Chapter 11: After the First Acquaintance with Song
Gu Chen still maintained the state of the morning in the afternoon recording, and it only took an hour to record the remaining three solo songs, and the remaining three chorus songs will not be recorded until tomorrow. Speaking of these three choral songs, Gu Chen is also quite helpless, in the previous life, the glorious period of Cantonese songs in Hong Kong was the 80s and early to early 90s, and Cantonese songs gradually declined from the late 90s.
For him when he was reborn in his previous life, the eighties and nineties were obviously a little far away, and his memory was inevitably a little blurred, so that there were not many classic Cantonese songs that could be remembered more clearly and recorded, not to mention even fewer sung by male singers, only thirty or forty songs were full, and in order to plan for the future, he naturally couldn't take out too much at one time, so he inserted three choral songs into the first album.
Of course, adding several male and female chorus songs to an album of male singers can also greatly improve the appreciation of the whole album.
However, his decision soon made him realize what it means to be depressed and crazy: the chorus Cao Hanmin found for him was Hong Kong newcomer female singer Chen Huixian, singing "A Piece of Maple Leaf Love", "Seeing You Again, You Are Friends", and Taiwanese female singer Lan Xinmei, singing "Who Knows the Prodigal Heart".
For these two newcomers who debuted last year, Gu Chen is no stranger, Chen Huixian was almost the female version of Jacky Cheung in his previous life, and has a very important position in the Chinese music scene in Hong Kong and even the world, and the original song of "Song of a Thousand Thousand Que" he sold to Polygram is Chen Huixian. Although Lan Xinmei's achievements in music cannot be compared with Chen Huixian, she is a multi-habitat red star in Taiwan across singers and hosts, dramas, films, songs, and television, and is known as the "Queen of Variety" and "Taiwan Madonna", and has made great achievements in business.
Not to mention the achievements of the two daughters in the future, the two daughters were selected by Cao Hanmin to be the female lead singer in Gu Chen's record this time, which shows the musical talent of the two daughters, especially Chen Huixian, but after starting to record the song "See You Again, You Are Friends" in the morning, Gu Chen was speechless.
The recording started from 9 o'clock in the morning to 11:30 o'clock at noon, the history was two and a half hours, a total of more than ten times, and it was still not recorded, and every time it was a mistake in Chen Huixian's part, either the details were not grasped well, or the emotional investment was not enough, and there were even two or three times when the tone went out.
Xiao Nan and others have no other feelings about such efficiency, after all, the recording is not sung on the stage, and singing on the stage is about the atmosphere, even if they sing the wrong individual lyrics, no one will say anything. But recording a record is different, it needs to be presented to the listener for the perfect listening experience, so it has to be done as much as possible.
As for Gu Chen, he is just a newcomer after all, and no matter how much depression he has in his heart, it is difficult to show it, so he has to patiently summarize the shortcomings and ways to improve for Chen Huixian.
When the last recording before the noon break was rejected, Chen Huixian walked out of the control room with a somewhat lost look, Gu Chen hesitated and quickly followed Chen Huixian, and comforted: "Don't be sad, in fact, you have already sung well this time, if you can grasp the details a little better, it should be about the same." ”
Chen Huixian glanced up at Gu Chen and said, "Do you think I'm stupid, I heard that you recorded seven songs in one day yesterday, but according to the current situation, it's good to be able to record this song today." Speaking of this, Chen Huixian took a deep breath and a smile appeared on her face: "Don't talk about this, let's go, I'll invite you to dinner at noon, although I am not as good as you, and my debut is only a year earlier than you, but sister, I have already released three albums, how to say it, I am half of your senior, you won't even give this face." ”
Compared with the quiet and serious recording in the morning, Chen Huixian's lively side at this time made Gu Chen feel much kinder, so he said with a smile: "Since it was the invitation of the seniors, how dare I, a little newcomer, refuse, so I had to reluctantly agree." ”
"Hehe, I didn't see that you were still joking."
"How do you speak, do I look like the kind of person who doesn't smile?"
"You're really right, if you ignore your appearance, just by looking at your eyes, speech and demeanor, I would really think that you are a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, looking old-fashioned."
Hearing this, Gu Chen's eyelids couldn't help jumping slightly, and then he smiled: "Is there one?" I haven't had a girlfriend yet, so don't spoil my image. ”
Chen Huixian looked speechless and said: "I guess after this album is released, you won't blame me for destroying your image, but will wish I would continue to destroy your image." ”
Gu Chen shrugged noncommittally and said, "I just returned to Hong Kong, and I am not familiar with Hong Kong, where are you going to have a treat?" ”
"Just follow me, I won't trick you into buying it. By the way, I heard that you recommended to Deputy Director Zhao that "Song of a Thousand Thousand Que" be sung by me, is this true? ”
"Well, I mentioned this to Deputy Director Zhao at noon yesterday, and I think your temperament and singing voice are very suitable for singing this song, but Deputy Director Zhao didn't agree on the spot."
The song has been sold to Polygram, and it is completely the company's business who the company wants to sing to, Gu Chen just heard Zhao Huilian say that the female chorus of two of his songs was Chen Huixian, and mentioned it by the way in line with the principle of respecting singing as much as possible, and now he didn't dare to pack a ticket in front of Chen Huixian. But there is one thing he is very strange, only he and Zhao Huilian were present yesterday, how could this matter reach Chen Huixian's ears today, and he also knew that Lu Dao was recommended by him.
"Last night, Deputy Director Zhao told me that the company had decided to sing "Thousand Thousand Que Songs" to me as the title song of the next album."
Gu Chen's heart suddenly changed, and he smiled: "So you still owe me a thank you." ”
"Aren't I going to treat you to dinner?"
"It's the same thing, I just said that at noon, you invited me, a junior, as a 'half' senior, but you can't mix it up."
“……”
In the afternoon, when there was still more than half an hour before getting off work, Gu Chen listened to the playback of the recording in the control room, nodded with satisfaction, and said to the recording engineer Xiao Nan: "That's it." ”
Chen Huixian next to her listened, couldn't help but clench her fists, and a relieved smile appeared on her face, in her opinion, Gu Chen, the deputy producer, was much stricter than the producer of her first three albums.
Because this album is all written and composed by Gu Chen, and Gu Chen believes that his professional knowledge is no worse than that of professional musicians, he told Cao Hanmin that he wanted to be the producer of the album before the album began to be recorded, and later Cao Hanmin only let him be the deputy producer, and Zhao Huilian was the producer. However, since Zhao Huilian saw Gu Chen's performance in the recording studio yesterday morning, she did not appear again in the afternoon. He almost bears the title of deputy producer, exercising the power of producer. In this regard, no one including the recording engineer Xiao Nan showed any objections.
At this time, the door of the control room opened, and Zhao Huilian, who hadn't seen her for a day, walked in first, followed by a girl with some baby fat, "Look at your appearance, it should be finished today." Ah Chen, let me introduce you, this is Lan Xinmei, who just flew over from Taiwan. Xinmei, this is Gu Chen, you can call him Ah Chen, or learn from Anan and they can call him Chen Shao. ”