Careful what you dream for, it might come true. The women of the Kansas City based pop group Frogpond found that out the hard way.

Bass player Justine Volpe and drummer Megan Hamilton wanted to be in a group. Lead vocalist and guitarist Heidi Phillips hired them. Where’s the problem? Neither could play a single note.

Some quick lessons, a few cheat sheets and 10 days later Frogpond had its first gig.

“I felt like a big jerk,” Volpe said. ” But I had watched Heidi for about a year (in her former band) so I knew what she was going for.”

So, it seemed, did Phillips. Tired of playing other people’s songs, the one-time drummer switched to guitar and set out to form her own band. Basing it on friendship, good friends Volpe and Hamilton were added to the lineup and later guitarist Kristie Stremel came aboard.

“First off, you’re parents are thrilled when you tell them you’re joining a band,” Volpe said with sarcasm. With just one semester left at Central Missouri State University, the fashion and textiles major dropped out.

“I could kick my butt,” she said. “But Megan and I plan to finish [college]. We will finish.”

Meanwhile, Volpe and the rest of Frogpond is enjoying the hands-on education that life on the road provides. Having opened for the likes of the Toadies, Everclear and Letters to Cleo, Frogpond is now headlining its first extensive tour.

“It’s so awesome,” Volpe said. “It’s like being kids out of control.”

But things weren’t always a bed of roses for the quartet. Putting out your first album should be a time of great pleasure for a fledgling band, especially when Art Alexakis of Everclear signs on as producer. But be careful what you wish for?

Alexakis agreed to produce the album, Count To Ten, for a nominal fee then turned around and sued the band claiming it owed him $10,000 because “having his name on the album would be a major selling point” according to a press release.

The two have now come to an agreement with Alexakis agreeing to not pursue the $10,000 but required the members of Frogpond to sign a letter stating he was right and they were wrong.

All this could be a little shaking for four women who just wanted to make some music, but Volpe insisted the group remains optimistic.

“You have to think positive and don’t let things get you down,” she said. “We’ll buy the next Everclear album — we don’t hold a grudge. Things happen but nothing is going stop us.”

That includes being female in a heavily male dominated arena. In fact, bring up the fact and you’ll get the most logical of answers to how they feel about it.

“The fact that we’re all female is not an issue within the band,” Volpe explained. “We can’t help that we weren’t born male. We don’t have a lot to prove — we have no control over it.

“But if [people] stick around, we’ll rock ’em out.”

Prepare to be rocked as Frogpond headlines an all-ages show at People’s Bar and Grill Sunday with Outhouse and 35″ Mudder. Showtime is set for 7 p.m. and cover is $5.