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Post by vamperious on Jan 4, 2011 2:48:31 GMT -5
Zeb-the Bassist Raven the Drummer She sighed and sat back from the computer screen. 'Four hours of long hard work was finally paying off.' Stretching she took a deep breath,standing up she looked around the room-her boyfriend passed out on her bed-stretched across it like he was a girl on the phone in the 80's. Raven Shoved him over-knowing that he wouldn't wake up and got his cell phone out from under him. She had to text his mother to let her know that he was spending the night since he apparently hadn't told her since she had seven texts from the woman. She dialed the number and listened for it to ring but once then came the worried voice of his mother,"Where are you? Are you safe? Your not drinking or doing drugs are you?" Raven smiled, "Hello Mrs. Michaels, Its Raven-Zeb fell asleep-so hes at my house again tonight-we will have band practice tomorrow too." She could hear the woman breath a sigh of relief that it wasn't a ransom call. "Okay well tell him to call his mother in the morning- he needs his medicine so have him stop by. Good night." She hung up and threw his phone on the side table. Taking a swig on her energy drink she sighed herself-his mother was something else. "Who called?" Zeb asked sleepily as he rolled over to his previous position and looked up at her. She swallowed and thought about how to answer nicely since his mother had bought her a new drum set. "Your mother Z...I told her you were spending the night-yet again,"She added a laugh as she gave him a little kiss, " She wants you to call her in the morning and to stop by your dorm and take your medication." He rolled his eyes and got off the bed-getting his phone and dialed his room mates number. She dug into laundry hamper and got out her pjs and left tot he bath room to change. She had a silky tank top that was black with red lace and a pair of 'Emily The Strange' sleep pants. When she came back into the room-he was still on the phone talking to his room mate about dropping his medication off tomorrow at the practice since hew as a student under him. He still had on his schools' uniform-it was a private college with a uniform-he didn't mind it- it was a basic white shirt with a black tie and pants. "Did you finish it finally?" He asked as they both crawled into the bed. "Yes...I'm hoping to get a call or something tomorrow-I left the dates and times as well as both our numbers as contacts...I can only hope we get some good choices."In the morning-Raven's mother woke her up and told her that Zeb's medication was on the table in the breakfast nook. Raven rolled out of bed and got dressed-she left Zeb sleeping-he never slept well and he was out cold at the moment so she let him sleep. She made some cereal for herself and was just finishing it when Zeb came down stairs looking a bit pale. "Your pills are in here Z!" He turned from the doorway to the room where she was and popped his pills-and having a seat next to her. "Good morning-when did you get up Raven?" She smiled as she made him a bowl of lucky charms. "Early-I was letting you sleep-we got a long practice today...We gotta nail the part we were thinking about a few weeks ago." He nodded as he ate. Zeb phone buzzed-he didn't even bother looking at it but handed it to Raven. She looked at the number and sighed-his mother. "Hey-Mrs. Michaels-he just took his medication and is eating breakfast-He will be home later-I promise." Zeb was trying to keep from laughing as he looked at her face. "Okay- I was just checking in on him-you know how I worry about my boy..." She nodded and got off the phone-then they left to the hang out spot. Zeb locked the car and opened the trunk getting out his bass. Raven had run ahead with the Keys and opened the door and started warming up on her set. Zeb came in and started tuning up to make sure he wasn't too sharp like he had been last time some idiot had touched his bass.
