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Now That Really Felt Good To Do.
By joseexist in Musings On Muses
July 23, 2010

Now that really felt good to do. I’m talking about the eleven chapter story I just finished. “The Rocknauts” developed from an idea I had back in high school. When Legasys and I were just forming up we went thru a ton of names before we settled on “Legasys”. Rocknauts was one of them that didn’t make the grade.

Back then, as the idea was forming I would daydream scenarios where the flying stages would go thru various maneuvers. One had the stage rider keeping his body in one spot while the stage bobbed up and down and twisted from side to side. The stage only moved as much as he could bend at the knees. Of course a dazzling light show emanating from the stage added to the imagery.

I imagined all sorts of ‘powers’ for the stages and even had a keyboardist platform with semi-circular piano-boards. The speakers on the bottom of each saucer were loud enough to be used as weapons. The musicians could materialize instruments at will of various types. When I started “The Rocknauts” tale back in June of 2010, it was just a blog post titled “There Were Four…”. Many of the displays of abilities that followed simply flowed out of my hyper-active imagination.

You can probably read a lot of my exposure to science fiction, both vintage and modern, in the story. In any case I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Maybe I’ll publish it in book form, or in “E-book” format. By the way, music was the ‘muse’, and most of the lyrics are mine. The exception is “If Rock Is What You Need”. That gem was penned by Joel Lopez.