Chapter 299: 299
Joshua Cranston (joshua.cranston) just arrived at Columbia University last week and became a student at this top American university. This is his first time to take the streets of New York to appreciate the charm of the city. Although everything in this city is so fresh and lively, Joshua was a little disappointed. The surging crowd almost submerged all the scenery in his sight, and the characteristics between the streets disappeared, and the exact same crowd made the city boring.
When he came to the famous Times Square, he disappointed the boy from Butler, a small town in Alabama. Joshua's hometown is a small town with a population of less than 20,000. He yearned for the prosperity and hustle and bustle of the big city. But after he really entered this world, Joshua disappointed him in less than a week. He still missed the peace and comfort of the town even more.
Joshua sighed and prepared to return to the school dormitory. He left Times Square along the street. He didn't know where he was, but after only less than a hundred yards, a band performing on the roadside stopped him. If the only thing that could make Joshua full of interest in the city was the music flowing in the blood of the city. The performers everywhere on the street made Joshua full of interest. Unfortunately, Joshua did not find a rock band performance today, and he was a true lover of rock music.
The so-called band in front of me is actually not a "band", because there are only two people, one drummer and the other guitarist, and there is not even the lead singer, and the bass is nowhere to be seen. Such a broken combination is probably more suitable to sing double acts. But what is surprising is that the cooperation between these two people made Joshua feel the heroic feeling that directly impacts the heart, and this feeling is a feeling that only the top bands of Nirvana, Guns and Roses can bring.
Simple drum beats and simple string sounds do not sound complicated, but you can directly see the movements of the two players' hands flying up and down from close range. The meticulous tension is interpreted by both hands with instruments as media. One after another, the impact of Joshua is firmly nailed to the spot: This is the real charm of New York!
One person, two people... Unconsciously, at least twenty onlookers gathered around Hugo and Fujin. Everyone looked at this weird combination with interest, and at the same time they couldn't help but applaud the wonderful melody of the two people. The faint feeling of competition gradually became tighter and tighter with the melody gradually moving towards the top. However, because the guitarist's room for performance is greater, the layman felt that the guitarist had a slight advantage, but real insiders could feel the drummer's strong control and not lose the disadvantage.
Halfway through the melody in Hugo's hand, the lyrics in his mind were like the sunlight falling from the sky through the thin clouds. In fact, the creation itself has become Hugo's instinct. He always subconsciously hopes to combine the melody with the lyrics. Originally, Hugo had no intention of creating this collaboration, but he just played the guitar like following Fu Jin's drum beats, but he did not expect that the sparks burst out from the two people would actually evolve the competition into a special echo. The restraint between each other made the melody more chemically. The lyrics bloomed in his mind like fireworks.
So Hugo looked up at Fujin and raised his eyebrows. Fujin and Hugo were not familiar with him. He could not understand Hugo's eyes, but as a drummer, Fujin's control over the band was extraordinary. He also felt the refreshing sense of catharsis in the melody, and Hugo's eyes seemed to be the meaning of the next cooperation to change. So, subconsciously, Fujin slowed down the intense drum beat and returned to the initial constant cymbal sound.
Then, Fujin saw a big smile appearing on the corner of Hugo's mouth. This is so confident that only the real lead singer has confidence!
"I am so happy because today, I have found my friends, and they are in my head..." Hugo sang loudly. In fact, without a microphone, Hugo's voice was easily overwhelmed by the instrument and the noise around him. However, Hugo and Fujin both tacitly reduced the strength of their fingers slightly to weaken the influence of the instrument. Hugo's full voice was like a sharp sword, penetrating layers of obstacles, and showing a sharp edge from the melody.
In fact, as a singer, Hugo's skills are not very good, but Hugo knows the correct way to speak. Moreover, after the accumulation of experience over this time, Hugo is becoming more and more proficient in live singing skills. Perhaps after entering the recording studio, Hugo's weaknesses will be exposed a lot, such as this when recording the ending song for "Yihai Xiongfeng", but during live performances, Hugo's appeal makes up for many shortcomings, which is enough to interpret the true meaning of the song.
