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Aug 14, 2024 17:13:50 GMT
Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Aug 14, 2024 17:13:50 GMT
Futaba could feel So's eyes in the back of her head. So was the more judgmental person of the band. It tracks, at least when it comes to the music business. She's been doing this for 8 years now as a career. Of course she was going to be judgmental of someone like Kirara. Tapping her foot a little, Futaba glanced over at Suki before she heard So loudly announce "Going on a smoke break." before walking out of the studio. Should have expected that.
"Okay, lets take a break." Futaba sighed a bit, putting her instrument down. She watched Aoi and Suki step, following So outside. Grimacing a bit, she walked over to Kirara "Sorry about her. She's just a bit impatient." Futaba smiled a bit, before taking out her phone. "Don't take anything we say too personal. We've been at this for a while so stuff that comes natural to us doesn't always translate well." Futaba was trying to be a bit more diplomatic. She knew that if So or Suki started talking, things could be a little rougher.
"How long have you been playing? I think I never asked." Futaba would say, motioning to the drum set.
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Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Aug 2, 2024 18:05:32 GMT
"Stop!" Futaba would say, holding up her hand. Her bands mates stopped playing, exchanging looks before giving Kirara a look. Improvising is fun and all. Futaba enjoyed doing that herself. It something her band did a lot when they played live or were just messing about in the studio. It's a bit different though when you're trying to record music, especially if you are on a time crunch.
Grimacing a bit, Futaba twirled her finger around her mouth piece. She wasn't sure how she would address it but she mulled her thoughts for a little. "So, I get vibing and changing this up. It's chill. But you mentioned that we have limited time." Futaba paused a bit, hoping Kirara would understand what she was getting at. "If we wanna get some good recording in, ya gotta focus on the music? You feel? If you get lost playing and we have a drum track that is a total mess we just wasted our time." Futaba didn't want to come off as too rude but she was a professional after all. Her and her band's time was precious.
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Jul 18, 2024 16:03:35 GMT
Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Jul 18, 2024 16:03:35 GMT
When Kirari spoke, Futaba could feel So giving Futaba a look. Shaking her head, Futaba tuned her instrument a bit. While the idea of remixing both songs together would probably work. Doing it live wouldn't really work though. Requires some sort of coordination with everyone and a lot of synergy. "I like the idea. I think we could play both songs separately then remix them in post. We'd probably need to have the entire band here if we wanted to do both songs at the same time." Futaba could feel So ease off a little. So was a rathe impatient fellow but she was nice when you got to know her. Regardless, time was money so Futaba decided that she was just going to pick the song they'll start with. Motioning to Suki, Futaba picked up her saxophone. Suki nodded, setting up a couple switches, before coming in the recording studio. Picking up Futaba's guitar, Suki got to her station. "I'll let you lead, So." So gave a nod of acknowledgement before pulling the mic closer to her mouth. ONE! TWO! THREE!" Futaba would yell out before starting the saxophone line. Swaying along to the beat, Futaba Futaba would join in Don't you dare touch the dial! We dressed up like a heart attack for you, We dressed up like a heart attack! So the band would play, having a hell of lot of fun. It was pretty normal for them as a band. It got pretty rowdy when all eight of them in a studio, hence why there was only 4 of them here. Kirara Alwi ,
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Jul 11, 2024 18:58:49 GMT
Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Jul 11, 2024 18:58:49 GMT
"That's fine." Suki would mutter, before taking a seat in the studio. Not her purview after all. If head management says they can't compensate someone because they aren't signing a simple contract, that's on them. Not HoloStars' problem. Futaba, meanwhile, gave Suki a sheepish look before placing her saxophone on one of the saxophone stands. Plugging in her guitar into one of the speakers, she motioned to Suki who got up from her chair and entered the sound booth. Suki was mostly there to make sure everything sounded good. Plugging in some other bits and bobs (Like headphones), she waited until the rest of her bandmates were set up. Usually, her band had 8 members but most were not required for this sort of gig. They weren't going to do a cover of Shake & Shake, Futaba's band biggest song. That was usually a event and concert ender for them. They were doing cover of other songs. Waiting just another minute for her bandmates to set up, Futaba gave a thumbs up to Suki before asking Kirara "So, what we going with first? If you don't mind doing a corporative singing effort, we can start with Modern Girl. That require Suki though. Not that she'd mind. We could also do Lost in Paradise. Fans love that one. Whatcha think?"Kirara Alwi,
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Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Jul 8, 2024 16:11:26 GMT
Futaba glanced over at Suki before following Kirara into the studio. There were many students at UAU and unless Futaba interacted with them regularly, she probably wasn't going to recognise them. That was the case with Kirara. She probably had seen her in the library before but not enough to leave an impression. Not that it was a bad thing. Only one student knew who Futaba was outside of UAU and they signed a NDA. Conveniently, Suki had brought that along. It was also part of the contract that they needed to get sorted out.
