Outside the reception area, Gao Zhan came to his senses thoroughly, and after gradually moving his fingers, the hearty feeling before poured out from the inside of his body bit by bit, and bursts of crisp music continued to flow out of the guitar and echo throughout the room.

In the rest area, Li Qian and Li Man closed their eyes at the same time, leaned on the sofa, and listened intently.

In the words of the old man of the Li family, piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, this is all necessary to learn, you don't know the rhythm, how can you do things rhythmically? If you don't know music, how can you be reliable, don't play chess, how do you know what planning is, how do you know what planning is, don't draw, how do you understand what art is, don't write calligraphy, how do you know what is style?

Therefore, both Li Qian and Li Man can be said to be versatile, especially in music, they have deep attainments, and they have reached the professional level of performance.

The so-called, the layman looks at the lively, the insider looks at the doorway, and the master is the taste, there is no doubt that Li Qian and Li Man are both people who know how to taste, and they can taste the high level of exhibition.

At the beginning, it was okay, the skills were not very proficient, after all, I hadn't played much for more than a year, but as time passed, when Gao Zhan gradually regained the feeling of the year and reached the level of unity of man and machine, Li Man and Li Qian showed surprised looks at the same time.

The most important thing in music is not hard work, hard work is indispensable, but it is not the most important, the most important thing must be talent and talent!

Take a piano piece as an example, it's not that you play it accurately, you can play it fast, a song, thousands of times, or even tens of thousands of times, as long as there is a little bit of a key pressed for a few tenths of a second, or the force on time is a little bigger, it is called a mistake, in the ears of the master, it is simply clear and scary, and it can even be said to be harsh.

Use the same guitar and play the same tune, but different people, the effect of playing is absolutely different, one person has one feeling, one person has one taste, and it is never mixed.

What surprised the two girls was not Gao Zhan's skill and proficiency, after all...... Speaking of proficiency alone, they are not bad, although they are not playing the same instrument, but the realm is the same, fifteen or six years of training, technically it is definitely not too much of a problem, the key is actually the expression of emotion, as well as the interpretation of the work, whether it can express the connotation of the work.

For example, if you ask a ten-year-old child to play fate, no matter how talented he is, no matter how skilled he is, there is no way to express the real emotions and artistic conceptions, without a certain sense and experience, without rich life experience, it will not be able to express it in any way.

I don't know how long it took, but the guitar stopped suddenly, and at the same time, the pleasant electronic music sounded, and soon ...... Gao Zhan's voice rang out, and after a few simple words, Gao Zhan put the guitar back in the box, got up and walked downstairs.

After waiting for more than two hours, Tian Han's guys finally arrived, it was this guy who called just now, and now they have been taken to the third floor, but they didn't see Gao Zhan, so they called to ask.

Putting the guitar in the cabinet, Gao Zhan walked downstairs, the reason why he didn't bring the guitar was because he didn't know the arrangements of other people, so it was not good to compete for a place with others.

Take the elevator, go directly down to the third floor, the door from the third floor to the fourth floor, usually locked, if you want to go up to the fourth floor, you must take the elevator, and if you want to open the elevator, you must use the VIP gold card, and only girls can go up.

As the elevator opened, Tian Han and his entourage of five people appeared in front of Gao Zhan, except for Tian Han, the other four people were carrying suitcases of various colors, which should contain their musical instruments.

When Gao Zhan arrived, including Tian Han, the five guys all looked around with admiration on their faces, wanting to ...... Such a noble, luxurious building, they have never seen it before, but unfortunately it is all fake, it is all imitation, the materials are not valuable, there is nothing to look at, but this is enough.

As Gao Zhan walked out of the elevator, he quickly attracted everyone's attention, and when he turned his head, Tian Han said in surprise: "God!" This is your shop! It's so fucking magnanimous, I thought it was a small shop of ten square meters. ”

"Hehe......" looked at everyone with a smile, and said with a smile: "It really takes ten square meters, so how can we practice?" That's right...... Look at that drum kit, are you used to it? ”

Seeing the drum kit placed in the corner, Tian Han's eyes suddenly lit up, walked over quickly, sat in front of the drum kit, adjusted the position of each drum, and began to beat.

