Not only Zhao Liang felt strange, but Xu Wei himself was even more strange.

Although Zhou Yan explained why he came, Xu Wei still felt strange.

Many people don't know Zhou Yan, but Xu Wei knows Zhou Yan well, he knows how famous Zhou Yan is now, and the last time their band was interviewed by "Voice", the neon reporter also asked Zhou Yan specifically.

Zhou Yan had nothing to do with their interview at all, but the reporter still asked Zhou Yan and asked more than one question, so you can imagine how popular Zhou Yan was in Neon, so that the reporter couldn't help but ask questions related to Zhou Yan.

Now in Neon, as long as Chinese music is mentioned, no matter what genre it is, the first thing that comes to mind of Neon people must be Zhou Yan, and there will be no second person.

They haven't seen the record-breaking news of "The Sixth Sense" at the box office, but they have always paid attention to the best-selling of "Piano Boy" and "Mysterious Country".

At that time, Xu Wei was even thinking that it would be okay for a musician to be able to mix to the point of Zhou Yan.

But Xu Wei knew that they and Zhou Yan were destined to be people from two worlds, so it was very strange for Zhou Yan to come to him.

Seeing the doubts in Xu Wei's eyes, Zhou Yan said again, "Actually, I usually have a lot of contact with rock and roll, my junior brother Wang Feng, and a good friend Zhao Muyang before, also formed a band together. ”

Hearing Zhou Yan mention Wang Feng and Zhao Muyang, the expressions of these band members changed, and they all looked at the person sitting on the side of the stage smoking cigarettes.

The man was about thirty years old, with small eyes, fluffy hair, and a high hairline. Compared to the rest of the scene, he was clearly the least cool one.

The man looked at Zhou Yan with a look of surprise, "Do you know Muyang?" ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, it's quite familiar, are you?" ”

"I'm Zhao Muniu."

Hearing this name, Zhou Yan suddenly understood, this person was Zhao Muyang's brother Zhao Jiran, Zhao Muniu was his alias, the brothers were a cattle herder and a sheep herder, and they sounded like they were in the animal husbandry industry.

Zhao is also engaged in rock and roll, it can be said that Zhao Muyang is what he brought to the Tao, but if you want to talk about fame, it must be Zhao Muyang's higher point.

Zhao Muyang is now very famous in the rock world, some people say that he is the Northwest Drum King, and some people directly remove the Northwest and call him the Drum King.

And his brother Zhao Jiran, who has been mixed for a few years, has not made any name in the music industry, and sometimes when others introduce Zhao Jiran, they will say that he is the elder brother of the Northwest Drum King.

Looking at Zhao Jiran's appearance again, there is no doubt that he and Zhao Muyang are indeed brothers, these eyes are too similar.

Zhou Yan was quite surprised, he didn't expect that he would come to Xu Wei and meet Zhao Muyang's brother.

Zhao was also surprised, he didn't know that his younger brother was very familiar with Zhou Yan.

A few years ago, Zhao was still in Yanjing, and at that time he also formed a band called the Red Army, but because of lack of money, the band was eventually disbanded, and he himself went to the coast to do business.

Zhao has already mixed well in southern Fujian, earning more than one million a year at most, but he returned to Yanjing last year, because he still can't let go of rock and roll in his heart.

After coming back, he found that the world had changed a lot, and some of the friends he mixed with had withdrawn from the circle, and some had soared to superstardom.

As for his younger brother, he actually only knew that he had formed a new band called No. 43 Baojia Street, and the rest was not clear.

For most of this year, he has been in the Northwest, and he has nothing to do to participate in the activities of these bands, and he does not have a fixed band.

After all, he was still a little famous in the northwest before, and he had a lot of acquaintances, and everyone was willing to play with him.

Zhao has already done business after all, and when he heard that Zhou Yan had a good relationship with his younger brother, he hurriedly moved three stools, "Come, Master Zhou, you sit." ”

Zhou Yan was also not polite, took the bench and sat down.

Because of common acquaintances, everyone's attitude towards Zhou Yan is completely different at this moment.

Before, they would think that Zhou Yan was far away from their circle, but because of Zhao Muyang and Wang Feng, they found that Zhou Yan was actually quite close to their circle.

