Chapter 3 Ask your classmates for help

In the next three days, Du Xinghe lived in Yunshijie to create "New Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream". Writing the lyrics and music of this song, including the arrangement, was too easy for Du Xinghe.

In the former Shijie, he was hidden by Chengtian for ten years, almost nothing else, studying pop music and music history every day, and studying the pop songs of the past few decades.

Those songs that are popular all over the street, weishenme can be popular, how is it popular, Du Xinghe has studied it, just in order to absorb the advantages of those red songs, and use them for his own use.

Now coming to this new shijie, Du Xinghe has examined the pop music style and trends of this shijie from the perspective of industry insiders.

This shijie's pop music, to this day, is very similar to the shijie he stayed in the early 90s, it has just gone through a period of rapid development, and gradually revealed the bottleneck of a single genre.

Take a look at the best-selling haode album here, you can see that the cookie-cutter urban love song type is all products that come down from the industrial assembly line, not to mention the shijie before Du Xinghe crosses, even compared with the music of this shijie ten years ago, it also seems that the personality is getting less and less, and the theme is becoming more and more similar.

The signs of profit-seeking in the music industry here are too serious, and record companies focus on maximizing the profitability of songs and simplifying the process, thus ignoring the cultural depth and exploration of music itself.

It is true that the first batch of original folk singers have gained a firm foothold in the mainstream music scene here, but their initial creative enthusiasm and creativity, as the commercial cake gets bigger and bigger, there is already a feeling of being hollowed out, and the songs they create are becoming more and more like boiled water.

It can be said that the musicians here have long overshadowed their earlier feelings and sensibilities.

At this time, if Du Xinghe launches the rather ancient "New Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream", it will inevitably attract attention. After all, this shijie's pop music needs to be injected with fresh blood to stimulate the ears of the majority of listeners.

If the "Bao Qingtian" TV series here can also be broadcast, then the sensation caused by this ending song may even be more intense than that of another shijie!

With such thoughts, Du Xinghe devoted himself to the creation of "New Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream".

For this antique work based on the famous work of the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai "Xuanzhou Xie Junlou Farewell School Shuyun" as the main line, the half-literate and half-white lyrics are modern in the classics, just right, which is amazing, and there is no need to change it at all.

But the title of the song has to be changed, and the "new" is gone, and it is called "Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream".

The neoclassical style does not need to be changed.

But Du Xinghe had to figure out the arrangement and orchestration by himself, and it was impossible for him to completely remember how the arrangement of this song was arranged.

He only remembered that this song was the same as another hit song "Waiting for a Thousand Years", which used Westernized instruments to play classical oriental rhyme, and used strings instead of traditional folk instruments such as zheng, xiao, and flute to interpret the atmosphere of the work, and the effect was very special.

Grasping this direction, Du Xinghe quickly arranged the song.

Next is the trial arrangement.

The arrangement of this song requires a variety of instruments such as bass, electronic organ, drum kit, violin, etc., which Du Xinghe cannot complete alone.

Their company's band has been terminated, and Du Xinghe has no money to invite outsiders to play, so he has no choice but to ask his classmates from Huaguang Art School to help.

Before studying at Huaguang Art School, Du Xinghe participated in an orchestra called "Chaos", and he served as the lead singer and guitarist; The bassist is Ma Qi, a big man in the drama class; The drummer and head of the troupe is Zhang Xiaozhe, the oldest of them; The electronic organ is his classmate Liao Nan.

None of these people have a professional background in learning musical instruments, but their musical skills are not bad, as long as they write the score clearly, they can all play it.

The orchestration of "Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream" is not difficult, Du Xinghe can play the violin himself, and use the main theme of the violin to bring other instruments, and it can be easily completed.

In this era, students with a little money are equipped with BP machines. That afternoon, Du Xinghe called Liao Nan and asked him to call all the members of Chaos to Qingyun Mansion.

Putting down the phone, in less than an hour, the three members of the troupe wearing the light blue shirt uniforms of Huaguang Art School rushed to Yunshijie Records.

As soon as they met, Liao Nan, who had Afu's head, immediately pounded Du Xinghe's chest and sighed to him: "Adu, you are really hanging!" If you quit school, you will drop out, I really admire you! ”

Looking at the rock posters plastered on the walls around the conference room, the big man Ma Qi also felt that Du Xinghe was very hanging, and said tendonously: "If my father can leave me such a record company, I will also drop out of school." ”

Zhang Xiaozhe glanced at Ma Qi and scolded him: "What are you talking about!" Don't talk so much nonsense! ”

Zhang Xiaozhe was worried that Ma Qi's words would sting Du Xinghe. After all, Du Xinghe had only lost his father not long ago.

Du Xinghe smiled disapprovingly and said, "It's okay, I've already survived." You don't have to worry about that, I'm calling you today because I need you to do me a favor. ”

"What do you need to do, just say it, what are you talking nonsense for?" Half a head shorter than Du Xinghe, Liao Nan had a very strong relationship with Du Xinghe, and slapped Du Xinghe's emaciated chest again, complaining about him.

Seeing that the other members of the troupe also expressed the same attitude, Du Xinghe smiled gratefully, no longer pretended, and said directly: "China Television has a new play, called "Bao Qingtian", and asked our company to create the ending song. Originally, my dad was going to write this song, but my dad was halfway through it and it was gone, so I had to continue writing it for him. Now that I've finished writing this song, I need to arrange the music. I asked you to come here to record a tune. ”

"Damn, that's it? I thought you were going to take care of us borrowing money, but I didn't even dare to bring my wallet, hehe. Marzi smiled relaxedly.

"Doesn't your dad have a band of his own? Why don't you hire a professional orchestra to accompany it? Zhang Xiaozhe, who has the most rigorous style, raised questions.

"I'm not afraid of your jokes, my dad's record company is about to go bankrupt, all the employees have left, and now I'm a bare-bones commander, and I don't have a penny in my account, how can I afford to hire an orchestra? Now I'm just waiting to use this epilogue to turn things around. ”

"So miserable?" Listening to the seriousness of what Du Xinghe said, Liao Nan, who had always been happy, became solemn.

"No, I've been eating instant noodles for days." He pointed to a pile of instant noodle buckets on the windowsill with his eyes, these were his three meals and supper in the past few days.

"I really didn't expect that your father's death had such a big impact on your family." Liao Nan said sympathetically. Looking at Du Xinghe, who was lively and noisy at school in the past, has fallen to the point where he has to rely on instant noodles to survive hard, Liao Nan felt strange in his heart.

"Adu, with our level, can we record it for you? Don't delay you any more. Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Zhang Xiaozhe took out his wallet and said to Du Xinghe: "If you are short of money, we will make it up for you, you better invite a professional orchestra to record." ”

"No, no, Brother Zhe, let's just record it ourselves." Du Xinghe held Zhang Xiaozhe's hand to pay for the money, and said: "I called everyone here today, just to record a sample of the soundtrack, and when Huashi wants to make a decision, I will ask a professional orchestra to record it." ”

"That's it, that's okay, the brothers are all in their spirits, and they can help Xinghe do things!"

Under Zhang Xiaozhe's order, Liao Nan and Ma Qi entered the recording studio with a special soundtrack.