I have to admit that among all the musical instruments, the drum kit is the most imposing, the most exciting, and the roaring drum beat can ignite everyone's passion in an instant.

While he was beating, Tian Han was stunned for a moment, and stopped there with a drum hammer in each hand, the color on his face changed rapidly, as if he remembered something.

"What? Any questions? Seeing this scene, Gao Zhan hurriedly walked over and looked at the drum kit uneasily, could it be that this drum was wrong?

Gently putting down the drum hammer, Tian Han said with a wry smile: "I suddenly remembered that a program is so short, but what to do with this drum set?" Move them up one by one, then put on the microphones, then plug them in, plug them in, plug them in, and ...... them again."

Halfway through the talk, everyone found out the problem, the New Year's Day Gala is like this, a program is only two or three minutes long, it is impossible to give you too much time to prepare, wait until the drum kit is set, ok...... The time for your show has also passed.

While thinking about it, Tian Han continued: "Moreover, the version of the one who uses the drum kit is not the most widely circulated version in China, in fact...... The most widely circulated in China is the version with a tambourine, and in terms of personal feeling, that version is also the most perfect and the best. ”

"Indeed......" Hearing Tian Han's words, Gao Zhan also nodded in agreement, when he practiced before, he practiced according to that version, and in his mind, that version was indeed the most classic.

"You mean, instead of playing the drums, change the tambourines?" Lin Tao said cautiously.

Nodding, Tian Han shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said: "This is also a helpless thing, the drum kit is too troublesome, the time is definitely not enough, the 95 version of the light is moved to the drum kit, and the debugging is done, it will take four or five minutes, plus the performance, we have ten minutes for a show!" This will certainly not work. ”

"En......" nodded, Gao Zhan nodded and said: "That's right, the 95 version is indeed too troublesome, and the 92 version only needs five round stools, plus a tambourine, and a shaker is done. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Zhan frowned, looked at Tian Han worriedly, and said, "By the way, it's okay for you to play the tambourine, right?" That thing and the drum kit don't seem to be the same thing. ”

With a free smile, Tian Han shook his head and said: "It's okay, when I used to practice rhythm, I learned the tambourine for a while, anyway, the drum beat of this piece is simple, the key is the rhythm, even if you don't know it at all, a month is enough to practice, it doesn't matter." ”

"But......" As soon as Tian Han's words fell, Zhao Xiaogang said with a bitter face: "You have no problem, but I have a problem, you know everyone's level, do you think...... This song, the solo that begins with the classical guitar, which of us can perform it perfectly? ”

"This ......" Hearing Zhao Xiaogang's words, everyone fell silent.

That section from slow to fast, crisp and pleasant guitar solo is the biggest highlight of the opening of the 92 version, and it is also the favorite show off of many people, it can be said that ...... As soon as that solo came out, applause came immediately, and if it was cut out, it would be nondescript.

But if you want to play that part, it's not impossible, but it feels really wrong, it's difficult to achieve that kind of flowing feeling, and if the feeling is poor, the performance will give people a very mixed, very amateurish, no childish feeling, if that's the case, it's better not to calculate at all, save the loss of that person.

"Holy!" Hearing this, Tian Han cursed, the 95 version does not have that solo, the difficulty is relatively low, and everyone plays it easily, but it takes too much time to place the instruments, and the 92 version, no one can interpret that solo perfectly, this is simply a dead knot.

Seeing the embarrassment on everyone's faces, Gao Zhan was stunned for a moment, and said puzzledly: "Is that solo difficult?" ”

Faced with Gao Zhan's question, Zhao Xiaogang said with a wry smile: "It's not too difficult, but the key is that the taste can't come out, everyone is too familiar with this song, such a classic song, even if it's just a little bit, it seems so harsh, so mixed, so ......"

Touching his chin, Gao Zhan said: "You all bring guitars, you can play it and I'll listen to it, it doesn't feel so difficult, right?" ”

In the face of Gao Zhan's request, Zhao Xiaogang said with a wry smile: "Boss, you don't understand musical instruments, so I don't know, although we can play it according to the score, but the speed is not right, the rhythm is not right, and the feeling is even more wrong, I can't explain this to you, in short, it is not possible, our level, we have our own number." ”

In the face of Zhao Xiaogang's words, Gao Zhan didn't say much, saying that he didn't understand the guitar, even if he was a world-class master, he didn't dare to praise this Haikou, no matter what, he had also practiced for fourteen or fifteen years, and the level was still there.

Directly reached out and asked for the guitar case from Zhao Xiaogang's hand, and after opening the box, he took out the classical guitar that was obviously not too useful.

Straddled the guitar strap on his shoulder, Gao Zhan plucked it gently, and the sound that came out made Gao Zhan frown, he had just tried Smokeman upstairs, and now when he listened to an ordinary guitar, the sound was almost noise.

Of course, the sound is not the main reason for Gao Zhan's frown, the most important thing is that the pitch is wrong, although the difference is not big, but people who play music know that the pitch is not right at all, and it sounds awkward.

Subconsciously stretched out his hand, pinched the tuning column at the top of the guitar, and Gao Zhan was ready to tune the tone, playing it like this is simply torture.

"Holy! Don't mess around, okay...... It took me a long time to get it. Seeing Gao Zhan twisting around, Zhao Xiaogang screamed eagerly.

Hearing Zhao Xiaogang's shout, Gao Zhan remembered that the guitar was not his, but someone else's, and normally, other people's instruments should not be out of tune.

Hurriedly letting go of his hand, Gao Zhan put the guitar back into the box, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'll give it back to you." ”

"Uh...... This! I didn't mean that, you played it well, it's just better not to tune, you don't know...... Tuning can be difficult, sometimes it can't be tuned for hours. Zhao Xiaogang said embarrassedly.

Shaking his head, Gao Zhan still insisted on returning the guitar, and then said, "You guys wait for me here first, I have a guitar upstairs, I'll take it down." As he spoke, Gao Zhan walked in the direction of the elevator.

Watching the elevator door slowly close, Tian Han jumped in front of Zhao Xiaogang with an arrow step, slapped him on the head, gritted his teeth and said, "You are fucking stupid!" Isn't it just a broken guitar? Even if you fall, what if you are idle, what do you do with your brows. ”

Shrinking his neck, Zhao Xiaogang said in a low voice: "Aren't I in too much of a hurry and forgot about the others?" Besides, my guitar is Yamaha's, more than 2,500. ”

"Hey......" shook his head wordlessly, Tian Han didn't know what to say, whether he had money or not was one thing, but those who really played musical instruments cherished their musical instruments very much, just like a chivalrous man cherished his sword very much, without this feeling, don't think about playing well.

For a surname like Zhao Xiaogang, Tian Han also believes that Gao Zhan will not be angry with him, this kid is a little bad, but you are open, what to say, it is clear that we are a bad guy, what is in the heart, what is outside, it is relatively easy to contact such a person.

Just thinking about it, the elevator door opened again, Gao Zhan walked out with a black guitar case in his hand, looking at the guitar case in Gao Zhan's hand that had obviously been around for some years, Tian Han and the others realized that Gao Zhan was likely to also play a musical instrument!

"Me! No way...... Smmoman! Looking at the black guitar case, the words that were already a little unclear, Zhao Xiaogang exclaimed in surprise, for a guitar lover, it is much more difficult to know Smokeman than to know Smokeman.

Seeing that Zhao Xiaogang actually knew this guitar, Gao Zhan couldn't help but smile, didn't say anything, opened the guitar case, and took out the wood-yellow Smokeman that almost all classical guitar lovers are extremely familiar with!

When he played upstairs just now, Gao Zhan had already tuned all the notes, and even played the Hotel California once, so there was no need to tune it anymore.

Dragging a round stool, Gao Zhan sat down comfortably, and after looking up at everyone, Gao Zhan lowered his head slightly, closed his eyes, and tried to calm his mood. Finally, Gao Zhan's right hand moved, and the soothing sound of the guitar echoed through the empty third floor.

