Superstar

Alfonso is a person with a musical dream. He was once crazy about the study of the keyboard. He was willing to study classical piano music and the use of the keyboard as a musical instrument in modern pop music. He even fantasized about it. Once I can become a keyboard player in a band and use my skills and abilities to make a contribution to the wonderful melody.

But dreams are beautiful, and reality is cruel. The frequency of use of the keyboard in the band is terribly low, especially in traditional American rock, where the strength of heavy metal makes the keyboard almost impossible to find a place to live. In order to continue his dream, Alfonso had to start to learn the guitar and become a melody guitarist. He is a person willing to study technology. So although his years of learning guitar are far less than that of keyboards, he still Relying on his own “colorful” guitar skills, he joined a band.

Alfonso had also imagined that his band stood in a stadium of 100,000 people, shocked everyone with his own music, and communicated with people who like music all over the world through the common language of music, and with those who truly love him. Musicians discuss music creation all night long, and quarrel with those who hate their own music...

It is a pity that these dreams have all vanished in the face of reality. The band was not able to achieve any results, even in their high school ranks. In desperation, Alfonso could only clean up his thirteen-year musical dream. In 1990, he was twenty-five years old. At that time, became a car salesman.

Alfonso’s passion for music has not been eroded in three years. He occasionally goes to Los Angeles underground rock music parties, and occasionally continues to dream of his own band when he dreams back at midnight, but he has a little belly. Day after day, it gradually becomes a mechanical work life, let Alfonso know how to hide music dreams.

He knows that dreams are beautiful, but in many cases, dreams without a realistic basis are just castles in the sky, and he has already passed the age when he can rely on his enthusiasm. Even if you are not satisfied with your destiny, you should not continue to rampage.

But what is surprising is that Hugo actually sent an invitation to Alfonso, which made Alfonso completely messed up.

Although Alfonso told himself that he had never heard of the band mentioned by Hugo; but then he would say that Neil-Anderson and Pedro-Casa are names that have been heard in the circle, and Hugo became famous after the rock night at the end of last year.

Although Alfonso told himself that his life is very stable and beautiful now, maybe he will be promoted soon, and the time to reap the rewards of his persistence for the past three years; but then he will say that this is true Is it the life he wants? Is he really giving up his dream of the band?

Although Alfonso told himself that he hadn't touched a keyboard and guitar for five months, his proud skills were already rusty at this time, and the development of rock technology in the past three years put him in Lagging position; but then he would say, why would he regularly wipe his own instrument, and tune the instrument regularly, even if he hasn't played it for a long time.

Hugo’s words completely disrupted Alfonso’s life. He knew that if he really had a solid heart, then he would not hesitate at all and would simply refuse it, precisely because he was unwilling. He still has dreams, so he struggled.

In the night after Hugo’s phone call, Alfonso stayed up all night. He asked for leave the next day. Then he talked about the keyboard again at home. The keyboard that made him familiar with it was so deep that the enthusiasm that went deep into his bones was instantly ignited. All the expectations in his heart. But three years of hard work in reality have gradually smoothed out Alfonso's courage in his youth. This is the terrifying part of time.

Alfonso hesitated and struggled for a whole week. Later, Alfonso called Joseph and had his own entanglement with the novel. Joseph said a lot at the time, but Alfonso only remembered one sentence, "The past year Here, I learned one thing from Hugo, that is, if you are not reconciled, don’t give up."

There is only one time for Qing's ‘spring’, and there is only one dream, and it will never be gone if you miss it. Therefore, Alfonso decided to give himself a chance, and Hugo them a chance, he will participate in the audition. If the audition fails, or Hugo's band can't satisfy him, then all the troubles are gone; if the audition is successful... Alfonso hasn't thought about it yet, but at least, he decided to take this step.

It was just one step, but it was a step back from 1993 to the three-year dimension of 1990, which exhausted Alfonso's courage.

Alfonso walked into Hugo's room with the keyboard on his back, took out the enthusiasm of his car salesman, took the initiative to introduce himself, and quickly met Neil and Pedro. Alfonso didn’t have too much politeness either. No matter how good his mouth is, there is no way to make him a member of the band. The real competition is still his hand, so he said neatly, "Since I’ve arrived. , Let's start, how about it, do you have any requirements for the audition?"