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Post by squirrel on Jan 4, 2011 3:42:48 GMT -5
Derak- Guitarist Violet-Vocals/keyboard “Come on, just one more audition” She pleaded with Derak came out of his bedroom finally and he just looked at her, he was tired and he was getting older. Not many bands wanted someone too old, that didn’t portray the type of image they wanted but he did it for her. He said that he would do whatever it took to make her dreams come true. He too wanted this dream of being a rock star but soon he had to get his head out of the clouds and get back to reality “Come on, I already talked to Mike and he said that it was a good idea” Violet bugged him again and again even when he walked away from her and into the bathroom. She was tired of living from pay check to pay check. She wanted to come home to a nice place and just grab something to eat, she didn’t want to live off Derak anymore. He took care of her all the time and for once she wanted to repay him. She walked away from the bathroom door to give him some time to think it over. Violet walked into the living room and plopped down on the couch grabbing the remote “Please” she called out again and then listened for him “No” she heard him yell “Why not?” But he didn’t give a reply this time but heard footsteps “It’s time for you to get to class anyhow. We will discuss this later Vi” She turned to look at him with a puppy dog look on her face. She knew that he couldn’t resist that look “Don’t even try that Vi. I have a meeting to get to and you aren’t going to ditch any of your classes anymore” “Please, you’re always treating me like a child and I want to help you” she got up on her knees and rested her hands on the back of the couch. He kissed her on the forehead “What would your father think if I just let you go off and do whatever you wanted?” He questioned to her and she glared at him “Well we don’t have to worry about him now huh since he’s in jail now” she huffed and turned sitting back facing the tv. He leaned down to her ear “I’m sorry I didn’t mean it like that. Fine one more but if this doesn’t work out you are going to finish out your classes and get your degree and you are going to come back to reality with me” she jumped to her feet and wrapped her arms around his neck giving him a small kiss “Thank you”
She grabbed his hand and pulled him to the garage, she had already packed their instruments in the truck. “You planned this didn’t you” “Maybe” she danced over to the passenger side of the car as Derak walked over to the driver side. He started the truck and opened the garage “Alright where is this place and how are we playing it this time…brother and sister again or just friends” “It’s already programmed in the GPS and how about we play it by ear this time or let them think what they want to” He pulled out of the garage locking off the house and headed off.
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Post by vamperious on Jan 4, 2011 12:44:05 GMT -5
He remembered that it was at the last audition, a guy named Johnny who thought he was bad ass was changing the tone on his bass when he was helping Raven. He was so livid he threw the guy out and broke his instrument in return for him almost breaking his bridge and snapping 3 strings. She had to tighten the head of her snare because it was a bit warm in the studio and she didn't want it to fall flat. She smiled as he came in and there was about two messages on the phone. "We have two messages of people coming in today to audition." He nodded as he set his case down and pulled out his bass. He looked at its shiny silver that he had always taken very good care of polishing after practice since the day he had gotten it. "Aren't you excited?" Raven asked him since he was silent. "Yes, I'm just conscious that some idiot will break one of our instruments again...I just got mine fixed..." She got off her spin chair and gave him a hug. He hugged her back in a slightly awkward backwards hug since he was much taller than her. Giving his shoulder a kiss she skipped back over to her set and started beating on the kit to test herself. Zeb left the audition sign in the window. He had a feeling that it was going to be a very long day.
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Post by squirrel on Jan 4, 2011 17:24:00 GMT -5
"Nice place" Derak commented as they pulled into the parking lot. He got out of the truck and then walked to the back of it. Violet was just staring at he building. She was a little nervous about this audition, everything was riding on it. Derak gave her one more chance and then that was it, she knew that he meant well but just once she wished that he could be happy and carefree like her and enjoy being a rock star. "You coming or are you just going to stand there gawking" Derak called out to her and she caught up to him. "I can help carry something" she commented when she noticed that he had all their stuff. "Here" he handed her the keyboard, she knew that he didn't trust her with his guitars mainly because the last time that she had tried to help she broke the neck off one.
