Chapter 68: The recording is complete
When Jiang Lin was busy with Li Man's album production, after a period of fermentation, "Don't Say Goodbye" became more and more popular, and quickly ranked among the top ten of many music charts, especially popular on the campuses of colleges and middle schools.
In this trend, the playback volume of the two songs "Serving the Country with Loyalty" and "The Bride Is Not Me" is also growing rapidly, among which "Serving the Country with Loyalty", which is obviously better in quality, seems to have the momentum of the year's hit songs, and on the Internet forum, there are many voices that think that such a good song that promotes the national spirit should be put on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, so that the Chinese sons and daughters all over the world can hear it, and this popularity has far exceeded Jiang Lin's expectations when he first cast the song.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is September 12th.
"Oh, that's great, this 'The Promise' is sure to be one of the most popular songs on Leeman's album." Although his eyes were already bloodshot, Ji Chengshan's expression was full of excitement, even though he had already been impressed by Jiang Lin's extraordinary singing talent, but when he saw the score of "The Promise", he was still deeply shocked again, both the melody and the lyrics were amazing.
"Well, it's a lot better than I expected." Hearing the finished song produced overnight, Jiang Lin suddenly felt that the hard work was worth it, when it came to the artistic conception of the lyrics and the way of interpretation, Faye Wong's Cantonese version undoubtedly killed Zhou Hui's Chinese version, but it is undeniable that Zhou Hui's sweet singing style and slightly cheesy lyrics poked at the soft place in the public's heart, which was conducive to singing, at least in the Chinese-speaking world in non-Cantonese-speaking areas.
Zhou Hui's singing is obviously very good, originally he was still a little worried about whether Li Man could sing well, but the facts once again proved that he could produce this truth, after Li Man's passionate singing and Ji Chengshan's careful post-production, Li Man's version of "Promise" seems to be a step up from Zhou Hui's version.
It's not just "Promise", "The Quiet Sea That Summer", "Feathers", "Bad Sister", "Little Lucky", and "Eyelash Curl" are all above the original, only "Wild Son", "Don't Say Goodbye", and "Wish" are slightly inferior, and "Grandma's Penghu Bay" is on par with his favorite version of Gong Yue.
"Ha, it's better than expected, such a good song, if she doesn't sing it well, it's unforgivable." Ji Chengshan smiled, and then couldn't hide his regret: "It's a pity that it's too late, otherwise I should shoot a few more MVs, but it's good to set the title song early, otherwise it's time to have a headache which song to choose as the title song." ”
Speaking of which, Ji Chengshan was both a little lucky, but also deeply emotional, the six songs that Jiang Lin took out in front of him were amazing enough, but he didn't expect him to come up with four good songs in a short period of time, four good songs with completely different styles, good and incredible songs, together with the previous six songs, among which "Promise", "Grandma's Clear Water Bay", "The Quiet Sea That Summer", "Wild Son", "Little Lucky" are all top good songs, considering the need to have a fast song to play the main song, anyway, let him choose two from the five songs, It was hard for him to make up his mind which two of them to choose.
Jiang Lin showed a wry smile, there are too many excellent songs, sometimes it is distressing, he previously felt that as the intensive launch of the main trilogy "Bad Sister", "That Summer's Quiet Sea", "Grandma's Penghu Bay" can be called perfect, but after hearing Li Man's excellent interpretation of "Promise" and "Little Lucky", he was suddenly shaken.
"Mr. Ji, what do you think of replacing "The Quiet Sea That Summer" in the title song with "The Promise"?" After all, Jiang Lin couldn't hold back the impatience in his heart.
"It's really hard to choose, the two songs have very different styles and have their own unique charms." Ji Chengshan said distressedly.
