In order to meet the requirements of the fast-paced Internet era, music began to integrate styles, rock and hip-hop, pop and electronic, and rhythm and blues and rap...... In particular, synthesized sound effects are all the rage, rhythm is king more than melody, and the nature of music is quietly changing. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This is the trend of the times, and it is undeniable that many excellent music have been born from it, but people can't help but feel sorry for it, is there no room for more pure music? Has it been that those classic and retro melodies have faded their colors?

At the beginning of the birth of music, it expresses people's joys and sorrows, the ups and downs of life, and the ups and downs of fate. Bob Dylan, The Beatles and others were able to go down in history thanks to this. But now, this purity has faded away.

It's like the city of sounds.

The same song "Cleopatra", to Herbert's ears, is reminiscing about the lost golden age, remembering the lost pure music, and mourning the future of the future.

"It's too late, it's too late...... When I die, I won't miss it again", every lyric is so true, so earnest, so sad.

The golden age of music has disappeared forever in the long river of time, and music is also stepping into the footsteps of Hollywood, and the high development of commercialization has begun to poison the purest pure land in the depths of the heart -- the music of the past, from rock to rhythm and blues, from folk to punk, the history of change, the music of the past, grunge, pop-punk, soul pop, jazz and blues, etc., the music of the past, expressing the deepest emotions of the heart, touching the most sensitive softness of the soul...... But now, it's all gone.

"I used to be Cleopatra, I used to be taller than the roof, but all the past has gone with the wind, and now the nurse in white shoes leads me back to the guest room, with only a bed and a bathroom, a place to the end. ”

Gradually moving towards the passionate melody, like the cheers of a carnival, dazzling, the whole world is immersed in jubilation and excitement, but Lan Li's singing has a faint sadness, as if dancing alone in the surging crowd, and the bitterness of loneliness and loneliness is scattered all over the ground in the cheerful dance steps.

Extreme noise and extreme loneliness, extreme joy and extreme sadness, at this moment, are magnificently and magnificently outlined. Breaking through all restraints, breaking through all defenses, breaking through all protection, and hitting him in the chest hard, the memories of the past twenty years flooded in an instant, caught off guard, and extremely embarrassed.

Before the brain could react, tears had blurred the vision, looking at the empty recording studio in front of me, the former glory had been drifted away with the wind, "a place to the end", how understated, but how magnificent.

The melody ended, but Herbert still couldn't come back to his senses, frozen in place, scarred and dazed. The faint melancholy floated in my heart, and the bitterness surging on the tip of my tongue danced, but I couldn't swallow it, and time seemed to stop in the curling cigarette.

"Herbert?"

Herbert's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a call, and he lowered his head in a panic, hiding the panic in his eyes, and took a deep breath, "What...... What's wrong?" he regained his composure when he looked up again—at least on the surface, but the turmoil in his heart still couldn't be calmed down.

"How do you feel?" Lan Li's voice came from the microphone, with an inquiring look in his eyes.

Herbert was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered. They're recording, they're working.

Looking back on it, Lan Li's singing doesn't seem to have too many fancy skills, simplifying the complex, stripping off all those vibrato, dragging, and transposition, and even the only place in the whole song that soars high notes, he also gave up the use of falsetto, just like an amateur singer, pulling his voice and howling.

But it is precisely this simplicity that expresses the purest, simplest and most simple emotions in the song, and the rich emotions burst out in Lan Li's voice, with a hint of hoarseness in the brightness, and a hint of loss in the warmth. All the emotions are faint, the clouds are light and the wind is light, but the waves set off are turbulent, making people collapse.

Of course not, Herbert could at least pick out double-digit errors and omissions, but Herbert didn't want to spoil the innocence that was so pure that something seemed to be missing.

Raising his head, Herbert looked at Lan Li bathed in the light, but his immature face had vicissitudes that did not match his age between his eyebrows, he recalled the argument just now, Lan Li not only insisted that the arrangement should be simple, but also insisted that the lyrics and singing are also part of the song, which can form a richer layer;

A guitar, a lamp, a melody, so simple that it was even a little rudimentary, but he just stood quietly and sang in place, as if this was the original appearance of music. This reminds Herbert of Bob Dylan.

