"Before," Satoru answers, alertness immediately switching back to the topic of that song. She wants to make sure it's as good as it can possibly be. "Hair and makeup can still be happening while the opening band is playing, no problem." The opening band is one Satoru picked--she likes choosing local bands, female-led, high energy and experimental. It's fun, getting to find local talent and give them a boost, and maybe even to collaborate a bit with them if she has the chance. Keeps her fresh and lets her mentor younger musicians. She's found she likes mentoring.
They run through it with the full accompaniment, then Satoru goes to her keyboardist for notes, workshopping the things that the keyboardist tried which she really liked, and then demonstrating a couple of things that Satoru thinks could work. She's flirty and familiar when she does this, having no problem being in the other woman's space, and they collaborate well together. Satoru doesn't like the idea of hooking up with band members, but if she had to pick a girl ... their energy is good together, and the collaboration is there, which is what Satoru seems to need most in anything more than a one night stand (and even, usually, as part of her one night stands). The primary thing that holds her back, aside from her policy on dating band members, is that her relationship with the other woman has a little too much mentorship in it. Few things are more of a turnoff--Satoru never sleeps with groupies or fledgling musicians who idolize her. Even if it's just a makeout session, Satoru needs to feel like there's some equality in the situation. The more that someone matches her energy, challenges her, pushes back against her ...
They run through the song again. Satoru can feel the power in it, this thing they've created. She wonders if Suguru understands that she wouldn't have been able to create this off of just any song. Even aside from the fact that she'd never be able to perform this with anyone else.
"I want it fairly late in the set list," Satoru says, after they've run through it again. They're nailing the harmonies the way Satoru envisioned them, though she feels like she's not quite keeping up with the emotion that Suguru's bringing to this. The best Satoru can do is follow her lead on which emotions to emphasize in which sections of the song, and to give that everything she's got. "Even though it's relatively soft and slow for something late in the show, the charge on it is intense. I want a lot of energy built up already, and they need to have already experienced us interacting on other duets, so that they already know what we can do and it stands out even more that this is something really special."
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They run through it with the full accompaniment, then Satoru goes to her keyboardist for notes, workshopping the things that the keyboardist tried which she really liked, and then demonstrating a couple of things that Satoru thinks could work. She's flirty and familiar when she does this, having no problem being in the other woman's space, and they collaborate well together. Satoru doesn't like the idea of hooking up with band members, but if she had to pick a girl ... their energy is good together, and the collaboration is there, which is what Satoru seems to need most in anything more than a one night stand (and even, usually, as part of her one night stands). The primary thing that holds her back, aside from her policy on dating band members, is that her relationship with the other woman has a little too much mentorship in it. Few things are more of a turnoff--Satoru never sleeps with groupies or fledgling musicians who idolize her. Even if it's just a makeout session, Satoru needs to feel like there's some equality in the situation. The more that someone matches her energy, challenges her, pushes back against her ...
They run through the song again. Satoru can feel the power in it, this thing they've created. She wonders if Suguru understands that she wouldn't have been able to create this off of just any song. Even aside from the fact that she'd never be able to perform this with anyone else.
"I want it fairly late in the set list," Satoru says, after they've run through it again. They're nailing the harmonies the way Satoru envisioned them, though she feels like she's not quite keeping up with the emotion that Suguru's bringing to this. The best Satoru can do is follow her lead on which emotions to emphasize in which sections of the song, and to give that everything she's got. "Even though it's relatively soft and slow for something late in the show, the charge on it is intense. I want a lot of energy built up already, and they need to have already experienced us interacting on other duets, so that they already know what we can do and it stands out even more that this is something really special."