Music Career Lead vocalist for an all female metal band
Role "Uh, I just told you fuckwit."
Inspirations Evelyn Graves - Lead vocalist for the band Visceral Decay. Erza's always loved her vocal range and how easily she can switch between screaming and clean vocals.
Sister Switchblade - 80s Hardcore Punk band. First band she ever listened to and one of the first gigs she ever attended. Got kicked out unfortunately for punching some guy who groped her in the pit.
Jett Skelnick - Vocalist for the death metal band Stigmata. In Erza's opinion, it's because of her epic stage persona....and she's hot.
Group Insignia
Group Name Scorned Hecate
Music Genre Thrash Infused Melodic Death Metal
Members
Candace "Candy" Hanes (Erza's sister) Age: 19 Rhythm Guitar/Backing Vocals
Charlotte "Chezza" Ginsburgh Age: 21 Drums
Isabelle "Izzy" Nicole Age: 24 Lead Guitar
Mercedes "Merc" Halloway Age: 23 Bass
Extra Information [Could be used to add small notable details about the Members, their Music styles, performance styles and general Nick-Nacks you want to include. It can again be laid out into separate Sub-Sections, but that's your choice.]
Likes/Advantages [Both socially and in their Musical Ways, as well as their general interests that might be Brought up in the Roleplay.]
Dislikes/Disadvantages [The Opposite of Previous Subject, can include fears as well.]
Background [A Brief, or detailed, history of how your Character lead up to the Moment where the Roleplay starts. It can include education, home-towns, key-events in their lives and Musical Beginnings.]
Character Inspirations Angela Gossow - Arch Enemy (former) Carla Harvey & Heidi Shepherd - Butcher Babies Morgan Lander - Kittie Alissa White-Gluz - The Agonist (former)/ Arch Enemy (current) Maria "Tristessa" Kolokouri - Astarte
Character Theme [Completely Optional, but there just for fun.]
I actually understood the reference in that Hider's title...Nice work.
Ooooooooooooooh...Only one or two more days until Pendulum return. :o
Now that I've made a Character Tab for placing accepting characters, you guys might see only a slight difference in mine. It includes a Currently Studio-Recorded Set-List. Here you can put whatever songs and giv'em those fictional names and shit. Don't include every song that they'd perform in clubs and stuff, only the one's that had been recorded and/or potentially released on Small Independent Albums and/or singles.
@LetMeDoStuff I have a few changes to add to my CS, so I can add the studio-recorded songs too once I'm home. I'm contemplating whether to jazz up the insignia. Mine looks so boring compared to you all's D:
@AewinDoesn't matter...Insignia's don't need to be complex. Fine example is Muse's, as it literally is just the word Muse with two lines on the top and bottom of the word. I'll let you do what you want and I'll update it when you are ready!
Appearance Edmund is 5โ 11โ, 161lbs. He has a slim frame, and isnโt exactly ripped. He has scruffy brown hair and green eyes.
In terms of style, Edmund typically wears This during concerts and such. When it gets warmer, he can often be seen with the same outfit sans coat.
Personality If one were to use one word to describe Ed, itโd be โchillโ. Edmund rarely gets worked up about anything, taking things as they come and dealing with them in stride. Heโs often considered a good friend, only a phone call away. He befriends people easily and is easy talk to. He tends to be naive and overly trusting, which has led to his band getting screwed over financially more than once.
Music Career Band member/solo artist
Role In his band, โAlleyway Edictโ, heโs the lead singer and songwriter. When he does solo work, he sings the songs heโs written for his band while playing his only instrument, acoustic guitar.
Inspiration Ska band Dashboard Manifesto, an early pioneer of ska that released one popular album and promptly fell off the face of the Earth.
This segment is for where you want to place small bits of information about your Group, if your character is a part of one. Members, other than your own and if others are taking part in yours, would mainly be NPCs, and are required to be mentioned.
