Before the fifties of the twentieth century, the mainstream music in the United States was blues jazz. At this time, country music was still in a non-mainstream state, let alone rock music that had not yet entered people's vision.

"The Owls" is a band founded by Bart and his colleague Joe Sr., an unknown band that has made no achievements in the field of music. In the words of insiders, it is a wild style that does not enter the stream.

They are just playing in their spare time, and they are usually busy with work, and when they are interested, they will get together to practice. Whenever they have the opportunity, they will go on tour and earn some pocket money to support the family. Places to perform are their workplaces, small towns, Northern Indiana nightclubs, clubs, and the University of Chicago.

The basement of the Carpenter house was their rehearsal room, with Bart as the lead guitarist and Joe Sr. as the saxophone. They are the two main members of the band, and the others may be replaced according to the actual situation.

When they had time to practice music in their spare time, Alex watched from the sidelines. Sometimes, Angel would come over to listen, but more often than not, she would stay in her room and do her chores. She doesn't support or oppose Bart's hobby, but she wants Alex to learn guitar.

Every time Angel came, she would say to him, "Alex, sing along with Bart!" ”

Alex was also a little moved when he heard it, but he didn't dare to sing, and he always felt a little shy in his heart.

At one point, Alex was so fascinated that he couldn't help but hum along with Bart's rhythm.

"Ha Lu Ha! Bart, your son is very talented in music! ”

Old Joe is a straightforward black uncle, his full name is Joe Jackson, probably because he works too hard, so he looks older, and others call him Old Joe. He has a lot of children and is a big family. Old Joe is very strict with his children, but he laughs and laughs at Alex. He had always felt that Alex was not an ordinary child, at least not so noisy.

"What a talent, it's not a nonsense!" Bart was unimpressed, he was used to Alex's anomalous behavior.

After hearing this, Old Joe stopped, he touched his chin and said, "Hum nonsense?" I think he hummed better than we sang! ”

There is no sarcasm in this statement. Old Joe likes music, and may not be good at playing, but he has a high appreciation of music. Alex hummed quietly, but it was very accurate.

"Leave him alone, let's keep practicing. I'm going to perform at the tavern in a few days! ”

Bart didn't care, he knew that his son was smarter and wiser than the other children, but he never thought of training his son to become a big man. He's completely different from Angel in this regard.

"It's good for the child to grow up healthy and happy, don't burden him too much."

This is Bart's heart, and he also said it to Angel, but he still can't change his wife's desire for a son to become a Chan.

"Take a break!" It was another member of the team who spoke, his name was Diel, he was in his twenties, and he was a drummer!

There were five or six members of the "Owls" band, with Joe and Bart being the main players, and the others were put together improvised. There are only three people present today, and the lead singer is absent due to events, only Bart, Old Joe and Diere.

Bart is a guitarist and Joe Sr. is a jack-of-all-trades, but he's best at the saxophone. Dill is the band's full-time drummer and usually attends performances, but sometimes he doesn't show up during rehearsals.

Alex is more than three years old this year, he has inherited the excellent genes of Bart and Angel, plus he usually pays attention to diet and exercise, and he grows taller than ordinary children. It looks like it's four or five years old.

"Daddy, let me play with your guitar too!" Alex has been itching to watch it for a long time, he has always wanted to learn guitar in his previous life, but he has never had the opportunity. This time there was a chance, and of course he refused to let it go.

Bart is worried about tomorrow's performance and is in a bad mood. He said impatiently, "Go, go, go!" Don't get in the way here, you know. This guitar is not that simple, I'll teach you when you grow up! ”

Alex refused to leave, he pouted and said, "What's so difficult about the guitar, I have already seen it." ”

This is true, he has been watching from the side for so long, he has seen seventy-seven eighty-eight. Who told him that he had a good memory, and he almost remembered it.

When Bart was about to say something, Old Joe accosted him: "Bart, you just let him try it." It's not a big deal! ”

Bart put the guitar in Alex's hands and said, "Listen to it, if you can't play a full tune, I'm going to beat you!" ”

Bart likes to scare his son, saying that he wants to beat someone, but Alex has never seen him hit anyone. It's just lip service, not true.

Alex was a little nervous when he took the guitar, he had never played the guitar before, and he didn't know what he would do. He was recalling Bart's movements, imagining how he would play.

"What's wrong?" Bart looked at Alex with a smile and urged, "Hurry up and play!" ”

Old Joe and the others also stopped their movements and looked at Alex, wanting to see what tunes this little guy could play.

Alex played a few tones at random, he was imitating Bart's technique, and it felt pretty good. It's just that it's a few very simple notes, and he wants to play something more beautiful.

