Chapter 354: Getting the job done
When the matter was over, Ye Zi and the others went back to C-BAR and sat down for a while before leaving Lan Kwai Fong. It's late, and there's no point in continuing to stay there.
Everyone has something to do, so it's better to go back and rest early.
At noon the next day, Ye Zi rushed to The/One/Studio again after lunch, and officially started the post-production of several songs.
Because several singers are very well prepared, and they have fully fulfilled the requirements put forward by the on-site producers, the quality of the recorded singing materials this time is extremely high, which saves a lot of work for the post-production.
After the third consecutive day of cooperation, Ye Zi, Ah Kun and Tang Nu have also had a certain tacit understanding, and their respective concepts can also find common ground.
That's a lot easier.
The process of work began rapidly.
Sister Mei's "Woman Flower", the first version of the rough sample came out last night, and the effect is quite good. Today, everyone listened to it a few more times, and then Ye Zi, Ah Kun, and Tang Nu discussed it together, and after determining the direction of progress, they immediately began to carefully prepare zuò.
The three of them have a clear division of labor.
Ye Zi is responsible for putting forward various specific requirements according to his own ideas, and Ah Kun is responsible for using technology to realize Ye Zi's requirements.
Ye Zi's request was very detailed.
For example, bass, what kind of bass do you need? What kind of auditory effect does it need to achieve? For example, what is the proportion, distance and spatial position of the vocal and accompaniment? Do I need to make changes to the song?
All this, Ye Zi must be aware of all this, and he can say his requirements at any time.
And he also needs to be able to clearly hear whether the processing done by Ah Kun on the mixer is timely and effective? Are the adjustments to the sound effects appropriate, overdone or insufficient?
And so on and so forth.
As an executive producer, his work is difficult to do, so it's hard to do it in these places. For all the steps of a song, from songwriting to production, the producer must know Xiong, but also have his own insights and ideas, and be able to find effective means to achieve them.
It's as big as an entire record. The producer must first have a clear idea, and then use various means to complete his intention one by one, and finally produce an album that meets his predetermined vision.
The all-round - this is the very special profession of record producer. On top of the individual links of the record production zuò. They may not be the best and most proficient, but they must be generalists, and they know and understand every single link, and they can handle it.
Such a request, very high!
If it weren't for nearly twenty years of experience in the production of zuò in his previous life, Ye Zi would not be able to independently supervise the production work now. No matter how well he sings and writes his works, even if the system is in his body, it is completely useless.
Producer, this is a job that requires a lot of talent and a lot of practical experience.
Otherwise, a few days ago, Brother Keny would not have been able to trust Ye Zi's ability to supervise because he was too young, and he needed to pass the guò test to be completely assured.
This is an extremely important link in the record industry.
Record Producer.
The technology of the recording engineer Ah Kun did not say, it is extremely excellent.
Ah Kun, who works up, is a real "facial paralysis", and he is strict and serious. Extremely fast and extremely experienced.
He was able to respond to all Ye Zi's requests at the first time, and quickly carried out the most suitable work according to the requirements. The effect of this treatment is often exactly what Ye Zi needs.
In the cooperation with Ye Zi, Ah Kun almost never made mistakes, but also corrected several inappropriate places for Ye Zi. Those are all judgments made by Ye Zi based on the experience of his previous life, and in the current era, sometimes it is inevitable that there will be some small deviations.
Despite this, Ah Kun is also very impressed by Ye Zi's thinking when he supervised the production of zuò products. Especially some of the fanciful ideas that are beyond the current situation. It often makes Ah Kun's eyes light up, and he feels that a new door has been opened.
The advantage of Tang Nu as a producer is that he is balanced and steady, but his personal style is not obvious enough.
Because he is a drummer, he accompanies people all year round. Therefore, the works supervised by Tang Nu do the best job in terms of the balance between the band and the singers. At this point, neither Ye Zi nor Ah Kun can be compared to him at all.
In terms of the choice of instruments and timbre, Tang Nu's vision is very accurate, and the instruments and timbre selected are very in line with the requirements of the song. It's just that in the eyes of Ye Zi and Ah Kun, Tang Nu's choice is sometimes conservative at this point. It's not as bold and surprising as Ye Zi.
It's a choice of different styles, it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, it's just a matter of whether it's right or not.
The combination of these three people, Ah Kun has good enough technical means to achieve the various requirements of Ye Zi and Tang Nu. Tang Nu has enough experience and vision to make the song never go wrong in the basic processing. And Ye Zi's thinking ability and forward-looking vision can make the song have enough innovation and specialness while maintaining the basic style in line with the trend of the times.
Although the cooperation between the three has not yet been called a perfect match, the tacit understanding between them has been initially established.
In time, if more works and albums can be collaborated on, they will be able to shine brightly.
All three of them were convinced of this.
Whenever we take a break and chat, we sit together and talk about music.
Ye Zi's vision of the future direction of music touched Ah Kun and Tang Nu a lot. Out of a keen sense of the direction of technological development, Ah Kun immediately accepted Ye Zi's idea of "computer music", and began to look forward to the real arrival of the era of using computers to make music more conveniently.
