008. busking.
“Brother Inwoo is also very kind. You have a big heart, don’t you?”
Eom Kang-seok, who was assigned a much wider and cleaner practice room than before and was installing filming equipment, looked like he was going to hum right away with a happy expression.
“Hey, didn’t you see the boss’s embarrassed expression? As soon as I heard that the guy who had been making a sad face behind me until just before was the owner of the building, I heard my older brother say it.”
However, Um Kang-seok was busy looking around the facility as if he hadn’t heard it at all.
“Maybe it’s the owner of the building, but somehow the facilities are neat and nice.”
At those words, Song Jae-ik shook his head and tuned the guitar he had borrowed.
“Anyway, you are the perfect fit for a YouTuber. I’m not a YouTuber, but I think it’s perfect to be a streamer.”
“Honestly, don’t you think it would be fun if there was a possibility?”
“Yes, yes. Make sure your channel succeeds really quickly so that you succeed as well, just like me.”
While Song Jae-ik tuned his guitar for a while, Eom Kang-seok checked the person who called and went out of the practice room with a hardened expression.
It was because it was not a phone call to be taken lightly in the practice room.
“Well.”
After Eom Kang-woo left, Song Jae-ik, who had his guitar set to one side, slowly pounded the piano keys.
The biggest concern recently was that there was no further development in the piano part.
Now, most piano videos couldn’t even give a bloated feeling. At the same time, even watching a video of a famous pianist is mediocre.
“But I’m sure this isn’t the end.”
It was vague, but at least I had the feeling that this was not the end and that there was a place to go up.
There was definitely a bit of a frustrating mind, but there was no need to hang on to something that didn’t come out with a solution right away.
Isn’t it just a matter of digesting other talents until a clue to a solution is found?
So, Song Jae-ik grabbed the borrowed guitar. The piano was followed by the guitar.
I thought about what to do, but what came to mind in the end was busking.
“What shall we do?”
Song Jae-ik started searching for songs he knew on You Tube.
It didn’t feel that awkward to play the guitar, probably because I had already been calibrated to some extent in the music category through the piano.
“Hmm. I like this song.”
Song Jae-ik, who decided on a song after searching for songs he knew, quickly fell in love with the video as usual.
—
– Are you working hard to prepare your son for a job?
“yes. What is it?”
Eom Kang-seok responded passively to his mother’s words over the phone, not being able to say that he was filming You Tube with a friend.
It was because there were times in the past when I had conflicts with my parents over things other than studying.
– Don’t talk like you did in the past, keep your mind steady and prepare well for a job. Of course, it would be nice if You Tube was successful, but looking at the news these days, that’s not an ordinary thing either.
“yes?”
Um Kang-seok was surprised at the numbness of his feet and asked back, but Um Kang-seok’s mother continued to say what she had to say, as if she hadn’t heard it properly.
– Or, since they say they are hiring a lot of civil servants these days, preparing for civil servants wouldn’t be bad either. Do you know the truth next door? I heard that Jinsu was recently hired as a 9th grade civil servant. I’m sure my son is smart so he’ll do well.
“yes. Do not worry.”
Eom Kang-seok could not erase the bitter feeling at his mother’s answer.
– Don’t go hungry. Call me anytime if you need money.
“yes.”
After hanging up the phone, Um Kang-seok could not erase his troubled mind. It was because of the thought that the gap between his parents’ ideal and his own reality had not been reduced.
“Pu-hu.”
Eom Kang-seok, who had been fiddling with his smartphone endlessly, sighed heavily and shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts.
This was because it was his job anyway, and there was no reason to come all the way here and show off his expression.
He wasn’t alone, wasn’t he with Song Jae-ik?
“yes?”
And at the sound of singing that could be heard through the slightly opened door of the practice room, Eom Kang-seok exclaimed in pure admiration.
“Hey, the speaker facilities here seem to be pretty good too.”
It was because the sound coming out of the open door was so clear and so good at the same time.
It feels like it’s really stuck in my ears.
“Are you giving me strength? Big.. Oh, it must be Yoo Jae-hak. It must be difficult to call. I don’t think I’m the original singer. Who called you?”
The song you hear in the practice room gives strength to you by the late Yoo Jae-hak.
“hey! Can you call that…?”
However, as soon as Um Kang-seok opened the door to the practice room and entered, he couldn’t help but be embarrassed.
The song you thought was playing on the speakers.
“what! Was that what you called?”
