#rkmar19eval

[yutark]

★ MARCH EVALUATIONS song : < baby shark remix > on, midi fighter 64

There was the gentle crack of his fingers as he interlocked them and stretched them in towards his chest, an action he does while looking over the set up in front of him. MIDI controller to one side, laptop to the other, and his mind running over every button that he had practised until he was comfortable with the way his hands moved. During practices, he imagined this were something like a video game, garnering combos through the proper selection of keys and having to not hesitate on what button or he’d lose the momentum. Whoever told him that video games were never going to get him anywhere, must have been eating their words right then. The tip of Yuta’s tongue, pressing over his bottom lip as he adjusted the snapback that was on his head, setting it backwards on his head as a certain Pokemon master did before all intense battle sequences. He peers past his lashes at the coaches who were waiting for him to perform and he hoped they would understand his fickle rebellion.

Yuta was a dancer, he was a rapper, he was a performer -- he had zero intentions of taking this stupid evaluation seriously and his song choice was one made out of childish impulsiveness and the intention to catch them off guard. He had done what was asked, pick an instrument, practice on it, show them a song. Were they going to scold him for doing what he was told?

With one more lick over his bottom lip, Yuta situated his hand at the bottom and started with the first buttons in the bottom corner, announcing the song without hesitation. ‘Baby Shark’, happily coming from the speakers of the laptop and Yuta bringing his left hand in to start with the beat. Every dart of his fingertips to a button elicited the joyous beginning of the children’s song. He hoped they’d be stuck with it in their heads all day like he was. Waking up at 3am in cold sweats, murmuring the lyrics to themselves and sitting in quiet rooms, bobbing their heads along with the beat. Yuta had had to suffer through it while learning the song, and having his niece accompany it with the dance moves and the rest of the lyrics. If Yuta had to suffer through this evaluation, the coaches could suffer through getting this song out of their heads for the next day.

A smile tugging on Yuta’s lip as the beat paused for a second, knowing the next part was his favourite, where the children’s song got a bit of a remake. The singular ‘baby shark’ coming, then there was the slowly increase of the pace and then a deeper beat brought in. Yuta nodding his head along, teeth sinking into his bottom lip as he denied his enjoyment to himself. This was his revolt at having to suffer through a month where they forced him to learn about music theory -- he was supposed to enjoy the childish amusement and not the song. Still, as the short song came to an end, Yuta forced himself to furrow his brow and wear a serious expression, only lifting his head when he inched half a step back from the desk and tucked his hands behind him. 

“I hope you enjoyed the song,” coming from his lips, seconds before he bowed his head.

[rkpcy]

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                                                       MARCH EVALUATIONS                                      CHOSEN INSTRUMENT: KIRBY OTAMATONE                     PLAYING: THE OVERWORLD THEME FROM SUPER MARIO WORLD

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when chanyeol had heard about the march evaluations, his swelled with delight, and it’s not for the reasons some might think. sure, he could go the easy route and choose to play the guitar or the keyboard, both instruments at which he’s already adept, and sure, he could learn any of the other instruments for which there are various workshops at the company, but he wouldn’t be himself if he did. no, he has to follow his gut; he has to follow his heart.

he has to play the otamatone.

for years, he’s been wanting to learn to play the happy-looking instrument but never had the time or motivation to actually go out and do it. finally, he’s given the opportunity to do so. what he didn’t expect was it to be so hard. it’s so different from the strings of a guitar or the keys of a keyboard, and it’s damn near impossible to stay on pitch. still, he is nothing if not resilient, and just like with any other monthly evaluation, he puts in his very best efforts to master it: practicing as he walks between lessons, eating his meals quickly to get back to the instrument, even uses some of the free practice hours to try and figure the thing out.

it’s not until he does some research that he finds a valuable tip. with a strip of tape, he labels each note on the otamatone so that he remembers where each key is, and from there, it isn’t exactly easy going, but it’s much more fluid and in tune than when he’d been going in blind.

the deadline for the evaluations quickly approaches, and while he’s not one hundred percent confident in the performance he’s about to put on, he hopes that it will still show how much work and dedication he’d put into it. the silence that takes over the room as he takes a seat with his chosen instrument gives him no hint of whether or not they’ll even take him seriously. but even if they don’t, he’s going to treat it as another regular performance and give it his all.

it doesn’t start off well. by the third or fourth note, he’s already hit a sour one, grimacing at the fact but still continuing on, recovering quickly. unfortunately, that recovery doesn’t last long as he goes off tune again and again, frustrations building. he finally hits his stride midway through the song, playing the rest of it with only one or two bad notes, and that makes him content with his performance, but not exactly satisfied.

he leaves the room with a bow, an apologetic grin on his face for having subjected the coaches to such a performance, and hurries off. he’ll conquer this instrument yet, he’ll make sure of it.