Group Insignia
Group Name Alleyway Edict
Music Genre Ska
Members
Edmund MacIntyre-Singer/Songwriter
Kane Hessling-Electric Guitarist/Composer
Evan Langey-Trombone
Alice Talnoky-Trumpet
Cedric Varst-Drummer
Oliver Card-Manager
Extra Information Alleyway Edict started out as a high-school garage punk band, consisting of childhood friends Evan, Kane, and Edmund. After they graduated, they changed their style and drafted Alice and Cedric. After being screwed out of pay multiple times, they hire Edmundโs uncle, Oliver, as their manager.
Likes/Advantages
Loyal
Caring
Decent Singer
Skilled songwriter
Decent Guitarist
Dislikes/Disadvantages
Canโt hold liquor
Awful composer
Socially awkward
Crippling fear of insects
Background Born to a lower-middle-class family in Glasgow, Edmund lived a fairly unremarkable early life. He met band members Hessling and Langey in middle school. When in their sophomore year of highschool, they covered punk songs in the grungiest way possible. The band was a literal garage band, and was admittedly shitty.
After graduating, they hired new band members and changed their style. They became significantly better and began attracting moderate attention. They recorded one single, โAnthem of Suburbiaโ, which received heavy radio play by the College Stations in the Glasgow area. They played several smaller gigs, but after getting screwed out of pay twice, the hired Edmundโs uncle, Oliver Card, as a manager. Card managed to book them a show at a large festival in Southern England, whereโve they since decided to stay for awhile. Theyโve been playing smaller shows in dingy bars and sleazy clubs , as well as on university campusโs.
Character Inspiration I really, really like ska. It only felt right to me to base my character off of bands like Sublime, Catch-22, Streetlight Manifesto, Goldfinger, and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. I actually had a playlist of such bands playing as I wrote out the character sheet. Edmund MacIntyre-Tomas Kalnoky Alleyway Edict- Streetlight Manifesto
Character Theme
Superman- Goldfinger I'm tryin' to keep The ground on my feet It seems the world is fallin' down around me The nights are long I'm singin' this song To try and make the answers more than maybe
Donโt tell me I canโt reach for the moon; Iโll reach for the stars instead. Name Cecilia Claire Boehm
Nickname Goes by Claire, rather than Cecilia. Is known as Cici/CC to her sisters (Cerise and Celeste)
Gender Female
Age 19
Nationality English (French parents)
Appearance A freckled face makes Claire look younger than she is. Her dark brown hair is cut in blunt bangs, though the rest hangs to her shoulder blades. Sheโs about 5โ6โ tall and feels that sheโs โtooโ tall; ballet flats are the staple of her shoe closet. Her body type is fairly average, maybe a little on the thin side. Makeup wise, she favors a very natural look, though she often uses a lot of foundation to conceal her freckles. Often she will curl her hair, which is naturally straight.
In terms of fashion, her normal style includes flowing clothes with lots of ruffles and lace. Her favorite color palette is white, pink, and brown. Normally she favors skirts and dresses, but will also wear dress pants, depending on the day.
Personality Eternally an optimist, Claire refuses to look at the dark side of things. She knows that her music career is a stretch, but is convinced that with enough heart and enough effort her whole group will be able to make it big.
She is fiercely loyal to her sisters and her friends and will do anything for them. She devotes as much time as she possibly can to the group, to the point where sheโs considering dropping out of university to focus on the group full-time.
She does have an overactive imagination and this can distract her and set her to chasing harebrained dreamsโฆ like maybe her music career. But since sheโs committed, sheโs along for the ride.
Music Career Band Member
Role Piano/backup vocals/score writer and conductor
Inspiration FLYaway โ A group of sisters who do piano/voice/guitar trios, acoustic covers of songs made famous by other artists.
Group Name Arpeggio
Band SizeFive members, one sometimes-member one manager/audio editor
Music Genre Heavily-classical-inspired soft pop.
Members Claire Boehm Leader/backup singer/piano/songwriter
Extra Information Celeste: Is four years younger than anyone else. Has self-confidence issues, to the point where sheโs selectively mute (only ever talking to her sisters and bandmates, and even then only when itโs absolutely necessary; never talking onstage and certainly never singing.) Sheโs included in most of the groupโs recordings, but she is not a โfullโ member of the band.
Cerise: Believes that as the lead voice of the band, she should be the public face/ โleaderโ. Not to mention because sheโs the oldest by a year. Works at a pub, when sheโs not writing songs.
