Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 40



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40. In 5 minutes

I don’t go often these days, but when I was really into saunas, I went twice a week without fail.

After a long day of work, sitting in a hot sauna and sweating it out, eating a glass bottle of Confidential and a single egg from the Macbanseok Cave Egg Plant energized my whole body.

So I was curious.

[Sauna] What kind of activity is it?

Also, what is [vitality buff]?

[Emotional Buff] alone has become an indispensable part of all music work.

Therefore, it is only natural that we can expect [vitality buff].

“Let’s check.”

[Start sauna activity.]

The screen changes.

A sauna with steam rising from the air.

Inside sits an avatar with its lower body covered by a towel.

With his arms wide open, like a confident man.

If it were real, it would be a huge nuisance, but in the game, it’s a private room that you use alone, so it makes sense.

As I was staring at the avatar, the guy suddenly jumped up from his seat.

Then, all of a sudden, he starts doing push-ups on a chair.

The avatar’s face is getting redder and redder.

When he reaches his limit, he opens the sauna door, sticks his head out, gasps for breath, and then goes back inside.

These three motions were repeated.

“Oh my, I’m sorry…”

Cha Seong-jun touches his forehead.

Who does that look like? That guy is definitely an old man.

Anyway, while Avatar was enjoying the sauna in his own way.

Cha Seong-jun carefully looked at the promotion updates one by one again.

This is to determine the roadmap for future neglect.

In gaming terms, it’s called a ‘tech tree’, right?

As I carefully drew up a plan to abandon the next mission, etc., 3 hours passed by in no time.

And the veil of the long-awaited vitality buff was lifted.

[You have gained a vitality buff.]

[All music processing speeds increase by 1.1x for 1 hour.]

“Increased work speed?!”

Just from the description, it seems like it means that your hands get faster and physical time is shortened.

Whatever it is, the multiplier is 1.1x, which is amazing.

That means you can shoot a beat that would take an hour in 50 minutes.

“It’s a test right now.”

I intend to compare work efficiency purely through simple repetitive labor.

After thinking about how to do it, I decided to re-record the existing song from the beginning.

Among the four self-composed songs, I chose the most familiar one, ‘Drink me like Coffee’.

So that I can just move my hands without having to use my head.

The current idle activity ends and the buff is automatically activated.

I got straight to work.

Knock knock, click click

I tapped the mouse and keyboard absentmindedly.

The time taken to complete it was approximately 27 minutes.

“Next, wait for the buff to turn off and then…”

After repeating the same task, I checked the time.

in result,

“30 minutes.”

It took about 3 minutes longer than 27 minutes.

Of course, more verification will be needed in the future, but it has been proven that the work speed is slightly increased when receiving a vitality buff.

A strange light appears in Cha Seong-jun’s eyes.

‘This is a buff with high future usability!’

When you have mastered the use of your composition/recording equipment to the point of almost mastery, you can use it to mechanically boost your work speed.

This is a buff that is expected to be insanely efficient even in situations where work piles up at the same time.

‘Of course, that doesn’t mean its immediate utility is reduced.’

When singing a song or thinking of a melody, use [Emotion Buff].

When transferring the finished inspiration to a program, you can use [Vitality Buff] alternately.

Just like a two-handed sword!

“Ugh, but the best way is to use them in layers…”

The mechanism where the buff is automatically activated as soon as you receive the idle termination reward is somewhat disappointing.

It would be great if there was a feature to keep buffs.

And that would be the real two-way street.

I feel regret and my appetite is getting worse,

‘Huh? Or maybe-‘

Suddenly, a possibility comes to mind.

Regarding the ‘increased activity’ mentioned in the system message.

It was clearly stated that performing special missions would strengthen the idle/rest activities.

Then there might be a similar function hidden there.

‘If it’s a user-friendly ‘bangsinki’, then there’s definitely a chance.’

However, the conditions for the special mission to occur are still unknown.

They pop up all of a sudden, so you have to be able to figure out the timing.

