Text | un: Elliot Craig

[fiddlestick]

Name: Elliot Craig
Date: 3/2
Format: Text

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Love Music? Learn an Instrument Today at VII Notes!
Hello everyone! My name is Elliot Craig, and I just wanted to advertise that I'm offering music lessons! Music is a wonderful form of expression that anyone can get into! It makes a great hobby, or it can be used to help channel magic for witches out there. And for you romantic types, it's a great way to impress a special someone in your life~

Currently I offer lessons with piano, violin, guitar, recorders (great for kids!), harmonicas and singing! Group or solo lessons are available, with discounts offered with group lessons. Special accommodations can be made for monsters! And as always, the first lesson is free!

Please contact me today if you're interested! Thank you!

[OOC: A sign up post with more information can be found here! Lessons will be handwaved for the most part]

Comments

un: hakunon

[sealeted]

I don't know if Fae need any special accommodations, but I'm definitely interested. Are instruments available at the lessons, or is it a bring-your-own sort of deal?

[fiddlestick]

I don't think Fae do, unless there's any changes to your hands or voice, depending on which instrument you want.

Instruments are available at the lesson! Though you're welcomed to bring your own if you prefer.

[sealeted]

Not outside the full moon, so far. And I don't think that's too big of a schedule conflict to arrange around.

I think I'll start with getting the basics under my belt, before I go shopping for a personal instrument, I think. That way I actually know what I'm doing when I'm practicing.

[fiddlestick]

Aha, yeah not at all. I usually don't hold lessons during the full moon anyway so that shouldn't be an issue!

That's a good idea. If you do decide to buy one, I can give some pointers too for what to look for.

[sealeted]

Are maintenance and repairs of instruments part of the usual lessons, or is that a special workshop sort of deal?

[fiddlestick]

It's part of usual lessons! You should know how to take care of your instrument, since after all its your partner in music.

[sealeted]

That makes sense! I've never done this sort of thing before, though, so I wanted to make sure before I started budgeting.

[fiddlestick]

Hehe, it's good question to ask honestly.

I look forward to our lessons! Do you have an instrument in mind?

[sealeted]

Honestly, I'm interested in all of them, but, I figure I'll see how I fare with a violin, first of all, and maybe branch out if I think I could handle more later. I've never had the time or chance to learn a skill like this, so... it's exciting, really!

[fiddlestick]

Hehe, you sound like someone after my own heart.

But violin's a great choice to start with! It's actually my personal favorite. It's got such a nice sound but it's also so versatile.

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[oathkeeper]

[Today is the day that Elliot Craig may or may not regret letting anyone sign up for music lessons. Sora's singing skills are ... questionable at best. But boy does he have a Dinsey's heart for music.]

elliot! i'd like to sign up! i've been in a few musicals before, you know! i can sing some stuff!

[citation needed]

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[fiddlestick]

[When Sora responds, Elliot has no clue what cruel fate awaits him. ]

Sora!

Sure! I'd be happy to have you! Would you still like to do singing?

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[selfishwish]

Aw, wow! I didn't know you did music lessons. U(⁎˃ᆺ˂)U

[Not...that there's a particular reason why he would have, but. Still cool!]

Were you a teacher back home?

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[fiddlestick]

Haha, not sure how you would know that. It's been awhile since I've advertised to mirrorbound.

I was! Though it was more a side job while I traveled. My sister's the full time music teacher.

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[sylphid]

he mostly traveled and composed his albums. he's pretty famous back home. you should have him teach you!

[selfishwish]

Ohh. That's neat, too, but it sounds like it would be hard to keep students. But people probably want lessons everywhere, too! ヽU(〃･ω･)Uﾉ

I took violin back home, maybe I can come by for that! Is it hard teaching Mirrorbound from different places?

[selfishwish]

Albums? U( ÒㅅÓ)U That's even cooler!

[Being able to teach is neat on its own, but having your own recordings is obviously way more impressive! Especially since his impression is that Elliott's world is probably in a pre-Soundcloud era.]

I might! I do miss violin lessons...

[fiddlestick]

Yeah, it is. They weren't normally long term lessons. Just a few before I moved on, usually through the church for kids.

Oh great! What level are you at? And it's not so difficult, the biggest hurdle is people coming from really different levels of music advancement, but that can be worked with.

[sealeted]

Well, hopefully that says good things about our student-teacher compatibility. Should I be calling you Professor Craig?

And, as a bonus, if I end up falling in love with it and buying my own, it's an instrument I can safely transport to and from home with a much lower risk of damage than some of the larger instruments.

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[integrous]

[ Well.. Asahi sure stares at the message for a long time, wondering if this is an awkward time to ask 'so hey, are you feeling better now'.. It probably is awkward, right. But she'll feel bad if she doesn't do it either. So damned if she does or doesn't, huh.

Maybe she can just try to do it relatively casually?!

Except Asahi is as casual as a bull in a china shop. ]

it's good to see you doing well!!!

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[fiddlestick]

[Bless you Asahi. He pauses. He never interacted with her over text, so it takes a moment for him to figure out who this is and why they're saying that.

Then it clicks. Oh. It's the stranger he cried on.

That's awkward.]

Oh ... You were that girl from that day, aren't you?

Thanks. I'm feeling much better now. Sorry for such a bad first impression.

text | un: wangxian

[taciturnly]

Elliot Craig. ( that's... his way of saying hi, basically. he'd bow and everything, if you were face to face. )

Would you perhaps consider accepting lessons for an instrument that you do not know as payment?

[integrous]

[ Yeah, maybe she should have started with a 'hey, it's me' or something at the very least, huh.. She's so great at this, obviously. ]

no it wasn't bad!!!
it was just

[ There's a pause in the messages before she replies again, like she's trying to find some diplomatic way to put it. ]

a little awkward
but i was wondering how you were doing by now anyway so it was good to see this

[selfishwish]

Ummmm, I've been playing since I was seven--like eight-and-a-half years? Soo, my tutor back home would give me pretty advanced pieces to practice, usually?

But a lot of the time he'd just let me work on whatever I felt like, too, so I dunno how that matches with what you'd learn in a regular class! ｡U(*^▽^*)Uゞ

[fiddlestick]

That's me.

That depends, what's the instrument? I know more instruments than what I'm teaching.