Chapter 126
Kiki-
I opened the door and went inside.
“My love is bitter.”
“I will always be by your side.”
Inside, children who seemed to be my age were singing passionately.
In front of him stood an adult male who appeared to be a vocal trainer.
He looked at me, motioned for them to stop, and then came towards me.
“What are you looking for?”
“Ah. It’s nothing special, I just want to learn to sing.”
“You want to learn to sing?”
“Yes.”
“If so, would it be okay if I ask how many years you have been singing?”
“I have never tried it.”
“Ah. Yes. It’s okay if you’ve never tried it. In the first place, everyone has a first time.”
He said with a big smile.
“But one thing needs to be clear. I can’t tell you much for beginners.”
“…”
“Are there any words like that? I see as much as I know and hear as much as I know. That is very true. No matter how much nonsensical words I deliver, you won’t be able to accept them. That is natural.”
“…”
“So, first of all, I will teach you the very basics.”
“…I have a question.”
“…Yes. Please speak.”
“How long will it take to complete the advanced course from the basics step by step?”
“You will probably have to wait six months.”
“That is difficult.”
“Yes?”
“I have a situation where I have to finish all of the advanced courses within a week. It must be finished within a week.”
It’s really difficult.
If you do it step by step from the basics, you will never be able to unlock this skill until the festival.
If that happens, the moment I can sing will be over the water.
“Haa-“
Then the vocal trainer sighed deeply.
“Is there any reason to learn all the advanced courses within a week?”
“Yes. I have to sing at the school festival, but that’s in a week.”
“Haa-“
The vocal trainer frowned.
****
The vocal trainer sighed heavily.
Students like this definitely come once a year.
Since they have to perform on their own at the festival, they hurry up and come a few days in advance to learn how to sing.
‘I’ve seen a lot of guys like this.’
This is the type I’ve seen so many times that I’ve been kicked.
Guys who come here imagining themselves performing coolly at a festival.
‘Though all of them fail without exception.’
Of course, these guys all fail.
Of course.
If you want to sing well during a performance, you must complete at least the advanced course.
Can you master everything from beginner to advanced in singing within a week?
Absolutely not.
I get a little angry at the way people view singing so easily.
Isn’t it too easy to see the industry you are in?
Anger simmered inside him, but he managed to contain it.
“It is unreasonable to complete all of the advanced courses in one week.”
“Why?”
“Did I make it clear? No matter how much I tell you the bare tips, you won’t understand them.”
“…”
“There are some things in the world that you can only understand what they mean only after you experience them yourself. Songs are especially prone to that.”
“That’s fine.”
“…What did you hear me say?”
“I don’t think it will be too late if you tell me about that first.”
“Haa – good. So, let’s start with the basics first. Would you like to sit here?”
The vocal trainer pulled out a chair and sat down.
“Please sit here.”
The vocal trainer guided Nam Do-yoon to the right spot.
Kiki-
Nam Do-yoon also pulled out a chair and sat down.
“I will tell you the basics first.”
The vocal trainer tried hard to keep his expression bright.
‘Let’s wait. I’ll bear with it.’
I want to tell you to wake up from that delusion right now.
But it shouldn’t be like that.
Because this academy was built with the money he had saved his entire life.
I don’t want the rumors about that place to get bad.
“First of all, I can say that the nasal cavity and soft palate are the most important in singing.”
“Soft palate and nasal cavity?”
“Yes. You have to know how to use your soft palate and nasal passages in order to sing properly. If you sing without being able to use it, you’re probably only making sounds that others don’t want to hear.”
“…”
“And this is not something I can tell you how to do. I can’t tell you how it feels to use the soft palate and nasal cavity. This is an area that you have to realize.”
“..I see.”
“You only know now, right? Why I said that, why I didn’t say there was a lot I could tell you.”
“…”
“No matter how much I told them to use the soft palate and nasal cavity, the current trainees would not be able to use them at all. And that’s natural. Because he never sang.”
“…”
“So don’t try to jump to the advanced course in one go, but build up from the basics step by step. If you do a lot of singing yourself, you will realize the feeling of using the soft palate and nasal passages.”
“Can you give me one example?”
“..Didn’t I tell you? You have no choice but to realize this yourself.”
“But let me show you.”
“Haa – yes. How difficult would that be?”
The vocal trainer stood up.
Then we went into the recording studio.
Nam Do-yoon soon followed him.
The vocal trainer brought his mouth to the microphone.
-I’ll try to be brave now.
Nam Doyoon watched the movement of his neck and the trembling of his lips.
