Chapter 52: INTERESTING US (4)
The bands on the stage sang one by one, the level was uneven, some bands were unsightly cooperative, and some of the individual members were better, but the shortcoming effect was too obvious, resulting in the final effect of pulling the hips.
That's the case with college bands, and of course there are some tacit combinations that are eye-catching, but they are still a minority.
This time, "Smoke Corner Alley 2.0" recruited a wide range of bands, in addition to heavy metal rock, any folk post-rock, British jazz, and pop releases are all not refused.
This is actually normal, although people talk about "band group" now, most of them will combine it with rumbling rock music, but today's band music has long mixed many music styles together, sometimes even the creator can't tell what kind of style the song he created belongs to, and the average listener will not care what style you are, only good, that is, "pop songs".
The performance on stage continued, and Lao Lu brought a boy who looked like a student, about 1.75 meters tall, with a clean appearance, giving people the feeling of studying liberal arts.
Lao Lu introduced: "This is the keyboard player I found for you, I just interviewed yesterday, and his band collapsed on the spot before, but this kid's keyboard level is still good, I specially called the two of you over, and I will take a look at you when you get together a team." ”
"Okay, Brother A."
He Tianran smiled and nodded.
"Okay, then I won't introduce much, you can mix it up yourself."
After Lao Lu Caocao finished speaking, he left a playful smile, which made He Tianran a little incomprehensible.
"Hello, my name is He Tianran."
He Tianran took the initiative to stretch out his hand, but the Sven boy was indifferent to this, and said indifferently: "Don't be so polite, temporary combination, I'm here to play the accompaniment, Brother A told me to help go through the motions." ”
Well, it's quite a character.
He Tianran withdrew his hand, and he didn't feel embarrassed, after all, there are a lot of such cold birdmen in the film academy, and he has long been surprised, anyway, as long as the work is good, everything else is easy to say.
"Little brother, if you don't say your name, what do we call you?"
However, at this time, Wen Liang took the initiative to ask in a good voice.
The Sven boy looked at Wen Liang and stared at her for a while.
"Are you...... Lead singer? ”
"Yes, my name is Wen Liang, what about you?"
"My name is ......"
"Forget it, don't talk about it, I suddenly don't want to know, anyway, it doesn't matter who you are."
Wen Liang, who was a maniac demon who was a guardian, suddenly changed his words, and very mischievously took He Tianran's hand and sat down again, leaving the Sven boy to stand in place, his face flushed, and he couldn't say anything with a choked mouth.
In the end, he still sat down two seats away from the two of them, but out of the corner of his eye, he could still see the scene of these two people fighting, pulling and pulling, and after a while, he couldn't help but turn his head and ask:
"You're a couple, huh?"
When the two heard this, they had a tacit understanding.
He Tianran asked rhetorically: "Isn't it obvious?" ”
"It's obvious, but ...... Let me state first, I don't play love songs. ”
"Good fellow, is it a matter of principle? Do you still want to stick to the original intention of music? ”
“…… No comment. ”
He Tianran suddenly felt that this guy was inexplicably a little cute......
"It doesn't matter, I didn't say we were going to sing love songs." He Tianran gave Wen Liang a look, and the latter immediately answered: "We want to sing a song with the theme of environmental protection to show great love!" ”
“……”
The Sven boy was completely speechless, this is really a proposition that cannot be refused......
"Shall we ...... Cough...... What are you going to sing? Original? ”
"No, cover."
Wen Liang and He Tianran glanced at each other, and then said three words mysteriously.
As soon as the Sven boy heard the name of the song in the girl's mouth, the first thing that came to mind was not whether this song was a love song or not, but that this song was indeed difficult for the female lead singer.
You must know that the song selected by Wen Liang was blown up as soon as the prelude sounded, and later the original band changed the lead singer, and when it sang this song again, it was always criticized for losing its soul, and it never reached the original height......
"I ...... I'll go get ready. ”
The Sven boy dropped a sentence and left in a hurry.
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An hour later, it was finally the turn of the three people, and since He Tianran only had a xylophone on hand, he asked the guitarist in the audience to temporarily borrow an electric piano and two picks.
This band is here to try its work, what is the guitarist going to do without a guy?
Seeing He Tianran shouting the plectrum in his mouth, plugging in the pickups and skillfully adjusting the piano, the band members in the audience began to whisper, but after all, Lu Arun personally played the drums to suppress the field, and it was closed for them at a glance, so most of them maintained a wait-and-see attitude and did not underestimate these three people because of this.
However, this is also as Lao Lu said before, he helped to play, which means that the standards of these bands below will be very high.
"Look, their female lead singer is really beautiful, and they are still well-connected, they must know each other, or they won't come to play in person."
"Don't say it, I see that she is a little familiar, I seem to have seen it somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while."