They walked into the building and followed the signs that directed them to the audition place. Derak was wondering what these people were going to be like, though he knew the minute they looked at him their audition wouldn't mean squat. But none the less he would do it for Violet. They came to the door and Violet just stood there a moment. She had to prepared herself for the worst before they walked in cause no was all they had gotten for the past couple of months. Derak leaned down to Violet and gave her a small kiss on the cheek "Chin up" he told her and she nodded her head and opened the door. Derak let her walk in first and then he followed her, he could tell that Violet was getting excited and couldn't help but feel the same. It did look promising on the surface but he still couldn't help but have his doubts. Derak spotted two people talking near the back. They walked up to the two and Derak carefully set his guitars down "Excuse me. Are you the two who are looking for new band mates?" He questioned softly not wanting to give them the wrong impression. "My names Derak and this is Violet"
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Post by vamperious on Jan 4, 2011 21:42:35 GMT -5
Raven looked up as they entered but thought they might be lost but she kept her eyes on the girl who was lagging behind the older man. Zeb didn't even lift his head from what he was looking at on his bass. When Derak spoke he looked up and saw how carefully he placed his guitars and smiled, most people would slam them down and have beat up cases-but this one did not. He was starting to like how this was going already. "Yes, I am Zeb and this is my girl friend Raven, I'm a bassist-" Raven cut him off to announce what she placed because she was very out going and she loved to let others know what she was thinking,"I'm the Drummer! What do you play?!" She knew she sounded like an over excited child but that didn't mean much to her-it might have to Zeb but she didn't care. "Its nice to meet you Derak and Miss Violet-May I ask your relation?-It had no bias on your audition-we judge soul on how you carry your self as well as how you treat your instruments-or partners in this case and How you play. In case your nervous-don't be-we don't judge on age or previous activities." Raven walked around Zeb and Derak and up to Violet and looked her over-liking her style-similar to her own. "Hi Violet-I'm Raven-Do you need help setting up?"
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Post by squirrel on Jan 4, 2011 21:54:31 GMT -5
Derak liked how professional that the guy sounded but he still had his doubts. But to Derak Violet did a good job, a bassist and a drummer that was promising to him. Violet looked at the girl, she was hyper and very loud but she could deal with that. "I play guitar. I've played many different types of music so I'm very adaptable..." "And I sing and play keyboard" Violet pipped in before Derak could speak for her, she didn't want Zeb and Raven thinking that she was just a shy child cause she could be very outgoing and ambitious when she wanted to be. "We have been playing together for about five years now" Derak continued and still mulled over the relationship question. He wasn't sure how he wanted to respond to that cause most people frowned upon hearing what they were to each other. "Violet and I..." he started out and then Violet linked her arm with his "He's just awkward about this topic because people tend to not like the answer" she said and turned to Raven "I would love the help in setting up" She told her and then she leaned down to opened up her case. "Well yea that's part of it Vi. Well Vi and I have been together for about seven years now...as a couple" though he wasn't sure what difference it maybe, no matter how much Zeb said it didn't matter.
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Post by vamperious on Jan 4, 2011 22:46:06 GMT -5
Raven tilted her head to the side and looked them over when they linked arms. Then smiled at them. "That's great- congratulations." She smiled them turned to help Violet set up her key board and such by plugging things in and helping set the stand. Zeb did also look them over and he pursed his lips some then smiled and nodded to them," Congrats. Its hard to keep a committed relationship. Raven and I have been together since middle school- its been how long?" She thought to her self for a second,"9 years in two weeks Z." She said as he helped plug the wire into the back of the key board. He nodded, acknowledging her answer," Well I'll sop bugging you and let you warm up- take as long as you need to tune and such- Raven and I are still tuning as well. If you have any questions or concerns let me know." He turned and let Derak get his guitars-he knew how it was to play un warmed up. He didn't want to be rude so he figured be polite but he didn't personally like how young the girl looked-but he knew that some people looked much younger than they really were so he wasn't about to judge. Since he was a junior in college and Raven was just finishing High school. They had the same music teacher and when she was in 5th grade she asked him out and they hadn't separated since- the parents didn't find out till they were both in High school- and his mother did have a panic attack then that he was dating after she thought he was gay because he didn't wanna go out with random girls.
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Post by squirrel on Jan 4, 2011 22:54:43 GMT -5
Derak didn't think that congratulations were in order but he let the two say what they wanted, at least he wasn't getting yelled at for robbing the cradle. He always hated it when his mother told him that not to mention the fact that Violet was his adopted sister. He sighed heavily and watched Vi for a minute and couldn't help but smile at her. She looked so happy but the feeling that he got from these two made him doubt even more that this was the right thing. He picked up one of his guitars and set it flat on a stood near by. He then carefully pulled out his Gibson Les Paul guitar. It was his baby, he had spent many years trying to track it down and then paid out the ass for it, he knew that it was a long shot that he would find it cause there really were only one hundred that were still around and not many of them were used for playing anymore but as attractions or dust collectors.