[rkseonho]

        MARCH 2019 EVALUATION          ROYAL JSM COVERING ; JONAS BROTHER - SOS         seonho’s part ; joe jonas lines playing drums 

           this is an sos don’t want a second guess this is the bottom line

this months eval was one of great excitement for seonho as he loves any and all excuses to learn a new instrument.  he grew up learning piano and will always love the piano, and then in the last year he had taken some time to learn the guitar. so when his hyungs and him had come together to try and figure out a plan for this eval, the idea for doing the drums had really just stuck with seonho. he wanted so bad to learn the drums. even if the song wasn’t really something he would typically do, the drums would be so much fun.

and he had been so right.

learning the drums through out the month of march had been great. he loved jamming away to them aimlessly and then also with aim. mainly though he’s been banging at them without a care in the world. he’d even gone and bought a drum set to put in his personal studio ( which he’s very glad that the studio hadn’t been under his moms name and that his dad doesn’t care enough to check because it means the studio was still his private place ). the drum set looked super awesome in his studio and he would spent a lot of time banging away and doing different combinations. 

then there is the fact that this eval is once again with two of his favorite hyungs. jaehyun and minseok hyung are always so much fun to do evals with. their cool group of royal jsm which is kind of like a parody of the popular cbx ( and theyve covered a good handful of cbx already ) was a fun thing for them to put together. he always really does enjoy working with his hyungs. 

the jonas brothers song--while not his favorite--is a good one. he’s jammed out to sos a few times before when he was strolling american song charts. and now he’s covering a a song of theirs. it feels so throw back but also really awesome! 

and he’s playing the drums.

balancing the drums with vocals was kind of odd at first. seonho struggles with dancing and singing--which is why he tends to end up not dancing when its hit part unless its a whole group sings at once thing--but playing the drums was a whole new ball game for him. a challenge he was enjoying a whole lost. and his victims for testing were his poor hyungs and the poor instructors. all of which probably had ringing in their ears for a while. 

seonho also had ringing in his ears for a while ( a month ) but he really had a blast with it! and he supposes thats what matters. so what he missed a few cue’s for his parts so the beat would start just slightly off, he was smiling the whole time. luckily his vocals stayed fairly steady. given, he’s worked his ass off for two years now and if his vocals aren’t steady when he’s spent so much time working only on those--he’d just have to give up and be a rapper.

he knows he has many years to go before he can even think to compare to baekhyun or any of his other sunbae in the company. but he thinks he’s starting to make his own headway. his own standing in the company. its nice to feel like he belongs. 

[rkhyunjae-blog]

「 tries on strings 」

immideately after he had become a trainee he realized, he had joined in the middle of an evaluation. jaehyun wrinkled his nose. after looking around he somehow found a group to perform with-- however he needed to learn how to play an intrument and well. jaehyun had never really had an interest in playing the guitar before. however he picked up one ( rather bravely if he could say so himself ). the group he had found? called themselves mistake... with the eight number.

jaehyun had been lucky enough to get to sing though-- even though it wasn’t one of his specialities, he liked singing karaoke so that was the energy he went in this with. now after diligently practicing the guitar, desperately, for a couple days. the only thing he had focused on was learning the rythm.

“uh, seokwoo... sunbae?” he approached the older male, “do you mind practicing a little together?” jaehyun had practiced seperately, just to learn the chords-- now he felt somewhat ready to practice togethe with someone.

                                                       「 starter for @rkseokwoo​」

[rkxrm]

Practice Makes Perfect

@rkxminhee

Minhyuk had invited Minhee with him to Cancun for vacation. As he’s decided to use his one week vacation on an actual vacation far away from KT. The SSKT commercial was his last straw and he just needed to get away as far as possible from KT. The fact that he wasn’t even chosen despite having had years and years of experience in the field made Minhyuk mad so he needed to go somewhere blow off steam and relax. So, his usual resort in Cancun had been a great idea. Of course, Minhee had asked if she could invite friends and he agreed. More the merrier . It would be fun. 

