章節 30: Recording a hate song.
"Why isn't it a nice idea? I would be freeing my heart of the hatred I feel towards them through a song, what's so bad about that?" Mark inquired of Ben.
"You don't know what's so bad about it right? let me clarify that then. Both of them are famous artistes in the music industry, if you sing any hate song regarding them, do you know the type of criticism you would receive from people and their fans? Lots of abuses would be showered on you, people would just develop a certain kind of disdain towards you all because you had the guts to sing negative things about two famous artistes. Think about it". Ben said in a very convincing manner.
"I still wanna record a hate song about them". Mark insisted.
"Like seriously!"
"Yeah, am damn serious".
"What I just elucidated to you didn't convince you in any way?"
"It did, a bit, but I don't want my heart bursting out 'cause of the hatred I feel towards them, I want to flow some of the contempt in a song".
Ben sighed, "Are you ready to take whatever that comes after it?"
"Yeah, I am ready to take anything that comes after it, any criticism, hate speech, or insults they shower on me, I am gonna bear with them and slide them under my sleeves. Not as if I've got a big fanbase out there that are gonna listen to the song, just a few audiences, and listeners, that's all".
"Most of the hate songs I have listened to always seem to gather lots of listeners and streams. Some people listen to hate songs 'cause they wanna get excitement from it, they just love it when an artiste sing negative things about another artiste. Some listen to hate songs because it is one of their favorite artistes that sang it or one of their favorite artistes was the victim of the insults and hate song. But yours might be different anyway, you are still determined on recording a hate song about them, right?" Ben asked Mark.
"Yeah, extra determined". Mark responded.
"Then the recording would take place tomorrow then?"
"Yeah, that's a proper schedule".
Throughout the conversation between Mark and Ben, Jeffrey kept mute as he kept on driving the car, he didn't utter a single word in addition to what they were discussing until Ben asked him a question,
"So Jeffrey, what do you think of Mark's decision?"
Even though Jeffrey didn't utter a single word in addition to their conversation, he had been listening closely.
"It's his choice, he can choose to record a hate song about them. But when the criticism starts coming in, I won't interfere or be a part of it. There is even a high possibility that your label boss wouldn't approve of the release of such a song. So in the end, it all depends on your boss".
"If he doesn't approve of it, I and Ben are gonna release the song secretly, I trust Ben to help me on that".
"Hmmm, well, you can count on me". Ben assured.
"Thanks bro".
"Well, it's you guy's choice, but my hands are completely off it". Jeffrey uttered repeating his previous statement.
They didn't say anything to each other as Jeffrey kept on driving the car at high speed, they were getting very close to their various homes. It took about 10 minutes more before they arrived at the edifice of Mark's apartment, the time was about 1:29 pm and Mark was feeling very sleepy. His boulevard was completely clear of any being, he got out of the car and said to Ben.
"Don't forget about our plan tomorrow, I just want to climb upstairs to my apartment and have a good night's sleep".
"Ok then, see you tomorrow". Ben uttered before Jeffrey zoomed of instantly.
Mark entered his apartment landing straight on his bed, he was extremely tired, he didn't even take off his clothes or shoes before dozing off on his bed. He woke up very late at dawn because of how tired he was the previous night. He quickly got up from his bed glancing at the clock hanged on his wall, damn! the time was about 9:32 Am.
"Ben would surely be waiting for me at the studio right now". He thought to himself before dashing into the bathroom to shower.
After showering, he ate his breakfast before dashing out of his apartment. Normally, he would have skipped breakfast and hurry to the studio, but he was really hungry, skipping breakfast wasn't nice stuff to do at that moment. Before he boarded a taxi, he called Ben to inform him that he was on his way to the studio so Ben wouldn't get tired of waiting for him.
He arrived at the studio within a short space of time, thanks to the taxi he boarded. Entering taxis had become one of the best means Mark uses to transport himself from one place to another, it had become his normal routine. Ben was sitting on one of the chairs in the studio with a glass cup in his hand, he seemed to be enjoying himself with a bottle of 'pinot noir' wines, one of the most popular and expensive wines in the USA.
"Wow! relaxation mode". Those were the first words that flowed out of Mark's mouth the moment he set his eyes on the bottle of wine Ben was drinking.
"You seem to be the one that relaxed the more, I have been waiting for you here for over an hour now. But you are just arriving". Ben said to him still sipping his 'pinot noir' wine.
"Umm, I woke up late this morning, I was so exhausted". Mark stated coming very close to Ben to take a seat beside him.
"I was also tired when I got home, but somehow, I still woke up early this morning, but we don't have the same body system anyway, so let's keep that aside. Would you like to have a taste of this 'pinot noir' wine?"
"Hmmm, I would love to, but my stomach is filled up, I ate breakfast before coming here, so I don't wanna take anything else. How much money did it cost you to buy this wine 'cause I know this wine is expensive".
"About 19 dollars, I saw it in a store when I was heading over to the studio, so I just decided to purchase it and they handed this glass cup over to me".
"Wow! that's expensive, 19 dollars just to purchase a bottle of wine, well, wines have their different grades and prices. So am I to wait for you to finish your bottle of wine before the recording commences or it starts now?" Mark queried.
"We still have other works to do before the recording begins". Ben stated putting his bottle of wine aside.
"What works?" Mark asked inquisitively.
"Have you forgotten that we don't have a suitable beat for the recording yet, secondly, have you prepared down your lyrics for the recording?"
"That's true, but creating a suitable lyrics for the recording wouldn't be that hard for me, the only problem is producing a suitable beat for it".
"I would have to start working on that right now". Ben said moving closer to the music producing equipment.
Ben started generating an eligible beat as Mark worked on the lyrics. Producing the beat wasn't easy for Ben 'cause he had to make sure the beat rhymes with Mark's lyrics. Secondly, it wasn't just any song they were about to record, they were about to record a hate song....creating beats for hate songs doesn't come that easy.
It took about 50 minutes before Ben could come up with a nice beat for the recording. Meanwhile, Mark was still working on the lyrics, though he was almost done, it wasn't as easy as he thought. After Mark finished working on the lyrics, they proceeded with the recording instantly. But something was wrong, the beat wasn't going along with the lyrics oozing out of Mark's mouth.
The pace of Mark's singing was a bit fast, but the beat was somehow slow, so both weren't corresponding to each other. Mark took off the studio's headset from his head and dropped it on the table, he glanced at Ben saying.
"The beat isn't going along with my singing pace at all".
"Can't you make your singing pace a little slower?" Ben inquired of Mark to discern if it was possible.
"I can't, this is a song about contempt, I want to divulge the disdain I am feeling towards John and Henry rapidly, so it will stand out, it can't be slow". Mark retorted.
Ben stroked his hairs with his palms, "Then I would have to create another beat then, a fast one this time".
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