Chapter 15 Section 6

It didn't take long for Zhigui's heart to be completely immersed in the music.A few days after seeing Terao Yusuke and his performances, he became a member of the CD rental shop, but he didn't have the tools to listen to CDs.He bought an old CD player at a thrift store near his dorm. Returning to the dormitory after finishing work in the evening, listening to music while studying has become his standard life pattern.He doesn't pick and choose the genre of music.Rather than saying this, it's better to say that I don't understand the finer classifications, so I can only listen to one aspect first.

The one who strongly supported Naoki's new hobby was, of course, Yusuke Terao.Not just listening to music, but teaching him the joy of making music.And the cause of this incident was when I went to karaoke.It was Terao who asked him to go after the face-to-face lecture one night.The rest of the band was also there. "I'll forget it!" Zhigui began to refuse.But he took Zhigui's hand and refused to let go. "Come on! I want you to sing a song." In the karaoke shop where he was forced to go, besides the other three band members, there were three girls.It is said that these people are fans of Terao and the others.They sang one after the other, and Naoki listened happily while feeling confused.Of course, Terao, who is engaged in music, didn't say that everyone sang well, or they were very familiar with it.

After everyone sang it once, the microphone naturally switched to Zhigui.He felt embarrassed that there was no very familiar song. "Anything is fine, just order any one. Old songs from the past are also fine." Terao said. "Can old songs from the past be used? And it's still foreign." "of course can." "That……" The more expensive one is "Imagination".Hearing the title of the song, one of them laughed. "There are still Beatles now?" It was the boy who played the bass in the band. "Are you annoying, shut up!" Siwei said, glaring at him, operating the machine.

Zhigui sang the song he had just learned.Singing in front of others is the first time since middle school.He felt that he didn't sing fully because of nervousness, and his armpits suddenly felt cold due to sweating. He's done.For a moment, no one responded.He regretted whether he made everyone cold out, if he sang a more cheerful song, even if he sang badly, it wouldn't affect everyone's atmosphere. It was Terao who spoke first, "Do you like Lennon's songs?" "I don't like all of them, but I like this song "Imagination"." "Is there anyone else who can sing?"

"No, I don't know either, even this is the first time I've sung it." "Then, you can do anything, tell me if you can sing, and I'll play it." "Wait a minute, I've just finished singing now." "It's okay...is it?" Terao asked for everyone's opinions. The band members and girls are nodding.What's puzzling is that it's not because of what the band leader said, but because of their own willing expressions. A girl muttered: "Wujima... yeah, I want to hear it too." "Me too," the other two nodded. "You're really good!" said the boy in charge of drumming, "You're pretty good!"

Seeing his serious expression, Naoki flinched a little. As a result, Naoki sang four more songs in a row after that.Terao himself played the main role, four songs with fundamentally different rhythms and atmospheres. "Can you come to the recording studio next time?" Terao said after Naoki finished singing, "Would you like to join our practice?" "Participate? I don't know how to play musical instruments!" "Can't you sing?" Terao looked at the other members, "Do you want him to join in?" No one objected, and everyone's eyes were shining.

"We might have gotten a little lucky!" Terao said and laughed. Not long after the company entered the Obon holiday, Naoki was taken by Terao to the recording studio in Shibuya.Needless to say, it was the first time in my life to go to such a place.After entering the door, there was a space that looked like a negotiation room. A few people who looked like amateurs were discussing something with drinks bought from a vending machine in their hands.Zhigui thought, if it wasn't for this kind of place, he would only think it was a bunch of mentally abnormal guys.He felt as if he had stepped into a hitherto unknown world.

The three people other than Terao were waiting in the recording studio, as if several people had already started practicing.According to them, they charge by the hour here, and don't want to waste a minute. The first is Terao, who includes vocals and lead guitar, and the same quartet as before begins to play.It is their own original track that is also popular at concerts.The volume was so loud that Naoki felt that he could feel the vibration inside his body. "Takeshima, can you sing this one?" Terao asked after the first performance. "I'm not sure," Zhigui shook his neck, "you need to know the lyrics, if you can't say it well, you might sing it wrong."

"Come on!" Terao waved. As soon as you stand in front of the microphone, the performance begins.Terao concentrated on playing the guitar, without any intention of singing, so Naoki sang. Naoki immediately felt the impact, singing with the accompaniment of a real person, can feel a sense of intoxication that cannot be experienced in karaoke.My own feelings gradually became hazy, like a completely different voice from the usual, coming from a different part of the body.In the middle of singing, Terao also joined in, and Naoki felt that the voices of the two were very harmonious.The moment after singing, my head was still in a daze due to excitement.

"Did you hear that? Hey! Did you hear that?" Terao asked the other members, "How about it, it's the same as what I said, we'll be different if we put him in!" The bass, guitar and drum trio nod.One of them muttered, "I'm intoxicated." "Hey, Takeshima, let's do it together!" Terao asked Naoki, "How about a fight together?" "You mean let me join the band?" "Yeah! Absolutely. We're a perfect duet." "No way." Zhigui smiled and shook his head. "What? Is it because you don't know musical instruments? That's easy to handle. The most important thing is the voice. From the first time I talked to you, I thought you should try to sing. I guessed it right. There is something in your voice. It would be a pity if you don’t make use of something that is different from others!”

It was the first time I was told that, Naoki had never thought about linking himself with music, not even the chance to think about it. "It's really fun to be in the band," Naoki shook his head again, "but it still doesn't work!" "What are you talking about! Everyone knows that you are busy. Unlike us, you are planning to study seriously at the university, but you can't say that you don't have time at all? You still don't like being with us?" "No! That's not the case." Zhigui smiled wryly.With a serious expression, "I don't want to cause trouble for everyone." "It's about not knowing how to play a musical instrument again." "I'm not talking about musical instruments." Zhigui sighed. -------------------------------- Note: