them!!

    There is a link to my real blog on my channel profile ^^

  • This song is a bitter sweet kinda song to me. Cause it's such a good and beautiful song, but it reminds me of someone who well... :\ she was fun to be with until the last 6 moths of our relationship, bah.

  • Wow, I can't believe I didn't hear this one yet! I love Celtic music, and this is just so beautifully done. You truly can touch peoples hearts with just you're beautiful voice! I can't wait to be able to buy you're CD's. Please do put this one on too! <3 They really should have you sing Final Fantasy songs, you do such a great job. Can you imagine how proud Nobu Uematsu is of you? I bet he has heard you're works! I hope so. :) He's missing out on a true singer if he hasn't! -- Much love!

  • The first time I heard your voice which was 1 month ago, for this same clip, I thought that was really catchy and breath taking... Now.. here I am again ..and again and again.. listening to it since I heard it the first time..

    Truely talented you are Kate. You've done really great to cover this piece. <3

  • Eruafnor shine my star be like Meyra their - sisters

    Eruafnor shine my - - thank God oh Latxti oh Latxti

    Eruafnor - be - as Meyra their - sisters

    Eruafnor - this - thank God oh Eruafnor oh Eruafnor

    Eruafnor - be - as Meyra their - sisters

    Eruafnor - this - thank God oh Eruafnor oh Eruafnor

    I found some guy on a game which can speak a bit esperanto and yeah, he helped me to translate.

    Sorry for deleting my own old comments ... YouTube is stupid ...

  • good job.

  • @Supertter1 you know esperanto?

  • @HomelessTwit no no ^w^; he put it through google translate and was asking me if it was right, but I don't speak it either ^w^;

  • This is so beautiful! You sound like a fairy-tale princess. ^-^ Have you ever heard the song "secret game" from the anime Noir? It seems right up your alley!

  • I've long since known of your much respected singing talent, Kate. Once in a while though, someone links to one of your covers & I just sit back, thankful I clicked. This really touched me quite deeply, despite having no FFXI experience. You really know how to make your songs have a strong sense of timelessness, even after a year has passed. No doubt thousands more will happen upon this & other covers by you in the years to come, impressions withstanding.

  • @AngelSakka thankyou sweetie *o*

    That's such a wonderful and beautiful thing to say ;_;

    *hugs*

  • there is much love for you here. bless you young princess :)))

  • listening to this brought back alot of good memories of FFXI. i can only hope that FFXIV has a score as memorable. i would think so though, considering it's been done by Nobuo Uematsu.

  • I love this!! I miss West Ronfaure.

  • beautiful :D I love it

  • wow you did really good at singing this kinda brings back memories of being a noob and starting in sandy

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  • Soooooooo beautiful!

  • I am seriously addicted to your music. I swear I listen to it all day. Even my daughter enjoys it and she's 14 months. It helps relaxe her and also makes her smile! Thanks for sharing such beautiful music with us!

  • lovely voice

  • Wow this is very pretty, your voice is gorgeous! Me being a FFXI player and always running through East and West Ronfaure you make this song come to life... you should also do a song to The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah, it's very, very, very pretty, and i think you would do a beautiful job putting lyrics to it :]

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  • hey whats the english lyrics for your song i would like to know what you are saying?... BTW great job with it. I would hella download your song and swap it for the FFXI in game Ronfaure song DAT lol

  • Lord of the Rings, the river song would have been nice! Lets see..... Have you tried doing a remake of 1000 words from Jade? FF-X2? That would be magnificent

  • What language is it in? It's so pretty! I'm actually addicted to this song lol

  • @Emotoadandfish The song is in a language called Esperanto ^0^

  • @katethegreat19 Nice choice of language here, since it's supposed to be the "international" language. Are all your songs in esperanto?

  • @anarchyXI Ah no ^w^; I only learned these lovely lyrics from Yamamo and Morio's Esperanto cover of this. This is my cover of that cover xD I have yet to learn what the lyrics acutally mean or whether they're accurate ^w^;  ]

  • @katethegreat19 So pretty. I wish I was capible to write music like this. I think I'm gonna learn the language. Might I be able to talk to you about music?

