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Jace glanced around the roo on a stand in the corner He retrieved it and handed it to Eric Eric tuned the guitar in Brian’s typical drop D, and then played a few bars of the riff He didn’t have Brian’s innate soloing skill, but Eric could play "Yep," he said, shifting that score to his other knee He read from the next score and played a few bars of a solo at half tee?" Jace asked

"It ork Brian will love adding embellishments between stanzas You kno he is" Eric pulled a pen out of his pocket and scratched out a few lines ofa couple of notes in their place

"Yeah" Jace looked awestruck

Eric rearranged the sections several tiuitar lanced at Jace

Jace jumped to his feet and pulled his bass out of the case behind the leather sofa Eric pulled two sets of drumsticks out of his pockets Sed wondered if he had a drum kit in that pocket, too Eric tapped a rhythed his bass into a practice amp and strued to improve perfection? It struck Sed that they were about to take their music to the next level With their bassist, of all people

He glanced at Eric to see if he recognized it too

"Not bad," Eric said, nodding in appreciation Didn’t Eric hear hiuy was a phenomenon His sound was so much richer than Jon’s had been, it was as if they didn’t even play the same instrument They had to exploit the hell out of Jace’s talent on the new alburessing-our-fame land, Sed started "Oh yeah I’h it had been weeks since that bouncer had grabbed him at the strip club, his throat still bothered him Not so bad that it affected his voice It just felt different Achy Especially when he screa the chorus lyrics as he envisioned them

"Sever it, never let it take you down

Sever it, before it takes you under

Sever it, tied, gagged and bound

Sever it, no sense in going under

Let

It

Go" Eric carried the last note for severalthe table with drumsticks "How does that sound?"

"Perfect," Sed told hi in that octave You sing it"

"I’ that chorus and in the background, I’ll scream like this:

Sever

Severrrrrrrrr

Severrrrrrrrrrrrr" Sed let each roar increase in length and volu toward the to around knee level

"I’," Eric insisted "Helloooo" He pointed to himself "Drummer Drum-mer"

"Humor him," Sed said

Eric rolled his eyes "I feel like an ass"

"You are an ass," Sed insisted with a grin, "but you have the perfect pitch for this chorus Sing"