Chapter 119: Two singers from Sonai's company

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"Has this software already been sold?" Takekawa asked.

"Not yet. Chen Tianliao said, "At present, it is still in the final test and refinement. There's also a team working on promotional animations. At present, two promotional videos have been made, and here, you can take a look. As he spoke, he clicked on an animated video on the desktop.

"Hey, how can you use such a simple animation to promote?" asked Takekawa curiously as soon as he saw the stickman at the beginning of the film.

Chen Tianliao smiled slightly and did not speak. The so-called stickman is a caricature form in which the human torso and limbs are abstracted into slender lines, and the head is abstracted into a large dot, which looks like a match, hence the name. Things like escape signs, traffic signs, etc., all use stickman as the image of a person. This form may seem simple, but it can also create amazing works.

"Ahh The little stickman in the animation moved. I saw the little red stickman come to a building, which appeared in the form of a section, and it was full of black stickmen. The red stickman knocked on the door, and a black stickman stepped forward to open the door. And the red stickman made a charged attack at this time. As soon as the door opened, the red stickman kicked the black man who opened the door down, and then the general entered and fought. Although it is a stickman composed of simple lines, its action design is very professional, and it almost absorbs the essence of the fighting of Chinese martial arts movies and Japanese action movies. The fight throughout the cartoon is as hearty as flowing water, no wonder Takekawa exclaimed so much.

"That's amazing, this ...... This looks simple, but it's not simple at all!" Takekawa exclaimed.

Chen Tianliao nodded with affection. In another time and space, in 2000 AD, Zhu Zhiqiang, a flash master in Huaguo, became a god in one fell swoop with the animation of stickman fighting, which established his status in the flash animation industry in Huaguo. This series, titled "Little Works", has been paid tribute to by countless flash lovers, and has even been imitated abroad. In the era of mobile phones, there are also games of stickman fighting. Chen Tianliao's work, which absorbs the essence of the small series and other people's tribute works, appears in this time and space, with a magnificent soundtrack, naturally has a greater charm.

"Great! Any independent artist who sees such an animation will have the urge to install this software and create his own animation!" Takekawa couldn't help but admire.

"That's right, that's what I'm here for. Chen Tianliao said. Then he clicked on the second work.

This is an anime that shows the pros and cons of flash software. Compared with traditional animation, flash animation has the advantages of low entry threshold, more labor-saving production, and more controllable quality. Of course, when it comes to creating animations with more complex, colorful, and detailed expressions, Flash is not up to the task. Therefore, large-scale cartoons will hardly consider flash, but small-budget cartoons have too much advantage of flash.

"This product...... How do you describe it? It's ...... It's too internet!" Takekawa can only give this adjective.

"Yes, it's made for the Internet. Or, more precisely, it was born for the early boom of the internet. Chen Tianliao nodded in agreement. In another time and place, Flash persisted until the second half of the second decade of the new century, but in 2012 it said goodbye to the smartphone platform, and in 2015 it was replaced by other software, becoming one of the vast software that was once noisy but eventually disappeared in the software graveyard.

"By the way, you're busy with this software, what happened to the songs you wrote for the singers at Sonai?" Takekawa asked.

"It's all on my computer. Chen Tianliao said. He casually opened the computer he used to create music and entered the password.

"I chose two singers and a band. Chen Tianliao introduced, "Sonai Company is really powerful, and the singers they choose are very level." It's not a big name now, but when you get the right work, they're going to make it! Look, this is the first singer I crushed, Tom McGee. Chen Tianliao pointed out a photo of a young black man on his computer.

"He has a unique timbre, a wide vocal range, a lot of technique and a great sense of musicality, which reminds me of ...... Well, it's hard to describe. Speaking of this, Chen Tianliao diverted the topic, but another name that was very loud in time and space popped up in his heart - MJ - Michael Jackson. MJ is the greatest singer of Chen Tianliao's life era, his singing talent is quite good, he became famous at a young age, he can control almost all song styles, and his characteristics are very distinct. At the same time, he is also a great music writer and producer. It's just that in China, because of cultural differences, many of his songs are not appetized to Chinese people, and there is a saying that MJ dances very well, but the songs are very general. However, there are many people who learn MJ, and there are some who dance on par with MJ, but there are almost no people who can sing songs like MJ. What's even more rare is that MJ's live is also very strong, and the quality of its singing is almost the same as that of studio recording, and there is more improvisation. It's just that there is no MJ in this time and space, so Chen Tianliao can't say how he feels.

