Chapter 394: He's Trying Something Something Quite New
Zhang Lao said emotionally, and slapped the table again.
But this time, his eyes were full of life and hope.
"Maybe if I speak in the vernacular, you may not have any intuitive understanding, so I will now invite Mr. Jiang Kan, the creator of this song and the singer, to come to the stage and introduce this song to you, what do you think?"
Because of his high seniority and prestige, Zhang Lao was also very colloquial when he spoke, saying that he was soliciting the opinions of other delegates, but in fact he directly invited Jiang Kan to the stage.
Of course, this is also a link that has been communicated before, Jiang Kan is also a person who has seen the world now, so he stood up directly, tidied up his clothes and walked towards the stage, without stage fright at all.
"Ahem, hello everyone, I'm Jiang Kan, a newcomer in the cultural and entertainment industry, I don't dare to call Mr. in front of all respected performing artists, just call me Xiao Jiang."
Jiang Kan is dressed in a neat and generous light black suit today, and his ear-length hair is also very soft, coupled with his upright posture and handsome face, he won a good first impression from most of the audience as soon as he came on stage.
"Mr. Zhang praised me a lot just now, but for myself, this is also a sub-shallow exploration of the combination of traditional art and pop art."
He coughed twice, cleared his throat, and continued.
"Maybe everyone is still a little foggy, and it's not very appropriate for me to explain it dryly, so I'll sing this song for everyone first, and everyone will have an intuitive feeling in their hearts, and it will be better to say it."
He turned his head, nodded to the staff on the other side of the rostrum, and began to play the soundtrack of "The New Concubine Drunk" according to the agreed requirements.
"Woo~Woo~~~"
In the venue, a deep, mournful flute sound came from the speakers arranged on both sides.
The gradually descending shuffle rose up for a while, performing a repetition with a brighter timbre, and then rising again, beginning to become clear and bright.
"Boom!"
A huge drum beat suddenly sounded, which shocked everyone's hearts!
Everyone is a traditional opera performance artist, and knowing the meaning of such a sky-shaking drum is to remind everyone - "Concentrate, the next good show is about to begin!"
Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of metal cymbals, which instantly swept away the dullness and sorrow brought by the sound of the flute.
"Dangdang~Dangdangdang~"
The big strings were noisy like a torrential rain, the sound of the pipa was like a summer rainstorm, and a rapid and bright accompaniment instantly filled the entire studio hall, which made all the old artists feel shocked!
"Wow, this opening is okay!"
Even if he heard it once and heard such a melody again, Wang Lao's slightly cloudy eyes still flashed again.
He could tell that this was not a traditional way of arranging opera, which added a lot of pop music elements, but the combination was very harmonious and soft.
Most of the delegates in the audience also closed their eyes and nodded silently, showing their willingness to try and appreciate this peculiar form of musical expression.
"The snowflakes of that year fell and the plum blossoms bloomed,"
"There was too much sorrow left by the Huaqing Pond that year."
At the end of the prelude, Jiang Kan took a deep breath, and then slowly sang the lyrics into the microphone.
His voice is gentle and soft, but it contains a kind of emotional interweaving, a strange sense of distorted time and space, and the lyrics of the allegorical scenery complement each other.
Therefore, as soon as his singing voice came out, some of the representatives in the audience were so happy that they were thrilled.
"Don't say who is right or wrong,"
"I just want to get drunk with you again in my dreams."
The lyrics are sung here, and the representatives who have responded quickly have already understood it.
"Huaqing Pool? Who's right and who's wrong? Isn't he singing the love story between Tang Xuanzong Li Longji and Yang Guifei?"
"You're old and confused, the title of the song says it's "The New Concubine is Drunk", isn't it theirs or who's?"
"Yes, this song is still written in the way of popular music, but the style of composition is biased towards the ancient style of Peking Opera, which does not have the outdated style of pure traditional opera, and it is more fashionable than traditional drama music songs......