On the first night there, though, Minhyuk immeditealy hit the tequila, hard cocktails and just alcohol in general and ended up taking over the piano in the lobby. He was casually playing it with a happy grin. Seeing his travelling companion, he waved her over. “Come join me! We’ll play a badly written duet!” he said, laughing, taking a sip from the tequila lemonade on the piano close to the sheet music. “I’ve been day drinking and I feell fantastic!” 

[rkseokwoo-blog]

— the ‘after-practice’ lollipop

@rksomi

The bag of sweets had been secured from his hiding spot, mentally counting out each of the lollipops and checking their flavours when he made his way to where his group had been practising for evaluation. They were coming together nicely, at least, that’s what he thought, and they worked hard every session, getting better with each practice they had together. Seokwoo grinned to himself as he pushed open the door to the room, only to falter when he saw only one of his group remained. This was why he was never good at surprises, they never worked out for him -- he should have told everyone to wait. His nose crinkled, bottom lip jutting out as he realised his silly mistake with handling this. They would have stayed if he told them he was coming back with sweets!

“Did they leave already, Somi?” Seokwoo asked, glancing around the empty spaces that his group mates had been when he left, promising he’d be back in a few minutes. It was a rhetorical question, one that he had the answer for, but was hopeful for something else.

His gaze fell down into the bag of sweets, then lifted back to the lone girl. 

It doesn’t take long to close the space towards the drumset, soon holding out the brown paper bag which was to hide the contents. A purposeful decision after he realised carrying around the original bag, brightly coloured and labelled with the sugar content, would make him an easy target for the coaches. “Do you like lollipops, Somi? These are my ‘after-practice’ lollipops! I have them, after practice. Especially when I’ve worked hard. They’re good flavours!” Seokwoo explained, flashing a grin at her and then remembering the others, smile crumpling at the edges and his shoulders sinking. “I was going to share them with everyone...”

[rkwxnb]

Song:  Summer Night’s Dream rkevent:  rkmar19eval film members: @rksunwoo , @rkjohnny and @aronrk

When she was young her mother told her never to look at those around her and focus only what is in front of her. That is how comparison and insecurities are born. Her mother told her that she knew first hand through her own experience. Although it was clear that her mother had good intentions when she gave that advice, Naeun saw everything that was wrong in it rather than the good.

So as she stood there, nervous for her first monthly evaluations, she looks around her. She allows the tension to seep through her veins as she received encouraging smiles from her precious friends, Sunwoo and Johnny. As well as Aron, who though she had just recently met, was one of the sweetest and kindest people that she's ever come across. It made the whole experience a lot more enjoyable and comfortable.

There was a part of her that genuinely did not know where this anxiety and nerves were coming from. For someone who has been exposed to this sort of attention countless times before, she did not like where nor is she aware of where these hesitations were coming from. Despite this, Naeun tries to focus her thoughts on the people beside her.

She basks in their comforting gaze and effortless charisma. She might be the latest addition to the group and has learned to play an instrument in order to perform with them, yet she feels a sense of calm. A much-welcomed feeling in needed time. Looking up, she exchanges smiles with Sunwoo, in all honesty, she had him to thank for this wonderful experience.

[ncbodyknows]

➟「ピアノ天才」Let’s piano。

@rkjeon

When the evaluation for this month had been announced, Youngjae’s first thought had been ‘how hard can it be?’ He had never before played an instrument, but it couldn’t be that hard right? He’d just have to learn a tune, perform it and that’d all be it over and done with, easy peasy, and he could go about his day like nothing had happened. Of course the hesitation still remained in his body after last month’s fiasco -- could it really be so simple or was there any hidden inclusions this time again, any surprise eleements? -- but for now he could do nothing but take his classes and prepare for the worst.

Granted, when he actually had time to sit down by the piano and try tapping his fingers against the keys, it wasn’t as easy as he had thought it would be at all. Reaching nodes was one thing and Youngjae doubted he would be able to do it in this month if ever, and even worse was trying to get those nodes into actual sounds. He could sort of remember which keys to press. Sort of. It was a slow and very butchered tune that only bore a slight semblance to the original Twinkle Twinkle Little Star that emerged from within the instrument, and Youngjae’s face became sour. Even worse was it that he heard footsteps coming from behind and turned around to see Jeongguk. Immediately he went into defense. “If you’re here to laugh at me just get it over and done with quick please.”