Chen Tianliao didn't want to make McGee MJ, not to mention the difficulty, even if he succeeded in imitating MJ, it was just imitation. Chen Tianliao just picked out a few of MJ's songs and put them in a style similar to McGee's style at Sonai, and asked McGee to imitate them.

Another singer is a female singer. The vocal range of this female singer also reminded Chen Tianliao of two American singers from another time and space - Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston.

Kelly was definitely the most gifted soprano of her time, her vocal range was very wide, both high and low bass were very good, and her initial and dolphin notes were also superb. It's just that her performance is not stable enough, and she can definitely be a god at her peak, even Houston has been overshadowed, but she has also been criticized when she has a reverse voice (but even so, she is a top-notch existence). Her disadvantage is that sometimes the details are not handled perfectly, but there is no way, who calls people's talents strong, and her voice is good enough to cover some problems. It's just that she's there

In terms of singing art, Houston is a stronger female singer than Kelly, but her talent is not as good as the other party. In terms of song expression, Houston is undoubtedly much better than Kelly, but when it comes to skills such as dolphin sounds, Houston can only look at Kelly dumbfounded. If Kelly is a prodigal heroine who shows off her gorgeous martial arts with her natural skills from time to time, Houston is a well-known and decent head of a family, and she can show her profound skills in every move.

And this female singer can have the advantages of both of them, which is terrifying. Her name is Emily Johnson, her father is a white small factory owner, and her mother is a black female teacher at a university. The good family environment allowed her to learn music systematically, and coupled with her excellent talent, she rose to prominence early and was coveted by major record companies. But in the end, it was Sonai who signed a contract with her on favorable terms. By the way, Johnson's father was in the electronics industry, and Sonai used his relationship with Sonai Electronics to win over Johnson Sr. and make the signing smoother.

Compared with McGee, who is similar to MJ but cannot completely imitate MJ, Chen Tianliao is almost certain that Emily, who is so talented and educated, will be able to stand at the pinnacle of American music as long as she does not die. Chen Tianliao's eyes were red with jealousy of Sonai Music, but he knew that with his own energy, let alone Emily, even singers of McGee's level would not be able to sign a contract. It's better to honestly build an album for them and make a name for themselves.

As for the last group, the performance did not attract too much attention from Chen Tianliao, but because he wanted to show his ability, Chen Tianliao needed to choose a band, so he chose them. He combined the characteristics of the band and chose a template for them - the backstreet boys.

The Backstreet Boys are a male-pop group formed in 1993 that didn't get much attention at first until they released their first single in 1995. The single was a hit in the United States, but unexpectedly became a hit in Europe. So the backstreet boys began to go to overseas markets to make money. It was not until 1997 that they counterattacked back to the United States. Since then, they have become popular in the United States and around the world, and their albums have also sold well all over the world, becoming the most selling pop boy group. As for the musical style of this idol group...... Well, don't expect too much. Even if we don't have to expect the music of the Little Tigers and TFBOYS to be musical, it is certain that it will sound good and suit the public's taste.

Then, Chen Tianliao gave Zhuchuan a performance of the album he had written for Sonai's group—and he could only perform these songs. As for the other two, whether it is MJ, Kelly, or Houston's songs, he is still self-aware and does not dare to show ugliness.

After listening to Chen Tianliao's performance, Zhuchuan said with a smile: "Your songs are very good, and they should sell well, but this can't fully show your ability, right?"

Chen Tianliao glanced at her angrily: "Do you think I can perform a song that can show my ability?"

Takekawa Gege smiled: "That's right. You've finally got something you don't have enough talent. ”

Chen Tianliao waved his hand and said, "Don't say it, it's sad." Come with me in a week to visit the people in Sonai. ”

Takekawa said, "Why do you want to visit in a week?"

"I'm afraid I'll freak them out. I made three albums in only half a month, what do you think of me?" Chen Tianliao said confidently.

"You've been a week later, and you're still a monster!" Takekawa muttered.

"Yes. Then put it off a little longer. "Chen Tianliao is as good as a stream.