private Big Band Beach Bash RP

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

@@Scribblegroove,

 

Diamond shrugged. "I don't follow the EDM world...I dunno." She said, looking over at them and looking back. "So...probably Electronic stuff." She said, smiling. "Never really been my thing." She said. "So...You have anything exciting planned for the next two days?"

 

 

@@The-Master,

@@Marathon,

 

Rhythm nodded. "Eeeeyup. Been at it since...a very long time." She said, smiling before looking at Amber. "You feeling okay? Guess one of the downsides to being a DJ is all the alcohol, am I Right?" She said, chuckling. "I think I've got some pain killers in my bag...if you want me to grab some."

Edited January 10, 2014 by ~Crystal Fire~

[Marathon 562]

Flash looked between the two, confused. "Umm... alcohol is required as a DJ?" he asked while he thought over this and rubbed his shoulder even though it didn't hurt. Again the mares brought a sense of confidence to him. "And I do like classical, though I produce more trance type stuff I suppose. Some soft synths, mixture of light and heavy saws, bells and plucky stuff really. I guess you could call it house if you wanted. I usually have two or three instruments that have a similar sound in each of those so that I get this sort of layering effect. " He said before shrugging. "And you should drink some water, Amber, it'll help with the hangover."

[The-Master 1,176]

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@@Marathon

 

Amber waved off the offer, putting on her best face. "Give me a minute and I'll be fin. You get used to it eventually. Wouldn't be my first time I've woken up like this." She rested her head back up against the couch, making sure not to exert herself. "I guess it just comes with the gig." It was a partially true fact. Amber had preformed in nightclubs mainly, eventually it had just become a part of her lifestyle.

 

"Ah, so you're a sort-of DJ? You don't strike me as much of an outgoing performer." She indicated to where he was rubbing his shoulder for emphasis. "Oh, and I've nothing against classical, it's just that the ponies who tend to associate themselves with it can be rather uptight. I'm not saying that you're a snob or anything, just putting it out there."

[Marathon 562]

Flash nodded in understanding though he didn't really think they were that bad. Again he sneaked a glance over at Amber, not really caring if the other saw. "Well, I've never performed to be honest. I do have a few small albums out though." he said with a small smile and some sense of pride in himself.

[Scribblegroove 565]

"I haven't got much planned. I was hoping to jam and record a bit with other musicians, but since there's only DJ's beside you I guess that is not going to happen." Scribblegroove checked to see if anyone else had entered. Not yet it seemed. "Oh, and I'm going to perform live of course. I don't do that a lot. It is not very entertaining to look at a pony standing still, making music with magic. That is why I usually sign alongsidw the music, or I play the actual instrument during a solo. It shows that I can actually play most instruments quite well, and do not only rely on my magic..."

 

Scribblegroove looked into diamond's eyes. He almost felt like he could drown in them. Suddenly the music he was playing started to faulter. Strange distorting noises were added. He quickly deactivated the spell. "Wow that hasn't happened to me before." He said, putting his hoof to his head. "I guess I lost my concentration for a sec...". Yet again he tried to changs the subject. "H...how about you? What are you going to do the next 2 days?" For some reason he felt attracted and at the same time repulsed by this mare. It was a strange feeling and he couldn't keep his emotions at bay anymore. ""What the buck is going on with me?"" he thought.

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

@@Scribblegroove,

 

Diamond listened quietly to Scribble as he talked away but frowned a bit as the music he had been playing went suddenly out of tune and quite shaky. "Uh..." She thought for a minute as she was rather distracted by what had just happened. "Yes...wait no...sorry. I don't have much planned, sip an appletini, smoke a cigarette, and sing some stuff." She said with a chuckle. "And um...you...feeling alright?" She asked, looking up at his horn before looking back down at his eyes.

 

 

@@Marathon,

@@The-Master,

 

Rhythm smiled at Flash. "Never performed, huh? Well you're in for a fun ride...the lights...the people...its a blast." She said, giving a dreamy sigh. "In all my years of performing...its never gotten old." She said before her attention to Amber. "How about you, Amber? You do allot of live stuff?" She asked.

[Scribblegroove 565]

Scribblegroove struggled with this strange feeling he had. "Uh, yeah. I'm fine." He looked around to see if there were any studio rooms around. "I think I'm going to have a look upstairs. I believe they had some recording equipment around here somswhere. Care to join me?" Scribblegroove asked. "Otherwise we could grab a drink and talk some more."

