Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Epilogue
Categories Genre: All, Comedy, Completed, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 283
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“We’ll start with Theme No. 1. This song is dominated by woodwinds. The strings and brass winds need to play short and strong at the precise timing.”
Then they heard Director O’Connell’s voice over the recording booth speakers.
“Maestro. You need to tell us which part of the film No. 1 is, so that we can play the monitor.”
“What? You’re going to turn the movie on?”
“Yes. That way, you’ll be able to match it with the video…”
“We don’t need it. I’ll match the time exactly. It’ll just take attention away from the performers.”
Jun Hyuk looked at the surprised orchestra members. When they had recorded music for movies up until now, the conductor conducted while watching the videos. The music and film do not match up if there is even the smallest mistake, so Jun Hyuk’s intention to conduct without the video sounds absurd. Jun Hyuk felt their apprehension and spoke firmly,
“All you have to do is focus on my baton and the score. Then there will be no problem. Alright then, we are starting.”
When the baton moved, the performers realized that it is not the time to be worrying about the conductor. As soon as the first sound came out, Jun Hyuk tapped the music stand with his baton.
“Oboe! Your breathing was short. Again!”
This signaled the start of a rough day for them.
“Trombone. You know you came in late, right? Is it so hard to match the tempo? Again!”
It took 2 hours to record a 2 minute 45 second song. Jun Hyuk turned around and spoke after the performers had sweat through their clothes.
“Director. Try putting the recording of No.1 Theme we just did on the video. The video starts at 18:24:16.”
Jun Hyuk put the baton down and looked around at the performers.
“Let’s take a short break. I ask that you focus more when performing the next song.”
The recorders bustled to match the video time to the music, while Jun Hyuk left the studio to get fresh air. Tara quickly got a bottle of water and followed him out.
What Tara saw as strange in Jun Hyuk was his nerves. He is bristling like a hedgehog covered in spines, so the studio atmosphere is down. The ruler of the studio right now is the conductor, Jun Hyuk. The energy that his body is giving off is infecting everyone.
“Jun, what’s up? What do you think about calming down a bit? Let’s go a bit slower.”
Jun Hyuk drank the water that Tara gave him, and rinsed his mouth.
“Pops Orchestra? The name is a waste. What orchestra…..”
“Jun. They’re not the New York Philharmonic. You can’t expect that standard from them.”
Tara cautiously coaxed him, but he said something that she was not expecting.
“You think the New York Philharmonic is something amazing? They were just one level higher than those people. They’re just a little better off because they’re older and have more experience. They physically performed more, so of course they’ll be better but they’re really all the same.”
Jun Hyuk threw the water bottle in his hand.
“Ugh. Damn!”
Tara could not understand what Jun Hyuk was saying in Korean, but she could tell from his expression that he is swearing. And she thinks she knows where Jun Hyuk’s current state came from.
Ultimately, it is because of the Inferno that Dimitri Carras performed. He must feel terrible because he was at the scene where his first symphony was ruined. But Tara’s thoughts are half right and half wrong. Inferno is the cause, but it is not because of the New York Philharmonic or Dimitri Carras.
Jun Hyuk is angry because for the first time, his music is not going the way he wants it to. The revision work for Inferno is not coming out like a spider web as a completed melody in his mind. Most composers use methods of configuring notes, fixing, and carving.
This slow progress tested the limits of his patience, and the anger is being directed at the wrong place.
Jun Hyuk went back into the studio and Tara quickly got her phone out.
“Isaac. This is Tara. There’s a bit of a problem.”
Tara told President Stern about Jun Hyuk’s condition, and confessed what she is most concerned about.
“There isn’t much time before the tour with Alvin. I think performing will be impossible with the way Jun is now. I can’t imagine him performing on stage like this.”
She heard President Stern sigh over the phone.
“This is a big problem. The album is 2nd place on Billboard charts right now. It’s obvious that it’ll go up to 1st place next week… A total of 4 songs went up in Top 10 for the singles chart. The 12 songs that aren’t instrumentals are speeding to the top of charts. We can’t cancel the concert tour.”
They stayed on the phone and neither could speak for a while.
***
After recording 16 theme songs over 3 days, the LA Pops Orchestra gave up completely. The production company eventually had to ask for Jun Hyuk’s understanding.
“Maestro. The major theme songs are done, so we’ll work on the rest on our own for the remainder. It seems you won’t have to conduct the imitative music yourself.”
Jun Hyuk felt a twinge when he saw the people being careful around him. He knows that he has been severe, but he had not been able to control the anger he felt whenever he heard the orchestra playing in the recording studio.
“Alright. Let’s do that then. Oh right. Did you work on what we recorded until now and the music that I played?”
“Yes. It all matched up as though they had been measured with a ruler. We were really surprised.”
