Chapter 204: My Son's ......
With piano accompaniment, the singing effect is even better.
"Good, that's all, keep it up." Chu Zhen played the piano quietly, and couldn't help but admire: "This song is indeed of very good quality, the more you listen to it, the better it gets, is it the title song of your album?" β
"Main?" Chu Ci shook his head and said, "Of course not, I suddenly remembered that I added it temporarily." β
"Oh?" Chu Zhen raised his head in surprise and stared at him and said, "Come, sing your title song first." β
"Well, in fact, there is no main hit, I'll just add it all in one go."
"You pick the one that you think is the best quality and the best to play as the title song! Otherwise, why is it called the main hit? β
"Uh, I think it's all about the same quality, right?" Chu Ci said.
Chu Zhen shook his head and obviously didn't believe it: "Which so many are of similar quality, if you can reach the quality of this father every time, then you are a god album." β
"You're a god musician!"
Listening to his exaggerated statement, Chu Ci also felt a little embarrassed, lowered his head, and said with a simple look: "It's not like that, that's it, compared to Dad's album, then I'm still far behind, but I think it should be quite capable of playing, after all, it's going to overpower that guy, isn't it?" Otherwise, how can you snipe him? β
Chu Zhen instinctively didn't want to believe it, but when he thought of his son's miraculous record before, 4 songs in a row were of very amazing quality, so he was silent.
Hold your hand steady and listen to the words first.
Chu Zhen casually flipped a page forward, and the three big characters that caught his eye made him feel quite interesting.
"Blue and white porcelain ......" Chu Zhen read the title of the song: "How did you come up with this name?" β
How do I know what Fang Wenshan thinks...... Chu Ci said: "I think the image of blue and white porcelain can represent some of the things I want to express." β
Then in order to avoid the other party asking him what he wanted to express, he continued: "This song is about a Chinese style!" Didn't Shen Junyi say that he wanted the world to appreciate the power of Chinese culture, so I would give him an example. β
Chu Zhen raised his eyebrows: "The idea is good, but let's take it step by step, don't worry, this ambition is still a bit big, and it's okay if we spend more than 10 years working hard." β
He was worried that his child's goal was too ambitious but could not reach it, and he would lose his self-confidence, which would lead to the loss of his passion for music, so he persuaded him not to be too anxious.
To create a Chinese-style song that can represent Chinese characteristics, many people have said and thought so, but how many people have really done it?
The key is not only to integrate some traditional Chinese elements, but also to make the listener feel good, want to listen and willing to listen, and not to lose the attraction of a piece of music for the so-called style, but these two points are very difficult to balance.
And it's not to say that if you use a little traditional musical instrument and write a little ancient style, then it's called Chinese style.
Anyway, Chu Zhen has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, and he has not seen any singer who is really worthy of this title.
"The plain embryo outlines the blue and white brushstrokes, and the peony depicted on the bottle is just like your first makeup." Chu Zhen watched this song with a skeptical and cautious attitude, but as soon as these two lyrics came into his eyes, he immediately felt a trembling all over his body, and a crispy and numb feeling arrived.
The word looked at his scalp tingling.
"Good! Good words! Chu Zhen was stunned and looked up at Chu Ci in shock and said, "Good boy! β
"This time it's really a bit accomplished!" Chu Zhen read the general lyrics of this verse, and was a little intoxicated.
Azure and other smoke and rain
And I'm waiting for you
Smoke rises
Thousands of miles across the river
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The moonlight was salvaged
Blurred the ending
Such as the hand-me-down blue and white porcelain is beautiful
You've got a smile in your eyes
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"Good, good!" Chu Zhen's beautiful words couldn't help but wait for his mouth to pop out: "I believe that if this lyric is to be sold, someone will definitely be willing to pay a sky-high price to collect it!" β
That's natural, the lyrics of blue and white porcelain are included in the textbooks of university Chinese.
