When I Opened My Eyes I Was a Superstar - Chapter 15

# 15

Sonata: Reverberate (2)

#Sonata: Reverberate (2)

“What?”

Outside the recording studio, Team Leader Shim muttered something to himself without realizing it. I was first surprised by Dowook’s neat tone that caught my ear, and I could not help but be continually surprised by the accurate pitch and tempo.

Simjun looked around and looked at the members sitting behind him. ‘Did you originally call him this?’ It had the same meaning.

Of course, Simjun had some understanding of the members’ skills. That much was natural for the production of the album. And from what I understand, the lead vocalist of this team was going to be Ahn Hyeong-seo. In terms of ability, Ahn Hyeong-seo was the most outstanding, followed by Kang Do-wook and Seok Ji-hoon. The overall opinion was that Kang Do-wook would rise to the occasion as time passed.

Therefore, Dowook was considered a sub-vocalist. However, Dowook’s song that I am listening to right now was not a vocal that could be used as a sub vocal.

“You are a friend who continues to surprise people more and more.”

Yong-soo-cheol muttered. Sim Jun also strongly agreed. Dowook’s song was at its peak. Yong Soo-cheol even felt a little sorry. Just now, I thought it would be a good idea to sing the song ‘roughly’ due to my preconceptions about the face.

The members were those who had closely watched Dowook’s development. Nevertheless, I was once again surprised to hear Dowook sing so well. Among them, the one who surprised me the most was Ahn Hyeong-seo.

‘Do-wook… he’s really amazing…’

Ahn Hyeong-seo lowered his shoulders a little, which was unusual for him, and lost himself in his own thoughts. Sense of crisis. Yes, this was a sense of crisis. Hyeong-seo Ahn was caught up in a sense of crisis that he might have to hand over the lead vocal position to Do-wook.

When Dowook came out of the booth, the atmosphere in the recording studio was completely heightened. When Team Leader Sim Jun separately told Do-wook that he had done well, Do-wook raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

Hyeong-seo Ahn’s turn still remained, and it was not yet clear what would happen with the distribution of parts or anything else. Team leader Sim Jun deliberately only praised Do-wook lightly, in case Do-wook would get excited if he praised him more than that. In fact, Do-wook knew better than anyone else that he could only rise if the team rose. It didn’t matter who was the lead vocalist as long as the team was in a good direction.

And Hyungseo Ahn entered the booth.

Hyung-seo Ahn did his best to sing Kim Byeong-soo’s ‘I Miss You’, the song he is most confident in. Dowook’s audition song was also one of them.

Hyeong-seo Ahn showed off his refreshing high notes through ‘I Miss You’. It was a high-pitched note that made me feel relieved. His skills had definitely improved significantly compared to his early days as a trainee, when he had a unique voice and could only sing slightly higher notes.

‘As expected, Hyungseo’s skills are not that great. A guy with so much talent is also good at singing…’

Team leader Sim Jun nodded with satisfaction. Yong Soo-cheol also felt immense satisfaction from the members’ outstanding skills.

‘Am I giving my song to a team like this? It’s rewarding!’

After checking the skills of all members, the place was cleared. Oh Baek-ho stepped forward and cleared the place, and the members stood in a line and bowed to team leader Shim and Yong Soo-cheol.

“i look forward to!”

Yong Soo-cheol smiled brightly at the loud voices. Of course, to others it seemed like a frowning smile, but Yong Soo-cheol was truly smiling.

Since he was going to be tired today, we decided to talk about the song in more detail tomorrow, and even Team Leader Sim Jun left the recording studio, leaving Yong Soo-cheol alone in the recording studio. I decided to talk tomorrow, but I needed to organize my thoughts before talking.

‘Well, since the two rappers said they can make raps and write lyrics themselves, I could just ask them to flesh out the lyrics they had in mind… Looking at their rapping styles, I think they could increase the rap parts a little more.’

By playing the song he had made several times, Yong Soo-cheol developed his thoughts.

‘Ahn Hyeong-seo has a cool high note, so I think he could raise the note higher in this part…’

And Yong Soo-cheol thought of Do-wook. Not only was he gifted with talent, but looking at his appearance on the day he put up the poster, it was obvious that he must have worked hard. As I was rolling around on the nightstand, I met a lot of people like this and that. A person like Kang Do-wook was at the level of the bean tree from Jack and the Beanstalk.

‘They say you struggle in your early years and get lucky in your middle years, so is this true?’

It was a time when Yong Soo-cheol was having pleasant thoughts. There was a knocking sound.

“Come on in!”

After answering, Yong Soo-cheol became curious.