Listening to this extremely familiar, almost exactly the same guitar sound as in memory, and even more beautiful in timbre, everyone couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

Finally, the ...... ** part arrived, accompanied by a burst of crisp, slow to fast guitar playing, Gao Zhan's right hand fingers undulated like waves, faster and faster, more and more urgent, and the guitar sound was even more connected.

With the last melodious high note, Gao Zhan closed his eyes comfortably, savored carefully, and played here, the guitar sound stopped for a while, and the next thing was the tambourine.

"I rely on ......" for a long time, Zhao Xiaogang finally found his language, looked at Gao Zhan in disbelief and said: "It's really a real person who doesn't show his face, the black bottle contains soy sauce, I can't see it!" You can play such a good guitar, it's professional! I didn't hear any difference from the original, but the timbre and sound quality were better, after all...... That's Smallman's voice! ”

Hearing Zhao Xiaogang's words, Gao Zhan opened his eyes and said with a smile; "Not necessarily, the same is true for musical instruments, and the effect of listening to it live will always be better than the effect after recording, and many things cannot be recorded by recording."

Speaking of this, Gao Zhan looked at Tian Han and the others, and said cautiously: "Do you think it's okay?" If we can, we'll use the 92 version, and I'll be in charge of this guitar solo. ”

"Khan ......" Hearing Gao Zhan's words, Tian Han sighed and said: "If this level is not enough, then you can only pull the Eagle Band of the year over, this is basically a complete copy, absolutely amazing!" ”

Speaking of this, Tian Han clapped his hands and said loudly: "That's it, I'm in charge of the tambourine, Gao Zhan, Sun Yi, Zhou Hai, you three classical guitars, Gao Zhan guitar solo ends, when you start singing, the classical guitar part is in charge of Sun Yi and Zhou Hai, Lin Tao is in charge of the bass, as for Zhao Xiaogang, you can use a shakehammer." ”

"Ahh Hearing Tian Han's words, Zhao Xiaogang opened his mouth wide, pointed to his nose and said, "No, let me play with sandhammer!" That's too retarded, isn't it? ”

Hearing Zhao Xiaogang's words, Tian Han frowned and said, "Cheng, if you don't like the shakespeare, then I can't arrange it, or ...... Can you arrange it? ”

"This ......" Hearing Tian Han's words, Zhao Xiaogang made a bitter face, Tian Han's drums, Gao Zhan's guitar solo, and Lin Tao's bass are all irreplaceable, the only thing he can fight for is Zhou Hai and Sun Yi, but everyone has been together for so many years, who has any level, can he still not know?

When it comes to guitar level, Gao Zhan is first-class, Zhou Hai and Sun Yi are second-rate, and Zhao Xiaogang can barely be third-rate, he is not responsible for the shakespeare, so who should be responsible?

Looking at Zhao Xiaogang's bitter face, Gao Zhan couldn't help laughing, for this guy who is outspoken, very impulsive, and has no brains, Gao Zhan can't say that he likes it, but he doesn't hate it so much, but now there is really no way, if he doesn't let the sand hammer be shaken, then others will have more opinions.

Faced with this situation, Zhao Xiaogang was very aggrieved, looking at Zhao Xiaogang's depressed appearance, Gao Zhan smiled and said: "You don't have to be so unhappy, don't forget, the lead singer of the 92 version is shaking the sandhammer." ”

Hearing Gao Zhan's words, Zhao Xiaogang was not relieved, and said depressedly: "The sand hammer looks good, as if I don't know anything, and I practice guitar, although I don't play very well, but you all hold the guitar or bass, just let me get a sand hammer, it's too embarrassing." ”

"En......" pondered for a while, Gao Zhan looked at Tian Han and said, "Or...... Let's remove the shaker, anyway, we will start to shake a few times, ordinary people can't hear it at all, but it doesn't shake when it really sings, there is not much difference, let's separate the classical guitar part, and one person specializes in practicing a section, so that it is easier to play well. ”

"It's done!" After listening to Gao Zhan's words, Tian Han nodded and said: "The five people are holding musical instruments, it feels really cooler, the shakers are not very important, the 95 version has no shakers at all, it is the same classic." ”

Hearing that he could finally hold the guitar, Zhao Xiaogang immediately became happy, looking at Gao Zhan's eyes full of gratitude, the age of his early twenties, is the age when he loves to be in the limelight, and what he is most afraid of is losing face, Gao Zhan fulfilled his face, in his heart, Gao Zhan's image changed instantly.

