The Soundtrack of my Life
The bright light dances in front of my eyes. Fast flashes of red, green, blue, orange and yellow. So bright, that they can burn your eyes. I am glad, I am wearing my glasses. See, Octavia, I am wearing them for a certain reason. To stay calm and focussed in my work, while the world breaks appart around me.
Okay, that is maybe a bit exaggerated. Or maybe not? I mean, when I look at all those ponies, that are swinging their hips, clapping their hooves, jumping around and swirling. They are all dancing like crazy. As if they are under some sort of drug. Maybe they are. After all this disco closes really late, like five o'clock in the morning. I am not under drugs. I am a civilized pony after all. Okay, I have my own way of getting through my night. A bottle, full of coke. Keeps you awake the whole night. And the sugar rush makes you go crazy.
I can hear the thumb, thumb of my bass. My music is vibrating through my mixer. Or my Base Canon, as I have nicknamed the old frump. She is serving me faithfully, since I ever started my carrier as DJ P0N-3. Sure, everypony in Ponyville knows that it is me, Vinyll Scratch, but every good DJ has a nickname of his own.
I am now playing Pegasus Device. One of my favourites and a classic during Nightmare Night. The instrumental reminds me a bit of the cheerping of metallic birds. I do not turn on the base too loud. There are a few jumps and trashing sounds in the rhythm here and there, adding diversity to the music. And of course the vocals. Oh boy! I really outdid myself with that one. But I guess, nopony would guess, that they hear me singing here. Haha, that is the funny thing of hardly saying a word. The only pony, who ever hears me speak, is Octavia.
It is funny. Many ponies believe I can only do electro music with my Base Canon or pop music. That is sad, because this baby of mine can do so much more. I actually can play almost all instruments with my mixer, because I added a keyboard to it. Sometimes I even play several instruments at the same time. Sure, I hardly play any classic - one should go to Tavi's concerts, if one wanna hear something like that -, but I played piano, trompet, guitarre and even drums from time to time.
Octavia is of course not present in that disco, but I can see Rainbow Dash and my best friends Lyra and Bon Bon. Derpy is chatting with Doctor Hooves at a table, while sharing a coctail. I always think, she looks rather cute, when she tries to talk with Doc. She stumbles over her words and is even more silly then usual.
Many ponies think Tavi and I make a cute couple too. They often say that to us, when we are at a bar or eating an ice cream. And of course then there is always this moment of awkward silence. The reason is: We are not a couple. We are not even friends. We are actually siblings. Yeah, nopony would believe that, if I said it aloud. How can an Unicorn be the sister of an Earth Pony? Well, we at least share the same eye colour, a bright violet!
We are also living together in the same house. And boy, this is a crazy house! It is like somepony had formed a line through the door and to the wall on the opposite site. The left side is my part of the house, the right one is Octavia's. We both are looking rather unsimiliar. I like bright colours, casual wear, cool stuffs and loud music. Tavi is more the classical type: Always perfect mane, a bow tie and eyeshadow. She also has a red sofa, likes wine and classical music.
As I said, we are as different as fire and water, but siblings stick together. Sure, we sometimes clash in personality and our way of music, when we work on our own, but when we work together, we are capable of creating through symphonies. Just for us. Sometimes I even add one of our songs as a special track to one of my albums. Like the music, we made for Matilda's and Cranky's wedding. I called it "Wedding a lá Beauty and Beast". I know, maybe not that nice. But I think, it has some romance in it. Gah, I am sounding like Tavi! What the hay am I thinking?
I can not wait for tomorrow afternoon. Tavi and I want to work on a new piece together. We are often using stories, tales or moods as inspirations. This song will have Luna as an inspiration. I want to make a marching song, but I think, Tavi will be against it. I am sure, she wants to have a rather light element in our melody. Considering we are using the Princess of the Night.
I just find this stupid. I mean, come on, Octavia, you will sing the parts of Luna and Celestia in our Lunar March! Then let me make an epic, wild, thundering instrumental! I think, we can use your cello to add a few trembling sounds like scratches to add to the drama. But no matter how many arguments we are having on a certain piece of work, we always want to get the best out of it.
When Tavi and I are working together, I feel alive. I am pushing myself harder then usual and I create melodies, that are way too good for the disco. Even Octavia enjoys being less casual then. I mean, she really becomes a different pony with me, if she is in the right spirit. Her bow is dancing over the sides of her cello. She even spins it around from time to time. And that music sounds so less like the operas and musicals she is usually playing. Although I have to admit I loved her preformance on Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Never thought I would enjoy a musical so much.
When ponies ask me about my favourite music, I always answer by playing one of the songs Octavia and I have made together. Because I think, she really is the one, who creates the soundtrack of my life. And I absolutly love her for it.