"What type of song?"

Hikaru Utada was interested, and then added with a strange expression, "It's not going to be noise music again, is it?"

Lin Hai's expression instantly fell, and he waved his hand and said, "Of course not!

Lin Hai now feels a headache whenever he hears the word "noise". After the last time he collaborated on the soundtrack, Xavier seemed to open the door to a new world, and during this time he often called Lin Hai and mentioned "noise" after a few words.

Like Xavier, Kenji Kawai also likes to label people indiscriminately, the golden retriever who also admonished Lin Hai at the beginning, and later learned of the reaction at the Cannes Film Festival, and in turn began to encourage Lin Hai to go to the road of no return.

In his words - the master of noise is also a master, and if you follow this path, you should be on an equal footing with me by the age of thirty.

Lin Hai said that if he could only mix to the level of a golden retriever after ten years, then he might as well find a piece of tofu and kill him early.

Faced with Hikaru Utada's question, Lin Hai replied: "It has little to do with the style of music, and it has to do with singing...... It doesn't really matter either. ”

"Huh?"

Utada looked up his face, stared at Lin Hai suspiciously, and said dissatisfiedly: "You shouldn't be joking with me, right?"

Lin Hai motioned for her to calm down and asked, "Do you know how to reverse the string?"

"What do you mean...... Female?"

Although Hikaru Utada grew up in the United States, she is not ignorant of her own culture, and when it comes to anti-strings, she instinctively thinks of "female form".

The female form is a form of performance in which Japanese Kabuki appears in a specific period of time.

At first glance, it sounds similar to Mei Lanfang's meaning of singing Hua Dan, but the reason for the appearance of "female form" and the reputation at that time are not very good.

Kabuki is a traditional form of Japanese performance, and the early performers were all women, so the word "伎" at that time was next to the female character.

One word difference, smart people know what it means.

In the Edo period, the shogunate banned women from performing kabuki due to corrupt customs, and "Wakazu Kabuki" was created.

"Wakazu" means young man, and the shogunate felt that the performance of Kabuki by Wakazu would avoid the decline of the world, however...... I can only say that it doesn't matter if you are a man or a woman if you can play.

So, the female form only existed for more than twenty years before it was banned again.

The subsequent development of Kabuki will not be described too much here, but in modern times, Japan also has the form of "male masquerading" and "female pretending to be male".

Although the example given by Mitsuru Utada made people feel awkward, Lin Hai thought about it and felt that it could be roughly understood, so he nodded and said, "That's pretty much what it means." ”

As soon as Lin Hai's words fell, Hikaru Utada subconsciously took a step back and asked vigilantly, "You shouldn't have any strange habits, right?"

Lin Hai felt that he couldn't cry or laugh, and said angrily: "What do you think, I'm just making an analogy." ”

"But ......"

"No, but. Lin Hai said bluntly: "When I say reverse string, I mean the reverse string of voices, have you ever thought about singing like a man?"

"It's unlikely, isn't it?" Hikaru Utada said, "If you use falsetto, men can imitate women's voices, but women can imitate men......"

"It's too hard. ”

Lin Hai spoke for her: "Indeed, because of the structure of the vocal cords, it is difficult for women to make a deep and deep voice like a man, but I don't plan for you to imitate it, we can solve it by technical means, such as software tuning......"

……

Some readers may have remembered it.

That's right, the last time I made the soundtrack for "Tokyo Eye", Lin Hai noticed that the software Auto-Tune had come out, and at that time he was thinking about cutting off the "patent" of the "Cher Effect" first.

The reason why Lin Hai has not taken action for a long time, in addition to the complexity of things, the most important reason is that he does not have a suitable distribution channel.

Some people may say that Lin Hai can post the music on the Internet after making it.

It is true that the Internet in 1998 has met the conditions for disseminating musical works, but Lin Hai wants more than just being heard, he wants a wider influence.

Lin Hai doesn't want to be the Tesla of the music industry.

……

"You're such a genius!" Utada Hikaru was excited after hearing Lin Hai's thoughts.

Hikaru Utada's reaction made Lin Hai very satisfied, talking to smart people was a matter of convenience, at least there was no need to bother to explain the reason for doing so.

In fact, "Cher Sound Effect" is not complicated, it is just that the female voice is adjusted to a male voice through software. After a few years, this practice can be easily done by slightly more professional UP hosts or anchors, and the Internet scammers will play the voice change perfectly, and I don't know how many ignorant teenagers have been harmed.

However, in 1998, this approach was groundbreaking, and it provided musicians with a completely new way of thinking -

Vocals can be played with more tricks.