Derak started to tune up his guitar but he couldn't help but keep looking over at Violet. She stood there plugging everything in and smiling. She couldn't believe that she had talked Derak into doing one more audition and this one looked promising. She really liked the girl but the guy gave her a weird look and wondered what that was about. "Well I'm ready when ever you are Derak" she didn't need all that much time to warm up since she had been doing it all morning just waiting for this chance. Derak got up off his stool and walked over to her. "You need to relax, when you're hyper you screw up" he whispered to her and she stopped bouncing a little bit "I just have a few more things to tune" he told her as he tweaked a few strings here and there. "Alright, she's all ready to go" The smile on Violets face grew but she remembered to not get too excited.
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Post by vamperious on Jan 4, 2011 23:20:25 GMT -5
Raven stood back when they had finished and smiled, as she ski9ped over and flopped into Zeb's lap that he had been reading a paper in-before she sat on it. He smiled and gave her a kiss on the neck. "Ready when you are." Zeb nodded as well-He saw that they were making the final adjustments. He wasn't paying too much attention but he knew that Raven would keep him on track-like usual. Raven was looking forward to having another girl in the band since the last time they actually had a 'band' it consisted on all boys but her-and she hated it. They left the others behind a few years ago because one tried to touch her and Zeb hospitalized him so they agreed to stay separated and not mingle much any more.
((OOC: lol imp is smelling my drink- lol))
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Post by squirrel on Jan 4, 2011 23:42:30 GMT -5
Violet gave Derak a nod and he began to play some cords, she walked over behind her keyboard and chimed in with him. It was one of their favorite songs and it had taken them less then a year to right and perfect. Derak just focused on Violet as she began to play with him, though he wasn't sure what type of music the two were looking for but since they were a couple he hoped that they like this song. It was about two love birds almost the same as Romeo and Juliet. It played out very softly but picked up in pace and then Violet started in on vocals and she couldn't help but smile as she sang, she loved this song cause it reminded her of her situation with Derak a few years ago.
They played through the whole song and when it was over Derak just took Violet's hand and kissed it. She grabbed her water bottle and took a long swig of it. Her throat burned a little cause she hadn't sang like that in a long time so she was still trying to get use to it again and probably would have to pick up her voice training again just to stay in good condition. "So...what did you think?" Violet finally asked when she couldn't stand no knowing anymore. However Derak didn't really care what they thought cause he knew that he was good and that Violet had the best singing voice he had ever head.
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Post by vamperious on Jan 5, 2011 0:35:38 GMT -5
Zeb listened to intonation and listened for little quirks while Raven listened to beat and intonation as well as figuring out Violets' range as well as the style of music she could possibly sing. Raven was impressed at the end of the song and Zeb was actually smiling. This was unusual. When Violet asked what was up-Raven smiled at her. " You have a rather amazing voice Violet-thank you for singing to us today. I say hell yeah to you both- nice finger work there Derak. You have talent." Zeb patted her leg to let her know he wanted to stand up. He crossed the little ways between them and shook Derak's hand and smiled, " I would be honored to have you both in a band with us. I kind of feel like we should be auditioning for you." She said with a slight laugh. "Wow Zeb that's a bit bad but I guess we could seeing that they don't exactly know how we even play...lol we so should." She smiled and went behind the drum set to the radio grabbing the large head phones and placing them on her head and turning on one of her favorite CD's-well one she had gotten from Zeb. She took her seat weather the others had agreed to it yet or not and started at it- she waited a few beats till it was on beat then she started at it. She knew the improve parts she had added a few weeks ago-and she didn't doubt that the others could hear the music from her head phone even over her drums-she didn't play too loud since she still had the pads on the drums. Zeb watched her play with a smile, thinking she looked cute with a concentrated look on her face-her eyes closed her face slightly scrunched up as she played-she knew the set and she knew how to play it- she had won his heart when they were young when she did a solo in 6th grade. ((OOC: I'm sorry lol I'm being a dork but I also found some examples of how they play from Youtube. So yeah lol I was having fun.. )) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1f4WFme9qcRaven-drums www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEI_vzI_CWQ&playnext=1&list=PL1839C43F66CB9069&index=44Zeb-Bass
