Chapter 17: Voicing it all.
Thrilled and mesmerized were the right words of feeling that could be used to describe how Mark was feeling the moment he saw his music video on Tv. This was the first time he was seeing his music video on a television channel, seeing his music videos being displayed on numerous social media platforms wasn't a new thing to him anymore, though he had to promote them a lot for it to get to that extent.
He balanced on his sofa as he watched his 3minutes music video titled 'Grace' coming to its climax. He was feeling the vibe and colorfulness of the video....if only the video could reach out to more people. But that didn't matter to him right now, his music video was being shown on a television channel, that was enough to make him happy, at least, a bit.
It's been over 5 hours now, and the rain wasn't showing any sign of reduction, it was a bit weird. Surely, his plans with Ben to record the last two songs today was surely not going to work out.
"If only cars were cheaper, I would have purchased one for myself a long time ago, so I could have advantages in situations like this". Mark uttered to himself in his thoughts.
Mark had enough money in his bank account to purchase a moderately expensive car, but he would become a bit wreck if he attempts that now. He wasn't a big and popular artiste that do have steady flows of income into their bank account, he is still an upcoming artiste that manages any amount of money he makes from his music streams, video views, live performances on stage, and other music-related stuff.
Mark's phone vibrated, he checked it, it was a text message from Ben, the message reads,
"This rain is one of a kind, our schedule has been disrupted, we would have to complete the recording tomorrow. See you tomorrow, and make sure you don't catch a cold".
Mark smiled at the last words of Ben, was he a little kid that would catch a cold because of a windy rain. Darkness was already taking over daylight little by little, the rain was still falling, but it had reduced immensely. Mark looked through his window, only a few people were walking about in the streets with umbrellas on their hands, the rain wasn't that windy and heavy anymore, so it was feasible for people to move about.
Today had been an awful day for Mark, or would I say, a boring day. First of all, he had to do one of the house chores he detested the most, the laundry. Secondly, his schedule with Ben was disrupted, and he had to stay indoors, because of a heavy downpour. Preparing dinner was the next plan in mind, he had ingredients which he could use in preparing his favorite dish, rice balls, and gumbo stew.
The aroma was so alluring when he finished preparing the dish, Mark was such a good cook. He took the well-prepared dish to his dining table rubbing his hands and licking his mouth in a manner that indicates how well he was about to devour the food. The plate of rice balls and gumbo stew was emptied by Mark under 19 minutes, he ate the meal hastily because it was his best. Evening switched to complete nighttime, Mark's eyes became heavy, he was feeling very sleepy, he kept his phone aside before going straight to sleep.
The first thing Mark did after waking up the next day was to go check through his window to see if there was another downpour, but there wasn't. But he could see patches of wetness on the ground caused by the previous rain that fell yesterday. He saw the text message Ben sent him this morning,
"Mark, come over to the studio as fast as possible, so we could record the last two songs, I have somewhere else to go".
On reading the text message to its end, Mark dashed into his bathroom to take his bath and brush his teeth. After freshening up, he dressed up immediately departing from his apartment without eating breakfast, he had fast food in-store which he could eat before leaving his apartment, but he wasn't that hungry. He got to the studio rapidly because he took a taxi, and the cabman was a fast driver.
Getting very close to the door of the studio, Mark could hear sounds of a very nice and vibeful beat, he knew at once that they were Ben's doing. Entering the studio, he sighted Ben making use of the studio's producing equipment. He was dressed in all black, a black t-shirt, a black chinos trouser, a black face cap and black sneakers to match it all. Mark knew he was surely gonna tease him about his dressing, so he came to his front standing in a way that depicts 'Boss' saying,
"You are in all black dressing today, are we safe"?
Ben took his hands off the producing equipment, looking up to Mark with no smile on his face, he said,
"We ain't safe at all".
Mark's teasing facial expression changed a bit, the way Ben kept a serious look was freaking him out a bit.