[rkhongjoong]

▫︎ ▪︎  ━   the theoretical .

sometimes training can feel a lot like school, but at least they’re teaching things that could potentially serve some good in the future.  like this month, they’re focusing on music theory - even though he’s taken an introduction to the class before once for his degree, it’s always nice to refresh on the basics.  it also means the class is a piece of cake for the most part, and that he can help other people who seem like they’re struggling.

case in point: yoojung.  while it doesn’t necessarily seem like she’s struggling with the theory itself, somehow it’s a little .. plain on her face that she’s not quite enjoying what they’re learning for the month.  so without much noise, jinseok drops into the seat next to her and flashes a wide smile until she notices he’s there.  “ hey there.  why the long face?”

▫︎ ▪︎  ━     <     @yccjungrk     >

[rkevent]

For the lack of music in the previous evaluation, March will make sure to make up for it. No matter how good your voice sounds or how well your body follows along to a song, there is still a lot to learn in theory and different ways to make music.

Throughout the month of February, trainees from every company will be made to attend special classes with the intent of learning music theory while practicing for an instrument at the same time. Each person should focus on an instrument to learn and then integrate it in a performance at the end of the month. This does not need to be a brand new instrument the trainee has never played before, but learning a new instrument will be encouraged (as well as may give you a few extra points with the coaches).

On March 31st, a performance will be expected of each trainee using both their learnings from the classes as well as the instrument of their choosing. This performance may be in the form of solos or in groups, as long as each trainee gets the chance to play for more than a few seconds. Singing and dancing won’t be requirements this time around but may be added onto the performance in case the trainees would personally like to.

In order to collect +2 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE AS YOU WISH and +2 DEBUT POINTS, write one 250+ words solo or a four post thread with another trainee involving the preparations for this month’s evaluation. For +3 POINTS IN A RELEVANT SKILL, +2 DEBUT POINTS and +1WK INSTRUMENT ACHIEVEMENT, write one 300+ words solo regarding their performance at the end of the month. Please tag all your posts as #rkmar19eval and have them up by midnight EST at the end of Sunday, March 31st.

MARCH EVALUATION (for the APRIL 3verification form)

[link to thread or solo about preparations]

+2 ___ POINTS +2 DEBUT POINTS NEW DEBUT POINTS TOTAL:

[link to solo about evaluation]

+3 ___ (RELEVANT) POINTS +2 DEBUT POINTS +1WK ___ (INSTRUMENT) ACHIEVEMENT (number of times taken + current level) NEW DEBUT POINTS TOTAL:

[lmhwanwoong]

Park Jinwoo {{ Jinjin }} KT ENT March Eval

Song: Seven Nation Army (melody only) {00:16-01:11} Instrument: Guitar

Play an instrument this month, they had said. It’ll be easy enough, he had thought. Reality hadn’t been as kind. Naturally every month an evaluation favoured those who already possessed the given skill for that month’s focus -- music theory and instrument playing wasn’t part of Jinwoo’s repertoire that much was for sure. While the music theory in and off itself was quite interesting, he very much dreaded the actual practical aspect of its purpose: the performance. From the sound of it Sunwoo and some other kt trainees had teamed up to put on a full out band performance, but Jinwoo had had to pass on that, knowing full well that he’d have no way of gaining that amount of skill in just one month. From the get go he had even decided with himself to focus on solely the melody and not even rap or, god forbid, sing along.

Sunwoo was brave he thought, and he also feared a little for the other personally seeing him self destruct entirely last evaluation as the music had cut. Hopefully there would be no such fancy gimmicks this month as he wasn’t sure how his friend would be able to handle such a thing again. He would have to ask how it had turned out later on, after everything was over, after the nerves and the rush of anxiety of having to perform had calmed down again. 

For now he had to focus on his own performance.

The song was one he had picked specifically because he thought it would be fairly easy to learn. Repeating the same chords for a fairly large portion of the song with only a few variations seemed the way to go for someone who was a complete beginner. Jinwoo had picked the guitar mainly in memory of a school mate back in high school who had wanted to form a band and make it big, and the very song he was now playing had been the one the guy had used to practice. Supposedly ‘ladies liked a guy who played the guitar’. Not that Jinwoo himself really cared about such things. He was pretty certain that he was broken in that aspect -- love and attraction were just not feelings he had ever experienced, and they were not feelings he cared to experience either. It did hurt a bit though, seeing other people around him happily engaging with one another while he himself couldn’t even begin to understand and relate.

