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[fiddlestick]

Name: Elliot Craig
Date: 5/10
Format: voice

[In the background, there's the sound of a record playing cheerful music. ]

Hi everyone! I'm Elliot, it's nice to meet you all even if this isn't where you wanna be right now. Sorry about that. I teach music and I'm a healer with Coven infirmary training. So if you need either of those things, just lemme know!

Anyway, um, I had a question. What's music like where you're from? Or what kind of music do you like? There's so many people from different places, I feel like I'm always finding out something new and I'd like to learn as much as I can.

Oh- I'll start. I'm from Erebonia and we have a lot of classical music - stuff with lutes, violins, piano, etc. Operas are pretty popular too, though in the last few years Northern rock - or I guess just rock, has been spreading! Oh, and radio's really big. I still miss listening to my favorite radio show honestly...

S-Sorry, didn't mean to ramble. What about you guys?

Comments

text; un: sylphid

[sylphid]

same.

[ISN'T SHE SO HELPFUL?]

[fiddlestick]

[He is not even going to switch to text so she can hear his sigh along with the bonded feelings of "fie please"]

Thanks Fie, that's insightful.

[-- But now that you're here]

Did you know you can make music on computers? I just found that out!

un: ma - text

[stopfen]

[Oh this was something, relatively cheerful. He's still getting text though.]

I like the fast music. From the festivals.

[Helpful description.]

[fiddlestick]

Hehe, you mean like dancing music? That is pretty fun!

Do you dance Mikasa?

[stopfen]

I like to keep moving.

Is that what it's called? [What a creative name.]

[fiddlestick]

[Mikasa. That is perhaps the saddest thing he's ever heard]

You didn't know? [HIS HEART ACHES.]

Yeah, when you move along with music, it's called dancing.

[stopfen]

I know what dancing is.
I meant the music having a name.

[fiddlestick]

Oh, sorry! I misunderstood.

[whew]

Yeah, the general term is dance music. But there's a bunch of different kinds, depending on what kind of dance you do. Jigs, Ballroom dances, Square, Ballet, Swing, Tangos ... there's all types.

If you like the fast kinds...that might be a jig?

[stopfen]

Why are there so many types?

[This is getting complicated.]

[fiddlestick]

Haha, because people keep coming up with new types! It's an art form, after all.

[stopfen]

Doesn't that make it difficult to request?

What is the kind you do?

[fiddlestick]

Ehehe, me....?

Well if you're asking me to play dance music, I'll do any style I'm familiar with. Jigs and ballroom songs are probably the easiest to play on violin.

Though if you're asking what kinds of dances I can do ... I really don't have the coordination or reflexes to do any of them well, I'm afraid.

text > voice

[stopfen]

[Typing is too much effort, so a recording starts after a few seconds of silence.]

I guess I prefer jigs then. I've seen ballrooms and they seem a bit... Much for me. [There's a shrug there. Too fancy for someone who wanted a simple life.]

Do you really have to be coordinated for it, as long as you enjoy moving?

Re: text > voice

[fiddlestick]

Hehe, I could understand that. You don't strike me as the ballroom gown type.

[Mikasa in a big poofy dress? Too weird to imagine]

Well no, you don't! No one has to be an expert to have fun. Buuut, being coordinated enough not to trip and hurt yourself definitely helps.

un: juzahyodo | text

[sneaksweet]

I'm from Japan, and I usually listen to rock stuff. There's classical music too, but I don't think it's as popular.
Lots of idols, but I haven't listened to a lot of them. That's probably classified as pop.

voice

[fiddlestick]

Idols? Are those types of musicians?

And what's the difference between rock and pop in japan?

[sneaksweet]

Yeah. Usually marketed with a pretty face and they sell a lot of merchandise.

Rock is more... hard rock? Lots of heavy guitars, drums and base. I think pop has more emphasis on the melody and vocalists.

[fiddlestick]

Oh. So they're kinda like an opera diva then.

[That makes sense!]

That's really interesting. I'd love to hear good examples of differences between the two. Too bad music players from other worlds are in short supply.

[He could ask Yosuke if he had stuff in his mp3 player, but maybe don't bother the guy who just got mauled]

[sneaksweet]

Maybe? I don't know a lot about the opera.

It's possible somebody from Japan has samples...

[Unfortunately Juza didn't even get to come here with his phone. The best he could do is hum something and that's not getting the full experience.]

[fiddlestick]

Oh, well an Opera Diva is a famous female opera singer! They'll get a big solo song in performances and it's usually them that drive the ticket sales.

Like the most famous one where I'm from is Vita Clotilde. They called her the Azure Diva and when she'd perform? You'd have to buy a ticket a good year in advance if you wanted a spot!

Is that how it is with idols?

[sneaksweet]

Yeah, pretty much. My roommate back home is more into them than me. But if they're really popular it's real hard to get the tickets for their shows.

[fiddlestick]

Wow. I would've liked to see that...

Though I can't say I'm big into the merchandise aspect. I'd rather focus on the music.

[sneaksweet]

Have you composed any music while you're here? Is it more like the music you're used to back home, or more like the stuff you hear in Aefenglom?

[stopfen]

[Her voice softens at that. He couldn't see it, but her eyebrows dipped. Like a sad puppy.]

...Oh. You think that wouldn't suit me either...

[Just give her a moment to dwell on that. Mettaton and Tataru had said it was fine but he didn't, like Historia hadn't.]

But don't you have to be coordinated for music?

[fiddlestick]

[oh no. he can hear the sad puppy]

U-Uh, yeah- but I don't really know anything about girl's fashion anyway, so don't take my word! You should try whatever you want to try on!

[BE FREE]

Only with your fingers and breathing! Only leg movement I have to do is foot tapping.