Low Key Star

  Chapter 104 [104] Huadan Opera

  Lin Yiran slept with his mother at night, and Zhang Yang had no one to accompany him, so he had to chat with Luoshen, but Luoshen was neither as cute nor as enthusiastic as Lin Yiran, and soon lost interest, and simply lay in bed alone in a daze.

Before participating in the "Sound Super League", Zhang Yang had anticipated the current situation in this circle and made mental preparations. In fact, he himself knew that what he experienced today was compared with what happened every day in this circle. , nothing counts.

  But there is still a breath held in my heart, and I can't let it out.

  In the imaginable future, unless one day he has enough strength, things like this and things that are more extreme than this will still happen.

  Just as Zhang Yang was thinking, Luoshen, who had been ignoring him just now, suddenly sighed, and said softly, "Congratulations to the host for getting the song "Snail."

   "This is also okay?"

  Zhang Yang didn't expect another surprise, "I suddenly thought of a shortcut. You said that if I go to acting and experience various emotions, will I be able to get various songs all the time?"

   "Do you have that acting skill?"

   "Didn't you say that if I pay, I will be rewarded?"

   "You can try it."

   Zhang Yang thought about it for a while, and then had to come back to reality.

  Things have been like this, there is no point in blaming others, and we can only actively prepare for the next game.

  There are ten places in the finals, half of which are occupied by the five gold seats, and there are five groups of three people in each, a total of fifteen people, competing for the final five places in the finals.

  Two songs per person.

  Zhang Yang already had plans for the two songs in the semi-finals, but after today, he had the idea to change the songs. After a night of deliberation, he finalized "Fearless" and "Lady".

  The former comes from the deeds of Huo Zongxia, and the latter is one of the four songs given by Luoshen in the recent "Tingge Jishu".

These two songs are extremely difficult for him, and singing in the competition will undoubtedly take a lot of risk, so Zhang Yang was holding back yesterday and wanted to change the song. After he really chose a new song, he was a little hesitant. stand up.

  But hesitation is hesitation. Now that a decision has been made, there is only one way to go forward. After breakfast, Zhang Yang wrote down the lyrics and music of the two songs and went to find Xia Hai.

Zhang Yang's previous five songs are quite different in both style and level. For example, there is a clear gap between "Sunny Day" and "Qingming Rain". , and these are all "saved manuscripts", which can be covered by the time difference, so although Xia Hai is strange, he is mostly shocked.

  Seeing Zhang Yang brought two songs with very different styles this time, he felt that he should be numb, but he couldn't stop being shocked, so he left Zhang Yang in the office for more than an hour, watching the two songs over and over again.

  The song "Huo Zongxia" is also Chinese style, but it is not in the same field as "Qingming Yushang", let alone written by the same person. How can folk music and Chinese style be combined with metal rock and hip-hop?

  Xia Hai was refreshed and amazed, but also had an indescribable sense of absurdity.

  In today's music scene, the vast majority of singers are learning or imitating the West, while a few are insisting on localization and the combination of Chinese and Western. Few people have really made achievements, and it is especially difficult to make achievements in "combining Chinese and Western".

   And this song "Huo Zongxia" is like distributing textbooks, and actually added a rap segment that completely refreshed his impression of Chinese rap... Such a song appeared in a talent show?

  Back in "Sunny Day", Xia Hai had faintly felt such a sense of panic, and this time it was even worse.

  The second song "Lady" shocked him even more than "Sunny Day" and "Huo Zongxia". This is not due to the suppression of quality, but mainly because: it is too subversive!

  The song "Lady" is not widely sung, it can be regarded as Jay Chou's most underrated work, and in many people's minds, it may not even be added as one.

  From harmony, melody to orchestration, everything breaks and even subverts the rules. It is obviously a Chinese style song, and the lyrics are obviously written in ancient Chinese, but the whole song does not use a national instrument, but uses a guitar to "fake" a pipa sound.

  The harmony arrangement that subverts cognition, and the sentence melody that subverts imagination, all form an extremely strong contrast with the previous song "Huo Zongxia" with the same Chinese style, and the shock it brings to musicians like Xia Hai can be called a nuclear bomb level.

These two songs can be said to have completely overturned all his previous impressions of Chinese rap. Rap ​​originated from blacks, and their pronunciation is most suitable for this style of music. Others, even American pronunciation, are difficult to control. As for those who strive to speak clearly Chinese pronunciation, it is even more difficult to find a suitable Chinese rap path.

   Over the years, many Chinese singers have tried Chinese-style rap, but no one has produced a truly horizontal work, and Zhang Yang has rap in these two songs.

   Especially the song "Lady", it can be said that it has completely changed the singing method of "according to the word" in Chinese rap, and turned it into "according to the melody".

  Xia Hai studied it many times, and vaguely realized a feasible way forward for Chinese rap: increase the speaking speed without changing the pronunciation, so as to fit the music!

  He tried to sing a few lines according to the score, then quickly raised his head and stared at Zhang Yang: "Are you sure you can sing?"

