27 The Power of Music (1/2)
When you have awoken, you are not in the live recording room anymore. You are now lying flatly on a couch. Your friend must have brought you here after you freaked him out in the studio.
Your vision and hearing are impaired. You couldn't see or hear anything properly. This is nothing new to you, and you just needed time to return to normal.
”Dude, what the fuck happened?”
Mark asks. You could make out his face after several more seconds.
You could already see something new in your vision. Aside from status and attribute windows hovering around him, strange colors are emanating from his mouth. The colors fade when he stopped talking completely.
”Nothing. I just wanted to be the one of the greatest music producers to ever lived.”
You answered with a smile, not taking note of everyone else in the room aside from your friend. They didn't really mind you either as they sit around, chatting and taking a break from their work.
You have chosen your word very carefully when you were doing a wager with the System.
You didn't need to be the best, just one of the greatest music producers to have ever lived. Ever lived is the objective point, meaning you will only fail your goal if you died.
You have offered your emotions in return for the wager. You wouldn't need emotions if you are dead – or would you?
You didn't know if the soul is a thing and whether you will live on after death. You will cross the bridge when it is times.
Mark stares at you for a moment, looking puzzled. He then shakes his head. ”Just because you wanted to, doesn't mean you can be. It takes time and a lot of work and dedication.”
”I know. Let's get back to work.”
You get off the couch.
You pause for a moment.
You drop back against the couch.
”After I get a good nap. I'm still feeling a bit woozy.”
You start to snooze, causing your friend to be flabbergasted.
”Fuck, this isn't your house man! You can't just come here, interfere with my work and then decide to sleep! Don't you have any shame?”
Apparently, you don't.
You ignore your friend and take a good rest, trying to recuperate from the damage to your psych. Your brain is still hurting from the recent ”user integration”. You hope that you won't get brain damage as you take on more quest.
No one will bother you lying there in the common room.
When you wake up, you came face to face with a little girl with short blond hair.
”Don't tell me your name is Christina Aguilera.”
You narrow your eyes and trying to see the resemblance in the girl. Meeting the Princess of Pop and the Pop Princess at the same studio is too much of a coincidence.
The girl shakes her head cutely. ”Christina? She is busy recording her song over there.”
”Is she now?”
You are surprised, but not very. ”Interesting. I will go and check her out. Oh, by the way, what is your name? Do you want to be a movie star?”
”A movie stars? Can I really?”
Her eyes sparkled a little. It seems like she destined to be one.
”Uh huh. You can if you try your hardest. Hard work beats talent any day. Just in case, let me see your potential.”
You narrow your eyes, forcing her attribute window to appear. Before her skillset could appear, a man placed a hand on her shoulder.
”Come over here, Kristen. I told you not to wander off.”
Kristen waves you goodbye as she followed her father out of the room. You crack your neck and decide to also leave the room. You need to continue persuading your friend to join your team, but before you do, you want to check out Christina Aguilera.
Christina should be around the same age as Britney Spears or a little older. They are two of the pop icons from your mother's generation. If history hadn't changed much, they would still be pop icons in this world.
You pay attention to Kristen and her father as they talk to one of sound engineers. From the way they addressed him, you learn his name is Tom Bell. That would make his daughter Kristen Bell.
”Interesting. What a coincidence.”
You murmur before finding the recording room where Christina is at. You spectate along with several people as her voice is topnotch. It is A-rank after all, and it will eventually become S-Rank considering her age.
She isn't as fearful or nervous as many other children. She must have been well-trained.
With your new and improved vision, you didn't need to hear what she is singing to see the multitude of colors emanating from her lips. The colors come out as wave, and they are very similar to the grey and silvery light that you have seen previously when Britney had sung. The waves are very beautiful, pulsating and bouncing off the walls, amplifying or annihilating each other.
You smile broadly as you realized what they were.
Sound waves!
Your ability to discern whether a song is good or bad has not changed. You can see the color on each of the soundwave and how it affects emotion. This is the power of music – to able to move emotions and manipulate the brain chemistry.
There is the reason why theme song or soundtracks is used in movies, especially during epic scenes. It is to trigger pleasant memory and the sense of familiarity.
People registers sounds easier than visual.
You will capitalize on this.