The recording engineer whom Fu Decai recruited is called Luo Wenhua, 33 years old. He is not very tall, but he is very humorous and has a mustache on his chin, which is very masculine. I used to work at Flying Stone Records, but later I resigned due to a conflict with my supervisor. I worked as a recording engineer for some small bands, and was discovered by Fulde some time ago and hired me here.
"The recording studio is good and the songs are good, but what about the band?" Luo Wenhua walked around the recording studio, tried out the equipment and nodded with satisfaction.
"Band?" Yang Dongxu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Songs must have a soundtrack, right? Do you want to record without the soundtrack?" Luo Wenhua looked at Yang Dongxu strangely.
"Uh..." Yang Dongxu and Fu Decai were both a little dumbfounded for a moment.
Yes, a song must have a soundtrack. How can it be recorded without a soundtrack? How about recording an a cappella song to hit the charts?
"Go to the Art Institute and look for it. You should be able to find it." Yang Dongxu said while touching his nose awkwardly.
It was his first time to record a song. He was so busy with the recording equipment, sheet music and singers that he forgot about the band. The main reason is that when later generations sing, they have ready-made accompaniments, and he really has no idea about the band.
However, there are many people playing music in Yanjing now, especially students in some universities. This group of people are basically at the forefront of the times and are full of curiosity about new things outside.
So when some people carrying bulky tape recorders and wearing sunglasses appeared on the streets dancing, some people had already started to form a band.
However, these people are not well-known, so it is difficult to find them for a while. However, there are certainly many small bands like those of fashionable college students, especially those in art colleges, which require professional knowledge, ability, and the ability to choose.
"There is no shortage of musical instruments, right?" Yang Dongxu turned to Fudecai and asked.
"There should be no shortage of this. I bought everything I saw when I was buying recording equipment, including a drum set, an electric guitar, a saxophone, and even a piano," Fudecai said.
Yang Dongxu glanced at the instruments in the recording studio and nodded.
Although there is no band, the songs are still recorded. Record the songs first, then find the band and then record the soundtrack and add it in. This recording method is very popular now.
The main reason is that if the singer and the band record together, the error tolerance rate is too low. If the beat can't be matched at any time, the whole thing will have to be re-recorded. And there was too much noise when recording together.
Even a lyric sometimes needs to be recorded several times. You can't let the band play this piece of music over and over again, even a dozen times, right?
Therefore, when the singer is recording, the line cannot be recorded until the action, and the band will re-record wherever they make mistakes. There is no problem with both sides, the rhythm is accurate, and then the combination is perfect.
Yang Dongxu first called the School of Art and asked a teacher to help him stay for a while. In order to learn more things in the past few years, he had been hanging out at the Chinese Theater Academy. Many teachers were familiar with him, so it was not easy to find a band. difficulty.
Let Zhang Wen and Wu Qi sing again. Although Zhang Wen has made progress, he cannot meet Yang Dongxu's requirements. On the contrary, Wu Qi makes people feel like they have been reborn, and he obviously has good comprehension ability. So Zhang Wen was asked to go to the next room to study it by himself and record Wu Qi's first.
Recording is a boring thing, no matter how good a song is. When these lyrics are taken apart and recorded sentence by sentence, or even word by word, there is not much beauty at all.
I only recorded Wu Qi’s songs in one morning, and only half of them were recorded.
The group had to go to eat and rest first. At two o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Qi's voice needed a good rest, so Yang Dongxu asked her to think about the unfinished songs, and Zhang Wen started recording.
While Wu Qi could still pass a sentence from time to time, Zhang Wen's recording lasted for two hours and ended up not finishing a sentence.
"Don't bring too much resentment. This song is not about resentment or jealousy. It's about the love between two people who are in love but not mutually agreeable. The girl had a relationship before and she gave a lot but got nothing. Return.
The man she met now was infatuated with her, but she felt like a big brother to this man. It's just that this man is willing to do anything to get the girl's love back. There is infatuation and care in the song..."
In the recording studio, Yang Dongxu was dancing and gesticulating, trying to express what he felt in his heart and what this song wanted to express so that Zhang Wen could understand.
In the past, when Yang Dongxu listened to songs, he only thought they sounded good, and he was always vague about the meaning expressed in the songs. But after several years of study, even if I accurately grasp every point in the song, I can still interpret 80% of the emotions.
"Now I believe he is Xiaoxu." Seeing Yang Dongxu anxiously describing to Zhang Wen, Luo Wenhua touched Fu Decai next to him and said.
"It feels a bit like a music producer." Fu Decai smiled. The more professional and talented Yang Dongxu is, the more promising Heina Records is, and the happier he will naturally be.
"Take a break for ten minutes. You can think about it again. We will record again later." Seeing Zhang Wen's sad face, Yang Dongxu waved his hand and announced that he would take a break.
When he came outside the recording studio and took a drink of water, Yang Dongxu's frown never relaxed.
