fandomtownies | Groovy Tunes, Tuesday

There had been a request from one of his students in class yesterday, did he know where she could get a guitar in town? And that had been fairly serendipitous, considering Jono happened to own the music store, and all.

Anyway, long story made short, Jonothon had offered to open the Groovy Tunes today so that Maria could look at the selection of instruments they carried over by the side wall. As he opened the shop, he kind of caught himself wondering if maybe the age of the CD was dead and gone and they should start just specializing in instruments and equipment with a selection of vinyl to feed his own addiction, but that was a short-lived thought. If a town this size, centered mostly around a high school, could support two bars, he could keep selling CDs in the age of the mp3, blast it.

The Groovy Tunes was open, and Jono was putting his Now Hiring sign out in the window on a whim while he was at it.

[OOC: OCD-free! Slowplay in a couple hours when I head off to the animation mines, but I'll be around in the evening, too.]

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Jono blinked. A teenager who wanted to work? Maria was quickly working her way up his list of students he held a fair bit of respect for, now.

//Both days? Well, I don't see why not,// he replied, thoughtfully. //I don't exactly have a flock of people running here to work, so you're not taking the shift out from under somebody else's nose or anything. If it gets to be too much, or if somehow I do get a small stampede of people looking for work here, there's always the option to re-negotiate.//

Jono was pretty easy, that way.

//You'd get the employee discount, and first claim on any new music that comes in. Hell, if there's anything in particular you'd like me to put on order, just let me know and I'll be happy to do so. The system here is fairly straightforward. Basic cash register. Music sorted by genre, then band or artist name, then album name, that sort of thing. The stereo sometimes has a mind of its own, but that's typically just a minor inconvenience, at worst.//

Two days was nothing compared to her schedule at the Crashdown and she liked the idea of having a paycheck and working so that she didn't need to ask her mom for money while she was here or dip into her savings. Her savings that she hoped one day to use to make a demo CD to shop around.

"That's great and yes, I would always be open if you needed to re-negotiate my schedule for some reason. And the sorting is just like how I have my music organized at home so that part will be like second nature."

Sorry, Frank. You had the alcohol, Maria was going to fill up her side of the room with a stereo and music.

She gave Jono a grin. "Does the employee discount apply to instruments, too?"

It was only natural she asked since she wanted her guitar very badly.

//Instruments like, say, a guitar today?// Jono was doing that eye-smiling thing again. //Absolutely. For other instruments in the future, I'd like for you to talk to me about it first. Some I'm practically selling at cost, since they were so difficult to get here in the first place. But all the records and songbooks and things like strings and picks, go nuts, luv.//

"A guitar today would definitely be something I would like to go back to the dorms with me," Maria confirmed. "And sure, I'll do that. Even if I wasn't going to be working here, I'd want to talk to you about future instruments if I wanted to learn them bad enough. Is there a particular acoustic guitar that you would recommend that I can probably afford?"

//Well, I suppose that depends on your budget,// Jono pointed out, //though I've got an Ibanez in that's got a nice sound to it, and it's one of the handful that isn't creeping over the $200 mark.//

He nodded to the far wall, the one with a few guitars on display on it.

//There are some Fenders and Yamahas, if those are more up your alley. I'm a bit biased toward Fender, but that's almost entirely a nostalgia thing, admittedly.//

Maria was going to ask ab out trying the Ibanez when she spotted the blue Fender in the display. She liked Fenders, but this was the first time she had seen a blue one and the entire instrument looked gorgeous.

"Mr. Starsmore," she said with a question in her voice. "May I see if that blue Fender feels right?" If it felt good and right in her hands, she knew that she wanted it. She'd dip into her savings account for that one.

[[OOC: Hope it was okay to mod that was there?]]

Jono turned a brief glance toward the guitar in question, and then, recognizing it as one that he had been talking himself out of buying just the other day, gave a pleased little nod.

//By all means, luv. And please, call me Jono. Formalities always sat a little weird with me. Make me feel old.//

As if he didn't already feel plenty old as it was. Honestly.

[[OOC: By all means! Mod to your heart's content! The stock is pretty vague on purpose for just that reason. Nothing particularly large-- No grand piano or anything, but the instruments and the music stock are all absolutely moddable.]]

"Jono it is, then," she nodded as she waked over to the guitars and looked at the Fender before carefully taking it down and fitting it against her. It was obvious that she knew how to handle the instrument and even holding it was done with a kind of reverence.

"It's gorgeous and it feels almost perfect in my hands."

[[OOC: Thank you! I came across a pic and knew that Maria would want it]]

//I can grab a pick for you, if you'd like to give it a play,// Jono offered. //Or you can fingerpick if you prefer, whatever makes you happy. Little sense in bringing it home because it fits well if you find you don't like how it sounds.//

Shamelessly enabling? Absolutely, yes.

"I play both ways," Maria murmured absently as she was already starting to to move her fingers along the strings to see how it sounded. She adjusted the tuning a little and then started playing one of her favorite songs.

Old and Wise by Alan Parsons Project.

Having a hippy for a mom meant you knew music from all kinds of genres and sources.

Jono knew music from all kinds of genres and sources mostly because he was a huge music nerd. It didn't take him long to place to song at all, though it wasn't his usual fare, and he found himself nodding along.

... So much as it was a song that one could really nod along to, granted.

//That song must be at least a couple of years older than you are,// he noted, appreciatively. //You've got an appreciation for more than just the new and popular, then?//

That would be helpful, when working in a music store. And was probably something he should have asked earlier, for that matter. Oops.

"I love all kinds of music," Maria said, still holding the guitar to her. It felt perfect for her and it sounded perfect. She had found her new love. "It's one of the many things my mom has instilled in me -- popular doesn't always mean best. I know music better than I know most things."

Best. New. Student.

Jono was nodding appreciatively at that. He always loved meeting people who got that there was value in the old as well as the new, and the obscure as well as the popular.

//Then you'll be an excellent addition to our staff,// he decided. //And it's good to have you aboard. Have you made up your mind about the Fender, then?//

Going by the way she was clutching to it...

Groovy Tunes, Tuesday

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