[diane]

Diane / California / She/Her SYT

[allysheneman]

What songs outside the band have you been learning?

I’ve been putting a lot of time and energy into the band pieces so I haven’t done too much outside of those, but still a few.

My problem has always been starting an easy song and not finishing it, so I’ve been adding layers of difficulty to some of the easier songs on the list too.

It’s not so much learning new songs at this point, just playing new songs.

Guitar (Chords):

* ‘39 (Queen)

* Time to Move on (Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers)

* Yesterday (The Beatles)

* Space Oddity (David Bowie)

* Something Good Coming (Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers)

* Alison (Elvis Costello)

Fingerstyle Guitar:

* Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles)

* Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright (Bob Dylan)

* Somebody to Love (Queen)

* Can’t Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley)

* Blowing in the Wind (Bob Dylan)

Bass:

* Watching the Detectives (Elvis Costello)

* Killer Queen (Queen)

* Alison (Elvis Costello)

Ukulele:

* Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles)

* Wildflowers (Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers)

Piano:

* Piano Man (Billy Joel)

* Somebody to Love (Queen)

* Imagine (John Lennon)

* Can’t Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley)

* Your Song (Elton John)

I’m sure there are a bunch that I missed but this list feels pretty accurate, missing the ones I’m working on the most of course (with the band).

Thanks for asking! It was actually pretty helpful to have to organize these in my brain 💕

[allysheneman]

You’re a teacher?! Do you like your job?

I am and I do!

My job is fantastic and I deeply cherish it. I get to teach 3rd and 4th graders bass guitar, and teach 7th and 8th graders (with one 5th grader) acoustic guitar.

They’re all amazing and I love my kids so very much. It’s so much fun to see them grow and learn. Comparing them to how they did last year makes me so proud of all they’ve accomplished.

Teaching itself is something I’m not interested in long term (I would need a better wage *cough* America *cough*) but right now it could not be more perfect for me.

In fact, I just got promoted, so I will now get to manage the bass and guitar classes as well as have a hand in how we run all music classes (we have 6 drum classes, 4 bass classes, 2 piano classes, and 1 guitar class for now).

I also get to perform on stage semi-frequently and have joined a band there that performs once a month for anywhere from a few hundred people to a few thousand.

In a nutshell, I adore my job, with all the opportunities it presents me and all the opportunities I can give to my coworkers and kids.

Thanks for asking♥️

[allysheneman]

Would you rather have infinite life but be dirt poor the whole time, or live for only four more years but be hella rich?

Only four years is sad, but I would definitely choose the latter. Not because I’d be rich, but because I don’t want to live infinitely, that sounds awful to me.

Thanks for asking, “mystery girl” 😉

[allysheneman]

CCR and The Beatles?

Creedence Clearwater Revival - What is your favorite instrument?

In terms of what I can play and what I enjoy playing the most, it will always be guitar. I think that my favorite instrument to listen to (besides guitar) is probably piano/keyboard.

The Beatles - Latest song that made you smile?

I don’t think it was probably “for what it’s worth” by Buffalo Springfield. The last song I played that made me smile was either “here comes the sun” (The Beatles) or “something good coming” (Tom Petty)

Thanks for the ask!!

[allysheneman]

Bon Jovi?

Bon Jovi - Your favorite song about love?

“Can’t Help Falling in Love” by Elvis Presley. It’s pretty basic, I know, but it means a lot to me. I played it for my grandparents just before my grandma passed away and it’s a song that has been consistently present in my life.

I also really like “Wonderful Tonight” by Eric Clapton which I recorded a first verse and chorus cover of recently for my parents’ anniversary (it was their wedding song).

And then, it’s a little on the sad side for a love song but still, I really like Queen’s “Love of my Life” and playing the fingerstyle part to that.

Thanks for the ask!!

[allysheneman]

2018 —> 2019 (first half) —> 2019 (second half)

[sytismylife]

A glow up? A glow up.

[allysheneman]

I’ve been off the grid for a while and then spent some time back to talk with friends and edit pictures from my trip, but I’m back now. I’ll try to answer all of the really old asks in my inbox and get to some of the “where are you” asks, but there are a lot so please be patient with me! (And thanks for sticking around ♥️)

[sytismylife]

Missed you!! Glad to hear you’ll be answering asks too 😍

[sytdatingsim]

Chapter 1

The game is out! Click here!

[sytismylife]

This game is so good. Replaying it is making me notice such little details lol

[sytismylife]

Romancing Ally has been cute af so far. I’m so excited to go through with the cliffhanger for Chapter 2 @sytdatingsim !!!

[sytdatingsim]

It’s official! We’ve started work on Chapter 2 now :)

That means that once Art and design choices and pieces are finalized for Chapter 1, it is ready for release!! ❤️

The release date is now March 4th (Ladaysha’s birthday!!) so keep an eye out!

[seeyoutherefriend]

Some art has been done for Chapter 2 also! It’s going to be amazing!!

March 4th everyone!

[sytdatingsim]

Game update

The game will come out in small segments in order to maintain interest both on our part and yours! The first part should drop in less than 2 months (assuming nothing goes wrong so🤷🏼‍♀️)

Until then, here’s some sprite stuff and background sneak peeks!