After sitting down, Zhou Yan took the opportunity to praise them a few words, "Your performance today is very good, and the atmosphere at the scene is also very warm, I have been listening to it in the audience, and I am very shocked." ”

This sentence is not against his will, he can say that these people's singing skills are not good, or they can also say that their musical instruments are poor, and they can even say that their songs are rubbish, but he has to admit that their expressiveness on stage is not a problem at all.

Zhou Yan has never seen anyone who doesn't eat this set, and these rock musicians are no exception, and they are all very happy to hear Zhou Yan's words, but some people are on the outside, and some are hidden in their hearts.

"Master Zhou, a top musician like you, can you give us some advice so that we can improve?" The tall and thin man who was stubble with Zhou Yan at the beginning said with a smile.

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "I don't dare to call me master, you can just call me by my name." There are no opinions, but we can communicate and communicate, although we specialize in different directions, but music, well, different paths to the same end, when we explore on the road of music, we will definitely have our own experience, communicate with each other, and make progress together. ”

Some of the people present who knew a little about Zhou Yan's deeds before were surprised at the moment, they didn't expect a musician like Zhou Yan to be so humble.

Although everyone says it well, music is not divided into grades, but there must be a chain of contempt in the music industry, and the chain of contempt in each circle is different, but no matter which chain of contempt it is, Zhou Yan is definitely at the highest level, far higher than them.

In fact, Zhou Yan is not fake modest, he personally does not feel that he has a hierarchy with Xu Wei, it is just a difference in preferences, otherwise, he would not have come to see Xu Wei's performance.

Of course, although there is no grade, but from a technical point of view, Zhou Yan's level is definitely much higher than these rock musicians.

Zhou Yan didn't have the idea of finding fault with them, but then they chatted, and naturally talked about technical issues.

When it comes to technology, Zhou Yan can't help but talk about the history of rock music, and then it extends to blues and country music.

However, Zhou Yan doesn't say too much, he usually starts and then guides others to express their opinions, he is not here to preach today.

Zhou Yan has always called himself an "observer", and as an observer, he is also very interested in the psychological state of these rock musicians, although Zhou's has a No. 43 Baojia Street, but Wang Feng is an atypical rock musician, and there is no reference value.

In the middle of the conversation, Zhao already said, "Mr. Zhou, you just said that pop music wants to be good and have a sense of luxury, but it is not suitable for piling up too rich musical elements, so are there any special skills?" ”

Zhou Yan shook his head and said, "There are no special skills, just look at the accumulation and musicality, and I'm not sure how a certain piece of music is arranged will definitely make people feel good." Sometimes we make our own music and play a piece of messy stuff, but we think it's good, and we're not sure, so we find a few people to listen to it, and everyone thinks it's good, and it's basically right. ”

Eber laughed and said, "Isn't that just like us?" ”

"Well, it's not really different, it's all the same."

Zhao already pouted and said, "It seems that there is no difference, but the kung fu of composition is actually not when composing, and outside of composition, Mr. Zhou is familiar with various music types, and there are rules for what he plays." ”

"Does Mr. Zhou usually play the guitar? Do you mainly deal with pianos? Eber asked.

Gao Song smiled and said, "Then you don't know about Teacher Zhou, Teacher Zhou's most important thing should be the bamboo flute and violin, I have seen Teacher Zhou's concert before, and the bamboo flute is very high." ”

"Actually, I definitely play all kinds of musical instruments, but a person's energy is limited, and I am not familiar with the guitar, so I may not be able to play it once or twice a month. I usually play guitar because I think of something more interesting and want to try it out on guitar. ”

"Something interesting?" Iber wondered.

Zhou Yan nodded and said to Ibel, "Please borrow your guitar and use it." ”

"Okay." Iber handed the guitar to Zhou Yan very simply, "It's already tuned." ”

Although Eber said that it had been tuned, Zhou Yan still swept the strings and tried the sound, the strings of this guitar were okay and quite accurate, but Zhou Yan still tuned the strings alone.

Seeing that Zhou Yan tuned the string again, Iber originally wanted to say something, but was stopped by Gao Song.

Gao Song knew that it was impossible for Zhou Yan to tune it badly, so it must be deliberate, this should be a special tuning, and the first string was tuned to a flat half tone to a sharp D.

After tuning, Zhou Yan began to play.

His strumming is short, with a total of three chords, the B chord followed by the f#6add11 chord and the E major 7th chord.