Then he nodded.
That’s what you said to use the nasal cavity and soft palate.
I understood at once.
“Yes. I showed you, but it wouldn’t have helped at all. This is by yourself….”
“No. Understand.”
“…Yes?”
The vocal trainer said with a puzzled expression.
“I understand. So please move on to the next step.”
“….What the hell is that…”
“I really understand, so please don’t worry and tell me what’s next.”
“….”
The vocal trainer stared blankly at Nam Do-yoon.
‘Hey.. What the hell is that?’
Until now, all the students who suddenly came to prepare for the festival had no skills, but were honest.
I said I didn’t know what I didn’t know, and I said I couldn’t do what I couldn’t do.
But this guy was different.
He was obviously a guy who had never sang before.
There’s no way a guy like that would know the feeling of using the soft palate and nasal passages.
Even if he has tremendous musical talent, he would have to sing for at least a week to even get a glimpse of it.
‘It’s the first time I’ve seen a guy who bluffs.’
Just say you don’t know what you don’t know. The guy who says he knows is the first time he sees it.
“Then can you show me?”
The vocal trainer said in a slightly nervous voice.
To be honest, I was a little annoyed.
There was no way I could know, but it was annoying to pretend to know.
“I will learn all about that later.”
“…Can you handle that?”
The vocal trainer frowned.
To be honest, I was a little annoyed.
What is that guy talking like that?
“Yes. Sure. I want to learn everything at once, even the advanced level, and sing.”
“Haa-“
The vocal trainer let out a deep sigh.
“To be honest, it is possible to teach only the theory to the advanced level in 5 hours.”
“…”
“By the way, do you know why the advanced course takes up to six months? That is because the process of embodying is also necessary, and there are sentences that can only be understood by chewing them over.”
“Yes, I know.”
“But are you really saying that I just need to tell you the theory?”
“Yes. I think that will be enough.”
“…Good. What can I tell you? It’s not difficult. You paid for everything anyway.”
“Yes.”
“However, I want you to know that it is a complete waste of time and money. I’ll do whatever you want, but you won’t get anything at all.”
“Yes. All right.”
The vocal trainer looked at Nam Do-yoon.
He purposely said the wording a little too hard.
I suggested that instead of wasting money and time on bluffing, we should just build up step by step from the basics.
Nevertheless, Nam Do-yoon refused.
In that case, that’s it.
“What. Would it be difficult to tell you the theory? Next important is vocal fold grounding. What is meant by vocal cord grounding is to properly contact the vocal cords, but it is easy to misunderstand that this is telling you to relax your throat and sing. But, that doesn’t mean… “
The vocal trainer finished the long 5-hour explanation just like that.
From basic to advanced, he taught Nam Do-yoon purely theories.
“That’s it.”
The vocal trainer said.
“Did you understand everything?”
“Yes.”
“Really?”
“Yes. Why would I have to lie?”
“…Show me then.”
“Yes?”
“Didn’t you promise me? When the theory class is all over, you’ll show me how to use the soft palate and nasal passages.”
“Yes. Are you sure?”
“So show me that.”
“Well, that’s not difficult, but is that really enough?”
“Yes?”
“I can even melt what I learned in the advanced course.”
“Put-“
The vocal trainer laughed.
Pretty bravado should be appropriate. That’s just a gag.
“Just do that and show me. The use of the soft palate and nasal cavity.”
Vocal Tray said with a grin.
Now you can see his bravado exposed.
Originally, I don’t have a bad taste in seeing things like that, but this time, for some reason, I wanted to see it a little.
“Yes. All right.”
Nam Doyoon entered the recording studio.
A vocal trainer also followed him.
“Big”
Namdoyun loosened his neck.
The prelude began to appear.
Diriring-
The vocal trainer looked at him without much expectation.
What can a guy who sings for the first time do anything if he only learned theory?
On the contrary, I expected that his bravado would be exposed and he would be embarrassed.
Ah ah-
The guy started loosening his neck.
That moment.
The vocal trainer’s expression hardened for an instant.
“Huh? What?”
It was strange.
Obviously it seemed to be using the nasal cavity and soft palate.
Even if it’s just to clear your throat.
Ah ah-
Nam Doyoon loosened his head again.
“Oh- look at that guy?”
I didn’t hear that wrong.
That guy is using his soft palate and nasal passages to clear his throat.
Originally, I was going to cut off that guy’s song right away and embarrass him.
But, I decided to listen a bit.
It’s been a long time since I wanted to hear someone else’s song.