Chapter 3 Song Sample

A band without a lead singer is like losing his soul. The easiest way is, of course, to choose a new lead singer, but after this sudden change, a rift suddenly appeared within the originally united band that is difficult to repair.

The first to express his stance was Ryo Shimada, his character was already weak, and Yuta Kojima's withdrawal made him doubt his persistence all along, and his withdrawn heart took the upper hand: "I'm not doing it anymore! I'm fed up with this kind of life! Rather than continue to live meaninglessly here, I might as well go back to my hometown!"

"Shuji, what about you?" Watanabe Lu looked at Shuji Murakami.

"Of course I want to keep going. But," Shuji Murakami smiled sarcastically, "Yuta is gone, and Ryo is quitting, so is there any point in the band going on?" and to be honest, I'm a little tired of seeing no hope." After Murakami finished speaking, he didn't wait for Watanabe Lu to react, grabbed his backpack, and left the table.

Ryo Shimada looked at the back of him leaving, gritted his teeth, bowed too, and followed out of the club.

In front of the table, which was still a little crowded, only Watanabe Lu and Ye Zhao were left.

Watanabe Lu lit a cigarette, and after smoking in silence, he looked at Ye Zhao and asked, "Xiao Ye, what about you?"

Ye Zhao replied quickly, "Brother Watanabe, I'm also planning to quit." ”

"Yes. Watanabe Lu sighed, "I'm personally very optimistic about you, you're still young, it's a pity to give up now." ”

"Watanabe-san, you're mistaken. Ye Zhao corrected, "I'm not trying to give up music, I just want to continue working hard in another way, I have never doubted that I can't succeed, I am now, and I will be in the future." ”

For this deplorable situation at this stage, this kind of remark sounds like crazy words, but Watanabe Lu did not disagree, but praised it: "Well said, Xiaoye." I'm really sorry that I didn't have the ability to lead you to success when I took you out of Ueno Park. From now on, if you are still your big brother, if there is anything useful, just contact me, I will definitely try my best to help. ”

"Thank you, Watanabe-san. Ye Zhao's thanks are very sincere, no matter what the future holds, it is already a rare friendship for Watanabe Lu to be able to say such a thing at this stage.

There was no dissolution declaration, and there was not even a farewell performance, and the Chapik was disbanded like this.

From the mid-80s to the early 90s, this was the peak of RB's band boom, young people all over the country were forming bands, every day there were bands formed, every day there were bands disbanded, but more than 90% of the bands couldn't even make a small splash, of course, Cha Peak was the 90%. Apart from the band members, the only thing that may be affected is the club, after all, the band will not perform here again.

Saying goodbye to Riku Watanabe, Ye Zhao left the club.

Wandering alone on the streets, in Tokyo in the evening, people are in a hurry, and no one pays any extra attention to the people who pass by them. Ye Zhao moved slowly in the dense flow of people that almost filled the entire sidewalk, and occasionally a female high school student pointed at him and whispered while waiting for a red light: "Look, it's a handsome guy!" But that's all.

I took the train back to Ikebukuro, passed by the convenience store before returning to the apartment, and went in to buy a little food, until the bill was settled, and the contempt for the price of goods in Toei had not been eliminated in my heart.

However, when he returned to the apartment and saw the rent reminder letter from the real estate company in the mailbox in front of the door, Ye Zhao found that the situation he had to face was even more severe than he imagined. At the same time, a memory of his predecessor naturally came flooding back, explaining to him where the rent went: On the day of his suicide, he went to a high-end yakiniku restaurant in Roppongi with 50,000 yen of rent and had a luxurious "Last Supper".

Knowing the answer, Ye Zhao's teeth itched for a while, and he couldn't help but scold: You kid is cool, what should I do!

It can only be served cold.

After eating, Ye Zhao took out a silver Panasonic tape recorder from the drawer, held the guitar, and plucked the chords at random while thinking about which tune to write in his mind.

In the future, if you want to enter the music scene, there are all kinds of ways, even just posting an audio on the Internet, it is possible to gain a lot of attention. But at present, in front of Ye Zhao, in addition to going to clubs and singing on the street, there is only the traditional way of sending song samples to the record company.

The RB music scene in 1994 was a year full of rock and electronic dance music. In the course of the year, the BEING army continued to flourish in 1993, and Tetsuya Komuro finally showed his might with several million-dollar electronic dance music. However, whether it is rock music or electronic music, it has the same side effect: it will feel noisy when you listen to it too much. Ye Zhao's idea is also very simple, that is, to take advantage of this side effect and open his own music path with a fresh song.

Speaking of freshness, a name came to Ye Zhao's mind: Yamazaki Shoyoshi!

The name Masaki Yamazaki may not be familiar to everyone, but when it comes to his famous song "One more time, One more chance", it must be no stranger. This song, released in 1997, was originally the theme song made by Yamazaki Masaki for the movie "The Moon and Cabbage" starring him, although the results on the ORICON chart were not eye-catching, but with the fresh and beautiful melody and sincere and moving lyrics, the song was finally a big hit, and Yamazaki Masaki, who had been unknown for several years, also turned over with this song.

And this song attracted attention again in 2007, animation director Makoto Shinkai used this song as the theme song of his masterpiece "Five Centimeters per Second", due to the animation drive, this classic song once again showed its charm beyond the times ten years later.

After deciding on the track, Ye Zhao searched for the song "One more time, One more chance" in his mind, first marked the lyrics and chords on the paper with a pencil, sang it a few times on the guitar, and only after finding the state did he officially start recording.

"So...... 1, 2, 3, start singing!" With a beat and his fingers plucking the strings, Ye Zhao began to record the DEMO of the song.

"What else do I have to lose to be forgiven......"

"How much more pain do I have to endure to meet you again......"

"One More Time, Four Seasons, Please Don't Change ......"

…………

"If the wish really comes true, I want to go to you immediately......"

The voice condition of this body can only be regarded as average, but it is better than the bright timbre, high recognition, and it is barely qualified as a singer, if you receive formal music training, your singing skills should be able to improve a little more, but like that kind of high-pitched song, it is estimated that it will not be related to him.