Viridian and Vivian: A pair of twins that intentionally try to confuse their fans with their appearances. Still sometimes uploading videos as their old violin duet, โVVirtuosoโ. Are currently juggling attempts to go to university with their music careers.
Alicia: Became a bit of an internet star for solo guitar/vocal covers of pop songs. Still does solo uploads on a regular basis.
Likes/Advantages Claire, having been classically trained on piano since she was four, has a good musical ear and is well-versed in music theory. Sheโs been in choir since elementary school, as well. Sheโs pretty good at multitasking, both in rehearsal and on stage, able to sing, play piano, and still hear if anyone isnโt playing their part exactly right. For this reason she is the conductor and the โleaderโ of the group, despite not being lead singer.
Dislikes/Disadvantages Claire can be a little scatterbrained and distant, and sheโs not the best at planning things for the group to do. Sheโs not great at sticking to scheduled upload times or even rehearsal times; too often thereโll be a last-minute text going out rescheduling that dayโs rehearsal. She can often get distracted byโฆ well, virtually anything.
Also there is the matter of the groupโs chosen style not being one thatโs very highly demanded, a decision that Claire doubts a lot of the time. She feels like this must be the reason the group hasnโt been picked up by a recording studio
Background Claire was born into a very musical family; her mother and father were a brilliant four-hands piano duet that had won national notoriety. As a result the kids were pushed into music, specifically piano, at an early age. Cerise, Claireโs two-years-older sister, did not particularly enjoy it. She began taking voice lessons after butting heads with her parents until she was eight; this decision appeased them somewhat. Celeste didnโt mind piano, but wanted to try different instruments; she joined a beginning band when she was 6, playing clarinet, and stopped piano lessons when she was eleven in favor of pursuing other woodwinds. Out of the three sisters, Claire was the only one who continued piano lessons through secondary school.
When the girls were 14, 12, and 8, they started a youtube channel. They called themselves โArpeggioโ, a name chosen accidentally. Claire had asked, โCeleste! What should we call our youtube channel?โ
Celeste had replied, โI donโt know! Stop bothering me! Iโm trying to practice my arpeggios!โ
The first couple of videos had featured the girls singing acapella. There were some very negative comments, mostly due to the immaturity of Celesteโs voice, and the girl took them to heart (despite her sistersโ encouragements) and vowed to never sing again.
What first sparked their rise was a video that Cerise had caught accidentally; Claire had been practicing improv on the piano on one end of the room, and Celeste practicing improv on the clarinet on the other end of the room, and they had inadvertently been echoing each other, which, coupled with the acoustics in the room, led to a really cool repeating melody and variations. Comments and ratings on this video were all positive.
With this in mind, the girls turned more to an instrumental approach and gained a modest number of subscribers.
Then, two years after this first video, there was an area talent show. Naturally, the girls entered. At this talent show, there was another group of sisters performing: VVirtuoso, a pair of twins about Claireโs age who played violin, and were moderately famous Youtubers.
The final decision came down to Arpeggio and VVirtuoso; in order to decide it, a โriff-offโ was declared. VVirtuoso was declared the winner, but both groups agreed that it had been epic. They both uploaded the video of the riff-off and agreed to work together in the future.
Also after the talent show, they were approached by one of their classmates, Maecie Cardew. A good sort, and the tailor/fitter/makeup artist/wardrobe manager for their schoolโs drama productions. She was interested in doing their makeup and picking clothing for their videos, which the girls agreed to, though they felt silly about it. Why have a makeup artist for something that wasnโt going to go anywhere?
But the collaboration videos got a lot more attention; a year later they were asked to appear on Britainโs Got Talent as part of the youtube week. In the preliminary rounds, they met one of their local idols, a girl named Alicia Henderson, who unfortunately was eliminated in the preliminaries because she didnโt have enough confidence. Claire, however, had been impressed by the girlโs love of music and her technical abilities.
VVirtuoso and Arpeggio, who were together performing under Arpeggioโs name, made it to the top 16. They had contacted Alicia, and had asked if she wanted to appear in their Top 16 performances. She agreed, albeit nervously, and thus Arpeggio as it is known today was formed.
