A cheerful dinner ended with the farewell sound of "Come on, Takeda!", and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

Wu Sheng temporarily bid farewell to the warm restaurant that gave him great help in the beginning.

Without the care of Chef Renzi and Mr. Kyono, he would have been unable to draw comics with Nami without any income at that time.

You will definitely be troubled and worried again and again in the anxiety of having nothing to do.

But it was because of the generous income he earned from working part-time in GM Tokyo that he and Nami's "gamble for comics" turned into "struggle for comics."

Sanji still stayed in the restaurant and continued to learn and help. He only learned less than 50% of Obana's skills. Besides Obana, Renzi, Moe, and Aizawa were all top chefs in the restaurant, and they all had their own

unique skill.

After all, GM Tokyo is a restaurant that strives to be world-class and try to gain three Michelin stars.

Sanji, there is still more to learn.

After this night, it's Monday again.

Everyone has returned to normal life.

Wu Sheng and Luffy entered into intense rehearsals.

Saturday's rehearsal sounded OK to laymen like Nami and Usopp.

I even used it to perform at a campus festival, and the students and the audience outside the school couldn't say anything bad about it, and maybe the effect was pretty good.

But now Wu Sheng and Brooke's goals are different.

They want to make an album and make a debut!

The gap between amateur and professional is not that big.

Just like during the rehearsal this afternoon, Luffy's drums, Wu Sheng's bass, Brooke's guitar, and Keya's keyboards, each of them was fine individually.

Put together, it's a bit messy.

This kind of clutter is difficult for ordinary people to hear.

But the four of us have all studied music for a certain period of time, so we can naturally hear and feel it.

Except for Luffy, all three of them realized that there were still some serious problems with their cooperation.

Luffy played the drums a little too fast because he was too excited, but Wu Sheng, who was also in the rhythm group, played a little slower because he had memories of the original song.

Brooke added his own interpretation to the guitar, while Keya followed the score quite literally.

But just like that, the performances of the four people are actually not on the same frequency.

"Actually, it's not difficult to solve this problem." Brooke put the guitar on the stand.

He asked for the bass in Wu Sheng's hands, and taught him while playing: "Takeda, you have to connect my guitar and Luffy's drums in series. This is the bassist's job."

Rock music has this definition of a good bass player: a good bass player is one who avoids letting the audience notice what the bass is playing.

In most cases, because the bass audio is very low and the bass is not playing the entire time in most songs, the presence of the bassist in the band is very low.

How low is it? There is a joke like this:

During a performance, the host introduces the band to the audience.

Introduce the lead singer, who plays a high note; introduce the guitarist, who plays a solo with the guitar; introduce the drummer, who plays a solo with the speed drum; introduce the keyboard, and the keyboard player also plays a solo; and introduce the bass

At that time, the bassist put down his bass and did a hip-hop dance...

The bass can never be the protagonist in the band. This instrument was originally born for the band and was invented to set off other instruments. Green leaves are its true nature.

However, in a band performance, if there is no bass, whether it is drums or guitar, it will sound very harsh and messy like noise.

The bass is such a team instrument. If a person is compared to a band, the drum is the heart, the guitar is the face, and the lead singer is the brain, then the bass is the limbs.

It is unimportant and has no sense of existence, but it is indispensable. It is one of the core elements that connects the entire band.

There is no problem with Wu Sheng's playing skills. Moreover, the difficulty of picking up the bass is really very low. Anyone with a normal IQ and sound fingers can play it in an hour.

A sound pops up.

Even compared to the average bass player who only knows how to play the low-hand fretboard, Wu Sheng is even stronger. He also has a certain level of skill in the high-hand fretboard where he can solo.

This is commendable. Most bands have extremely low requirements for bass players, as long as they can play in the low position.

High position? Why practice? There is no room for bass solo anyway, so why bother?

Wu Sheng's skills are very good, but he obviously failed to connect the band together.

Brook taught Wu Sheng: "Luffy's drums are obviously unstable. He is too easily affected by his own emotions and affects the rhythm."

"So?" Wu Sheng asked, "How should I connect you all?"