If you don't understand what it means, you do.

Sound editing software, represented by Auto-tune, has had a great impact on the development of pop music as much as retouching technology has on photography.

This impact is focused on two main areas.

First, it broadens the way music producers think about arrangement.

For example, the representative work of the Korean boy band BigBang is "Fantastic-Baby". This song can be found on the Internet with no accompaniment, and if you are interested, you can listen to it, and maybe after listening to it, you will find it hilarious, and you will feel that these people are not singing seriously at all.

If you think so, prove that you are a layman.

For the uninitiated, the song's arrangers are amazing in their use of vocal effects.

Of course, that's not to say that musicians didn't try something similar before Auto-tune. Whether it's electronic sounds, reverbs, overdrives, pitch shifts, or harmonies, some people have tried it, but due to technical limitations, the effect is not as rich as later.

Of course, there is a good side to everything, and there is a bad side.

The negative impact of Auto-tune is that it has greatly lowered the entry threshold for the profession of singers, so that later, young singers in some countries have become a common phenomenon that their singing skills are not up to par - anyway, I can repair my voice, so instead of honing my singing skills, I should show off my face, sell cuteness, and tell jokes......

……

Some countries do not specifically refer to domestic.

In fact, there are not no forward-looking singers in China.

Take an example - Liu Huan.

Liu Huan's album released in 2003 has a cover of a nursery rhyme - "Feed the Chicken", this song combines "vocal special effects", "RAP", "pop rock" and other elements, in that era full of "light songs and slow rock", "hoarseness", "you love me and I complain", it is enough to be called an innovative move.

Unfortunately, this innovation was ruthlessly rejected by the market.

What's even more sad is that after this song unexpectedly became popular in the future, it was regarded as Liu Huan's "black history" and was regarded as an after-dinner joke.

Black History?Jokes?Brainwashing Divine Comedy?

Hehe......

(Temporary worker: The boss is too irritable, I secretly deleted 385 words, don't keep quiet.) ）

……

Back to music.

Changing to a newcomer in the music scene who has just debuted, after listening to Lin Hai's flickering, I am afraid I agreed without hesitation, but Hikaru Utada is not a white person in the end, she asked cautiously: "Let's sing together?"

Lin Hai nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Hikaru Utada breathed a clear sigh of relief.

Lin Hai noticed her reaction and deliberately joked: "If you were asked to sing solo, would you refuse?"

"I ......" the tangled on the girl's face flashed and said firmly—"I do!"

"Haha, just kidding you, how can this kind of showy thing be cheap for you?"

“……”

Utada glanced at Lin Hai, puffed out his face and said, "In that case, it's better for you to be in the limelight yourself!"

Seeing this, Lin Hai hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, it's just a joke......"

……

Some of the limelight can't be messed up.

There's an unspoken rule in the music industry (not the way you think) – if a musician's work is characteristic, it's easy to label him or her.

It's a big headache.

Take online novels as an example, once a writer is labeled as "the originator of XX stream, the god of XX stream", it will be even more difficult to change the style, and it will even affect the future development of the writer.

This is why Lin Hai does not want to be labeled as a "noise master".

What you need to do right now is more troublesome than making noise, and if you are not careful, you will be labeled as a "Gay-icon".

Gay-icon, which translates to "gay idol".

The group of comrades (who don't know how to ask Du Niang) is a minefield in the entertainment industry in most countries, and if you step into it, you will either go to heaven or have no bones.

Lin Hai didn't count on the heavens, he just wanted to avoid the minefield, so he had to drag Yu Tada Hikaru into the water.

The duet itself is a signal – it's a song with a normal orientation, don't label me randomly.

I have to say that Lin Hai has a strong sense of self-help, but he forgot that people who like labels are never unreasonable......

……

"Do you have any creative inspiration?"

Hikaru Utada finished asking and took the initiative to explain the reason for asking.

"My contract with EMI in the United States is about to expire, and if I renew it, I want to transfer back to China, but in this way, it is inconvenient to release records in the United States. ”

Lin Hai knew what she meant. Away from the big labels, although there are still independent labels to choose from, the publicity (if any) and the distribution effect will be greatly reduced.

Lin Hai asked, "Can you convince EMI to release the film?"

Hikaru Utada thought for a moment and said, "If you just post a single, it should be fine." ”

"That's fine. Lin Hai pointed to his head and said, "The inspiration is here, and it can be recorded at any time." ”

"What type?" the question went back to the question.

Lin Hai grinned and asked rhetorically, "Do you know how to rap?"