Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 110



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Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 110

110. Music Talk

“Oh, I’m sorry. That’s just the kind of person I am.”

Was it the surprise and wariness on his face when he heard the name ‘D.Voice’?

A man who introduced himself as ‘George Brown’ quickly handed me a business card.

Seongjun carefully accepted the golden business card and checked the words written inside.

The words “New Era,” meaning “new era,” were printed in flowing script on the front center.

On the back, there was only a brief introduction, “George Brown,” which was his name from earlier, and “Producer.”

‘Hmm… The name ‘George’ sounds quite familiar.’

I’ve definitely heard it somewhere.

One, the brain, temporarily impaired by beer, couldn’t recall its exact source.

“Originally, my face was my business card… haha.”

As Sungjun stared at the business card, trying to recall his memories, George, who was laughing awkwardly, gave him one more hint.

“Ahem, I’m active in Sound Sky under the nickname ‘georgeking’.”

“ah!”

Only then did the man’s name emerge from my hazy memories.

George King.

He’s the guy who commented ‘I LIKE IT’ on his first song.

It was an ordinary comment, but it was memorable because there were so many comments below it. I wondered what the identity of this man was.

And when we first meet Mark in ‘Who’s the King’, the name ‘George King’ reappears, revealing the man’s true identity.

One of the top five producers in the United States.

When asked who he expected to be the ‘SARS’ candidate, Mark said that he chose ‘D.Voice’, i.e. himself.

Perhaps because of that, there was an incident where he, who had a rivalry, immediately pointed out someone in a 1:1 battle.

And then, just like that, Mark’s name came out of George’s mouth too.

“I’ve heard a lot about you from Mark. I signed with him recently. That’s how I found out you were coming to New York. And that you’re going to be busking here today.”

As George continued to speak, we began to see how this meeting had come about.

Mark, that’s why I asked you about the busking route in detail.

“I know you’re embarrassed to come to see me without prior notice, but I really wanted to meet you today. I’m a huge fan of yours. I apologize if I was rude.”

“Excuse me. You’re Mark’s friend, right?”

“I guess I have to thank Mark for this in many ways.”

When Sungjun smiled, George also smiled faintly.

“Anyway, I hope we can become friends who often talk about ‘music’ in the future. I’ve found your work as ‘D.Voice’ and as ‘Sungjun’ interesting. And as a ‘producer’. Is that okay?”

George asked in a quiet voice.

After coming all this way, it was a bit disappointing to just be friends with music, but it didn’t seem like it would be a bad thing.

Wasn’t America originally a country where social networking was very free?

“Music buddy, that’s good.”

When I answered nonchalantly, George’s eyes changed.

“Thank you. I look forward to talking with you.”

The two people exchanged cell phone numbers.

Then George looked down at his watch and said.

“Oh, dear. It’s already this late. Well, I guess I’ll be going now. I’ll contact you again, ‘My Friend.’”

With those words, George disappeared into the streets of New York.

Seongjun also put the gold business card in his pocket and went back into the noisy old pub.

And at this time, Seongjun didn’t know.

I saw the two people a little while ago

Click-

That someone hiding in the darkness was filming on camera.

*

And the next day.

The ‘Begin One More’ detachment has arrived at the airport.

All four of the newly joined second-generation members boasted a splendid lineup that was no less than that of the previous advance team.

The sibling musicians ‘Akdongz’ from Hong Kong, who came from an audition program like Sungjun, are a duo consisting of a genius composer and a younger brother with a clear voice.

“Hello, this is Akdongz. I hope you guys from the advance team aren’t lonely without us.”

A musician of musicians who is mentioned by many senior and junior singers as their favorite singer. Jazz, R&B and soul vocalist ‘Sunwoo Jeongyeon’.

“The production team said that the busking atmosphere was really good all three times. After hearing that, we made a promise to ourselves. We can’t lose. The team that came after us should liven up the atmosphere even more.”

Lastly, there is trendy hip-hop musician and producer ‘JayJay’ who was a judge on ‘Who’s the King’.

“What’s up NYC. This time, let’s prove the ‘Wall-C’ line.”

The second generation of K-Busking Avengers confidently declared their debut.

On the other hand, there were also members of the advance team who returned home due to the deployment of the follow-up team.

It was Seongjun and Hyo-ryeon.

The two were scheduled to return in advance since the contract for appearing on the program was signed due to their personal schedules.

The replacement for Sungjun who will take charge of the guitar session is ‘Akdongz’.

There was no major loss in power as there was ‘Seonwoo Jeongyeon’ as a female power vocalist to replace Hyo-ryeon.

Moreover, it was a well-timed baton touch, as too many people participating in busking could have easily distracted the performance.

“Then I’ll leave the rest to you. I’ll see you at the after-party when I return to Korea!”

“Gwangwoo, I’m sad I can’t see the Times Square performance I was looking forward to.”

“You two have worked hard too!”

After saying goodbye to the remaining members, including Hong Kwang-woo, with whom I had become close enough to be like brothers through this busking, I boarded my flight back home.

