Disaster Artist

Chapter 24 Soul
Bai Zhe thought about where he could hire a bass player and keyboard player.

Zuo Ming is a good choice, cost-effective, but their band should have its own arrangements.

It would be great if you had the power of money, that thing is the most convincing.

"You're right, what's your name?"

Moya was stunned.It seems that she has never asked the client's name. The note on WeChat is still "the client who made the strange scream".

"Bai Zhe, amateur dream photographer."

"Well, Bai Zhe, you play the bass."

"what?"

Bai Zhe looked confused.He has played only a handful of musical instruments since he was so old. At most, he occasionally played the drum to liven up the atmosphere when he was making money in the Colosseum.

The bass guitar of a rock band is mostly made of four thick strings.He couldn't play with four strings as a novice.

"My eldest brother learned to play the electronic keyboard before, so I gave him the keyboard. You play the bass, add the drums and a well-tuned roar, and the composition of the song is almost the same."

Roger: "Okay."

Give it a hammer!
“I plan to finish the song within a month, so it’s a little late to learn the bass from scratch.”

"No problem. You can get started with bass very quickly, and you don't need to learn to a high level. If you follow the previous style, most of the time you only need to play two strings, boom boom boom, boom boom boom, to accompany you. "

Boom boom boom boom is such an irresponsible description.

"You can find the specialness of this roar, I believe you are talented. If there are no other pressing matters, it would be fun to rehearse together and make the music together."

Moya raised his arm and patted Bai Zhe's shoulder vigorously, with a look that said, "I think highly of you."

"I don't have a bass."

"The band has a bass for practice stored in the Kite Bar. You can take it out and use it first."

"I have no place to study."

"Let's take a look at Stereoscopic Video and Mengying first. There are a lot of teaching materials online. I can find a bassist who is willing to teach."

Bai Zhe understood clearly that this little dwarf was determined to pull him into the pirate ship and cooperate with her.

Rogge looked at him from the side, and the meaning in his eyes was "Follow her."

"Okay, I'll give it a try for a few days. But let's make an agreement first. If you let me play bass, the commission fee will be reduced."

This is natural, he can't contribute money and effort at the same time.

"No problem, I can play together without the commission fee. But if the music can make money, you have to share more with me."

Moya answered very boldly.

Bai Zhe feels that she does not regard music as a channel to make money at all, but purely as a spice for love and life.With this mentality, it’s no wonder she had conflicts with Luna Records.

"You are really confident. If you can make money, you will get [-]% of the profit from the song, and we will share the loss equally.

Also, when will the injury on your hand heal?Although it’s inspiring to play drums with one arm, it’s not something you can do all the time. "

"I'm going to repair my prosthetic body today and I'll be able to recover in a week. Brother, do you really not know how to repair your prosthetic body?"

Rogge: "I am a machine repairman. If you want me to operate a prosthetic body, the only way is to use a cutting machine."

A whole-replacement prosthesis like his left hand is easy to repair, but an embedded type is much more troublesome.

"Brother, don't get on the cutting machine and lend me some money! The child has no money to see a doctor!"

Moya started to behave badly towards Rogge.During this period of time, she was recovering from her injuries at home, without any income from part-time work, and her financial situation was in a precarious position.

Bai Zhe saw that there was nothing the strong and fierce Rogge could do against Moya.I don’t know how the two formed this kind of relationship that is more like father and daughter or brother and sister than friends.

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"Bass is the soul of rock music. Although sometimes you can't hear it and sometimes you can't see it, but without the bass, the music will lose its foundation, and the cooperation of other instruments will be conflicting and disharmonious."

Zuo Ming said seriously.

After Bai Zhe left Moya, he went to the Kite Bar to pick up the bass for practice.He also contacted Zuo Ming from Placebo and said that he wanted to get in touch with Bess. The other party happily made an appointment with him to talk face to face at the Beluga Bar.

After he waited here for a while, Zuo Ming got off work from the chip factory and rushed to the place where the band often gathered.

