Chapter 19: [Bonus Chapter] 19 - Results

Chapter 19: [Bonus Chapter] 19 - Results

The difference between the reaction of a live audience and the reaction of the audience of a posted video was great. In one, you could see a person's comment while performing. I could see if they were enjoying it while I was singing, and that gave me even more motivation to sing, to sing better, to sing more, to improve while I was singing! On the other hand, although it was still very rewarding, I saw the comments there more as a quieter form of thanks.

"Woah dude, what was that?!" Quacktus asked abruptly as he looked at the screen with excitement.

"BV, my boy, you didn't say you had such a bomb to show us today. Had I known, I would have let you perform last!" Guapo said with a laugh.

"Tell me BV, did you really compose this song and the instrumental for it?" Phill asked excitedly.

Laughing and a little out of breath, I replied, "Yes, they're both my doing. You know when you have a lazy day and you don't want to do anything? I made this song on one of those days. Usually the style of music I make is heavier, but when I wrote these lyrics I knew that style wouldn't fit the music, so I tried to explore a more relaxed and upbeat style. I still don't think the instrumental is perfect, so I want to polish it before releasing the song."

"You said you're going to release the song... are you a real musician by any chance?" Quacktus asked in shock, his expression exaggerated.

"'Real musician' might be too strong an expression, but I recently started my music career. I currently have one song out, haha," I replied, taking the opportunity to promote my channel.

When Olivia showed me the stream, there were 3,000 people watching, as it was getting close to the voting time for the best candidates, and maybe my music had helped a little, since there were currently 5,000 people on the stream.

"Woah, so we have a potential up-and-coming musician on the stream! What's the name of your channel, BV? Is it BlackVelvet by any chance?" Guapo asked, trying to guess.

"Yes Guapo, the name of the channel is BlackVelvet! If you like the song, don't forget to search for the channel on MeTube and Spokify. Maybe you'll like my other song," I spoke in a voice like a product salesman on TV.

"Is that right? I'll put the link to his channel in the chat. Anyone interested can click on it to support him!" Quacktus said as he put the channel link in the chat.

-------- Quacktus' Commentary -------- Ne/w novel chapters are published at novelhall.com

Sitting on the sofa in front of the camera, Quacktus looked at the interviewer with a very excited expression.

"Bro, the stream broke the record for the most viewers of my entire career!" he said as he plopped down on the couch, "If I had known this was going to happen, I would have done this talent show a long time ago."

"The biggest surprise of the show? It was definitely BV with the song he did. I saw in the comments that practically everyone liked it, and it's rare that a lot of people like the same thing, so listen to me: this kid has a future!"

Picking up his cell phone and confirming something, Quacktus cracked a smile. "If you want to get into this business, you have to be smart, you have to know the people to get close to and the people to stay away from."

"Black Velvet is in the first category. With the talent and creativity he has, I know that at least this song 'The Lazy Song' is going to be a hit, so why not give him a hand at the beginning when he needs it the most, and when he grows up he'll return the favor?

-------- Comment End --------

I was surprised to get a friend request from Quacktus on Discord right after my presentation. Looking again at the number of viewers who were online for the stream, his friend request was understandable. Even though I imagined that he might be doing it to use some of my songs to get views, wasn't that the same reason I was on his stream in the first place? I only agreed to participate in this talent show because of the number of viewers and the prize, which will be very useful to me.

If either of those criteria were not met, I probably wouldn't have even opened the stream. It would be naive to think that my path to fame will only be filled with true friends, girls who are truly in love, and people who only want to do me good. The moment I decided to take this path, I already accepted that mutual interests would arise, and the best thing I can do is benefit from it. If this friendship lasts and we can help each other for a long time, what's the harm?

While I was watching the last contestant, the door to my room opened. Walking through the door were Olivia, Ethan, my mom, and dad.

"That was amazing, Noah..." Ethan shouted excitedly as he ran up to me and looked at the guitar with bright eyes.

"That song was really cool, Noah!" Olivia said with a smile, pointing to the screen of her phone, which also had the stream open.

"Noah, your song managed to perfectly describe my perfect Sunday..." My father laughed as he sat on the bed next to me with a relaxed attitude.

"The song was really good, Noah, but that part about making the word with an S... is that true? Have you ever done that with anyone?" my mother asked.

As soon as she asked the question, the atmosphere in the room froze. Olivia's face was completely red and she tried to hide behind her phone screen. My dad looked at me for a split second and gave me a thumbs up while proudly whispering, "My boy!"

Ethan was completely lost because he didn't even know what the word S*x meant.

"I think it will be good for our children. I think it will especially be good for Olivia as well," he explained as he gave her a side hug.

Accepting the hug, Lauren snuggled into Jonathan's embrace and they stayed like that for a few minutes.

-------- Comment End --------

With the results already announced, Quacktus called me over to say a few words on the stream before ending the show and asking for my address so he could send me the microphone. Even though it was his old microphone, it was still much better than the microphone on my cell phone that I was using to record my songs.

Even though I wanted to keep the look of an indie musician starting out on his own, I could still do that with a good microphone that would improve the quality of my audio; I just had to be careful not to make the music sound like studio music too quickly. I want to keep the idea that I'm an indie musician, which I really am, for a while.

But what I didn't know at the time was that a viewer had taken a clip of the stream where I was singing and posted it on other social networks and that clip went viral!

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