Next, Tian Han took out the score and began to compare it, although before this, everyone had already played it I don't know how many times, but if you really want to cooperate with the performance, you must make a division of labor, solo and concerto are two different things, to have a sense of hierarchy, you must have a clear division of labor.

While the others were composing, Gao Zhan returned upstairs and asked Li Qian again to ask Manager Jiang to pull the drum kit away and replace it with a pair of drums...... Manager Jiang didn't actually have a tambourine, but he still agreed, and each musical instrument shop ran around, and soon found the target, spent 1,800 yuan, bought it, and sent it directly to Lu Ying Clothing.

On the third floor of Lu Ying's costumes, Gao Zhan's five people lined up, and behind him was Tian Han standing in front of the tambourine.

Accompanied by the sound of the guitar, the familiar melody echoed in the space, first the solo of Gao Zhan, interpolated by Zhou Hai next to the interlude, and then ...... Then you get into the familiar starting melody.

For this melody, everyone has long been familiar with it, and the difficulty is not great, so the level of performance is also very high, but ...... After playing for a while, everyone felt that something seemed to be missing here.

"Stop, stop, stop......" stopped beating the drum suddenly, Tian Han frowned and said: "What's the matter, the melody is obviously right, and the rhythm is no problem, but how is there something missing." ”

"Yes......" scratched his head in annoyance, Zhao Xiaogang said: "Not only is there something missing, but it is also something very important, the whole music seems to be easy to do, and there is no soul feeling." ”

"Try again......" After analyzing for a long time, the reason was not analyzed, and in desperation, everyone was ready to try again.

The result was the same as the last time, it was still very dry, very dry, and I always felt that something was missing, but no one could say what was missing.

Taking out his mobile phone, Tian Han found the California Hotel accompaniment stored in the mobile phone, and everyone listened carefully, and soon ...... The reason was found.

Seeing Tian Hanguang drop his mobile phone, everyone looked at Zhao Xiaogang with strange eyes, and Zhao Xiaogang himself puffed his mouth, and he was speechless and asked Cangtian.

If you think about it carefully, almost everyone ignores the role of the shaker, especially when singing, basically doesn't shake it, but when there is him, maybe I don't feel anything, but if the shaker is really removed, there will be a lot of things missing, and it is the surname of the soul, without this, it will immediately lose its vitality, and the appeal will immediately decrease sharply.

"Okay......" clenched his fist, Zhao Xiaogang said with a sad face: "Leave the sand hammer to me, the soul of the band, I will be the one!" ”

"Flutter ......" Hearing Zhao Xiaogang's words, Lin Tao couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud, and when he heard the laughter, Zhao Xiaogang immediately looked at him angrily.

Seeing that Zhao Xiaogang chose to sacrifice himself, Gao Zhan was still very impressed, young man, who doesn't want to be in the limelight, let alone someone like Zhao Xiaogang, who sees the limelight more than anything else.

This time, Gao Zhan didn't bother Manager Jiang again, but asked Zhao Xiaogang to go out and buy it himself, fortunately, this is a pedestrian street, and there is a musical instrument store nearby, so it is very simple to buy a shakehammer.

After Zhao Xiaogang left, everyone reassigned the music, and as soon as the distribution was finished, Zhao Xiaogang ran back with sweat, looking at his sweaty appearance, it can be seen that he was running all the way.

Since the shakers were bought, everyone naturally wanted to test whether this was the reason or not, and after a try, it was really this, after having the shakers, everyone was even infected by the music.

