Chapter 55: Seriousness
Peng Xiangming became serious.
Fighting spirit has never been higher.
In fact, he has always been not serious, but in his personal planning, he feels that he is a professional director after all, so he has always positioned film as his main business and music as a side business.
In his general plan for the future, since "Three Kingdoms" has helped him open up a little contact, then he will copy more songs and take on the soundtracks of two TV series to make some money.
When I have some money in hand, I will first prepare to shoot a short film as a graduation work, and at the same time pull up a small team, through this short film, everyone will run in.
Then, it's time to try to launch your first full-fledged film.
So in fact, from the beginning when he planned to copy the three songs of "Three Kingdoms" and sell them to the producer, his biggest ambition in music is actually to make more money.
It's just that later, because of the sudden appearance of Daqi Records, this idea of making money has changed from copying songs to others and receiving more TV series soundtracks, to making his own studio works.
This line of thinking has not changed until yesterday.
To sum it up simply, on the road of music, in fact, his psychology is proud and timid - proud because he knows that he has too many excellent resources in his head, and purely on the road of writing songs to make money, these works are simply inexhaustible.
The reason for his timidity is that although the original owner's piano playing is actually quite good, and he has basically inherited this point now, in the final analysis, he knows very well in his heart that it is not enough to play music, even if it is relatively simple pop music, and can only play the piano.
To give the simplest example, let's not talk about singing, when the arrangement of "Phoenix Yu Fei" was taken over, and Zhou Yujie was very seriously discussed, what could he do? He didn't know anything, just copied it!
So he could only insist on his original score, and he really had nothing to say, so he said, "Intuition, right? I always rely on intuition when I write." I just think it's better that way. ”
For another example, of course, he greatly appreciates the original song of "The Sky of History", but before being beaten and demonstrated by Huo Ming and Zhou Yuhua, if he is asked to guide Zhou Shunqing, it is estimated that he can only describe his feelings again and again and let her paste the original song.
But how exactly is it pasted? Which tone, and where is it not handled correctly?
At that time, it is estimated that it will all depend on Zhou Shunqing to understand! Because he doesn't understand!
is also because of such a little ambivalence, while he is working very hard and seriously to draw nourishment from every professional musician around him, in order to try his best to cover up his ignorance and skills, and strive not to show his stuffing, but on the other hand, he is always determined to quit if he can't do it - it's a big deal that I will only write songs in the future, how to arrange and sing your own music!
It's been two months now, and in fact he's learned a lot.
Huo Ming, Zhou Yuhua, Chen Kaijie, Zhou Yujie, and even Su Cheng, Zhou Shunqing, and even Du Pengfei, the recording engineer when he first recorded the sample, etc., it can be said that every professional or unprofessional musician he met regarded others as teachers and had been secretly learning.
But this pride and timidity has not really changed.
For example, just because of a momentary move, or to put it more bluntly, just because Wu Bing had studied Yue Opera, and Li Lingyu had also studied Yue Opera, which triggered his association, and then thought of "Tianzhu Girl", and then remembered "Journey to the West", so he decided to copy this.
Of course, he also knows that even if this song is made, even if it is done well, it is not a completely outstanding work in terms of the quality of the foundation.
However, as far as a traverser is concerned, more specifically, the mentality of a traverser who has come up with a song before to amaze everyone once - if I take a random one, how bad can it be?
But as it turned out, no.
You have to be serious.
The selection of works should be serious, the production should be serious, and the singing should be serious...... Everything, be serious.
No, you can learn, and learning itself is a kind of seriousness.
Even if you have a lot of good music in your head, it is never easy to successfully present it - after all, you are not like Li Qian, who has played music for so many years in your last life!
From this, he even intuitively thought: What about movies?
In his previous life plan, he had always taken movies as his main business, but at this time, he had to think: If you graduate from the directing department, can you copy out the good movies in your head?
Even if you barely copy it, can you copy it to the full house?
Therefore, there is only the word "serious"!
Fortunately, it seems that whether it is music or movies, I should have a little talent.
So...... Done!
Starting with music, he decided to make a roll call seriously!
After receiving a little blow from Daqi Records, he called Kong Quan very calmly and explained the follow-up arrangements of "Tianzhu Girl" to him one by one.
The follow-up single release contract, the level of recommended resources selected accordingly, the specific recommendation direction, and even the specific recommendation copy, the direction of guidance for listeners, and the subsequent listing time, etc., of course, need to be done by someone, at least someone needs to supervise the implementation of the Daqi Record distribution department.
Kong Quan should be able to handle these things.
Then...... the song "Dream Chaser" has already been copied and registered for copyright, and even the first batch of songs he copied out in addition to the three songs of "Three Kingdoms", at this time, what he needs to consider is the arrangement and production.
