Author: Authors: Secret Pony and Nanomight.
Description: Vinyl Scratch suddenly becomes a magnet for bad luck and odd situations. After a bad reception of her newest music, she decides to take a break from being a DJ and try to fix her music. But what happens when she discovers the answer is more insane than a simple shipping story should be? Watch what happens when worlds collide, the 4th wall is broken, the narrator is extremely handsome, and muffins may be the answer to everything!To Feel the Music Part 1
To Feel the Music Part 2
To Feel the Music Part 3
To Feel the Music Part 4
Additional Tags: Love Stick, muffins, and assassinations.
43 comments:
Sounds like one of the better fics; it's interesting!
ReplyDeleteI am already hooked by the desc. lol.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely going to read this tonight.
muffins are always the answer!
ReplyDelete...
ReplyDeleteΩηατ?
This is intriguing. I imagine a good ol Pinkie Derpy 4 th wall murder part while she DJs or something. I'll give it a read.
ReplyDeletesounds insane enough to be AWESOME!!!
ReplyDeleteOh awesome, the first thing I see when I get on! Congrats on getting the story on here, and you should already know I think this story is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to whatever you have in store ^^
haha i cant believe you got this up here. congrats
ReplyDeleteWhere do you people get these ideas? :>
ReplyDelete@Maquabra
ReplyDeleteI dunno, I wish I knew myself.
This 4th wall stuff is odd... But i like it. MOAR!!!
ReplyDeleteThose additional tags
ReplyDeleteI dont even...
ReplyDeleteI gotta read this, even if it has shipping involved, I must find out how silly this can get!
I just finished the first part and all I can say is...I'm so glad that there's more! Very curious about the 4th wall stuff too.
ReplyDelete... Assassins? Love Stick?
ReplyDeleteReading it.
Quote from part 4 "Octavia was poking her in the head with her Love Stick."
ReplyDeleteJust finished, and I find myself wanting more from this story.
ReplyDeleteI laughed a LOT harder than I probably should have at this. Very well written, good job!
ReplyDeleteI'm still on the first part, but there's something I've noticed becoming common: ponies ordering whiskey (Jura) and receiving a whole bottle per pony, and not only finishing said bottle but sometimes having more after finishing it.
ReplyDeleteMaybe this is a European thing - whiskey coming in tiny bottles that won't kill you if you drink the whole thing in one go - or it is because of underage authors that aren't aware of these details but, in America, whiskey and other liquors are served by the shot (often mixed in with something else), and the bottles are 700mL or larger. In the U.S., a shot is one ounce (44mL). And the general rule is that one shot has the same alcohol content as a bottle of beer. So, drinking a full 700mL of whiskey would be roughly equivalent to drinking 16 beers.
When I was drinking, it took me about a year of dedicated drinking to get my tolerance to the point where I could drink a full bottle of Bushmill's in one night and not wake up in the hospital or not at all.
Oh boy, this one sounds like FUN >:D
ReplyDelete@Scorched Wing
ReplyDeleteActually I wondered about that after writing it, but it ended up being very important to the plot so I just chalked it up to all her years of drinking and said 'magic doesn't need explaining' and left it at that.
I don't know how others explain it.
Well, I just dont know what to think of it, after reading the 4 chapters that are here...
ReplyDeleteI guess Ill have to keep following.
@Scary Scott
ReplyDeleteWell, if you were reluctant to read this because of the "shipping" tag, but are going to keep reading it anyways, then I guess I'll probably like it as well.
Well, i am a bit confused, but in a good way.... i think
ReplyDelete@paradoxador
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, everything will make sense...eventually. In the mean time, take solace that I am equally as confused about somethings and I know everything.(probably a sign that I need to go and fix something)
The tags! No words... should have... sent... a poet!
ReplyDeleteI'll read it tomorrow.
... the buck? What in the world were those ramblings at the beginnings of the later chapters? They reminded me of anime squabble satirizing the relationship between artist and artistry..
ReplyDeleteAnyways I enjoyed the story so far of what's written. good quality, interesting story, and small bits of foreshadowing. I'd love to read the rest of the story to see how it ends.
So, I've read up to what has been submitted so far. Here is my analysis:
ReplyDeleteThe story starts off exceptionally strong. Due to the fact that Vinyl is a "brony" character and doesn't have a preset personality makes reading multiple fics about her a bit confusing; however, most seem to adapt a common personality, and this one followed suit. Not a good or bad thing, just a notation.
My interest only increased as I read the second chapter. Imagery and drive is at its best here, the story progressing at a pace that is neither too slow nor too fast. I honestly thought for a while that the "comedy" tag must have been a mistake on somebody's part...
...until I reached the third chapter. This "intermission" seemed horrendously out of place and, for me, ruined a wonderous atmosphere. With no hint of humor up until this point, this seemed REALLY outlandish and almost lazy, as if the author had just sort of given up on his original concept half-way through the story and decided to drive it into a totally new direction, with no transition whatsoever. As a reader, I really felt abandoned, and honestly gave up on reading the filth, skipping ahead to the main story.
