Mentor Interview: Olive Penderghast
After finding out that Ginny was going to be her mentor and getting her contact information, she gave directions to the warehouse and let her know when she'd be available. She still worked at a little coffee shop with absolutely no intentions of ever signing, even after her talk with Rachelle. She was just set in her ways like that.
When Ginny was coming over, she had a camera ready while she was working on one of her new mixes. She knew that she had put on her weakest performance to date the week before, and she knew that she would need to really up her game going into her next performance, she just wasn't sure what she was going to do.
Ginny was actually really excited to work with Olive. Everyone kind of assumed (between the similarities in style and the fact that her lead guitarist was dating her) that she'd end up working with Queen Barb, but to Ginny, this was far more interesting, because they weren't the same.
The pale, busty vocalist knocked on the door, wearing tight black jeans, black high heeled boots, and a leather jacket over a white Joan Jett tee.
When she heard the knock, Olive got up excitedly and ran over to the door and opened it. "Hi!" she squealed, taking Ginny's hand. "Come, come. Let me show you my studio."
Ginny had to smile. The girl's mood was infectious. "Of course!" She said, happily letting the redhead lead the way. "I'm excited for this. I think we're gonna have some fun here."
Olive nodded with a grin, "this place is awesome. I'm so glad I found it." She sat down in her chair, offering the other one to Ginny.
With a sweet smile, Ginny nodded and took a seat. "Kinda reminds me of the place I got back home when we were putting our first band together."
She motioned to the computer, "all of my stuff is on here. I've made all of the backing tracks that aren't just regular instruments for my songs."
"I love how much you're already doing for your career. This is really, really impressive, Olive." Ginny told her, eyes wide with surprise.
"The way that things ended for me on The Masked Singer really lit a fire under me," she shrugged.
"I can see that. I think that's one of the things that's drawing people to you. They can feel how passionate you are about this." She nodded, crossing her legs. "And I have an idea for something that would really blow people away."
Olive nodded with a smile, listening to Ginny with great interest. "I'm willing to do just about anything."
"I'm not sure if you're overly familiar with Bad Reputation's album or not... but we have a song on there that I think would sound very unique with your voice," Ginny told her, looking pretty excited about this. She'd enjoyed her experience doing this last season, and felt a real kinship to her protege this season.
"Well, I was already aware of your music, but I didn't start to go out of my way to really listen to any of it until recently," Olive admitted with a nod. "You have some songs that I have wanted to work with."
"Your bestie's girlfriend and I wrote this one together... I think the pitch you have would make it sound really different but cool." Ginny said, getting out her phone and bringing up a short clip of 'I Miss The Misery'.
Olive listened carefully, nodding. "Yeah, I think that you're right about that."
"I think I'm more nervous about this week than you are." Ginny laughed, shaking her head. "I'm so scared of giving you advice that gets you voted off or something."