FredericHorseshoepin

Frederic's eyes snapped wide open. Was he getting an ovation from a pony in the audience? Frederic blushed. The last time he's heard an ovation was during a large charity event a month ago. Since he's been out of work in the classical music world and coming to the tavern, not many ponies paid a great deal of attention to him. Frederic didn't mind this during his shifts at the tavern however. He's there as atmosphere, nothing more and he understood this. But today, someone stomped for him. It was a very pleasant surprise as a smile grew on Frederic's face. He looked over in the audience to see who it was and caught the sight of... Sapphire Shores? Now Frederic is seriously confused. Fred never found music outside his world to be too terribly interesting. When it comes to music, Frederic preferred the more cultivated approach. However, during his time at the conservatory, Fred had learned that "cultivated" wasn't necessarily "better". This was all thanks to Octavia and her acquaintance with a DJ pony. Fred realized that assigning an absolute value to two entirely different musical approaches was a bit silly. Therefore, he had recently been listening to and reading into popular music, rock, and techno. He didn't always like what he heard. But Fred has enough respect for music as a whole to not judge. At least he had fun analyzing the music he didn't like using music theory that he learned from Classical. Sapphire Shores' music actually appealed to Frederic. One of his biggest pet peeves in popular music are ponies who can't sing and use an obscenely high volume to cover that up. If you can't sing, scream. Right? But Sapphire Shores actually could really sing and Fred has casually been following her career for a little. Intriguing that she would show up here of all places. Why is she lounging in here and not a massive mansion? No doubt she's been having better luck than Frederic as there's an actual mass demand for her music. All these thoughts raced through Frederic's head quickly just on the sight of a pop singer. "No matter", Fred told himself. He gave a polite and grateful nod to Sapphire in return. The tavern manager clopped twice to let Frederic know that he needs to continue playing. Frederic, went back to the piano but was a little distracted. The thought of Sapphire Shore appreciating his work here in a tavern brought a little warmth to Frederic's dark and unhappy month. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D47reYzmHSE&feature=channel_video_title

Frederic dragged himself in the small hole in the wall. He hated this place. Not necessarily because he compared it down to more classier venues. Oh no, on the contrary, Frederic use to love this place when he first set hoof in Canterlot. It was vibrant and lively; filled with young ponies ready to live life to the fullest. It was Frederic's first paid gig and his first real taste of happiness in Canterlot. But as Frederic enrolled to the Conservatory, he found less and less time to visit this little humble tavern. He didn't really mind. After all, Frederic's career was improving and he did enjoy the quiet atmosphere of the classical music world. But after the Grand Galloping Gala, things just went downhill for Frederic. His bandmate, Octavia, would start to shine and develop a strong and famous career while Frederic's is starting to withering in obscurity. It wasn't a "quartet" anymore, it's now Octavia and her accompaniments. It made Frederic very uncomfortable at first. He had developed a crush on Octavia but he was immensely jealous at her achievements.at the same time. How can a Cello, nay Contrabello, outshine a Piano? Maybe Frederic just isn't talented enough... this realization broke Frederic's heart. His parents gave their entire lives, both metaphorically and practically, to get Frederic here and he was so scared that their sacrifice for him was a waste. Frederic wasn't going to give up. He couldn't do that to his late parents. He suppose that as long as he can still get paid playing the piano, he can still push on. Thus, as the phone calls started to stop, and the ticket sales started to fall, Frederic found himself back at this little tavern. The place looked superficially the same. But it couldn't be more different in atmosphere. Frederic was surprised to find a lot of his old acquaintances still frequent the bar. Broken and beaten ponies whose lives panned out much worse than Frederic's. No longer is the tavern a sea of gallant and perky ponies, but it has become a graveyard of hopes and dreams. If Frederic could avoid tonight's shift he would. But he needs the money. He trotted up to the tavern's grand and started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQRXEEZCeBo But just as he started he heard a loud crack. This jolted Frederic as somepony dropped their glass but Frederic brought his attention back to his work and continued on.

Frederic heard hooves clopping close to him. He ignored it at first, thinking that it was just a random pony who might want to sit on the other side of the bench. Frederic couldn't help but feel a little gloomy. Being out in the open has reminded him more of how empty his schedule is since Octavia's newfound popularity. He hasn't even played with the band recently. So much for cheering myself up eh Freddie? Frederic thought to himself. Frederic knows he should be grateful for even getting the chance to support himself in Canterlot but he's just having a hard time removing Octavia from his mind. Since his move from poor rural Rockwington, Frederic has never been more comfortable in Canterlot as he was able to find a patron to support his musical endeavors. But thoughts of Octavia keep coming back. He's happy for her, but jealous at the same time. It's an odd feeling and Frederic doesn't know what to make out of it. Suddenly, a stallion's voice broke Frederic's train of thought. Frederic looked back to see a pony with a guitar and a cowboy hat sitting in front of him. "Sir, excuse me, but...why are you laying on a park bench?" Frederic was surprised by the pony at first. He looked back over at Beauty Brass... unsure if she's noticed him and turned his attention back to the blue stallion. Frederic shrugged but found the question a little odd. "Just... enjoying the day." Frederic didn't want to seem rude but he wasn't too sure how to make conversation with the newly arrived pony. After all, he came to the park to get Octavia out of his mind... not that it has been successful so far.

((My first RP here so if i'm doing anything wrong let me know)) For as long as he could remember, Frederic wasn't a morning pony. Music classes always started at 7:30 sharp and his performances were always booked early in the day too. But since the gala, Frederic's career has started to slump while Octavia's just continues to grow and grow. Frederic would be lying if he said he wasn't a little jealous and recently their differences in engagements have drawn them a little apart. Frederic opened his eyes as he laid in bed. His morning alarm clock used to be such an annoyance but now that it's stopped ringing Frederic missed it. But no more moping. Engagement or not Frederic was going to get up early this morning. He quickly showered, dressed ((just a bowtie lol)) and galloped out the door. Frederic wandered around downtown Canterlot humming to himself. Something caught his eye as he wandered by a park. Beauty Brass playing her sousaphone to a stallion. "Nice to see that Beauty Brass has an audience." Frederic said to himself. He considered joining her as the park is where he met his bandmates. Frederic looks around and remembered that he didn't bring his portable keyboard. Disappointed, Frederic decided to rest as he quietly folded himself on a bench and relaxed. Atleast the weather was nice today.

@Astalakio Thank you @ZephyrBlue Cool. I've always wanted to learn another instrument besides piano but being in film school meant that film was my "new instrument" lol. Do you have any samples you'd be comfortable sharing?

I play the piano which is apt because I almost always RP as Frederic. Here's some samples: http://youtu.be/lQRXEEZCeBo http://youtu.be/pIkPB3kr-fo

Wow, thanks everyone for the warm reception. Looks like a fantastic place to RP. Always nice to see another brony who shares interests. We must chat indeed

Thank you all for the very warm welcome. It already seems like a wonderful place to start RPing I do have one question however. Is there a rule against RPing ponies already in the show? I normally RP as Frederic on other sites

About myself.: Hey, I'm a classical music brony and a filmmajor in college. How did you hear about Canterlot.com?: Looking around for a good RP community and I found it from Bronyville. How did you became a fan of FiM?: Basically just out of curiosity. Had no idea how a show like this can become so popular so I watched it and I became hooked. My one favourite main cast pony?: Fluttershy So yeah I'm just here looking for a good RP community. I didn't mesh well with the facebook community so I just left and decided to see if I can RP somewhere else. I mostly will likely just lurk around and see how things are ran here.