Jiang Kan only sang a few words, and the audience began to discuss.
They are not ordinary audiences who do not have much musical literacy, but old artists who have been immersed in the art of ** music for many years.
Therefore, I can better understand what is contained in this song's expression, which is not very different from traditional opera and modern pop music.
"The Plantagenet Jade Scratch is your gift to me,"
"The song of the neon dress and feather coat is reincarnated several times to sing and dance for you."
"The Sword Gate Pass is your deep miss for me,"
"Ma Weipo is willing to break his soul for true love."
As the lyrics progressed, more and more audiences have heard the story contained in this song and compared it with the famous Peking Opera "The Drunken Concubine".
"Not to mention that this song has a bit of the charm of traditional Peking Opera, just this little word, it is quite flavorful!"
Some representatives usually listen to Peking Opera a lot, but at this time they have closed their eyes and comfortably used their fingers to follow the beat on their thighs.
It's like sitting in a teahouse in Yanjing and listening to Peking Opera jokes on the radio.
Although it is not the original Peking Opera itself, there are some more indescribable and unclear strange feelings in it, which makes people feel more acceptable when they listen to it?
"There's something about this song."
This representative who didn't know the specific identity was intoxicated by Jiang Kan's songs, and he only felt that he was full of Tai, and he couldn't help but think about it.
However, the same rice raises a hundred kinds of people, and there are people who like Jiang Kan's song, and there are people who like this song more than others.
A seventy or eighty-year-old white-bearded old man sitting in the front row of the stage was angry at the moment, and even glared at him with some blowing his beard.
"Play the piano indiscriminately! A good "Drunken Concubine", he changed it to such a nondescript appearance!"
"It's obviously singing according to the tune and singing style of pop songs, but a few nondescript flowers are added to it, this is Peking Opera?"
The old man let out a heavy "hum" in his nose, then turned his head and closed his eyes and never listened to Jiang Kan's singing again, as a sign of his disdain.
"Indeed, this is a pop music that is very obvious, just a flowery cavity, this is Peking Opera? , isn't it? Slow down...... What is this?"
Just when the opponents disdainfully expressed their opposition to pop music and their disdain for the "nondescript" "New Concubine Drunk", the most essential part of the song was suddenly presented in front of everyone like a huge wave!
"Love and hate are in an instant, and a glass to the moon is like the sky."
"Love and hate, ask you when you will fall in love!"
The silver bottle burst through the water slurry, and the iron rider stood out with knives and guns!
The sudden drama was like a thunderbolt, which exploded in the ears of the audience!
And this extremely high, very thin, and extremely sharp female voice is like a silver needle, piercing all the itchy points on their bodies!
"? This young man ......."
"This ...... This is ......."
"The tone of this drama is amazing! Emma, comfortable!!"
"It's not just a joke, this young man, can really sing?"
"Is there a different person on stage? No, it's still that young man surnamed Jiang?"
"Isn't this Danjiao'er's voice, has this young man practiced real Peking Opera? This voice is so pure!"
The audience exploded in an instant!
Everyone is engaged in traditional opera, although everyone has their own preferences, not everyone treats Peking Opera that way......
But this tone is quite right!
And it's very pure!
Without a few years of Peking Opera skills, I can't sing such a fascinating taste!
"The chrysanthemum platform reflects the bright moon, who knows that my love is cold,
Drunk in the arms of the king, dreaming back to the love of the Tang Dynasty!"
Before they finished their discussion, another high-pitched, shrill, but not harsh joke resounded on the rostrum again, echoing in the conference hall!
It was like a series of thunderbolts exploding in people's minds, pulling everyone's sensory stimulation to a whole new level!
"Sounds good, it's so good! Isn't this more enjoyable than just listening to a play?"
A middle-aged man with a gray beard and a bald head "brushed" the paper fan in his hand and slammed it on his thigh, obviously refreshed by the song just now, and a little uncontrollable!
