Damn Idol - Chapter 164



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Fucking Idol Episode 164

Album 15. Self Made

The format of the entertainment program we are currently filming is simple.

Season 1 involves making money through music in Korea while hiding the name Sedalbaekil.

In season 2, he goes on an overseas busking trip with the money he earned.

I said overseas because it was originally Spain, but I think it might be changed to the United States.

PD Kang Seok-woo contacted Eddie just in case, and he said he would gladly appear, so he was thinking about it.

From my perspective, it’s a bit absurd that the program’s travel destination changes just because one Eddie appears.

But this is purely my opinion.

I’m someone I’ve known for dozens of times, but to the public, he’s a top-tier songwriter on Billboard.

There’s also a documentary coming out for HBO that’s almost finished, and if it gets popular, Eddie’s value could go up even more.

Anyway, this is the structure of making money in season 1 and spending money in season 2, but if you look at the intention of the program, there are more detailed stories.

PD Kang Seok-woo wants to show us our everyday lives and the music we play.

In some parts, it seems to take the form of a documentary to convey information.

So, I also filmed the festivals and fan signing events of the university that became famous for performing all the songs on the album.

Oh, these days, among time travelers, they call it a ‘fan satisfaction event’ instead of a ‘fan signing event’.

We have conducted three sessions so far, and two more are scheduled in Gyeonggi Province next week.

Anyway, so far we’ve filmed a lot about the main body called ‘3 Months 100 Days’, now it’s time to film our mission.

“Choi Jae-seong.”

“yes?”

“What should we do first?”

“Well, shouldn’t we start by deciding on a name? I can’t be active as someone for 3 months and 100 days.”

Well, that’s a good point.

It’s common in the music industry to give a stage name to your alter ego.

People have dual aspects, and singers can express that.

Eminem has Slim Shady, who maximizes his violent ego, and Kanye West has Ye, who symbolizes his success story.

The brand that was modeled after that is the famous Yeezy.

“… … No, hyung.”

“huh?”

“I was just thinking about picking a light sub-character name… … .”

At the moment when Choi Jae-seong felt slightly embarrassed by his words, Lee Ion clapped his hands.

“Then shall we decide on a stage name?”

“What’s your stage name?”

“We don’t have stage names because we’re making a name for ourselves on Coming Up Next.”

Although we had to decide on a team name, we weren’t told to choose a stage name.

Since it was a project group anyway, I think Choi Max-ho was going to decide who would debut after it ended.

“What do you want to do, Zion?”

“It’s Zion.”

Because I used this name every time.

“Oh, I just wanted to do it with ions.”

Actually, if Ion had debuted in a normal company, there is a high chance that he would have had the name Ion.

Because it’s my real name and it looks like an ionic drink.

I think it would have been the same as On Sae-mi, only Choi Jae-seong and Gu Tae-hwan would have changed a bit.

Onsemiro said he wanted to do it as ‘Miro’, and Choi Jae-seong said it was ‘Vib’.

They don’t tell me what it means, but I can guess the gist of it.

I looked into the backgrounds of the members when Choi Max-ho attacked Se Dal Baek Il.

Rather than doing a background check, I tried to erase any weaknesses that might be there.

No, is that a follow-up investigation?

Anyway, I pretended not to know.

Koo Tae-hwan didn’t have any particular thoughts.

I lived off of mushrooms, so I asked if it wouldn’t be okay to do it with mushrooms, but I was criticized by the members.

Wouldn’t Toadstool be better than Mushroom?

Mushroom means edible mushroom, and toadstool means poisonous mushroom.

Isn’t this cooler?

But I didn’t say it for nothing.

Because I felt like I would be criticized along with them.

Anyway, Gu Tae-hwan’s name was decided as Mushroom.

Because you have to hide your identity during a self-made photoshoot anyway, the more ridiculous it is, the better.

Koo Tae-hwan tried to appeal that it wasn’t funny, but it didn’t work.

After that, Onsemiro decided on the name Miro, and Choi Jae-seong decided on the name Vibe.

Now it’s up to Ion and me to decide, but I’ve decided to just do LOOP.

Because I’m a regressor.

“Am I the only one left? What should I do if I have no ideas?”

“How about simple beauty?”

“Beauty?”

Although it was Choi Jae-seong’s words that anyone could tell were joking, surprisingly, Lee Ion seemed to like those words.

Yeah, the character is definite.

However, he decided that her looks were a bit too subtle.

I didn’t ask if it was subtle or if it was a beautiful cat.

If it’s the latter, I think I’ll feel bad.

I decided on that name, but honestly, I decided it in advance because I was in front of the camera.

I don’t know if there will ever be a situation where these names would be used.

“So, how are we going to make money now?”

Choi Jae-seong opened his mouth at Onsemiro’s words.

“Isn’t busking the easiest thing?”

“also?”

“Like a personal broadcast? You can just wear a mask and do it. Oh, and you can also create a YouTube channel and upload cover songs.”

“also?”

“Umm… … Circle?”

“Circles don’t make money.”

“Wedding congratulatory song part-time job!”

“It would be possible if you put on makeup. But isn’t that something the company would take care of?”

As I was watching the members chatting, Koo Tae-hwan pointed out something and asked me.

“Zion, you? You seemed confident during the program meeting.”

It goes without saying that I am confident that I can earn hundreds of millions a year even if I start out as an unknown singer.

But to do that, you have to write songs, sell them, and repeat that over and over again.

This kind of activity doesn’t require team members.

Because I just compose the music myself, create a guide, and sell it.

No matter how much PD Kang Seok-woo told us not to worry about the broadcast-like image and to do it realistically, wouldn’t that be too boring?

So at first I planned to follow the members’ opinions.

When I told this story, the members thought for a moment and then nodded.