The girls were eliminated in the final 8, but the exposure they had gotten was enough to drastically boost their recognition on social media. At this time they havenโt been asked to record anything, but theyโre sure itโs going to be soon.
In the meantime, theyโre just waiting, and attempting to go about their lives.
Character Inspiration Lindsey Stirling/The Piano Guys/Aston
Mia: Mia is her stage name, originally used as an alias but now loves the nickname as if it were her first name instead. Tessie: Something that her step-brother likes to call her affectionately. She's not the biggest fan of the nickname, however.
Gender
Female
Date of Birth & Age
August 19th - 22 years old
Nationality
English
Appearance
A true Leo, Mia emits confidence and power. Her walk is that of royalty: head held high and back straight with perfect posture. Mia looks good and she knows it, always found with a giant smile that threatens to split her face - however, whether its of pure joy, or faked, depends on the individual that its directed to. With a curvy hourglass figure, Mia loves maintaining her figure by daily walks and/or exercise. Mia is of relatively short stature: 5 foot 4, or 1.65 meters in height, Mia doesn't let her height stop her from being confrontational nor being controlled by others if need be.
With creamy skin, rosy cheeks and hints of freckles dusting her forehead, nose and upper arms, Mia has barely any blemishes on her body. She has a scar on her left elbow and knee, one that she received during her childhood after tripping. Her eyebrows are one that catches the attention of many: rather than being thin or delicately shaped, Mia's are thick and full, framing her almond shaped eyes beautifully. Her eyes are of a hazel shade, often shifting between browns, greens and specks of yellow depending on the lighting of the room, her eyes always spark with mischief. Her lips are of a pale pink shade, always curled into a grin.
Her hair is usually kept long and untamed, thick and somewhat frizzy. Primarily a chestnut brown colour, Mia's hair also has hints of reds when looked under certain lighting โ mainly from experimenting with various shades of reds and blonde highlights from years prior, but most of the colour is faded, if not already gone. Her hair is layered and long, reaching past her chest in messy waves, giving her a low-maintenance look.
Whilst performing, Mia loves going all out with her clothes: bling, flashy and pretty. She often uses her performance as an excuse to get dressed up and wear dresses, skirts and the likes. As long as she looks pretty in it, Mia will wear it. It boosts her ego whenever she is complimented on her outfit, which often encourages her to do it more often, leading to a full cycle. Casually, however, Mia's motto is simply cheap and comfortable. If she doesn't have anyone she needs to impress, Mia dresses down and wears the bare minimum when it comes to styling and fashion. Her make-up also varies with the situation: if she's performing, it's a lot more glamorous, often with a hint of red lipstick to give her a sultry look but on a normal day, some simple eyeliner and lip balm is more than enough to keep the girl sated with her appearance.
As mentioned earlier, Mia is the perfect description of a Leo woman. She exudes confidence and is often aggressive when she's confronted. She doesn't believe herself to be a leader, but doesn't mind taking the position should no one take the job. She's headstrong and opinionated, her words often blunt and to the point. She rarely finds the need to lie, her poker-face needing to be worked on, so if you want the hard truth, Mia is the person to go to.
One way to perfectly describe Mia is that when she feels, she feels deep. Her emotions are easy to read, to the point that she can be compared to an open book - so its not hard for people to take advantage of her open nature to manipulate her. While it may be easy to manipulate her, once Mia finds out you can be sure that there will be hell to pay, a trait she's inherited from her father. Also, since her emotions are a big part of her, Mia is very sensitive. Harsh words can often lead to her feeling cornered, leading to her lashing out and acting aggressively in return. It doesn't happen very often, but once she's past the breaking point, she can end up hurting someone innocent even if they weren't her intended target.
Mia loves getting attention from loved ones. While she won't go out of her way to demand attention in the wrong way - never rebelling or acting out of place - Mia loves being appreciated for her talents or just simply complimented from the heart. If ignored, Mia can act out and may even become confrontational.
Her ego is huge. She hates taking orders and will not take to them very well. She's independent, damnit! Mia, while loves pleasing her friends and family, will not like being told what to do. But if worded correctly Mia will easily dance if told to do so. It's a trait that many take advantage of while manipulating her.
