Okay so band!verse
I don't know how much of this will be in the fic itself, but you might want to know
The Argents are like a classical soloist dynasty, all Juilliard-trained, lessons from birth, etc. Gerard was a super famous violinist, back in the day, but never really had any interest in new compositions or forms, keeping his children and then grandchildren with the most conservative and strict of teachers. Chris has branched out over the years, working with other pianists, collaborating with jazz musicians and featuring on the occasional soundtrack. This pisses Gerard off to no end. (Victoria was an operatic mezzo) Kate has caused some stirs in the music world with her very public and very scathing comments regarding new work, especially more jazz, folk, and blues-inspired pieces. There have been articles written about her views, very accurately placing her work in a very white, very old-money context. None explicitly call her racist or classist, but everyone knows that's what they mean.
Allison has disappointed pretty much all of them but her parents with her current project. She started formally training the second she could hold the violin, and caused a minor upset in the family in high school when she also picked up cello, viola, and clarinet (Gerard is very strict about being a one-instrument artist. As he and Allison have the same instrument, it gets even more personal.)
Allison calls it a fiddle to piss him off. She got a pickup and an amp and spent seven months in the Carolinas with some collaborators of her dad's, learning to really fiddle. They didn't think she'd pick it up quite so fast, but the word "prodigy" has been tossed around her head for her whole life, so they shouldn't have been surprised. She can still kill a concerto, but she'll only do it if the audience really begs.
Scott and Stiles, on the other hand, spent high school in a Weezer cover band.
