walk with jimmy

Chapter 158 1 Albums

Award, award, award!

Although the Dancing Sculpture Band and the Clown Band are equally strong, the Planetary Band, which seized the opportunity, still dominates. In those one or two years, they almost won all the awards they could get, and their record sales also increased. Climbing steadily, repeatedly breaking records.

The Planetary Band became the most popular band in the British music scene, and dominated the nascent music circle of Britpop.

Contemporary bands are temporarily unable to compete with them.

But despite this, some potential conflicts within the team have not been eliminated, and with the development of time, they are still intensifying a little bit.

Today, the atmosphere of the entire Planetary Band is completely different from before.

After the two veterans of the band, drummer Baldwin and bassist Theo, left, the interior of the Planetary Band was no longer the closeness of the past, as if it were a family-like unity, but gradually transformed into the form that Lance wanted. A company with rules and regulations, and he himself is probably the boss of this company.

From then on, all the members of the team are like employees, and they no longer have any personal and emotional exchanges with each other. When there is no work, they will go their own way; when there is work, although they will come on time The work is all a standard attitude of business affairs.

James likes to join in the fun so much, but he never knows where Abe usually goes out to play?I don't know what kind of black magic Sanderson has studied by shutting himself in the house every day?I don't even know what it means for Lance to play the guitar over and over again in the recording studio every day?Not satisfied?

In short, there is no communication between players and players.

There used to be "the picture of the four members gathering together like brothers, drinking and chatting, relying on each other, discussing music with each other, inspiring each other, and finally co-writing songs together", I can't see it anymore.

For Lance, this working mode is acceptable.

His obsessive-compulsive disorder, his desire to control, and his strong personality that is completely opposite to his appearance made him quickly adapt to this kind of life: give orders, and then let people carry them out. Objection... that's fine.

But James was deeply bored with the cold atmosphere of the band.

In his diary every day, he complained endlessly: [If you really want to decide everything by yourself, then why do you form a band?Isn't the meaning of the band's existence lies in cooperation?Everyone discusses everything, lively, united, and go hand in hand, isn't it good?Since you must engage in dictatorship, why not just get out and fly solo...]

It's really just plain whining.

After all, his current emotions towards Lance have always been extremely complicated. On the one hand, he really loves this man from the bottom of his heart, loves his talent, loves his sensitivity, loves his smile, and loves everything about him; but on the other hand, Whenever Lance did some arbitrary things that made her unhappy, for example, he didn't discuss with his teammates at all, and decided what performance to participate in without authorization, he wanted to roll his eyes to the ceiling again.

But what I never expected was that an occasional complaint turned out to be true, or half true.

Not long after the release of Planet's new album, Lance released another album.

However, this album is not Planet's, not even known to everyone, but his own... a pure guitar music album.

James was dissatisfied.

In fact, looking at all rock bands in history, the lead singer and the guitarist have always been the two most prone to conflicts.

As the lead singer, there is no doubt that it is the focal point in the center of the stage, the most prominent position in the entire band;

But the guitarist has never been simple. All audiences who love rock will love the guitarist. The guitarist is the only role in the band that can share the world with the lead singer.

Therefore, the competition between lead singer and guitarist often arises from this.

The lead singer doesn't want people to steal the limelight, so he doesn't give the guitarist Solo time, uses the guitarist as an accompaniment, or doesn't take the guitarist seriously at all, and never gives each other respect.So, the guitarist left in anger, and the band disbanded;

If the guitarist steals the limelight and is more popular than the lead singer, he has to play the solo back and forth three times during the solo, which may last for 10 to [-] minutes (don’t doubt, a good guitarist plays the solo, and it’s endless. The refreshing feeling it brings is comparable to makelove, the audience just wants him not to stop).

Normally, they would close their eyes, sway their bodies wantonly, and immerse themselves in it, causing the lead singer to have nothing to do, and went off the stage to smoke half a pack of cigarettes before it was their turn to sing.After a few days, the lead singer quit and the band disbanded.

There is absolutely no way to say who is right and who is wrong, everyone is standing on the same stage, why do you want to monopolize the stage?

(So, Drummer & Bassist: We want solo too! Vocalist & Guitarist: Fuck off! So, the band breaks up.)

In this respect, the harmonious relationship between the singer and guitarist of the Planetary Band has always been a model in the industry.

