Chapter 113: Recording a new album

No matter how strong Gu Cheng's ability is, working as a team alone will greatly reduce the efficiency and quality.

Because from arranging and compositing to recording songs, the procedure is cumbersome and detailed.

In order to speed up the progress of the album.

Gu Cheng still decided to follow Su Qi's advice and find a professional music production team.

With teamwork, Gu Cheng no longer has to do everything himself.

All he had to do was compose the music and throw it to the team, and then guide them to complete the composition according to their own ideas.

However, the person Su Qi found really surprised Gu Cheng.

He hurriedly put down his headphones and got up to greet him, "Director Mo, why are you here?" ”

Su Qimei blinked lightly and said with a smile: "Director Mo is experienced, I specially asked him to come over to help!" ”

Any of Mo Xiangdong's resumes in the Chinese music scene is enough to talk about half his life.

Personally designed by him, Gu Cheng's album will be more golden.

"As soon as I heard Su Qi say that he was helping you with your new album, I immediately threw down the work in my hand and rushed over."

Mo Xiangdong smiled, "If it were someone else, I wouldn't have come if I had spent money." ”

Gu Cheng hurriedly complimented, "Director Mo, it's really my honor that you can come to help!" ”

Liu Hongguang interjected, "Director Mo, how can Mr. Yang be willing to let you over?" ”

Jiang Yiyi and Xu Jie's singles will be launched in two days.

Now the Internet is overwhelming, and they are all promotional drafts for the two songs "Bubble" and "Youth Talk".

It can be seen that China Entertainment attaches great importance to these two singles.

It stands to reason that Mo Xiangdong, the music director, should be very busy.

Mo Xiangdong smiled heartily, "The things on the company's side have been almost handled, just leave the rest to the people below!" ”

He looked around and saw that the musicians were ready to record.

"I'm not late, am I?"

Gu Cheng shook the headset in his hand, "I just finished practicing, and I'm about to start!" ”

"So what are you waiting for, let's get started!" Mo Xiangdong said excitedly.

He had already been impressed by Gu Cheng's talent, and he couldn't help but want to listen to it first.

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The album has a total of ten songs, and Gu Cheng plans to record two or three songs a day.

On the first day, I recorded "The Sea and the Sky" and "Red Sun".

These two Cantonese songs are classic inspirational songs, which have been covered and interpreted by countless singers, but they can't sing the original song.

Especially "Sea and Sky", the song itself transcends the original scope of music and resonates in the hearts of countless people.

It's easy to imitate, but it's hard to reproduce the classics.

After there was no problem with the audition, Gu Cheng made an OK gesture towards everyone.

Recording officially begins.

"Today I watched the snow drift by on a cold night

Drifting away with a cooled heart

Chasing in the wind and rain, and indistinguishable in the fog

The sky is wide and you and I will change ......"

Gu Cheng opened his voice.

Everyone in the studio was shocked!

Because Gu Cheng's Cantonese is really good, there is no stiff feeling at all.

"Sea and Sky" is a song that fans recognize as very difficult to perform.

It's not just the emotion, it's also the pitch.

This song has reached the high note of A2 in many places, and it is repeated continuously, and it is difficult to sing the song smoothly without certain singing skills.

Even in the period of the third son, when they sang this song, they had to lower it from F to E, otherwise they would not be able to sing it at all.

Fortunately, Gu Cheng has a wide vocal range in this life, and he can control both low and high songs.

Gu Cheng covered his headphones and devoted himself wholeheartedly.

He crushed his emotions, memories and his own experiences, and released them in song.

“…… Forgive me for my uninhibited indulgence and love of freedom in this life

I am also afraid that one day I will fall

Oh

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Anyone can turn their back on their ideals

How can I be afraid that one day only you and I will ......"

Mo Xiangdong shuddered.

After decades in the industry, he has witnessed the rise and fall of the music scene.

The queen of songs, who sings well, is not unseen.