"I guess it's from the film school, right? They also have a lot of bands in their school. ”
"Wow, have you just noticed? I saw other girls when they first arrived here, but you also think about it, I have seen others kissing the guitarist of their band~Famous flowers have masters~"
"Gan, but whoever is the female lead singer in the band must have emotional entanglements with the guitarist in the team, either the current or the ex, I am also convinced, I have never heard of a female lead singer who is involved with our bass player."
"Hey, what are you doing here? Isn't this an old tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation in our industry? Listen to the songs, listen to the songs. ”
"Yes, yes, they started, I hope it's not a vase."
On the stage, Lu Alun's eyes swept twice between the guitarist and the keyboardist, and at this time only he knew in his heart that this improvised band had not rehearsed once before, but for these two people, he was relieved, as long as they stood on the stage, it meant that they had a score in their hearts.
But the little girl who is the lead singer ......
Wen Liang seemed to feel something, and she turned her head to look, signaling that she was ready.
Lu Alun nodded, raised the drum stick with both hands, and gently tapped each other-
"Da~da~da!"
Generally speaking, after the drummer finished the entrance beat, the instruments began to enter, but everyone did not hear any musical instruments at the moment, but were the first to hear Wen Liang let out a long and agile chant.
Her pure human voice, as if carried by the wind and sand, came from a foreign land, timeless and infatuated, drilled into people's hearts, and echoed for a long time......
Pregnant!
As soon as the girl spoke, Lu Arun immediately had an answer, this chant lasted for seventeen seconds, the drum beat gradually, and the guitar played the main theme of the song roughly and gorgeously, officially unveiling the song!
The audience on the stage held their breath for this long chant and prelude, and only listened to Wen Liang sing steadily:
The grains of sand in the sky of Dunhuang, with our memories, I looked back from the halfway, this Qinguan is long and meandering.
The dream has passed through the Western Regions, how much Zen is contained, love is like a travelogue, and I will look for its secret words.
Look at the tears under the crescent bay, forgotten on the Silk Road......
It's Fei'er's "Crescent Bay"!
The reason why this song is unforgettable, in addition to the unforgettable top-level arrangement melody, the most important and most soulful thing is the unique timbre of the original song and the lingering tone of singing and sighing.
Very few people in China cover this song, because it is too difficult to control this feeling, and if the lead singer of this song will not be embellished, then it is very likely that it will sing a big white voice.
Whose heart is it, left alone, is he okay, I want to love him so much.
That eternal tear, a frozen word, may evaporate.
However, this concern was quickly broken by Wen Liang's strength, after entering the chorus, she used a very emotional true and false tone treatment for every end transition, and her understanding of this lyric song, she can almost be compared with the original singer-
Whose love is stronger than tears, and when you call softly, it melts me.
Every drop of rain evolves into my wings, chase it towards the person I love!
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At the end of the song, when the guitar sound slowly stopped, the warm emotion suddenly pulled out of the song, and she suddenly felt a strong uneasy omen in her heart, and she suddenly turned her head to look.
He Tianran felt his girlfriend's gaze, saw her looking at him, tilted his head slightly, and then showed a smile and raised his chin cheerfully at the other party.
He's right next to him......
That's great......
A sense of great happiness and certainty pervades this cool body.
Who knew that in her ears, the guitar melody sounded again, and the smile on He Tianran's face turned into a tight one, Wen Liang's eyes widened, and he was annoyed and helpless, this guy actually made an impromptu joke, intending to let himself shout the end again!
And he also got the key!
Wen Liang's ambition also came up, not timid at all, she turned around, held Mai with one hand, and raised her index finger with the other.
The drum king of the port city, Lu Alun, has never seen anything before, his hands suddenly danced like flying, and the drum clattered like a machine gun shooting out, shooting everyone's heart accurately, and the little brother of Sven's keyboardist was a little confused by this moment, but he also adjusted it slightly, and it was regarded as keeping up with the rhythm of everyone.
Whose heart is it, left alone, is he okay, how much do I want to love him......
Wen Liang sang loudly, and the whole person sparkled on the stage.
The band in the audience was shocked by this loud voice and their scalps were numb, and some people even jumped up on the spot with excitement, and sang along with the bang, they looked up at the girl who bloomed wantonly on the stage, and her demeanor was pious, as if worshipping a goddess who fell from the sky!
Every drop of rain evolves into my wings......
Chase after the one I love!
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"Cheers!"
At dusk, Lu Alun, who had finished today's interview, called He Tianran and his party and invited them to a nearby Sichuan restaurant for a meal.
The crowd raised their glasses and cheered loudly.
"Ah Liang, you really surprised me, it's not me who praised, your voice is really the same as Faye (the former lead singer of the Fei'er band)...... No, you seem to be in better condition! ”
Lao Lu drained the glass of wine in the cup, and did not hesitate to praise it in his mouth.