"Good. Herbert spoke into the microphone, but found that his voice was terrible hoarse, which made him casually pick up the hot milk next to him, which was already a little cold at this time, and took a big sip. It was only after the milk was imported that he reacted - when was it brought here?

But without much thought, he continued, "You have to pay attention to the ventilation." Normally, when you're performing, you don't have any problems ventilating, but in the studio, all the details are amplified, and your ventilation is subtle and natural, but the microphone still captures it. ”

This is a mistake that many novices will make, and Lan Li is already considered good, and there are many singers who lack confidence, and the rhythm and length of the ventilation are problematic, which becomes very frustrating in the recording studio - especially many rock singers are old smokers, so they change the way they sing, and use roars to cover up the flaws of the air sound.

"Okay, I got it. Lan Li nodded, the studio was new to him, even more alien than the set, and there were many things to learn from scratch, "What else?"

Herbert thought about it seriously, he could correct the way Lan Li was pronounced, and he could also correct the high-pitched details of Lan Li, but ...... "No." Herbert spoke, and after he finished speaking, he couldn't help but nod slightly, thought about it seriously, and said again, "No." ”

Lan Li made an "OK" gesture, then lowered his head and began to think, thinking about what to do with the next recording.

Looking at Lan Li's serious thinking, Herbert smiled dumbly, "Lan Li, you don't have to worry too much. Ninety percent of the singers are recorded one by one in the recording studio, not the whole song in one go, and some singers even record it sentence by sentence. So, don't worry about ventilation. ”

Lan Li showed an expression of sudden realization, and then asked curiously, "But, if you record it sentence by sentence, won't the whole song become fragmented?" The lyrics and melody are combined, and if the whole song is cut into countless pieces, that emotion will naturally be separated.

"For electronically synthesized music, there is no such concern. Herbert didn't hide his rejection of electronic synthesized music, paused, the words had already come to his lips, thought about it, swallowed, and changed the subject, "If you're ready, let's start the official recording." You sing to your rhythm first, and we'll record the lead song to the chorus part of the first part, and see how it goes, understand?"

"Understood. Lan Li said that he had received it, and subconsciously picked up the lyrics on the music stand, wanting to relieve his tension - after all, music is not a performance, not his original profession, he is still a little uncomfortable, but after picking up the lyrics, he found that this is the score of the Spitfire Band, not his, so he put it down again.

Seeing Lan Li's appearance like this, Herbert still couldn't hold back after all, "Lan Li, I don't know if you are an excellent actor, but I know that you are an excellent singer." He didn't pay attention to the Emmys or anything, and he didn't watch "The War in the Pacific", but he just learned from Andy that Lan Li's main job is to be an actor, that's all, "You have the talent to be an outstanding singer." ”

After all, Herbert was still not used to complimenting others, so he covered up his embarrassment with a cough, lowered his head and pretended to be busy, not wanting that the cigarette in his hand had finally burned to the end, burning his fingers, and throwing the cigarette butt aside in a panic, really embarrassed.

Lan Li was stunned, obviously not expecting Herbert's praise, and then seeing Herbert's panic, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, he said into the microphone, "That's terrible, Andy doesn't want to hear the news." ”

Herbert's playful words made Herbert laugh heartily, and the embarrassment was resolved, "His reaction is not something I need to worry about. What I need to worry about now is the recording work. We've got to pick up the pace, and we're charging by the hour. ”

"Haha. Lan Li also burst out laughing.

It's a very interesting thing to work with Herbert, the ideas of the two people can always collide with many sparks, sometimes it's Lan Li who inspires Herbert, sometimes it's the other way around, the first experience of the recording studio is a memorable thing, whether it's the historical weight of the sound city, or Neve8028's pickiness, it's a new challenge for Lan Li, especially listening to his voice coming from the headset, and still singing, that feeling is really ...... Weird - or rather, wonderful.

"Cleopatra" and "Ophelia" were recorded much faster than expected, and it took four days before and after a day break because the studio was rented by Spitfire for the whole day, and the two singles were recorded without a hitch.