La música del futuro
Nile, que era un zorro viejo, no se dormía en los laureles e invertía su dinero en buscar nuevas formas de llevar la música a la gente. Otros se hubiesen retirado con las manos llenas de dinero, pero a Nile, más que la fortuna, su gran motivador era el descubrimiento. Antes descubría talentos, pero ahora buscaba hallar nuevas formas de hacer música.
Por eso, cuando Katica, una antigua amiga, le habló de lo mal que estaba porque su hija, Faye, había muerto, y que daría cualquier cosa por volver a verla, tocarla, oírla, Nile le prometió que la ayudaría:
_¿Y cómo vas a hacer eso, Nile? ¡Mi bella Faye ha muerto!
_¡Ya veré cómo hago, Katica! Ya veré, pero ese será mi regalo para ti.
Fue así que Nile, que no tenía ni un pelo de tonto, se refugió en su estudio y comenzó a hacer lo que siempre había hecho: magia.
_¡Vístete para un concierto esta noche! –le pidió y no dio más pistas.
A la hora acordada, Nile llevó a Katica a su sala de grabación y allí, con las luces apagadas, se sentaron cómodamente y Neil le dijo a su amiga:
_¡Siéntete feliz: tu hija ha vuelto! –entonces, accionó varios botones y la magia se hizo: frente a ellos, el holograma de una chica muy hermosa cantando. Katica, con los ojos muy abiertos, gritó de contento:
_¡No puedo creerlo, es Faye! ¡¡Dios mío es la voz de Faye, Nile!!
La voz de la joven sonaba realista y era envolvente. El lugar se llenó de aquella voz como si Faye estuviera allí con ellos. Y entonces Katica comenzó a llorar, pero de alegría: la experiencia era tan vívida que casi que podía sentir el olor de su hija. Cuando la música estaba a punto de terminar, Neil dijo nuevamente:
Involuntariamente y como si su cuerpo fuera controlado por los sonidos, el cuerpo de Katica comenzó a moverse rítmicamente:
_¡Me siento feliz, Neil! –dijo Katica eufórica. Neil sonreía y le dijo:
_De eso se trata, estimada amiga. He hallado los acordes perfectos para hacer despertar inmediatamente la dopamina, serotonina y endorfinas de nuestro cerebro. Esto que esta música acaba de hacer contigo, lo hará con todo el mundo. ¿Te imaginas? ¡Esto será un importante avance para la gente que sufre estados depresivos! –afirmó Neil, sintiéndose feliz como si hubiese descubierto dónde nacían y morían los arcoíris.
Después de aquello, Neil, desde la comodidad de su casa, comenzó a hacer live, a personalizar la música de acuerdo a sus seguidores y muy especialmente, ya no hizo dinero como antes, se había subido a la ola de los tokens NFT y la era de la blockchain.
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HASTA UNA PRÓXIMA HISTORIA, AMIGOS
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[Versión en Inglés]
Everyone knew Nile as the Midas of music: he turned everything he touched into gold. His nose for discovering new talent had led him to win the best awards on the music scene. But that had changed in recent years, as all the music that was being played was made to be consumed via streaming and made in home studios: any human being could be a musician and make music in the comfort of their own home.
Nile, who was an old fox, did not rest on his laurels and invested his money in finding new ways to bring music to the people. Others would have retired with their hands full of money, but for Nile, more than fortune, his great motivator was discovery. He used to discover talent, but now he sought to find new ways to make music.
So when Katica, an old friend, told him how upset she was that her daughter, Faye, had died, and that she would give anything to see her again, to touch her, to hear her, Nile promised to help her:
_And how are you going to do that, Nile? My beautiful Faye is dead!
I'll see how I do it, Katica! I'll see, but that will be my gift to you.
So it was that Nile, who wasn't the least bit foolish, retreated to his study and began to do what he had always done: magic.
The process lasted a month and after that time, Neil called Katica and announced that he had a surprise for her.
Dress for a concert tonight! -he asked her and gave no further clues.
At the appointed time, Nile took Katica to his recording room and there, with the lights off, they sat comfortably and Neil told his friend:
_Feel happy: your daughter is back! -Then, he pushed several buttons and the magic happened: in front of them, the hologram of a very beautiful girl singing. Katica, wide-eyed, shouted with joy:
_I can't believe it, it's Faye! My God it's Faye's voice, Nile!!!!
The young woman's voice sounded realistic and enveloping. The place was filled with that voice as if Faye was there with them. And then Katica began to cry, but with joy: the experience was so vivid that she could almost smell her daughter's scent. As the music was about to end, Neil said again:
Now listen to this and went back to handling the dashboard controls. Faye's 3D voice burst forth as if she were in mid-air and began to sing an unfamiliar melody. Involuntarily and as if her body was controlled by the sounds, Katica's body began to move rhythmically:
_I feel happy, Neil! -said Katica euphorically. Neil smiled and said to her:
That's what it's all about, dear friend. I have found the perfect chords to immediately awaken the dopamine, serotonin and endorphins in our brains. What this music has just done to you, it will do to the whole world, can you imagine, this will be a major breakthrough for people suffering from depressive states! -said Neil, feeling happy as if he had discovered where rainbows were born and died.
After that, Neil, from the comfort of his home, started to do live, to customize music according to his listeners and most especially, he no longer made money as before, he had ridden the wave of NFT tokens and the blockchain era.