Putting aside the fear that he was going to die alone one day all he had time to focus on right now was the guitar in his two hands as he sat down on the chair, clearing his throat and announcing his song choice and the beginning of his performance. The last week had been pretty intense, but thanks to Donghyun’s help he felt as though he sort of knew how to place his fingers although he didn’t feel confident for a moment that he could play anything else but this one song, nor play many chords on command. It was okay though -- Jinwoo doubted that the coaches were going to pay much heed to the fact that a complete beginner was making mistakes after all -- even with a full month of practice, it was to be expected that the skill hadn’t been polished to perfection, and he could only do as much as he was capable of. 

With only a couple of hesitations on the chord progression, Jinwoo managed to struggle his way through his entire short minute, just under the allowed bare minimum to not make it all too repetitive, and with that his first attempt at playing any other instrument than a triangle or the maracas had come to an end.

[rkxhyunjin]

♥ KT ENTERTAINMENT’S MARCH EVALUATIONS: PERFORMANCE - BUSKER BUSKER - CHERRY BLOSSOM ENDING

hwang hyunjin’s vocal and acoustic guitar performance of busker busker’s cherry blossom ending for kt entertainment’s march evaluations highlighting instrumental performance

Originally working his way through the MGAs with a focus in rap (he couldn’t just dance), ever since becoming a trainee Hyunjin has been developing his rap and singing abilities simultaneously – to the point that his confidence in both vocal performance types has gradually equalised. Hyunjin likes singing because it doesn’t require the same rigid attention to enunciation, that aspect of speech is still important, but it doesn’t serve as the primary factor in one’s singing performance. And Hyunjin, Hyunjin has always had difficulty with enunciation, even in everyday conversations; an underlying steady stream of effort hidden beneath every vocalised conversation.

(Should one catch him more relaxed, they may be treated to half spoken words missing hard consonants here and there).

At the same time, the detail singing requires is substantially higher – emotion and tone and flow, they’re accents of singing that the singer can’t simply gloss over. Singing in a way that appears effortless isn’t an easy feat, but should Hyunjin get there one day, it’s certainly a quality he would be proud to have.

Rap on the other hand requires rigid enunciation, and being unable to clearly state your message when rapping equates to a meaningless rap in Hyunjin’s mind. However, the beat of rap appeals to Hyunjin, he likes being able to physically picture the steady beat, likes mapping the spoken words onto it.

(Perhaps what truly appeals to him is a mixture between both, a middle-ground that sometimes surfaces in lyrical rapping or beat-driven singing).

The performance itself isn’t nearly as nerve-wracking as the other evaluation performances before it. Always drawn to physicality, Hyunjin feels that at the very least, he can rely on his fingers to fully memorise and correctly play the necessary chords for his performance. A few times while practising guitar Hyunjin had experienced that same comforting blankness that accompanies him when he dances. Although playing guitar lacks the full-bodied physicality of dancing, it does produce music to accompany the physical movements; and it’s exciting to know that Hyunjin is expanding as a performer, finding comfort in more aspects of performance than before. 

Hyunjin likes to think he’ll be able to continue playing and developing in the future.

[memoirsofrkxjiyeon]

* piano man ft kangjoon

@rkkangjoon

once minhee got back from her little trip away from cancun she felt like a newer and better person than before. she was refreshed and realize that learning a musical instrument isn’t the worst thing in the world, it can be actually fun. there was the person she could trust on giving her some extra lessons to learn how to play the piano, thanks to the music theory she knows how to read music but she never actually sat at piano & play. minhee only has a slight idea on what keys or what so there was a lot to learn, she only had a month to learn one song & perform it. 

the female arrived at the music room where they decided it would be best to practice together with a smile, “I hope you can work miracles...cause I think I gonna need one. I already did my research online to see what would be the best song for me to learn. I decided on something simple and quite repetitive so it is easy to play plus remember.” minhee grabbed the folder out of her bag as printed out the music sheet of the song from tangled the healing incantation. since she wasn’t the best piano player in the world, she wanted to keep it simple & sweet very much fairytale vibe to the performance. she already planned out the small parts but now she generally needs to focus on playing the song on the piano.

[rkseonho]

broken glass.

