For the peace of the Lonely Band, please sacrifice yourself!

"It's still early for dinner, why don't you have a small snack to fill your stomach first?"

"All...listen to Brother Shuo."

Before he could finish his words, Little Pochi lowered his head again and stopped talking.

.......

The little pink head hung down, and it sipped the strawberry-flavored crepe.

"Brother Shuo, don't you want to join my band...ah no no no, our band?"

Yili seemed to feel that if he didn't say it out loud, he would feel very uncomfortable, so after hesitating for a long time, he finally asked the doubts in his heart.

"No, it's just that I've been thinking too much about whether I'm qualified to be in the band again."

Mochizuki Saku shook his head. He didn't mean to deliberately not join the band and wait for a good price. If he had such an idea, he would have joined it in the first year of high school, completing the super popular band and serving as its most skilled guitarist.

"What...what does that mean?"

For a girl who is still underage, it might be a little difficult to understand. After all, Wang Yueshuo had never told anyone that he was a reincarnated time traveler.

"Just think that I have a mental problem, but if Liang really beats me, then I will still keep my promise, join the Ending Band honestly, and serve as the keyboard player."

"Eh, a keyboard player? Why doesn't Saku play guitar or bass? These are obviously the two instruments he is best at, right?" Goto Ichiri was puzzled.

"Don't just think about me, think more about the band." Mochizuki Saku sighed and tapped Xiao Boqi's head.

"The current configuration of your band is you on lead guitar, Kita on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, Ryo on bass, and Hongxia on drums. These are the basic configuration of the band."

"If I want to join as a guitarist or bassist, three guitarists and two bassists, don't you think it's very uncoordinated? For a small band like yours, it would be very uncomfortable if the priorities were not clear."

"So... Liang and I both think that the most suitable position for me is keyboard player." Mochizuki Saku took a big bite of the candied apple crepe.

Wooah, so sweet!

This kind of food that exists in girls' youth animation is indeed full of sweet taste.

The boy looked worriedly at the candied apple crepe in his hand, then naturally put it in Goto Ichiri's other hand.

Well, that's much better! People with dark social anxiety should eat more sunny foods to replenish their sunshine energy. Wang Yueshu nodded approvingly.

"Hey, it's a good thing she found the video of me playing the synth keyboard."

"I remember Brother Shuo deleted the video?"

Speaking of this, Wang Yueshuo was a little amused.

One reason is that he learned to play the piano in this life, so his proficiency is not very high, not as good as the guitar and bass. The other reason is that there was no keyboard player in his band in his previous life, so he had no experience of working with a keyboard player.

He originally created the Mochiduki account just to record his daily piano practice so that he could check for omissions and fill in the gaps later. After copying the videos to his home computer the year before last, he had deleted most of the old videos.

Among them, there are only a few videos of him playing the piano left. Unfortunately, as his popularity grew, a group of idle fans emerged to make up for his deleted videos and reposted them online.

However, it was quite unexpected to Mochizuki Saku that Yamada Ryo had the time to dig up his dark history.

Could it be that he wanted to use my dark history to blackmail me into paying for her and becoming Liang's exclusive ATM machine? Damn! What a deep calculation! You really deserve to be a prisoner of money. You really should be hung on a street lamp!

"Ah, so that's what happened."

After Mr. Mochizuki's explanation, Goto Ichiri suddenly understood.

It turns out that Brother Shuo has thought about joining the band, hehe, it's not like what I thought, that he treats me as a burden and throws me away without caring about me, it turns out that he has been thinking about me, hehe...

Pochi, who was overthinking, smiled in relief.

"Yili looks very pretty when he smiles. Can you smile more often in the future?"

Even Goto Ichiri herself didn't realize that when she smiled, two cute dimples appeared on her cheeks. Her youthful and simple charm was ready to burst out, which could easily hit the G-spot of innocent little boys who like "first love face".

“No… no…”

Ichiri looked away awkwardly. For her, a natural smile in front of strangers was too much. Just thinking about it, Goto-san's brain seemed to emit hot steam and she turned into a pink steam princess.

"That's good too. I'm the only one who can see Yili's smile. Oh, when I think about it, hey, it feels pretty good. It's something only I can have."

Wang Yueshuo's casual remark set off a storm in the young girl's heart. Under the dark sky, the waves were raging, and the tiny girl could only hold on to the mast tightly to avoid being thrown into the treacherous deep sea by the surging waves.

"Shuo...Brother Shuo, you have such bad intentions!!!"

Hearing the girl's sweet cry, Wang Yueshuo raised his eyes and happened to see the beautiful scenery of the world.

