“My Christmas went pretty well. My mom was very happy that I was able to celebrate it with my family. My brother recently got a scholarship for his college too, so it was pretty great. What about you all?”
Jackson asked as he scanned his eyes to the people in front of him. The whole band of Drears was sitting there along with Wade in The Rabbit hole.
All of them were eting after holidays, so the natural topic was how they had celebrated Christmas.
“I went to et my grandfather. My parents were busy, so I just spent ti with him.”
Caron replied in a stoic tone. Emily shook his head at his short answer and tone that seed to say that he didn’t care a lot about holidays. Turning towards Aiden, she asked.
“What about you, Aiden? You were busy polishing your award during Christmas or returned ho?”
“I was here in New York.” Aiden replied with a smile. “Too busy to go ho. I just celebrated it with my uncle and cousins.”
“Busy during Christmas?” Emily raised an eyebrow.
“He had a lot of interviews scheduled. A lot of small and so big dia outlets wanted to interview him after his win at Indie Music awards.”
Wade answered instead of him.
After winning the award, Aiden’s stocks had risen a lot for a while in the Arican music scene.
It was a typical effect of one being in the public eye after doing sothing big but it had soon died down at the end of December as more prestigious award shows were coming.
But during that ti, Aiden was going from one place to another to give interviews about his win and his plans for the future.
“I think I should start calling you Mr. Famous from now on.” Emily joked while Caron gave him a glare.
The blonde guy felt a bit jealous of his success but in the end, there was not a lot he could do. Aiden had worked hard in the ti when he had stopped focusing on singing..
In the end, he himself was to bla for his rival moving ahead in his career.
“Anyway, any news from Aniroll? You haven’t received any calls yet. They should have co to a decision by now.”
Jackson suddenly asked, looking at Wade who shook his head. The reason the whole band was back in New York was due to the title track.
Aniroll had said that they will notify them today, so they were waiting for it in the bar.
“I think the eting will co to an end soon and they will soon notify us. Let’s say half an hour more.”
Wade said, taking a look at his watch. It was almost evening and they were already sitting there for so hours.
“I really hope we win.” Emily muttered, suddenly looking a bit worried.
“Our opponent is a big band. It won’t be easy.”
“Their latest music is very average, so I don’t think they will win.” Caron said. “They are past their pri.”
That was his verdict as he had listened to most of the music attached with Ryse. Although he didn’t show it, Caron was equally worried as everyone else.
“It doesn’t matter if they are past their pri or if they are too old.” Jackson retorted. “They are one step away from becoming a mainstream band and that gives them a huge edge over us. Who had even heard of Drears?”
Saying that, Jackson leaned against his seat. There was a frown on his face and the atmosphere around their table was getting worse and worse.
Even Emily wasn’t able to smile now that it had gotten so serious.
It was then that Aiden opened his mouth.
“I think you all are worrying too much. Just a mont ago, you were talking about holidays and now the atmosphere is so tense.”
He said, taking a sip from his glass.
“Are you not feeling nervous? Or you are over confident after getting an award?”
Jackson couldn’t help but ask. The last ti he rembered Aiden was the composer and vocalist of the song but he was acting like he had no tension on his head.
“I’m nervous too and no, I’m not over confident.” Aiden gave a light smile. “I’m just trying hard to be confident. After all, we worked damn hard to make a good song and it’s a good song in my ears.”
Emily chuckled at the last part and raised her small head to stare at Aiden.
“I think it’s a good song too but it’s just the thought of what if it isn’t enough to beco the title track? Maybe I should have worked harder?”
Jackson and Caron nodded their heads. Sotis, even their best wasn’t enough. It was because of that they were restless, praying that the song would get selected and wondering what would happen if it didn’t.
It was truly a strange feeling.
“We worked hard enough. Moreover, there’s a lot we could do even if the song doesn’t get selected.”
Aiden was soone who had experienced failure and he also knew that even after failure, there’s many things they could try.
One door closes and another opens — You just need to find the new door that has opened.
“What can we do?” Caron raised an eyebrow.
“If the song didn’t get selected, we will shoot a music video for it and go around college festivals to sing it. As the quality is pretty good, I’m sure it will get its own audience.”
It was Wade who answered. He and Aiden had already planned out everything. Wade was soone who always liked making a lot of plans for everything, so he will never dive into sothing without thinking it through.
The ani title track was the sa.
“That’s a good plan.”
Jackson said and for a mont, the atmosphere cooled a bit as the tension released a bit.
At least, they weren’t pinning everything on getting selected and already had backup plans in case things go wrong.
‘I really hope we get selected.’
Aiden thought, taking another sip from the glass.
It was then that Wade’s phone suddenly rang.
Everyone focused on it like it was the most important thing in the world. Feeling a bit nervous, Wade took it out and his eyes shined.
“It’s Aniroll.” He said and Jackson gulped.
“Pick it up quickly.”
Wade nodded and picked it up.
For the next few minutes, every pair of eyes dug into his skin as he finished his talk with the person on the other hand.
When he put down his phone, he had a frown on his face. Emily and Jackson both beca disappointed thinking that the result was not in their favour.
“What happened?” Aiden asked.
“Ah, well we got in. Our song was selected as the title track.”
Wade said, feeling all sorts of emotions for a mont.
Hearing that, Jackson, who looked like he had lost his country in a war just a second ago, jumped up in joy and looked at Wade.
“We really got in?”
“Yes, Aniroll selected our song after a lot of discussions as they felt like it’s fresh. They are going to send out a press release confirming it right after we sign the contract.”
After that, celebrations truly began.
Emily looked like she was overwheld with 10 thousand emotions and there were even tears in her eyes while Jackson just shouted excitedly. Caron just drank but there was a smile on his face.
‘We got in sohow. It was getting harder to stay calm.’
He thought, letting out a deep sigh.
As the composer and vocalist, he was doing his best to act like the wait wasn’t making him tense because if he had acted like Jackson, his bandmates would have gotten more nervous.
But in the end, it had all worked out for good.
They have beaten Ryse!
***
“We didn’t get in!”
LZ, the composer of the band Ryse, frowned as he finished talking with an employee from Aniroll. The other mbers of the band, Kat and the leader, Orion looked at him with a hardened face.
“What do you an by that? Why didn’t we get selected?” Kat asked and LZ wasn’t able to stop himself from lashing out.
“I don’t know, bitch. They just told that the track won’t work with the Arican audience. The other track submitted to them was better.”
“I fucking told you to not make it too similar to the original. We should have gone for an innovative song instead of taking inspiration.”
Kat frowned. Her opinions were always rejected in the band and it was infuriating her, for a long ti. Now that they lost out on getting the title track in their na, she couldn’t help but not hold anything back.
“You two are too much in your own worlds and don’t focus on music. Especially you, Orion.” She pointed at the leader of the band who was just silent till now. “You spend more ti in hotel rooms with your female fans than actually making music.”
“What the fuck you said?”
Orion shouted, not willingly to take such accusations in his face. He also had a lot of hopes with the title track but sohow, they got rejected.
His mind was a ss at the mont.
“I said what you heard.”
“You are just a bitch who doesn’t know anything. If it wasn’t for , you would have beco a stripper.”
Like that, the mbers of the band fought amongst themselves. It was a bit tragic but a band always required respect among the mbers which was not present in Ryse.
A month after that, news ca out that Ryse had broken up.
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