Music Career
Band member
Role
Vocalist & Lyricist
Inspiration
Mountain Peaks: The band has a similar start up story that Camilla's duet - Violet Lanes - with the band mates initial history together along with how they shot to fame through the YouTube platform. Mia aspires to have a similar story to them, well... minus the drug convictions and eventual break up due to bad blood between the band mates.
Often likes to over-work herself in the name of success
Photography - she's in charge of setting up cameras and lighting for their YouTube videos
Dislikes/Disadvantages
Being used/manipulated
Spiders - she's arachnophobic
Can be a bit too intense for some personalities
She doesn't react well to change, and will often take longer than others to adjust
Background
Born on a warm sunny summer's day in Sussex, Camilla was always considered the sun in her family's eyes: radiant and bright. Ever since she was a child, she always commanded attention - a trait that she still has today. Most of the attention came when she was either performing or anything that involved Camilla's growing creative side. It was often encouraged anyway, and Camilla was placed into many guitar lessons and art classes to encourage that side of her, which she never complained about. She was always a daddy's girl, and would often follow her father around wherever he went. So it was a blow to four year old Camilla when she was told that her father had passed away in an unfortunate car accident. Her mother struggled to take care of her, her salary not enough to sustain her along with a growing child so they had to move from their family home to save expenses. Now, Camilla stayed with her mother and her grandparents until life could return back to normal.
Which it didn't. Instead, not even a year later her mother remarried a single father and moved with him to London. At first, Camilla and James never got along. The two were both too attention-seeking and hated it when the other took their parent's attention away from them. This sibling rivalry even reached to their secondary education, the two often butting heads at every lesson and competition available to prove that they were better than the other. It was around that time that Camilla and James participated in the school's talent show, both as a musical act where they both eventually lost to another performance. During that time, the step-siblings understood the other's strengths and weaknesses, and with their combined love for music, they started a music channel on YouTube.
At first, it was simple cover music from other popular artists. They would post anything that could get them the attention from the community. They even posted a couple of their own original music - those getting a lot more hits than the covers - and by the time Camilla (now known as Mia) and James (known as Jesse) were nineteen, they were finally recognised by the community as a good duet. For the next four years, their YouTube channel grew as more and more people began listening to the step-sibling's - now officially termed as Violet Lanes, as that was their YouTube username at the time - music more often.
Soon enough, the duet became a band with their newest addition into their little family. Being Jesse's childhood friend, Dexter "Dex" Scott officially joined the duet (now a band) as a bass guitarist, allowing Mia to focus more on the vocals and lyrics. Since then, they were able to release two singles and are now currently preparing for their first album release.
Character Inspiration
Daughter | Florence and the Machine | The Neighbourhood | The Weeknd | Lana Del Rey
Character Theme
TBA
Updated quite a few things. Changed the colours, added a new member (so now Violet Lanes aren't a duet anymore) and added the tracks as you mentioned ^^ I think I'll keep the insignia as it is, it's slowly starting to grow on me aha.
5'7", 155 lbs, Long natural white hair usually in a bun or braid, dark blue eyes, usually wears tight skinny jeans and a leather jacket and combat boots or black stiletto heels, skinny but has curves
Personality:
total badass with a sweet side, closed off mostly from everyone, has a hankering for adventure and kicking ass, makes friends for life (not many), keeps her mind on work (workaholic) but once she's off its party time, if you piss her off you've got a black mark for life unless you redeem yourself
Music Career:
Soloist but looking for a band
Role:
Singer/bassist
Inspiration:
Grew up with hard rock and loves the combination of a sweet/soft female voice with hard music
Background:
Alex was born in Ireland in the country into a wealthy family. She was the middle child of 4 brothers so she grew up tough and was raised by the eldest brother, Mal. Alexs mother and father were always out working so she never got the parental love. She kept herself occupied by learning bass guitar and writing music. Her mother died at 11 and her father remarried to an abusive woman who was horrible to them all. Alex often stepped up to protect her younger 2 brothers, now in her charge after the eldest 2 moved to England. After 6 years of this she decided that enough was enough and she took her 2 little brothers and left to go to find her older brothers in England. She has been taking care of her two younger brothers by working bartending jobs. One night at work, they were having an open mic event and her co-workers decided to push her up on the stage and get her to sing. A member of the audience was looking for talent and he thought she would be a perfect singer for a line-up he was trying to put together. He pulled her aside and offered her a contract that she quickly took up. Alex has been singing solo events mainly in bars since then. Still looking for her brothers, she thinks she may be able to get well known enough that they can find her.