It was sung by Song Jae-ik.
On the contrary, Song Jae-ik had a bewildered look on his face.
“I know···? Did I call you?”
“crazy.”
To be honest, I was too surprised. I knew that the music part would be corrected to some extent through the piano.
However, it was because I never expected that I would be able to digest it so quickly and sing at the same time.
“Didn’t you play a song on You Tube? You want to practice?”
Song Jae-ik, who understood the words, smiled and lifted the guitar.
you put the song on It was literally a huge compliment.
“Is that enough?”
At Song Jae-ik’s words, Um Kang-seok unconsciously nodded.
“I really thought I just played a YouTube video. crazy, really You must have practiced a lot?”
Um Kang-seok felt that the depression he had felt during the phone call with his parents was blown away. How can you be depressed after watching a performance like that?
“You can practice a little more and go out to busking right away. then.”
Song Jae-ik nodded in satisfaction. Somehow, the Youtube video I just watched was quickly digested.
“Honestly, would it be okay if I left right now? You don’t know what busking is like these days? If it’s just you, it’s just overwhelming.”
“okay?”
Song Jae-ik stroked his chin and nodded.
I felt it after playing the DDP piano, but in the end, it was more digestible and developed by doing it myself than watching it to further develop that ability.
Of course, because of my greed, I will refine my guitar playing and singing right before I go to busking.
Besides, given the current situation, it didn’t seem like it would take that long.
“Shall we apply for busking right away?”
“application?”
In response to Um Kang-seok’s response to what he should apply for busking, Song Jae-ik said as if it were natural.
“As far as I know, some places require a busking permit and some don’t.”
“Hongdae or something like this?”
“Tsk. There are not just one or two busking areas in Seoul. The representative places are Hongdae, but the Han River, Daehangno, Sinchon, and Konkuk University. There are many busking areas.”
Since I already had the goal of busking from the time I was practicing my instrument, I tried to search for a way to apply for busking.
“I am resting. I’ll find out.”
After doing some research on the Internet, Um Kang-seok nodded and answered with a wave of his hand. It was because I thought I shouldn’t do something like this.
In response, Song Jae-ik smiled and checked the comments on the video. It was because the cell phone, which was set to silent, had a lot of recent video alarms.
The emotions I felt when I first played the piano at DDP still remained intensely in a corner of my heart.
A feeling I had felt for the first time in my life. Should I say it’s the first time I’ve felt the uplift of someone else’s attention?
Until now, it was because I was trying to live a life as stable as possible by literally following the flow.
It is the exact opposite of the quiet, stable, and flowing road as much as possible.
But after playing the DDP piano. No, perhaps, the environment around him had changed a little since he first got the ring and played Legend of Hero. To be precise, in addition to the environment, even thoughts.
– Ramen suddenly here?
– No, if it’s annoying, then the video is good, right? I want to eat ramen for dinner tonight.
– The video is easy. Even the title openly sniped me to imitate my own students.
– This crazy hack. Wasn’t he a music youtuber?
– He’s crazy. Whether or not to fight in the comments, suddenly a ramen video haha
– Wow. Yukgaejang Ramen! what is he Is it really Challenge Everything? Do you do anything other than music?
– Still, the main thing is the piano. It’s an issue in the middle of playing the piano. That level of issue in the first video makes no sense.
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Looking at the comments on the ramen video, I felt the corner of my mouth go up.
It was because I was willing to be interested in this kind of thing. Song Jae-ik, thinking over and over again, smiled and thought.
‘Was it actually an internal obsession?’
“By the way, I should ask Inwoo-hyung to rent busking equipment.”
Um Kang-seok, who had finished requesting busking before he knew it, suddenly asked as if he had remembered something.
“But how are you going to move? Whether it’s the piano or the guitar, I think you’ll need a car to go anyway.”
“I have to rent a share car right now. Because I don’t have a car right now.”
“okay? Then you can rent an SUV and play the guitar or the piano. Let’s ask right away.”
“Are you fine.”
Um Kang-seok nodded and left the practice room and immediately told Jo In-woo about the busking.
“Five. Are you busking?”
Jo In-woo, who was sitting at the counter and listening to music as usual, looked at Jae-ik Song with interest when asked about the rental of instruments.
‘Are you going to try playing the piano?’
It was natural. Right now, I borrowed the guitar for the first time today. Naturally, I didn’t think I was skilled enough to busk.
“A keyboard, of course?”
