Early the next morning, Liu Qingshan went to the airport in person to see them off.
After returning to the city, he did not go to the TV station, but came to the recording studio.
Currently, his English album is nearly completed, and Blainey and his assistants have been staying in Shanghai to guard it.
Why do we say guard?
Because the information about the release of Liu Qingshan's English album has already attracted serious attention overseas.
This also attracted various people from major record companies and distributors. Although Universal Music had initialed a distribution contract with him, they did not dare to take it lightly if the official contract was not signed for a day.
This was not because Liu Qingshan had any intention of switching to someone else, but to prevent the recording content from being leaked in advance.
Even though this is China, there is no guarantee that someone will take risks because of the huge profits. Moreover, this country does not do a good job in preventing piracy.
Moreover, they are all veterans who have been in the industry for decades, and they know some of the things inside. Only by seeing it with your own eyes can these people feel completely at ease.
Liu Qingshan could only respond with a wry smile, because whether it was the recording studio or the processing factory where Universal's mastering engineers were located in the mainland, people had already been sent out to closely protect it.
The progress of the Chinese album is also very fast, but the hardest part is not Liu Qingshan, but the members of the legend band who are responsible for the arrangement of all 36 songs.
In addition to helping Jin Xishan accompany him on the TV station, they spend the rest of the time living and eating in the recording studio. In addition, they also have the task of hosting other musicians. These people are almost so busy that their souls are taking off.
However, the salary given by Liu Qingshan is also high. These guys have been in China for less than three years. Now everyone is a small millionaire, with a considerable net worth, a house, a car and a family.
Among them, arranger and keyboardist Al Sterner, bassist Felix, electric guitar player Martinez, and drummer Miller even brought their parents and younger siblings over, planning to settle down in Kyoto.
Of course, they are quite happy to follow Liu Qingshan. Putting aside financial concerns, the arrangement of the new song is actually the specific plan he provided first, and they are more just putting the ideas on paper into practice.
But the workload of centralized production of three albums is also huge. Fortunately, the recording process of the two people is very worry-free, and they can basically complete a song in one or two passes.
Otherwise, even if their number were several times greater, they would not be able to guarantee that they would be able to record three albums in a row, with 12 songs at the top level.
Liu Qingshan's main task today is to record the remaining two songs of the English album so that he can get rid of the few foreigners who have been staying in the recording studio for a long time.
Because they have been so tired all day long, and they have to be constantly scrutinized by them at work, and they have to take care of their food and drink after work, the band members are under a lot of pressure.
On the recording day of the new issue, the old Americans finally left, but this did not mean that they did not pay attention to Jin Xishan's album. Instead, they sent two people from Universal Music Asia Branch to come and station.
This is because they don’t understand Chinese songs, and Chinese pop trends are still very different from Western pop music.
It would be better to come with two people who can understand. Moreover, record production does not require on-site supervision. The reason why they can come is more because they are afraid that the business will go away.
This week's audio variety show will be recorded three times in a row, just to squeeze out time for Jin Xishan and Liu Qingshan.
It's just that the two of them will not rush there together, because Liu Qingshan has to pay close attention to the post-production period so as not to affect the normal broadcast.
Due to the huge impact of the first two episodes, this program has become extremely popular and has the potential to become a phenomenon-level variety show.
Therefore, starting from the fourth round, which is the seventh period, big names or stronger singers will be introduced to fill the seats. This is all carefully calculated by Liu Qingshan, and of course based on the experience of the original version.
As for the more famous Jin Xishan joining in advance, it was just for the publicity stunt and ratings of the premiere.
And the choice of this replacement candidate is undoubtedly accurate, because the news of her joining has spread long ago, and there are even so-called on-site sneak peeks.
Take photos to support.
This is naturally one of the means of publicity. Otherwise, under Liu Qingshan's nose, someone could open the phone without being noticed.
Today's replacement singer is Lin Zixuan, a talented singer from Wandao. He was the first to appear on the stage in the show, and his personal masterpiece was the famous "Single Love Song".
Calm, quiet, shy, bookish. Lin Zixuan's temperament perfectly combines these adjectives.
Wearing a pair of glasses, light eyes, narrow face, and thin figure, if he walks in the crowd, he will be a pure ordinary college student.
Those who know him only feel that apart from his singing, he is so simple and has no other content.
Once the song rises and his kingdom comes, he is the king of that kingdom, just like the ordinary Astragalus.
But as expected, his appearance immediately made the whole audience excited. Even the six singers in the waiting area felt a little nervous.
After all, this person is extremely powerful and is one of the few active singers who is called the voice of nature by his peers.