  • Ever thought of covering "Distant Worlds" Mizuta Naoshi

    it's a vocal track made for a cutscene in Chains of Promethia in FF11

    I'm curious what you can do with it :)

    considering you really have a gift of catching the "essence" of the songs you cover.

  • Really nice chord work in this song. Well done.

  • Youtube needs a replay button. Like, seriously.... I <3 you katethegreat19!

  • I love your voice, I have most of your songs on mp3 and for whatever reason they are titled ForcesAMV instead of the song name. Is there a way to change it?

  • @Dollqueen333 I dunno why it does that O.o I label them with correct ID tags when I render them...*wants to kill my laptop* xD One way to fix it though, is to use itunes instead of Windows Media player as your default media player. Then you can easily change the titles, information and even add a picture ^w^;

  • @katethegreat19 Thanks!

  • They really should have had you make songs for Lord of the Rings. You capture the sound, essence and feel of medieval times. Your voice is mesmerizing

  • @animyteX Wow, thankyou! O.O that's so sweet!

  • cool love ffxi related stuff

  • sublime !! A magnificient dream. I love !!!

  • I'm not sure if you have or not, and you've probably gotten this request like 50 billion times, but do you plan on doing another FFXI song? Possibly something to do with Windurst? The music for their areas are simply wonderful, but they'd be made into masterpieces with your touch.

  • I love your arrangement! The instrumentation works excellently with your voice, and the increase in texture at 0:50 sends shivers down my spine.

  • Hehe, I just picked up FFXI again recently to prepare for FFXIV and I've been listening to this awhile in West Ronfaure for like hours on end leveling my warrior class. So Good! :3 Back to FFXI later tonight I think to listen some more....

  • Wow...you sang this yourself? Very impressive /clap

  • The Final Fantasy IX movies worked excellently, even though it was a bit out of place.

  • Ear Candy!

  • Lovely singing! Lovely layering! Wonderful musicianship!

  • Kate is possible to get the lyrics anyway? I tried to find yamamo and morio, but didn't manage out!

  • @Badulovely I tried to find them too but was unable to TwT

    I ended up using the transliterated lyrics found on Eracleir's video, but those aren't the actual Esperanto lyrics...just transliterations...

  • @katethegreat19 Eruafnor star mia stei rama Kia meyri sia raleri sorama Eruafnor star mia ratzili Killi thanxo reziavi o latxti Eruafnor wa tzer seri ramasa Kia meyri sia raleri sorama Eruafnor wa mie kiemiria Killi thanxo reziavi o eruafnor a....... Eruafnor tzer seri ramasa Kia meyri sia raleri sorama Eruafnor mie kiemiria Killi thanxo reziavi o eruafnor O Eruafnor
  • @Badulovely I guess that I found the lyrics o-o Eruafnor star mia stei rama Kia meyri sia raleri sorama Eruafnor star mia ratzili Killi thanxo reziavi o latxti O latxti... Eruafnor tzer seri ramasa Kia meyri sia raleri sorama Eruafnor mie kiemiria Killi thanxo reziavi o Eruafnor O Eruafnor... Eruafnor tzer seri ramasa Kia meyri sia raleri sorama Eruafnor mie kiemiria Killi thanxo reziavi o eruafnor O Eruafnor...
  • Yay, kate! Show those haters!

  • *high fives kate* WOOT! Yeah! Show those haters. You are awesome.

  • for some weird reason it always stops bufferin at 1:20 >:(

    A cool song anyway xD

    I've played a windurstian taru so I feel a little more familiar with sarutabaruta, though xD

  • If you kindly read the description, you will see what happened. The song I am singing is from Final Fantasy ELEVEN (XI) but since I had no FFXI clips to use I used some clips from Final Fantasy NINE (IX) to make the video.

    So this is the "ronfaure theme" from Final Fantasy XI that I have sung here, and the description clearly states that it uses Final Fantasy IX clips. sorry if it was confusing.

  • Bleh, I'm sorry, I forgot to sign out and my brother decided to post a comment. I <3 your voice though =)

  • thats happen before to me, the only difference is she gave out my password, i nearly had a stroke when she did that!