"Yes, that's exactly the problem, "The Quiet Sea That Summer" is more pleasant, "The Promise" is more moving, forget it, it's still the same, "The Quiet Sea That Summer" is more suitable for the album title and the theme of youth." Jiang Lin shook his head: "By the way, Mr. Ji, what do you think of the recording of "Wish", I think Li Man sings well, but it is a little thin, maybe it is better to find someone to sing together." ”
With the original song as a comparison, he can naturally intuitively judge Li Man's singing level, among the three songs that are slightly inferior to the original singing, "Wild Son" is because Su Yunying's singing voice is too special, and "Don't Say Goodbye" is because Li Man's own experience is not as rich as that of the good sister band, these two are difficult to change in a short period of time, only "Wish" is because the chorus part of the four girls has brought him more touch, in fact, in terms of singing skills and timbre, Li Man is stronger than Wang Ze.
"Looking for someone to sing together? When you say this, I also feel that I have recorded a little less before, can you try it first, Jiang Lin, who do you want to find to sing? Ji Chengshan asked.
"Hanhai Records should have a signed female artist who is about the same age as Li Man, it doesn't take too much, just find two or three people, I hope to make "Wish" a feeling that the sisters will say goodbye to the past after graduating from high school and look forward to the future." Jiang Lin said directly, since the arrangement is a very important part of music, in the case of the melody and lyrics have been determined, no one can be sure whether it can be better than the original, so he did not take out the arrangement part of the song from the beginning, but first let Xue Kai toss it himself, the other party is the best arranger in this world, and he spent a lot of money to invite him.
Xue Kai's level is obviously not said, but the songs that can be selected by him are all very good works, and he is his favorite version of huàn, so the level of arrangement is generally very high, although Xue Kai is strong, but it is obviously not light yì can be surpassed, not to mention that time is so tight, if Xue Kai's arrangement effect is not good, he will take out the original arrangement, or inspire, or use it directly after improvement.
The arrangement of "Wish" is very complete, far better than the original, the original version was made by Wang Ze himself, it was just a joke, so it was relatively simple, and now it seems that the feeling of touching people's hearts is a little worse.
"Good idea, I'll call Lao Yu later, and ask him to arrange it." Ji Chengshan's eyes lit up.
"It's four o'clock, just call, just send a text message, otherwise if Teacher Yu is not angry, someone will be angry." Jiang Lin smiled, yawned, and stretched: "I'm so sleepy, I can sleep for a few hours." ”
"Haha, go to sleep, I can't stand this old bone, and when I'm busy with Li Man's album production, I must rest for a while." Ji Chengshan said with a smile.
"Me too, it's almost over, I should be able to finish recording the song tomorrow, and it will take two more days to further improve the post-production, and then I can call it a day." Jiang Lin smiled, it is not difficult to sing the song, the progress of recording the song is naturally very fast, the main recording part has been completed, and the two days have been making up for the slightly deficient places
Yu Weijie's movements were very fast, and when he came to Hanhai Records the next day, Jiang Lin soon saw the chorus candidates arranged.
"Hello Teacher Jiang, hello Teacher Ji, I'm Tong Qiqi." The first person to come to the recording studio was a tall young girl, the other party shouted awkwardly, Jiang Lin also listened awkwardly, and waved his hand directly, with a smile on his face: "Am I that old?" It's no problem to call Teacher Ji, just call me Jiang Lin, I'm still very young, not old, Tong Qiqi, the name is very good, have you made your debut? ”
The age is similar, Jiang Lin is so approachable, the two are naturally easy to get along, Tong Qiqi's situation is gradually becoming clear, 17 years old, just in the third year of high school, with average academic performance, is an art candidate, ready to study at the Conservatory of Music, signed an appointment with Hanhai Records last year, and there is no clear debut plan for the time being.
Subsequently, two other chorus candidates came one after another, one is Sun Xinyu, who also did not debut, and the other is Ai Lu, who has debuted for two years but has not become popular.
Since it is a chorus, of course, you have to listen to the voices of the three people, and then rearrange the music according to the voice conditions of the three people, and arrange the singing part.
Tong Qiqi was the first to stand up and sing, her voice is very sweet and cute, if you want to create an album for her, it should be the most suitable to sing works like "Uncle Don't Run" and "123 Wooden Man".
