From bar band to entertainment circle

Chapter 21 Tonight, I'm the Protagonist
"Manager Wang, this is the guitarist who came here to apply for the job." The waiter said in front of a fat man wearing sunglasses. He pointed at me and left quickly.

"Hello, Manager Wang, my name is Yunqian, and I can play some guitars!" I put down my gig bag and introduced myself.

"What? Brother, you can play the guitar!" The manager of the bar Wang took off his sunglasses and asked with a Northeast accent: "Just keep doing it! Let's have a look at the performance."

"okay."

Putonghua with a Northeast accent is actually quite interesting. I have a colleague who is from Liaoning, and I can hear him talking every day, which is really funny.

I took out the guitar and clamped the 4th fret with the capo, only the first string was not clamped. The familiar intro slowly started, and a fingerstyle "Untitled" was performed at my fingertips. Manager Wang was dumbfounded, I knew it was almost over.

"How about it? Manager Wang!" Seeing his unsatisfactory expression, I smiled and said, "Can I be a guitarist in your bar?"

Manager Wang smiled with satisfaction, and asked, "The xylophone is not bad, do you know how to play the electric guitar? After all, there is a band in the bar, and sometimes the electric guitar can also be used."

"Yes, it's just that my electric guitar is broken, and I don't have enough money to buy a new one at the moment..." I looked a little embarrassed.

"Small problem... easy to handle, easy to handle!" Manager Wang patted the table with a smile, "The electric guitar is provided by the bar. You can use it first. Don't worry, it's not cheap."

"Haha, that's fine, Manager Wang, that salary..." Manager Wang is a smart person, he interrupted me before I finished speaking, and said with a smile: "No hurry, Yun Qianha, everyone is here tonight, Let's go to the stage to show it and feel the music style of our 'Shallow Love and Deep Bar'!"

I know that Manager Wang wants to test my on-site ability and how well I can perform on stage. After all, there is a world of difference between a live performance and a two-person performance in private. .”

I specially took out the Soft China in my pocket and handed one to Manager Wang. We were chatting while smoking. Manager Wang said that a guitarist of the "Thousand Yuan Band" in the bar had gone abroad, and the position had been vacant. The playing style of time has been affected. The guitarists who apply for the job are either too average in technical level, or have poor stage performance, or can't get along with the former members.

And there is not only one band in the bar, some college student bands come to work part-time. Although the salary is not high, there are also many people who come to drink and like to watch.

Even the bar does this feature, no matter how many people you come to, even guests from all over the country, those who can play musical instruments, can perform for free on stage, not so much a bar!It's better to talk about shallow love and deep love. Music Bar is a communication platform for young people with music dreams.

"Then the singer who just sang "Anhe Bridge" is a customer?" I thought of the smoky uncle when I first came in.

"No, he is the resident singer of our bar. He mainly sings folk songs, and the performances are different at different time periods. After all, the guests have different preferences. He will be tired if he only listens to folk songs every night. That's why there are female singers. , band, part-time band..."

"That's right, people's tastes are becoming more and more picky now..."

I said with emotion.

Manager Wang took me to the lounge next to the stage, and then said to several young people who were rehearsing: "Wan Shihao, this is a new guitarist, let's get to know each other first, and see what songs everyone knows. Run in, run in, you will perform for customers in a while, no problem, right?"

"No problem, Brother Wang!"

Wan Shihao stopped the guitar in his hand, looked back at me next to Manager Wang, and said in shock, "It's you? Yun Qian! I didn't expect that we would meet again."

"Haha, what a coincidence, Lao Wan, why did you come to the bar to stay?" I looked at the four of them. When I was singing in the square, the guy playing the African drum was also there, "Oh, not bad! Find more Got two partners."

"Yeah, fate! However, we are not a full-time band in a bar. We came here to work part-time. The salary is not very high, mainly for hobbies."

For a moment, Wan Shihao said with a smile, "Brother Wang, you have found a treasure. Yunqian was the lead guitarist of Yunji Band in our university town before. Yunji Band has participated in many music festivals, and the female lead singer Xia Qing has heard of it." Now, sign with Qinsheng Media Company, and at the Midi Music Festival in W City at the end of the month, the signed singer will appear for the first time!"

"Hahaha! I've heard it, brother Yunqian, I didn't expect you and Xia Qing to be in the same band before, it's easier to handle things if you know each other, hurry up, I'm looking forward to your performance." Manager Wang smiled uncomfortably She pursed her mouth, the fat on her face was trembling constantly.

All of a sudden, I heard the name Xia Qing from someone else again. Her reputation gradually grew, while the Yunji Band was gradually forgotten by people. All this seemed to not exist, like a dream.

Manager Wang didn't bother us either. He asked us to rehearse the performance, and then he left.

"Yunqian, are you going to be a full-time guitarist in a bar?"

"Probably not. I don't have that much time. Let's perform first to see the effect. If Manager Wang likes me, after passing this test, I will talk to him about whether I can do a part-time performance with you..."

This is the best way I can think of at the moment, because I still have work on the tourism side, and I may go out of town for two days in a group, and I can't get out to perform in a bar.

"Hahaha, I wish for it. The four of us here can just add an electric guitar, so that the style of the performance will be richer than before." Wan Shihao smiled and held my hand and said, "Brother Yunqian, you The level is obvious to all, don’t worry, just play normally.”

"Hmm, Lao Wan, let's arrange a row of songs!"

"Success, you arrange it, and we cooperate."

Tonight's performance is also equivalent to my interview, so Wan Shihao and his three friends gave me a lot of face, let me be the protagonist, and arranged for a half-hour song to be performed on stage.

For those who often play in bands, the tacit understanding in the new environment may not be as good as that of those who have been together for a few years, but everyone usually practices a lot of songs, and there are always several songs that everyone knows. Tonight's situation is special, so we rely on this kind of running-in.

Usually, I must choose a good song and practice it before performing it. After discussing for about 10 minutes and asking for everyone's opinions, I finally decided on the song and the process.

First I will play "Untitled" on the acoustic guitar, play and sing the original "Loneliness is the Most Humble Poverty"; then the band will play "Hotel California", Wan Shihao is in charge of the rhythm guitar and lead vocal, and I am in charge of the electric guitar part; after the last song, My electric guitar impromptu solo scene; the last is the curtain call of "I Really Love You" by the well-known Beyond band.

"Friends here, tonight we have a newcomer at the bar. They are the campus band in the university town. They are upright and youthful. It is because they love music that we all meet in the music bar..."

Manager Wang acted as the host and shouted loudly on the stage with a microphone: "Let us welcome them with the loudest cheers!"

It’s been a long time since I felt such a warm voice at the scene. This feeling of tension is somewhat similar to my first performance on stage in high school, but it was pure tension at that time. Tonight... I’m even a little excited.

I took a deep breath and looked at the gazes on the deck focused on me, and then a beautiful and moving melody came from my fingertips.

I know, I am the protagonist tonight!
(End of this chapter)