The life of a student musician.

A hypertext narrative by

Alyson Bernard

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Word count: 1805

Choice count: 25

Section count: 18

Image count: 18

Error count: 0

Field Related Analysis:

Law/Paralegal-Technology : 33 matches (agent, assignment, bench, case law, case, client, club, company, composition, court, draft, family, golden, harassment, homicide, House, Information, law firm, law, lawyer, living, misconduct, mortgage, notice, paralegal, parent, pension, police officer, rescue, Sexual, street, test, volunteer)

Tourism : 28 matches (Airport, Bench, Boat, Client, Competition, Cruise, Deal, Human, Opportunity, Plane, Program, Resources, adventure, agent, airport, boat, captain, cruise, door, draft, language, non-stop, pension, program, report, sitting, stop, watch)

Education : 26 matches (P, School, assignment, choice, college, don, first, grades, graduate, graduation, head, high school, learned, major, report, research, scholarship, school, skills, speaking, student, taught, test, training, university, writing)

Target Structure:

a foot in the door (1 match)

dread (2 matches)

internship (2 matches)

misconduct (1 match)

mortgage (1 match)

on-the-job-training (1 match)

pension (1 match)

purpose (2 matches)

retirement (1 match)

set aside (1 match)

sexual harassment (1 match)

test drive (1 match)

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The life of a student musician.

Congratulation ! You are finally done with High school.

Congrats! You just graduated from High school with excellent grades. You've been playing trumpet for the last 5 years, you are fantastic at it, people even say you might be a prodigy. You have won a few medals from competition all over the country. You love music but do you want to play music for the rest of your life? It's time to apply for college. Your parents pressure you to go to college so you have to choices. You either go to Dawson College to study music, or you go to Ahuntsic College to study paralegal, so you can help with your mother's law firm.

Choice 1 : Go to Ahuntsic College.

Choice 2 : Go to Dawson College

Graduation

You've been accepted in paralegal study at Ahuntsic College!

You decided to stay in the family business and do paralegal study to help your mother. It's something you have to do. Your parents are really proud of your choice. You are in your first year of study and it's harder than what you taught it would be. You are working at your mother's law firm after school. It's too much pressure! You don't want to to this anymore. You can always drop out to do some volunteering abroad like you've always dreamed of doing, or you can continue chose to continue your study.

Choice 1 : continue at Ahuntsic College

Choice 2 : Drop out and to some volunteering abroad

Ahuntsic college

You got accepted in the music program at Dawson College!

You are in your first year studying music at Dawson College. Your parents are hurt that you chose music over your family, but they'll get over it once they see how good you are. They're not really supportive and haven't been to any show you did. An agent spotted you in one of your shows and love your sound He offers you to become your agent ! You can accept and become a superstar or continue studying even if your parents said they would inherit you if you did.

Choice 1 : Become a superstar

Choice 2 : Continue studying music

Dawson College

Not so bad.

You talked to your parents, and they agreed to let you breathe a little. Finally... You are in your last year, graduating in a few weeks and you are doing an internship for a law firm downtown. It is crazy over there, but it's not as bad as you thought. On-the-job-training helped you see that you actually love law. That test drive did some good. You are even thinking of going to university in law at McGill University. Or you can take a year to do the volunteering abroad you've been dreaming about.

Choice 1 : Go to McGill University

Choice 2 : volunteer abroad

Law student

Welcome to Nepal!

You did a year of soul-searching by doing some volunteering abroad in Nepal and you love it! It gives you a purpose. You are doing something good for your planet. Your parents stopped answering your calls because you decided to go to Nepal instead of working. You are ready to finally receive a salary so you go back to work for your mother.

Choice 1 : Go work for your mother

Nepal

Welcome to Nepal.

You did a year of soul-searching by doing some volunteering abroad in Nepal and you love it! It gives you a purpose. You are doing something good for your planet. Your parents stopped answering your calls because you decided to go to Nepal instead of finishing school. They're ashamed of their only kid being a drop out. But it's now time to be serious and go back to work for your mother.

Choice 1 : Go work for your mother

Nepal

Superstar? Not so much.

You moved to Los Angeles to become a superstar. Your parents decided to inherit you anyway, and they don't talk to you anymore. Who knew it would be so hard becoming a superstar playing the trumpet. It's not working and you are now homeless. Living in the street is hard and you do everything you can. You are sleeping on a bench when a homeless guy offers you a little bag. He says t will help you for the cold. You don't know what it is, but you choose to take it.

Choice 1 : Take the bag

Homeless

Bad move.

