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It was another boring afternoon as Lizzie sat and watched Linkin Park's new video. She looked over at her guitar, which she had received on her birthday a few months earlier. She listened to the song closely. She listened to the melodic hooks and the crunching riffs, and the seemingly effortless spew of words coming from the singer's mouth.
"I could do better", she said aloud to her self.
She walked over to her guitar and picked it up. She thought back to her lessons. She positioned her fingers on the fret board and strummed a C chord.
"It's a start", she thought to herself.
She took her fingers and positioned them to a G chord, then an F chord.
"Hey", she thought, " this sounds pretty cool"
She played the chords again in a more rhythmic pattern and began to hum along. Then she stopped. She had the beginning of a song, but she needed more to complete it. She played an A minor, but it didn't quite sound right. She began to fish around with different chords. She struck gold with D minor. She was determined to finish the song. Lizzie sat there through the afternoon and into the night until she had finished the music.
The next day while sitting at Lunch with Miranda and Gordo, she broke the news of her artistic breakthrough.
"That's great Lizzie", Gordo told her, "what do you plan to do with the song?"
"I dunno," Lizzie replied. I guess I could try to form a band if some people would like to, or if they think I'm good enough to join one..."
"Hey," Miranda burst in," I have an idea. I play bass, and Gordo plays drums. Why not form a band with us?"
"Not a bad idea Miranda," Lizzie replied. She looked over to Gordo," You game?"
"Sure why not?"
"We need another guitar player though," Lizzie said.
Miranda looked up from her pasta, "oh leave that to me. You two just show up tomorrow with your instruments at my house, five pm sharp. And you put some words to the song"
The next day Lizzie walked over to Miranda's house, she saw Gordo's mom leaving just as she walked up. She waved and walked to the door. She rang the doorbell once and Miranda was there immediately. She had a huge grin on her face.
"Ready to rock Lizzie?"
"Yea, but can I borrow a microphone?"
"Sure I have one." She still grinned
They both walked in. Lizzie began to wonder who the guitar player was.
"So who is the new..."
She cut herself off when she saw him. Ethan Craft was standing there with his Fender telecaster.
"Hi Lizzie." The greeting seemed to slide out of his mouth like melting ice on a hot surface. She was in dreamland. "Lizzie?"
"Oh hi...Ethan, hello." She was still a bit wobbly. "So you're going to be joining us?"
"Yea I guess," he replied in his surfer sounding tone. "You guys ready to rock."
"You bet" Miranda said from behind. She had set up a microphone behind Lizzie, and plugged it into the second slot in her bass amplifier.
Lizzie then pulled out her guitar, and then realized she had to wear to plug it in. Ethan noticed also.
"Lizzie you can plug into my amp. There's room for one more." She plugged in.
"Are you guys ready?"
Lizzie looked over. The quiet Gordo had spoken.
"Yea lets do it," Miranda was overly excited. "What shall we warm up with? What does everyone know?"
"How about `You oughta know'?" Gordo shouted out.
"By Alanis?" Miranda asked. "Do we all know that?" There was a flurry of yes's.
They started out playing the song, and Lizzie began singing. She was enjoying it too. She enjoyed singing the song by herself, but there was an added rush hearing the band behind her. She then got to the chorus, and was at an all out shout "And I'm here to remind you,"
Miranda noticed Lizzie's excitement, she began to sing backup with her. They both shouted, "You oughta know!!"
By the time they finished the song, the four of them were convinced they had something magical.
"Are we a band yet?" Gordo asked.
"Sure, if you guys want to be." Ethan said tuning up his guitar.
"What shall we call ourselves?" Lizzie chimed in.
"Canzone," Miranda shouted.
They agreed on the name canzone. Lizzie then set out on teaching them her song. And they began to arrange it on the different instruments. Within a week they had the song perfect.
Next chapter will be the talent show, if you all like the 1^st chapter enough. Please lemme know what you think.
