Chapter 235 - 235. Featuring in a song? (1/2)

Chapter 235. Featuring in a song?

Inside the isolation booth in the underground studio, the members of Starlights were doing some warm up practice.

The drummer, Fu Tai was tapping on the drum pads in one corner of the waiting room. He was getting warmed up. Beside him was Ye Fen with a 5-string bass doing chromatic exercise.

”Aah—aaaaaah—aaaaaaaah—”

Lily was warming up her voice in front of them. From low to high, then back low again. She was loosening the tension in her neck.

Zhen Shi was also doing chromatics by her side. There was an electric guitar hung on his neck.

The keyboardist, Ma Li was checking the chords of the keyboard and she would play some keys from time to time.

”They sure look like professionals.”

Ren muttered seeing the warm up. Professor Che Shu who was standing beside him replied to him.

”Yes, they have enough experience to be called professionals. It's been 4 years since the band was formed and they have performed in many clubs and pop fest.”

”They have been together for a long time.”

”Yes, there are times when the band was on the verge of collapsing but they kept going. When they have won that pop contest, they have become somewhat known but in the end, they were unable to become mainstream.”

There were a lot of cases where well-established rock bands came to major.

However, successful cases were very rare.

Of course, most of them managed to profit and earned money as well as giving their contracted company the right money, but only an extreme minority gave big impressions to the general public.

In this era where idols were the trend, rock bands were considered 'gourmet food' like existences.

For a rock band to succeed in this era, one must either have moderately good appearance, unique characteristics or a superhit song that can define them.

”They must have lots of expectations on this song, then?”

”Yes, It is not the first time Lily is composing songs for her band. When they won the pop contest, the song they performed was made by Lily but after that....”

Ren could guess what had happened even without asking. After they won the pop contest, none of their songs managed to work.

A rock band needs songs to be known as a rock band.

”Is that the reason why you are supervising their song this time?”

Ren asked as he looked at the professor with the corner of his eye. Professor Che Shu smiled as he shook his head in denial.

”I am just helping out my former students.”

”You are a good professor.”

Professor Che Shu laughed when he heard that.

The warm up of the band always finished soon. They were all ready to perform the song.

”Should we start?”

”Yes.”

Both Ren and Professor Che Shu put on their respective headphones. The song started soon after that.

The drums leisurely gave a five-beat intro and the instruments all came in at once.

Ye Fen played the strings while the drums chimed with the snare drums, and the tom-tom drums.

The distortion of the electric guitar decorated the introduction. With Ma Li on the keyboard, the intro was rather loud.

Then the sound died down and the song started with it.

”On the pages of my eyes, I have written your name countless times....”

”The love on my lips, I don't know why I didn't tell you....”

”I only have one intention, that was to get your attention….”

Lily's deep voice decorated the first part. She had closed her eyes and the mic was on a stand and she sang in her unique bass tone.