"You will be the rhythm leader, and Luffy will follow your rhythm." Brook said to Luffy, "Come on, try following my rhythm."

Luffy was a little confused, but he still followed Brooke's instructions and picked up the drum stick.

The two played the accompaniment score again.

Brooke continued to strengthen his plucking power while playing.

Luffy keenly captured this intensity, beat the drum rhythm for a moment, and quickly made adjustments.

The bass of the bass is not obvious in the sound of the drums, as if the drums still dominate the rhythm.

But if you look closely at the interaction and cooperation between the two, you will find that Luffy's drumbeat follows the rhythm of Brooke's bass.

Play it all in one go.

Wu Sheng suddenly realized it and expressed his understanding.

Originally, the band should all follow the drums, but with Luffy's unstable performance of going crazy from time to time, the drums obviously cannot be used as the core of the rhythm.

Then Wu Sheng's bass, which is relatively stable, leads the rhythm of the entire band, which becomes the only choice.

Although following Wu Sheng has reduced the status of drums in the band to some extent.

But no matter who we are with, Luffy doesn’t care about stealing the limelight or anything, they are all partners, so just be happy.

Then several people played together again several times.

When Wu Sheng's bass and Luffy's drum rhythm gradually matched, Brook's guitar quickly found the right position, and then Keya's keyboard also cut in well.

Although there are still some minor problems overall, in terms of rhythm, they have crossed the passing line.

From this point of view, the musical talent and level of the four people have reached a certain level.

After finishing a round of rehearsals, Wu Sheng started to play the recordings recorded on his mobile phone and began to look for problems bit by bit. Many bands would not point out problems in public during rehearsals. Most would carefully consider the wording or raise them privately, even if they are more serious.

will say nothing.

Because young people, young and energetic, love face. If you say there is something wrong with me, don’t you just slap me in the face in public? Can a band still be formed? Can music still be played?

Fortunately, several people did not have this problem, so everyone worked hard to find and solve the problem.

Just practicing and rehearsing like this, before I knew it, it was dusk and sunset.

The four of them packed up the guys, and Wu Sheng put the entry-level bass equipped by the school in the cabinet in the activity room.

Today's rehearsal touched something in his heart.

Sure enough, no matter what you do, as long as you pursue a career, you will definitely encounter quite a few problems.

If they only play at the school club level, then they are already OK, and even in Usopp's opinion, they have reached excellence.

But if we look at their debut albums, they are just passable and there is still a long way to go.

But they don't have much time now. Anyway, this week's campus festival is just a simple live performance, nothing important.

But as a result, the time for releasing an album seems to be far away. Whether it is releasing underground records by myself or signing a contract with a record company, it seems that I am not qualified yet.

The level of their band has not reached the professional level, and they may be persuaded by the record company to quit, or they may only have 1 or 2 people in the band, and the other weaker ones will be replaced by musicians from the record company, such as Luffy

classmate.

But Wu Sheng and the others would not agree.

According to Brooke's idea, we should practice together for at least 2 weeks before recording a DEMO and sending it to the record company.

"Okay." Wu Sheng nodded regretfully: "I was too impatient and thought of things too simply."

"Haha." Keya had a different opinion: "I think we can record a rough DEMO first and send it to the record company. Anyway, the feedback won't be that fast? Isn't it?"

"That's true." Brooke nodded: "But professional recording studios are very expensive."

Keya smiled softly and proudly, and patted her chest: "I have it at home! Just go to my house and record it!"

"Eh?" Wu Sheng was surprised: "Your family, um, does your godmother approve of your debut in a band?"

You are the sole heir to the consortium, the real rich lady!

"Why does she disagree?" Keya said with a smile: "This is my own life, Takeda-san, of course I make the decision myself!"

"Okay~" Wu Sheng spread his hands. The second generation of rich people want to be stars a lot. They also have capital. They basically don't have to worry about being persecuted or having unwritten rules. The background is one thing. The worst thing is that they don't want to play anymore.

If they can't realize their dreams, they will have to go back and inherit tens of millions of assets.

"Then we'll go to Keya's house to record after the school festival this weekend?" Luffy asked.
To be continued...