  • I'm in love with your voice. You're awesome <3

  • thanks so much ^0^

  • Always when I hear your voice I feel something warm in my heart :3

  • lovely fan vocal, great as always.

  • woah *-* wonderful, I love it x3

  • Truly a classic by Kate. I can never get enough of this version.

  • <3 it

  • Seriously why would someone like you have haters. You've done fabulous beautiful works. Im a huge fan and I will definitely get your album.

    Keep up good works so we can laugh at those haters' faces

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  • Congratulations on a job well done. Thank you for contributing to the heart of music!

  • I always wondered why you never tried American Idol. >.>

  • @kanto27

    Cuz Kate's better than that. AI is a cheat-sheet scam, sad to say.

  • I know, It'd be so easy for her. Though the judges this season suck.

    Though it wasn't like that for the.... Oh I don't know.

    Wait I don't. It utterly crapped itself halfway through the first season. Silly me.

  • I agree. American Idol makes money off the "simon factor" (basically mad bashing of peoples voices) as well as the peoples looks. Then again, the music industry itself bases alot off looks these days. Talent isnt required for any forms of entertainment nowadays, from what i've seen. its been said before "all you need to be famous now is the willingness to sell your privacy for money."

  • Well there's Susan Boyle, who isn't much of a looker, but she's an excellent singer.

  • from what I can tell, all your songs seem to be fan arrangements. Not that I'm complaining, because I'm a huge fan of both you and Stella Voci, but have you ever tried composing your own music?

  • or maybe you could find someone to compose for you... I like your work, but what I'd really love is something original ;)

    BTW, I saw on your profile that you're planning to re-make Eyes on Me. I hope you do well - the original had a lot of good points but the few bad points were just so horribly annoying that it kinda ruined the whole song for me. then again, you ususally manage to make good songs better, so I guess I don't have anything to worry about. :)

  • You'll be happy to know that I've been composing music for years ^0^ I have many many songs and even more loose melodies without words.

    I haven't released any of it on youtube because I've been registering official copyrights. But 12 of them will be copyrighted this late spring, and I'll be releasing my first original album around that time ^_^ I hope you like the songs!

  • Great work on this one, I really love your voice :o...

    I can't wait to hear some of ur original works :)

  • The title's wrong, it's IX.

  • lol no no xD

    The song is from Final Fantasy Eleven (XI)

    but since I had no XI clips for the video, I used FF NINE clips (IX) But the cover song I've sung here is from XI so I put that in the title.

  • ...

    You win this round.

  • @katethegreat19 Will your album be on itunes?

  • I play this game still x.x, Fantastic!

  • This makes me miss playing FFXI. I loved the music in those woods.

  • Hehe,I like the AMV!

    I like your singing...It's beautiful like always <3!

    I can't stop to hear it xD *Fav*

  • I love the comments for the haters.......

    Talent with humour as well as music, I see

  • lol...i agree.

    You would have to be completely nuts to not fall for her amazing talent, keep up the excellent work Kate

  • PLease do something from Chrono Cross! Time's Scar is so beautiful and Yasunori Mitsuda is heavensent!

  • Oh! Marvellous!

    I love the original music, I love the region in the game (my character is from San d'Oria)... and I love your version!

  • Wow. I haven't seen a Ronfaure video this good since I went to a Distant Worlds concert. By the way, any Chicago folks should go to the one playing tonight.

    Great work, Kate!

  • This is Esperanto, right? Can someone please translate this to English? I'd appreciate it very much. =D

  • Gonna have to make a playlist where this song plays over and over again. This song's too hypnotizing to listen to just once. 5/5! :D

  • xD

    why dontcha just put it on repeat~!?

  • Wow this sounds great! I am sooo putting this as the music for Ronfaure when i am playing FF11.

  • WAIT YOU SUNG THIS o_O I THOUGHT THE GAME DID THIS AHHHHHHHH o.o your too good >:U almost makes me jealous xD o.o

  • these graphics were awesome for ps1 and this vid is awesome ^^

  • What else can I say? Another piece of art ^-^

  • just

    beautiful

    i think i have listened to everyone of you songs

    they are all beautiful

    cant wait for this album x

  • wow! gave me goosebumps (in a good way), and put my fussy baby (he's teething) to sleep. (thank you)

  • this is a beautiful rendition of a beautiful song. I am wondering, was it sung in Gaelic?