"Before I can properly answer that, we need to get a couple things signed. It's nothing crazy, just basic corporate stuff." Futaba tried sounding reassuring to some extent. The documents weren't anything special. Kirara wasn't signing her legal rights away to a Production Company. Futaba motioned to Suki who was grabbing two documents out of her briefcase and put them down on a table situated in the studio room. While Suki did this, the other three started setting up their instruments that they brought along.
"These aren't anything crazy, Kirara." Suki would say, taking out a pen that was branded after her own vtuber identity (A Manta ray). "One is an NDA, it basically means you aren't going to disclose any confidential company information to anyone. Gives us the right to sue for damages if you do. etc etc." The NDA would at least allow Futaba to answer the question that Kirara asked. "Other is just a temp work contract so HoloStar Inc. can compensate you fairly." Suki finished her little spiel, waiting for Kirara to get to the documents.
"Don't worry about the NDA. It's just common sense stuff. Don't leak personal deets and the such." Futaba would add, currently examining her saxophone reed, mulling over if she wants to put in a new one.
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Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Jul 4, 2024 14:47:48 GMT
Usually, HoloStar's policy of collaborations were pretty strict. They usually only ever involved talent within the agency and technically the outside collaborations were still within the agency, just with the English side of the company. They do make exceptions though, at least according to her manager. This was one of the exceptions. A person she had noted in her stream chat every once and a while. She was told by her manager about getting a intriguing DM about a possible collaboration with another musician. After some research, it was someone named Raralwi. Watching some of their content, Futaba and the HoloStar Management gave it the go ahead. It was low risk after all. She offered to pay for the recording studio session. Not like the company be investing into someone they don't know. It was also an opportunity. HoloStar always loved acquiring new talent. Futaba was dressed in her signature black cuttlefish dress. It was subtle enough that only people in the know who she was. She wasn't alone though. Her usual bandmates came along. Her bassist, Aoi (and on and off on screen girlfriend) who was busy talking on the phone to her manager and So the keyboard player who was talking to Suki who was making sure everything was going smoothly. Futaba on the other hand was carrying both her guitar case and saxophone case. Eventually getting to the music studio, she noticed the more uniquely dressed girl. Giving the girl a polite wave, Futaba greeted with the usual enthusiasm people would see on her streams. "Based on your cute outfit, you must be Raralwi! I'm Momo and these are some of my band mates. Plus Oshiro because she insist on baby sitting us!" Her three companions gave varying amounts of laughter before Futaba added "Thank you for arranging the studio. HoloStars really doesn't let people outside the company use their studio."
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Jun 24, 2024 18:51:12 GMT
Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Jun 24, 2024 18:51:12 GMT
Futaba watched Farrin swing the bat, the little point tally appearing on her her second screen. He was doing well on some of the categories but his predicted direction was letting him down. He was still racking up points but he probably wouldn't win the first prize. That wouldn't be announced to the end of the competition until Sports Festival was done but certain prizes would be given out already. After Farrin finished, Futaba clapped enthusiastically before checking on the prizes that Farrin was eligible for. "So, you did pretty well! You are currently in the top 10% of scorers! This makes you eligible for a 30% discount on any tickets for a Youmiuri Giants game of your choice! You also receive free concessions up to 4800 Yen! That can be used on merchandise for the team, food, etc!" Farrin didn't do too bad so he was getting a pretty generous prize. There were also a couple prizes he could chose from for just participating. "And for participating today, you get the following!" Futaba would say before a baseball card of her came out from the bottom of the screen. It was her dressed in the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Home uniform with her little signature at the bottom of her name "Momo" with a little trumpet drawn next to it. "You also receive a 20% discount code on merch on the merchandise tent from HoloStars. It's right in front of the batting cages! Just say 'The Golden Bazookas sent you!'" Futaba paused before adding, "Before you go, do you have any questions for me. This does serve as a more casual meet and greet for fans of HoloStars as well!" Futaba forgot how more energetic she was when she wasn't working in the library. It is rather funny to her. Farrin,
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Jun 21, 2024 16:39:42 GMT
Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Jun 21, 2024 16:39:42 GMT
Well, this is going to be fun. She wasn't worried about being detected, rather it would be keeping a conversation with Farrin. He looked like he was more interested in baseball rather than HoloStars. It shouldn't be too much of a issue though. If he was interested in the baseball aspects, he probably was interested in some of the baseball prices. "Well, we at HoloStars have partnered with the NBL so we are hosting a batting cage contest!" As soon as Futaba said this, a logo splashed across the screen, showing off the NBL, HoloStar and UAU. "Basically we are using technology provided by NBL and its partners like Hojo to rate your contact, power, exit velocity and potential distance of the baseball you hit! The better you do in each category, the more points you earn!" Futaba said excitedly before adding "The more points your earn, the better prizes are eligible to earn!" A small list shot in front of the screen, appearing as if Futaba's model was holding it. "Our top price is a VIP experience for a NBL championship game!" There were some other prizes listed like merch, CDs, etc. "Good luck!"Farrin ,
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Jun 10, 2024 16:51:06 GMT
Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Jun 10, 2024 16:51:06 GMT
HoloStar was one of the corporate sponsors of the many activities during the UAU sport festival. One of the big events HoloStar was hosting a baseball game from the Nippon Professional Baseball on the campus field. It had been a yearly tradition now and usually featured a big lead up events. Special karaoke streams, concerts, merch drops, and whatever else the talents cook up. Often HoloStars sets up batting cages for casual use and also as a competition. The person with the highest score at the batting cages would get a VIP Baseball experience at the upcoming game. Other prices include merchandise from the NBL and HoloStars. The individual talents would work at the different batting cages and cheer on the participants. It also acted as a random meet and greet. The talents would be on a large screen next, sort of next to the batting cage. It was protected by the netting so no mishit ball would hit the screen. Most talents were a at their usual streaming rigs and were just live streaming to the screen. Depending on where they are streaming from, the delay was barely noticeable. Futaba was streaming from her friends apartment from Toyko so it wouldn't be super delayed. Futaba congratulated the last contestant and signed a little card via a wireless signing machine. After this was concluded, she waited for the next contestant to enter who happened to be a student she had interacted with before. "Hello there! I'm Momo from HoloStar's Momo and the Golden Horns! I'm here to cheer you on and help you do your best at our little contest that we are hosting!" Farrin might be able to recognise her voice to some extent but Futaba did sound slightly differently compared to when she would interact with students at the library. Farrin wouldn't probably recognise her based on her model unless he somehow heard Freja talking to Futaba a year or so ago. Farrin,
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Apr 12, 2024 15:26:24 GMT
Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Apr 12, 2024 15:26:24 GMT
Looks like you aren't talkative. Futaba giggled a bit before extending her hand to the kitty so they could smell her before she sat food down for them. Grabbing a extra bowl, she put some food she thought the new spirit would like. A mixture of chicken guts, cat food and a little water to soften it up. Most of the spirits had specific requests but usually the mix she provided was suitable for most of them. Bending down, she gave the cat a small pat before turning to one of the other cats. It was smaller orange cat that started whispering "Power is held in the dreams of humanity." Futaba grimaced a bit when she heard the message. Usually the spirits never sent directly to her. Its usually unnerving messages that meant something nastier was going to pass through soon. The voice from the cat sounded normal to her but it would sound rather inhuman and distorted to the little pretender she was feeding. "So, what's your purpose little one? I know most Nekomata are messengers but sometimes they're different." kyo,
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Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Feb 9, 2024 17:09:01 GMT
Talent scouting was never Futaba's strong suit. She wasn't like the many talented people that HoloStar had hired to sort out talent acquisition. No. She was one of their many talents, finally full time as well. It made balancing her UAU job a little harder but she didn't mind. Her superiors, Suki, however did and told her that she should take breaks more often. So she was, at least from UAU. She hadn't quit or anything but used a lot of her built up overtime to take some time "off." She was still streaming and doing here usual HoloStar duties. One of those was suggesting talents to the agency. She had done this in the past. Freja, for example, she suggested as just a general job for the company. HoloStar are always looking for new people to work for them.
Sometimes though, they were looking for talents. Usually new talents would be chosen through auditions but sometimes independent streamers were scooped up into the agency. It was a easy thing for them to do. HoloStar can offer a actual stable wage, managers that deal with all the behind the scene issues, and so on. It was a rather good gig, especially the health insurance. This time she landed a pretty big hit. A person she knew from UAU that was already a established streamer.
Futaba agreed to meet Kupo in the park that was around the HoloStar branch building in Toyko. It was busy as per usual as the branch also doubled as a merch store. They had talked before and exchanged numbers. Occasionally glancing at her phone, Futaba twirled the little charm of her vtuber model she had on her phone case.
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Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Nov 2, 2023 23:56:48 GMT
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Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Nov 2, 2023 23:54:59 GMT
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Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Nov 2, 2023 23:52:05 GMT
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Oct 26, 2023 20:39:48 GMT
Post by Futaba Tamashiro on Oct 26, 2023 20:39:48 GMT
"Most people don't make the connection. I'm good at hiding it. My own partner didn't know until I told." Futaba laughed at little on how of a shock it came to some of the people she was allowed to tell about her second job. It was a awkward situation often to manage when it comes to her regular work but she didn't mind the multi tasking. When she was attending High School, she would often work long hours in her family's bakery. Like many people in her family, she was overworked but she never let that show. She was too much like her mother to admit that.
"Let me just..." Futaba pulled up Freja's email on her computer. "I'll send you some links, kay? Not just for HoloStar but other places as well." Futaba attached a couple links and job boards before sending Freja the email.
"I think you'd be a great fit for HoloStar if that's worth anything." Futaba smiled before pulling up her phone. "Let me give you my phone number. If there is ever a emergency or something pressing you want to talk about, I'll be reachable. Sound good?"
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