Weird dream

[valis2]

I dreamt that I was in a coffeeshop, and I had my keytar with me, and I was getting ready to perform.

I got all set up and then sang a couple songs. "Livin' on a Prayer," by Bon Jovi, stuff like that. My keytar was really awesome--I think I was involved in the design or something. Anyway, it was small (had only an octave and a half of keys), and it had these funky buttons on the edge that could do all sorts of stuff. The buttons were really neat--they were like minature antique typewriter keys. And there were switches and all sorts of other fun things all over it.

I finish another song, and then I realize that the woman who is front row in the audience (she looked a little like Molly Shannon from SNL) was actually a talent scout for a music label. She seems to be losing interest, and says something about my horrible music choices.

"Oh no!" I say. "Those are the songs everyone requests. I'm just so used to playing those! I didn't know you were here! What do you want to hear?"

She names a country-western song that I don't know at all, and I ask her for another suggestion. She says another country-western song, and I'm also clueless. I realize that her label skews toward country-western.

"Wait, I know! I'll play an original song. This is one of my own." I start up a beat that I've pre-programmed into the keyboard, and I begin to play and sing. The keytar is fabulous and immediately harmonizes with what I'm playing. It even does a full voice-box backup vocal. The song is pretty fun, though I can't remember it now. (There were two verses that were from two different POVs, a guy's and a girl's, about being in a relationship together.)

I wish I could remember the music now. It was a fun kind of alternative pop song, and it would have been nice to sketch out a little of it. Still, without the magic keytar, there's no guarantee that I could do it justice in the real world.

Comments

[joanwilder.livejournal.com]

And here I was, starting to worry that you'd become 'normal' again. Apparently not. :)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

ahahah! No, there's no chance of that. I mean, the antibiotics dreams are the strangest, but I still have spikes of weirdness every month even without antibiotics. *laughs*

[pandora-nervosa.livejournal.com]

OMG, I lost my virginity to "Livin on a Prayer". Uh...not my choice...it was playing at a party where he and I did the nasty in the hayloft of a barn. In January. It was 32 degrees outside. Yeah.

Keytar. Love. It!!!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

ahahah! You have the best stories ever, m'dear. *huggles* I'll miss you!! See you next week.

[verdenia.livejournal.com]

THat keytar rocks the house, as do you. :D

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Hey, I got your box and made a big post about it and wondered why you hadn't seen it but hey, you're away... you're away and eating Mr T's nut salad.

I'm going to wear the bracelet today as it goes nicely with my bright pink 'gay pride' t shirt. I'm not gay and I don't have a lot of pride, but the shirt is pink and has lions on it, so it's all good.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Aw, that's so sweet! Thank you so much! *plays a cool riff on the keytar*

[valis2.livejournal.com]

The bracelet fits? Fantastic! I'm extremely happy about that--I've been really worried that it wasn't the right size. I was a bit of a stalker to find out the size.

And I approve of any shirts bearing lions. Excellent.

Enjoy!

[verdenia.livejournal.com]

Dude, it was awesome--today, my mom forgot a word, so I told her the Shna shna Higby story. She loved it!
I've thought of it quite frequently! :P

[mariannelee.livejournal.com]

When I was a music major, I used to dream music like that all the time. I would never remember it when I woke up. Very frustrating. Good thing I wasn't a composer, or I would have gone nuts.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I am still bummed that I've forgotten it. How sad, because it was really a very cool song. :( And the lyrics were so neat. I can only remember that there were a lot of words beginning with P. lol!