Ho-lee-shiet I have a lot of reading to do. If only I didn't get carsick...
I might hold out for the accepted characters and read them in the char tab. Expect my sheets to be up tomorrow-ish, as today I will be working on finishing a project once I get home.
@timelord1101I don't mean to be rude, but could you maybe add the Background? It's good to have a detailed past about the character. Sorry, I didn't specify what was important and what wasn't.
"Bitch you ain't no barbie I seent you work at Arby's"
Name Rae Daebremont
Nickname Rae-Dae
Gender Female
Age 20
Nationality American
Appearance Rae is a young petite woman standing at around 5ft 2 and weighing less than 120 lbs. She is adorned with dark brown almond eyes and dark brown hair that she dyes a dirty blonde. She wears bright colors and urban wear very often. Her ears are pierced once on each lobe, and tends to wear hoops or playful costume earrings. She prefers to keep herself well manicured and pedicured and gets her nails done and hair done practically every weekend. You gotta look fresh in the game if you're trying to get some where.
Personality Lewd. Rude. Attitude.
Rae has a loud mouth and knows how to have a good time. She doesn't have much thought about other people's feelings or opinions but only if you get on her bad side. If you're her friend she will be the first to swing to stick up for you, and be at your door with your favorite food and drink when you're feeling bad. Having her reputation in the music industry has given her some pretty interesting press, but she tries to encourage her fans and followers to follow your dreams and do what your heart desires.
Music Career Solo Hip-Hop/R&B Artist
Role Singer and Beat Producer
Inspiration Twin Sisters: A pair of women that are mad fly in the game, fun, vibrant, and not afraid to turn the music and fashion world by storm. Park Qwon: HOT BEATS. HOT BEATS. HOT BEATS.
Likes/Advantages + Fun + Energetic + Very sociable + Makes friends easily + Not afraid to try new things
Dislikes/Disadvantages - Flighty - Easily angered - Gets in fights often - Has bad repuation in the news - Gets addicted to anything she enjoys
Background Born and raised on the southside of Chicago, Rae had an urban and lower class upraising. Her father was a mechanic and her mother worked as a waitress at one of the bars in town. She is the only daughter and the youngest of three. Despite a few hurdles for the family a long the way- they ultimately gave their children well rounded lives, giving them a fair chance at education, work, and fun. Whilst spending a summer working as a dish washer, Rae decided to go up during one of the karaoke nights and take some stress off and began singing. It wasn't the best, but it was good enough for some of the drunk patrons to clap and even cheer. Not one of Rae's brightest moments.
However, it did spark a bit of interest in the young woman to get interested in the music business. She had made plenty of friends in high school that made mix tapes and had small (granted poorly made) recording studios in their homes. Every few weekends she'd get invited to feature on a track or two as a singer or hook for a song that someone else was doing. It was a pretty good gig; and got to make good friends and enjoy some other aspects of that life while she was doing it.
It was during one summer a year or two ago that Rae featured on a track uploaded to Youtube that went viral and started off Rae's career with a bang. She began branching off from her old group and began producing her own sound, and putting it out there for the web. It wasn't until recently that she decided to start seeing if the real world would have a love for her as well as the niche of online fans she had formed.
Character Inspiration My character is a mix of some old school hip hop powerful women and some silly and funny rap. I wanted someone who is going to put out love songs and passionate hits about things but then also puts out songs you can just jam out into the car too with your friends.
Character Theme Kevin Gates - Hard For It's a few wrong ways and they don't make a right You can do both ways, ignoring wrong and the right New boyfriend whom she don't seem to like Stay right here, you won't see the night
@timelord1101I don't mean to be rude, but could you maybe add the Background? It's good to have a detailed past about the character. Sorry, I didn't specify what was important and what wasn't.