Chapter 61: Rehearsals Before the Game!
Wu Chaoyang chatted with Xiao Weiyang a few more words before turning back to Galen and saying, "You can take this program home and watch it carefully!
"Yes!" Xiao Weiyang continued, "Actually, those lines don't need to be memorized word by word, probably the meaning is in place, and this kind of singing show wants the most natural state of the contestants!"
"Hmm!" Galen nodded, "I know, when will rehearsals begin?"
"Right now!"
Xiao Weiyang said, "Let's run in with the band first, you have two days, and you can't come here to record the championship on Wednesday, and you must not let the contestants see you in advance!"
Having said that, Xiao Weiyang took Galen to find the music executive producer of the program team, that is, the person who took Galen's selection just now.
After leaving the studio, I took the elevator up one floor to a rehearsal room.
Xiao Weiyang walked in front, please open the door for the two of you.
The eight members of the band inside, plus the teacher in charge of music just now, all looked at him when he heard the sound of the door opening.
"This is the music executive producer of our show, Lu Mucheng!"
The young man with a shaved head, black-rimmed glasses and a peaked cap introduced by Xiao Weiyang is also one of the producers of Dream Starlight's music department.
"Hello teacher!"
Galen should reach out first, no matter what, he has to make a good impression first.
"Hello! You're Galen!"
Lu Mucheng smiled, "I didn't recognize you just now! If it weren't for the big brothers in the band who heard you sing this song, I wouldn't have imagined that you would come to participate in this kicking gym!"
"Huh?"
Galen was still fresh when he heard him say this, and immediately looked at the members of the band.
He has never seen these people, and his face is vicissitudes, he is very old, he probably has to shout uncle, it seems that there is no intersection in his memory at all, how can he know him?
Seeing Galen's expression, the middle-aged man holding the guitar smiled, "Little brother, don't be confused! You definitely don't know us, that time at the Ideal Music Festival, when you performed, we were backstage, and everyone listened to your song, whether it was the live effect or the song itself, it was all first-class!"
As he spoke, he gave a thumbs up.
Galen immediately held his face, "Shame! Shame! You are all seniors who have played music for decades, where am I going!"
"Hehe! You don't have to be modest!" Lu Mucheng said with a smile, "You are very popular on the Internet now! Especially scolding Liu Pengfei's group of people, our Mengxing company applauds you!"
Galen smiled and scratched his head, he still knew the contradiction between the sparrow legend and the dream starlight, and the news was also spreading in the past few years.
At that time, after Sparrow Legend won the championship, it became popular all over the country for a while, and there were strong record companies that poached the corners, willing to pay sky-high default fees for them, and issued lucrative contracts.
This kind of good thing, with the character of the sparrow legend, of course, chose to leave.
The Starlight Show was also the first session at that time, and no one expected the show to be so popular, so the original contract was signed, and the liquidated damages were not too ruthless, and the liquidated damages were only three million, and such a cash cow was poached.
Since then, Starlight Show's contract has also become stricter, as long as he wins the weekly championship, he will immediately sign a contract with liquidated damages of 10 million.
This contract will only automatically expire if you do not qualify for the annual championship match.
A singer like Galen who has signed with another company and debuted will not let you go to the end, anyway, there are a total of five matches in the gym competition, and maybe that one will be killed.
And Galen really needs such an opportunity to show his face on TV, so he is naturally extra cautious about this kick.
A few people chatted for a while, and it seemed that they had pulled into the relationship, but in fact, they had their own thoughts.
The band are all veterans, and they have all heard the song chosen by Galen and practiced it in private, so it is easy to arrange the accompaniment.
But there are disagreements about how to allocate them.
After all, this is a TV show, Galen hopes to follow the original song, but Lu Mucheng hopes to adapt it into a rock and roll interpretation and directly ignite the scene.
The two sides were at a stalemate for a while, and finally it was the band who put forward their opinions, half of which was half of the song, the first half of which followed the original song, and the second half of which was adapted to rock.
The band's guitarist patted Galen on the shoulder and said, "Aaron, I've heard your ability to sing rock 'n' roll live, and it's a shame if you don't use it!"
"Then there's no need to rock the first show, right?" said Galen.
When he said this, everyone looked at each other.
That's quite arrogant, can you guarantee that there will be another one?
If only this one hadn't been eliminated!
Although they thought so, they couldn't say it so explicitly, Wu Chaoyang also thought the same as these people, coughed lightly and said, "Aaron, your mentality is not right, the game is different from ordinary performances, you should try your best to bring out your best every time, and treat every game as the last game, don't you say?"
"This ......"
