Ted Moore
Tuesday, 11th March
The Road-Side Refuge - Club
"And we are Live, here on the Official United Kingdom Top Musical Charts Recap! This week we've seen new tracks that are making people enjoy life, and we are here to top it off with our Official Week Top Ten, if you missed the full length countdown earlier today! So, let's quickly go over who's placed where this week...
- At Number Ten, we have a Non-Mover from Heralds of the Future, playing down their new Track 'If I could Stay Awake...'
- Moving down two Places, fitting right into Number Nine, we have our very-own Radio DJ, Christopher Lucas, with his charity-song 'For the Weekend' featuring Little Noises. Come on Chris!
- Looking at Number Eight, we have a New Entry from Donna Parks, with 'Hope.'
- Moving in and swiping Number Seven, moving up an incredible five places, is U.E.S with his latest work 'Right Now.'
- Another New Entry, taking Number Six with force is the Rap Sensation L'Tag with his entry 'Moving Forward Again.' Love that Track!
- Once again, maintaining Fifth Place, is German Nights, featuring Stephan Luke, with 'Unborn.'
- We can guess who's staying in Forth place, for the third week in a row...'Painful Step' by Knights of Westro! Keep at it Lads!
- Now we are entering our Final, Top 3! All of these are new-entries, so congratulations to these talented individuals! With Number Three, we have Greg Haster's Debut Single 'Let it Freeze.'
- Driving in at Two, just missing out the Top Spot for this Week is VK's Cover of 'Mind me.'
- And Swooping in, claiming their fourth Number One spot this Season is Marcus Puffing's 'Stop, but do not Listen.'
That should round up our Recap for today! Stay tuned for more of the latest and current hits playing in your homes, with also our Double-Hour Electronic special, with non-stop mixes of Large and Small bass-droppers that run their show! Remember to slip in next week for the update on the Charts once again! Lateeeeeers!"
His eyes drew away from the Television screen located in the corner...Well, it wasn't really the corner of the room. It was on the corner of the perpendicular Wall-Papered pillar and back wall, that sort of corner. The corner where they met, obviously. Usually, it would've been a great interest to see who was actually lucky enough to have that honour, but his mind was elsewhere. The Social Club he sat in was being filled with new people, many of which he'd never even seen before. There was a celebration. Many of the Locals that were interested in the Music Industry, which was around 54 People, had gathered to come and praise Jonathan Steel. He managed to get into that Countdown. Maybe not the Top-Ten, but within the Top-Fourty nevertheless. It was life-changing. Not that long ago he was in a similar position to Ted, but that one Talent Show had brought a huge amount of recognition and fame. Winning it, besting some of the few lesser-successful bunch who had actually decided to come congratulate the man. Ted had already done his part, Lucinda going home with Jeremy and Norman going home to get some early shut-eye. This usually happened. Ted was usually the last to leave, by a long-shot. He didn't really do much with that time he spent staying in the Party, ever, and usually just watched other groups laugh and joke with one another. Occasionally, someone would speak with him for a few minutes, just seeing if they could get to know everyone just that little extra. This, however, was rather different. Usually, having the Music in his blood could mean he would catch the interest of a random guy or girl who'd happen to come across him. That'd generally just spark up a friendly conversation, both of them having big differences in terms of profession and careers, making him see it in a more enjoyable way. This was definitely different. Around him, there were musicians. Local one's too. Many were in bands, though quite a few had left or not turned up. There were about 32 of them who arrived, and a third had left at this point. Some were dressed differently. Some were styled differently. All of them were pretty much different. It made him feel quite bland, with the simple Chequered Over-shirt, with a dark forest-green Undershirt and the same-old lower clothing.
Ted looked at his table generally. He seemed as if he was the only individual who wasn't particularly enjoying themselves. He looked glumly at his table, elbows on the table and the upper-ends of his arms spanning across the radius of his desk. His hands were clenched together, not tightly though, and both thumbs would intertwine in and out of one another. Through this moment of solitariness, even at such a social event, he began to think about Progressive State. They'd been hitting a lot of bumps in their road, especially without Matthew. In respect, they finally released Distorted Symphony in Online Stores, which actually had made more than expected from their collection of dedicated fans, most of which were quite local. There were plans that flowed through his mind. They still needed to at least give a title of the Duet only Lucinda and himself played. They were going to perform it at whenever their next gig was, which happened to be the next night, for the first time at the Club's performance hall alongside Harriet Jones' solo performance, and Lucas Marresca singing a song with the band, instead of Jeremy. It already had a good set-list, with a few new songs planned to be played. The hall was actually quite well booked, having people actually pay specifically to go see them, as well as some of the funds drawn in by people going in for a usual visit. The best part was they were also being paid to play at this event. The worst part was that Ted had but a day to finally fix up the new Distortion Pedal, which they hoped to test out. The plan was to actually not use Jeremy as a Guitarist for one song, as well as Norman watching whilst most likely downing himself with some Luxurious Milkshake. They were going to distort the Bass Guitar, using a Double-Amp method to still use the Bass Guitar's standard sounds to fill the missing noises in the background. It was a complicated hassle of pressing the pedal from time to time, constantly cutting out either the Regular Bass Guitar, or Distorted, sounds and then adding them back in. That was what required the most practice. The song they planned to use that with was actually moving onto the Heavier-Stuff, which is one of the three paths they are taking with Problematic State.
He then thought about Money. The pedal costed quite a lot, as well as the Second Amplifier and Systems that were used in order to work the pedal. Ted smirked to himself, thinking about the issue's way of solving it on Stage.
"It's a fucking good thing I've got Norman as a Techy." He wasn't wrong. Without Norman, a lot of the amazing filtering sounds and effects used wouldn't be available, and the Band wouldn't even have released a Single yet, or record a single track. Also doubling as an excellent Pianist, Synthesiser Player and Percussionist, he made his uses in the Band extremely well presented. Now that he thought about it, Ted needed to find some small jobs to earn more money. His apartment section was quite large, and did have some empty spaces that needed filling. Originally, he was going to have it so another person could live with him...but no one ever visits him really. Why would they?