Chapter 17: The first awkward time
The highest state of love is to withstand the dull passing years
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Because of the extraordinary performance during the recording of the demo, it took Kang Jae-hee more than half a day to recover. He was planning to relax in the past few days, but he was thrown into the abyss by an order from Yu Yongzhen.
Thanks to his super-level performance, Yu Yongzhen felt that he should strike while the iron was hot, and let Kang Jae-hee record the two songs he had written before this feeling completely dissipated.
The previous two songs were recorded by Kang Jae-hee himself at home on the computer with recording software, and the accompaniment was naturally very poor, even if his singing level was barely up to the level of KTV. After all, it's just a demo, as long as the listener can hear the melody and lyrics clearly.
"But, the last song, teacher, haven't you written the words yet?" Kang Jae-hee doesn't want to suffer continuously, he prefers to be uncomfortable, recover for a few days, and then feel uncomfortable again. Instead of being uncomfortable several times in a row, and then resting for a few days.
"You don't have to worry about that song, it'll be written soon. And now you're recording two songs that you've already written. This does not conflict. Yu Yongzhen waved his hand and said indifferently.
"But wouldn't it be better to record three songs together?" Kang Jae-hee was obviously hurt by yesterday's recording and needs time to heal his mental wounds......
"Do you have anything important today?" Yu Yongjin suddenly asked about Kang Jae-hee's plans today.
"Well, it's just continuing training, nothing else important." Jiang Jae-hee thought about it for a while, and replied honestly.
"Well, let's start recording." After pondering for a while, Yu Yongzhen decided.
…… Jiang Jae-hee was very sad to find that his teacher had never considered not recording such a situation today.
Since Yu Yongzhen has decided, Jiang Jae-hee is naturally not easy to refute, and obediently walked into the recording studio with the score prepared by Yu Yongzhen. Fortunately, these two songs are not so sad, and they should be a little better than yesterday. Kang Jae-hee, who was wearing a headset, comforted himself in his heart.
But obviously, today he didn't wake up so smoothly from calling Kim Taeyeon early in the morning. And this kind of unhappiness has continued to the present.
"Stop! It's about reminding you of the dedication to the song like yesterday, not the sadness you had yesterday. Don't you know what you wrote yourself? Does this need to be sung with a very sad emotion? Yu Yongzhen decisively stopped and yelled at Jiang Jae-hee.
It's not that Yu Yongzhen was so temperamental when he recorded the song, but because he had been stopped and guided many times before. This is an explosion that Yu Yongzhen can't help but after guiding many times.
Kang Jae-hee smiled bitterly and didn't speak, it's not that he didn't know that the song "Transfiguration into the Wind" requires cheerful emotions. But he hasn't been very smooth since the morning, and this time he was forced to record the song. Which could be a pleasure......
From the lack of commitment at the beginning, to the nervousness afterward, to the current caution. Although Kang Jae-hee couldn't hear what he was singing, he knew very well that his mood was wrong. For lyrical music, singing technique is far less important than the emotion contained in the song. In lyrical songs, sad songs are more difficult than songs with cheerful or bland moods. But yesterday Kang Jae-hee was able to sing a sad song very well, but today he performed very poorly in the face of a song with less difficulty. So that's why Yu Yongzhen is so angry.
"Just think about that little girlfriend of yours. It's not that I'm out of love, such a cheerful song is sung like that. Seeing that Jiang Jae-hee didn't speak, Yu Yongzhen couldn't help but say something again.
Kang Jae-hee scratched his head and didn't speak. He actually thought about Kim Taeyeon.
And it was because I thought of Kim Taeyeon that I had this song in the first place. There's nothing more apt about the relationship between the two of them than this song.
It's just that...... In the morning they had a mess......
It's a small thing, because Kang Jae-hee doesn't need to sit at his desk to create at night. So he had time to watch TV with Kim Tae-yeon, and as a result, both of them slept late. Kang Jae-hee woke up on time the next day, but Kim Taeyeon slept very deeply.
When Kang Jae-hee knocked on the door of Kim Taeyeon's room with the same force as usual, he was not heard by the girl who was still sleeping inside.
When Kang Jae-hee helped Kim Taeyeon squeeze the toothpaste according to his usual habits, he didn't see Kim Taeyeon, so he knocked on the door again and went to prepare breakfast. But when he was ready for breakfast, Kim Taeyeon still didn't come out......
When Kang Jae-hee knocked on the door for the third time, he finally woke up Kim Tae-yeon. But Kim Taeyeon was half an hour later than usual.
Kang Jae-hee said that she wouldn't watch TV at night in the future and saw it so late. And Kim Tae-yeon blames Kang Jae-hee for not calling her.
The positive side retorted, and there was a shout. The opposing side didn't hear it, so it just didn't shout.
has been a human being in two lives, but Kang Jae-hee has never been in love. He didn't know that some of the words were just the girl's knee-jerk complaints, which would only be said to the closest people.
But Kang Jae-hee thinks Kim Taeyeon is a bit nonsense.
After getting along for a long time, because you can see each other every day, it is inevitable that you will not pay much attention to it. Plus Kim Taeyeon has been muttering quietly.
Kang Jae-hee joked that he would get up on his own after that. Unexpectedly, Kim Taeyeon immediately replied that she would get up by herself.
At this time, Kang Jae-hee was in trouble, and he was not angry, but he didn't know if Kim Tae-yeon was angry now. So he stopped talking.
