Cheng Xiaoyu has done so much foreshadowing in front of her, just to let Mary Hughes know how well she knows her singing style and voice, and finally logically threw out the killer feature she mastered, and then won Mary Hughes, the world-famous diva of strength, in one fell swoop. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The reason why the laying has been paved for so long is also because Cheng Xiaoyu's purpose is not only to impress Mary Hughes to join the crew of "The Voice of America", but also to let her sign a record contract with "The Sound of Rain".

From the perspective of negotiation, he wants to peel off the other party's heart little by little, slowly build up an advantage, and then take the initiative.

Cheng Xiaoyu looked at Mary Hughes very seriously with her mobile phone, and said sincerely: "Ms. Hughes, believe me, after hearing it, you won't understand why I came to visit in person today." ”

Mary Hughes didn't look at the mobile phone in Cheng Xiaoyu's hand, but stared at Cheng Xiaoyu's eyes, wanting to see something in his eyes, she raised her head and said with some contempt: "The song you wrote?"

"You know when you hear it. Cheng Xiaoyu said with a smile.

Mary Hughes hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay! Give you one last chance..... Please leave after listening to it, and don't think that a song will move me!"

Cheng Xiaoyu nodded and said very confidently: "After listening, if you don't open your mouth to keep me, you don't need to drive me away, I will leave consciously." ”

Mary Hughes turned to the Filipino maid next to her and shouted, "Bring me my headphones." ”

Cheng Xiaoyu did not prepare headphones, and many musicians do not like to use other people's headphones.

After a long silence on the balcony, neither of them spoke, and when the Filipino maid took her headphones and plugged the cable into Cheng Xiaoyu's CD, she pressed play.

As soon as the solemn and muffled sound of the organ sounded, a female voice burst through her brain from the headphones.

She closed her eyes and felt herself standing in a spacious and bright rose garden, with endless green jungle at both ends, the breeze blowing, the whole world seemed crystal dazzling against the background of the tender green grass, in the ethereal and dreamy song, the grass was growing wildly, and then the slow and gentle sound brushed the green carpet, leaving a shadow like the wind blowing the sea.

Cheng Xiaoyu's gift to this incomparable singer is naturally something she can't resist, and the demo sung by Xia Shamo on this CD at the moment is not simply a song tailored by Cheng Xiaoyu for Mary Hughes.

It's a new way of singing, a way of singing that Mary Hughes can transform in a gorgeous way.

Mary Hughes at this moment and from the beginning of the expression relaxed to the current expression of solemnity, the female vocal sense and expression in it is quite strong, the singing style obviously follows her own style, but not as "tough" as before.

Although she is also soaring high notes, she still has gentle femininity in her high-pitched timbre, and the techniques used are quite mellow and free, especially the control of the initial note has been perfected, and the high chest voice can not find flaws, and she also knows how to make better use of various parts of the body to bring out high-quality resonance, not like her previous violent singing method of pure spelling.

This is simply a new way of singing for her to return to the top.

When the song was finished, Mary Hughes took off her headphones, she pulled back her chair and sat down, hiding her excitement and asking, "Who sang it?" and this song is great, which makes me want to sing now." ”

Cheng Xiaoyu smiled and asked, "Is it important for you to have a date at night?"

Mary Hughes said expressionlessly: "It doesn't matter if you go on a date or not." ”

Cheng Xiaoyu looked at the time and said, "It's almost six o'clock, I have to rush home for dinner.....

Mary Hughes said without looking back: "Yin Meida, go and prepare dinner, I will invite this gentleman to dine at home." Then she turned her head to look at Cheng Xiaoyu, who was still standing, and said, "Cheng, I have to admit that you really moved me..... Now tell me what you want. ”

Cheng Xiaoyu sat back on the chair again, he picked up the cup and took a sip of black tea calmly, and then said: "Ms. Hughes, when you first debuted in 1997, you were called Taylor Claeson version 2.0 because of your amazing golden and thick chest voice, in fact, in my opinion, your style is completely different from Taylor Claesson. ”

Of course, no one said that when you released your second album, because your personal style is still very obvious. At this time, you have pushed you to the vocal altar at the age of 20 with your professional gospel music singing and all kinds of divine comedy that bombarded the whole section in the high register. ”

"But unfortunately, the root of the bane was also buried during this time, because your singing style is too violent, there is no scientific use of mixed voice transition, but all the real voice is used for the cost, which leads to some devastating voices later. ”

"The Madison Garden debut 10th anniversary concert in 2007 has become your pinnacle, at this time your sphenoid sinus resonance is completely opened, and the resonance moves back, which is very rare in popular singing, and this kind of singing makes the sound particularly ethereal and silky and elastic, but there is no lack of metallic texture. ”

"To be honest, I shudder when I watch the DVD of your concert now! At this time, your belting (high-pitching technology) has really reached the pinnacle of excellence, and your unique capital has created your unparalleled brilliance. ”

Cheng Xiaoyu paused and said very sincerely: "In my opinion, if you don't say that there is no one to come, at least you can be regarded as an unprecedented singer." ”

When Mary Hughes heard Cheng Xiaoyu say this, her originally tense face relaxed slightly, and no one could remain serious in the face of such a proper compliment, because this was not a blind boast, but an interpretation of her former glory from a professional point of view.

