The interview: same questions, one season apart

Ask these five, in week one and at the end

The same words, in the same order, both times. In week one they’ll shrug. At the end they’ll have a story, and that gap is the whole point.

1. What do you love about playing music?
2. Who do you like playing music with?
3. What are you working on right now?
4. What does a good concert feel like?
5. What do you want to be when you grow up?

Sit at their height, in the quietest corner you can find

The parked car after a rehearsal, a back step, a quiet room at home. Hold the phone sideways, at their eye level, with a little space above the head. You ask, they answer. Thirty to sixty seconds is plenty.