Goto Ichiri's delicate face was covered with blush, her eyebrows were as dark as ink, her lips were as red as fire. At this moment, her eyes were bright, with a hazy tear gleam like amber wine, which made this rare blush even more blurred.

Yili hugged his head and buried his red face in his knees, murmuring softly in a voice as weak as fine snow.

"This sentence... is too foul..."

Chapter 42 Joining the Ending Band

The scene for the bass solo was plain and simple, it was just the waiting room of the Stars, only one door away from the performance hall.

Mochizuki Saku, who was ready, sat on a metal chair, while his comrade-in-arms, a Sterling by Musicman RAY34PB NBLS 4-string electric bass, with a Neptune blue body that glowed with a chilling light, waited for the challenger to arrive.

Soon, the dark vision was broadened by the bright and dazzling light brought in by the visitor who pushed the door open.

The girl's black long-sleeved cotton shirt and charcoal gray skirt are like the lowest-brightness shadow in a sketch, or like jagged rocks with a gurgling stream flowing through, reflecting the elegant beauty that is both avant-garde and ancient.

A calm, restrained, elegant and refined temperament is naturally revealed.

Liang lifted her navy blue shoulder-length hair and winked at Wang Yueshuo playfully.

"I am coming."

"You came."

"I knew you were coming."

"Of course I'll come. Of course you know that. Otherwise, why would you let me go a day ago?"

Yamada Ryo stared at the bass beside the boy with a sad look.

"I chose Off the Wall as the solo song?" Liang said slowly.

"Of course, then I'll be Beyond's Leng Yeyu."

"Well."

Music is composed of melody, rhythm, and harmony. Drums are rhythm, lead guitar and vocals are melody. Generally speaking, rhythm guitar is 70% melody + 30% rhythm, and the role of bass is the glue between rhythm and melody, which is responsible for 50% melody and 50% rhythm.

The main focus of bass solo is rhythm. Compared with "Off the Wall" by Ishikawa Benai chosen by Yamada Ryo, Mochizuki Saku's selection of rhythm is inferior.

Although the bass interlude in Cold Rainy Night is still a classic piece, because this solo in Cold Rainy Night is a guitar arrangement rather than a bass arrangement, it focuses more on melody and less rhythm. The embellishment techniques are only to serve the melody, and there are a lot of riffs.

As for Ishikawa Kuna's "Off the Wall", there are only vocals and bass throughout.

However, Leng Yeyu's solo in this section is not simple technically speaking. It includes tapping, striking, hooking and pushing the string at a very fast speed. Playing it and playing it well and being able to analyze it are two different things.

Moreover, the use of long bass solos in pop music really deserves to be called a classic, and this song is unique among Chinese songs.

The most important point is that Mochizuki Shuo really likes this solo, even though this cadenza has received mixed reviews on the Internet, but... he just likes it. (There is a phrase in the music that highlights the bass technique, also known as a solo, also called a cadenza.)

"Then... I'll go first."

Wang Yueshuo connected the speakers, sat back in his chair, and glanced at the other three members of the Ending Band, Xingge Sister, and PA-san who were sitting in a row on the sofa not far away and eating fruit, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

The rhythm of the bass, which is specially highlighted, is easy to enter, making it sound as smooth as silk, flowing naturally and advancing layer by layer. The soothing rhythm, catchy melody, and the lonely and sad feelings are very contagious, allowing Yamada Ryo, as a listener, to naturally feel this short 103-second lyrical solo.

After the song, Wang Yueshuo bowed politely and left the stage.

The girl's slender fingers gripped the rather inelegant neck of the Precision Bass, feeling the heaviness of the strap pressing against her body, and she slowly exhaled from her lungs.

Nodding slightly to the young man hidden in the darkness, Liang stood under the spotlight, her heartbeat quickening. The rough neck of the guitar made the girl inexplicably thirsty. She licked her lips, stretched out the pick in everyone's sight, and plucked the strings.

...

...

Finally, after the judgment of Sister Xingge and PA-san, Yamada Ryo won!

Mochizuki Shuo did not show any frustrated expression. Instead, he smiled brightly. After carefully putting the Neptune in his hand back into the guitar bag, he watched Liang, who had a look of surprise on his face, walk in step by step, and finally stood in front of the boy, holding his graceful chin high.

"I won."

"you win."

"Then prepare to end your role as the band's keyboardist, Mochizuki."

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say, Miss Liang."

Mochizuki Saku took the black cable tie handed to him by the girl and put it on his wrist carefully.

"Great!!! Mochizuki has also joined the big family of the ending band!" Ijichi Hongxia took out a salute from somewhere, and it exploded with a bang. Clusters of colorful flames rushed into the sky and then kept falling. Strands of flames were like waterfalls, hanging on the new members' bodies one after another.

