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[very_goodman]

[Video - BBS - August 7th]

Heheh! Looks like the heavens decided to apologize for gettin' me all wound up about Mamori a little while ago. I woke up to check my e-mail alerts for new MGDP merch, and there was a program I've never seen installed on my laptop. Somethin' called Singaloid TiKi. I don't remember buyin' it, but it's pretty awesome - one of those vocal editing software packages. And there was even a video already installed! Check this out!

[Barry's already loaded the video onto his phone, so he just switches the feed over to it. Denizens of the Far Shore are treated to a video of what is ostensibly a virtual idol programmed by the software, but the quality of both the video and the sound are so good that it's hard to tell she's not a real person. The actual video he posts doesn't feature the cutaways or the other characters - just Tiki herself, singing the song on a dazzling virtual stage.]

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Pretty amazin', huh! I'm gonna play around with it some more and see if I can come up with some more songs for Sparkle Motion. Remember to come see us at Obon - our show is really gonna blow you away!

[Action - Sparkle Motion - later that day]

Okay, everyone! We've only got a little bit of time left before the big show! Let's give it our best at practice today, and bring this thing home! And if anybody wants to try and write some new songs or come up with some new choreography...

[He turns his laptop around to show them the Singaloid software he'd recorded earlier that day.]

...Tiki here'll be happy to help!

Comments

[very_goodman]

Yeah, I was thinkin' it would be good for that. Me an' Demyx only play guitar, after all.

[declamando]

It's definitely a timely arrival for it. I'm fine with singing acapella, but not everybody is.

[And not everybody can pull it off, which is the bigger concern regarding their upcoming performance.]

[very_goodman]

A voice like yours doesn't need any accompaniment, yeah.

[He calls 'em like he sees 'em.]

But more music is always better. Somethin' to really get everybody singin' and dancin' along!

[declamando]

It's a matter of experience as well. Being used to singing with instrumental accompaniment does nobody any favours.

[But it is true that the voice is a factor as well. Not everyone has a powerful or appealing enough voice to carry a song on the back of voice alone.]

I think only one of my two songs is going to have that effect, but the other one I was planning to do without accompaniment anyway.

[very_goodman]

Well, I'm sure you'll do just fine no matter what.

[She's the most experienced member, after all.]

I'll work with the others on comin' up with some good music, though.

[declamando]

I'm sure I will. I just hope everyone else is that confident.

[Yuuri in particular is a bit of a worry, though she has her concerns about all of them. It's sort of a habit of hers.]

That sounds good to me. We'll need to work particularly hard in these last few days.

[very_goodman]

They better be! I've been usin' my best pep talks!

[Barry doesn't seem as concerned. Believing in people is what he does best.]

But yeah, that's no reason not to keep at it right up 'till the end. We owe it to the audience to work hard.

[declamando]

I'm sure your pep talks were fine. But stage fright can get at the best of us.

[Maria has never really had issues there, but many of these people would be first-timers, or at least not remember any other times they'd done it.]

That's right. It's a special occasion, so we also owe it to that to make the show memorable.

[very_goodman]

Guess I'll let ya get back to work, then.

[Barry grins, giving a big thumbs up.]

[declamando]

Thank you. [Maria raises a hand and smiles before turning back to start another round of practice.]