My Brother was a Genius - Chapter 2

I saw a genius.

The first thing I wanted to prepare for the future was to get the scholarship at the Shibumi Arts school.

May be I don’t have any talents like those geniuses at Shibumi Art school, but at present, I am their senior, and I have the knowledge that they haven’t acquired yet.

All I have to do is just showcase that knowledge as my own talent.

To do that, at first, I decided to quit my vocals class.

The one thing I got to know after releasing the album was that…..

-Is this guy singing or shouting

-my dog can sing better than him – I should respect his confidence for releasing an

album with that voice

I am not good at singing.

Even though I refused to believe it in my previous life, in this life I will believe it.

So I stopped attending the vocal class.

Paying that damn expensive fees will be just a waste of money.

Instead, I purchased a songwriting program for my laptop.

With all the bad reviews and the album not selling, there was a silver lining

– The background score is pretty good – if that guy doesn’t keep shouting, I would love to

keep listening to the music all day

I might be good at composing songs.

So I bought the software.

Of course, with mom’s money.

Mother, forgive me this one time. Soon, your son will earn a lot of money and do filial piety.

Feeling guilty, I opened the songwriting program.

It would be nice to have an electronic keyboard too, but that would be too much of cost.

Even the price of this songwriting program is not something that can be ignored.

Now that I think about it, in my previous life, I asked everything I wanted without a single bit of conscience, and my mother bought me everything I asked without any rebuke.

Always with a bright smile, just like my sister.

And I was the devil sent from hell to torment these angels.

This time it will be different, I will protect the smiles of those two.

After reconfirming my resolve I plugged the earphones into my laptop and started composing.

The first song I made was ‘SWIPE’, the most popular song, to be precise the less bashed song I made in my previous life.

Of course, it never made it into the charts, but, the rating from those who listened were pretty decent.

The main problem now, is that I can’t properly record a guide, since there is no recording studio I could use.

Well there’s nothing I can do about it.

All I could do now is to save money and use a self recording studio.

I listened to the songs I made and did some corrections.

I don’t know whether I can be confident or not.

To be honest, I am anxious.

Of course, i know that this will give me good grades in school.

But what I need isn’t good grades, its good reviews, without which I can’t get a full scholarship.

To get that, I should have overwhelmingly good reviews.

As I continued with my worries and continued correcting my song, time continued to pass……

Suddenly I felt some bright light falling on my face from window, when I turned and looked at the window, the dark in the outside began to brighten.

When I looked at the clock, the time was 5 a.m.

I was so excited about composing after a long time, that I forgot the time flying

After a big stretch, I got up from my seat.

I went to take a quick shower before going to sleep.

As I came out of the bathroom after taking the shower, I saw the light seeping out of the slightly opened Suyeon’s room.

“What? Haven’t she slept yet? Or is she sleeping with the lights on ?”

If she was sleeping with the lights on, then I should carefully enter so that I can turn it off without waking her up

When I slowly opened the door and peeked inside.

“Are you still awake ?”

I turned my head towards the source of the voice.

It was suyeon, sitting in-front of the writing table.

“What are you doing, haven’t you slept yet ?”

To my surprise question, Suyeon answered

“I just woke up.?”

“Woke up…what do you mean….it’s five in the morning.”

“Huh….”

Suyeon slanted her head 45 degrees and looked at me as if I was the one asking the weird question.

DAMN…………MY SISTER IS CUTE.

I knew that Suyeon was a bright student, but never thought that she was such a model student, who woke up at early morning and studied.

I kept my thoughts aside, and asked Suyeon.

“What time did you sleep last night?”

” It must be ten…I think.”

7 hours of sleep… I guess it’s not bad…..but may be she should sleep early. I heard somewhere that sleeping early is good for the skin.

But I couldn’t give any beauty tips to my already beautiful sister, so I just said.

“Don’t work too hard.”

“You too brother.”

My lips went wide hearing those concerned words from my sister.

I nodded my head and left the room.

I hate winter. More precisely, I hate being cold and dry.

Rubbing my hands to heat myself, I walked into street filled with many buildings that looked alike.

“ Is this the right way?”

I looked at my phone.

It’s been a while since I’ve used an old phone.

I’m just not used to it.

I miss the smart phones.

With that thought in mind, I kept look at the map on the screen of my phone.

” I’m sure it’s somewhere here, but…. why do they all look alike?”

10 minutes of wandering.

I finally found my destination.

Howl studio

It is a recording studio that can be rented for money and this is the cheapest one among studios in my neighbourhood and it’s……. such a shabby studio.

I looked at the shabby and dirty exterior of the building and went down to the basement of the building.

Then I opened the thick iron door and went inside.

A musty smell of dust stung my nostrils along with the warm heat.

“Who are you?”

“My name is Yoon Hajun.”

“I made a reservation for today.”

At my answer, the man sitting at the counter got up. He was an handsome man with a goatee beard, and in his late 20’s to early 30’s

“Two hours, right?”

“yes.”

“The amount should be paid upfront.”

I took the wallet out of my pocket and gave the money I bought.

