Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Dragon's Sword
"Of course, the first thing must be to change the tune, my suggestion is, you try to pick some popular songs that are familiar to the audience to play, so that it is the most down-to-earth?"
"Pop songs? Like what......? ”
"For example, "The Big Apple", "His Skate Shoes", "Over the Sun" and so on, are all good choices."
"This ......" Xie Qingyou was a little difficult to accept for a while.
"Also, we need to make a little innovation in the form of performance, or create some gimmicks for those audiences, and then be more straightforward, fooling the layman!"
"Gimmick? What do you mean? ”
"For example, you can make a four-handed play, or find someone to dance with while playing, or you can make some bold attempts in your image, wear sexy points, and make up a poignant life story, as long as it can attract the audience's attention, you can do anything!"
"This ......" Xie Qingyou said with some embarrassment: "I'll try my best, is there anything else?" ”
"There are also some off-the-board tricks, such as buying some extras in advance, arranging them to lead everyone to cry together when you play, and applauding loudly after the performance, I heard that the price is not expensive, but it is better to fool the layman!"
"You...... Aren't you cheating? Xie Qingyou said with some dissatisfaction, she has always been clean and self-conscious, she has never liked to make these vain things, and she is not used to some of the atmosphere in the entertainment industry.
"It's not called cheating, it's just a means of operation!" Fang Yu patiently explained: "It's like a merchant advertising a promotion, do you think that's called cheating?" ”
"That'...... That's different! Xie Qingyou gritted his teeth and said: "I don't care about others, anyway, I don't want to do these things myself, is there any other reliable advice?" ”
"This ......" Fang Yu scratched his head in some embarrassment, but as soon as he saw Xie Qingyou's pitiful expression, a wave of pride rushed to his head: "In this way, I will write a song for you, which is guaranteed to refresh all the audience and judges?" ”
"You can compose?" Xie Qingyou almost screamed, she had already seen Fang Yu's performance skills and music theory knowledge in advance, but she didn't expect Fang Yu to also dabble in composition.
You must know that composing music is a very inspirational and talented thing, and many composers have a deep sense of life in order to create popular works.
Looking at Fang Yu's young appearance, he didn't look like a person who was good at composing.
"A little." Fang Yu smiled: "Give me three days, I will definitely come up with a song for you to see, if you don't think it will work at that time, there will be plenty of time to change the tune!" ”
Seeing Fang Yu's confident appearance, Xie Qingyou suddenly felt very confident in him, and nodded without hesitation: "Okay, I'll wait for your work in three days!" ”
After boasting about Haikou in front of Xie Qingyou, Fang Yu plunged into the library of Shushan Academy and once again studied his skills in music creation.
Fortunately, the library of Shushan University has a rich collection of books, and he can find any book, and he has the ability to never forget, so he soon made some progress.
Since he promised Xie Qingyou, Fang Yu didn't want to deal with it, this time he really worked hard, not only did he go through all the books on music creation in the library, but also downloaded countless piano pieces from the Internet and listened to them repeatedly.
It took him a whole day to settle on the genre he wanted — soft rock-inspired music, lyrics based on myths and legends, and a magnificent Western fantasy epic.
This style of music is very rare on the market, and playing it on the piano is an innovation in itself, and if you can create some sound and light effects on the spot, the atmosphere must be good.
And another bolder thought also appeared in Fang Yu's mind, Xie Qingyou used to just play the piano, but Fang Yu found that her voice was also very good, the timbre was clear, the vocal range was wide, if she really wanted to sing, it would never be bad.
If you can match this song with lyrics and let Xie Qingyou sing it while playing the piano, the effect will definitely increase exponentially.
Just do it, Fang Yu went to the library to read many songs of similar style, and it took two full days to finally write a lyric that he was more satisfied with.
After careful revision, Fang Yu was finally satisfied with this song, and sent a WeChat message to Xie Qingyou: "I have already written the song I promised you, when will I give it to you?" ”
A smile quickly replied to the other side: "So fast? I'm kind of looking forward to it. ”
Then she added: "There is an Xiangshan Lake in our conservatory, do you know? ”
"Yes."
"Then I'll wait for you by the lake, okay?"
"Okay, I'll be there in about half an hour."
Ten minutes further north along the piano room building of the Conservatory of Music, there is a small lake called "Xiangshan Lake", the lake water is clear, and rows of weeping willows are planted on the lakeside, which is really like a painting when the breeze blows.
Many couples will choose to date by the lake, and even some people from outside the school come to see the scenery and relax by the "Xiangshan Lake".
Because it was afternoon, there were not many people by the "Xiangshan Lake", and occasionally a few couples of men and women in love did not pay attention to Xie Qingyou and Fang Yu.
"You wrote this?" Xie Qingyou asked with a piece of paper, what was written on the paper was the lyrics that Fang Yu had just written.
Without waiting for Fang Yu to answer, she thought to herself:
"Through the wind and dust of the valley,
Just to find the legendary colorful dragon,
When the torch of the Mystic Altar is lit,
It was the dragon's pupil hidden deep in the magma.
In the moonlight, the terrifying beast is awakening,
The incantation whispered, resounding through the heavens and the earth,
With fireworks and thunder falling from the sky,
The warrior's sword is groaning.
When the dragon flies over the green valley,
When the sun breaks through the clouds and passes through the mountains,
The warrior will finally raise the emerald sword,
In the name of justice, ideals and glory! ”
After reading it, Xie Qingyou's eyes suddenly bloomed with a look of surprise, and asked, "Is this really what you wrote?" ”
"Yes!"
"What's the name of this song?"
"I haven't had time to pick a name yet." Fang Yu smiled: "Why don't you come up with a name?" ”
"Really?" Xie Qingyou's eyes widened, and after seeing Fang Yu smile and nod, her cheeks flushed slightly red: "This lyric is passionate, as if it has a shocking power, which reminds me of some Western myths and legends, I want to call it "Dragon Sword". ”
"Good name!" Fang Yu praised from the bottom of his heart, this is not a sycophant, but the name Xie Qingyou is really good, and it fits the central idea of the lyrics.
"I made this song for you, and I want you to play it in the form of playing and singing on your own, no problem, right?"
"Playing and singing to yourself?" Xie Qing was stunned for a moment: "I haven't tried ...... before"
"So what does it matter? Haven't you sung at KYV? ”
"That's been there." Xie Qingyou nodded.
"Your voice is very good, very suitable for performing this kind of music, not to mention playing and singing by yourself, isn't it also more conducive to the expression of emotions?"
"You're right." Xie Qingyou thought for a few seconds, then nodded, closed her eyes and took a deep breath, imagining the picture in her mind: "I'm looking forward to it!" ”
"That's good!" Fang Yu smiled, and unconsciously, the distance between the two seemed to be much closer.
At this moment, the breeze is gentle, the willows are swaying, the sun is shining on the shoulders and face, and the corners of the mouth are upturned Xie Qingyou looks extraordinarily beautiful.
"Will you come to see my performance at next month's festival?"
"Yes."