Although in the eyes of many outsiders, James has the habit of a street gangster, and his daily temper is very grumpy.

But he has never been the kind of lead singer who likes to dominate the stage.On the contrary, from the day when the planetary band was first established, he generously shared the entire stage with Lance, and he didn't mind at all when the other party occasionally got the mood, he played the guitar solo endlessly, and even indirectly supported With those acts of showing off skills, and always quarrelling how powerful Lance is in front of the media...

And Lance has always been conscientious when performing.

Although he has an extremely narcissistic side in his character and never wants to be robbed of the limelight by others, he is the only one who can be said to be dedicated to James.You must know that James' voice talent is indeed very good, but when he soars too high on his own, there is often a harsh feeling, which creates a separation between vocals and instrumental sounds.At this time, Lance's guitar sound will often fully cooperate, and layers of melodies flow gently in the air, wrapping them layer by layer like the most personal silk, covering all those too sharp edges and corners. Inside, it makes the song sound more beautiful.

Therefore, the two cooperated tacitly and never had any conflicts because of stage performances.

But now, Lance actually made a solo album for himself quietly...

James was inevitably dissatisfied.

Maybe in Lance's view: [I have already done all the work in the band, so it is completely normal for me to use my free time to do some personal side jobs, and there is no need to report to anyone. ]

But this is simply not the case.

The name Lance Winfield originally represented the guitarist of the Planetary Band, so if he releases an album, even if it is a pure guitar sound, people must think of "an album made by the guitarist of the Planetary Band" rather than "guitarist". hand Lance out of the album'.

Of course, the band belongs to everyone.

There's nothing wrong with Lance trying to capitalize on Planet's fame.

But it was hard for James not to think: "Since you have gone to your own shitty personal career, where will you focus your energy in the future? The band, or the individual? Have you forgotten that you were Did you fire Theo? In your heart, is the career of the Planetary Band or your own career more important?"

However, he could easily guess what Lance was thinking without even asking.

The black-haired guitarist will certainly plausibly say: "I didn't restrict the band members from doing side jobs, I restricted the band members from doing side jobs and delaying the main job. So, unlike Theo, I have self-control, and Theo doesn't. "

But this reason cannot convince James at all.

In his opinion, there is not much difference in nature between the two, and they are both serving two purposes at the same time.Also, Lance's behavior could be worse than Theo's.

Theo is going to be a cameo in some horror movie, which has nothing to do with music.

Therefore, although Theo delayed the affairs of the Planetary Band because of the guest actor, the harm was not huge.

Currance was the main songwriter for the band Planet, and when he went off to make a solo guitar album...  

This involves a question: Is the music you write given priority to the band?Or will you give priority to your own guitar album?

If it's the latter, then that means, give the band something to pick the rest of?

It's not that you have to overbearingly ask the other party to dedicate all the best things to the band...

But this thing is done very awkwardly.

Moreover, the more I think about it, the more I feel very, extremely uncomfortable.

So, in a performance, when the black-haired guitarist once again started to show off his guitar solo, holding the guitar and closing his eyes on the stage, he was so immersed in a string of notes...

The blond lead singer who had always stood obediently by the side rattling the tambourine, clapping his hands occasionally, and shaking his body to help beat the time, walked over quietly, stretched out his claws like a bad cat, and grabbed the audience with a paw. Catch the connecting cable between the guitar and the guitar amp, and pull it out with vengeance!

There was silence in the venue, and everyone was dumbfounded.

Only the black-haired guitarist is still unconsciously holding the silent electric guitar, standing on the stage, still playing passionately and intoxicated... as if performing a scene of pantomime.

When Lance finally realized something was wrong...

He opened his blue eyes again, and looked around in a daze. That usually shrewd and beautiful face showed a bewildered expression for the first time in his life, as if he was asking, 'Hey, why is there no sound? Woolen cloth'?

The audience below finally came to their senses and laughed out loud, thinking it was some kind of performance.

The blond-haired lead singer walked past the black-haired guitarist calmly, pretending to be nonchalant, picked up the microphone and continued singing the next verse while the guitarist looked down to find the connecting wire.

——Guitar Solo, hehe!

——From now on, don't show off in front of me!

— Go play it on your own album.

— asshole stuff.