[ Well, if the idea of levers plucking out a tune on their own is distressing, he'll hate to hear about the industry at large. Contracts, production software, and autotune, oh my. Not the main concern of the moment, though, which becomes clearer when they get to him singing a song he's never heard before while playing an instrument that apparently doesn't exist in whatever universe he's come from.
Birdie sits back once the song is over, hands off the keys, and gives him a moment to grapple with himself about it. When she speaks again she keeps her voice even and light. ]
Seems like a pretty enviable skill. Especially if you're already a musician. There's a group of us back where I'm from, and it works like that if we perform together? We all just... Know the words, know the song, but it only works for the singing. Everything else we have to learn the hard way.
[ Her tone is somewhere between 'please don't freak out' and 'see it's not that weird, please don't freak out.' ]
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Birdie sits back once the song is over, hands off the keys, and gives him a moment to grapple with himself about it. When she speaks again she keeps her voice even and light. ]
Seems like a pretty enviable skill. Especially if you're already a musician. There's a group of us back where I'm from, and it works like that if we perform together? We all just... Know the words, know the song, but it only works for the singing. Everything else we have to learn the hard way.
[ Her tone is somewhere between 'please don't freak out' and 'see it's not that weird, please don't freak out.' ]
Being perfectly honest, I'm kinda jealous.