The mere fact that Octavia's personality has radically changed "as if she were a different pony" seriously frightens me, and I am praying that it doesn't have something to do with that atrocity placed at the beginning of the third chapter. Honestly, this really just ruined what seemed like an excellent story for me, and had it not been for it, I would've given the story a 5/5.
However, due to the central story being as beautiful as it is (so far...), I have decided to assign the fic a 4/5, that single star being chipped off for that horrendous transition. I really hope the rest of the story doesn't continue this way.
You'e a bastard for that stupid end on chapter 4 xD I WANT MOAR STORY!
ReplyDelete-regains composure- sorry about that.
Anyway, I'm now waiting on 20 stories to update, and I can say this is very high on my 'this story needs to update tomorrow' list (Transcendence, Shadows of the sun and some barely update stories just sneaking past you) But I can't wait for an update and I can't wait for the ship portion. Write with Celestiaspeed, Mr. Authorman!
i really like it so far!
ReplyDeletebut... i only have one problem :(
it's a google docs.
is there any way that i could be notified when it updates (besides having to check EqD often?
Basically: is this on DA or fanfic?? somewhere where the reading is more easily accessible?
@Jordan Zimmer
ReplyDeletehttp://poni.0au.de/story/2284/To-Feel-the-Music
There's the FimFiction link for ya.
I'm gonna level with you here. For the most part, this was a really good story. However, the bit at the beginning of the third chapter was... more than excessive. I had no idea what was going on, and having the narrator as a character didn't really work out as well as I'm assuming you had hoped it would be.
ReplyDeleteThat said, the bit at the beginning of the fourth chapter did work, mostly because it was less over-the-top.
+1 watching
From Chapters 3 and 4, I see you've mixed in bits of fanon from well-known fanfics, such as Beauty Brass having trouble with the volume of her voice (Corey W. William's "The Vinyl Scratch Tapes") and Octavia's surname being "Philharmonica" (CoffeeGrunt's "Allegrezza").
ReplyDelete@Clockwise Gear
ReplyDeleteI agree it was a bit over the top, but the whole scene was quite necessary because of the re-occurring characters that it introduces. Without them, the plot would be non-existent. However, don't fret, the next few chapters will begin to explain things.
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ReplyDelete@WritersBlah
ReplyDeleteFirst off, having people like you around is what I like. If you want, lets continue this conversation on FIMFiction or Deviant Art. I am really intrigued in what you have to say.
Now to address your concerns:
Yes, I do know that the transition from the second chapter to the third is extremely jarring. I have actually begun to regret the rapid changes. Personally I feel, as you do, that it disturbs the flow of the story, but I wrote it at a time when I wasn't quite sure where I was going with the story and was simply writing off of whatever inspiration I had struck me with.
As for the skipping ahead, I suggest that you go back and read it anyway. Despite what you may think, a lot of the 'rubbish' sections actually end up being important to the prevailing sub-plot that ends up explaining all of the odd inconsistencies that have appeared in the story thus far. Think of each 'strange' out of place comment that I make as a hint of what is really happening and you may begin to understand what is ACTUALLY happening(because to tell the truth its becoming rather obvious).
For example, my mentioning of Octavia's radically changed personality is hint that she for all intents and purposes is in fact a different pony. As much of a damper that may be on your view of the story, the whole plot is very neatly tied in with the 'atrocity' as you put it.
My goal with this story was to take a simple shipping story and add a new twist to it. One that would not only make you laugh, but would also make you think! However, that does not seem to be the case judging by many of my readers reactions. They have appeared to have taken the 'confusion is fun' route until things have been explained.
I hope that I may have been able to sway your opinion somewhat with my explanation and like I stated in the beginning, I would really like to continue this conversation in private. So please, send me a message on FIMFiction (my username is the same as on here) or send me a note on Deviant Art (a link to my page is on my FIMFiction page)
@ Secret Pony
ReplyDeleteShipception? lol
@blakestar15
ReplyDeletehaha not quite. Think more along the lines of time travel shenanigans
that image again what
ReplyDelete@Secret Pony I usually figure that Equestrian biology (or alcohol, or bottle sizes, or whatever) is different from human biology.
ReplyDeletei liek
ReplyDeleteMan, a Vinyl/Octavia fic and it has so few comments? It look me foreveer to finally read it for whatever reason (to put it in context, it still showed the Diqueses comment system or whatever it's called) and not a one has responded since...
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I guess it's a pretty good start. Though kinda confusing what's going on -- the Lyra bit was a joke, or what? I mean ?
@Melodia
ReplyDeleteActually its the point where the second sub-story branches off from the first sub-story (them being 'Lyra and The Order of the Cello' and 'Time Traveling Octavia' respectively.)
and don't worry, my next update will clear a lot of things up.