What was also prepared for Jin Xishan was an ancient song, the theme song of the original version of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "The Beauty Tribulation".
He originally wanted to replace it with other more pop-style songs, but after picking and choosing, he always felt that only this song "The Beauty Tribulation" was the most suitable for the plot, both in terms of lyrics and melody.
Moreover, the melody with a slightly traditional ancient style and its rich historical meaning is more suitable for use in this drama. It has less of a popular element and more of a dignified sense of the past.
For the ending song "Phoenix Flying", Liu Qingshan planned to let the original singer Liu Huanlai sing it, and this person is the songwriter of this song.
There is a more important reason for copying the original song. History is a mirror and a profound textbook. She is serious and not a little girl who can be dressed up. Looking back, she cannot tolerate any frivolity or wantonness. .
Looking at her from a musical perspective, it also requires a serious attitude and songs that are close to serious music to give this historical drama a serious face.
Although Zhen Huan does not exist in history and is just a character in the TV series, she has a prototype, and the background structure of the series is also the Qing Dynasty. It can be treated as a real historical drama.
Liu Qingshan explained his point of view to Jin Xishan. In fact, she didn't like the melody of "The Beauty Tribulation" very much, but considering the nature of the TV series, she still happily accepted it.
The third song tonight is the title song of the new album that he helped Taylor "create". This song is called "singleladies", originally sung by Beyoncé. It is an upbeat dance song that sings the declaration of independence of single ladies.
Originally, Liu Qingshan did not intend to give her a work with too mature genre, after all, the little girl is only a little over 17 years old.
But this song won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 2010, and Taylor asked for a song suitable for singing and dancing, so it was decided to officially use this song, so that Taylor could lay a solid foundation of qualifications in the music industry early. .
This song was taken out when she first arrived in Xiangjiang. After a few days of familiarity, Taylor was able to complete the recording tonight.
Xiao Nizi loves this song so much that she was so obsessed with it that she would hum its melody while talking in her sleep.
It's just that the recording of this song was a bit complicated, because it contained a lot of female vocal harmonies and required several more tracks to be recorded, which of course was completed by herself and Jin Xishan.
Her mother Andilia came here tonight because she was thinking about the recording of this new song. The reason is that this song is quite difficult and requires not only a strong breath, but also a wider vocal range.
Her voice is characterized by its fullness and deep resonance in the bass, sweet head voice, and pleasant and gentle timbre.
Fortunately, she can also sing more penetrating long notes, and has good endurance and does not go out of tune, which is especially important for this singing and dancing song.
Antilia was worried that Taylor would not be able to achieve the strength of the treble part of the real voice. This was also the biggest problem with Taylor's voice condition.
But she never imagined that her daughter would be trained again by Liu Qingshan using ten thousand years of stalactite marrow. While her physique was once again improved, her vocal cords had also been further improved.
This was the night after the performance in the studio the day before yesterday, and on that day, her body was completely seen by Liu Qingshan for the first time. But it was only a visual breakthrough, and it was done deliberately by Taylor. Jin Xishan was watching eagerly from the side, and he didn't dare to have other thoughts.
Taylor's recording process went smoothly, but the multi-track approach was a bit cumbersome.
They did not use musicians from the recording studio, but directly brought in Liu Qingshan's private band.
In order to make it easier for external registration, we chose the name "legend", which means "legend" in Chinese, because these two words are the name of one of Liu Qingshan's favorite songs, and it has both Chinese and English versions, which is perfect for the comparison. Promotion of the band.
It's just that the time is not right yet. We need to find a stage with a wide audience to ensure that the band becomes famous in the shortest possible time.
The next recording by Jin Xishan and Liu Qingshan was simple. Basically, it was done in one go. Since they had said hello in advance, the recording studio had prepared players of traditional Chinese instruments such as erhu, dizi, guqin, and guzheng in advance. The final version was The whole tune is also full of ethnic style.
But what seemed like a casual recording process to him was an ordinary recording process, but in the eyes of many people, it was a very big deal.
Especially for those musicians from the national folk band who were temporarily invited to participate in a recording project that combined pop music and traditional folk music, it is far more meaningful than the professional experience they have been engaged in for decades.
Moreover, the person singing is Liu Qingshan, and the work is a classic ancient song like "Blue and White Porcelain".
Of course, that era was far from the time when ancient-style songs became popular, and even Chinese-style songs had only just become popular.
In fact, long before Jay Chou, songs with Chinese style had already appeared in the entertainment industry, but ancient style has always only developed in its own circle.
Most of the ancient style songs have story backgrounds, which are more story-telling than Chinese style.
The expression method of Huaguofeng lyrics is closer to the expression method of modern language. It does not pay much attention to confrontation and other aspects, and the writing method is quite free.
Compared with ancient times, ancient style poems no longer have strict format requirements such as verses and quatrains, but they still pay attention to some basic antithesis. If you simply break the sentences, you can easily see that the basic format is one-to-one, two-to-two, and three-to-three. wait.
There are also narration and copywriting, which are the most important features of ancient songs that have become increasingly popular in the future. Hua Guofeng also does not have this feature.
Liu Qingshan's version of "Blue and White Porcelain" also lacks the narration part, but it is done deliberately. This is because he believes that his opera singing has not experienced formal learning, and even if he has enough confidence in his imitation ability, he will not be able to imitate it. I know it is not yet perfect.
Since you are determined to make more contributions in this area, you must strive to do your best, otherwise the effect will be greatly reduced.
It was precisely when those folk musicians saw the hope of revitalizing national music that they felt heartfelt gratitude and shock. After the recording was completed, they looked at Liu Qingshan with stars in his eyes.
You must know that these folk musicians are all middle-aged people in their 40s and 50s. Naturally, they cannot have the star-chasing mentality of young people. The light in their eyes is mostly appreciation and gratification, and of course they are also excited.
And Liu Qingshan treated them with great respect. Not only did he leave his contact information with everyone, but he also sent them out personally and let his car escort everyone home to the door.
Returning to the hall, he asked Fan Shengyang to take out another pile of money and give it to Xing Wei, realizing that this man would give the invited folk music teacher a few extra notes for hard work.
He has a special affection for all people with artistic ability, and has a detailed plan that has been brewing for a long time. He will not announce it to the public until he feels that he is capable of starting this business.
It was still early before dawn, and because he had to wait for the car to come back, he sat down and had a few drinks with the people who were still staying.
Taylor, who had completed her task long ago, was already full of food. Moreover, she had a special liking for sesame seeds and roasted pig's trotters. Most of the food that Xing Wei sent people to buy overnight was destroyed by her.
"I heard that the recording of Shanzi's first album has been scheduled?" Xing Wei took the opportunity to finally ask the question he wanted to know most.
Of course, his purpose is not pure. If Liu Qingshan can complete part of the recording in his studio, then Baihua Recording Studio may once again return to its heyday ten years ago.
Liu Qingshan understood his mentality very well, "We have this plan at the moment. It happens that the legend band is also familiar with the equipment here. I will say hello to Viagra in advance, because those days may affect your normal business!"
Xing Wei obviously didn't expect that the matter he was obsessed with could be solved so easily. His expression was subconsciously a little overwhelmed, and his usual eloquence seemed to be a little stumbling at this moment.
"Shanzi, you, you mean to record it with us at Baihua? If you are willing, you are definitely not fooling me?"
"Look what you said, as early as when Sister Xishan and Ajie recorded the first song, we bothered you a lot. I will always remember this feeling!"
Ajie smiled and nodded: "Viagra is really good to us. Not only has he never refused a request, but he has also paid several times to help us hire partners. He is very kind to me!"
"Where is it!" Xing Wei shook his head like a rattle at this time, "If you rent my recording studio, I will provide all the recording needs. This is part of my job. If you continue to say this, I will blush. Got it!"
Liu Qingshan laughed loudly: "And Ajie, he almost regards your place as his base. It's okay if he is the only one. Yaowen, Ahao, and Ajian are not worry-free people. I was snickering in my heart for causing trouble for Viagra!”
Bassist Huang Yaowen, keyboardist Meng Zhihao, and guitarist A Jian are all veterans of the Chessboard band. They are all from Xiangjiang. Before forming the band, they were all figures who hung out in nightclubs all day long.
Especially the youngest drummer Li Ang, although he won't cause trouble, his temper is not easy to deal with, and he is even a ruthless character who will jump off the stage without even caring about the performance.
After hearing the few people mentioned by Liu Qingshan, Xing Weile said: "These little guys are a bit reckless as young people, but it was only when they first came to Kyoto. Now they are different. Not only do they get along well with everyone in the circle, They are very familiar with each other, and are often invited to help. Every time they come back without even drinking, their character is outstanding!"
"Oh, there is such a thing?"
Seeing Liu Qingshan looking at him with doubtful eyes, Meng Zhihao said with a guilty conscience: "We are all friends. If we can help, we will help. This is how they helped us when we first arrived!"
Regarding the Chessboard Band, Liu Qingshan's original plan was to set up Ajie first, and then plan for the common development of others.
