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Once there was a little boy who loved to play the flute. He practiced whenever he could. He practiced after working in the factory, before bed, and again in the morning before work. He played everyday because he loved it. When he slept, he dreamed of being a master flautist. However, the boy’s family was poor, so when he woke up, he went to work.
During the same time, there was another boy. He was taught to play the flute. However, he was not an interested student, and paid little attention to his instructor. He would skip out on his lessons to run with older boys and to fish. Despite years of study, the boy had learned only one simple tune.

It was his fathers dream to play the flute, to be a flautist, not his. Every day the father asked his son to play for him, and every day the boy would play the same weak tune. This continued until one day, his father did not ask his son to play. He came home too weak and too tired. The next day, the father died. The boy missed his father very much.

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from The Boy and the Firefly, released July 2, 2008

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The Damsels in Distress Springfield, Missouri

The Damsels in Distress started in Springfield, MO in 2006. The music sounds like two people who wrote songs influenced by 80's and 90's punk/rock/lofi using an array of instruments.

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