But the huge impetus on Gu Cheng's body, Mo Xiangdong has never seen it in other singers.

Gu Cheng is not simply singing with his voice, but outputs the qi and emotions of the dantian together, and his temperament and strength are all lingering between the melody and lyrics.

Especially when listening through headphones, the feeling is most immediate!

You can't think about it at all, you can only be deeply affected and resonated by the song.

Mo Xiangdong said without exaggeration.

This wonderful experience of listening to songs is clearly an echo that touches the soul!

The situation of Liu Hongguang and Su Qi is also not much better.

Although it was not the first time they had seen Gu Cheng sing, they still couldn't help but be shocked and ponder every time.

Gu Cheng, how exactly did he create these divine comedies?

When the recording ended, the audience fell silent.

Gu Cheng took off his headphones, "How is it?" ”

Su Qi's eyes surged and he praised: "Gu Cheng, you sing so well!" ”

"Whether it's the high notes of the chorus, or the vibrato treatment at the end, it's perfect, and it's not harsh at all!"

Gu Cheng smiled, "Did you sing so well?" Director Mo, what do you think? ”

Mo Xiangguang nodded, "Your treble is very penetrating, not only mellow and stable, but also metallic, so your singing just now is very magnetic, every word is in the ear, and every sentence is in the heart!" ”

"Thank you Director Mo for the compliment, but I don't think I sang well enough just now!"

Gu Cheng knew that Su Qi had never heard the original singing, so he respected his singing so much.

"The skills of this song are in place, but the emotions are still lacking, and some details are not handled in place, so I will continue to record it a few more times."

Gu Cheng returned to recording.

It took seven or eight repetitions before he was able to record a satisfactory version.

At noon, everyone had dinner and took a break by the way.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Cheng devoted himself to the practice and recording of "Red Sun".

It wasn't until five o'clock in the afternoon that Gu Cheng finally finished recording these two Cantonese songs.

Mo Xiangdong was really touched today.

"Gu Cheng, whether it is the song "Lover" last time, or this song "Sea and Sky" and "Red Sun"!"

"The arrangement and lyrics of these Cantonese songs are all very heartfelt, and I bet that they will definitely set off a Cantonese song frenzy after they are launched!"

Cantonese songs usually make compromises in order to fit the tune when filling in the lyrics.

The lyrics and songs do not compromise with each other, forming a delicate balance.

This kind of inexplicable harmony is a realm that Chinese songs rarely achieve.

Mo Xiangdong has not seen such a well-made Cantonese single in the Chinese music scene for a long time.

Gu Cheng smiled, "Director Mo, you have to wait until you go online to know, it's too early to say this." ”

Su Qi said curiously: "Aren't you from Jiangcheng?" Why is Cantonese so smooth? ”

"Even if you know Cantonese, you can sing so easily in the high notes, and your breath doesn't float."

Liu Hongguang couldn't help but sigh rudely.

"This singing skill is like an old cow on a plane, cow ~ boom!"

Su Qixing's eyes narrowed slightly.

As we all know, Cantonese has 9 tones and 6 tones, while Mandarin has only 4 tones.

Because of the differences in language environments, Cantonese songs are more difficult to sing than Chinese songs.

In addition, the cavity conversion amplitude of Cantonese is smaller than that of Chinese, and the change of resonance direction is more complex, requiring the singer's biting state to be more accurate.

Chinese can assist vocalization through articulation, better control the larynx, maintain sound quality, and will not produce serious hearing problems.

And Gu Cheng can sing Cantonese, a restricted language, and he can perform so perfectly, his singing skills can be said to be the peak!

"Gu Cheng, are you hiding something from us?"

Gu Cheng was stunned and casually found an excuse to prevaricate.

"I used to watch Hong Kong movies when I was a child, and then I was more interested in Cantonese, so it was natural to practice more."

Su Qi was skeptical, "That's it?" ”

Gu Cheng opened his eyes and said nonsense, "That's it!" ”