‘Does Team Leader Shim Jun have something more to say?’

That’s what Yong Soo-cheol thought, but it wasn’t Team Leader Shim who opened the door and came in.

It was Dowook who opened the door and entered the studio.

“Huh? Oh, student Dowook. “What’s going on?”

Dowook and the members’ remaining schedule today was individual practice. When everyone went down to the practice room to warm up, Do-wook asked permission from manager Oh Baek-ho, who was working on his cell phone in one corner of the practice room. Do-wook asked if he could go back to the studio for a while and meet Yong Soo-cheol.

It was a movement inside the office building anyway, and since I had heard about the relationship between the two a while ago, it was not strange for Do-wook to visit Yong Soo-cheol separately. Oh Baek-ho nodded, thinking he had something more to say.

About an hour after Do-wook left the studio, he found Yong-cheol again.

It had been a while since I entered the recording studio and turned on the heater, so the temperature was high. Yong Soo-cheol had taken off the rider jacket he was wearing. A thick gold necklace sparkled on top of the knit.

‘It seems like my taste will never change.’

Do-wook, who had been distracted by the gold necklace for a moment, came to his senses and asked Yong Soo-cheol.

“I… I have something to tell you. “If it’s not rude, would you mind taking a moment?”

Anyway, Yong Soo-cheol, thinking that one example of courtesy was an amazing person, moved to the side where the sofa was. When Do-wook motioned for him to sit in front, he quietly came and sat down. Yong Soo-cheol muttered something like admiration as he sat across from Do-wook.

“I said hello to you earlier, but it’s amazing to see you again like this. “Really.”

“So do i. Thank you again for sending the song.”

“Why do you keep thanking me so much?”

The conversation scene between Do-wook, who is handsome as a statue but looks stern with a grave expression, and Yong Soo-cheol, who seems to threaten someone even when he just stands still, was serious at first glance. However, the two were creating a friendly atmosphere.

“What do you have to say?”

“It’s no different, but there is a part that came to mind after listening to the song in its entirety this time.”

“The part that came to mind…?”

No composer would say that, but Yong Soo-cheol was a man who was proud of his work. Pride was also significant. There was a part of him that didn’t tell many people that he was studying composition because he didn’t want anyone to ask for advice and argue about the songs he was working on.

In addition, it was true that Yong Soo-cheol had several complexes at work as he worked alone and in isolation.

At first, Yong Soo-cheol also attended a composition academy and even tried to become a disciple of a famous composer. However, like other artistic fields, composition was also subject to various circumstances depending on personal connections such as academic connections.

Because of my educational background and older age, I was ignored and pushed out, and it was determined that I could not receive proper education. Just as he learned DJing, Yong Soo-cheol began developing his compositional talent through self-teaching.

“It’s no different… Actually, there’s an idea that came to mind after listening to the whole song.”

“What’s your idea?”

“yes.”

Dowook continued to look for signs of spring. Do-wook chose his words several times to avoid offending the pride and strong Yong-soo-cheol.

“What is it? “I haven’t started arranging it yet, but let’s take a listen.”

“It really just came to mind as soon as I heard the song… I’m sure the composer knows it much better than I do, so listen to it and if you don’t like it, just ignore it.”

When told that it was an idea for a song, Yong Soo-cheol seemed to pause for a moment, but soon willingly agreed to listen to the idea. Dowook’s personal affection for him was very great, and he was not so closed-minded that he rejected his opinions without even listening to them.

“Sure. It’s my song, so I’ll make that decision myself. But…”

“Yes?”

“I want to listen carefully to the opinion of the person I will call directly. “I hope this is a helpful opinion.”

It was a part where you could feel the pride in your own song and the desire to somehow make a good song.

‘I didn’t become a famous composer for nothing. ‘You have a clear sense of subjectivity and the ability to accept others’ words.’

Do-wook thought about it and told a story about the eight words that came to mind after listening to the song.

After finishing selecting the title song, I left the conference room and was walking down the hallway. The ringtone of an employee’s cell phone as he passed by in the hallway rang in Do-wook’s head while he was lost in thought.

The ringtone was nothing special. It was one of the basic ringtones that could be heard anywhere, and was one of the classic songs that people around the world knew the sound of, even if they did not know the name of the song.

“That sonata melody in this song…?”

“yes. I thought it would be a good idea to start with about 8 bars of piano sampling in the beginning. “After a little more variation.”

The spring pulled the chair a little further. I wanted to hear what the idea was, but it turned out to be more specific than I thought.

“Hmm… it goes without saying that the sonata melody is pleasant to listen to and famous, but would it be suitable as the introduction to my piece?”

It meant that there was no need to do that.