If I may make a rough guess based on experience, I would say that when I am in a musically challenging situation, a special mission occurs······.

“Well, I don’t know. For now, we’ll just have to wait and see.”

‘Mi-eon-teun’.

The mission will pop up someday.

Cha Seong-jun decided to relax and focus on the things he had to do now.

at that time,

Brrrrrr-

The phone vibrates briefly once.

That is, text, not phone.

It was a notice from the production team of ‘Who’s the King’ regarding next week’s recording.

Sent a reminder text saying D-7.

“Let’s see where and what they came from.”

There were many things written down.

Starting with the keywords each participant chose last week.

Prohibitions such as co-composition, ghost writing, and plagiarism.

If any special circumstances arise during the composition process, such as health issues or inability to complete the work on time, please be sure to share them with the production team in advance.

Well, up to this point, I was already familiar with the matter.

But the most important guidance still remained.

“Huh? What is this···?”

Cha Seong-jun’s eyes widen as he reads the final instructions.

Here are some additional rule explanations for the next mission.

“To those who fail the next mission······.”

You will be given the opportunity to promote yourself.

*

Meanwhile, on the filming site of the drama ‘Your House’.

While filming was in full swing.

sniffling-

A beautiful woman is sitting on a chair, holding coffee in one hand and wearing a long padded coat over her entire body.

A preliminary round waiting for one’s god to arrive a little later.

On the knees of such a preliminaries, a script is spread out.

The script for the episode that will air in two weeks.

The tattered and worn-out script, which shows how much she has read, clearly shows how serious she is about the drama.

While rehearsing lines for the final acting check.

“Sister, DeVoice sent me a draft of a cover song.”

The manager came over and whispered.

“It’s a lot faster than I thought?”

Ye-seon-ha widens her eyes, seeming a little surprised.

Although we had initially requested that the work be sent as soon as possible, it was even faster than expected.

I thought you would send it at least the next week.

But I don’t think it was recorded hastily.

“Let’s listen.”

Ye-seon-ha put on her earphones.

She was the main vocalist of the national girl group ‘Pink Rose’.

He is a senior and veteran singer.

So, I planned to give sharp and detailed feedback like a professional.

however······

“······.”

I’m sure he’s finished watching, but for some reason, there’s no word on the review.

The manager, who had been observing for a moment, asked.

“Sister, do you have any feedback?”

“······.”

Still, there was silence.

Of course. Well, there was nothing to give feedback on!

‘What? This is sung by a YouTuber? Not a singer?’

It’s as if the song was sung by ‘Mijin’ herself, now a man.

So, Mijin’s emotional line was completely copied, but only the voice was male.

I almost burst into tears because of the sadness that was so tightly contained.

Because the story of Mijin, who I play, is included.

That was the time when I was listening to cover songs over and over again.

“Okay, the next god is Mijin. Please prepare Mijin.”

“Oh, yes.”

Ye-seon Ha moved to the set at the staff’s call.

This time, the male protagonist is troubled because of his daughter who came from the future.

He stands there and gives them encouragement and advice as usual.

And it closes with a complex gaze at the male and female leads.

As Ye-seon Ha stands in the frame with the male actor playing the lead role, the camera starts rolling.

“Okay, let’s take a picture of #23. Hi~ Action!”

The acting of Ye-seon Ha and Nam-ju has begun.

Preliminary performance to show off the prepared acting.

But today, for some reason, I feel more immersed.

Mijin’s feelings were deeply reflected in her actions and speech.

Why is that?

There was nothing particularly different from usual.

If there was one thing that was different······

‘Could it be that you heard a cover song by Devoice a little while ago?’

There is no basis for this.

It could just be that I’m in good shape.

Still, I was confident that I would make it to the preliminary round.

There is definitely an influence of cover songs in his natural acting these days.

The hazy emotions from the cover song have taken hold of me.

“Look here once in a while… you idiot.”

I finished the ritual safely, even reciting it from afar.

Then applause erupts from all around.

