When the four students in the small room heard Liu Jingxin's words, they all raised their heads to look at the door, and then looked at each other and made eye contact, as if asking if the others knew Liu Jingxin standing at the door, and then the four of them shook their heads in unison.

Liu Jingxin smiled faintly, and without waiting for the other party to respond, he walked into the small room.

The space in this rehearsal room is very small, and a set of drum kits and two one-meter-high speakers basically occupy half of the room. By the window, there was a table with three piano bags scattered on it, and only a few wooden stools.

Seeing Liu Jingxin walk to the drum kit, the four students got up and moved out of the way.

Liu Jingxin squatted down and looked inside through the transparent drum skin of the foot drum, and found that it was empty, and there was not even a drum pillow, which confirmed his guess.

"Do you have any quilts you don't want?" asked Liu Jingxin by looking up.

One of the tall, thin and short-haired boys asked tentatively, "Do you want to stuff a quilt into it?" I'm afraid it won't work very well, we thought we had stuffed our military training uniforms in it, and the sound sounded very strange, so it was better not to stuff it. ”

Liu Jingxin got up and said: "Clothes are definitely not good, in fact, it is best to stuff two drum pillows into them, and it will only cost more than 100 yuan to buy them online." When you really don't have a bulging pillow, you can take a fluffy cotton and stuff it into one-third to two-thirds. ”

A short boy asked suspiciously, "Really?"

Liu Jingxin did not get angry because he was questioned, but explained very patiently: "It is normal for the drum skin of the kick drum to vibrate and produce overtones, so it will sound relatively empty. Experienced drummers will stuff one or two bolsters into the kick drum, which can not only reduce overtones, but also make the tone of the kick drum more solid. If the conditions don't allow, you can also make do with a quilt. ”

Hearing Liu Jingxin say so well, these four students have already believed three points.

The girl hurriedly said: "I have a bed and I don't want the quilt when I go to school, you wait for me, I'll go back and get it now." ”

With that, the girl put down the bass that hung on her shoulder, walked out of the small room, and trotted away.

The tall boy took out a cigarette and handed it to Liu Jingxin, and asked with a warm smile, "Classmate, which department are you from?"

Liu Jingxin said frankly: "I'm not a student in your school, I actually play in a band, wandering around your school, and when I heard you rehearsing, I followed the sound and came over." ”

Another boy with glasses and a little chubby asked, "You're also in a band, are you a drummer?"

Liu Jingxin shook his head and said, "I'm a guitarist." ”

The tall boy took off the guitar on his shoulder and handed it to Liu Jingxin: "We all play in a band, so we have a common topic." I'll play the bass, let's play it for a while. ”

Liu Jingxin was not polite, took the electric guitar handed over by the other party, smoked two puffs of cigarette vigorously, walked to the door and snuffed out the remaining half of the cigarette on the trash can, turned around and put on the electric guitar, took out the pick from his pocket, and was thinking about how to show off, but he heard the tall boy just now ask, "What songs do you play?"

"Which songs?" Liu Jingxin was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't react for a while, and the other party asked what this sentence meant.

Usually when they communicate with each other, they are secretly holding back their energy, and they both want to compare with each other's opponents, so they will play some improvisational things at first.

Liu Jingxin was only stunned for a moment, and soon understood what the other party meant.

The other party is just a campus band, and it seems that they don't have particularly strong skills, they should still be in the stage of finding scores on the Internet to rehearse, and the ability to improvise on the spot is not very strong, so they will ask Liu Jingxin what songs he can play.

Liu Jingxin asked rhetorically: "What songs have you been rehearsing recently? I'll see if there are any." ”

The other party then reported the names of many songs, in addition to the previous "Love is a lie", there are also songs by Beyond, New Pants Band, Greenday and other bands, the music style is more mixed, all styles are involved, and there are even a few pop music.

Liu Jingxin listened to the titles of the songs announced by the tall boy, and finally chose Xie Tianxiao's "Sunflower", and offered to take the position of the lead guitar.

Xie Tianxiao can be regarded as one of the leading figures of contemporary rock music in China, this song "Sunflower" is his famous work, the radical melody and uplifting lyrics, inspired generation after generation.

With the help of the tall boy, Liu Jingxin used the synthesizer to tune the tone, and after everyone was in place, he began to play.

The song begins with a natural overtone technique, with a "tick" double note that resembles a drop of water, like the scattered raindrops that the clouds are tentatively dropping before a rainstorm is about to hit.

At the end of the eight-bar "tick" note, the rhythm guitar, bass and drum kit, which are mainly played by muffled sounds, follow in unison, like a torrential rain.

The muffled rhythm feels a little oppressive, but it uses the notes as paint, and paints a picture in people's minds: the weak seed falls on the ground, buried by the mud splashed by the rain, it struggles desperately, struggles to get out of the roots, struggles to sprout!

"The beautiful sky is always as far as the eye can see, and there is a seed buried under the clouds. The nourishment comes from this sludge all over the ground, taking root and sprouting, still obeying the will of God......"

Although the timbre of the kick drum is still so empty, and although the small indoor space makes the sound of the speaker very bad, when these lyrics are sung by the tall boy, everyone, including Liu Jingxin, feels that the whole body is full of strength and unyielding strength.

They are all a small seed in this filthy world, they yearn for the sky, they have to obey the will of heaven, but they still have dreams, dreams that even sludge cannot bury!

"Sunflowers, if you grow in the dark;

Sunflowers, will you continue to bloom?

Will you be afraid? Will you be afraid......

The voice of "Will you be afraid" seems to be asking the seed that has just sprouted in the song, but isn't this asking yourself again and again?

The answer to this question is actually in the title of the song, which is called "Sunflower".

They are all sunflowers, they are born in darkness, and their hearts are towards light!

Are you scared or not? Will it continue to bloom?

If you are afraid, why take root, why sprout?

If you are afraid, where will the sunflower come from in this world?

After playing a song, everyone seemed very excited, and they all felt that their whole bodies were full of strength, and they longed for the power of the sun!

Liu Jingxin took off his guitar and asked with a smile, "How long has your band been formed?"

The tall boy scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "The second semester of freshman year began, and it has been two full years now." At that time, we were all new to the beginning, and we are all beginners now, but after rehearsing so many songs, it must be enough to cope with the school performance. ”

Liu Jingxin took out the cigarette and dispersed it around, and then asked, "Will you continue to play in the band after graduation?"

The fat boy with glasses said, "Why do you think so much? We enjoy the feeling of being together now, and that's enough." ”

Because you're young, don't ask about tomorrow!

Living in the moment and being born to the sun is enough!