Cheng Xiaoyu sighed and said: "But unfortunately, at this scene, you still adopted the fierce expression of the past, and you are still consuming your remaining little capital, and finally your poor performance at the 2009 ABC TV's 'Christmas Lighting Ceremony' was bombarded by the media and the audience and walked off the altar." ”

Speaking of this, Mary Hughes's face changed again, and she said impatiently: "I don't need you to tell me this, I know in my heart what I have experienced, now you just need to tell me the details of this singing......"

Then Mary Hughes said coldly: "Even if you don't say it, now that I've heard it, I can slowly figure it out, so don't think about the lion's mouth!"

For her, that experience was the biggest stain on her life, the past she was most reluctant to recall.

Cheng Xiaoyu also watched the video of Mary Hughes's performance in the "Christmas Lighting Ceremony", just from Mary Hughes's painful expression, you can see how hard she struggled during the performance that night, not only did all the trebles above E5 dodge, but there were even many broken and almost broken parts, the chest sound can be heard trying to maintain beautiful sound quality, but it is still dry and dull, and the high vacation at the end is about to drift to her grandmother's house.

After the performance, Mary Hughes was blackened in all kinds of ways, and what the US imperialist media are best at is saying cool things in advance, and unscrupulously falling into the well afterwards, and all kinds of spoofs appeared on the Internet, etc.

However, according to Cheng Xiaoyu's understanding, part of the reason for not opening her voice that night was because 2 hours before the Christmas performance, Mary Hughes was still in court and her second husband Mark Sultan, the president of Sony Records.

This is also Mary Hughes's bad luck, both husbands are scumbags, especially the second husband married her, purely to use marriage to tie up her acting career, but after the "Butterfly" album went downhill, she was no longer taken seriously.

Therefore, Mary Hughes still has a deep grudge against Sony, which is one of the reasons why Cheng Xiaoyu must want to invite Mary Hughes.

Cheng Xiaoyu shook his head and said: "Ms. Hughes, you also know that this singing method is specially created for you, how much effort is condensed in it, as a singer, I think you should understand..... This singing method is called Rococo singing, and after you have just heard it, you should understand that this singing style is almost impossible for others to imitate except for a few top singers. ”

Cheng Xiaoyu's Rococo singing method is the one in memory of the queen Maria Kelly, who also experienced the "inverted voice", after ten years of basic annihilation of the midrange area, the uneven high-pitch area, and the hoarse and dry regression of the bass area at that time.

Its basic formula is the song = flower cavity x (medium and low air tone x 0.8 + high voice x 0.2), and at the same time, it also puts aside the large section of air singing in the middle period, only embellishment, most of which are interpreted with chest tones, of course, there are more details that are not described in detail, and it is difficult to grasp and understand for a while.

After Mariah Carey used this singing method, the major media also reported it as "the return of the greatest voice", fully affirming Mariah Carey's singing style change and artistic achievements.

For a singer of Mary Hughes's rank as Maria Carey, the consequences of "inverting the voice" are basically the same, so this style of singing also applies to Mary Hughes.

But if you can't reach this level, it's hard to master this kind of singing.

And why was Maria Carey able to develop this singing, but Mary Hughes couldn't?

Because Mariah Carey is not only a great singer, but also a very good composer, Cheng Xiaoyu's copy of "Hero" was written by herself.

Mary Hughes looked at Cheng Xiaoyu with her hands on her chest and said, "It's because I understand that I will sit down again..... I will give my sincerity first, I am willing to participate in your show, and the appearance fee is easy to say....."

When Cheng Xiaoyu saw Mary Hughes with her hands crossed over her chest, she knew that she had broken through Mary Hughes's inner defense, because this was a clear defensive posture, indicating that the person concerned had a sense of certainty that there was hope and confidence in the future, but there was no sense of certainty that everything was under control.

This posture implies self-protection, encouragement, and support, and is not aggressive.

So Cheng Xiaoyu relaxed his body and said with a natural smile: "I must pay a higher appearance fee than 'American Idol', and besides, Ms. Hughes, I don't want to blackmail you with this, but I hope you can sign a record contract with our 'Sound of Rain', and I will produce your next album for you, I think after understanding just now, you should have confidence in me." ”

Seeing that Mary Hughes's expression had begun to suffer from gains and losses, Cheng Xiaoyu said very firmly: "By the way, I personally have a lot of grievances with Sony, I think we can reach a consensus in many aspects, and I will definitely be able to help you return to the position that belongs to you." ”

Comeback, for Mary Hughes, is indeed a choice that requires careful consideration of life and death, and the aura of diva will disappear in the rout of record sales again and again.

But she is also desperate to get back into the spotlight and re-enter the music throne that once belonged to her......

Cheng Xiaoyu said softly on the side, like an angel's whisper: "What are you still hesitating about? That song just now is enough for you to land on the billboard again......

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