Road to Fame

Building a Band

                                I’m a big fan of Rock n Roll and I always wanted to have a band. I thought Jamming and hanging out with the band members was cool. It was one of my dream, and it’s about to come true. And yeah, I never thought that it was really hard. I thought that some guys came out of nowhere will magically ask me to join their band as their vocalist. And reality strikes back. I have no Idea where to start searching for band members. I don’t know anyone who can play the drums, the bass guitar, and the electric guitar (except for myself of course). Then my brother came into my room and suggested:

“How about recruiting your friends?”

       And then I thought: “That’s a great idea……. If my friends know how to play instruments!” .

I got a lot of friends, but the only instrument they can play is the Triangle.

Aargh! My head is stressed out with this whole ‘band’ thing. So I was like holding my head and sighing heavily, thinking: “Damn, this is harder than I thought”. 

Luckily, tomorrow is the first day of school. I thought it will be a lot easier to find someone with talent there. So I packed my stuffs and shove it all to my bag. I brushed my teeth and went straight to bed.

                          The next day, I got up early. I got myself ready for school and immediately went down stairs. I was putting on my sneakers when mom and dad noticed me.

“Well, that’s a good way to start the first day of school.” Mom said while serving dad a truckload of pancakes.

“Why are you so up ea…..”

“No time to explain!” I said before dad could finish his sentence. I went to the table and grab my pancake and shove it to my mouth. I tied my shoes and went outside and left mom and dad speechless. I didn’t mind them and went to ride my bike because I can’t wait for our school bus to come.

                          I was really excited to build myself my own band. I was really excited and was day dreaming while riding on my bike. So I wasn’t really paying attention while riding. I was as fast as lightning and still day dreaming. All of a sudden, I ran into a tree and crashed my bike so hard that I flew into the bushes. I got a lot of bruise in my arm, my forehead and legs, but I went off to get my bike like nothing happened. I was keeping it cool because I know someone saw me crash my bike (I’m not sure if it’s a boy or a girl though). So I rode my bike, and this time, a little careful. I was still keeping it cool, but deep inside… Man that really hurts!

                              Lunch time and I haven’t found anyone to recruit. I sat with my friends, Angel and Joe, and ate my sandwich quietly. Angel saw that I was a little troubled and asked me what the problem was. I told her that I’m fine and was thinking of our next subject. Joe noticed my bruises and poked the one at my forehead. It started to bleed a little.

“Thanks for poking it.” I told him while wiping the blood with my handkerchief.

          “Sorry…. What happened?”

           “I… uh… crashed my bike into a tree”

Joe laughed really hard and started poking the bruise at my arm.

            “Knock it off Joe!” Angel said as she continuously slapped Joe’s hand.

            “You should go to the clinic, Joanne” She said.

                          So I finish off my sandwich and went to the clinic. After that, I was walking down the hallway to go to my locker. I got my books that I needed and then walked my way to my room for my next subject. Suddenly, I saw a guy running like he was being chased by a cop or something. He bumped me really hard that I hit myself to the locker beside me, and my books that I’m carrying flew and scattered all over the place. Then after that guy was Principal Mason running with a paper on his hand, yelling. I knew that the Principal was chasing that guy.

I picked up my books when all of a sudden; a girl came to me and helped me.

                  “You alright?” She asked while helping me picking up my books

                 “Yeah… just some jerk hit me.” I replied and thank her for helping me picking my books.

                 “So, how’s the bruise?” She suddenly said out of nowhere.

It turns out that she was the girl who saw me flying into the bushes lately. I just laughed to cover up my embarrassment.

                  “I’m Stephanie Richards. You can call me Steph” She reached out her hand and I gave her a hand shake.

                      “I’m Joanne Lennon Roel. Just call me Joanne”

She was surprised with my name and said:

                       “No way! Joanne Lennon? Like John Lennon?!”

                       “Yeah. My mom and dad named me after him”

                       “I love him!” she exclaimed and seem to be excited.

                       “You seem to be a Rock n Roll fan to me.” I told her

                       “Yeah! Rock n Roll is my thing” She said

Suddenly I felt the excitement on her and was thinking maybe she knows how to play any instruments.

                         “So you can play any instruments?” I told her with excitement in my eyes.

                         “Yeah. I can play the piano.” She nodded. “Why’d you ask?”

                          “I’m actually trying to build a band….”

                          “Count me in!” She said excitedly. “I always loved to be a part of a band.”

Well our conversation ended when the school bell rang. It’s like our excitement was drained. She said goodbye to me and left me to go to her next subject. I went to my room for my biology class as well.

So yeah, I just gained a new friend because of rock n roll. And I finally got a new band member.

 Next up: the name of our band and three more band members.