"You are joking right?" Mark asked Ben chuckling slightly while tapping his shoulder.
"Who says am joking, am ain't joking at all". Ben replied with that serious look still plastered to his face.
Now, this was getting really scary to Mark, a teasing had turned into something else,
"Like seriously, you are really scaring me now, just cut it off, I was only teasing you when I asked if we were safe".
"You know what Mark, I was being serious, but it was all a joke". Ben stated bursting out in laughter.
Mark sighed deeply, Ben was really good at converting a teasing into a serious matter.
"You are really good at scaring someone, I won't lie, I was getting scared by your words and serious face". Mark uttered sitting close to Ben.
"Yeah, just wanted to frighten you a bit". Ben said trying to end his laughter.
"Let the main deal begin, let's proceed with the recording". Mark said already wearing the studio's headset.
They began the recording of the 9th song, and it was done and completed under 50 minutes. They relaxed a bit before beginning the recording of the 10th and final song, it was finalized within 45 minutes before saving it to the studio's statistics computer. The recordings of 10 songs were performed by Mark and Ben so there would be enough songs to release for an extent according to the schedule of Mark's record label. After the recording, Mark sat close to Ben for a conversation,
"You wouldn't believe it, I saw my music video on a television channel yesterday". Mark said with enthusiasm in his tone of voice and an open smile.
"Yeah, I saw it also on the television of the restaurant where I went to eat, isn't it the video for your single titled 'grace'?" Ben asked.
"Yeah, so you saw it too, wow! but how were you able to visit a restaurant with that heavy rain that fell yesterday?"
"Before the rain started falling at the time of 8:35 pm, I was already at the restaurant, I was very hungry yesterday morning, and my wife isn't around at the moment, she traveled, I hate cooking even though I can, so I had to visit the restaurant to eat". Ben explained.
"But how did you get home?". Mark inquired once again.
"A waiter in the restaurant borrowed me an umbrella which I used and returned this morning before coming here, though, I still got wet before getting to my house yesterday with the umbrella in my hand". Ben answered.
"Surely, you would get wet, that rain was windy".
They kept silent for a minute before Mark started a conversation once again, this time, talking at a slow pace.
"Ben...for the past five days on which we've been recording songs back to back, I implored of you to tell me how bad I misbehaved and the words I blurted out from my mouth at the club party after I got drunk, you told me you were gonna tell me on the day we were to record the 10th and final song, today is the day, so can you please tell me now".
"Are you sure you are ready to hear whatever I have to say?"
"Yes".
"Ok, after you got intoxicated that night, you told me how frustrating your life is, how your music career has been in shambles for a long time. You told me how you got rejected by two different girls you fell in love with. As if that wasn't enough, you stood up on your feet loudly telling the crowds of how frustrating your life is, how you've been an upcoming artiste for four years without attaining fame. The worst part of it, you told them of how you collaborated with Arnold but couldn't still attain fame before you passed out falling back on the chair". Ben explained looking straight into Mark's eyes.
Mark opened his mouth in awe, he couldn't believe he blurted out those thrash from his mouth that night,
"Like seriously! I said all these things that night?" Mark asked Ben with a look in his eyes that wishes Ben's answer would be 'No'.
"Yes, but you don't have to think about it that much, you were so drunk that night, so you weren't in control of your words anymore". Ben stated in reply to Mark's question.
"Holy shit! that was much of an embarrassment, so everyone there heard about my life story". Mark said placing his palms on his head.
"Yeah, somehow, but can you please tell me about your love rejection story? The two different girls that rejected you and the love you have for them, I wanna hear about it".
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Jephthah_
Jephthah_ I should have written all these things in my previous chapters, but it skipped my mind.
Note: Most of the things used in creating this novel are fictional, very few are non-fiction. Also, this is my first time writing a full novel, so bear with me if my grammars ain't that superb. I am gonna try to improve, so pls, support me and my novel.
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