Genius Composer Who's a Dedicated Fan - Chapter 3

The Ryu Se-ah I know, specifically the person who is my older sister, is stubborn in a good way.

Simply put, it means she has a personality that won’t be satisfied until she achieves something once she has a goal or something she wants to do.

“Hey, is that song really incomplete?”

“What if it’s not?”

“Then I want to sing it.”

“?”

But the good point of my sister wasn’t particularly good for me now.

For some reason, she’s been like this constantly since the day I first let her hear the accompaniment of <Cantabile>.

How should I put it…

It’s a very different reaction from when I first let her hear <Cantabile> in my previous life.

I remember that back then, she just said something like it wasn’t bad for something I made and just moved on casually.

That’s why I couldn’t understand well why my sister was being stubborn like this now, and I had to ask the reason.

“Why do you want to sing <Cantabile>?”

“Is a reason that important? But judging by your reaction, it seems it’s already completed.”

……

The conversation isn’t going anywhere.

I couldn’t help but sigh.

It feels like things are starting to go wrong from the first step after coming back to the past.

First of all, <Cantabile> was the first song I composed after properly learning an instrument, and also a song that was never released to the world.

The reason was simple.

It was simply because it wasn’t a song made for commercial purposes. There was also a reason that I couldn’t find a suitable singer for this song.

Anyway, I had no intention of releasing this song to the world right now.

Of course, saying this wouldn’t work at all on the person in front of me.

So I decided to approach it as logically as possible.

“More importantly, can you sing well?”

I haven’t really heard my sister’s singing other than when we were young.

I do admit that her voice is quite good, but that and singing ability are completely separate issues.

But for some reason, my sister just smiled confidently and answered my question.

“Hey, I’m someone who did music.”

No…

What on earth does piano have to do with singing?

Of course, it would help quite a bit with matching notes and rhythm, but in the end, what’s important for a singer is vocalization, appeal, and singing ability.

“They’re completely different dimensions. In the first place, do you just want to sing? Or is there another purpose?”

“Hmm…”

For the first time, my sister was at a loss for words at my question.

And after thinking for a moment…

“Okay. Let’s put this conversation on hold for just a moment.”

“What?”

“Mom!”

Suddenly, my sister rushed out to the living room where mom was.

After that, my sister didn’t bring up <Cantabile> at all.

Well… For me, it was great because I could finally fully focus on what I needed to do.

But you know.

How this conversation would lead to an event later…

At this time, I couldn’t predict it at all.

* * *

The first thing I did after declaring that I would walk the path of music was to quit the academy I was attending. And that academy fee went entirely towards buying a laptop and composition software.

I launched the composition software with gratitude to mom and dad who invested generously to support their son’s dream once again.

Honestly, if there was an electronic keyboard here as well, the situation would be better, but I didn’t want to receive more support than this.

I felt guilty because the ungrateful son from the past had already received as much as he could…

Still, I succeeded somewhat as a composer and gave them quite a lot of pocket money, so maybe my guilt has been reduced a bit.

With such bitter thoughts, I started composing.

Actually, what I’m about to do might be closer to copying than composing.

It’s about recreating the songs I composed in my previous life at this point in time.

Among them, the first song that came to mind was, of course, <Rewind>.

It might be because it was a song that received good evaluations and great interest externally to some extent, but I couldn’t help but be more attached to it because it was a song I made thinking of Baek Yerin more than any other song.

And in fact, <Rewind> might still be an incomplete song.

When making this song before the regression, I often thought like this.

What if Baek Yerin had sung this… I wondered.

It’s a bit sorry to Seo Yuhwa who willingly sang <Rewind>, but I often imagined what that world line would be like.

It was a truly happy imagination for me.

Unfortunately.

At the end of that imagination, there was always only greater regret left.

But now it’s different.

Baek Yerin is alive.

This fact alone gives me tremendous motivation now.

“Sigh… But how should I record it.”

As expected, there was no big problem with composing using the program.

Well, I was doing the exact same thing just a few days ago…

The problem was with recording.

Even if the melody and lyrics are perfectly prepared, if I bring a song that isn’t actually recorded, it’s highly likely that I won’t get a good response from that ‘person’.

It’s impossible with my current circumstances to hire a guide vocalist using my own money.

Should I just rent a recording studio and record it myself?

This might be the most realistic option, I think.

Actually, when I first started composing, I tried it myself a few times for fun, so it’s not that difficult.

Of course, the quality would be significantly lower.

Objectively, my singing ability is average. At least I have an understanding of the song, so if I put in the time, I think I could make a decent demo.

Huh? But what am I going to do with such a hard-made demo, you ask?

Well, I need to get confirmation on how good my songs are at this point, don’t I?

In my life before the regression…

─ Your songs are all honest.

─ Um… Do I not have talent?

─ If I say you don’t have talent, are you thinking of giving up the path of a composer?

─ No. If I don’t have talent, I’ll just have to work harder to that extent.

─ Really? Then shall we see if you keep that word by your side?

─ …?

To the mentor who helped me succeed as a composer.

* * *

The newly started entertainment agency, Lemon Tree Entertainment.