"After all, Zhang Wen has just debuted. Take your time. Are your requirements too high?" If Fu Decai is just an outsider, Luo Wenhua is an absolute expert, so Yang Dongxu's requirements feel a bit high.
"I know my requirements may be a bit harsh sometimes, but good songs are hard to come by. If you can't sing the feeling of the song completely, it's better not to sing it. This is the first time for Hainer Records With the two songs released, I should at least let our peers see our level, right?" Yang Dongxu sighed.
I also feel that my requirements for Zhang Wen are a bit high. After all, he is a newcomer who has just debuted, not Azhe, who has great talent and voice and will become famous in the future.
But if the song "Love Like Tide" doesn't convey that flavor, this famous song will be wasted. It’s not that this song won’t be popular according to Zhang Wen’s level, but in the eyes of an insider, the quality of Hainer’s records can be seen at a glance, and he doesn’t want to embarrass himself in front of his peers.
At the same time, Azhena was his idol. Although he had never been a fanatic fan before his rebirth, he had never even attended his concerts, and he had not even bought a few genuine tapes and CDs, but he was still his idol. The song was so perfunctory that Yang Dongxu couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.
Recording continues after ten minutes.
Just after singing two lines, Yang Dongxu rushed into the recording studio and asked Zhang Wen to stop.
Zhang Wen's face didn't look good at this time. After all, no matter who it was, he had been going back and forth for two hours without saying a word and he was angry in his heart. But after he confirmed that Yang Dongxu was Xiaoxu, he didn't dare to express his anger, not to mention that the person in front of him was still his boss.
"Come out for a moment." Yang Dongxu sighed helplessly and asked Zhang Wen to come out of the recording studio.
When he came to the lounge outside, Yang Dongxu, who was frowning, reached out and took a guitar from the side and said, "I'll sing it to you again, and you can find out how it feels. But my voice is not suitable to express this song. After all, I still have It has a childish voice, but the general emotion should be similar, just listen to it."
Hearing that Yang Dongxu was about to sing, Luo Wenhua and others gathered around him, and even Wu Qi, who was familiar with the song not far away, also came over.
After holding the guitar and trying out the tune, Yang Dongxu started playing, "I don't care why you shed tears..."
Yang Dongxu's voice was a little tight when he sang the first line, and he was also a little out of tune, so he paused for a moment. Hanghang cleared his throat and started again.
"Don't ask why you shed tears
I don't care who else is in your heart
please let me give you comfort
No matter the ending is happy or sad
Traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers
............."
Yang Dongxu closed his eyes while singing. His voice was obviously different from Zhang Xinzhe's. The 13-year-old still had a childish voice in his voice.
But when Yang Dongxu spoke for the second time, Luo Wenhua's eyes suddenly lit up. Wu Qi had an incredible look on his face, and Zhang Wen's anger turned into a trace of shame.
Not to mention him, even a layman like Fu Decai could tell that Yang Dongxu's appearance was much better than Zhang Wen's singing, and the two were not on the same level at all.
After the song ended, the lounge fell silent.
"Ahem... um... how about you sing this song." Luo Wenhua said suddenly, everyone was stunned.
Zhang Wen opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. Although Luo Wenhua's words not only hit him, but may also cause him to lose the opportunity to become famous, but comparing his singing with Yang Dongxu's, it is true that Yang Dongxu is more like a singer, but he is just a fledgling who only knows how to grasp the tune. .
"I'm not interested in singing. Or I'm not interested in being a singer." Yang Dongxu shook his head. He thought about whether he should take the acting route in the future, but then he thought about it and felt that this path was not suitable for him.
He is the kind of character who likes to show off quietly, just like a passerby who doesn't show up at all. But if he encounters someone making a fuss in front of him, he will show off any identity and make the other person tuck their head into their crotch in shame. That feeling.
"Let's go here today. I'll go to the China Theater to try to get the band's affairs settled. Zhang Wen will try to understand the taste of this song. After the band arrives, if it still doesn't work, he will record the soundtrack first, and then You can listen to the soundtrack and see if it feels better." After taking a look at Zhang Wen's expression, Yang Dongxu knew that it would be in vain to continue recording, so he stood up.
"Boss, I will definitely practice singing well." Zhang Wen was a little ashamed.
If he was still a little arrogant as a Hong Kong singer before, then as soon as Yang Dongxu played and sang, he was instantly knocked into the pit. A professional singer was not as good as a little kid. What did he have to be proud of? ?
"This song may be really difficult, but it's easy to get results if you overcome the difficulties, isn't it? I dare not say anything else. As long as you can sing this song well, even if you can't sing any good songs in the future, it will be enough for you to last a lifetime. ." Yang Dongxu patted Zhang Wen on the shoulder.
At this moment, everyone felt a little dazed. It seemed that Yang Dongxu was an adult, and Zhang Wen, who was being comforted, was a child.
After leaving the recording studio, Fu Decai drove and Yang Dongxu sat in the passenger seat. Since he didn't have a driver's license and had no plans to hire a driver, Fude only temporarily acted as a driver.
