S. Stormy

Hey y'all! It's my Shardiversary today(has it really been a year?)! And I just wanted to say y'all have been awesome!
First, I'm going to mention someone that I don't really know, but that I admire, and that's @Treamayne My friend, you always are so painstaking in answering all the theories and you always put so much time, thought and effort in answering and citing everything. Go you! Sorry if this is random.
Next up is @Shining Silhouette. You're so friendly and SO AMAZING at piano. You are one of the first people who comes to mind when I think of cool Sharders. I'm not good at articulating my thoughts, so this won't be very eloquent, but just know that y'all are all awesome, not proportionally to how much I say about you.
@CalanoCorvus, you're such a good writer and are so friendly and cool to hang out with. Thanks for reading my story!
@The Wandering Wizard, you're such a cool dude. Your wisdom and randomness are so much fun.
@Cinnamon, you are so sweet and so much fun to be around! Go you. And thanks for all your feedback on The Night's Broken Daughter.
 @Shadowed, continue being awesome, because you already are! But keep doing it! Thanks to you too with your help on TNBD.
@Robin Sedai, you are kind and awesome and also articulate. Good job!

Sorry this has been really short and I KNOW I'm forgetting some people. But if I don't post this now, I never will.
 

All y'all artist people. Any tips for shading? I'm seriously struggling to figure it out. I can't do anything that actually works and adds depth.

I HACKED THE PIANO!!

Okay, so actually not hacked. It's an electric piano(but it sounds pretty real), so you can transpose the key it's in! So I can play the lame All I Ask Of You sheet music in a boring different key, but it sounds like the original key! It's so cool!!! 

Also, if you hold down the sustain pedal while you turn my piano on, all the notes are permanently sustained and stop being sustained if you press the pedal. It's fun.

Vibrato slowed down is hilarious. Try the main theme for Phantom of the Opera as a reference.

Oh, and it also sounds awesome on 1.5 speed.

So you know how I was all excited about this play I'm in? Where I get to be a lead and have a bunch of lines?
Well, it's not going great. Mr. and Mrs. Mouse (Mortimer and Myrtle) barely know their lines and giggle every five seconds and the two stepsisters will always go WAY too far with their argument(they start screaming at each other and the only way to stop them is to physically move between them).
On the bright side, there are at least 6 kids who legitimately doing great.
Oh, did I mention that the show is two days away?
It's not a big deal... just a low-key play thing with only one performance... but I've worked pretty hard on this... and I'm frustrated.

You know that mom

Pop quiz for random bystanders! (no, not Random Bystander, although if you happen to see this, you can respond!): In Phantom, is the line "say you need me with you here beside you" or "say you want me with you here beside you"?

Put your answer in a spoiler!