Chapter 43

Chapter 43

The direction of public opinion toward Oktap was diverse compared to before.

Even among fans of the band scene remarks defending Oktap were popping out not rarely.

The existence meaning of Banwol Park also had change.

A place where celebrity performs for free every weekend or something.

Also a while ago contact came from Mapo-gu office culture sports department.

Let’s officialize the performance opening every weekend.

In the end because of their own performance.

If saying will do constraints arise and if not seems will nitpick so first answered will think.

Whatever the purpose places recognizing increased this way and that.

And we today also moved hard to repay that interest.

“Title recording...”

“Already hate doing...”

Heo Junseong and Lee Doyoung as soon as arrived at the studio made crying sounds.

“What so dissatisfied?”

“Oi, oi. Already becoming intimidated troublesome.”

Kim Jihu and Kang Min seemed no worry at all.

“Alright, recording preparation finished. Heo Junseong ready?”

“Hey, today Kang Min wants to do first.”

“Huh? When me?”

“Said earlier.”

Kang Min looked at trembling Heo Junseong and stood up from the seat with an expression of can’t be helped.

“Shoganai na...”

Kang Min standing up muttering unknown Japanese.

If usual would have urged stop nonsense a bit but Heo Junseong’s expression was full of infinite thanks.

“Kang Min-sama... No, Kami-sama!”

Kang Min holding drum stick overflowing with confidence and heading to the booth.

Cha Seoha fixed gaze on the monitor and waited for Kang Min’s preparation to end.

The back view too scary.

“I want to go home.”

“Me too...”

Kim Jihu clicked tongue looking at such Lee Doyoung and Heo Junseong.

“Preparation finished. Let’s enter recording right away.”

“Okay.”

Cha Seoha pressed the recording button and Kang Min started playing drums listening to the guide track.

Quite stable playing.

Also took the usual powerful aspect.

The impact of beating on the beat very excellent.

On the beat...

“Wait.”

Cha Seoha placed hand on the talkback button together with the pause button.

“Min, on the beat good but let’s give syncopation and layback finely moderately. Groove seems need to live a bit.”

“Okay.”

Kang Min perfectly understood Cha Seoha’s directing.

In what part to give syncopation, in what part to give layback.

With one rough instruction organized in the head.

And recording started again.

...

“Wait, again. Snare too pushed.”

“Huh? More finely than this?”

“Yeah, then harmony with synth will be good now rhythm pleasure not directed.”

“How on earth such thing...”

“Alright, let’s try again.”

“Uh..., got it.”

Recording proceeded again.

And stopped again.

Recording proceeded again.

Recording stopped again.

“Ha... Min.”

“Yeah...”

“Can’t imagine? Imagine what Kim Jihu will play on your drums.”

“Ah, uh... Sorry. Will try again.”

“Let’s concentrate.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

Kang Min thought such inside.

Know what Cha Seoha is intending.

Care about harmony with synth.

Naturally those words not only care about synth.

After achieving harmony with the most prominent synth in the relevant part will talk about bass.

After that guitar too.

Last even vocal.

Just the meaning of playing while imagining the highest peak picture this song can direct.

Know what words.

No, but with my current capability how to implement that right now?

Anyway today going home is over.

* * *

Inside the studio was no different from a battlefield.

But now a picture of one general massacring individual soldiers.

Inside the booth Heo Junseong was dying.

Kang Min collapsed on the sofa ragged and Lee Doyoung beside was only repeating save me.

Kim Jihu was reviewing the playing in the head feeling the biggest sense of crisis in life.

Because next turn right away.

And Jo Hyeonseop and Park Minji watching all those scenes.

“Owner, that kid too scary.”

“The grip a bit excessive.”

“Not fighting like that?”

“No such thing.”

“Is that so?”

The fact that Cha Seoha became strict to the degree excessive because of greed is true.

But that ‘excess’ is words that apply only in universal songs.

If a song of that level rather the thought that can put more greed to raise completeness arose.

“Isn’t the song good?”

“Tremendously good! Can’t compare to the songs heard last time!”

<​Rendez-vous> or Cruise.

Other included songs recorded recently.

A song of a level that can’t compare to such songs.

Probably if I were Cha Seoha would have driven the members more not ended at that degree.