"It's not just a joke! This young man also changed the technique of his laryngeal vocalization, making it sharp, delicate and increasing the width and height of the vocal range, thus forming an effect similar to that of female pronunciation, and sang the cherishing and lamentation of this love in the identity of Yang Guifei herself...... Absolutely, absolutely!"
Another half-aged man with short flat hair and a traditional kaftan also leaned back in a chair and shook his head to comment.
"Yes, this voice is more feminine than the traditional Danjiaoer voice, and there is no trace of guttural voice and lowness that has not been completely erased when sung by a man, absolutely, amazingly, it is simply the material of a natural Danjiaoer!"
A middle-aged man with long hair next to him also nodded again and again, indicating that this voice was simply singing into his heart.
This Jiang Kan, not only the lyrics and songs, but even the singing completely brought himself into the perspective of the singing object, and fully interpreted a love between Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei, and finally in order to express the singer's own extreme emotions, even the female voice was used!
The point is, he still sings so well! Although the voice of a man sings a female voice, the voice is stretched extremely high and thin, but there is not even a little flaw or broken sound!
Every tone is so steady, so accurate!
It's like an itch, every time it is accurately scratched on the most itchy point behind it, so that the listener is so comfortable that the whole body is numb, and it is extremely cool!
For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the audience.
Jiang Kan's singing seemed to have deeply touched a certain point in their hearts.
After he sang the last line, except for some extremely rigid and old-fashioned old men, most of the representatives in the audience generously gave him encouragement and affirmative applause.
"Did you hear that? This is Jiang Kan's "The New Concubine Drunk."
Old Man Zhang raised his hands and pressed down twice, so that the people in the audience gradually quieted down.
"I think everyone has felt the charm of his song."
Zhang Lao picked up the cup, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and at the same time organized the language by the way.
"Judging from everyone's applause, Xiao Jiang's singing just now still has a lot of merits, but I saw that some people's faces don't seem to be very good, Lao Li, have you been making a face just now, thinking that this is a pop music, but wearing a piece of opera skin? I've seen it all!"
Zhang Lao squeezed his eyes at the seventy or eighty-year-old white-bearded old man sitting in the front rows of the stage.
"Humph!"
The old man, known as Lao Li, snorted again and turned his head away.
But this time, his "hum" didn't have the disdainful tone just now, and it was more like being told something in front of an old friend and not being convinced.
"Haha, I know you must be a little disdainful of this song, and indeed, there must be many people here who don't really like this "new packaging"."
Lao Zhang glanced left and right at the rostrum beside him
The people, especially Wang Lao, who had just spoken, also smiled at him playfully at this time, as if to express their affirmation of him: "Good job!"
He cleared his throat again and continued to speak:
"Actually, we asked Xiao Jiang to show his song "The New Concubine Drunk", mainly to open the eyes of the old brothers and sisters who represent local operas in various places, and understand the new possibilities for the development of traditional opera."
"Our traditional opera art has fallen into a trough, and young people nowadays, rarely, or basically, will no longer pay attention to our traditional arts such as Peking Opera, Henan Opera, and Huangmei Opera......
"This requires us to start seeking new and change."
"And how do you seek innovation and change?"
Zhang Lao coughed, and his face gradually became serious.
"As you have just heard, this song is indeed created in the way of pop music, but it adds a lot of content and expression of opera, not that it is a piece of opera music in itself, which can replace our traditional Peking Opera treasure "The Drunken Concubine" itself."
"Rather, he used this new way of creation, integrating our traditional opera elements, so that pop music itself has also been refined and sublimated, showing a new form of musical expression, Xiao Jiang, you said before, what kind of new form of song is this?"
As he spoke, Zhang Lao turned his gaze to Jiang Kan, who was still standing in front of the stage.
"Dramatic songs, Mr. Zhang."