The Sequel to The White Room Troubles is finally here! Follow Kiyotaka on his journey for freedom, peace of mind and the protection of the people he considers closest to him. It's All or Nothing for him. It is recommended to read The White Room Trou...
That was the question I posed to myself and Ryuuen-kun when I suggested we should do live music in addition to a concept cafe.
Making music wasn't just about playing instruments and singing to existing songs like Kiyotaka-kun was doing with his band. No, the music we wanted to do was original.
Original music required a composer, someone who knew a lot about rhythm and synchronisation. That kind of skill wasn't so easily acquired.
At least that's what I thought.
"You can compose, Kaneda-kun?" I asked my goblin-faced (I'm sorry) classmate.
It was just before the student council elections when we had this conversation. Myself, Ryuuen-kun, Ibuki-san, Ishizaki-kun, Albert-kun and, of course, Kaneda-kun. While we were discussing the idea I pushed for, Kaneda-kun dropped us with that bombshell.
"Yeah. Is it that surprising?" Kaneda-kun grinned at all of us, even Ryuuen-kun was momentarily dumbfounded.
"Kuku. How come you're only showing how less useless you are now? Can you compose tracks that sit well with hip hop?" Ryuuen-kun asked, recovering from his stupor.
"Well if you give me some lyrics, I can create something that fits. Maybe if you have a reference of how the lyrics will sound, I can do something too."
"...Isn't it usually the other way round when it comes to creating songs?" Ishizaki-kun asked the obvious question.
I too thought songs were usually created that way. Granted, I have not listened to many songs, but I learned about music composure in some of the novels I read.
"Depends on the composer and the lyricist. Some do it the traditional way, but there are others who create the lyrics first and then the track comes after," Ibuki-san answered, surprising everyone.
When she put it like that, I guess that was true. Jobs, hobbies, interests. While many humans may have shared these across many mediums, their processes of how they do them always differed. Not everyone did things the same way we thought.
"Well then, Shiina. Let's get to work on creating lyrics."
I look back to that conversation and the time Ryuuen-kun and I spent writing original songs with Kaneda-kun. They both put it better than me, it was an experience that we thought would be daunting but was more enjoyable the more time we spent doing it. Then there was the practice in the karaoke room which was even more enjoyable.
From then to now, where me and Ryuuen-kun were performing on stage. The audience grew in numbers, the cheers increased in volumes, the cafe and sales of our album accelerated in bringing us points. Everything was going really well since the beginning of the Cultural Festival.
