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Groovy Tunes; Friday [ 05/16 ]

Chad was thinking that he didn't mind working through an event like that luau things so much because it wasn't like Teddy was here to go to it with him. But, usually, an event like that meant Teddy would skip it, too, to spend time with Chad at the store, and he wasn't around to do that, either. So Chad wasn't entirely sure how he felt about it. He made sure the shipment of new releases had gotten put out right and straightened the place up a bit, made sure a drum kit had been put together at the back of the store for later, and then...repeated all that, because there wasn't much else to do.

Today's mix: Couldn't Be More Random If I Tried

Groovy Tunes was open!

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Or at him. Same thing.

Johnny wasn't too sure about this. More worried about looking like an idiot because he just wasn't musically inclined. But he told Chad he would come by and so he was here, walking through the door and heading back towards the counter.

"Hey, how's it going?"

Chad lifted his chin in greeting. "Hey. What's up?"

"Nothing much. Came by 'cause I told you I would. Check out the whole drum thing," he said, hands shoved in his pockets.

"Yup," Chad nodded and pulled out the pair of drumsticks that he'd gotten out for Johnny from his back pocket; he carefully tossed them his way. "Got it all set up back here." He started heading that way and jerked his head for Johnny to follow. "Come on."

Reaching up, he caught the drum sticks and followed Chad, testing the weight of the sticks in his hands. "Never held a pair of these before."

"How do they feel?" Chad asked; the first impression of holding an instrument could be a very powerful sign. It could be, like...destiny or something, although he was reminding himself not to get his hopes up too much about this whole thing.

"They feel alright, actually," mused Johnny thoughtfully, spinning them through his fingers. "Not too awkward at all."

"Hey, you already got the spin!" Chad noted with a thumbs up. That was definitely a good sign, and, hopefully, he wasn't jinxing himself by possibly wondering if you could, like, modify drumsticks so that Johnny could light them on fire and shit, which would be a totally hot gimmick. "Take a seat behind the set, and see if that feel good, too."

Grinning, he spund them again, thinking it was more of a natural thing to do. And oh man, if Johnny thought he could do that with drumsticks? Hell yeah he would learn to play! At Chad's offer, he sat down and checked out the drums. "Not bad... not bad. Least I don't feel like I want to hop right back up. Feels pretty good actually."

"Hold on a sec," Chad said. "Get comfortable; I'm gonna go grab my guitar so we can work out a beat for you to try something with."

"Cool," he said with a nod while he tapped a drum with the tip of his stick. "But you know I can't play, right?" he called out.

"I thought you said," Chad commented upon returning, guitar slung over his as he idly fine-tuned a few of the strings, "that you've never tried to play. Not that you can't. Those're two different things."

"Yeah, okay," Johnny commented, having to agree with that. He tapped a couple more drums, getting a feel for the sticks in his hands, using right and left then together. "So what now?"

"We see if you can at least keep a beat," Chad said, plucking a string, and making an adjustment. "That's kind of the crux of everything. So..."

He started playing, a relatively slow and steady bassline, extremely simple. He nodded toward the large drum with the foot petal. "Start with the bass drum there; anyone who can tap their foot to a beat should be able to manage that part."

"Alright," he replied and situated himself more comfortably, locating the foot pedal. Johnny listened to Chad for a second before he stared in, finding the beat rather easily, keeping up without pressing too heavily. "Yeah? This good?"

Chad's head just nodded a little with his stroke, with the beat, with Johnny's contribution, for a bit until finally he said, "Yeah, you got it. You're not without rhythm entirely, good. See if you can add to it now with one of the snares. Errr, other drums."

This was a bit more difficult and it took a few embarrassing moments for him to find his groove and get with the rhythm, but once he had it, he held it and looked over at Chad expectantly, gaging his reaction (if there was one) to his progress.

This was Chad; of course there wasn't much of a reaction, as he continued to play on in his stoic way, but he seemed to perhaps be nodding more now in approval than just bobbing his head with the music. Of course it was going to take a moment; a lot of people actually couldn't even manage that much, doing two simultaneous things. It was easy to alternate the beat between the different avenues, or for one to rush the other slightly, but Johnny seemed to get it pretty well.

"Now we add the other hand," Chad pointed out, "on a third drum."

"Right," he said, his tone unsure as he started in with his left hand, trying to keep with the beat but failing for now. He didn't quit, he kept up with the practice until he did find it, his eyes on the drums and his hands while he his foot kept to the bass. "Damn, this is harder than I was anticipating," he mumbled, more to himself really.

Chad grunted a little in amusement. "You're doin' real good, though," he complimented. "Didn't exactly expect you to be a progeny."

Actually, Chad had half expected the drum set to just burst into flame within a few minutes from frustration, so he was definitely feeling like this might be a success. Johnny could at least potentially play drums. It was just a matter of figuring out how to get him there.

"Thanks, man," he replied with a nod and actually he kept nodding, though to the beat. He tapped the drum part that pinged... "What's this part called?"

"The cymbal," Chad told him. "If you want to try to step a bit, you can try hittin' the cymbal on every fourth beat. But keep with this is it's more comfortable."

Clearly feeling quite creative today, la~

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