Bright lights, cameras, and thousands of people surrounded us, well, maybe not. One spotlight rested on the dirty cafeteria floor with a couple rows of people. Whoops! I meant parents. My brother, our friend Alex, and I stood on the tiny stage with our lustrous instruments. The crowd began clapping, and I ran like the wind off the stage. While I stood backstage with my hands shaking, I realized that my brother had led me through thick and thin. He always led me to the light at the end of every tunnel.
Ages ago, my brother and I would do everything together. He hated pizza, so I hated pizza. He loved Star Wars, so I loved Star Wars. He loved playing with the rowdy neighborhood boys, so I loved playing with the rowdy neighborhood boys. We developed
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an inseparable friendship. When my brother started piano, of course I started piano. The piano amazed me as a youngster. I knew nothing about the piano back then, until Andrew told my mom that he wanted a piano. My mom bought the chestnut brown piano which became a spectacular sight for sprightly eyes. Without the help and competition from my brother, I would have never come to the point where I’m at today. When playing piano, the touch of the keys allowed all of my emotions to pour out into one song. Time went on and our love for music grew. Andrew picked up the trumpet, and I picked up the flute. Andrew made a friend with Nic, a witty saxophone player, and decided to do a duet together. I heard Nic and Andrew’s duet numerous times my ears were attempting to fall off. In the fourth grade, I didn’t have a lot of friends. At recess, I played basketball by myself with no one else on the court. All I could hear was the sound of the basketball echoing as it hit the ground. One day Nic’s mom came and brought his sister, Angelina. We became friends, and remarkably remain close friends to this extraordinary day. All thanks to my brother. One year later, this time I heard the bright resonance coming from a violin. My feet, rushed down the stairs longing to play with the mellow violin and piano with my new cutting-edge flute. Suddenly, I became part of a lustrous sound that remained once a frail duet now a sturdy trio. Weeks later, we noticed that we needed a name for the trio, even though we had been performing all this time without a name except for, “Trio.” Andrew chuckled and says, “How about the ‘we’re better than you trio’. ” Alex sarcastically jumps in and says,”No we should be the ‘Champions trio’. ” Obviously, no one could come up with a capturing name. Our parents had to think of a name for us. They came up with Synergy Soundz. At the time, none of us knew what synergy even meant, nevertheless we figured it out. It meant two or more things coming together to work as one. Months later we learned a multitude of songs, burning smoke came out of our ears.
However, one song stood out from all the rest of them. The talent show at Hart came about and our guts knew we needed to sign up. The one song that stood out would lead us to either a disaster or a success.
The night of the talent show finally came around. I picked out my favorite black headband, slick black dress pants, and a sharp blazer. The boys went in classy suits with red ties. Nevertheless, Alex had a tie with a polar bear on it drinking a coca-cola.
Once we arrived at the school, butterflies fluttered in my stomach. I paced back and forth, while waiting for our time to shine. My time's up, and I trembled up the stairs to the stage. As I walked out, I felt my heart pounding through my chest. My mind raced back and forth from I can to I can’t. While my head still spun, the sound of claps roared through. Anxiety blurred my vision to an illusion of a thousand people with lights shining through. Oddly, it appeared as a nightmare instead of a dream come true. My eyes watered up, and I ran off the stage with my hands trembling. I backstage, and my brother bowing before the crowd showed a new perspective of our bond. We looked up to each other so much as musicians. We never actually made one thing, we always remained as two different things that connected through envy of one another. My brother and I led each other along to the light at the end of every tunnel, still from that moment on everything
changed. Now that we’re older we can’t rely on each other all the time, but no matter how much older we may get we will always look up to each other. It’s my turn to pull through to the light at the end of every tunnel without help from my brother. Our seperate ways have come, and it’s time for a new beginning. Years later, the name for the trio finally changed. The new name fits perfectly, Music Envy.
Music is a way for the brothers to express their feelings and understand each other. Later in the stor...
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... connection to the song. In conclusion, I think this has the potential of becoming a great piece if we can convey our emotions to the audience.
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