@rkmseok march 19 eval set mar 10th 

decked in sweat pants that are loose enough to hide the knee brace, and an over sized hoodie that might actually belong to jaehyun now that he thinks about it, seonho stretches out along the couch in one of the recording studios. he was waiting on the instructor to come back to help him go over his vocals once more. it’s been almost ten minutes now and the teen was going insane waiting. bored, he ended up pushing up from his lazy position and went over to the sound board.

he’s been taught how to use it, well kind of, he’s had a few lessons and he’s helped arrange a song or two, so he knows how most of these nobs and buttons work. but he’s never done anything without supervision.

seonho doing anything without supervision is normally a bad idea but well. 

no one is here to stop him.

curious, he plots into one of the chairs before the sound board and flips one of the switches on. he knows the soundtrack for his current evaluation song choice was still set up to play. but he couldn’t remember how to play it.  couldn’t hurt to mess around. and that’s how seonho ended up getting jonas brother sos to blast near full volume through out the recording studio. he didn’t hear the door open, nor did he see his hyung standing at the door as he pushed more things and flipped others until the song has morphed into an almost demonic chant. “ahhnoooooo this isn’t it!!” he panicked, trying to shut it off. 

[rklino]

MARCH EVALUATIONS ... min yoongi performing lc9′s replay instrumental harp version!                                                                   (0:00 - 2:45 )

the harp is a lot more difficult than yoongi expects.

it's an intricate instrument, the chords and sounds entirely different than a guitar, or a ukelele, or whatever else with strings, yoongi feels. it's large too, and if yoongi's hands were smaller he'd probably feel a bit overwheled with it all. he swallows as he gears himself up for his performance-- nerves overtaking him. a new instrument, a brand new test. he knows he's practiced enough, gone through enough songs to pick exactly one that he feels he can do the best. he's done a lot for this, and he's proud of himself for not taking the easy way out, no matter how much he really, really wanted to.

when it's his turn, he ambles himself up-- and makes sure to set up the harp properly. in the back of his head-- he wonders if there's going to be any surprises this time around. the last evaluation had left him feeling a bit shaky, and even know, in front of watchful eyes, his fingers shake. he breathes in through his nose, wills his limbs to stop the tremor and focuses on the task at hand. he murmurs a hello, bows his head and clears his throat. he glances over to the stand near him-- where the sheet music lies. it stares back at him, both familiar and unfamiliar in the same go. he takes a moment to breathe, his hands moving to the strings before he finally begins

the first few chords of the song enter the air-- and yoongi holds his breath as he focuses. his eyes flicker between the instrument and the sheets, expression furrowed and pinched as he attempts to follow along. he's still a novice, still new to this; he knows they're likely not expecting much-- but he doesn't want to completely butcher it. so he continues, fingers trailing over the strings and as he gets further in, he feels himself relaxing a bit. features not as tense, not as furrowed-- the sound of a harp is truly beautiful. it's calming and sweet and yoongi wouldn't mind doing this again-- maybe in a workshop, not at the focus of an evaluation. but he continues on, through the rest of the song’s section. towards the end, his fingers fumble and they shake, and he grits his teeth as he catches himself. it sounds a bit warped, an obvious mistake but he doesn't stop-- and moves to finish his chosen part of the song.

at the end, he feels as though it's a much better performance than last month, and he walks out not feeling as awful as he did before.

[rkrosememories]

HEADACHE.

♡ ┋ @rkjohnny​!

out of all of the instruments she can play, the one rose can’t play, is the drums. it’s not really the most practical instrument to set up in a bedroom or an apartment. serious soundproofing is required and even then, it’s loud and isn’t exactly the way to befriend your neighbours. that and it’s not really the sort of thing you can pack up and bring with you wherever you may go. that’s why rose had kept her distance, sticking to her guitars ( and heck, even her keyboard and piano ). still, at the end of the day, she wants to be able to sit down at a kit and play one day.

she’s sitting cross-legged in one of the instrument friendly practice rooms with johnny, who has kindly taken on the roll of drummer in their evaluation group. rose knows johnny, friend of friends, so she’s cool and comfortable hanging out with him. rose’s shiny, black bass guitar lies down on the ground behind her, meanwhile she holds a drumstick in her hand, attempting to do one of those classic tricks where drummers spin their drumsticks through their fingers. like a pen.

it’s not as easy as it looks, as rose immediately sends it flying across the room. she cringes to herself, looking across to johnny with a shrug. “i mean,” rose purses her lips, glancing across to the drumstick, watching it roll to a stop. “i’ve always wanted to learn how to play. maybe i should just settle with guitar, yeah? say, johnny. when did you learn to play?” she was always fascinated when it came to learning about other peoples relationships with music and instruments, especially since not everyone knew how to play something.