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I looked at my phone again. The scene where five heads are still gathered is still unacceptable.
Fortunately, the five members of New Days focused on music. After the music, I said.
“I also told composer Heo Hae-jun, because it was originally written in accordance with the First Light worldview.”
What I am saying now will be edited. Because it’s basic to avoid spoilers for each team’s schedule and next activity.
I paused for a moment to keep this scene from flying into the barrel. The members of New Days also knew that it was an editorial office, so they waited without urging.
By the way, looking at it with her eyes wide open reminds me of the cat I had as a child. Without realizing it, I laughed and then continued.
“So, is this song too first-right style like this? therefore… … Is the time okay?”
When I asked, the members said.
-Hyung, our time is all yours!
-Right!
Answers are like real kindergarteners.
I put my phone down for a moment and added a percussion track for Korean traditional instruments.
“I’m trying to change this feeling.”
And I habitually change the color of the tracks to organize them,” said Jinyoung Kang.
– You are very meticulous.
“ah. uh.”
Still, there is an compulsion that I can’t stand if the tracks aren’t neatly organized.
Anyway, I put the music back on. Korean instruments that don’t match are annoying, but for now, I’m just trying to get the New Days members to understand… … .
I don’t know much about traditional instruments, and I’m pretty weak at making oriental styles. I have very few samples. Still, there are a few members who look good with Durumagi in First Light, so I want to make a song in an oriental style.
So I showed it to composer Heo Hae-jun, and asked if he liked the oriental arrangement. I was going to learn the composer’s know-how from Heo Hae-jun, but I knew right away and heard a voice from a senior I was seeing for the first time saying that I was about to skip it. Even so, I think I’ll let you know after seeing that they are asking you to come to the studio.
The arrangement is done by the composer Heo Hae-jun, so there is no case of eating more raw than this.
“Then we’re having a meeting, and I’ll go to your company.”
After I spoke, I hung up the phone and excitedly grabbed my bag.
I’m going to take away the master composer’s know-how. Hi-Hi.
* * *
After hanging up, the members rushed to the studio of composer Heo Hae-jun. Composer Heo Hae-jun, who was still waiting for the members to come, jumped up from his chair and asked.
“Have you heard? What do you think?”
I had no intention of not doing it, but it was a face that looked like it would cry if I didn’t do it. He is a sensitive person.
Jinyoung Kang said as the representative.
“Are we really doing this?”
“Mr. Haewon first contacted me and asked. Is there any song that suits middle school students, is about trauma, and can even show performance? So I said I didn’t know, and I brought my own song. How about this?”
“ah. I see So are we really doing this?”
“I’m going to do it, so they sent me a demo! Have you already sent it to A&R?”
At the words of composer Heo Hae-jun, the members ran all over the place with excitement.
All New Days members were under a lot of stress during this survival. It was because he couldn’t show anything like this from the first week.
Putting their self-esteem second, it was hard to bear seeing the fans doing it under stress. I wanted to show an impactful image even on one stage.
The only thing that can represent New Days is the performance. The song itself was excellent, and it was a song that showed the strengths of New Days as well.
Composer Heo Hae-jun, who has the temperament of a two-much talker from the beginning, had too many things to say about this song sent by Jung Hae-won.
“Mr. Haewon was very talkative. I saw that they asked if I could come to see the arrangement work. Isn’t this free? I receive this valuable know-how by giving it away. Where did you get such an expensive songwriting fee?”
And since the New Days members learned the technique of listening to the two-much talk with one ear and letting it flow through the other as trainees, they took turns saying ‘ah’ and letting it go through one ear.
Already, the heads of the five people were filled with thoughts about performances that fit the oriental arrangement. Jinyoung Kang, the eldest of the five and good at speaking, secretly cut off the words of composer Heo Hae-jun.
“Ah, it’s really the most expensive composition in the world. What part do I need to teach you?”
“I didn’t know anything when I heard what you were saying, huh? Once in this way… … .”
According to Jinyoung Kang’s plan, composer Heo Haejun stopped talking and started looking for samples of traditional instruments he had. The New Days members’ expressions filled with excitement in the example of carefully selecting samples and mixing some of them.
Hwang Ji-hoon, one of the members, murmured.
“I wish all eight of us could sing together… … .”
The rest of the members agreed. After receiving a good song, I thought of the rest of the members.
Composer Heo Hae-jun had a very long talk, so Jung Hae-won arrived at the company in the meantime. Jung Hae-won, who entered the studio, was surprised to see the five New Days members gathered, and first greeted composer Heo Hae-jun.
“hello.”
“Yeah, you came here to get the know-how?”
“yes.”
“Ah, there are corners where people are like foxes.”
Composer Heo Hae-jun said so, but he couldn’t hide his pride in his expression.
New Days members left the studio and said a word to Jung Hae-won.
“Hyung, I’ll go to our practice room and do the choreography!”
“If you call, I’ll be there in 5 seconds!”
“Uh-huh, yes.”
Jung Hae-won nodded his head even though it was ridiculous. And composer Heo Hae-jun didn’t say anything, but he dragged a chair as he wanted and stuck next to him.
“What are you going to teach me?”
“When did I tell you, I told you to come first.”
“Okay, you don’t have to teach me, so work slowly.”
“Aww, why are you so close?”
“I like to stick around. And please curse at my song.”
A younger composer, less than half his age, was flirting with aegyo, so composer Heo Hae-jun was giving feedback on Jung Hae-won’s demo.
The rest of the First Light members are never the type to hit someone they meet for the first time, so it seemed even more strange to the New Days members.
