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As we entered the room, we were greeted by the sounds of a bass guitar and an electric jamming out. It was something really pleasing to the ears, like a fusion of Jazz and Metal, it was astounding. After a few seconds Kirk, the guitarist, and Richard, bassist, stopped playing and held out their hands to me, in return I shook them. Liam instructed me to sit down and then he laid down the sheet music expecting me to play the tune of Sunburn. I had to play it a few times before I perfected the riff, I then called the band as I finished my memorization. Liam went on to the drumset as Howard positioned himself near the microphone with his Jaguar. The room went silent as I started playing the quick arpeggios, Liam started playing the drums as Richard played single notes on his bass and Howard started singing in this Bellamy-style voice. Kirk only made some effect sounds from his guitar which added to the eerie feel to the song, a great sign of a creative guitarist. Howard then played his guitar during the chorus with high distortion, Kirk still playing some effects, and Richard started running through various complex notes, Liam was already crashing his cymbals like a true rockstar. The solo had to be my favorite part as I improvised and played the notes, I loved to mess up songs. Kirk played the solo with a whammy as the others continued their roles, the song ended with an improvised outro from Kirk's guitar. Throughout the whole session, the most dominant instrument was Kirk's guitar, I loved every single note he played and wanted to play the guitar too.
"Great job Nico." said Liam as he went off his chair and went to the water dispenser for a cup of water.
We practiced for another 4 rounds before we finally felt comfortable with playing the song. It was already 6 in the evening and I had to go home at around 7 to do some chores at my house so I did what I had to do and talked to Kirk about playing the guitar effects. I wasn't new to the guitar since I learned how to play the Spanish guitar when I was 13 years old, what I was new to was the electric. I remembered attending a concert by the band Blood of Wecz 2 years ago and ever since then I always wanted to earn and learn the electric guitar, it was an instrument of magnificence, excellence, and pure music, I wanted to have it. I worked during weekends for 3 months at a guitar store just to buy me my first electric, a Gibson Les Paul Double Cutaway Lite and I took care of it since. I wasn't pretty good at effects and the only one I used was the distortion and whammy, I underestimated the rest, until now. I was amazed at how the effects worked with the guitar and I wanted to learn as much as possible from Kirk. Kirk on the other hand has been playing guitar since he was 8, he never learned another instrument but the guitar, giving him time to focus on the instrument. I can say he is truly an expert, atleast better than me at playing the guitar.
"Nice pedalboard you got there.." I said with a smile as I looked focused on the board.
"It's been with me for over 4 years now, I even named it Leo since it felt like family already." said Kirk while pointing at the pedalboard.
"Mind if I play with it?" I asked nervously, expecting a negative reply.
"Sure", he said to my surprise. I hurriedly put on his guitar strap and turned the different knobs of the pedalboard.
It was an amazing feeling, playing all those different effects with Kirk's guitar, I could feel the creativity, the artistic feeling a virtuoso usually gets. I was like a kid having a first taste of Ice Cream, it was satisfying. I played the thing for a few more minutes before going on one more round for the practices. I had to go home quickly since it was already getting dark. Just as we finished playing Sunburn, I quickly grabbed my bag and went straight for my bike. It was a quarter to seven and I had to go for a few more blocks before I reached home.OOC: If you guys are wondering why this RP consists of only a few sentences, I could explain. I didn't want to write a really long RP to the extent of it being unreadable so I had to cut the story down into really short ones so that the reader would easily understand.. Edited by user 24 June 2010 20:23:15(UTC)
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zicon wrote:So what is Role Play all about, Imagination? Aj wrote:I don't dislike pop, I dislike bad music.
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