In this regard, Tang Nu's feelings are a little less. However, he can still believe in the prospects depicted by Ye Zi.
In one afternoon, Ye Zi, Ah Kun, and Tang Nu worked together to almost perfectly complete the post-production of Sister Mei's "Woman Flower".
Because the post-dubbing of "The Judge of the Dead" has begun, Sister Mei did not come to listen to the finished product of this song immediately that day, but came several days later. At that time, Ye Zi had already returned to Shencheng.
However, Sister Mei still specially called Ye Zi to express her gratitude, and Ye Zi was embarrassed. Later, Chen Yichen called Ye Zi again to break the news, saying that Sister Mei was very excited when she heard the finished product for the first time.
This well-deserved eldest sister in the Xiangjiang music scene is a heroic and bold "female man". It's rare to cry.
When he went to Xiangjiang again, Ye Zi once asked Sister Mei to verify the matter, but Sister Mei knocked a few hairy chestnuts on his head and completely denied the matter. Ye Zi went to ask Chen Yichen, the initiator. Chen Yichen suddenly turned into a gourd with a sawed mouth, and would rather be blackmailed by Ye Zi for a big meal, but he also kept his mouth shut and refused to say anything more.
Ye Zi could only cry out in vain.
This matter eventually became an unsolvable mystery in Ye Zi's heart.
……
At dinner time that day. Chen Yichen made a call to the recording studio, and Ye Zi answered.
"Xiao Yezi, you guy is so lucky!"
On the phone, Chen Yichen shouted with jealousy as soon as he opened his mouth.
After hearing this, Ye Zi realized that he was on the news of the newspaper again. This time, the protagonist is not Ye Zi, but Ye Zi's harvest is not small.
Last night's incident was on the entertainment pages of various newspapers today, and Zhong Mingcheng, as yesterday's news figure, can be regarded as a big "face" this time.
"Gamblers steal money, infighting and friends fight" -- many newspapers use headlines like this. to catch the reader's eye. In the report, Andrew's name is almost not mentioned, and when it is mentioned, it is also replaced by "a foreign man". Ye Zi is the party, and his name is mentioned repeatedly, and the frequency is only below the focus of the report, Simon and Zhong Mingcheng.
However, the focus of the report on Ye Zi is not on the gambling game, but on Ye Zi is a singer who has just achieved good results in Xiangjiang not long ago.
Ye Zi knows that this is the point and means used by newspapers to attract readers. If Ye Zi is not a singer and has not achieved any results in Xiangjiang, his treatment will be exactly the same as Andrew. It would be nice to have the label of "young people in the mainland".
And just as Sister Mei said, Ye Zi, the ultimate winner, did not receive more criticism from the newspaper, even Zhu Hanwen's "Famous Newspaper" only briefly mentioned Ye Zi's participation in the gambling game. Young people should not indulge in gambling and should focus on their careers.
The names of Sister Mei and Chen Yichen also appeared in the reports of various families again and again like Ye Zi. As for why these three singers appeared in Lan Kwai Fong and gambled with others, because Ye Zi and Sister Mei could not be interviewed, Chen Yichen was also protected by the company, and many newspapers could only guess casually.
"Mingbao" contacted Zhu Hanwen by phone and got an exclusive interview with Keny.
Brother Keny casually mentioned a few things about last night. He turned his focus to the purpose of Ye Zi's visit to Xiangjiang this time, and the fact that he and Chen Yichen, the two young people, will start a battle on the most just platform of 903 from next week.
Zhu Hanwen was very face-saving, this time he did not attack Ye Zi, but reported the matter objectively, and when typesetting, he put Brother Keny's exclusive interview next to the gambling report.
What makes Chen Yichen jealous is that Brother Keny has a lot of praise for Ye Zi in the interview, calling him a representative of a rare all-round singer in recent years, which makes Chen Yichen's heart a little unbalanced.
He is "jealous".
So he made a phone call to "accuse" Ye Zi.
Ye Zi laughed when he heard it.
Although such a report is not particularly positive, it is extremely beneficial exposure and publicity for Ye Zi and Chen Yichen, who are about to start Xiangjiang publicity. They need this now, very much.
Ye Zi knew that there were reporters squatting in Lan Kwai Fong every day, but this matter could stir up such a big momentum, so I really have to thank Simon and Zhong Mingcheng a lot. Without the subsequent theft of money and fights, it is difficult to say whether this gambling match would have been in the newspapers.
The ending of the two of them last night was also quite "wonderful".
After a scuffle, both of them had blue noses and swollen eyes, and they finally stopped when they lost their strength. Chung had the upper hand with an intact body, beating Simon to multiple soft tissue contusions, a fractured cheekbone, a broken nose bridge, and a minor concussion. However, he didn't get much out of his own pocket, with broken eyebrow bones, cracked bones in both wrists, and an ankle sprain that required treatment as well.
Neither man chose to call the police.
At present, they have all been admitted to the hospital for treatment. That's a lot of money!
(To be continued.) )