Galen was not stupid, and he immediately heard the meaning of Wu Chaoyang's words.
It was only then that he fully understood.
This is a game, not a show, even if there is a script and dialogue, it is still a real game, a game to show his strength in front of the national audience!
"Okay then!" Galen compromised, "Or just do what the band says!" Mr. Lu, I actually think from the bottom of my heart that singing lyricism can better show singing skills and strength, I know that I can't have both, but I still want to try!"
"That's okay! You're right!" Lu Mucheng smiled, "Actually, it's okay to arrange it this way, but we have to design this conversion well, like this......"
Lu Mucheng doesn't look young, his musical attainments are very high, and in terms of arrangement, he even feels higher than Li Ronghao.
Because Li Ronghao was born as a film scorer, he pays attention to three-dimensional sense in his arrangement, and the audio-visual effect will require grandeur and relaxation, and more emphasis on artistic appreciation.
Lu Mucheng, on the other hand, attaches more importance to the on-site effect.
He knows how to use the timbre of the instrument to make the audience more auditory, he knows what kind of rhythm to use to quickly ignite the atmosphere of the scene, and he knows how to arrange the clash of chords, which can cause differences that can hit people's eardrums.
And this is a TV show, the coordination of various instruments in terms of pitch differences, can also change a lot, in general, some small details to make a slight change, improvise some elements, will make people get a very big surprise.
By Lu Mucheng's side, Galen learned a lot and gave him a lot of inspiration.
After lunch, the arrangement of the accompaniment is close to flawless.
Galen followed the band again, and after more than four minutes, he was sweating profusely, but he didn't feel tired at all.
With such a cool music effect, people can't help but want to do their best.
After temporarily closing the credit, Xiao Weiyang waved his hand, "Let's go together! I've been busy for so long, I'll invite everyone to have a good meal! I will have the energy to rehearse when I come back in the afternoon!"
"Oh!"
When the big brothers of the band heard this, they cheered, and a group of people crowded out.
The place to eat is not far away, with Xiao Weiyang here, and the topic at the dinner table has never been broken, from the distant vinyl record era to the current digital music era, feeling and helpless, the conversation box can't be closed when it is opened.
And at the dinner table, Galen also knew the process of his acquaintance with Wu Chaoyang.
At that time, Xiao Weiyang was still an executive producer, and the company had a talk show that invited singer Zhang Lei as a guest, and he was responsible for contacting Wu Chaoyang, so he knew each other.
But it has always been a relationship of nodding and greeting, this time Wu Chaoyang brought Galen here, and the situation of the two of them has undergone earth-shaking changes, not to say who is worse than whom, but recalling that year, they are all emotional.
After the meal, Xiao Weiyang stayed for a while, and then left first.
Before leaving, he arranged for Lu Mucheng to take Galen to record and record the repertoire prepared by Galen for the competition.
This is done in order to leave a foundation for the band and program group, and secondly, to facilitate post-game recommendations.
Because of participating in the show, the singing copyright of this song in the competition stage will be authorized to the "Dream Starlight Show" program team and CCTV 2, which is also a rule, and the program team will launch the [Dream Show Live Version] of this song on major websites, in order to prevent errors in the live recording, only one version can be recorded first.
This recording is the recording studio of CCTV 2, but most of the equipment in it is invested and purchased by Dream Starlight alone.
In fact, just like the studio, although it was authorized to the "Dream Starlight Show" program team, the stage construction and decoration are all responsible for Dream Starlight itself.
Recording is a thing, aura is very important, and good equipment records bad music a lot.
It is said that the recording studio used by the singer Zhang Lei has always been the equipment of the nineties of the last century, and he will not let him change it, and he feels that the recorded microphone is scum.
Recording is not a difficult task, although I only cooperated with the band members once, but with Lu Mucheng present, conducting the band on the spot, after the multi-track recording of several instruments, Galen recorded and sang again, and after several revisions and debugging, this matter was quickly completed.
After the recording, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone went back to the rehearsal room, and finally ran in rigorously and carefully.
With the recording as a reference, any problems that arise during rehearsals can be corrected at any time.
After a while, it was nearly an hour, and Lu Mucheng saw that the time had passed five o'clock, so he shouted to stop, "Let's stop today! Everyone go home and have a good rest! When we go to the scene tomorrow, our spirits will be lifted!"
Leaving CCTV, as soon as he got into Wu Chaoyang's car, Galen wilted.
Seeing him like this, Wu Chaoyang couldn't help but smile and said, "Go back at night and drink more honey water, don't stay up late, go to bed early!"
"I know!"
Galen nodded, this afternoon rehearsal is more tiring than singing for half an hour at a music festival!