And Kim Taeyeon, this girl actually likes to keep things to her heart all the time. She is the best at hiding her emotions or something, and when she sees that Jiang Jae-hee doesn't speak, she doesn't speak either.
Although, as always, breakfast time was quiet. But today, it is an anomaly of silence.
This atmosphere also continued until two people arrived at the company. Kang Jae-hee is always confused and can't figure out Kim Taeyeon. For the first time, he discovered that this girl, whom he had always thought he was familiar with, suddenly became less familiar.
Although he is still very clear about his behavior, habits, and hobbies, this sudden change in mood makes Kang Jae-hee feel like he is facing another soul in the same body.
This confusion was also brought to the recording of the song. This is the most critical factor affecting Kang Jae-hee's mood.
But the teacher spoke, and Kang Jae-hee had to do it.
Since the current Kim Taeyeon is not good, then think about the former Kim Taeyeon. Kang Jae-hee's thoughts went back to the time when he was still in Jeonju and the time when the two of them were together in Seoul before Kim Tae-yeon joined the company.
Gradually, there was a smile on the corner of Jiang Jaexi's mouth.
It's not that the thought of things is funny or funny. This is because I thought of the bits and pieces when we got along, a little bit of warmth, and a little bit of tacit understanding. This kind of blandness with a warm feeling made the corners of Jiang Jae-hee's mouth bend subconsciously.
There is no magnificence, and there is no singing or crying. Happiness is actually very simple.
Kang Jae-hee, who regained his emotions, did not speak, gestured to Yu Yongzhen, and put on the headset again.
"Close the eyes that have been forgetting to close, and stretch out your hands again to find the song of love that hides the blue sky.
I can't forget the days when I was always by your side, or the days when I was alone at dawn and looked at the stars.
The only heart, please don't let it be sad.
Even your sigh I will turn it into a spring breeze.
Ride a bike, carry those memories that you have forgotten, and pedal on the sun-drenched slope.
La-la-la-la, humming softly, and moving forward with a top hat.
It's like the happy flower you once found.'"
This time, the recording finally satisfied Yu Yongzhen. Although Yu Yongzhen has not systematically guided Kang Jae-hee's singing skills, after all, he has always been responsible for the creation and production of most of the company's artists' albums. Although Yu Yongzhen's singing skills are not bad, compared with people like Jin Chaohan who have always taught students, Yu Yongzhen is like a doctoral supervisor, who can only point to the point, but not teach systematically.
has not instructed Kang Jae-hee's singing skills, but it does not mean that Yu Yongzhen does not know Kang Jae-hee's current singing strength. He knew very well that as long as Kang Jae-hee could find the feeling, it would be completely possible to pass it all over again.
And obviously, now Kang Jae-hee's singing belongs to the kind of level that can be done all over again.
After the first song is completed, the second "Poems of Post-Youth" is much simpler.
After trying to sing it once, I found my feelings, and the mood of this song is what Kang Jae-hee is best at. It's not sadness, it's not happiness, it's a kind of indifference and relief after the experience.
It's only three times, and each time it's done in its entirety. Yu Yongzhen did not interfere in the recording of this song, he just did the work of a recording engineer. It's completely a matter of letting go and letting Kang Jae-hee decide. And the result did not disappoint him.
Three times singing, each better than the last.
"Actually, with the level of performance you have now, you can be a producer. It's a pity that your qualifications are too shallow. Yu Yongzhen sighed a little and said with some pity.
"Lack of qualifications means that the experience is not rich enough, so I will ask the teacher for more guidance in the future." Jiang Jae-hee said solemnly. He has always been clear about his position. He knew he had a lot to offer. Although he is not much worse than Yu Yongzhen, who just started as a producer at the beginning. But it's 2004, not 1996.
Different times have different requirements. Maybe in that era, Kang Jae-hee was a qualified producer, but for now, he is not qualified. He couldn't master all kinds of music, but he only had a little bit of experience in lyric music.
Seeing that his disciples were not complacent because of his praise words, Yu Yongzhen was very satisfied.
"These two songs don't need to be changed, but they still need to be reworked. I'll do that, and you can just learn from it. I'll fill in the lyrics for the third song as soon as possible. But you have to think about which one to use as the main track. For this album of his disciple, Yu Yongzhen is very attentive.
Whether it is the quality of the songs, or because of the relationship between Kang Jae-hee and himself, Yu Yongzhen will not treat these songs very casually. Put aside your identity as a singer. As a teacher and producer, he naturally hopes that Kang Jae-hee can soar to the sky.
But even with such an idea, Yu Yongjin still decided that Kang Jae-hee himself decided which song to use as the main song.
This is an eP, not a full-fledged album. eP only gets one chance to hit a song, so the title track determines most of your album's score. TV and radio broadcasts will only play your title song, and the company's promotion will only promote the title song. So the title song also determines the popularity of your album.
With Yu Yongzhen's level, it is natural to choose the most popular title song in the market, but he has now given the choice to Kang Jae-hee.
It's just an eP, even if the results are not good, but it doesn't mean that the response is bad. With the advent of the Internet era, all the songs on the album will have a chance to be heard by many people.
Moreover, Yu Yongjin believes that even if the results of this album are not very satisfactory because of Kang Jae-hee's choice, the next album can be very good, which is the confidence of being the chief music producer of the No. 1 agency in the music industry.
Yu Yongzhen's sudden question made Jiang Jae-hee stunned for a moment. He said he wanted to think about it.
Seeing that it was approaching noon, Kang Jae-hee also got up to say goodbye.
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