This agency, abbreviated as RT Entertainment, is still a new agency that isn’t well-known, but contrary to that, its CEO is quite famous.

Kang Beom-joon.

A singer-songwriter who enjoyed tremendous love and popularity by reigniting a boom in folk music, which was entering a slump ten years ago.

But he decided to take a break from his path as a singer-songwriter and take on a new challenge.

That was establishing his own entertainment agency.

Kang Beom-joon smiled bitterly as he looked at the black nameplate with his name engraved on the desk.

Somehow, thanks to his name value, establishing the agency itself went smoothly, but…

The problem starts now.

Having spent quite some time over the past 3 months for fundraising and establishing a system, it’s about time to find the essence as an entertainment agency.

First, RT Entertainment aims not to support activities by having existing celebrities join, but to discover and nurture trainees to raise them as celebrities.

In Kang Beom-joon’s own opinion.

‘The current entertainment industry is a bit stagnant.’

Although Kang Beom-joon himself is included in that stagnant water, it’s certain that at times like this, the existence of a supernova is needed to purify the stagnant water.

And the stronger the light of that supernova, the more tremendous impact it will bring.

Of course, RT Entertainment isn’t the only agency with such obvious thoughts.

Probably even now, hundreds of agencies are busy running around the field to discover the best raw gem.

The agency that picks up the shiniest stone in that fierce field will dominate the next 10 years.

First, audition notices have already been distributed.

There are methods like street casting or creating a survival program to draw a dramatic debut process, but being the first time, he wanted to choose the cleanest method.

Moreover, Kang Beom-joon planned to check the applications and shortlist candidates himself, without delegating it to others.

This meant that anyone could see that Kang Beom-joon was going to put his heart and soul into this audition.

In that sense, they started receiving application emails two days ago, and fortunately, quite a number of applicants were flocking in, perhaps thanks to his name value.

Thanks to this, Kang Beom-joon could check his emails today with quite an excited heart.

With thoughts like, I wonder what kind of child applied today with dreams of becoming a celebrity…

But such thoughts disappeared instantly after reading the subject of one email.

<Hello. This is Ryu Won. I’d like to request your evaluation of my self-composed song today as well.>

An email sent by the same name over the past few days.

Kang Beom-joon thought.

Was there a composer with the unique name ‘Ryu Won’?

Unfortunately, there was no composer with such a unique name in his memory.

In other words, it meant an unknown amateur composer.

That’s why he hadn’t paid attention to the emails sent by this person named ‘Ryu Won’ until now. He was too busy with RT Entertainment’s historic first audition anyway.

Well… But now it seemed he should pay a little attention.

The dedication of sending emails every day without fail, even though he hadn’t replied.

Continuously ignoring such dedication isn’t polite as a person, and as a fellow composer.

Actually, listening to a few songs and giving an evaluation wasn’t such a difficult task.

It should be enough to invest about 10 minutes.

With such light thoughts, Kang Beom-joon opened the email sent by Ryu Won.

And he opened the attached file and ran a virus scan first.

Well, just in case there might be some malicious intent.

Fortunately, it wasn’t that kind of file.

By the way, the title is… <You Are Cherry Blossom>?

He plays the file.

Gradually, the melody flows from the speakers.

And the moment he hears the cheerful guitar sound in the introduction.

‘What is this song?’

Kang Beom-joon opened his eyes wide.

And he had this thought.

Really…

Is the person who sent this email really an amateur composer?

Usually, amateurs have lacking parts.

No matter how outstanding the talent, composition is an area that requires experience.

But the typical amateurish flimsiness? Some lacking part? Unless his ears had gone strange, he couldn’t find any of that at all.

Moreover, like a solidly built fortress wall, the harmony and composition of instruments, and the development of the song are perfect from beginning to end.

‘At this level, he must absolutely know that his song is good.’

Kang Beom-joon decided to listen to the other songs Ryu Won had sent, just in case.

And so time passed…

10 minutes.

20 minutes.

30 minutes.

Kang Beom-joon, who ended up listening to all 5 song files sent by Ryu Won as if enchanted.

And the moment he listened to the song called <Rewind> that was sent on the first day, at the end.

[This is my phone number. Please contact me. As quickly as possible!]

He wanted to meet this unknown composer… no, genius composer named Ryu Won.

As quickly as possible, as written in the reply.

* * *

Fortunately, the contact came within an hour.

After smoothly exchanging numbers with each other, Kang Beom-joon immediately sent a text saying he wanted to see him in person.

But he couldn’t help but tilt his head when he saw the reply.

[I’m in class right now. Can I visit you separately later?]

……Class?

Is he perhaps a teacher?

Although it’s a job that can’t be held concurrently, it’s too wasteful to let that talent rot.

He probably wanted to get confirmation from an expert because he knew that fact himself.

If so, the conversation becomes even easier.

If I can persuade him well and completely draw him to this path…

Of course, Kang Beom-joon realized that he had made a big misunderstanding.

“Hello! I’m Ryu Won who contacted you.”

From the moment a male student wearing a school uniform confidently arrived at the headquarters.