It is crowded and very noisy. Everyone is screaming and shouting my name over and over.
"MASAKI! MASAKI! MASAKI! "
They all cheering pretty hard for the next and my last song for tonight concert.
"Alright everyone, settle down. This is my final song for this concert. So please enjoy it."
As soon as I said that, I sent a signal to my crew to start play the song. The drummer give the countdown and we start to play the song. As soon as the first note hit, everyone scream even louder because the song we about to play is my most popular song that I ever released. Everyone in the crowd is singing along. They all sing until the end of the song. That makes me really happy to see them singing my song. Before I knew it, the song has ended and so is the concert. My heart still beating fast even after the concert.
"Thank you very much guys for this awesome concert. I hope we'll be meeting again someday. See you later everyone. " I bow to them and go to the backstage. Everyone is cheering for me until I'm out of their sight.
I went straight to my room that was prepared for me. I felt the sense of relief after I'm inside the room. Then, my crew come into my room.
"Good work Masaki-san. " Maiki, the drummer, said.
"Yeah good work too you guys. " I said.
"Ahhh it's finally ended. Man, I'm tired. " Kino, the guitarist, said.
"Let's rest while we can. Here, have some drinks. " I said while giving them a bottle of water.
We rest for a while in the room. We chat about the concert and what to do after that. We all decided to go to some izakaya to celebrate our success. At the izakaya, we drink like there is no tomorrow. In the end, everyone except me is drunk. I have no choice but to call taxi for them. I, on the other hand, decided to ride a train to go home since the train still run at this hour. After I got back home, I go into my recording room and put all my stuff there. I sit on my chair to rest and then I saw a picture of myself when I was younger with a girl besides me who is my childhood friend. She is the reason why I want to become a singer. Then I thought to myself,
"I made it Sayuri. I've made it to the biggest stage in Japan. I hope you're proud of me. "
Suddenly I started to remember the past, back when I was in middle school.
I always have interest in music since I was little so gradually I got pretty good at it. My favorite is guitar. Sometimes I created my own songs. But one day, when I was playing guitar in my room, my neighbor who is also my childhood friend suddenly open her room window and shout at me,
"Hey Masaki! What are you doing? " Sayuri said.
"Playing guitar, as usual. " I said.
"Oh I see. Hey, have you ever thought on make a video of you playing guitar and post it on YouTube? I'm sure you're gonna become popular. " she said.
"Well I never thought of that. " I said.
"You should try it then. " she said with a big smile on her face.
"Hmm, I'll think about it. " I said.
To be honest, I'm not really confident with my skill in guitar so I never feel like posting it online. But since she said it like that, I thought why not giving it a try.
So on the next day, I decided to go to an electronic shop after school to buy a camera and a microphone. Then, when I got back home, I set up the camera and microphone and get ready for the recording.
"Hmm what should I play? Should I play something popular or something that I like? " I thought to myself. And then,
"Hey Masaki!! "
Suddenly I heard someone call me from outside my window. It was Sayuri.
"What are you doing Masaki? " she asked.
"Oh I was about to do some recording. " I said.
"Ohh! What are you going to play? " she asked again.
"I'm not pretty sure. " I said while scratching my head.
"Hmm in that case, why not try play Aster by Yullie Echo. That's your favorite song right. I always heard you play that before. " she said.
"You know what, that's not a bad idea. Thanks. " I said.
"Are you going to sing too?" She asked again.
"Maybe not. I never tried singing before. " I said
"Oh.. " she looked a bit disappointed.
"Ok then, good luck with your video. " she said before she went back into her room.
"Alright let's start recording. " I thought to myself.
And so, I started recording. It went well. I enjoyed it a lot because like Sayuri said, Aster is my favorite song so I have no problem playing it. After I finished recording, I transferred the video to my PC and started editing the video. I have no experience in editing a video so the editing looks a bit basic but I don't mind. Then, I started to upload the video on YouTube.
"Alright, I finally finished. Now all I have to do is wait for the result. " I thought to myself.
Two weeks later,
After I posted the video, I never checked how the video going. Then suddenly,
"How you doing, Masaki!"
Sayuri barge in to my room without even knocking.
"Ahh you startled me! At least knock. " I said.
"Ah sorry sorry. I was wondering what were you doing. " she said
"Nothing much. " I said
"Oh I see. Hey, how is your video doing? " she asked.
"Video?..Oh that video. I haven't checked it." I said.
"Then let's check it now. " she said with her eyes sparkling.
Then, I turned on my PC and open my YouTube channel. The video got a bit over 300 views.
"Ooh more than 300 views not bad. Right Masaki? " she said.
"Yeah, it's more than I expected. " I said.
"Hey let's watch it. I want to see how the video is. " Sayuri insists on watching the video. I have no choice but to play the video. After the video,
"It's very good. I like it. But why you not show your face? " she asked.
"I'm very shy you know. I don't want to show my face online. " I said.
"Ehh why not. "
"I'm not even good looking. " I said while looking down
"No you're not. You look cool. " she said while blushing.
"Oh.. Well thank you. But I still not going to show my face. "
"Fine.. " she said while looking a bit disappointed.
From that day, I started to feel a bit motivated on making video of myself playing guitar.