Wen Liang laughed and said, "Is it boss?" In fact, I can sing a lot of songs, not just Fei'er. ”
Fat Pu's face was proud, after all, he recommended him, and he took the opportunity to echo: "Yes, our Xiaowen classmate can still sing Japanese songs like "Love Cycle", can you believe it?" ”
"Hahahaha...... No, no, if you know Japanese, you will know that I am singing hahahaha......"
Wen Liang covered his mouth and smiled, remembering the time he went to Boss Park's store and was forced to sing for business.
Lao Lu glanced at the fat man and said with disgust: "Go and go, don't come to join in the fun." ”
After that, he looked at the three young people again: "Then let's talk about it, I will open next week, and the three of you will come over to give me residency, and you have to give me at least ten days a month, anyway, I naturally know, two or three hours per performance depends on the situation, I will give you a basic salary of 8,000, and then add the commission of the ticket, it will easily exceed 10,000 a month, if the business is good, 20,000 or 30,000 yuan is more than enough, anyway, more to earn, as for how to divide it, you discuss it yourself, if you are popular and famous, I can still give you a boost." ”
Without considering the commission, 8,000 yuan is divided among three people, and almost 2,006 yuan is in hand, which is completely enough for the daily consumption level of an ordinary college student, and this money is really not low for a start-up band.
This job doesn't seem to be as much as He Tianran's part-time job before, but the point is to get a commission.
But......
"I'm fine." The keyboardist brother was the first to agree, and then looked at the two.
"I remember you had a lot of classes in the evenings, didn't you?" He Tianran ignored him and asked his girlfriend.
Wen Liang folded his fingers and calculated: "If you count the weekend, it's still okay to make up ten days and half a month." ”
"Then we have to agree to the class schedule, we have to come together." He is naturally embarrassed.
"Yes......"
Lu Arun was anxious, the two people in his eyes at this moment were like dogs and men who were picking up their wool, he raised his hand and said:
"Seven days! How about seven days? Four weekends a month is six days, how can you all make up another day for me? ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, nodded their heads, and agreed.
In fact, in terms of Wen Liang's earning ability, she is not bad at all, the main thing is that she likes it, and if she likes it, He Tianran is happy.
Lu Arun was overjoyed, he knew that Wen Liang, as a student of the Film Academy, was concerned about her singing level and image, as well as He Tianran, the prince's boyfriend who likes to experience "folk suffering", others would be popular sooner or later, so how dare you put on a boss's shelf, it would be good to be able to coax people well.
He raised his glass again, and several people happily touched it again.
"By the way, what's the name of your band?"
At this time, Fat Park asked, and the three of them were stunned.
"We all made it up today, and we haven't had time to think about the name of the band yet."
He Tianran pondered for a moment.
"Why don't you just call it 'Smoke Corner Alley 2.0'?" Lao Lu proposed with a smile.
"Oh, someone's first band, Lao Lu, why do you always think about advertising?" Fat Park complained.
"yes, we've got to think of something interesting, something interesting." Wen Liang put his hands on his cheeks, and he also thought about it.
"Then we might as well call it 'Something Interesting'." The keyboard guy probably still thinks about the "temporary combination" stalk in the afternoon, and said casually.
It was originally an unintentional sentence, but He Tianran suddenly had a flash of inspiration, snapped his fingers, and said to the keyboard jarate:
"Your idea is good, simply let's call it INTERESTING, the Chinese name is a bit of an interesting band, or directly literally translated, called the Inblowing Sting Band, catchy and terrier, wonderful wow!"
Wen Liang laughed so hard that his little head kept nodding.
The keyboard guy was really numbed by the couple's brain circuits, and today he first lied to himself that "Crescent Bay" is an environmentally friendly song, and then named the band a bit interesting......
That's really ......
Inpothet Stim......
"Hey, I'm a person, I respect creativity the most, the name of the band is the first one you said, buddy, I respect you, it's been a day, we've worked together, it's time to introduce yourself, right? Dude, what's your last name? ”
He Tianran raised his wine glass generously, which made the keyboard player who had been holding it a little ashamed.
"Say, I want to know now, what's your name, little brother?" Wen Liang also gave a step next to him.
The keyboardist hurriedly picked up his wine glass and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, when I came...... Something happened, and it was a bad attitude...... Belch...... I'm from the Academy of Fine Arts next door, a freshman in the sculpture department, and my name is Wei Xing. ”
"What...... What? ”
He Tianran thought that his ears had heard it wrong, and even Wen Liang on the side showed a strange expression.
The Sven boy was startled by the other party's surprise, and repeated:
"I ...... My name is Wei Xing, Wei of the eight thousand female ghosts, the awakening of the awakening, Wei Xing. ”
(End of chapter)