[The-Master 1,176]

@@Marathon

@

 

"Been doing this for about two years, just small gigs every now and then. Quite a change from my old life, but I wouldn't give it up for anything." Amber was about to take out her earphones when she thought of something. "So you fancy yourself a DJ, Flash. You've got your laptop here, why not put on one of your tracks. I'm sure we'd all like to hear what you've been working on."

[Marathon 562]

@@The-Master, @,

Flash looked at Amber as if she was crazy. "I-I never said that!" he exclaimed looking between the two. He didn't know where Amber had gotten the notion that he considered himself a DJ, which he didn't. He did, however, have a few DJ-ing things at home that he didn't bring because it would be too heavy to carry. All he had with him were his two launch pads and laptop along with his headset. All he really had to do was press space and let the song play but if that was considered 'DJ-ing' he guessed that he may have been, though he doubted it and doubted that anyone at the party would even care much for his music. "I.... think I'm good....." he said sheepishly with his ears flat as he levitated his laptop closer to himself as if they would try and steal peaks from it. He also plugged his headset in just in case the song accidentally played.

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

@@Scribblegroove,

Diamond shrugged. "I'm up for whatever...lets grab a drink before checking out the recording rooms." She said, getting up with a flutter of her wings before turning and holding out a hoof to help Scribblegroove up, giving him a friendly smile.

 

 

@@Marathon,

@@The-Master,

 

Rhythm raised an eyebrow. "Think you're good? If that's the case, why not show us a little something?" She asked, looking down at his computer. "Come on...may as well get some practice in before you play in front of all the screaming cheering ponies tomorrow..." She said, casually.

[Marathon 562]

@, @@The-Master,

Flash's heart dropped at the sound of 'cheering ponies'. He had assumed it would only be a few judges and not a whole crowd. Flash half-closed his laptop and set it down next to Amber as he got up and sprinted towards the bathroom with a panicked look on his face. When he got there he slammed the door closed and hid, not realizing he had left his laptop in his panicked rush.

[The-Master 1,176]

@

@@Marathon

 

"Aww, come on Flash." Amber called teasingly after him. "Alright then, have it your way." She turned back to face Rhythm, still rather confused but not really in the mood to pursue the issue. "That was rather strange. I guess the way he acts all shy is kinda cute, but he didn't have to run out on us." She noticed his laptop still sitting next to her on the couch, eyeing it curiously. "Maybe he wouldn't mind if I just took a quick peek, just a small preview."

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

@@The-Master,

@@Marathon,

 

Rhythm got up to go after Flash as he ran off...but she stopped as he slammed the door to the bathroom. Giving a small sigh, she sat down again and looked at his laptop. "I dunno...that's his private stuff..." She trailed off. "Maybe one quick peak..." She said, moving from the coffee table so she was sitting next to Amber on the couch.

[Scribblegroove 565]

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Scribblegroove grabbed diamonds hoof and pulled himself up, only to be nearly knocked down by flash nearly running into him. "Wow, easy there..." He said, before realising that he had already ran for the bathroom and closed the door. "Strange" He said to himself." He waited for a while and thought "Why did he run for the bathroom? Couldn't he have just walked there". 

 

As soon as he had regained his balance he walked towards a large table which was full of all sorts of drinks. Most of them were alcoholic. Scribblegroove used his magic to pour himself a large coke with a tiny little bit of rum. He didn't like to drink too much. Usually he got very friendly and loose when he had a little alcohol, but some ponies considered it 'touchy' when he went too far witht he drinks. He also poured an appletini for diamond and passed it on to her, keeping it afloat until she grabbed it. "Appletini right? There you go. Lets go check out the next floor!"  He said to diamond with a smile. "I'd like to see what kind of aperature a penthouse like this has to offer." He started walking towards the stairs. 

 

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When he saw Encore still waiting for people to arrive, it became apparent to him that he might have to ask before going upstairs. "Hey... Encore, wasn't it? Do you mind if we go upstairs and check out the recording rooms for a bit? I'd like to see your tech."

[Marathon 562]

@@The-Master, @,

Flash paced back in forth inside the bathroom thinking and talking to himself in a hushed voice. It was only going to be a  hand full of other ponies watching, or a couple hundred.... thousand.... "Oh god.... why?" he said to himself as he started to pace quicker. He couldn't go out on stage with that many ponies watching him, judging him, there to either praise him or boo him off stage. Both scared him. He had to leave, he couldn't do it. Flash burst out of the bathroom and went back to the sofa and saw both mares looking at his computer. Flash ran over and snatched it from them with his magic, lifting it high into the air. "What do you think you're doing?!" he looked at the screen and let out a sigh seeing that the song hadn't been played. Flash then glared at the two, mostly Amber because he had thought she was nice, but now that had been crushed. Flash had no words for them, though he wanted to yell, be enraged at them. Instead he packed up his stuff and left the two, going up stairs to go and sit out the rest of the party and loose himself in a few games.