After practicing for more than two hours, until the evening, everyone stopped, more than two hours of practice, everyone has figured out the division of labor, although not very proficient, there are still some problems in the connection, but this is not a problem, you can practice slowly after going back, as long as you know which part you are responsible for, with the basic skills of Zhou Hai and Sun Yi, it is still not a problem, after all...... This piece is not too difficult, the most important thing is actually to sing.

After the training, Tian Han proposed to treat him to barbecue and drink, in the face of Tian Han's proposal, of course Gao Zhan would not refuse, otherwise, would he stay here to eat? The company has regulations, people in the company can eat here at any time, regardless of time, regardless of the number of times, and regardless of quantity, but people outside the company are resolutely not allowed to bring into the company to eat, not reluctant to pay, but to avoid chaos.

Although Gao Zhan didn't say anything even if he took everyone to eat, the boss always had to be privileged, but Gao Zhan didn't want to do it, and there was no need for that.

During the meal, everyone agreed that in the next month, everyone should seize the time, practice their part according to the music, and then every weekend, they will get together to practice, and no one is allowed to pull his hind legs, otherwise everyone will despise him together.

After eating, Tian Han proposed to go to KTV together, but was rejected by Gao Zhan, although there is still more than a month before the New Year's Day party, but time is precious, there is time to play, it is better to practice more at home.

Hearing Gao Zhan's words, everyone immediately came to their senses, returned to the third floor of Lu Ying Costumes again, and continued to practice the ensemble, until eight o'clock to eleven o'clock, the store was about to close, and everyone had to disperse.

Watching Tian Han and his brothers gradually drift away, Gao Zhan narrowed his eyes, this guy is really not simple, he is so calm, for a whole day, he didn't ask Li Mingzhe about it once.

In the next week, Gao Zhan and others practiced separately, and everyone made rapid progress, although this piece is very long, but if it is broken down, the part that everyone is responsible for is not complicated, so everyone is more and more feeling, and the entry is very fast.

A week later, when Gao Zhan and the others got together to practice again, they already had an eight-point appearance, if they didn't count the singing part, compared with the original voice, there was almost no big difference, only in the more subtle parts, the good handling was not enough.

Next, hard practice can no longer solve all the problems, everyone has more, or listen, listen more, explore more, compare the original sound, carefully figure out other people's performance skills, and how to deal with it, so that the whole piece is more and more perfect.

However, if you want to feel this subtle thing, it is obviously impossible to listen to it with a mobile phone, and you must use high-end audio equipment to hear the most subtle parts clearly.

And, the most important part is that the first California Hotel, if you want to play completely by a band, there is actually a part of the backing vocals, which must also go to KTV to practice, otherwise, you don't know what your voice looks like in the speaker after passing through the microphone.

So far, everyone has their own girlfriends, but ...... For this performance, everyone kept their girlfriends secret for the time being, hoping to surprise their respective girlfriends when it was time for the performance.

In order to practice, everyone is hiding in the dormitory, and they have been snubbing their respective girlfriends for more than a week, and it is not possible to continue to be snubbed, so it's time to take their girlfriends to KTV to play and relax.

With the help of Li Qian, Gao Zhan and others, with their respective musical instruments, went to an entertainment company in Changzhou and recorded a professional disc accompaniment tape.

At this point, it is impossible to keep it completely secret, so everyone has to choose their surnames to reveal a little, just saying that in this performance, the six of them will sing the Eagles at the Hotel California, but they just hide their own performance, otherwise there will be no surprise.

On the other hand, after knowing that Gao Zhan and others were going to participate in the school's New Year's Day gala, Zhang Shan, the girl, suddenly came to her senses, saying that she wanted to design a set of clothes for them, otherwise, just wearing ordinary clothes on stage would always feel a little worse, and there was no taste of art.

It's not just them who have to practice, in fact...... Everyone's girlfriends, some of whom are going to participate in this New Year's Day gala, also have to practice, so this proposal was quickly adopted, and the time is set at eight to ten o'clock every night, at this time everyone is relatively leisurely, and there will be no miscellaneous constraints.

(To be continued)