Ally:

Ladaysha:

Angela:

Side characters (just 2 of the bunch) (names are a surprise!)

Background:

Finished:

Concept art:

[allysheneman]

These are amazing! Great job to everyone involved, I’m very excited to see the outcome!

[sytismylife]

!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[sytdatingsim]

Update (001)

Okay. We’ve received a lot of emails and messages surrounding the game we’ve been working on and it’s long since due for us to give an update.

First of all, the main production hiatus has been art. It took a few months to learn the programming side, but every artist we had lined up has fallen through. If you’re an artist and at all interested in helping keep reading and we’ll describe that more later.

Second, the game concept itself deteriorated as we worked on it. We have since rewritten the script and turned it into a far different game. That took longer than the original script which already took 4 to 6 months on its own. The script is mostly done and now it is just a matter of programming, edits, and art.

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Main take away

If you are an artist who is willing to help message us!

We simply need sprites of Ally, Angela, and Ladaysha with a small variety of faces. They are wearing simple clothes and do not need to be particularly detailed or spectacular. We were debating asking @ladaydo herself to do the art, seeing as @allysmusic guided us through most of the programming, but don’t want that to be forced or our only option should she decline (which she is more than free to do). However, if she would like to our inbox is open! The drawings will need to be colored and shaded BUT if that is a deciding factor we can color it if you don’t want to.

We’re also lacking a few backgrounds! The settings remain semi-consistent and shouldn’t be too difficult. Let us know if that interests you as well!

More details when we receive a message!

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We need your help!

Another big thing. We’ve been avoiding going too far into the characterization and the dialogue of the script so that we could get your input.

Here’s a poll where you can tell us what you would like to see in them.

Keep in mind that this is semi-apocalyptic and will be taken as a response to trauma more than anything else

xoyondo.com/ap/Sv4Zmd8V4PDYEc4

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It is still SYT and still a dating sim, just a little different than it was and a lot later than intended. Sorry for the wait!

(Main blog: @asksytau )

[c-u-there]

No pressure at all for Ladaysha, but as the biggest Ladaysha Stan in this fandom, I would absolutely ADORE it if she did the art for this. That’d be so cool asdfghwghjwh

Then we’d just need a way for Angela to get involved and all three of them would’ve helped in some way🤔

[sytismylife]

This completely confirms my suspicion that Ally is absolutely insane lol. She can play loads of instruments, speak another language, program games

She’s a treasure and I love her,,

[seeyoutherefriend]

A warm up study of Ally’s hair over time (not in any particular order)

[asksytau]

Is it weird that we recognize all of these and what some are from???

[sytismylife]

Okay let’s see.

The first one is from an interview she did (she mentions having just gotten her hair cut in it as well I believe).

The next is from her announcement for the creation/formation of svn (the first band)

The last of the top row is her when she was doing mostly videos with others/not on her own. (Specifically with Cashel and a smaller one that I won’t mention the name of...)

The first of the bottom row is of a Halloween related video that she momentarily had. I love that this was included.

The following (and I might have this one wrong) I believe was from an interview that was originally intended to be video and was stripped to audio only save for a few small clips

The last I believe is her current look (seen in her profile picture post and the SYT photo shoots especially)

[allysheneman]

(syt - november 25, 2018)

[sytismylife]

Woahhhh. Big takeaways; Ladaysha is the shy bass player™️??? Angela looks so soft??? Ally looks genuinely happy??? I love them

[sytband-blog]

Welcome

Hey! This is Ally, Angela, and Ladaysha from the previous band “All Night Moonlight”. 

For being so patient with us as we revamp the band, due to going through some changes, we wanted to let you know the reasoning behind our new name and what the next three album themes we are working on right now are.

For our band name, we wanted an acronym that we liked but also meant something. While we were experimenting with acronyms we put our dogs’ names together; Sydney (Angela’s), Yoda (Ally’s ), and Taz (Ladaysha’s) to form SYT. We all loved that name, especially because of the second meaning from the texting acronym; “See You There”. 

For the album themes, though they will have separate more meaningful names later, we have been collecting songs we will cover and writing originals for the themes loss, recovery, and happiness/bliss. 

Thank you for your cooperation and we are excited for the things to come!

[sytismylife]

I was not expecting to love the new band this much! Like I expected the change to be hard to adjust to but this is all I ever wanted!

You guys are awesome! Keep it up!

[allysheneman]

Music and Theme for the Asks?

“Music” -* Have you ever studied music theory?Yeah! I’ve been studying it independently for the past year or so and I just signed up to take a music theory course for the next two years at school (with Angela too👌) but I’ve been studying basic music theory for like six years now.

“Theme” -* What’s your favorite decade for music?This is tough because I love different decades for different reasons. My struggle is between the 60s, 70s, and the 80s. I think, while I adore the 80s, of the three they’re at a safe 3rd place. The 60s are The Beatles for me, but the 70s were their solo careers (not entirely but still) and I find that the late 60s to Early 70s are my favorite. If I had to choose a decade it’d be the 60s but if I could choose any span of ten years I’d say 1964-1974

(Sorry I took so long to answer!! I’ll be answering the others in my ask box soon!)