[The-Master 1,176]

@@Marathon

@

 

"Awesome. Now I just need to- hey! What gives, man!?" The laptop was taken from under her nose. Flash seemed to have returned with some new kind of attitude. Amber really hadn't expected his reaction to be like that, she'd always justified her behaviour by simply being "out-there". If he was too shy or too uptight to deal with it then it wasn't worth her time.

 

"Come on, we didn't mean anything by it. We just really wanted to listen to your music." She gestured her earphones towards him. "You can listen to mine if you want. It's nothing special, but fair is fair." By now he had already left. Amber sunk back into her chair, pouting her bottom lip. "Is he really that sensitive? Did I do something wrong?" Threw her head back and just looked up at the ceiling. "Damn, I must have been a real jerk to him, poor guy."

[Marathon 562]

On Flashe's way up he had heard Amber's pleas and had gone up the stairs half-way and stopped. He set his stuff down and peeked back down the stairs and saw how bad Amber felt, and that made him feel bad for making her feel bad. Though, he was mad, Flash sighed heavily and grumpily and dragged his stuff back down quite litterally and over to where Amber sat. Now that he really looked at her he thought she was a bit pretty. "Do.... you really mean it?" he asked quietly, stepping towards Amber cautiously with his ears flat. Maybe he had over reacted a bit...

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

@@The-Master,

@@Marathon,

 

Rhythm patted Amber on the shoulder with her hoof. "Don't blame yourself...all we did was say we wanted to hear his music...and got curious...he shouldn't have reacted like that." She said, shrugging. "He's just...nervous...he'll get over it." She said, glancing over at the stares just in time to see Flash returning. "Speak of the devil...you alright?" She asked, looking rather worried.

 

 

@,

@@Scribblegroove,

Diamond nodded and followed Scribblegroove over to Encore, remaining quiet as Scribblegroove interracted with the other colt. As they talked, she sipped her drink and absentmindedly looked over at the door, wondering if anypony else would be coming.

[The-Master 1,176]

@@Marathon

@

 

"Yeah... I hope he does." Upon actually noticing Flash's return Amber tried to look a bit more composed, but it was still a chore. She avoided looking him directly in the eye, her gaze scanning the room franticly. "I know I can be a jerk sometimes, I'm just...  I'm sorry if what I did hurt you. I just wanted to have some fun and I guess I got a bit carried away. I think I do that allot actually." She held out a hoof towards them. "Hey, can we still be friends? I'll try not to be so...   overbearing, Is that the right word? You get what I mean"

[Marathon 562]

Flash looked at Amber's hoof for a moment, unsure whether or not to accept her apology. He thought over it a few more seconds beofre lightly shaking her hoof with his. "Yeah.... I guess we can..." Flash whispered with a worried look still on his face. He then climbed back onto the couch next to Amber and then whispered his own apology for overreacting.

[Scribblegroove 565]

Scribblegroove was already walking up the stairs, not waiting for encore's reaction. Encore would stop him if he was not supposed to go there, but why invite musicians to your house and NOT let them in your recording rooms. It wouldn't do any harm to nose around a little.

 

When he got up the stairs he was a little bit confused. The room he entered was still kind of bit. Another lounge-ish space just like downstairs. However, there were two big doors to the left side of it, hiding the studio's from fight. Scribblegroove couldn't help but get a little excited. His Jazz-team didn't have any great budgets, so their recording rooms were good, but not great. This place however looked like it could afford recording tech of the gods. He waited a while for diamond to get upstairs. When she was, he walked towards one of the big doors and opened it.

 

Scribblegroove was not dissapointed. The room led to a big storage room full of equiment and instruments, with a few walkways inbetween them. The sound-proof wall on the opposite side of the one he had just entered through led to a room with a gigantic switchboard. Some call it "The studio in a box" Since it has the best of everything you can get out there to record anything. It had about 64 entrances, enough to record an entire orchestrea. The monitors on the side of it were currently on black, but would display the soundwaves that every singe instrument produced in the room that was behind a glass window. Another door to the side of the enormous switchboard led into a big, empty soundproof room, built to prevent soundwaves from echoïng around. There was space in here to fit, as he thought, an entire orchestrea of ponies in it!

 

His jaw dropped... The soundproofing of this room alone must've cost around 12.000 bits, calculating out the installation. This truly was a music-walhalla. The music instrument in the storage of instruments would probably add up to something over 25.000 bits, and the switchboard was perhaps around 10.000 bits. And then to think that this entire room had to be custom built to give the perfect accoustics. And on top of that, there were TWO studio's!

