Gamer Superstar

Chapter 56 [Bonus Chapter] 56 - Musical family

After dropping me off at home, Selena didn't even get out of the car and drove away. She said she was going to make a development plan for me, with plans for shows I could do to boost my career, and think about future possibilities for shows I could appear in to also boost my popularity.

I didn't worry too much about that kind of thing. I wasn't the kind of artist who thought I shouldn't do anything useless and just focus on my art. The way I saw it, as an artist, I had to take the opportunities that came my way and grow.

Of course, without trying to get ahead of anyone and without acting like a jerk.

After Selena left, my focus turned to what I thought about the band I could use.

With the time we had in silence in her car, I thought about it a bit and realized that the best alternative for me would be to just focus on myself and grow my name as an artist.

I already had all the advantages that bands had, like I could learn all the instruments and arrange the songs the way I wanted, I didn't need other people to help me write the songs, not to mention I didn't have to put myself in situations of band fights where one member wants something and the other member wants something else, the band breaks up and in the end I would have to kick them out of the band or even break up the band and have to change my stage name.

BlackVelvet was the name of my dad's band in my old world, but I didn't have to make it a band in this world.

So I decided that I would be BlackVelvet instead of BlackVelvet being a band with several members.

Even if I didn't get 100% of their dedication, I know there are many talented musicians in solo bands, I could do the same thing.

With that decided, I was already more relaxed.

This was a doubt that had been bothering me ever since I remembered how tired I was on stage.

"Hey Noah, do you think you could make a song for me even if you can't play the violin?" Liv came into my room a little embarrassed, but I could see how excited she was to think about it.

"Did you like the feeling when you saw me on stage?" I asked, smiling.

She nodded. "Yeah! You looked so cool playing the guitar on stage while you sang and people danced, I thought it would be cool to do that one day... but I play the violin... that stuff is only good for old people's songs..." When I heard that, I laughed.

Hearing that, I laughed. "Of course not, if no one has ever made a violin song with a youth theme, why can't we? Believe in yourself!"

In my old world, there were a few girls who grew up a lot on YouTube with songs that focused mainly on the violin.

Girls like Lindsey Stirling or Taylor Davis were just a few who used the violin as the instrument and the voice of the song, which made the experience very unique and interesting!

But of course, to reach that level, Olivia would have to train hard on the violin and get really good.

To stand out in such a competitive market, where your differentiator would be that you sweat the violin better than anyone else, you really had to be very good at it to surprise the audience.

Although Liv could play it well, I'd say her skill was around Lv 21, but to really excel at it, I imagine she would have to train to get her skill up to at least Lv 30 to begin with.

The barrier to entry for that was much higher than the barrier to entry for someone who sang, since someone who sang at Lv 20 in each of the skills would cause the two levels to merge and increase to an even higher number.

But Liv didn't have that advantage, we tried to get her to sing, and poor girl... her voice was sweet when she spoke, but when she started to sing, I started to believe that there was a skill with a negative level...

If she really put her mind to it, she could probably get her singing skills up to a decent level, but it would take a long time, and I didn't want her practicing something she wasn't good at for several years before she could really become an artist.

"So you think you can help me make a song?" She asked, her big blue eyes sparkling.

"Yes, I will, I just need you to teach me the violin first, because I wouldn't be able to compose a song for you if I didn't know how to play it. Of course, you don't have to teach me much, just enough to understand the basics of making music." I explained, earning a nod from her.

"Okay, when I go to practice I'll call you, then I'll practice and explain the things I'm learning and practicing, how's that?" She asked me excitedly.

"Yeah, that sounds good." I replied with a nod.

"I know you have a monstrous talent and you'll probably learn it faster than me, just don't give up on me after that..." She said a little dejectedly.

Since she had given up the violin because she felt she had no talent for it, while she had only learned to play to please our mother, and probably after seeing how quickly I learned everything with the system, this must have triggered her.

"Don't worry, I might learn it very quickly, but when I catch up I can teach you so we can progress together." I said with a hand on her shoulder and a small smile on my face.

She nodded her head and agreed.

I didn't want to pretend I didn't know how to play to make her feel better, because if I had to play at some point and she saw how good I was, she'd get mad at me for lying, so I thought it best to just be honest and use my Skill Teach to speed up her progress when I caught up.

It's not like I'm going to take a skill from lv0 to lv20 in an instant, it would take a few weeks or even months, depending on how much time I put into learning it with her, which would slow down my learning time.

Then I would have to learn it with her for a while more before I could finally pass her and pull her up.

"I want to too!" Ethan said excitedly as he walked into the room.

"Learn to play the violin?" I asked confused.

"No, I want a song!" Ethan said excitedly. "I want to learn how to play a cool song like you so that one day I can get up on stage at school and impress everyone with how good I am." When we heard Ethan's reason, Liv and I started to laugh.

"If that's your motive, then I'll help you. Let's make you the coolest kid in school, Buddy!" I said as I ruffled his hair.

Since he was learning to play the ukulele, there were a lot of cool hit songs he could play.

Not to mention that the image of a cute little boy like him playing with me would also be nice, I think the audience would enjoy seeing him play with us.

After I decided to help them find songs, I realized that my family was slowly orbiting around the music industry.

Liv was interested in learning to play the violin and I wanted to help her pursue that dream, while Ethan enjoyed playing the ukulele and learning to sing and play my songs.

Although Liv's talent wasn't as monstrous as Ethan's, who seemed to be born to play it, her talent was still okay, and with the years of training she already had, it was only a matter of time before she could perform as well if she really wanted to in the future.

After we talked some more and Liv went back to her room, Ethan picked up his ukulele and continued practicing while I opened my Instagram to see if there was anything about me.

Looking at the messages I'd received, I realized that several people in the bar had posted Stories from my show and tagged me, which meant that some of my fans had seen them and were surprised that I was doing shows where my face was visible.

But the people who saw my face were still a small minority.

I even wanted to post those stories on my profile, but considering that it was the first time I'd shown my face online in the clip the cameraman shot of Boyfriend, I controlled myself and didn't post it.

Since it was my first performance, the adrenaline was still pumping through my body and I could not sleep for a long time.

Ethan had even finished practicing his ukulele and was falling asleep while I was having trouble sleeping.

Although I did manage to fall asleep after a few hours, as the day began to dawn, this was the first time in my life that I woke up late.

Little did I know that while I was sleeping, some unwanted people came to visit the house.