The arrangement needs to be adjusted, and in terms of his not very advanced musical attainments so far, he also knows that this song is very good, but the original arrangement does have a strong sense of age - not bad, but a little "old", and it needs to be adjusted moderately to make it a little more modern.
Of course, the overall style and style of the original must not be ruined.
Add a little piano and some drum beats in the second half of the section, and it should be much better.
After setting a preliminary plan, he went to Huo Ming's studio, was called to play mahjong and pushed it, locked himself in Huo Ming's studio, and used his full onomatopoeia keyboard to try various collocations of the arrangement over and over again.
In Huo Ming's work intervals, he took the time to toss for two days, and pulled Huo Ming and Chen Kaijie over and over again to help put forward reference opinions.
Now he feels that he doesn't need a woman at all.
Of course, there is also the question of singing.
Previously, Chen Kaijie recommended him a vocal teacher who was said to be very powerful, but after asking for contact information, Peng Xiangming never called, because in his plan, of course, he had the intention of standing at the front desk to be a singer in person, but this plan was even after his first movie.
Now I called, politely made an appointment with the teacher, and ran over.
This teacher is very powerful, speaks very kindly, but the price is not harmonious at all, an hour of class, one-to-one, the price is 12000, and this teacher never provides door-to-door teaching, because it is said that she insists that teaching and seeking truth are closely linked, and students take the initiative to seek advice, and the attitude will be serious, serious, and there is value in teaching.
Of course, Peng Xiangming was very serious, so he came to the door on time to ask for advice at the agreed time.
The teacher's name is Qian Fenghe, who looks less than fifty years old, very graceful and beautiful, and there is a young girl next to him as an assistant, who is said to be her student.
Entered the door, talked a little, fully understood Peng Xiangming's intention, the assistant brought a glass of boiled water, and handed it to Peng Xiangming with his own hands, let him hold it, drink it at any time, and then went to the piano, and the teacher played the piano to measure the sound.
It is to let you pronounce it naturally, and you can sing it how you normally sing.
With the guidance of the teacher, Peng Xiangming learned his approximate vocal range for the first time.
His true voice was shouted until it broke, and it actually reached G5, a very high tone. Of course, not to mention the G5, since the C3, the sound has become very thin and dry, and it is a difficult sound to hear.
And it's not stable at all, and if you're not careful, you will break it.
The teacher also said that as long as the voice starts to become unnatural, then the vocal cords will inevitably be damaged if you continue singing.
In fact, when he originally sang KTV, he didn't wait for C3, Peng Xiangming was already used to using falsetto - the last time he sent Zhou Yujie the score of "Phoenix Yu Fei", Zhou Yujie also mentioned that Peng Xiangming entered the falsetto too early, and he still had all the spare energy.
It took about half an hour to basically complete the test and positioning of the natural sound, and Qian Fenghe said that Peng Xiangming's vocal cord condition is quite good.
The fundamental reason is that his bass is very durable, solid and textured, which is already rare.
And what is even more rare is that on the basis of good bass, from C1 to A2, he actually has a section of timbre that is quite beautiful, full, and transparent in the treble area, although it is not very stable now, but the teacher is very sure that after systematic training, his voice in this treble area can be completely stabilized.
Even if he digs well, it is entirely possible for him to go up to C3 in the treble - in this case, the usable range is available on the premise of ensuring that the timbre is fuller.
And when Qian Feng and the teacher were doing training and singing, they also caught a little mute from him in the place between A2 and B2 - of course Peng Xiangming himself knew this, when he sang blindly, he could occasionally sing it, but he deliberately wanted to find it, but it was not easy to find.
The teacher taught him a way to easily capture this trace of muteness.
This made Peng Xiangming feel that even if it was just this small skill, it would be worth the price of this class: this dumb voice is used well, and in some special songs, it can greatly enhance the appeal of the voice.
So, when he came, his attitude was already relatively serious, and when he left, he even had a feeling of throwing himself to the ground - professional, that is, professional, not convinced.
Of course, before leaving, I made an appointment with the assistant for the next class, and I used WeChat to give the money when I went out.
When I returned home, I began to consciously train my breath and larynx according to the method taught by the teacher, looking for that sense of resonance, and worked hard to train myself to maintain the stability of my voice.
Frankly speaking, I really learned it, but I thought it was quite fun.
Even when he made an appointment with Zhao Jianyuan, Qi Yuan, and Chen Xuan at night, Peng Xiangming directly vetoed the mutton skewers - the chili pepper is quit, and the beer is no longer drunk, so I can just deal with it casually.
During the meal, everyone looked at him.
But he was at ease.