“Uh, keyboard and guitar.”
“uh? a guitar too? Is it acoustic?”
“yes.”
At those words, Jo In-woo was curious and handed over an instrument to Song Jae-ik.
“I think this guy will be fine. Try playing it.”
Jo In-woo waited for Song Jae-ik to play with a look of anticipation.
‘What level is your guitar playing? Is it like playing the piano? No, but it doesn’t make sense realistically to have that level of skill in the guitar, right? Besides, I borrowed the guitar today.’
But what if the guitar shows more than a certain level of playing ability?
Just thinking about it seemed thrilling. From piano to guitar.
“Did you learn the guitar separately? You said piano was self-taught.”
At Jo In-woo’s question, Song Jae-ik smiled and recalled the You Tube video he had just watched.
“Of course, self-taught.”
Soon, Jaeik Song tunes his guitar, puts his hands on the strings, and starts playing.
Jo In-woo sighed in despair.
“Even God is so unfair.”
—
It is said that spring is coming, but it was still March with chilly weather.
But in the Han River, people were already gathering in groups of threes and threes to feel the mood of the approaching spring.
Of course, not everyone who visited the Han River was feeling the mood of spring and making happy faces.
“Ooh, noisy.”
“I don’t know if he’s practicing singing or what he’s doing.”
On one side, they were singing Yu Jae-hak’s “Your Power” with a rattle, and on the other side, dance music that seemed like the amp would tear apart, and the dance academy students were performing an awkward choreography.
“Ugh. throw away snow It’s much better to watch it on You Tube. It’s not a children’s school play, what is that?”
In addition, the sound of the amp was raised to the max as if they were competing for sound, so it felt like it was nothing more than a noise competition rather than a performance.
“under. Let’s move it elsewhere. I can’t be here because I’m stressed.”
As a result, the people who came to feel the mood of spring frowned one by one and moved to a slightly more uncomfortable seat in a corner, as if the host and guest had been overturned.
“There are quite a few people even though I am cold?”
“Are you really going to be okay here?”
“I’ve been looking for it, and this is the best one. Other places are too noisy. If you just stick together and turn up the volume because you can’t hear us, it’ll end up like we’re fighting.”
“still. It’s kind of like that there aren’t too many people.”
And when we tried to find a seat in a relatively remote and at the same time far away from other buskers, Um Kang-seok said worriedly.
“hey. If you’re a busker, you have to catch the footsteps of people passing by. is not it?”
Song Jae-ik still set up the instrument as if there was no problem.
“By the way, this is the set list (music selection), right?”
“why? Got a problem?”
Eom Kang-seok looked at the song list and put on a worried expression.
Yoo Jae-hak’s “Cheer up for you right now” was because I heard Song Jae-ik sing in the practice room, and even so, the other songs were also at a formidable level.
Songs that are great if you sing them well, but if you don’t sing them, they’re perfect for literally making the listener feel bad.
It was natural to be concerned.
Doing well during practice and doing well while people are watching are definitely different issues.
“Ahh-! Ahh-“
As he learned from Jo In-woo, Song Jae-ik connected the amp and instruments and tested the microphone to get a feel for the microphone volume.
Anyway, I have confidence that I can do anything well, but it was definitely the first time I planned and performed like this, and at the same time, it was my first time handling such equipment.
“Isn’t it too quiet? That way people will hear and come.”
Eom Kang-seok asked in a worried voice as he heard the music of the busking team performing far away.
“Oh hey, don’t worry. After all, people are bound to know. You just need to hear the surroundings clearly.”
Even if you only hear it around you, people will definitely hear your singing, and if that’s the case, people will naturally gather.
“I do not know. Well, the lighting isn’t bad either.”
Um Kang-seok installed the camera he purchased this time as the main camera and switched all of his and Song Jae-ik’s smartphones to shooting mode.
“If I make money with Nutube, I need to buy proper filming equipment. I’m so sorry. Same with the audio.”
Um Kang-seok grumbled with a regretful tone.
If it had been a better audio and camera, I would have been able to upload a more complete video of Song Jae-ik on You Tube.
“What do you start with?”
Of course, there was a set list of a few songs, but that was minimal, and in the end, wasn’t Song Jae-ik the one who created this situation?
“Um, a piano?”
And the first thing Song Jae-ik chose was the piano.
“First of all, the piano is the best to attract attention.”
No matter what anyone says, the instrument I’m most confident in right now is the piano.