The bag contained a psychoactive drug! You overdosed and died. You are in heaven and your angel gives you a second chance to go back in time to when you had the choice of becoming a superstar or continue your music study. Will you take that chance?

Choice 1 : Stay in heaven

Choice 2 : Go back in time

Heaven

Music is life.

You are about to graduate at Dawson College. You learned a lot and have developed skills in composition. Your internship Helped you to get a foot in the door in a really amazing music production company, and they want you to work for them as soon as you graduate. You also have the opportunity to continue studying music at one of the top universities on the planet. Julliard! That means moving to New York. Being a woman of color you are scared because of everything happening in the USA, but Julliard is a big deal. What will you choose?

Choice 1 : Go work for a big music company

Choice 2 : Go to Julliard

Louis Armstrong

9 to 5.

You are working for your mother in her law firm. You are a legal assistant. You do a lot to help your mother. Your job is to highlight all the important information in case law and court decision. Part of the job is to do some writing reports and draft document. After all the research, you prepare all the report the lawyer, your mother, might use in deciding how the case should be litigated. You miss playing music. You decide to enter a jazz band, much to your mother's dismay.

Choice 1 : Jazz band!

Law firm

I love Jazz!

You have a wonderful band, and you have been playing to all the most popular jazz club in the world. Even if it wasn't what they wanted for you, your parents are proud of the woman you've become. You are thinking about retirement. You've been playing music for 50 years now and you are getting tired. Your parent taught you to set aside money for the future. You have no mortgage to pay because you already have a house so you have money to spend for yourself. You would really like to retire, and go on a cruise, but you could also continue playing for a few years.

Choice 1 : Continue playing jazz

Choice 2 : Retire and go on a cruise

Jazz band

McGill University!

You went to McGill University to continue studying music and you perfected your skills. After graduation, you started working in a company that produced music for movies. You love it because being a cinema lover You can watch movies before they come out. There's a man working there who is always flirting with you. It' consider it sexual harassment, but when you complained about his misconduct to human resources they told you to ignore him because "men will be men". You dread going to work now. You have no choice but to go work somewhere else. Fortunately, because of your work you have a chance to do the music for Disney movies!

Choice 1 : Disney!

Music production

Go get my coffee!

The only thing you are good for here is getting coffee. You dread going to work now. There's nothing fun. While playing some of your composition on your computer a client at your company starts to shake his head to your beat! He starts talking to you about your situation here with the assistant job, and offers you a position at his company. Turns out it's Disney! He offers you a position to produce music for their movies! Can't miss out on that !

Choice 1 : Disney!

R.I.P.

When you got out of the airport police started surrounding you ! A woman sitting next to you on the plane called them because you were speaking another language and found it threatening. Why did you choose to go to Julliard even if you were scared this was going to happen?! You try to tell the police you are here because you received a scholarship for Julliard, but they think you are lying you can't be smart enough to go there. You start to search your pockets in a frantic way, and one the police officer shouts "GUN" and shoots you! You were only looking for you your id en cellphone to prove you weren't here illegally. You died instantly, and the policeman who did this to you was charged with involuntary homicide.

Choice 1 : Start over

Police shooting

Heart attack.

During your last gig, you suffered a major heart attack on the scene and died. Your parents, even if very old, outlived you. Even if music wasn't their choice for you, you lived a very happy life.

Choice 1 : Start over

Heart attack

Disney!

You have been working for Disney for 50 years now ! What a wonderful adventure! It was everything you thought it would be. But now that you are in your golden years you are getting tired. Even if you don't want to, it's time to retire, you're not getting any younger. You are finalizing your last assignment, "Frozen 2" and you are taking your pension to go on a cruise.

Choice 1 : Retire

Walt Disney

Finally retired!

You are finally retired! You are going on a cruise. The boat is called Titanic II. You've been dreaming about for the last five years.Let's just ope it's not going to end up like the first one. You can finally relax after 50 years of non-stop playing. You had an exceptional career. On the second night of your cruise, you notice an iceberg when you look out your window! The captain didn't see it ! And the boat hits it! After 2 hours of trying to get out of the boat, you find out there's no more rescue boat. The Titanic II is sinking to the bottom of the ocean. You are suffering from hypothermia because the boy you met on the boat doesn't want you on the floating door he is on. After a few ours, he lets go of your hand and lets you sink to the bottom with the Titanic II.

Choice 1 : Start over

Titanic

Heaven.

Even if you never believed in god, you are now living the life in heaven. You met with your ancestors. One of them is Nelson Mandela ! Who knew?! You finally reunited with your long-lost dog Jack.

Choice 1 : Start over

Angel