Except for Bart, the other two people were a little surprised, they really didn't expect Alex to play the guitar. Bart is accustomed to Alex's performance as soon as he learns, not to mention that the few notes just now are nothing.

Alex wasn't going to give up yet, he wanted to play a real guitar tune. So I concentrated my mind and tried to remember the guitar songs I had heard before, and I wanted to find one to play.

Just as I was about to play some tune, a strange feeling came over me. It felt like the hairs on my body stood on end, and it was as if all the blood in my body was flowing into my head. The light in the space became brighter, and an incredible visual illusion abounded.

He knew he was still in the garage, but he felt like he was somewhere else. These visual hallucinations appear and fade rapidly, and are then replaced by countless new images. He saw a plethora of circles, swirls, sparks, sprays of water, crosses, and spirals springing up. Things in front of me are constantly changing rapidly.

These images emerge mainly from the center or lower left corner of the field of view, and when they reach the center, the rest of the line of sight is filled with a large number of similar visions. It's like a kaleidoscope, but each one is different from the other, with subtle changes.

At first, he only saw images, and soon he heard sounds, which changed from small to loud.

Accompanying the sound are pictures, all of which are colored, at first light, beams of light, raindrops, rings, swirls, particle jets, multicolored clouds, and so on. Later images began to get complicated, with arches, rows of arches, a sea of roofs, desert scenes, terraces, flickering flames, and an incredibly magnificent starry sky.

Eventually, the world he perceived changed, and countless footage flew by in front of him, as fast as if he were watching a video of thousands of films. The tunes of the music are ringing in my ears, changing very quickly, as if someone is constantly switching channels while listening to the radio.

Alex panicked, he recognized the images and sounds as memories of his previous life. It seems like a long time has passed in the illusion, but in reality it is only a few seconds.

Bart turned their gaze to Alex and saw that his eyes were a little dazed, and drops of sweat were pouring out of his forehead. Just as Bart was about to interrupt, Alex finally broke free from the nightmare.

He almost thought he was going to faint, but in the end, he didn't faint. Alex desperately grabbed a fragment of his memory, and played it randomly according to a guitar fragment he had heard in his memory.

That feeling passed quickly, lasting less than a minute or so. When he came back to his senses, he realized that he was playing the prelude to the famous song "Carmen".

Bart was stunned, he had been playing the guitar for more than a decade, only to find that he couldn't play as well as Alex.

Old Joe and Dill also had incredible expressions on their faces, they thought that even if a three- or four-year-old child could play the guitar, he would not be able to play so beautifully. This level of guitar playing is far more than any one in their band.

Barth's eyes widened, and he said, "You, where did you learn the tunes you play?" ”

Alex pretended to be embarrassed, scratched his head, and said, "I heard it on the radio, it seems to be called "Carmen"!" It's only a part, it's a long song, and I haven't finished it yet! ”

"What a genius!" Everyone shouted in their hearts.

Old Joe sighed on the side: "Bart, your family has a great genius. Just listen to the radio and learn to play the guitar! Amazing, amazing! ”

As for Diel, he was speechless by Alex's performance. He is the youngest in the band, and he has been practicing drumming since he was a child, and his level is much higher than that of Bart and Old Joe. Because of this, he looked down on Bart and them. He has always regarded himself as a genius, but he didn't expect that when he met a real genius, his heart was suddenly shattered.

Bart coughed and said to Alex, "You play that tune again!" ”

"Oh, oh!" Alex scrambling to straighten his guitar, trying to regain the strange feeling he had just had just now. But after a while, he couldn't get back to his previous state.

Everyone was staring at Alex with wide eyes, as if he had a perspective function that could see through people.

"Me, I forgot how to play!" Alex was on the verge of crying, he hadn't expected this.

Old Joe asked a little strangely, "Didn't you play it well just now?" ”

Alex said a little embarrassedly: "I felt the feeling of playing just now, so I can play it well." I don't feel it anymore, so I can't play it. ”

"I see!"

Inexplicably, Bart and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief. That's right, if they can play such a beautiful piece skillfully after only listening to one side, how embarrassing is it for them to play music!

Alex also secretly wondered that after he was reborn, he spent a lot of time looking for his "golden finger"! As a result, I didn't find anything, any portable systems, superpowers, portable grandfathers or maids, etc., none of them.

In addition to being healthier and better developed than ordinary people, it is just that the memory is relatively strong, and there is nothing surprising about it.

Just after he gave up, he inadvertently discovered that he was still a little special!

"Is this the welfare of our traversers?" Alex couldn't help but start YY, and he couldn't wait to develop his superpowers.