Her First Gig and Her Cutie Mark
We're back with Behind the Turntable: DJ P0N-3, if you're just joining us...first of all welcome and to bring you up to speed DJ P0N-3 had talked about how she became a DJ, her love life and her first duo group with her friend Rim Shot. Let's see how she got her first gig and cutie mark shall we?
“Our first gig was at the Apony Theater,” said Rim Shot.
“I'll never forget that day, Rim Shot and I were just jamming a little bit in the storage shed of his home which was pretty much our sound studio. All of a sudden some pony with a gray mustache and a disco ball as a cutie mark came up to us,” said DJ P0N-3.
“He told us how good he thought we were and he asked us if we had thought of giving a shot at amateur night at the Apony Theater,” said Rim Shot.
“I was like amateur night?! Isn't that for the best ponies? He told me that we were one of the best acts he had ever seen and Rim Shot and I were talking it over,” said DJ P0N-3.
“I thought it was a good idea and she thought it was a good idea so we both signed up for it, I mean amateur night at the Apony Theater...not many ponies can say that they had that opportunity arise,” said Rim Shot.
Yes amateur night at the Apony Theater, where many have tried to impress the crowd but only few have been successful in wooing the crowd. Others have gone down in the flames of failure, unable to escape the jaws of defeat.
“I remember us then going back to practice and uh...you know, it was critical” said Rim Shot
“I swear man we must've practiced for hours on edge, we were just creating beats off the top of our heads
but we were trying to find that one perfect beat that would get the crowd all riled up but we were just nervous ya know?” said DJ P0N-3.
“When it was time for us to go I remember just walking to the Apony Theater, nervous as ever but Vinyl was telling me hey relax we're gonna kill 'em!” exclaimed Rim Shot.
“I remember telling him that the worst that could happen was they don't like us but hey life goes on right? Rim was shaking like one of his cymbals after being hit with a drumstick. When we did get there we were let in through the back with the other performers and we had brought our stuff with us...well lugged in two big wagons,” said DJ P0N-3.
“When we were backstage there were about maybe twenty to thirty music acts, I managed to peer through the curtain and man you should've seen that crowd! There were at least a thousand or so in that crowd and I saw Vinyl's and my parents in the front rows,” said Rim Shot.
“Boy were we proud of her!” exclaimed Crossfader.
“I knew my boy would be at the Apony Theater!” exclaimed Rim Shot's father Drum Roll
“After about an hour we heard the announcer say to the crowd to give it up for Vinyl Shot and I knew it was do or die,” said Rim Shot.
“When we got on stage I took a deep breath and asked Rim Shot if he was ready, he was and I was...he started playing his drums and I began scratching on my forty-fives and before I knew it we were playing. Only thing was we were playing a totally different beat, something we never even practiced before,” said DJ P0N-3.
“I just went with flow of the music, I just made this beat up because truth be told I was so nervous that I forgot the original that we were going to perform,” said Rim Shot chuckling a bit.
[A PICTURE OF DJ P0N-3 AND RIM SHOT AT THE APONY POPS UP]
Improvising, Vinyl Shot were becoming a hit with the crowd! They had been playing their hit song that we now know today as Colts n' Stuff.
“The crowd was cheering wildly for us!” exclaimed Rim Shot
“I swear I thought the roof was going to blow off we were so good! I mean that crowd was jumping and stomping their hooves to the music! When we took a bow we got a huge standing ovation, just me and Rim Shot with our hooves around
each other's waist taking a bow! Then when we went backstage we saw a pink unicorn with a white mane and gold record as a cutie mark and she said her name was Billboard,” said DJ P0N-3 excitedly
“She said that she liked what she saw out there and she wanted to sign us to her company for a one time deal, now first we had to console with our folks but they were cool with it as long as we were, which of course we were and we signed to the company and boom! We were artists,” said Rim Shot.
“As I looked around I noticed I had a mark on my rear, it looked to be two mirrored eighth notes...it was my cutie mark! I was so excited, Rim Shot got his as well...his were two drumsticks in the shape of an X,” said DJ P0N-3.
“Getting your cutie mark is exciting because you know you worked hard for it, you know that you put time and passion into it,” said Rim Shot.
“It was a great night for the both of us, first we get a standing o at the Apony, then we get signed with a record company which by my recollection has only happened twice before at the Apony but other than that we had a great night, and to top it all off we got our cutie marks!” exclaimed DJ P0N-3.
When we come back, we'll talk about their first album and how they took to their newly acquired fame and accolades.
“It was a great feeling in that recording studio, just me, my special somepony recording our album,” said DJ P0N-3.
“I'll be honest, I didn't think it was going to sell...I thought it was going to bomb,” said Rim Shot.
(A/N) Well there was chapter 2, hope you enjoyed it...chapter 3 will be up soon so be on the lookout! Well goodnight/good morning whatever timezone you're in. Until next time bronies!
