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Post by Hinata Ueno on Sept 18, 2018 21:46:14 GMT -5
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“Singer looking for other music majors to form a music group with intentions of recording and entering local talent contests. Call Hinata Ueno at xxx-xxxx-xxxx for inquiries.”
This was the simple little flier that Hinata at put up on a couple boards in the music and main buildings a few days ago. Hinata knew she was going to surrounded by other musically inclined girls and that the school would let them use stuff like recording equipment that’d be harder to get a hold of otherwise. So it seemed like a natural thing to try during the two years she’d be at the school, the opportunity was there. But because she did it so suddenly on a whim, she didn’t really expect she’d get a bite. However, somebody still did text her anyway and they agreed to meet in one of the unused music rooms.
Hinata had carried in a box with her into the room, and let out a quick grunt as she set it down. It was full of a few dancing costumes she had found or in a couple cases made for herself. A couple stuck out a bit out of the box. It was mostly just for ideas, or a suggestion. She be up for doing all kinds of music as long as she’d get to sing, but naturally dancing around on stage in some cute outfit like some of favorite idols might wear would have been an absolute treat.
Hinata stared at the clock on her phone to notice Tsuga girl was running a bit late. Hinata began to worry. Was something wrong? Was Tsuga alright? Was Hinata being stood up? Who’d wanna perform with her anyway? Most of the other girls in the music program had been at it since they were younger or at least weren’t transfers who came in two years late. Hinata had to work hard to catch up.
Hinata needed to calm down. She put in her ear buds and went through her music library. She put on an album by Keiko Lee, a jazz singer. The album art was brightly displayed on the screen. The sounds of the piano and the singer’s warm, husky voice were just what she needed at the moment to relax her while she waited and texted Goro in the mean time.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 23:40:26 GMT -5
Tsuga shoved the door open, slumping against the wall with a heavy sigh of exhaustion. The girl was wearing a sports bra and leggings, utterly soaked in sweat as she set a long, slim bag down against the wall with a clatter before slipping a case that obviously held a guitar from her back. The towel from her neck shifted up as she rustled her hair free of the dampness.
"Sorry for being late, Hinata-chan. I had to put on an extra clinic for the new javelin throwers to get them ready for the meet this month. Their form is absolutely atrocious." She pauses, practically inhaling a water bottle from her duffel bag. "Speaking of practice," her gaze turns stern, "You're not gonna let this get in the way of your running are you, seito kaichou? This, track, and being the student council president is a lot of responsibility, isn't it?" She pops her wrists against her hips, her hands upturned towards her forearms as she huffs another breath.
She tosses a notebook from her duffel bag onto the piano bench, digging a bit further before pulling out several more water bottles. She tosses one to Hinata before opening another and chugging it. "C'mon, Hinata-chan. Drink a bit and lets get started. We've got to figure out what kind of music we want to write, how we're going to get someone to do our choreography, when our first performance is... We've got a lot of work and we're burning daylight right now." Tsuga pulled her hair away from her face with a couple of bobby pins, absentmindedly singing YoiYoi Kokon as she quickly set up a page in her notebook.
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Post by Hinata Ueno on Sept 19, 2018 19:31:25 GMT -5
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When Tsuga finally burst it, she brought the energy of the room from a zero to a ten and wasted no time. I particular, she wasted no time questioning if Hinata had really thought this through. Of course the answer was a resounding no, but Hinata didn’t want Tsuga to know that. So Hinata grabbed the water bottle, faked a smirk, and tried her best to keep her cool.
“Tsuga-chan, ain’t you doing all those things too though?” Hinata asked as she cocked her head. Tsuga was right though, Hinata was definitely making herself busy. But it wasn’t a problem at least not yet. After all, she didn’t want to overload herself with classes as soon as she came to the school. She the tossed her hair to the other side as she cocked her head back and continued talking. “All my classes are under control. I’ll be fine. When I still overloading myself, you’ll be able to tell. Trust me.”
“As for plans...” Hinata snapped her fingers as she started to get down to the brass tacks. “I have a couple. Since it’s just you, a natural way for us to perform together would a jazz lounge act. You on piano and me singing. I’m sure you’d like that, but… “ She stretched out the but and grew a warmer reassuring tone to her voice. “I would like to see if we could do a pop style act. There’s no shortage of dancers ‘round here we could ask for choreography. I already have some costumes. Heck, I might even have a couple songs.”