Later, she sang Ai Lu, her voice is magnetic and explosive, and her vocal condition is undoubtedly very good, but her singing always makes people feel too skillful and emotionless, similar to Sun Nan, but she and Sun Nan are not comparable at all, because Sun Nan's singing skills are almost impeccable, and her voice is even more unique in the music world.
The last to sing is Sun Xinyu, the voice is a little ethereal, a little ethereal, the feeling of singing is very natural, very beautiful, plus an excellent appearance, no wonder he can get the signing of Hanhai Records.
Of course, what songs the third daughter is suitable for singing and what the future development potential is, these have nothing to do with him, Jiang Lin only cares about how to record "Wish".
"This is the score, you first familiarize yourself with the song you want to sing." After the three girls finished singing, Jiang Lin immediately handed the score to the three of them, and then discussed with Ji Chengshan and Xue Kai how to arrange the music and how to arrange their respective singing parts.
Time passed minute by minute, and six hours passed in the blink of an eye.
"OK, very good, thank you guys." Jiang Lin smiled and made an OK gesture to the four girls in the recording room.
"Yay!" Li Man immediately raised his arm excitedly, and the other three women also showed smiles on their faces.
"I've finally finished all the recordings, and then it's time to see the warm-up response to the title song and the post-release table, which is really exciting!" Ji Chengshan, who was sitting next to Jiang Lin, had a strong look of expectation in his eyes, as a musician, he knew too well the weight of Li Man's new album, Hanhai Records has released more than 20 albums so far, but there is no one that can compare to Li Man's new album, and there is no one that is even close, any song in it can be used as the title song of other albums, which is extremely rare in the history of the entire Chinese music scene, how can such an album not be expected.
"I hope it will bring surprises, otherwise I will lose a lot." Jiang Lin shook his head with a smile, originally three songs could get at least six songs to be rewarded with huàn, but now it needs to sell more than three million copies to recoup the cost, it is simply a loss that can not be lost anymore, if you can't achieve decent results, then you won't be depressed to death.
"Ha, no matter how much you lose, you are asking for your own suffering, who made you put so many good songs in one album, how good it would be if you made three albums." Ji Chengshan said with a smile.
"Who's to say it isn't? I guess I have masochistic genes in my body, otherwise I wouldn't be so stupid. Jiang Lin chuckled.
"It's so cold, your joke isn't funny at all." Ji Chengshan hugged his shoulders.
"It's normal, because I'm not kidding in the first place." Jiang Lin said solemnly, with a smile in his eyes.
"Jiang Lin, Teacher Ji, Teacher Xue, this time is really hard for you, thank you for what you have done for Manman." Fan Xiaojun said with a smile, as a participant in the whole process of the album recording, even as a layman, she clearly knows how good the songs in the album are, there are so many good songs as a foundation, if Li Man is not popular, it is simply intolerable, even if it is just by relying on songs, Li Man can get a good performance, not to mention that there is a strong company like Hanhai Records to fully promote it.
"Sister Fan is polite, this is what we should do." Jiang Lin smiled.
"I'm not polite, it's Jiang Lin, you are too modest, just a business cooperation, no one will come up with so many good songs to a person who is not a relative at one time, this time to have Jiang Lin you as our Manman's album producer, it is Manman's greatest blessing." Fan Xiaojun said with a smile.
"Sister Fan is too polite, this is what we should do." Jiang Lin smiled.
"It's not that I'm polite, it's Jiang Lin that you are too modest, it's just a business cooperation, no one will take so many good songs to a person who is not related to them at one time, this time Jiang Lin you can be our Manman's album producer, it is Manman's greatest blessing." Fan Xiaojun said with a smile.
"Don't say that, I can't afford it." Jiang Lin waved his hand.
Upon learning the news of the completion of the album recording, Song Huimin, Pan Songyan, Yu Weijie and others quickly appeared in the recording studio at the company's main executives, and then held a dinner party to celebrate the album's hot sale in advance.
"Inform all management to audition Leman's new album in the conference room tomorrow." After the meal, Song Huimin said to Pan Songyan.