How She Got Started and her First Love
“Things were hard for her”
“I mean one night I felt like I was on top of the world and the next...”
“I admit I had an addiction, I was a monster”
Tonight we look at one of Ponyville's biggest music icons, a mare who was living her dream but it was a nightmare to get where she was. Take a look at the life of DJ P0N-3 tonight on...
PH1: Behind the Music...DJ P0N-3
Ever since she made her debut in the music world two years ago, DJ P0N-3 has been a club sensation. Performing sets in clubs all throughout Ponyville, Manehattan, Phillydelphia, Canterlot and many more DJ P0N-3 has been a big name. She was born Vinyl Scratch to Crossfader and Promo, born in Ponyville she was interested in being a DJ ever since she first saw her father Crossfader practicing on his turntable.
“I remember her sneaking down to the basement during the night and practice on my turntable, boy I remember hearing her scratch away,” said Crossfader.
“Yeah, I used to sneak down and play. I found it pretty interesting at first...sure I wasn't any good at first but hey ya gotta crawl before ya trot right?” said DJ P0N-3.
When she was six years old she had gotten her first ever turntable from her mother who too was a DJ.
[A PICTURE OF DJ P0N-3 AS A FILLY HUGGING HER FIRST TURNTABLE POPS UP]
“I remember her face lit up on her birthday, as soon as she ripped off that gold wrapping paper she screamed my first turntable! My first turntable! Boy she thanked us from here and back” said Promo.
“I still have that turntable, I use it for inspiration but yeah...I remember just showing it off to my friends, but me and this one stallion...well he was a colt at the time named Rim Shot, he had gotten a set of drums for his birthday and I told him that my beats and his drum beats would sound cool together,” said DJ P0N-3.
“Me and her used to have so much fun creating beats with her turntable and my drum kit! I mean yeah some were good and some were terrible but when we were young we knew we had a passion for music,” said Rim Shot.
“I used to visit Rim Shot all the time and we'd discuss what we'd do when we were rich and famous, how we'd frivolously buy all these luxuries and such. Or we'd come up with different costume designs, actually I remember these sunglasses were actually Rim Shot's but he let me keep them because he didn't like them,” said DJ P0N-3 chuckling at the end of her sentence.
As DJ P0N-3 and Rim Shot got older they had both developed a love for music and when they were teenagers they had formed their little group Vinyl Shot.
“It was a corny name,” chuckled Rim Shot.
“We just decided to combine both of our names together because we were pressed to think of a name for us,” said DJ P0N-3.
[A PICTURE OF DJ P0N-3 ON HER TURNTABLE AND RIM SHOT PLAYING HIS DRUMS POPS UP]
“They used to practice in our living room,” said Crossfader.
“I remember one night they practiced until 2am and there were a few complaints from neighbors,” said Promo.
“Yeah our music got pretty loud, but what do you expect when you get so immersed in music like that? I mean we were
having fun!” said DJ P0N-3.
“The one thing I liked about doing this was the fact that DJ P0N-3 and I had gotten closer to each other because truth be told I had a huge crush on her then,” said Rim Shot smiling
“You see I knew Rim Shot liked me but at the time I really didn't want to be tangled in a relationship, I was to busy with my music and I used to say that there was plenty of time for that,” said DJ P0N-3.
That didn't last however because a month after the forming of Vinyl Shot, DJ P0N-3 and Rim Shot started dating.
“I just came out one day and I asked her on a date,” said Rim Shot.
“I remember when Rim Shot first asked me out, it was a beautiful day out and Rim Shot came up to me and asked if I wanted to grab a bite. At first I was hoping he wasn't asking me on a date but as we were walking to go get something to eat I had gotten these weird feelings for him. I just couldn't explain it,” said DJ P0N-3.
“They made a cute couple together” chuckled Promo.
“I knew Rim Shot had a thing for her, it was clear as day and I trusted him because I went to Ponyville High with his father,” said Crossfader.
The two were inseparable, they went everywhere with each other and they made music with each other as well. As each day passed with each practice session it seemed as if the duo were destined for fame and fortune.
“Man, she'd practice hard everyday. She'd give a hundred and ten percent in what she did,” said Rim Shot.
“I just wanted to be the best at the time, me and Rim Shot would practice like crazy. Slamming at his drums just going bang, boom, bang! I thought we had something going on not just relationship wise but music wise as well,” said DJ P0N-3.
Coming up on PH1's Behind the Turntable comes back, we take a look into Vinyl Shot's first ever gig:
“Man you should've seen that crowd!” exclaimed Rim Shot.
“I swear I thought the roof was going to blow off we were so good!” exclaimed DJ P0N-3
(A/N) Well there was chapter one I hope you enjoyed it and don't fret I haven't forgotten about my other fic but this one just popped into my head out of nowhere...well also thank Bell Biv Devoe's hit “Poison” which also gave me the inspiration for this. I'll be writing more soon. Brohoof to y'all bronies! /) Also if you see anything in italics that's just me announcing.