When Fujin heard the lyrics sung by Hugo, he unconsciously smiled at the corner of his mouth. The lyrics seemed to be talking about him. As the protagonist, Fujin revealed his inner joy before he noticed it: it is indeed a pleasure to be able to deal with such a powerful and talented musician. However, Hugo's next words made Fujin's smile frozen.
"I am so ugly, but fortunately, because you are too, let's break the mirror together." The lyrics sung by Hugo are full of self-deprecating jokes and catharsis, which makes people involuntarily outline a ridiculous smile, but the negative emotions in their minds are quietly vented under the guidance of the guitar and drum beats. However, Fu Jin, who thought he was the protagonist, suddenly turned black for such lyrics: Embarrassing.
"Every day I only look forward to Sunday mornings, so I am not afraid, lit my candlelight, in a dizzy state, because I have found the Lord God." Hugo's voice pressed deeper than usual, making the originally mellow voice a little rougher, just like a hand storming on the soft velvet, and then making this beautiful fabric become messy in an instant, but the high-quality velvet reflects a brighter light under the light.
At this time, Hugo raised his gaze and looked at Fujin. Fujin was smeared by Hugo's lyrics, but his attention was highly concentrated. After he received Hugo's gaze, he knew that the explosion point had come. It was like Fujin suddenly accelerated and heaviered the drum for the first time. As soon as the drum beat fell, the entire melody instantly entered the rhythm of the wild horse. Then Fujin saw that Hugo seemed to be jumping in place, suddenly ignited all the breaths deep in the dantian. The blue veins on his neck instantly burst out, and then a voice full of tyrannical and destructive aura broke out from the melody like a Satan demon.
"Yeye Yeah! Yeah Yeah!" Hugo was just using the simplest onomatopoeia to interpret the melody, but the instantaneous burst of collapse was so magical, just like a skyscraper from zero to hundreds in an instant, and then collapsed into powder in an instant. This straight up and down jumping and explosion brought the tyranny in the music to the extreme, and his emotions were like being fired by a machine gun, and were full of holes in an instant.
Not only Fujin, the people around him were stunned for a moment. Looking at Hugo's veins, Joshua felt that his blood vessels seemed to explode. The bang bang explosion sound was released in Hugo's voice, pushing Joshua's emotions immediately to the top. His whole face turned red and he kept breathing. From his clenched fists to the tight muscles all over his body, Joshua felt that his body was like a battlefield, and it became a mess in Hugo's raging voice. But what was accompanied was not pain, but the pleasure and generousness of the emotions venting, which made Joshua's adrenaline turn his eyes red in an instant.
But after two short eight beats, the melody suddenly calmed down. This extreme contrast was like the two heavens of ice and fire, making people so happy that they directly lost their language ability.
"I am so lonely, but fortunately, I shaved my head and I am not worried. Maybe I will condemn all those who hear it, but I am not sure. I am so excited, I can't wait to meet you, but I don't care, I am so hungry and thirsty, but it's okay, my will is good."
At this time, Fu Jin finally understood the lyrics of Hugo. Hu Guo was describing his own collapse, and also describing Fu Jin's collapse. Then he used personal collapse to describe the collapse under the huge pressure of the entire society. Because of the lyrics, the whole song was immersed in a kind of loss and fear. No one in society can be exceptional, but through this song, he searched for a pure land of his own in his heart.
This mixed emotions similar to venting, confusion, and rebirth were fully displayed by Hugo using the melody temporarily constructed by the two of them. Fujin couldn't help but sigh, and he had to admire it. Although Fujin and Hugo seemed to be evenly matched, Fujin knew that the initiative was originally in his own hands, but now the two are evenly matched. This shows that Hugo may not have the best skills, but his understanding of melody and his control over creation are above himself, which makes him lose the initiative invisibly.
Of course, this is a good thing and normal. If the drummer is overwhelming, it is definitely not a good thing for the band. Even if Fujin knows this, he will still look at Hugo's abilities again. If Hugo was so eye-catching on the last rock night, then Hugo would definitely be amazed today.
Chapter completed!