“A rock band can’t lose its bassist any more than West can lose Tifa Lockhart.

Pick up the bass and you are the heartbeat of the entire band.If your rhythm is steady enough, others won't be able to mess up. "

Bai Zhe felt that someone wanted to deceive him.

It wasn't the first time he'd listened to rock recently.When I listened to it in the past, I often couldn't hear the presence of the bass at all, and only a few tracks had a clear bass solo.After his hearing was greatly enhanced, he was able to clearly capture the boom-boom-boom bass sound in the background.

"If I want to get started quickly, what direction should I work towards?"

"What musical instruments have you played? Have you ever played guitar?"

"Nothing, just a novice."

"That requires more work. Many bass players are guitarists who switched careers. After all, the competition for lead guitar is fierce."

Zuo Ming coughed twice and continued:
“Of course not me, I chose bass on my own initiative.

The most important thing when playing bass is rhythm. You must have a metronome when practicing.

Before playing, you need to learn some basic music theory, at least read music, and then practice finger patterns.Bass strings are difficult to play, so you must pay attention to the finger shape. If the finger shape is crooked, the output will be unstable, sometimes big and sometimes small.

It seems you don’t have a prosthetic hand? "

"I am NEIR."

"Ah, here, you need to strengthen the fingers of your right hand. When you first start practicing, your fingers will definitely become useless. It will only take a few times to make them weak.

After mastering the finger patterns, the best way to get familiar with the instrument is to 'climb the grid'. "

Zuo Ming took the bass from Bai Zhe, banged it twice, and adjusted the pitch for him.

"You turn on the metronome and play a quadruplet, 1234. Move down one fret and change the rhythm, 1243. Climb the piano like this.

After you become familiar with this climbing method, change your rhythm and continue climbing. "

"Ah Ming! Come and help move the speakers!"

"Busy now!"

The bass player refused very firmly, saying that teaching was important.

Bai Zhe recorded the process of "climbing the grid" and watched it more when he went back.

“Someone told me that it’s quick to get started with bass, one month is enough. Is that true?”

"How should I put it? Bass is indeed the lowest threshold in the band, but its upper limit is high. An excellent bass player will be competed by many bands, and he will never have to worry about being homeless."

Brother, I'm off topic.

"Ahem, if you choose a piece that doesn't pursue complex rhythms and techniques, and you have some talent and practice a little harder, it's not impossible to perform in a month."

"Brother Ming, the drone delivery has arrived! Go and get it, we'll start the show after just two bites of food."

"You'll have to wait until you starve to death!"

The bassist made enthusiastic gestures to the frontman and drummer.

Bai Zhe had a sullen face and did not laugh out loud.Brother, how much salary do you get for working so hard?

"Brother Zuo, can I learn bass with you for a month, starting from scratch. Not every day, just two or three times a week."

"Huh? This."

"I don't have much money left. It's about 100 yuan for two hours each time. How about three classes first?"

It just saves the commission fee, and it’s not bad to use it to learn bass.

".Okay. I am a wild kid, but I must teach seriously."

"Hello, Teacher Zuo."

Bai Zhe deliberately shouted seriously, which made Brother Bess a little unable to sit still.

"When you finish your performance, please buy the teacher two drinks."

"Hey, you can have this."

"Zuo Ming! Come here quickly!"

"Forget it, don't worry about him, let's just start. Anyway, the audience can't hear whether there is a bass or not."

The lead singer Anjie muttered something and walked onto the stage in the middle of the bar with an electric guitar on his back. Drummer Riley found the rhythm.

Zuo Ming said nothing, gritted his teeth, picked up the bass and walked towards his two friends.Damn, I was really looked down upon.

Today, instead of giving the new student a whole bass job on stage, he would switch to playing cotton.

　It seems like the delays are getting worse (feeling guilty).I was wrong, I reflect, I sinned a lot.

　　But give me a catch-up!Give me a vote!Gu!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)