"Then let's have dinner together tonight to celebrate." Kita also responded.

Hongxia looked at her sister pitifully.

Ijichi Xingge was also frightened by her sister's watery gaze like a baby animal, and quickly waved her hand to indicate that it was okay to drive, as long as it was not too late and affected the way home.

"By the way, Mochizuki, remember to clean up this pile of garbage before leaving." Ijichi Xingge patted the boy's shoulder, walked away leisurely under his confused gaze, with a happy smile on the corner of his mouth in the shadow.

Sister Xingge must have expected this outcome.

"Good~"

Before he finished speaking, he looked up and saw Kita Kita obediently holding a broom, efficiently sweeping the pile of fireworks into the trash can, raising his fist angrily, "Let's go! I can't wait!"

Ah this...

Mochizuki Saku blinked, and looked at Goto Ichiri who had huddled behind her without her knowing when, with a smile or tears. The girl's eyes and her excited hands clenching her clothes revealed the little joy in her heart all the time.

"Look, I'm here to accompany you, right?"

These words, the true meaning of which only the two of them understood, drifted into Goto Ichiri's little ears along with the refreshing breeze. Pochi quietly raised his eyelids, his lake-blue eyes slightly widened, his heartbeat became more and more disordered, the girl breathed a sigh of relief in surprise, but the smile on her lips became more and more intense.

"I knew that Brother Shuo would never abandon me."

Surrounded by Saku's cool and gentle breath, Goto Ichiri's restless heartbeat gradually calmed down. She blinked, then gently closed her eyes, nodded vigorously, and let the warmth envelop her restless soul.

The Precision Bass leaning against the corner was forgotten by his owner, and became the only lonely foil in this beautiful reunion scene, emitting a desolate light under the white reflected light.

ps: There is another chapter, which is being written, and it should be later.

Chapter 43: A lonely boy and two songs full of girlish emotions

A sparsely populated suspension bridge at night.

With his arms resting on the railing, Mochizuki Saku tightened his black coat and looked down at the city with an idle look.

Looking down from the suspension bridge, the winding traffic is like a long, shadowy dragon passing through the high-rise buildings. The criss-crossing lights are brilliant like a dream, and the fragmented light and shadow are reflected in the boy's hazy eyes.

Raise your vision upwards and look from afar. On the high-rise buildings, the colorful neon signs are like fireworks, blooming in the dark night.

Joining the band again, Mochizuki.

Time is like a sieve that sifts away the dirt in memory, leaving behind the glittering gold. The boy who regained his life was like a child holding gold in his hands, at a loss, looking around in confusion. This place was obviously unfamiliar, but there were always a few familiar places that made a hole in his soul.

I didn't plan to join the band before... I guess? He sighed in annoyance.

Plans cannot keep up with changes. My life seems to have always been like this.

I just go with the flow. It is time that pushes me forward, not me taking the initiative to do anything...

The boy sighed and took out a bottle of fruit drink from Fanxing. With a crisp sound of "crackling", the metal can was opened and a layer of foam kept pouring out.

“Gudong gudong gudong—whoosh, so cool!”

He tilted his head back, his throat rolled, picked up the still cold drink in the bottle and took several big gulps, finally letting out a satisfied and refreshing breath.

The gray-brown eyes became even more hazy, and the luster in the eyes could not be clearly seen under the dazzling street lights.

"I've changed, so much that I can hardly recognize myself." The puddles on the cement road still reflected the pale light. The boy unconsciously drank a half-filled bottle of drink, listening to the harsh sizzling sound and sighing.

"It seems like it has changed since the first year of high school," he pinched the bridge of his nose and frowned, "Since Mio-chan joined the light music club of Sakuragaoka High School, I don't think I'm anymore resistant to standing on the stage, right?"

"That's not right. It seems to be when I was teaching Mio to play bass and Ichiri to play guitar in elementary school? I forgot. I can't remember clearly. It's been so many years."

Mochizuki Shuo realized belatedly that music had never left him, as if he was destined to be in a band. No matter in his previous life or this life, there was someone behind him who silently pushed him forward. In his previous life, it was the live-action drummer who he regarded as a confidant, and in this life, it was the gifted socially anxious guitarist.

"Oh, could it be that God wants me to continue on the path of being in a band?"

It's such a coincidence that the Sayo Music Festival, which has been off for 3 years, will be held in June this year, and the unconfirmed music festival will be held in July. Both of them have two tracks, the solo competition and the band competition, which are really suitable for my debut battle...