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Chapter 3 Song Demo

A band without a lead singer is like losing his soul. The easiest way is of course to choose another lead singer, but after this sudden change, an extremely difficult-to-repair crack suddenly appeared within the originally united band.

The first person to express his opinion was Shimada Ryo. His character was weak. Kojima Yuta's withdrawal made him doubt his persistence for the past, and his retreating heart gained the upper hand: "I quit! I'm fed up with this kind of life! Instead of continuing to endure meaninglessly here, I might as well go back to my hometown!"

"Xiaozhi, where are you?" Watanabe Riki looked at Murakami.

"Of course I still want to continue. But," Murakami smiled sarcastically, "Yuta is leaving, Aliang is going to quit. Is there any point in continuing the band? To be honest, I am a little tired of such days when I can't see hope." Murakami said that, without waiting for Watanabe Riku to react, grabbed his backpack and left the table.

Shimada Ryo looked at his left back, gritted his teeth, bowed, and followed him out of the club.

At the table that was originally a bit crowded, only Watanabe Lu and Ye Zhao were left.

Watanabe Rio lit a cigarette, sucked silently, looked at Ye Zhao and asked, "Xiao Ye, where are you?"

Ye Zhao answered quickly, "Brother Watanabe, I plan to quit too."

"Is that true?" Watanabe Ryu sighed, "I personally like you very much. You are still young, and it would be a pity to give up now."

"Brother Watanabe, you made a mistake." Ye Zhao corrected, "I am not trying to give up on music, I just want to continue working hard in another way. I have never doubted that I cannot succeed. Now, and in the future."

To this depressing situation at this stage, this kind of words sounds like crazy, but Watanabe Riki did not disagree with it. Instead, he praised: "Well, Xiaoye. I brought you out of Ueno's park, but I didn't have the ability to lead you to success. I'm really sorry about this. From now on, if I still think I am your elder brother, what is the point of use? Even if I contact me, I will do my best to help."

"Thank you, Brother Watanabe." Ye Zhao's thanks was very sincere. No matter what the future is, it is already a rare friendship to be able to say such words at this stage.

Without a dissolution declaration, and even a farewell show, Chapke was disbanded.

From the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, this was the time when the RB band craze was at its peak. Young people from all over the country formed bands, and bands were formed every day, and bands disbanded every day, but more than 90% of the bands could not even make a small splash. Of course, Chepick was that 90%. Apart from the band members, the only possible impact was this club, after all, the band would not perform here again from now on.

Saying goodbye to Watanabe Lu, Ye Zhao left the club.

Wandering alone on the streets, in the evening, Tokyo, people were in a hurry, and no one would pay any extra attention to the people who passed by him. Ye Zhao was caught in a dense crowd that almost filled the entire sidewalk and moved slowly. Occasionally, a high school student pointed at him while waiting for the red light and pointed at him: "Look, he's a handsome guy!" But that's all.

I took the return tram and returned to Ikebukuro. Before returning to the apartment, I passed by a convenience store and went in to buy some food. Until the account was settled, my contempt for the price of Japan had not been eliminated. I was so crazy! I originally thought that there were a lot of Fukuzawa Yukichi (10,000 yuan in banknotes) in my wallet, but now it seems that it is really not easy to live in Tokyo.

However, when he returned to the apartment and saw the rent-up letter from the real estate company in the mailbox in front of the room, Ye Zhao realized that the situation he had to face was even more serious than he thought. At the same time, a memory of his predecessor naturally surged up and explained to him the whereabouts of the rent: on the day his predecessor committed suicide, he took the 50,000 yen that he originally wanted to pay the rent and went to the high-end barbecue restaurant in Roppongi and had a luxurious "last supper".

After knowing the answer, Ye Zhao felt itchy and couldn't help but curse: You guy is so happy, what should I do!

Only cold dishes.

After dinner, Ye Zhao took out a silver Panasonic recorder from the drawer, held the guitar, and plucked the chords casually while thinking about which song to write in his mind.

In later generations, if you want to enter the music scene, you have various ways to even just post an audio on the Internet, which may gain a lot of attention. But at present, in front of Ye Zhao, apart from going to clubs and singing on the street, you can only send song samples to record companies in the traditional way.

The RB music scene in 1994 was a year full of rock and electronic dance music. During this year, the BEING army's craze has not diminished, continuing their rock glory in 1993. Tetsuya Komuro finally showed his power and produced several electronic dance music that sold millions. However, both rock and electronic music have the same side effect: if you listen too much, you will feel noisy. Ye Zhao's idea is also very simple, that is, to take advantage of this side effect and open up his own musical path with a fresh song.

Speaking of freshness, a name appears in Ye Zhao's mind: Yamazaki Masaki!

Everyone may not be familiar with the name Yamazaki Masaki, but when it comes to his famous song "One more time, One more chance", it must be familiar. This song released in 1997 was originally the theme song produced by Yamazaki Masaki's movie "Moon and Koryo" starring him. Although his results on the ORICON chart are not impressive, this song was eventually very popular with its fresh and beautiful melody and sincere and moving lyrics. Yamazaki Masaki, who has been unknown for several years, also turned around with this song.

This song has attracted attention again in 2007. Animation director Makoto Shinkai used this song as the theme song of his famous work "Five Centimeters in Seconds". Driven by the animation, this classic song once again showed its charm beyond the times ten years later.

After deciding on the track, Ye Zhao searched for the song "One more time, One more chance" in his mind. He first marked the lyrics and chords on paper with a pencil, sang them several times on the guitar, and then found the status before the recording was officially started.

"Then...1,2,3, start singing!" As the beat was playing, his fingers plucked the strings, Ye Zhao began to record the DEMO of this song.

"What else can I lose to be forgiven..."

"How much more pain will you have to endure before you can meet you again..."

"one more time, please don't change it..."

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"If the wish can be realized, I want to be by your side immediately..."
Chapter completed!
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