With this 1/3 rd of my pocket money was blown away.

It’s painful, but it’s a necessary expense.

The man who received the money guided me to the recording studio

Contrary to the shabby exterior, the equipments were quite up-todate.

“Do you know how to use it ?”

“ Yes.”

There are not much different from the equipment I used in my previous life.

The man nodded once and left the recording studio.

After looking at the machine a few times, I pulled the USB out of my pocket.

I placed it in the machine and played the recording of SWIPE.

It’s not an official recording, it’s a guide recording, so I need to record properly now.

Even with all the work I put, the owner of this song will be someone other than me.

A song doesn’t belong to the composer, but to the singer.

I don’t know who it will be. May be one of the geniuses that will be coming to Shibumi Art school.

I focused on the recording while thinking of the names that immediately came to my mind.

Recording wasn’t that difficult. It’s a song I’ve already made once. It is a song with all the melody and lyrics, which I had sung hundreds and thousands of times.

Even with all the potential of being a good song, it failed because the production team I used at that time was inexperienced.

In my previous life, I’ve rarely produced anything myself. Even though I did the lyrics, composing, and arranging, I left the production to a professional producer.

But from now on, I have to do the production myself, even if it wasn’t satisfactory, I should recorded and produce it myself.

As I was recording and thinking about all my failures. the 2 hours time was almost over

I felt sad that I couldn’t perfect it anymore, and hurriedly finished the work.

Once I enter Shibumi Art school, the recording problem will be solved as they have their own recording studio, and the students studying there will be able to use them.

“How was the experience.?”

As I left the recording studio, the man in front of the counter spoke to me

“ Yes, well, I think it’s fine.”

” I liked the song, did you make it yourself ?”

“Oh, did you hear that.?”

“The door didn’t close properly.”

Oops there was a lack of caution.

I have to check it carefully next time.

“Our studio is open 24 hours, so you can come anytime.”

Saying that, the man took out a business card and handed it to me.

Howl studio

Won Seong

The business card had his name, phone number and address written on

I received it and put it on my wallet. After greeting Won Seong, I left the studio.

When I came out from a warm place to a cold place, the skin naturally shrank.

“Oh, it’s cold.”

Is it because my body hasn’t grown yet. It’s a lot Colder than when I was an adult.

I hurriedly headed home. And when I got home, Suyeon greeted me, while her face was glued to the TV.

“Did you just came from school.”

“Ummm”

Suyeon nodded her head while watching TV and eating a popsicle.

I took of my coat and sat comfortably on the sofa and watched TV

On Tv the performance of the idol group, ‘Storms’ was in a full swing.

Come to think of it, the youngest person on the group…. isn’t he a student at Shibumi Art school.

If I remember correctly, he was in the same class as me.

If that’s the case, then I should try to be friendly with him.

The ‘Storms’ will have a huge break next year.

S.U.P.E.R boys……we….are cool……..you are my soul

soul…

Suyeon sings the lyrics that feel very childish. I think even a child can think of better lyrics.

But the thing that grabbed my attention was the voice that’s coming out of suyeon’s mouth

A voice that felt refreshing.

I woke up from the sofa hearing the voice that is completely different from Suyeon’s usual voice.

What did I hear just now.???

I doubted my ears.

But my ears were very fine. To solve all these doubts, I called out

“Suyeon.”

Suyeon turned and looked at me. The plump cheeks sprouting out because of the popsicle she has been eating for while was cute.

DAMN……….MY SISTER IS CUTE

No….No no…. this isn’t the time to be thinking that, I should resolve the other issue right in-front of me.

“Sing a song for me.”

” Wha…..wha….what are you talking suddenly.!!”

“What’s wrong….I just want to listen to a song of my sister who want to be a singer.”

“ba…..but why so suddenly………It’s embarrassing”

“What’s so embarrassing to sing in-front of your brother.”

“Singing in front of brother is what I am embarrassed about.”

“Okay, then how about this…….I’ll give you some pocket money if you sing a song for me.”

Suyeon’s eyes twitched as soon she heard the word pocket money, which made me a little worried about her safety, rather than happy about the fact that she decided to sing a song for me

“What song do you want me to sing..?”

“Just any song…. any song you like.”

Biting her little lips, Suyeon seriously thought about the song and then finally said with a smile.

“I’ll sing ‘Never had a dream’.”

This was a song from a drama that’s currently going on. A drama which was a hot topic among the youngsters.

It was a kind of cheat-like song, with a ballad that stimulates the tear glands just by listening to it.

Suyeon got up from her seat. And after clearing her throat one, she starts singing.

……..I never had a ………dream…….. come

Ad I never find ways to let you go.. true

For a moment, it seemed as if time had stopped.

I stared blankly at Suyeon

A great tone and appealing voice reminiscent of night fog.

Cool vocals and excellent lyrics delivery.

Even the high notes were delivered perfectly.

What the………. hell is this

Suyeon never learned to sing.

I know that better than anyone.

But this kind of a skill…!

Finally I understood the meaning behind the word

GENIUS

And

My little sister was a genius.