I was very fortunate to be in business class when I went back.

Hyoryeon and the crew quickly fell asleep due to the fatigue they had accumulated over the past few days and the aftereffects of the wild old pub beer party they had held the night before.

However, unlike them, Sungjun couldn’t fall asleep easily.

Because my head was full of thoughts.

The reason, of course, was because of the meeting in front of the old pub last night.

“George Brown······.”

Sungjun slowly looked at the business card he had received from him and recalled yesterday.

After finishing the company dinner at 10pm,

The first thing I did when I arrived at my accommodation was not to shower or sleep, but to search the Internet.

When I searched for ‘George Brown’ in English in the green window, a lot of information came up.

The profile at the top of the page clearly showed a photo of the same face as the white male I had spoken to the night before.

In other words, he was not an impersonator.

Then, I moved the mouse wheel down a little and related articles appeared.

『Justin Bobby, Ariel Grande Raised George Brown, ‘Billboard Power 100’ Selected』

『George Brown, back on track after hiatus! Establishing new label ‘New Era’!』

『A connection formed through Sound Sky? George Brown’s ‘New Era’ first artist is ‘Mark Sincity’』

『George Brown, Continues to Discover New Talents to Lead the ‘New Era’』

In short, it was an article about a big-name producer who dominates Billboard looking for new talent to join his newly launched label.

By the way, the names of the artists that George Brown raised are amazing.

No less than ‘Justin Bobby’ and ‘Ariel Grande’.

‘Justin Bobby’ was also Sungjun’s favorite singer.

When he was getting vocal training, most of his pop song practice songs were Justin’s songs.

It was because the vocal range was similar.

I can’t even count how many times I’ve sung his songs.

Even now, if I just type in the lyrics and melody like on a vending machine, they’ll just pop out?

It was so good that the money code used for the first verification after obtaining the [Composition] stat was also taken from Justin’s song.

Meanwhile, ‘Ariel Grande’ is also a star with both visuals and talent, called America’s national little sister and America’s ‘Yuna’.

I texted someone right away.

-Johnny?

The current time is 11:00 PM.

It was a short question that could have many different meanings depending on who was addressed to it.

The moment I thought I might have fallen asleep,

– No way. You know a musician’s night is just like anyone else’s day. So what’s going on, bro?

A reply came back from the other party, Mark.

As expected, I thought he would definitely be awake.

I felt grateful for Mark’s owl-like nature and told him about my meeting with George Brown a little while ago.

Then Mark asked back in surprise.

– What? George finally came to see you? He even gave you a business card? Man, I’m so impatient.

– Judging by the nuance, it seems like you knew something about this incident? Is that right?

– Oh, actually, that’s-

Mark also explained the whole story.

While working on the new album with George, we happened to hear that Sungjun (D.Voice) was stopping by New York.

– At first, I said that we should meet up when we had time, but later I told you that you wouldn’t have time because of your return schedule. I think that’s why I came to see you in person…

I couldn’t believe it even as I heard it.

Not only did such a big-time producer fly to New York to meet him, he even went to his busking performance himself to accommodate his own schedule!

It seems like someone is running a ‘hidden camera’.

Oh, maybe the production team had actually planned to set up a hidden camera with Mark in advance?!

No, that was too much George Brown himself!

While I was in confusion, Mark came to congratulate me.

– Anyway, congratulations, bro. Maybe we’ll be eating from the same pot soon.

– If we’re talking about ‘New Era’, then what? Well, I just said that I would talk about music with George Brown from time to time.

– Oh, man. You didn’t really take that literally, did you? The ‘music talk’ you just heard from George, he said it to me without a single word of error.

At those words, Sungjun’s eyes turn to the laptop screen.

George Brown’s article still floating on the screen.

『George Brown, Continues to Discover New Talents to Lead the ‘New Era’』

Then really······.

– An American super producer was flirting with you. What did you say?

Uh… what did I answer?

*

BC Entertainment 4th floor.

Four women, including him, are sitting together in the luxurious representative office of the brave cat. They are the four members of the girl group Mimyosoyeon.

But somehow the expressions on the five people’s faces are serious.

“Really… that’s how it happened?”

“Yeah, that’s what happened···.”

“Then… I should contact Producer Sungjun as well, right?”

When Ain, the leader of the subtle girls, asked, Yonggo nodded slowly.

“Who wants to tell me?”

“Shouldn’t the representative do it?”

Finally, the brave cat took out his cell phone.

There were a few beeps and Sungjun’s voice was heard.

– Yes, senior.

“Seongjun, did you have a nice trip to New York?”

– Yes, thanks to your concern, I had fun filming. I was going to contact you anyway. I also bought souvenirs for you and the Mimyosonyo seniors.

The five people’s serious expressions waver at Seongjun’s words.

“Oh, I see. That’s good timing. I had something I wanted to say, too.”

– Yes? What do you mean?

A brave cat and a subtle girl look at each other’s faces.

Then, his serious expression disappeared and a smile appeared on his lips as he spoke.

“Our kids are back.”

The comeback date for the mysterious girl has been set.