This song also caused a chorus of chorus from the audience, because this song has been widely circulated for ten years and is still one of the most requested songs in major karaoke halls.
In other words, he carries the young memories of a generation, although ten years is not that long.
His music is very solid and pure. The falsetto within the true voice and the true voice within the falsetto are sometimes indistinguishable.
The color of the voice is also very clear, high-pitched, light, smart, and pure. If you close your eyes and listen to the first few syllables, you will know it is him.
The way he performs the high notes is not like some singers who strain their necks and blush with all their strength. His high notes rise up gracefully and easily, and can be released and retracted freely.
When it reaches eight degrees, the brows are not wrinkled, the face is indifferent, the eyes are indifferent, and the breath is steady, as if the tip of the nose has touched a wisp of breeze.
When he arrived at the waiting area, all the singers stood up to greet him.
And Lin Zixuan lived up to his name. Not only did his voice sound as noble and elegant as a European Duke, but he also behaved in the same calm and elegant manner.
But after hugging his opponents one by one, he also shook hands with Jin Xishan again: "The song I listen to the most recently is Miss Jin's song. You can accurately capture the true nature of the music you want to present in the song, and Communicate it truly and clearly to the audience.”
Regarding this kind of evaluation, Jin Xishan was still a little flattered: "The main reason is that the lyrics and music suit me. You may not understand it when you first come here. After coming to this program, I feel that it is very difficult to cover other people's songs. Compared with several other teachers, , my abilities in all aspects are somewhat dwarfed by comparison, after all, I have only debuted for less than three years!"
Of course, her so-called debut refers to her singing career. These words are not entirely polite. Compared with others, she does have an experience gap. She has never performed other people's works on stage, which is obviously a lack of experience. .
Lin Zixuan's answer was also quite straightforward: "Yes, Mr. Liu's creative ability cannot be said to be outstanding because he is still young, but there is no doubt that he is at the top production level in the world. With his tailor-made Songs can save you a lot of detours!"
At this time, Hu Quan on the stage had already used his unique hosting style to introduce the next guest performer. .
Liu Huan, who was chosen to appear first, only had time to say this: "Zixuan, you don't know yet, Shan Zi's songs are the most popular backstage, but it's a pity that it's a fair choice. Lian Xishan is our undercover." I can’t even grab it!”
Amid laughter, he opened the door and walked out, and soon appeared on the stage.
The song he sang today was an English song, Jackson's "Anintheirror". Such a dynamic song style was definitely a huge challenge for him.
Because Liu Huan is an artist in people's minds rather than just a pop singer, and there are many mainstream songs in his famous works, the audience really can't imagine how he will perform when he performs Jackson's songs.
Even he himself was holding his arms when he played this song
He shouted "It's over, it's over", which shows that he has no confidence in himself.
Fortunately, there was no backup dancer on this stage, otherwise he would not have the confidence to step onto the stage without any dancing experience.
Fortunately, his English level is quite high and he could calmly perform this positive song about caring for the world.
Especially in the complex treble part, it immediately makes up for the less awkward feeling in the first half. Because this song is so famous, the person who covers it will immediately be compared to the original singer Jackson by the audience. .
Compared with the latter, Liu Huan's singing style is extremely unsuitable for coordination with movements. According to his words, he is simply a dance blind, and the coordination of his limbs is extremely uncoordinated. He is the kind of person who can walk in line when going to school. unnatural limb state.
Fortunately, as soon as the treble part of the chorus came out, it fully demonstrated its own transparency and vastness, and the full tension of the bright metal core.
Moreover, his voice-changing technology is quite superb. He can accurately control the light and dark of the voice in the natural vocal area. With the blessing of pharyngeal voice technology, the long breath is particularly outstanding, which immediately makes people forget the awkward feeling at the beginning.
This also proves another problem from the side. It is not an exaggeration for a top figure in the Chinese music scene to sing high notes and play with ease.
And the craftsmanship of his voice is precisely the characteristic that makes him a distinguished person. The depth of his skill can be heard in this performance. Not only is it worthy of the name, but it is probably not an exaggeration to describe it as unfathomable.
It's just that this song doesn't suit him. As the old saying goes, this song is too famous, and the original singer Jackson not only has top-notch singing skills, but also has the best stage performance in the world.
Therefore, if Liu Huan, who obviously has almost no stage performance, is asked to perform it, no matter how good the vocal performance is, it will be regarded as second-rate.
Even though he performed at his highest level in the chorus, the overall performance was still a bit unsatisfactory. This is the reason for the vague awkwardness mentioned before.
