Saturday, August 6, 2011

Story: The Sound of Equestria (Update Part 3!)


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Author: Genevapony
Description: Two young fillies, Octavia and Vinyl, enroll for one of the most esteemed musical academies in Equestria, the Canterlot School for Young Musicians.
The Sound of Equestria Part 1
The Sound of Equestria Part 2
The Sound of Equestria Part 3 (New!)

Additional Tags: Long, Friends, Pressure, Music, School

49 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dicks

Pinkamina Diane Pie said...

Yay! It looks like a good story. Shall read NOW!

InFamous Spartan said...

is it really necessary to post 1 star rating on a few moments of a released new fanfic? cmon you guys no need to be jelly bout this.

KShrike said...

This is going to be the CMC "We got out talents switched" business?
I am interested.

MihailK said...

Up to 4 stars now.
Seems about right.

Polaris said...

The 2 best ponies in 1 story?

HAVE
TO
READ
THIS

Good Guy Greg said...

5 Starred - Didn't read

Anonymous said...

I hope this get a shipping tag in the future!

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous

YES. Good start so far too.

Scumbag Steve said...

@Good Guy Greg

Sees Good Guy Greg blindly five star something
Give it one star to compensate

MichielDeMey said...

Octavia and Scratch, that ought to be good.
I enjoyed The Vinyl Scratch Tapes (with Octavia and Scratch), I hope this will be equally good.

Anonymous said...

Shipping is gross. Can you perverts PLEASE stop making MLP into a sexual perverted "furry" fandom?

God, I hate that.

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous

Mad as fuck.

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous

you could just be like me and not read shipping. XD there is shipping for pretty much any show. This show will be no exception. If you do not like it, do not read it.

Equestria Dude said...

Shipping does not equal 'omfgsexandhotkissing', as much as it seems to be the norm these days.

Shipping is a tag you use on stories where two individuals creates a bond. It could be a deep friendship. A hate-love friendship, love or obsession.

I'm sure that all the supper 'furry'-shippings are on Darksideofequestira, if you want them there. Of all the shipping stories I've read, theres only been very few that I would consider close to clopfiction :I

Solarn said...

Why can I not vote on this? I want to give it 5 stars.

shibboleth said...

@Anonymous
The trolls are out today it seems. The fandom has grown so much that it has its own trolls dedicated to trolling us.

*wipes tear from eye*

...I couldn't be happier.

Rational Ralph said...

@Scumbag Steve
Sees instant one-star in response to instant five-star. Takes the time to READ the damn story, and settles on a four-star for a very good, but not quite spectacular, beginning of a story.

ToonNinja said...

Good read. One question: is Octavia already playing a cello? It said a stringed instrument, but either I missed something (likely to my own embarrassment), or it wasn't elaborated on.

Timber said...

My comment on DA says it all.

Polaris said...

And seriously, when your name is "Vinyl Scratch", do you really need a cutie mark to know your special talent?

Anonymous said...

Scratch is in it? INSTA-READ!

Octavia said...

I don't see a shipping tag, so I guess I'm not being shipped with someone this time. For once. Yay!

Unknown said...

@ToonNinja
The author states that Octavia's instrument was purposefully left unidentified; he is considering having her play multiple instruments.

Anonymous said...

Well, well, well... they appeared for a few seconds in a show, they are totaly background, they did nothing important and now there have their own stories..
Well...

It's simply AWESOME :D

Good story too, it have a lot of potential and it's nice to read. Can't wait for more!

TOFU said...

I thoroughly enjoyed the story, It seems to have captured the nervousness that I encounter during orchestra auditions.

TenchiFreak5 said...

Lot of potential with this one.

Present Perfect said...

It's a good start. Particularly enjoying Vinyl Scratch's personality and the interplay between them. Let's see where this goes.

zaptiftun said...

Looking good, keep it up!

Anonymous said...

I will now be following this religiously along with waiting for part 2 of the Vinyl Scratch tapes. Scratch+Best Pony. For the day, at least.

Nando said...

Short and the beginning of a story to properly comment... but it has Octavia, Scratch, and it's a "In the beginning" kind of deal.

What more do you need? Bring on the next chapter!

Shadow Dragon said...

@Octavia Give it time. This is only an intro. I'm sure they'll have you and Vinyl making out soon enough. ;)

Luna said...

@Octavia
Yes, just be patient my melodious mare.
I'd say by chapter three, you'll have a tight bond with somepony.

Anonymous said...

I approve of this story. Made me laugh at parts and is kind of inspiring too

Anonymous said...

I love how this is written from both perspectives!!! cant wait to find out how vinyl becomes a dj

keneticpest said...

Your link is broken.

HMtMayor said...

i think i gave this 5 stars mostly because i want to read more of this. here's for hoping

nemryn said...

Link for Part 2 is busted, use http://genevapony.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d49l7hu instead

Jmaster said...

Thanks for the new link nemryn!

TenchiFreak5 said...

This was a nice chapter (and I'm quite glad to see that this is still going). I particularly liked when Octavia came to the sudden realization that treating Scratch like Octavia was treated growing up basically scared the shit out of Scratch.





That being said, some of the story seemed a bit rushed. It honestly felt like there was a scene missing after Scratch's disastrous practice session in class and when Octavia tried to confront her about it, because it seems Octavia went from bitchy to sympathetic too quickly.

Also, I'm not sure I entirely get why Scratch was playing so poorly in the first place. Does she have some sort of dependency disorder or something? That would explain why she completely went to pieces when she tried to reach out to Octavia and was rebuffed (and would better explain the scene Octavia tried to force Vinyl to practice like her father would and Vinyl basically had a nervous breakdown), but I don't want to assume that is the case if it is something simpler than that.









And Jazz seems like a colossal asshole, though I'd be lying if I said I hadn't had teachers in my life who were exactly like that.

Genevaman said...

@TenchiFreak5:

You're closer to the truth on all those points than you think! ;)

And, yes, there was a part missing. Octavia's walk in the garden after storming out on Vinyl's "practicing" will feature in part three. I want to experiment with a time lapses a bit. The small one in Part 2 didn't seem to turn out the disaster I was dreading so hopefully Part 3's will work out just as well.

Fabrazio said...

i love fan fiction with vinyl and octaviaand this one is very well written.

babyblues said...

i cant wait for part three, hope theres more of windfire :)

TenchiFreak5 said...

Holy crap. An update!?

SatoshiKyu said...

Hmm, the link to chapter 2 is broken.

DizzyOD said...

It's been updated! Holycrap!! HURRAY FOR EVERYTHING! Part 3 is amazingly good. O_O

TenchiFreak5 said...

Really glad that this is back going. Always liked it, and this chapter doesn't disappoint.


Also noticed that Sonata is pretty Dumbledore-ish, it seems. And Jazz is being built up to be more of an interesting character than I originally thought. He still seems like an asshole, but now he seems that way because of his own shortcomings rather than just because he's mean.

Tom Samson said...

Allegretto is so interesting! I mean, he's a dick and everything but it seems like he really does care for Octavia. He just doesn't know any other way how to show it. I like that he's not just a bad guy with no real reason for it.
The same with Jazz. I want to know why he's so grumpy all the time.
Vinyl is adorable! I just want to hold her and squeeze her forever! I can't wait until she grows up and shows them all. I hope there's a grown up chapter at some point. Like an epilogue years after they finish school and stuff.

Caroline Heart said...

XD AHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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