“Ms. Seon-ha. Your acting is better than usual. You’re exactly like the image of Mi-jin I had in mind. No, you just seemed like the real Mi-jin.”

“Really?”

“With this momentum, please do the next scene too!”

A bright smile blooms on Ye-seon Ha’s face at the director’s words.

She was growing more and more confident about the remaining filming.

At the same time, a curiosity arose about the preliminary round.

A cover song that influenced her without her knowing it.

About the man who sang that cover song.

‘Deviose, this guy.’

What does he look like, or what does he do?

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The next day, Sunday.

A reply arrived from the preliminary selection team within a day.

There were no specific requests for modifications.

The version I sent yesterday is OK.

The scheduled upload time is Monday at 8pm.

Since the Monday-Tuesday drama ‘Your House’ airs at 9:45 PM, it would be good to release it 2 hours earlier to focus interest.

“That’s no problem.”

I left a message to Team Leader Kim Seong-su asking him to proceed that way.

Along with a slightly flattering comment asking for a nice thumbnail for this cover song.

one side,

Cha Seong-jun’s avatar is active in [reading].

The background is a library filled with dozens of books.

An avatar wearing intellectual glasses and absorbed in reading elegantly turns the pages of a book.

And a little later.

Tiring-

[Reading is food for the mind]

[The [Lyricist] stat was created due to the increase in vocabulary through reading.]

“It was as expected.”

Cha Seong-jun chuckles after seeing the system message.

I finally obtained the [Songwriting] stat by doing the [Reading] activity, which fully charged up my 8 stamina.

If you have been relying solely on [association] to write lyrics, now that you have specialized stats, writing lyrics in the future will become much easier.

“While I’m at it, should I slowly come up with a concept for the lyrics of the ‘Who’s the King’ mission song?”

last week,

In the match against the #1 Mark, the keyword for composition chosen by Cha Seong-jun was [star].

[star]

To be honest, it’s not without its common and boring aspects.

It’s a very easy topic to cover, especially with Mark’s main genres being synth-pop and city-pop.

However, when I looked at it through [association], it was the word that resonated the most, so I chose it after much thought.

So the key to this mission is how to create a non-obvious song using this obvious material.

“It won’t be easy.”

Difficulties are expected from the start.

Cha Seong-jun is absorbed in thought, scratching his temples.

Then suddenly, a songwriting tip from a top female singer in South Korea comes to mind.

“What Yuna emphasized was ‘sincerity’.”

Looking back, the reason the arrangements for the last 2:2 battle mission were well-received was also because they incorporated a part of his life into them.

If we do that this time too, won’t we get good results?

“Then let’s go look at the stars now.”

Cha Seong-jun came out of the studio.

Then I walked a little and found a park bench nearby and sat down.

Cha Seong-jun raises his head and looks up at the sky.

Dark night.

The stars are not visible.

That makes sense.

The stars have long since disappeared from the smoke-covered night sky of Seoul.

But if you don’t give up and wait, sometimes a tiny star will shine through the darkness.

Just like right now.

“Found it.”

In Cha Seong-jun’s eyes, starlight appears among the purple clouds.

Using that sparkle as a trigger, [Association] combines keywords.

[Night sky] [Starlight] [Waiting] and [Me].

The concept of the song is formed in an instant.

The melody flows in my ears,

Lyrics are added to it.

‘Ah, I have a feeling.’

This song will definitely be the turning point that divides my future life from my past life.

So, let’s truly melt everything we’ve lived through.

So that not a single drop of regret or foolishness remains.

“Then the genre is···.”

I wonder what the band music that decorated a page of my youth would be like.

Among them, ‘pop rock’ consisting of guitar, bass, and drums.

It is a genre that I enjoyed playing with Kang Seung-wook and Kim Ho-su.

Cha Seong-jun returned to the studio and picked up the guitar.

The pick in your hand naturally scrapes out the code like flowing water.

I added the melody and lyrics that had been ringing in my ears a little while ago.

On this day, I tried to lightly grasp the concept of the lyrics.

“······It’s complete.”

The song was born in 5 minutes.

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