 

He then realised he was in the vicinity of a lady. He shut his mouth, right before he started drooling on the floor and exclaimed: "Well, this looks pretty impressive doesn't it..." He turned around to look at diamond, hoping she'd be just as impressed as he was. If not, then he'd like to see HER studio as well. He listened to her answer while he was playing around with the switchboard a bit.

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

@@Scribblegroove,

 

Diamond gave Encore a friendly smile as she followed Scribblegroove up the stairs. As she passed the drinks table, she finished her appletini and quickly placed it on the tray labelled "Dirty dishes" using her magic.
After that, with a flutter of her wings, she quickly trotted up the stairs to catch up with Scribblegroove, following him into the recording studio and going wide eyed. "And I thought what I had was impressive." She said, chuckling and walking over to the door leading into the padded room for recording. She pulled it open and instantly walked up to one of the microphones. "As I thought...best of the best." She said, tapping it with her hoof before poking her head back into the mixing room. "I was always told I had expensive taste...my recording studio is my bedroom." She said, laughing.

 

 

 

@@Marathon,

@@The-Master,

 

Rhythm remained quiet while the two made up, feeling a little annoyed that Flash had ignored her but...she didn't want to anger anypony. "Soooo...who wants a drink?" She asked, looking over at the snack table.

[Scribblegroove 565]

He looked at Diamond and chuckled as well. "The most expensive piece of equipment I have was the custom mic that Leonard has made for recording my horn. It looks really stupid, like a hat on top of it, but it gives a sound quality equal to... well, near-reality actually. He didn't exactly tell me how much it cost him, but he said his university had funded the project, so I think it is worth quite a lot..." He explained. "The rest of my studio isn't very impressive. We have good stuff, but not many entrances, since I usually get recorded alone... We don't have a lot, but the quality is good. We rent the building we record in. I usually write in my room though. There's music sheets all over the place!"

 

Scribblegroove really did want to try out the equipment. He looked at Diamond, who seemed to be impressed as well. "Why don't you sing a little, just to see how good this stuff really is..!" He said. He hoped that she'd actually sing. He wanted to know how good she was... "If your voice is as good as your looks we should be good!" He added, hoping that the compliment would make her give. He flicked on the switchboard and open the gate for the main microphone, the big studio microphone in the middle of the room. He pointed at it, gesturing her to sing in it.

[Marathon 562]

@@Scribblegroove,

 

Diamond gave Encore a friendly smile as she followed Scribblegroove up the stairs. As she passed the drinks table, she finished her appletini and quickly placed it on the tray labelled "Dirty dishes" using her magic.

After that, with a flutter of her wings, she quickly trotted up the stairs to catch up with Scribblegroove, following him into the recording studio and going wide eyed. "And I thought what I had was impressive." She said, chuckling and walking over to the door leading into the padded room for recording. She pulled it open and instantly walked up to one of the microphones. "As I thought...best of the best." She said, tapping it with her hoof before poking her head back into the mixing room. "I was always told I had expensive taste...my recording studio is my bedroom." She said, laughing.

 

 

 

@@Marathon,

@@The-Master,

 

Rhythm remained quiet while the two made up, feeling a little annoyed that Flash had ignored her but...she didn't want to anger anypony. "Soooo...who wants a drink?" She asked, looking over at the snack table.

Flash looked over at Rhythm and smiled. "Um... nothing too strong, please. Also not too much ice either. That is if you're getting them for us...." he said as he scooted closer to Amber. "And... I guess when you come back I could possibly play a song.......... maybe...." he said the last part a bit hesitantly, fiddling with his hooves.

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

@@Scribblegroove,

 

She blushed a bit at his compliment but smiled none the less and trotted over to the mic. "Aaalright then..." She mumbled, clearing her throat before moving close to the Mic. "Its always felt weird to sing without music...in all my years of singing I've never been used to it." She said, before taking a deep breath and...she began to sing one of the first songs she ever sang in front of an audience...and she was...very good.

 

 

 

 

 

@@Marathon,

@@The-Master,

 

Rhythm nodded and got up. "I'll get us some punch then." She said, smiling before trotting over to the table, pouring a some of the punch into a couple cups.
After a moment, she returned to the couch, the cups floating behind her, surrounded in a blue magical aura as she levitated one cup over to each of the ponies sitting on the couch before she sat back down herself. "So...lets all agree that we all gotta play a song and...if you want...maybe tell what inspired you to make the song?" She asked.

Edited January 13, 2014 by ~Crystal Fire~