Fang Wenshan can also be regarded as a legend in the lyricist world, this is not highly educated, he just studied in a private vocational high school, once worked as a truck driver, a newspaper delivery boy, and finally relied on the cultural heritage accumulated by reading to write a page of legend in the Chinese music scene.
He is also the man behind Jay Chou, and he is one of the most famous behind-the-scenes workers in the songwriting industry.
and perhaps only Lin Xi is comparable in strength and fame, and even asked him to create the theme song of the Olympic Games "BJ Welcomes You", but this person was banned and scolded by mainland netizens because of some of his own positions, and then gradually disappeared.
In fact, too many people will think about how good Fang Wenshan's words are, and ignore Jay Chou's own lyric ability, or because they heard some of his more funny and confusing lyrics, so that they think that Jay Chou's own lyrics must be very poor.
In the eyes of the public, his strongest is his ability to compose.
But in fact, Chou Dong's skills in words should not be underestimated.
The lyrics of a song "Snail" composed by himself have also been included in primary and secondary school Chinese textbooks, and the lyrics of primary and secondary school students who can influence generations of future flowers of the motherland can be imagined.
Combining various factors, it has established the status of Chou Dong T0.
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Chu Ci listened to his father's praise and looked at his shocked appearance, and he was not surprised.
you're welcome
After all, what he took out was blue and white porcelain, when he was still a student, he felt amazing when he saw this poem, there was really a feeling of classic ancient poetry, and the sense of artistic conception and atmosphere was simply overwhelming.
"Come on, come on, sing and sing, sing and sing!" A small bench in Chu Zhen has been moved, and he can't wait to hear what the effect of this song will look like.
He was really a little afraid that Chu Ci's song would not be able to match this good word, it would be a tyrannical thing, and it would be a waste.
But as soon as I heard Chu Ci speak,
He felt that this wave was stable in his heart.
Very apt.
Although I feel that Chu Ci itself still has some small problems in singing, but the flaws are not concealed, and it does not affect the overall feeling and effect of this song, which is enough to be worthy of this good song, so now the pressure is on himself, how can he arrange and create this song?
It's a bit difficult!
This can't be used by popping up casually like before, because the melody of my father's song before was also simple, and the lyrics were relatively straightforward.
But this song is different, it must be carefully polished, and it must be made with appropriate instruments with Chinese flavor, and it must not fall too into clichΓ©s.
"It's too difficult...... Chu Zhen felt that the more he thought about it, the trickier it became, although he also had strong arranging skills, but he thought that his current strength was not able to control this song well.
"You just say that the arrangement is not good, you have to take it seriously, otherwise it will be too wasteful......" Chu Zhen's expression was very serious, he looked like he was waiting for a long time, he thought for a long time, and nodded heavily: "There is no way, only to find someone else!" You wait, I'm going to find everyone to help me with the arrangement, especially the traditional music! β
Chu Zhen said: "Let's call your grandmother!" β
"What?" Chu Ci felt as if he had misheard: "Grandma? Why call her? β
He remembered that his grandmother was a singer, but he didn't know that she was very good at arranging.
Chu Ci actually spent less time with his grandmother, because his grandmother was a music madman and a deviant artist, and she didn't live in the city at all, but lived in seclusion on the South Mountain, following a group of friends who were engaged in music, and they were doing music by themselves in the mountains, which was simply a life that ordinary people couldn't imagine.
Chu Ci also went with him once before, but he felt that it was too boring inside, except for the fields and mountains, but in his impression, those people had very real and pure smiles on their faces, and everyone was dressed like ordinary old farmers, but once they talked about music, they immediately had a different temperament.
They are a group of simple and pure people who love music, often make music together, talk about music, play music, play drums around the campfire at night, sing and dance, and look at the stars and moon in the mountains.
During the day, they planted some flowers and plants, and even planted the land themselves.