Louis O’Connell spoke up when the studio engineers were admiring him.
“I apologize for being doubtful for a moment. I’m just a rookie director, but I can assure you that there is no film music that is more perfect than this. If my movie gets an Oscar, it won’t because of the film work but because of the music.”
Director O’Connell praised Jun Hyuk until he was red in the face. They said their goodbyes and Jun Hyuk left for the airport.
Tara spoke up first on the plane to New York.
“Jun. We need to start the tour in a month. Will you be okay?”
“Of course. Why are you asking that all of a sudden?”
“You’re not asking because you don’t know, are you? You need to start tours with excitement, anxiety, and happy expectations. But there’s nothing like that in you right now.”
Tara looked Jun Hyuk straight in the eye and spoke firmly.
“Forget the success of the tour – I’m saying this because if you start the tour in your current state, your condition might worsen.”
When Jun Hyuk was about to say something, Tara put up her hand to stop him.
“Ask yourself. Are you in perfect condition mentally? If not, act like you are or cancel it. I don’t have the confidence to watch you perform in difficult conditions.”
Jun Hyuk sighed and turned to look out the window.
***
“Is Jun okay?”
“He says he wants to be alone until the tour. And he told me to tell you not to worry too much. He said he’ll get through the tour schedule without problems.”
“It’s because of the New York Philharmonic’s concert, isn’t it?”
“Yes. I think he’s just not saying much because of Maestro Carras. He doesn’t want to blame him.”
President Stern listened to Tara and remembered what he had been forgetting completely.
There are no artists who do what they do not like to do in order to make money. There is no need to say more with successful artists. Musicians who handle the murderous schedules of tours do so because they love the passion that comes from the audience.
A mistake is inevitable if they are so exhausted and tired that they even come to hate the hot air in the concert hall. The manager is the person who needs to get a grasp of this state and be able to read it. The manager also needs to be able to make the bold decision to cancel a tour schedule for his exhausted musician.
When President Stern realized his mistake, he felt a little sore. How could he make such a mistake? He should have realized when he met Jun Hyuk on Christmas Eve…..
When he thought that he needs to settle it before it is too late, the first person he called was Alvin Lee. When he explained the current situation, Alvin Lee surprisingly started out by laughing.
“Ha ha. Jun really wasn’t a rocker. Isaac. Are classical guys normally that sincere? Do they on go stage and take on tour schedules even when they feel terrible?”
Alvin Lee talked about when he was young. He talked about not showing up for shows, getting into fights with the audience and making scenes.
“Isaac, take Jun out of this tour. I’ll look into a guitarist to take his place. A private audition would be fine too. We can just adjust the schedule.”
Alvin Lee did not worry about Jun Hyuk’s absence at all. Or he was hiding his concern thoroughly.
“You think the fans are going to make a crazy fuss because a member changed all of a sudden, right? Not at all. Everyone claps and fawns over the new member if he does well. It looks like fans love and worships stars, but that’s a mistake. What they love and worship in the end is the music. Of course if the band’s symbol is changed, it’s not a member change but a dissolution.”
If even bands with long histories become intertwined with problems of changing music or money, there are often member changes.
“And isn’t Jun a maestro? He became inspired and is putting all of his time into a new project. He isn’t participating in the concerts in order to create an even better album. No one will be suspicious. People like us only have excuses like going to jail because of drugs or health issues, but Jun has a lot of excuses to give.”
Alvin Lee saved President Stern from his worries.
“Everyone understands if a great artist like Jun acts however he wants to.”
“I get you completely, but as you said, Jun is sincere. He has a strong sense of responsibility. I’m sure he won’t fall out of a tour because of his own issue.”
“Then create a way to justify his falling out. That’s what a manager’s for. Something that will make Jun want to back out of the tour. If he still wants to participate, there’s no reason to worry.”
When President Stern was about to end the call with Alvin Lee, he got an idea.
“Alvin. Get the best guitarist you can think of on board. As a guest.”
President Stern thought of what could be enough justification and something Jun Hyuk would like most. He thought of what Amelia said before. Jun Hyuk is happier when he is creating music than when he is playing it.
When he thought of this as well, he started moving busily. He made calls to dozens of places and even met with a few people in person.
And after 2 days, he made his last call to Jun Hyuk.
“Isaac, what’s up?”
“Jun. I didn’t interfere, did I?”
“No, it’s alright.”
President Stern felt a little better when Jun Hyuk’s voice was brighter than he had been expecting.
“Can you get lunch with me tomorrow? It’s something important.”
“Yes, that’s okay. But what’s so important?”
“I’ll tell you tomorrow when we meet. I’ll go pick you up from the apartment, so wait.”
Total Chapters in book: 283
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
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