It was another boring afternoon as Lizzie sat and watched Linkin Park's new video. She looked over at her guitar, which she had received on her birthday a few months earlier. She listened to the song closely. She listened to the melodic hooks and the crunching riffs, and the seemingly effortless spew of words coming from the singer's mouth.
"I could do better", she said aloud to her self.
She walked over to her guitar and picked it up. She thought back to her lessons. She positioned her fingers on the fret board and strummed a C chord.
"It's a start", she thought to herself.
She took her fingers and positioned them to a G chord, then an F chord.
"Hey", she thought, " this sounds pretty cool"
She played the chords again in a more rhythmic pattern and began to hum along. Then she stopped. She had the beginning of a song, but she needed more to complete it. She played an A minor, but it didn't quite sound right. She began to fish around with different chords. She struck gold with D minor. She was determined to finish the song. Lizzie sat there through the afternoon and into the night until she had finished the music.
The next day while sitting at Lunch with Miranda and Gordo, she broke the news of her artistic breakthrough.
"That's great Lizzie", Gordo told her, "what do you plan to do with the song?"
"I dunno," Lizzie replied. I guess I could try to form a band if some people would like to, or if they think I'm good enough to join one..."
"Hey," Miranda burst in," I have an idea. I play bass, and Gordo plays drums. Why not form a band with us?"
"Not a bad idea Miranda," Lizzie replied. She looked over to Gordo," You game?"
"Sure why not?"
"We need another guitar player though," Lizzie said.
Miranda looked up from her pasta, "oh leave that to me. You two just show up tomorrow with your instruments at my house, five pm sharp. And you put some words to the song"
The next day Lizzie walked over to Miranda's house, she saw Gordo's mom leaving just as she walked up. She waved and walked to the door. She rang the doorbell once and Miranda was there immediately. She had a huge grin on her face.
"Ready to rock Lizzie?"
"Yea, but can I borrow a microphone?"
"Sure I have one." She still grinned
They both walked in. Lizzie began to wonder who the guitar player was.
"So who is the new..."
She cut herself off when she saw him. Ethan Craft was standing there with his Fender telecaster.
"Hi Lizzie." The greeting seemed to slide out of his mouth like melting ice on a hot surface. She was in dreamland. "Lizzie?"
"Oh hi...Ethan, hello." She was still a bit wobbly. "So you're going to be joining us?"
"Yea I guess," he replied in his surfer sounding tone. "You guys ready to rock."
"You bet" Miranda said from behind. She had set up a microphone behind Lizzie, and plugged it into the second slot in her bass amplifier.
Lizzie then pulled out her guitar, and then realized she had to wear to plug it in. Ethan noticed also.
"Lizzie you can plug into my amp. There's room for one more." She plugged in.
"Are you guys ready?"
Lizzie looked over. The quiet Gordo had spoken.
"Yea lets do it," Miranda was overly excited. "What shall we warm up with? What does everyone know?"
"How about `You oughta know'?" Gordo shouted out.
"By Alanis?" Miranda asked. "Do we all know that?" There was a flurry of yes's.
They started out playing the song, and Lizzie began singing. She was enjoying it too. She enjoyed singing the song by herself, but there was an added rush hearing the band behind her. She then got to the chorus, and was at an all out shout "And I'm here to remind you,"
Miranda noticed Lizzie's excitement, she began to sing backup with her. They both shouted, "You oughta know!!"
By the time they finished the song, the four of them were convinced they had something magical.
"Are we a band yet?" Gordo asked.
"Sure, if you guys want to be." Ethan said tuning up his guitar.
"What shall we call ourselves?" Lizzie chimed in.
"Canzone," Miranda shouted.
They agreed on the name canzone. Lizzie then set out on teaching them her song. And they began to arrange it on the different instruments. Within a week they had the song perfect.
Next chapter will be the talent show, if you all like the 1^st chapter enough. Please lemme know what you think.