Most of them are middle-aged and above people who love art, painting, music, and dancing, and they don't like the hustle and bustle and intrigue in the world, so they choose to go to the mountains to live in seclusion and play art with some like-minded people.
That place is simply a dream paradise for people who like art and pursue simplicity and purity, but for Chu Ci...... It was a remote wilderness, so Chu Ci almost never got along with his grandmother when he was a child, after all, she stayed in the mountains all the year round, Chu Ci really didn't want to go over, and she didn't have fun.
When he was a child, his parents were very busy, and his grandfather was also very busy as an important person, so he basically played with his younger brother at that time.
Grandpa is grandpa's brother, his old squad leader, and he has a lifelong friendship, but unfortunately he was seriously wounded and retired during the Peninsula War.
Compared with Chu Ci's grandfather, his godfather is much more "ordinary", his life is even full of tragedy, and he does not have a high status, he has no children and no daughters, he has never married in his life, and I heard that he is thinking about a lover on the other side of the mainland.
And when he was a child, Chu Ci spent more time with his godfather who was a relatively idle ordinary person, this is an amiable and interesting little old man, and he loves to write and practice calligraphy all day, but he always doesn't show them,
Chu Ci sometimes tried to sneak around to see what Grandpa was writing all day long, but he was caught.
This has also become a small wish in his heart for so many years.
Thinking of these relatives of the older generation, Chu Ci also felt embarrassed for a while, he really hadn't seen them for a long time.
I don't know how these old people are doing now.
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"Your grandmother is a master in this area, and she lives in that place now, and there are a lot of people around who are engaged in this traditional musical instrument, so you can let her find a relationship to help!" Chu Zhen said as a matter of course: "When I was arranging the music back then, I also found her and her friends to help a lot. β
"Oh yes." Chu Ci immediately called, anyway, it was his own family, it didn't exist!
But the phone rang for a long time, and it didn't get through at all.
"It doesn't work."
Chu Zhen didn't ask him to call more, but looked like I guessed: "It's normal, your grandmother is probably still in retreat at this time, call her again tonight, she will probably turn on the phone at that time." β
"Grandma's daily life is really ......," Chu Ci shook his head and sighed with emotion.
In a way, she really lived a life of seclusion.
The group of people on them also generally dislike the excessive use of electronic products, especially online communication tools, feeling that it will disturb them, distract them, and affect them to play music.
They choose this most primitive and simple way to live, but it is not that they will not accept the latest fashion, Chu Ci still remembers that when he went, there was a guy named "Village Chief" who was engaged in electronic music, a group of people followed in the field, and there was a group of cattle and sheep next to it.
"Then this song will be slow." Chu Zhen Zhengse said: "You kid really broke my expectations again and again, I'm really curious now, what kind of point this song can reach." β
Chu Zhen is a little afraid to go forward now, won't all the remaining ones be on the same level as this one, is that outrageous?
Why don't you sit in the position of the king?
How can you be so genius at such a young age, this is not a genius, it is simply a demon!
Even if he's a father, he thinks it's incredible, is it really so good for me to teach?
"My son has the posture of a music giant!"
Maybe he can really become the kind of singer who can influence an era and write into historical milestones.
Others are chasing the market to cater to the public, while they are opening up the era to improve the audience's aesthetics.
Everyone else is a follower, and they are the real trendsetters of the times, because many of their current forms of music are able to become popular and accepted.
Chu Zhen asked himself that he was just a follower, and he was originally inspired by foreign rock singers to embark on this path, and of course, he himself has now inspired countless latecomers in China.
But after all, it is not the one with the greatest influence in the world, the status of the ancestor and the person who carries the crown.
And he has that potential.
"I just watched his two songs, and there are so many ......" Chu Zhen's hands trembled a little, and he really didn't dare to continue to turn forward.
"Why didn't Daddy watch it?"
"Slowly, let me digest it." Chu Zhen paused and said, "The snail noodles I just came back to eat are a little choking, and my stamina is a little ......" (end of this chapter)