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Post by squirrel on Jan 12, 2011 0:31:06 GMT -5
A huge smile appeared on Violet's face and she wrapped her arms around Derak and was about to screech in joy till he looked down at her and he squashed it. "I'm sure that's not the case, I'm sure that you guys are just as good if not better then use" Derak said, he was never one for busting his own ego cause Violet did that enough for him. "I'd love to hear you play" Violet bounced away from Derak and walked closer to Raven. Derak hung back for a minute just watching the two girls, he just knew that Raven and Violet were going to get along great but he wondered how it would all work with him in the group. Surely they had better options then him, Derak ran a hand through his hair. Just thinking all this was giving him a headache but he got a little bit of relief when he felt his phone vibrating. "Excuse me for a minute" Derak said to Zeb and he pulled his phone out walking out of the room. Violet turned around for a second and saw Derak walking out, her brows knitted together wondering why. When ever he walked away like that it meant that it was work calling and that meant that they were going to have to leave soon but she didn't let her happiness go away and she just turned back around to listen to Raven.
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Post by vamperious on Jan 12, 2011 0:44:27 GMT -5
Raven was loving Violet already. They both were straight forward and had boys in their life. The last girl they liked that could sing, tried to steal her Zeb. Even though he rejected her in any way possible she kept trying till Raven had to get into her face and hospitalize them both. Zeb came to see her every day how ever which didn't do anything but re-enforce her bad behavior his mother had been saying. Zeb didn't care much for girls in the band he preferred to be able to have a knowledgeable conversation about politics or the economy rather than which fast food tasted better. He liked the look of the new guy-he seemed a bit older but he also seemed like he had a serious side and could actually hold a job rather then the rejects that Raven attracted in with her old style and such. He didn't much care for them-or her other friends as they were all too immature for him to handle for too long. When he excused himself from the room Zeb nodded and turned down Raven's radio a bit in case some sound got out. He turned to watch the girls smiling as they enjoyed themselves. He did observe however the look on Violets' face when she watched Derak leave the room, she didn't look happy.
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Post by squirrel on Jan 12, 2011 0:52:11 GMT -5
"Yes I understand" Derak said once he got outside the room and waited for his boss to say something. He knew this wasn't going to be a pleasent call. He sighed a little bit but kept it quiet, he really didn't feel like going into work today cause he wanted to keep an eye on Vi but he knew that he had to if he still wanted money coming in "Yes sir. I'll be there in a few minutes and then I'll head straight to the meeting..." he waited a few minutes then said his goodbyes and hung up the phone. Derak finally walked back into the room and watched Violet and Raven a little more but it had to end...for now. Derak turned to Zeb and held out his hand "Thank you for the audition and I assume you would like to keep this professional so we'll wait to receive a call before I let Violet get to excited" he questioned and saw Violet turn around to look at him. He nodded his head and her bottom lip just seem to come out on que "I'm sorry Vi but we have to go" she hung her head in mock sadness but knew that it was Derak's job. "Alright. It was nice to meet both of you" Violet said and wrapped an arm around Derak as he placed an arm around her shoulders.
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Post by vamperious on Jan 12, 2011 1:09:11 GMT -5
Raven looked sad to see her go-she gave Zeb a stabbing look to make him say something to make them stay.Zeb took a deep breath and sighed shaking Derak's hand professionally and nodded to him in response. He shook his head at raven ans she started to pout in return. Zeb gave her a look that read for her to just wait till they had left. She didn't like to listen to those looks and she let a sigh that sounded like she was going to cry slither out just for Zeb. He Pursed his lips."Is there any thing That Raven and I could do to assist you? We could take Miss Violet to any destination. If you would like that is. She seemed to be enjoying herself and It seems that Raven is being a pain in my ass because I'm letting you leave without any opposition." He said and she giggle a bit but ended up chocking back an actual sob-she had gotten too riled up.
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