In my view Cha Seoha now is quite merciful.

And the friends also seemed well knowing that fact.

Even while trembling scared of being scolded every time achieving Cha Seoha’s directing.

That is, every time the song approaches completion vitality turned on the expression.

If that terrifying quality song is released to the world how will the public react?

Want to see quickly seems like will go crazy.

Suddenly becoming a nationwide star?

No, such a thing won’t be easy.

As much as the era is the era these days hard to find cases of becoming star with university song festival or just one song like the past.

Even knowing such an era such a miraculous picture is anticipated.

Because the band called Oktap I have seen until now were kids who can sufficiently create miracles.

* * *

“Jihu can you walk?”

“Y, yeah... Just gave fingers only...”

A picture exactly like defeated soldiers returning in triumph.

Did I drive too severely?

Always don’t know when working and when ends becomes sorry.

“Are you guys very hard?”

First spoke to the guys right before collapsing exhausted.

“Naturally hard. How many takes we took.”

“I seem did 100 times.”

“I roughly 200 times.”

“At least I ended with about 40 times.”

“As expected Kang Min. Barely 40 times.”

Even while saying dying hard everyone expressions were bright.

“Everyone worked hard a lot. Thank you for listening to all my unreasonable requests.”

Thankful and sorry and admirable.

“No, angry because drove too much, but still after completing know the intention.”

“Intention? What intention?”

At Kim Jihu’s words Heo Junseong asked.

“Look at the detail detail. The rhythm combination between instruments good.”

“Rhythm...?”

“...Don’t do instrument you.”

“What? This annoying bastard!”

Heo Junseong being strange is not.

Kim Jihu being strange.

For a masterpiece to be made there are a few important elements.

Melody that catches the ear, chord progression moderately difficult and moderately easy.

Other than that various things.

Need excellent harmony achieved by details of rhythm gathering and gathering.

Actually this part is one of the elements many artists miss.

Usually just moderately place instruments and end.

And the level of rhythm combination I cared is a level even pros can’t care let alone ordinary people.

Because this was the most dissatisfied part to pro producers when I was active in the past life.

While pro why on earth not care about such detail.

“Just listening good is not all-purpose. That ends at the melody conception line. When sound starts and when ends, those perfect harmonies have to gather for a good song to come out.”

“Is that so?”

“You only care about your guitar so won’t know.”

“That is so.”

“Why do you do band?”

“What?”

Kim Jihu as expected has excellent ears.

In this aspect one level above Kang Min.

“Jihu’s words right. Honestly speaking until now played moderately but today hard but fun. I also learned one level.”

Kang Min also in his own way clearly grasped Cha Seoha’s intention.

“Know what words. I also have to practice listening hard.”

Lee Doyoung also firmly resolved to catch up to Kim Jihu and Kang Min.

Like that today also Oktap growing one step more.

* * *

After title song recording ended finished mixing and mastering.

Now really release imminent.

Hand over the made song to the distributor and only receive the release date...

But somehow a feeling of something missing.

What is that.

A certain day when album work entered the final stage.

Because Killing Band is our most recent video me and friends often watched the relevant video.

Also to self-feedback while monitoring.

Just replaying the video we appeared in is a pleasant thing.

“Hey, Lee Doyoung why did you wrong here?”

“Ah, there playing too excitedly unknowingly...”

“Still not the degree noticeable barely one note what. Moreover not even out note.”

“Wow, Kim Jihu aren’t you too lenient only to Lee Doyoung?”

“Heo Junseong if you show off a bit less would have treated the same.”

“What? Show off? You at least show off a bit only know how to monitor others playing annoyingly.”

“Thorough is not bad.”

“Ha, that bastard really annoying?”

The guys’ conversation lays like background sound of the Killing Band video.

No matter how looking the video came out quite well.

Star Observation Cam too, music broadcast too not this degree quality.

A video where the production team’s careful editing is felt.

“Video...”

Ah, right video!

These days too wandering outside and other time immersing in music work forgot something important.

Seemed something missing almost a big thing.

“Kids! Big thing happened!”

“Huh? Why?”

“What Seoha?”

“What happened?”

“Nani?”

“We have no music video!”

“Music video?”

“Ah, right music video!”