Ha, all right. You asked for it. I'm gonna be ranting a lot, then. =]
Yeah, I find it kind of difficult because when people hear something like "i wanna be a musician", they're thinking "i wanna be a famous rockstar" and there's a huge difference. The second one isn't always a part of the first one. Like, it isn't about the fame at all. I've found that no one really takes me seriously, not even my band. They all just think this some pass time. I'm hoping to make it more than that. Like, at least play every Friday at some club. Because I'm not sure I'd be able to live with the disappoinment if I didn't...
By experiences, I dunno, I mean anything, really. It could be as big as the death of a loved one or as small as...I dunno, someone knocking down your books in the hall. But I mean, if you're sitting there with a guitar all day, just playing, there's basically nothing to trigger your creative glands, you know? I'm just using guitar as an example. If you concentrate on any one thing for too long, there's only a certain level of amazingness you can achieve. At least that's what I think.
And AHH! The first time I heard Leathermouth...was like, in 2007 or early 2008 on PureVolume. This was back when they didn't even have half their website done and they had only two songs actually recorded. Pulse and Murder. Aw, but man, I fell in love that day. Frank is the reason I actually got into the screaming thing. Like before I heard him screaming in MCR, I'd hear like my friend listening to screamo music and I just couldn't take it. i was into like...The Beatles. And ABBA. Heh.
I actually look to Ray as more of an inspiration on my guitar because I mean...Jesus, he's amazing but Frank is so...charismatic and he's been through so much crap. My social studies teacher actually knows him and Ray too! And me and my friends dressed up as MCR this year for Halloween and we took a picture and she said she'd get it autographed for us. We were really excited but now it's been over two months and that picture's not signed...I'm getting my hopes up, telling myself it's just because they were off vacationing.
And yeahhh, that would be so awesome if we ended up like, on tour together. And I'd be like "Hey everyone, this is the girl who I met on a fan fiction website." Haha.
Whew, I'm done now. And you seem pretty cool as well. I'm gonna go read some of your stories now.
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I'm so jealous that your teacher knows them!!! How does she, do you know? I would like, bug her way too much about it. I'd ask too many questions and shit. haha. And I'd be like, to your teacher, "BITCH LET ME MEET THEM!" :D
You're making me want to start a band soo bad. It's going to be like my mission when I go back to school tomorrow to be like, "so, uh, know any good musicians?" meheh.
And about the Ray thing, I'm like that too, I just like Frank more because... I don't know. I just do. But whenever my dad's playing guitar (trying) I'm like "Bust into a ray toro solo!" and he just glares at me.
One more thing, where do you live? I don't need an exact location, just a state. Don't think I'm a creeper, ahah, I'm just curious. I live in Maine :)