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    Ace's Basement
    Ace's Basement
    Ace's Basement
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    Ace's Basement

    By Ted Staunton

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    Following the demise of his first band, Ace has started a duo called Two with Lisa, a girl he has a huge crush on. As Ace and Lisa get serious about their music, Denny, Ace's hapless friend, tries to help out by filming their every move so that he can create the ultimate music video. As a joke, Denny puts together a Two video capturing all of the embarrassing moments—moments that Lisa in particular doesn't want shared. Somehow, the video gets posted on YouTube. Lisa and Ace find themselves starring in the latest comedic viral video. Lisa is humiliated and refuses to talk to Ace—until their fame turns out to have positive results.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateOct 1, 2013
    ISBN9781459804401
    Ace's Basement
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    Ted Staunton

    Ted Staunton divides his time between writing and a busy schedule as a speaker, workshop leader, storyteller and musical performer for children and adults. Ted lives in Port Hope, Ontario.

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      Ace's Basement - Ted Staunton

      Ace’s Basement

      Ted Staunton

      Copyright © 2013 Ted Staunton

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced

      or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including

      photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now

      known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Staunton, Ted, 1956-

      Ace’s basement [electronic resource] / Ted Staunton.

      (Orca currents)

      Electronic monograph.

      Issued also in print format.

      ISBN 978-1-4598-0439-5 (PDF).--ISBN 978-1-4598-0440-1 (EPUB)

      I. Title. II. Series: Orca currents (Online)

      PS8587.T334A34 2013          jC813’.54          C2013-901920-0

      First published in the United States, 2013

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013935379

      Summary: Ace learns about Internet bullying while trying

      to get a music career off the ground.

      Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its

      publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government

      of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts,

      and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council

      and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.

      Cover photography by iStockphoto.com

      www.orcabook.com

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      My thanks to Will and Union Duke for great

      music and technical info, and to Melanie

      Jeffs for super editing and YouTube know-

      how. You’re all aces with me.

      Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter Twelve

      Chapter Thirteen

      Chapter Fourteen

      Chapter One

      Lisa is playing acoustic guitar and singing.

      What’s up? I’m down

      When you’re not around…

      It’s Friday after school. We’re busking for change in front of the liquor store. I’m on acoustic guitar and harmonica. I have the harmonica on one of those holders that loops around your neck. The guy at the music store called it a harp rack because harmonicas are also called mouth harps. It looks like the world’s biggest dental retainer. Usually I play bass, but when we play outside, there’s no place to plug in my amp.

      Lisa sways as she sings. It’s nice to watch, especially if you stand behind her like I do. Not only does Lisa have a killer voice, she’s also hot. These are two big reasons why the open guitar case between us has money in it. Another reason is we sound good—as long as I don’t sing. Our duo is named Two. Our sound is sort of folky, but not too mellow. I keep the rhythm going. Lisa sings.

      I could trip, I could fall

      Would you hear if I called…

      I wrote that. I’m getting better at lyrics. Lisa and I write songs together a lot. When you’re only in grade nine and ten, there are not a lot of places to play, so we busk and we get together and write. Life could be worse. Sitting knee to knee with Lisa and making up songs is not a bad way to pass the time. She always has ideas. She has great knees too.

      Over and over and over and over

      Coming apart at the dreams…

      Lisa’s voice goes high. The liquor store is busy. Friday afternoon is a good time to busk here. People leaving the store toss coins in the case. I have time to call Thanks! before I close my eyes for my big harmonica solo.

      Harmonica is new for me. My guess is that playing it is a lot like heavy kissing. You have to time your breathing in and out and move your tongue around and stuff—not to get too gross about it. Plus you have to know where to start. I haven’t figured that out with kissing. There’s no one for me to practice with.

      I have practiced harmonica though. My solo starts with blowing out on the fourth hole. I blow. The wrong note comes out. The next note is wrong too. And the next one and the next. What is going on? I have to keep playing, but it’s panic time.

      This is a nightmare. It’s as if everything is backward. That’s when it hits me that everything is backward. I have cleverly put the harp upside down

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