   "Try it, you can sing it with more practice."

   Zhang Yang actually tried to sing when he wrote the score, and it was indeed a bit difficult, but anyway, with the golden finger, as long as he has time, he is not afraid of being unable to control it.

  Xia Hai looked at the score again, calmed down his breath, felt a little excited, got up and said, "Go, try it!"

  Although Qilin Radio has a lot of money and wealth, professional accompaniment is not required for all programs. It is impossible to raise a professional team. Just contact when necessary. Previously, five mentors took turns to record the group knockout matches, so it was easy to find an accompaniment.

Now that the group knockout rounds are over, the rehearsal for the semi-finals is still early, and the accompaniment team is not there. However, Xia Hai has been in the music industry for many years, so naturally he will not be troubled by this matter. Ben Seagull International Building.

   Zhang Yang has some impressions of this company. First, Jiang Mo just mentioned it yesterday. Second, when Lin Suyuan's new album was reported on TV, he said that Lin Suyuan belongs to this company.

The two came to the recording studio of Seagull International, and the personnel here were basically ready. Thanks to Lin Suyuan's continuous experimentation with Chinese style, there are all kinds of ethnic musical instruments here, but there are single drums, but no row drums, which leads to publicity. "Huo Zongxia" only sang a semi-finished product.

  Of course, this has nothing to do with the drums. The main reason is that he has never learned Beijing opera, and he is powerless to the Huadan opera in the original version.

  When Zhang Yang proposed to join the drama, Xia Hai almost didn't go crazy. In the current situation, it would be hell-level difficulty to complete it in the semi-finals, so why should he add Beijing accent...

  However, he took a deep breath and said: "Okay, I'll try it, but this thing can't be done quickly, you have to be mentally prepared."

  Zhang Yang naturally understands Xia Hai's difficulties, seeing the other party being so tolerant, he is really grateful, but he doesn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing his expression, Xia Hai completely calmed down the emotions that had just surged, sighed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, frankly speaking, it's my luck to meet you—if you think I'm okay Put your heart into it, just sing it well, let me see how far this song can go.”

   Sea-Gull International is in charge of receiving a supervisor named Wu Qi. According to Xia Hai, he is an old friend of his for many years.

Listening to the conversation between the two at this time, Wu Qi also said with emotion: "No wonder Xia Hai has been praising you, saying that you will definitely be a superstar in ten years..." He raised one hand, paused, seemed to be phrasing, but finally only said A sentence: "No exaggeration, no exaggeration."

  This guy looked even more funny when he was serious. Zhang Yang resisted the feeling of wanting to laugh, and kept saying that he didn't dare. When he was thinking about trying "The Lady" again, he caught a glimpse of a familiar beautiful woman walking in.

  The accompanist greeted her a long time ago, and they all looked very familiar, calling her "Suyuan". Only then did Zhang Yang realize that this was Lin Suyuan, who had heard her name for a long time.

Xia Hai and Lin Suyuan seem to be familiar with each other. They greeted each other and introduced Zhang Yang. Lin Suyuan had already looked at Zhang Yang, stretched out a white palm like jade, and said with a smile, "I've wanted to meet you for a long time. "Sunny Day" and "Qingmingyu" "On" are super well written, remember how many songs you think of me."

   Zhang Yang had no choice but to continue to be humble, shook hands with her, and had to bend down.

  This young queen who is at the peak of her popularity is wearing denim shorts and a chiffon sleeve top, with long hair, white skin, and a graceful figure. She is much more beautiful than she looks on the screen.

  However, with Lin still in front of him, Zhang Yang can be said to have been in the sea, so he would not feel any surprise. After a few words of pleasantries, Wu Qi suddenly said: "Suyuan, haven't you practiced Beijing opera?"

  Turning to Zhang Yang and Xia Haidao: "Why don't you let Suyuan sing this passage?"

   Zhang Yang has no opinion.

  Lin Suyuan stared at the score for a while, then looked up at Zhang Yang, with a surprised expression on her face: "You wrote this?"

   "Yes." Zhang Yang nodded.

  Wu Qi asked: "How is it? Can you sing?"

Lin Suyuan hesitated and said: "If you can sing, you can sing, but if I sing it, the effect will definitely be different from what Zhang Yang wants. How about this, let me try to sing a part first, if you don't mind, I can teach you how to pronounce it...Forget it Now, when are you competing? I'll call Teacher Mei right away and ask her if she's free...Is it Huadan?"

  She didn't wait for Zhang Yang's answer, so she turned around and raised her voice to call the assistant. She took the phone, made a call, and after saying a few words, she said to Zhang Yang, "Are you free this afternoon? I'll take you to Teacher Mei's house together."

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  As a music idiot, it is really difficult to write this kind of content. Please forgive me for any mistakes. Please point them out and I will modify them as appropriate.

  The day after tomorrow it will be put on the shelves. I have been writing this chapter all day, and it is even more desperate.

  (end of this chapter)