King of Stage

When Cliff first proposed the road tour and street performance, he did not expect that this journey would turn out to be a valuable experience.

Although the One Day Kings has been in the army for seven years, due to various reasons, they have never concentrated time on special training. This period of time should be the most intensive, frequent and concentrated stage of practice since the establishment of the band—because There's no getting away from embarrassing yourself on the street.

Moreover, without the cover of the atmosphere of the performance stage, and without the cover of the lighting of the gorgeous lights, the mistakes of any member will be seen directly, or even executed publicly with a magnified effect. Sincerely, no one wants to be the one who is put in the spotlight members below.

Naturally, everyone needs to work harder and focus more. Under the realistic pressure of street performances, everyone devotes 200% of their energy to practice. Only in this way can every performance be truly worthwhile. Back to the fare - even when the street performance is in progress, the continuation cannot be stopped.

As if it was the same at this time.

Pedestrians come and go on the street in an endless stream, but no one stops, as if the band members are invisible people. , but they have been able to fully concentrate on the practice.

To be precise, it's not completely neglected, because there are three black brothers next to them who are watching their movements closely——

However, they are not audiences, but "independent artists" who are responsible for "selling" their albums. That's the way it is said, but after removing the quotation marks, it is actually liars.

They will forcefully sell the inferior albums they have recorded to passers-by. An album costs ten dollars. As long as passers-by hesitate a little or reach out to catch the album they forcefully stuffed into their arms, the next step is to buy and sell. , which is why they appear in groups:

In order to ensure that the cheated person smashes his teeth, he can only swallow it in his stomach.

The reason why Ronan knew it was because he had noticed these black guys on the first day he arrived in Las Vegas. Although Cliff had repeatedly warned Ronan, Ronan did not avoid them, and even took the initiative to greet them. Stepped up and proactively bought an album out of pocket.

Cliff was directly annoyed, but Ronan expressed that he hoped to listen to their music seriously.

After going back, Ronan really found a retro Walkman, and listened to all the tracks on the entire disc carefully——

Although it is a scam of forced buying and selling, but fortunately, the music is indeed recorded on the disc, and all of them are original tracks, but the quality of the finished product is very rough, the existence of noise and noise leads to poor quality, and the original track itself The quality also varies.

Strictly speaking, these black guys are indeed "independent artists", but their level is not high, and their talents are not high, so they chose such a way to "promote" their albums, making it impossible to tell. Chasing dreams, or barely making ends meet.

Later, when Ronan met the same group of people again, not only did he not avoid them, but he also took the initiative to discuss the creation of rap with them.

As it turned out...they unexpectedly became friends.

Later, the group of brothers were going to return Ronan's ten dollars, but Ronan said that this was the money to buy the album, which also won the appreciation of the group of guys. The short-term permit for street performances was obtained with their help——

Because Las Vegas is also a city of performances outside the casino, each casino has its own special performances. In order to ensure that tourists pay for the rich nightlife of the casino, the city hall requires permission for street performances. More stringent, not easy to apply for.

but did not expect,

In such a twist and turn, the band managed to secure a short-term license to perform on the street.

At this time, the three black brothers standing beside were not the ones who bought the album at the beginning, but they all knew each other, and they all heard of Ronan's name, so they couldn't help but wink at Ronan , whistled, "Your teammates are about to fight."

Ronan, who woke up from the city symphony, waved at the black brother in response, and then looked at the three teammates who were arguing endlessly.

Because there was no audience for the time being, the band members stopped to discuss the performance just now:

"Don't Give Up Your Faith" by Journey.

Street performances are very particular about the atmosphere and rhythm. What kind of songs and styles are chosen for which occasions? These are all tricks. Some songs of the One Day King Band may not be suitable, so they often perform some cover songs, which are familiar to everyone. The songs can always win more applause, but also can exercise the tacit understanding of the band members.

However, the quality and effect of the performance did not meet the expectations of the band. They had to re-examine their performance and make sure to correct the mistakes in time.

"Well, Ollie snapped the shot, but Cliff didn't, because Maxim's own judgment was half a beat behind."

Ronan gave the answer. Obviously, he was not completely distracted just now. He was still watching the band's practice closely and gave the answer directly.

The band members did not refute or agree, but adjusted according to Ronan's words, and then re-practiced several times to see how the effect was——

Through the experience of this road tour, they really realized that in fact, arguments are often useless, practice is the way out, and most of the time it proved that Ronan was right, and the correct rate continued with the increase of practice Going higher, the debate is even more unnecessary.

Of course, band members still have some differences of opinion, but in terms of verbal arguments, they are more accustomed to verifying with exercises.

Sure enough, Ronan was right again this time.

Ronan didn't show off proudly, but continued, "Oli, every time you enter the chorus, you tend to grab the rhythm. You need to adjust your breathing, feel the existence of the rhythm, and don't let the melody hold your rhythm. Instead, you should feel the rhythm yourself, and then perform the melody."

"Let's practice two more times. You can feel it." Before Ronan finished speaking, Ollie looked over, with a hint of help in his eyes, and Ronan said simply, "Look at me hitting the rhythm , feel it with your breath."

Although Maxim and Cliff were not mentioned, their eyes have been projected naturally, feeling the melody following Ronan's beat.

Repeatedly, repeatedly, the band practiced continuously like this seven times, and all members finally stepped on the correct rhythm, but it was still not over, and then they continued to practice five times to ensure that the muscles and brain could memorize Get the rhyme right and avoid mistakes next time.