“That’s right. Zion’s compositions are so fraudulent.”

“But Zion, how did you end up selling the song to Drop Out seniors and N.O.P seniors?”

“I posted it on Circle, and then I got a call from the A&R team. The person who contacted me at that time was the BVB team leader at the time, Seo Seung-hyun.”

“Oh, is that why you came here?”

“Yes.”

I was the one who thought about selling it to Drop Out, but I’m not wrong.

“Okay. Then let’s do everything we can.”

The members planned various things with lively expressions.

If you want to use special makeup to cover your face, you must contact the broadcasting station in advance.

So, I first decided how many people would go out.

Lee Ion and Koo Tae-hwan decided to busk, and Choi Jae-seong decided to do internet broadcasting.

Wearing the mask I wore while filming the State of Mind music video.

Onsemiro said he would look into part-time jobs as a congratulatory song singer.

“Zion, what are you going to do?”

“I’ll compose some music.”

So the members started to move forward with their own plans.

“I’ll ask Ion to make me look ugly.”

“why?”

“It’s okay to be ugly for a day or so.”

After saying that, Koo Tae-hwan contacted the broadcasting station with Lee Ion and disappeared, and Choi Jae-seong called Lee Hyeon-seok, the CEO of LB Studio.

I’m looking for some tips on personal internet broadcasting.

For your information, these days Lee Hyun-seok is focusing on his own content rather than content related to Se-dal-baek-il.

It is a content that develops what I originally did, and helps discover unknown singers.

Although the broadcast wasn’t watched by as many people as before, the people involved still seemed to be having fun.

The agency is also showing a lot of interest.

Indeed, although CEO Lee Hyeon-seok may seem like a tough guy, he has more power in the industry than you might think.

While Choi Jae-sung was on the phone, On Sae-mi started searching for wedding song companies.

But to be honest, they all seem a bit scattered.

From what I’ve seen in show business for dozens of years, it all seems so ugly.

Still, I decided to trust the members for now, so I went into my room and started composing in front of the camera.

“When I compose, I usually do it in two ways. One is composing after deciding on a singer. The other is composing after deciding on a main melody. In this case, since I’m just composing, should I start by deciding on the main melody?”

Because PD Kang Seok-woo said it would be good to have some in-depth information about my composition methods.

“I need to create a main melody, but I have a reference. This video is from a fan signing event that we had a few days ago… … .”

The video was of fans shouting out our cheering slogans during the concert.

At the first fan signing event, the fans didn’t know anything, but from the second time onwards, the fans also started to get to know the atmosphere.

So we prepared an event for us, and this was one of them.

Just before moving to the gym and performing, the fans chanted in unison.

“Let’s play around with this a bit and make a main melody. I haven’t thought about how to do that yet.”

But I’m confident in extracting melodies from specific sounds.

Even the song that decorated the finale of Coming Up Next right away, had its melody extracted from On Sae-mi’s words.

I tried sampling the fans’ voices and raising the pitch, but it didn’t work very well.

Since the pitch is already high due to the mixing of multiple voices, it would be better to lower it.

After lowering the pitch like that, I played around with the EQ a bit and then stopped.

“The sound itself is good, but the way it’s composed seems too similar to K-pop struggles.”

Because K-pop struggles are also lo-fi with a chipmunk who has lowered his pitch.

This is not good because the methodology is too similar.

“Hmm. I’d rather try to harmonize.”

I added the right chords to the screams of cheering with my voice.

There were no lyrics, I just hummed along, going ‘Hmm- Hmm-‘.

However, I didn’t stick to the obvious code, I just made it a bit more complicated.

Perhaps this is the final level that Ion can reach.

A level where you can accurately record down to half a semitone with your voice.

Wouldn’t it be okay if Iion did this for just 2~3 more years?

“It’s pretty good. I’ll try compressing it this time.”

After that, I continued to refine the melody in various ways, and finally chose the main melody that I liked.

It was quick to make a song with it.

People seem to think I write songs with a clear sense of purpose, but that’s not true.

It was special because the masters were involved, and they usually composed whenever they had free time.

Sometimes I make songs that are new to me in this life, and sometimes I make songs that I liked in past lives.

Only then will the well of compositions never dry up.

Because this life will become a past life in the next round.

When I was almost done with the guide version of the song, a KakaoTalk message from Koo Tae-hwan appeared in the group chat.

[Sedal Baekil Gu Tae-hwan (20): (Photo)(Photo)(Photo)]

[3 months 100 days Lee Ion (21): Ah….]

This is Ion Hyung’s face after finishing his makeup, it’s really strange.

It’s not that he’s ugly because of the original, but should I say that he puts an ugly topping on top of his good looks?

Or should I say it’s like putting a handsome topping on an ugly thing?

It’s really subtle.

Oh, so that’s why it’s subtle.

He showed the photos that were uploaded to the group chat with a smile on his camera and then went back to composing.

At the end of the day, the members gathered back at their dorm.

Surprisingly, the money he earned from busking was minus 3,700 won.

The food cost more.

Choi Jae-seong’s personal broadcast had a maximum of 3 viewers, but 2 of them swore at him and left.

I can’t sing properly.

Finally, Onsemi ended up just making phone calls to her heart’s content.

I thought it would get better the next day, but it didn’t.

It was still the same, and the next day was the same.

By the fourth day, our profit and loss had reached a whopping minus 110,000 won.

“It’s okay. Tomorrow will be better!”

Onsemiro, who said that, came after paying 30,000 won in registration fees to some company.

“… … .”

I was thinking of doing whatever the members wanted for about a week, but it seems like that won’t work.

If things continue like this, we’ll look like kids who don’t know anything about the world.

“Everyone, come together and look.”

(Currently serialized)