When I Opened My Eyes I Was A Superstar

Chapter 16

16: Sonata: Ring Out (3)Translated by EatApplePies

Yong Soo Chul's song was good, of course. It would have been close to perfect for other people.

However, to Do Wook who has heard the song that would be released later on, it kind of felt like it wasn't complete.

Furthermore, as someone who lived in the future and came back to the past, Do Wook became ambitious. He had an ambition to create a song that would be successful regardless of generation or time period.

'A classic isn't a classic for no reason.'

Do Wook figured that if you vary the melody in the beginning well, you would be able to grab more of the audience than starting with a fast beat right away.

Even in reality, around the time KK debuted, there were songs that became very popular using classic song sampling. Thanks to that, a few songs a year would use classic song sampling even later on and was consistently popular.

Among that, the most explosively popular song was a song that had a similar beat as Yong Soo Chul and used musical sampling in the intro. That song became a tremendous hit and was more popular than 'Sorry but I love you'.

It was because it even compensated for the shortcomings of Yong Soo Chul's style beats that have simple repetition.

Therefore, Do Wook thought of Yong Soo Chul's song as soon as he heard the sonata ringtone.

'We'll make the song feel more complete by giving it a beginning, middle, and an end. If Yong Soo Chul listens to it, he will also know immediately that it'll be a way to supplement his song.'

Yong Soo Chul, who had been preoccupied for a moment, stood up from his seat and headed toward the equipment.

Once he manipulated the buttons, a strong bass beat soon started to flow out. Various melodies were placed on top of that beat and formed the current 'Sorry (working title)'.

They only turned on the beat but their heads subconsciously started nodding. Yong Soo Chul manipulated a few more buttons and programmed the keyboard next to him to 'basic piano'.

Yong Soo Chul lightly played with his fingers.

"The original sound is this······."

"Yes. I think it'd be good to use the melody from that part."

Yong Soo Chul simply played the melody as it was in the original song, but he got a feeling that made him go 'huh?'. Yong Soo Chul briefly stopped his fingers, then started playing again.

This time he changed it from about 60 BPM to 80, playing it faster and faster.

The only thing they changed was making it faster, but it felt like something was building.

Yong So Chul couldn't help but be surprised. It was a way of arrangement he hadn't even thought of, and he questioned it even after listening to Do Wook. But once he tried playing it, he immediately got a feel for it.

'Like Do Wook said, if we put a little more variation and start the intro with piano...And organize the song to gradually lead into the beat and next sound...It'll be amazing!'

Yong Soo Chul dove into working on the arrangement. He changed the sound little by little, and it started to harmonize with the melody towards the end.

"If I do this...hmm...what do you think?"

"It's good!"

Do Wook exclaimed. Yong Soo Chul got more excited by Do Wook's exclamation.

Since he only worked on songs alone, it wasn't bad for Yong Soo Chul to discuss his song with someone else. On the contrary, he was having fun.