fandomhigh | Band Practice

Ted is jamming on his electric guitar, which he finds most excellent now that he knows how to actually play it. Some students from Music 101 leave, some stay and some new students wander in.

Hey dudes! And, uh, dudettes.

My name is Ted 'Theodore' Logan, but you can call me Ted or Professor Ted or the Duke of Ted if you want. Welcome to Band Practice! Really Short Dude (

bloody_rockgod) is your TA. If I'm not here, he can help you.

Today we're gonna get everyone to introduce themselves, because having a good band starts with knowing who you're playing with. So tell us your name, where you're from [OOC: fandom would be great], what instrument/s you can play (if any), how much music experience you have and what kind of music you like.

Name:
Where you're from (and fandom):
Instruments:
Music Experience:
Musical Taste:

There's *counts on fingers, gets confused, starts again* 15 of you, and we need a couple of bands for the end of year Battle of the Bands competition. So when you tell me what instruments you can play and your musical taste, I'll arrange you into bands so you can get started. You can play something original or a cover of another band's song.

Experienced student dudes and babes will get extra credit for teaching unexperienced student dudes and babes how to play. Give them the bass guitar or something else easy. Unexperienced student dudes and babes will get extra credit for learning how to play properly!

Have at it, dudes!

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Well... this looks like an easy enough class...

Name: Jean Havoc
Where you're from (and fandom): Central City (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Instruments: Piano, and I guess I can sing.
Music Experience: Self-taught for a few years.
Musical Taste: Anything that sounds decent ~~unlike what you were just playin' there, Bach.~~.

Uh, you're not on my class list dude. Did you wanna be? Because you totally can!

Sure, go ahead and put me on there.

[OOC: Sorry, I'm still a bit shaky as to how everything works. @_@]

[OOC: No problem! Just wanted to make sure you wanted to be here and weren't a crasher for just one lesson. Like Ted would notice anyway :P]

"Er, I'm Charlie. AKA Really Short Dude."

He scowls. He's not short. The rest of the world is just tall.

"I'm from Manchester, England, I play guitar and piano and drums and bass guitar, and other stuff, and I like learning new instruments so if you give me one I'll fiddle with it until I can play it. I've been playing piano since I was about four and I have a band at home with my brother and some friends. Driveshaft, we're called. We were getting a pretty good buzz in Manchester but then my mum shipped me off--anyway.

"I like rock and classic rock and some folk's okay and so is some classical and my grandmum taught me jazz standards because she thought everybody should know them. So. That's me."

Ah, I vondered vhen I'd get a chance to play again. You'd mentioned something about an...electric violin?

Um.

Name: Sonia Belmont
Where you're from (and fandom): Wallachia, Romania (Castlevania)
Instruments: Violin (vell, the Baroque violin, but I suppose it can't be all that different?)
Musical Experience: Taught by my grandfather for a few years, self-taught after that.
Musical Taste: Erm...I really don't know much in the vay of modern music. I did alvays like Palestrina, though. I suppose it's vhat you'd call 'classical' music, today.

Name: Lilly Kane
Where you're from (and fandom): Neptune, California (Veronica Mars)
Instruments: My mom made me take piano lessons when I was in junior high. I sucked.
Music Experience: One time, I was backstage at this concert, and the bassist... oh, right. That's probably not what you meant.
Musical Taste: Stuff to dance to, cruise around to, you know... fun music.

Name: Laura Holt.
Where you're from/Fandom: Los Angeles (Remington Steele).
Instruments: Piano (and singing to a degree).
Music Experience: I started lessons with my grandmother when I was 5, inherited her grand piano three years ago. Played mainly in school performances.
Musical Taste: Classical (Chopin especially), but really anything jazz or classic rock too.

Wow...there's a couple of people who like the same stuff.

Name: Jeff Murdock
Where you're from (and fandom): Wales, which is the bit of the UK that isn't England or Scotland or Northern Ireland. We've got lots of sheep and close-harmony singing. (Coupling)
Instruments: I think I could have a go at the cymbals or the tambourine. Something I just have to hit, basically.
Music Experience: I played the recorder in primary school but I never got the hang of the breathing while blowing thing, and when I was in Miss Stryson's class her blouse came undone one day and I inhaled it. The recorder, not the blouse.
Musical Taste: seventies electro-saxophone synth

I'm Paige Matthews, I'm from San Fransisco (fandom Charmed), I sing mainly, I used to so it at school so I guess that's my experience. Oh and I like electro clash and goth (ooc ok that's me but that's Paige is gonna like from now on!)

*wanders in after Biology finishes*

Another form?

Name: Callisto
Where you're from (and fandom): ~~A stretch of blackened wasteland and rubble that used to be the village of~~ Cirra (Xena: Warrior Princess)
Instruments: ~~Of torture?~~ None, but willing to learn.
Music Experience: ~~Beat of war-drums, clash of swords, screams of dying.~~ Very little.
Musical Taste: ~~Better than yours.~~ Open.

Name: Lindsey McDonald
Where you're from (and fandom): Oklahoma (Angel)
Instruments: guitar, and sometimes I sing
Music Experience: I just play sometimes. Taught myself.
Musical Taste: classic rock, old school country

Name: Lily Evans
Where you're from (and fandom): England (though I attended school in Scotland) [Harry Potter fandom]
Instruments: Piano, Alto voice
Music Experience: Piano lessons, sang in the school choir
Musical Taste: Elvis, The Everly Brothers, The Beatles, folk music, etc.

Name: Lane Kim
Where you're from (and fandom): Stars Hollow Sonnecticut, USA (Gilmore Girls)
Instruments: drums, and voice, if I have to
Music Experience: lots of secret drumming practice (couldn't let my mother know!), and singing in church choir when I was too little to protest.
Musical Taste: Early punk/rock/etc. - anything good

(ooc: Connecticut - yikes!)

Name: Murphy MacManus
Where you're from (and fandom): originally Ireland, most recently Boston (The Boondock Saints)
Instruments: Guitar, and I can sing a bit - though my brother's got the better voice
Music Experience: pretty much self taught
Musical Taste: mainly rock, though some classic rock and folk are okay every now and again

Instruments: Guitar, and I can sing a bit - though my brother's got the better voice *Grins* Damn right.

Oh. Um.

Name: Connor MacManus
Where you're from (and fandom): originally Ireland, most recently Boston (The Boondock Saints)
Instruments: Mostly singing. I play guitar and piano.
Music Experience: pretty much self taught
Musical Taste: mainly rock, though some classic rock and folk are okay every now and again---aye, then. What me brother said.

Did you two brother-like dudes want to be in the same band, or split up?

*Looks at Murphy*

Uh, together.

*looks at Connor*

Together, aye.

Name: Oz
Where you're from (and fandom): Sunnydale, California (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
Instruments: Guitar, mostly. Pretty much play any instrument I can get my hands on.
Music Experience: pretty much self taught
Musical Taste: Pretty much anything. Call it what you want, it's all music to me.

Name: caroline Todd
Where you're from (and fandom): England (Green Wing)
Instruments: Flute... sort of almost
Music Experience: ahh, none to speak of
Musical Taste: I like Queen and well... really anything. But not hip hop. and not rap. No.

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