After leaving the studio, the youngest, Kwak Jun-woo, looked at his phone and said:
“Hyo-seok hyung thinks that Hae-won is one year older than he is in high school, two is in middle school, and three is in elementary school. Brothers, if you have something to say, do it through me. I think a kindergartener would listen well. And if you start calling me by a strange name, it means that we are close, and even if you don’t like it, I’ll just call you, so I’ll give up and accept it.”
“That’s right, all the Pura hyungs have nicknames.”
“Hyo-seok went away and became Hyo-sik.”
Likewise, Jin-young Kang, who is in frequent contact with Hyo-seok Han, also checked her cell phone for a while.
Before Jung Hae-won joined, we hardly talked about our activities, but these days, when we just contacted him, it was all about work. Especially today, they were secretly sad that they lost their songs.
After watching Han Hyo-seok secretly boasting, Kang Jin-young contacted Chae Yoo-ho, a composing member and same age, who started her trainee life around the same time.
[Our unit song guide says you will do it]
When Jinyoung Kang sent it like that, Yooho Chae immediately understood and said he would do it. Jinyoung Kang put his cell phone in his pocket and thought that it would be nice if the day would come when Chae Yoo-ho’s song was the title.
At that time, Kwak Jun-woo said to Kang Jin-young.
“Hyung’s strategy was the best.”
“Well then, then. As always, I am right today, guys.”
When Jinyoung Kang talked like a joke, the members laughed hehehe. Having said that, the members who returned to the practice room began to come up with ideas for an oriental style stage while listening to the demos they had received.
* * *
Composer Heo Hae-jun was also a professional, and fortunately, he likes to talk, so there was a lesson that he could not learn without paying money just by watching him arrange it.
Yang Yi-hyung and I had a strong tendency to go down the same path with difficulty, but composer Heo Hae-jun was the opposite. I learned how to make easy even on difficult roads. Of course, Yang Yi-hyung is also a professional, but he can’t keep up with the tremendous experience he has accumulated in his long career as a composer, giving songs to many singers.
Working with New Days this time was not what I expected, but it turned out to be a really good experience for me, who only worked with First Light.
As the deadline was tight, I cut off the words as soon as the arrangement was made and immediately delivered it to the members of the practice room. And in the midst of that busy schedule, New Days’ vocal unit member Chae Yoo-ho came as a guide.
“Are you in good shape? You are too busy with yours.”
As I sat down to direct the guide, I asked a question, and Chae Yoo-ho answered.
“It’s Jinyoung, I think he was envious of exchanging songs with composer Heo Hae-jun. He asked me to guide him. Go and learn.”
“ah.”
“Jinyoung, at first glance, a con artist… … It’s actually a scammer. I only think of the real team.”
“know. yes it looked Like you, New Days as a whole.”
Chae Yoo-ho smiled pleasantly at my words.
If First Light is a team with excellent individuality and strong my-way tendencies, New Days feels like it revolves around Jinyoung Kang, who is quick-witted and has a strong one-team tendency. In the future, the six teams participating in The Rising will be each other’s closest colleagues and rivals at the same time. Competing with a team that is greedy for good performances and music like New Days would be ridiculously fun.
After finishing the guide recording, the New Days members started recording almost immediately. Since we each have our own schedules, we don’t have much time to meet, but the New Days company really took great care of my schedule.
After the recording was finished, the members and the choreographer learned the choreography. He makes it well, and he speaks terribly. It was like a team with a strong performance. The stage composition is also nicely crafted. I learned a lot in many ways.
The week went by so quickly, like waking up from a nap. And while everything is progressing, once again, I can’t decide on a title.
I was sitting on the wall in the practice room, looking at the title candidates sent by New Days and our company A&R, and thinking about the title, a New Days member ran up to me and asked.
“Brother, can I get you some coffee?”
“Uh, yes. thank you.”
As soon as I answer, I run to make coffee. Humans are animals of adaptation, and because the children are so kind, I quickly adapted to it. I got lazy and had to go back to the TRV.
I’m drinking the iced Americano that the member brought me, and Jinyoung Kang, who I’ve known a lot over the past week, came to sit next to me and said,
“Ah, bro. Stop drinking coffee.”
I told Jinyoung Kang to stop talking, but the more I felt like a younger brother, the better I was, so I said I would let it go after the contest was over. X is correct.
“Don’t die, don’t die.”
“Eww.”
I thought that only our members told me that they were short-lived, but seeing that it’s the same with other companies… … Ugh, am I really short-lived? Well, I can’t.
I accepted the short-lived positively and drank the coffee at once.
By the way, I still don’t think of this song as a song about trauma, and everyone who listens to it doesn’t even doubt that it’s a song about trauma.
I asked Jinyoung Kang.
“But, doesn’t this sound like a song that fits the theme?”
At my words, Jinyoung Kang looked at me for a moment and then answered looking straight ahead.
“no.”
“… … .”
I don’t trust this cheater’s answer.
“But are you just doing it?”
When I asked again, Jinyoung Kang sighed and replied back.
“When you ask a question, I can’t answer… … Honestly, I think it’s a reflection of hyung’s inner self. I think it’s a song about total trauma.”
“What, did you habitually cheat?”
“Not that.”
Jinyoung Kang hesitated and answered.
“It’s Hyo-seok, too, when hyung starts to think that this is just transferring his trauma to the stage, he’s worried that he won’t be able to go on stage. You have a lot of stage fright.”
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Our team members never say things like that out of their mouths, but Jinyoung Kang is the type to say everything without hesitation. When you come to someone else’s company, you experience a lot of strange situations.