Hugo, Neil and Pedro looked at each other, and finally the right to speak was given to Hugo. He raised his eyebrows and said, "You can perform a piece of your own choice. After the performance, there will be What requirements, we will talk about it again."

"No problem." Alfonso Lily put the keyboard on the pool table behind the sofa, ‘plugged in’ the power supply, and started to prepare.

Looking at Alfonso’s straightforward attitude, it made Hugo and others admired. They originally thought that “car salespersons” were people who work with their mouths, and they would definitely “spend a mess” on the ground, but the reality is that This is not the case. This is a good start. Hugo also didn't know anything about Alfonso's strength, so he could not help but look forward to seeing Alfonso's slightly ‘aggressive’ but proficient movements.

Alfonso didn't prepare too much, and soon began to play.

When Hugo heard Alfonso’s selections, he knew Alfonso’s inner love for music. Alfonso chose "Drag Me Down (.under by the Dream Theater Band (dream.theatre), which is definitely a professional and difficult choice.

The Dream Theater Band is an avant-garde metal band founded in'Boston, USA in l986. They are the most influential avant-garde metal band since the 1970s. The album "Imagination and Vocabulary (images.and. was released last year. "It has achieved great success and opened up a new form of expression for the metal rock that is currently in the bottleneck stage. It can also be regarded as the early representative of the new metal music. The technology is very difficult, and it is eye-catching.

But in fact, the so-called "huge success" here is also relatively speaking. The sales of the album "Imagination and Vocabulary" in the United States have been certified by Gold Records, which is 500,000 copies, compared to Nirvana's global sales in 1991. In terms of album sales of 30 million, it can only be regarded as a gross. In fact, the success of the Dream Theater band is more in the area of ​​professional fans, and it has not really affected popular music. Even many underground rock music practitioners do not necessarily know this band.

In the classic album "Imagination and Vocabulary" of the Dream Theater band, all the songs are the first classic, and this "Drag Me Down" has become the band's national anthem, and it is also the band's highest broadcast rate on the radio. The singles of "Dream Theater" can be said to be a condensed form of the early style of the Dream Theater band. The lyrics of this song use a lot of "Hamlet" content, which has a strong metaphorical effect, and the arrangement is even more complicated and classic.

The biggest feature of the Dream Theater Band is that they have the best keyboard players in the world. The keyboard is a vital part of the band and a key supplement to the band's music. If you make a list of the top ten best keyboard players in the world, three keyboard players before and after the Dream Theater can be on the list, Kevin Moore, Derek Srinian (derek.), Jordan Rudas (.Rudess) are absolute keyboard masters. Their superb skills are absolutely not inferior to the shock brought by the superb guitar technology. In the later period, after Derek-Sirene flew solo, he also held a personal global concert tour. , We can see their abilities.

As the first keyboard player of the Dream Theater Band, Kevin Moore and his teammates created the brilliance of "Imagination and Vocabulary", and also opened the initial awakening of the new metal band. His profound playing strength has been two younger generations. The keyboard player can't surpass, he represents half of the Dream Theater band. Therefore, when Kevin chose to leave the band, it directly caused the band to be decadent for a long time.

The skill of the Dream Theater Band is not inferior to any mainstream rock band at present~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Under the premise of complicated arrangement, they boldly increase the use of the keyboard, making the melody, rhythm and notes changeable. Moving, each position fully demonstrates the profound skills of the band, among which the keyboard player Kevin is a master-level figure.

Alfonso actually chose the song "Drag Me Down", which is enough to see his courage and also shows his skills to the greatest extent.

The song "Drag Me Down" is complicated and complicated. The keyboard and guitar technology is even more dazzling. It is sometimes unrestrained and sometimes convergent. It is no easy task for the technical requirements of the performer. What's more, what Alfonso wants to challenge is the great Kevin Moore, which makes people have to admire.

Hugo doesn't know much about keyboard technology, but his musical sense is very'splendid'. He can distinguish the rhythm changes, intensity and emotional injection of the keyboard playing melody. He can feel it, Alfonso The technique is still a bit rusty, and there are several notes in the middle that are not true, especially Alfonso in order to maintain the rhythm-at this time there is no drums and bass, the keyboard to maintain the rhythm depends on the personal sense of music-he can't Don't give up a few unrealized notes and continue to play, which makes the whole melody incomplete.

But Hugo did not despise Alfonso, he still listened to every change of the note with all his attention, because this was the treatment Alfonso deserved.