Hinata pulled out a small laptop from her own bag and opened some some files. She the edged the laptop towards Tsuga and and offered her her headphones. “It wasn’t for this, but I’ve actually have been trying to make some EDM tracks lately. I’m a little proud of the Handbag House track at the bottom. You think there’s anything you could spruce up or salvage?” Tsuga was the real song writer, after all.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 14:09:53 GMT -5
Tsuga takes the headphones, scrolling through each track as she begins to completely tune out everything around her. The cascade of notes, synthesizers, drum samples, and the possibility of vocals begin to push and pull through her brain as she finds herself swaying back and forth, lingering on phrases, singing notes into existence and allowing the soft, gentle pulse of the music to move through her body.
Her mind swam with phrasings and melody patterns, but it wasn't until she had passed a small, seemingly innocuous track in the middle of Hinata's vibrant selections. It was soft, simple, and quiet, but there was space and potential for both harmony and for added instrumentation. Tsuga pulled a flash drive and quickly made a copy of the file, moving her own laptop to the piano bench as she quickly opened her recording software. She paused the playback on Hinata's laptop, shifting the headphones to her own as she added in a selection of drums and some additional chord changes to compliment the melody she had heard in her head.
She began mouthing the words softly at first, letting the lexicon of previously written verses slide through her mind before she found one that felt right. It took her somewhere, although she wasn't necessarily sure where it was, but it was definitely somewhere other than the simple practice room. She pulled the headset off, pausing the playback and saving several copies labeled "WIP" in one form or another. She hadn't a clue how long she had zoned out for, or how long the process had actually taken, but she had something they could start with.
"Hinata-chan. Tell me what you think of this."
She played the track back again, the soft, gentle intro fade into the air around her before she starts to sing, clasping Hinata's hands in hers.
Can you feel it?
The fire in your soul
Leaping at the chance for love?
Can you feel it?
Haunting your senses
and letting all your feelings go?
Tsuga drops Hinata's hands form her own, twirling around the room, letting the words fall from her lips until she runs out of ideas (another two stanzas). Her eyes fall back to the other, bright with something they didn't have before. "We... We can do this!"
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Post by Hinata Ueno on Sept 23, 2018 17:21:33 GMT -5
 MADE BY ★MEULK OF THQ | Hinata eagerly waited as her friend and now band mate looked over the tracks, occasionally looking Tsuga’s shoulder . She kept expecting some kind of feedback. Didn’t matter if it was positive or negative just something. Hinata started to bite her lip again. Though when Tsuga moved some of the data off onto another computer, that was everything Hinata needed to know. She gave a satisfied nod to Tsuga despite knowing knowing damn well she wasn't paying attention. Hinata had seen Tsuga focus like that before in track; that was the look of a girl in the zone. Hinata wouldn’t dare interrupt and spoil such a thing.
Knowing there was time to burn, Hinata tried to make some good out of it and pulled out the text book from her last class. A couple chapters to go over, info to memorize and adsorb as per usual. She had gotten to similarly pulled into her work, the only outside thought preoccupy her was her reassuring herself that she’d stay on track. And so when she heard her name, she had a bit of a shock, immediately sitting up straight and blinking.
Hearing the retooled song was a strange feeling. The touch and warmth of Tsuga’s hands while hearing Tsuga sing lyrics about love made Hinata blush for a second. But also it was the surreal sensation of something she was intimately familiar with being not quite right. But Tsuga’s additions synergized with Hinata’s original track to make something grander, and she could feel as the beat flowed into her.
“You’re damn right we can, Tsuga-chan!” Hinata nearly shouted. She clasped her hands together, smiled, and then continued on in a softer, but still clearly excited, tone. “After we get some other songs figured out, we can just request to use some recording equipment from the school, and then we’ll really have something!” She snapped her fingers and then got up and reached for box, which dragged over closer next to Tsuga. “I even actually already have a few costumes! For, ya know, when we actually perform. I could make or tailor anything to fit you too!” She might have been getting ahead of herself, but this was something she'd be wanting to do for quite a while and now it seemed like it could really happen.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2018 20:04:45 GMT -5
Tsuga stifles something resembling a laugh, although it comes out more as a snort. "Hinata-chan, just how long have you wanted to do this for?" She lets her laugh bloom as she packs her laptop away, shrugging her varsity jacket over her shoulders. "Lets get back to the dorms. It's getting late, and you're starting to skip steps."Tsuga pulls her track bag from the wall, slinging it over her back before she offers Hinata her hand. "C'mon. We've got time to slow down and take this one step at a time. No need to plan for costumes when we don't even have songs or a gig yet. Besides," she says, raising her eyebrows with a smirk on her face, "didn't you have student council work for tomorrow?" XOXO SHIN OF GS + THQ |
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