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A very long serial novel running from 1974 to 1987, plus sequel and prequel. |
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Rehearsal is my baby, my writing baby. It's what turned me into a novelist. It's been therapy and education and fun and hair-pulling and brain-testing. It's my "work of the heart" (although all of my books truly matter to me). I started this story way back in my teen years, inspired by an actual band and somewhat by actual events of that band. It is NOT that band and the characters are not meant to be any of the inspirational band members. They are purely my creation. Four of the books out of what will be a set of seven, plus a sequel and a prequel, have been released, beginning in 2006, but they're being pulled off the "shelves" for a revamp. Here, I will be posting research, music used, original lyrics, excerpts, character interviews, and other Rehearsal related items while I work on getting it together and ready for a new shebang release sometime in the future. |
Take It Easy On Me (1981) Written by Graham Goble, Performed by Little River band Sometimes things just don't work out. Sometimes you have to cut your losses because you know it's better for the long run, but you still have to nurse a bruised heart until it starts to beat normally again. Loss is a prevalent theme throughout Rehearsal. All of the main characters have to deal with it in different ways. Duncan had a very rocky relationship with the man who raised him and left his mother and siblings he loved to get away from him. Evan's father left the family during his young teen years, and he lost his younger brother during his late teen years. Susie lost her mother when she was very young, and her baby sister. The three of them understand the gapes in their friends' lives well. Those gapes bring them together while they help each other mend and deal with the fallout. And then ... tragedy. Regrouping is a major obstacle when you're still recovering... ------- This is entry #8 for
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Song For You (1980) Written by Peter Cetera, Performed by Chicago "I'm a man that you can count on..." This is one of Chicago's simplest songs, mainly acoustic guitar and Cetera's voice with a bit of backing. No muss, no fuss, just a quick emotional expression song, not too deep, but real. Chicago also plays a major role throughout Rehearsal, with a few of their songs having special meaning to the main characters. Their music, in general, is complex and varied, with far more instruments and band members than normal. It's often orchestral with a large sound. It's much like the Rehearsal saga itself: large, varied, with lots of parts, subplots, a ton of characters... And yet this song is reminiscent of Evan. He's fairly simple and straight-forward. He is what he is. Non-flamboyant. Home-town boy. Business degree. And he's steadfastly loyal, possibly to a fault. Susie often sat and listened to his sitting and playing his acoustic guitar while they were growing up together, and when she catches him doing it still, all these years later, it catches her off-guard and pulls her in, like a reminder of who he is beyond everything else. Her rock and anchor through a sometimes ridiculously stormy sea. --------- This is entry #7 for
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I Want To Make You Smile (1979) Written by Bill Medley, Performed by Kenny Rogers "If it's not too late... I want to stop the world and make you smile..." Honestly, one of the prettiest songs ever written, especially with the great Kenny Rogers singing it. (Rest in peace, Kenny.) Too often, people who have been together forever in any kind of relationship tend to start taking it for granted. They assume the other knows how they feel and let things slide, maybe forget that nurturing is a big part of a good relationship, and maybe, just maybe, that significant other isn't so sure anymore how you feel. Maybe you've gotten bored with him/her and have other, newer interests that have started to matter more. Maybe you've both changed so much through your mutual growing that the need isn't really still there. Maybe you've just shrugged it off as too comfortable, too familiar. This becomes an issue in the later Rehearsal books. More than one character needs a reminder that says, "Hey, I'm still here for a reason and I need you to remember who I was to you and I need you to really see who I am now, and let me know if who I am still matters to you." Stop everything. Pay attention. Let me know you see me. ------ This is entry #6 for
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