it's already late into the evening, and all the other members have finished recording. all the other producers have clocked out and gone home. it's just you and chris left in the studio now.

you've been doing alright thus far, getting everything in 3 takes or less. but the part he's given you now... is vastly difficult.

not only do you have to belt and hit a high note, but your throat is starting to feel the effects of all your previous lines.

after about the fifth take, he sighs in frustration, rubbing his temples. "you need to do it again. it's not clean enough." the tension as you two stare at each other through the glass can be cut with a knife.