  • Great job!!

  • I agree with Koreanninja111...I wish it were longer too...It's so beautiful!

  • wish the song was longer,,,,,

    so i could hear u sing it more T.T

  • Very beautiful.

  • XD oh katethegreat19, tis wonderful.

  • 5/5 favorite subscribe!

  • Toujours aussi magnifique, encore une magnifique reprise , un grand, que dis-je, un très très grand bravo à toi !! ^^

  • Esperanto?? ive never heard of it.. So I looked it up ! and found out that its a constructed international auxiliary language,..

    It makes it more 'Fantasy' like

    fits perfectly with this piece ^^

    oh and by the way, keep up the good work ^^

  • By chance do u play ffxi :O

  • All your cover songs are better than the original ones.. it's really amazing considering that the original songs are awesome too :)

  • It's been a while since I heard one of your songs~ You still got it 100%, you're even getting better ^___^ BEAUTIFUL~ <3

  • You wrote

    "For those of you who sadly confuse my ability to sing yodles/turns/ornaments as nothing more than an auto tuner's effect, I was sure to perform as many yodles as I could in the bridge just to annoy you."

    That´s why I love you! ^_^

  • Oh hey btw, what are the lyrics? XD I do believe they're Japanese, you make it sound celtic..ish.

    (Do I have my cultures right?)

    Anyway, so what are the lyrics? o.o;

  • <3!

  • It bothers me when people criticize something that they could do no better themselves. This is lovely!

    <3

  • Oh, wow. I was introduced to your work by "Rose of May," and boy did you improve! There's never anything wrong with your voice, but I'll have to admit that I did not like your interpretation of Beatrix's voice, but this... just, wow. Keep up the good job!

  • ha ha I can only have the voice I was born with... ^w^

    I can't change my voice to fit the character...this is singing....not voice acting.....so you'll just have to excuse me if I sing something inappropriate for my voice sometimes. Believe me, if I could have deepened my voice for Rose of May, i would have ^_^

  • Oh hey by the way... This is amazing. o.o For the first time I heard your voice in a deeper tone and HOLY SHIT, it's beautiful. So matured, so pure. o.o

  • Yeah it is getting deeper lately TwT;; I'm upset about it actually...but nothing I can do about it! xD

    thanks, and I'm glad you liked it ^_^

  • Ohhh you should do Hall of the God's. That'd be crazy.

  • I read the description finally and was SHOCKED to hear that you have HATERS *shudders*

    I mean... you're amazing!

    and if someone doesn't agree, why must they comment so?

    yes there IS freedom of speech, and everyone is entitled to their opinions. You can't force someone to like something they don't already like... But their mothers should have taught them to hold their tongues.

    "if you have nothing to say, don't say anything at all", right?

  • Aww thanks!

    well...not haters so much as non-believers...

    They like to say all my hard work is a button press away...it makes me so upset!

    lol, if I autotuned my voice, I could put out a cover every day xD Alas! I do things the tried and true way! Some people still don't believe me though....TwT

    I'll be posting some live covers soon to squish doubt! O.O

  • I love ur version. U have this unique timbre that i really like how u used it for this song. Your rearrangement is also very....how can i say this..."triibal-like" with the drums and instrument choices. Fits very well for the FF's style. Fantasy but...tribal-like. Or should I say "folk-like" :D

  • Bah, you're making me want to go back to FFXI after I've quit for 8 months. XD

    Great work, nonetheless!

  • Research my friend. Research the language.

    It's a language that was made for diplomacy in Europe during times of peace and of war.

    Sorry if that's something you don't really understand.

    Don't listen to my songs if you hate songs from other languages. I don't discriminate.

  • lol besides, listen to how lovely the language sounds. It was used in this song because it is beautiful MUSICALLY. It was not used based on it's importance today or how popular it is or isn't.

    It was used because it complimented the music.