These three are all very simple chords, matched together, but they are very nice to sweep, and because Zhou Yan adjusted the first string to a sharp D, the taste of the sweep is very special, and the mood seems to be fuller.

Hearing Zhou Yan's arrangement, Zhao already thought it was very interesting, the only regret was that Zhou Yan's guitar skills were really not good, he missed two notes in such a short section, and the chord transition was not particularly smooth.

Iber listened anxiously, "Teacher Zhou, why don't I try it?" ”

"No problem." Zhou Yan returned the guitar to Ibel.

After getting the guitar, Ebel began to play according to Zhou Yan's arrangement, and sure enough, the effect was much better than Zhou Yan's playing.

The choreography of this section is very magical, and the more Iber plays, the more he plays, the more he thinks it sounds.

Xu Wei listened to Ibel's playing, and couldn't help but secretly sigh, the master is really a master, and as soon as he makes a move, he can make people's eyes shine.

The point is that Zhou Yan didn't use any complicated techniques, and the compositions of this piece of music were very ordinary things.

B chord, f#6add11 chord and E major 7 chord, which chord do they usually not play? As for special tuning, although they rarely use it, it's not a great thing.

Usually, they have to tune the strings specially, that is, to play other keys, without changing the fingering, that is, to make it easier to play other keys, and like this, just clip with a clip.

But it's such a simple thing, but it feels a little advanced, and the arrangement of the chords is a very mysterious thing, some things feel very advanced when you listen to them, and some things make people feel very earthy and bad when you listen to them.

The set of chord combinations that Zhou Yan came up with also confirms what he just said, if pop music wants to make something that everyone likes to listen to and has a sense of luxury, it doesn't need to be too complicated.

After Ibel played it several times, he still couldn't get enough of it, "This chord arrangement, if it is accompanied by a nice melody, is perfect." ”

Zhao already looked at Zhou Yan, "Teacher Zhou, did you write a melody when you were doing this paragraph?" ”

"Yes." Zhou Yan nodded, "But if I finger play, the effect will definitely not be very good, why don't I hum a paragraph for you to hear." ”

Although Zhou Yan doesn't sing well, it's still okay to hum songs. Zhou Yan is the kind of person, he can hear accurately, he can't sing accurately, but he can hum accurately.

When you hum a song, you feel like a god of songs, and once you start singing, you feel like a silly hat.

Hearing that Zhou Yan was going to hum, Ebel said excitedly, "Teacher Zhou, I'll accompany you." ”

"Okay, I'm tired."

"You say start, I'll start."

"You can get started."

Iber nodded and began to play the accompaniment, and Zhou Yan's humming began to enter on the third time.

When he finished humming the first sentence, Zhao Jiran's eyes widened, and the feeling of this first sentence was so good, it suddenly opened up the aura of this chord arrangement.

By the time Zhou Yan finished humming the third sentence, Zhao had already glanced at Gao Song and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Zhou Yan actually noticed everyone's demeanor, which was also expected by him.

He hummed one of Coldplay's most well-known songs, called "Yellow", and the song's fame in the rock world is self-evident.

Although the style of the song "Yellow" is different from that of Zhao Jiran and Gao Song, they must be knowledgeable, and they can hear the extraordinary nature of this song at once.

Just now, when Zhou Yan was talking to Zhao Jiran about the chord arrangement of pop songs, he immediately thought of this song "Yellow", which is very good in terms of chord arrangement and melody of the accompaniment, which makes people remember it at once.

Sure enough, this song obviously conquered Zhao Ran and them.

Chen Hong sat next to Zhou Yan, bent over, holding her chin with her hand, looking at Zhou Yan stupidly, and the surprised expressions of the people around her made her feel very good.

In fact, Chen Hong can't tell whether she likes or admires Zhou Yan, she doesn't know Zhou Yan very well, and every time she sees Zhou Yan, she can find that Zhou Yan has a talent that she has not discovered before.

She may like Zhou Yan's high-profile and talented image, but she doesn't care, she feels that it is very normal to like a man, starting from worship.

If a man doesn't let her worship, she won't like it.

And when the band performed on stage before, she hugged Zhou Yan, feeling that she also had Zhou Yan at that time.

Thinking of kissing Zhou Yan secretly, Chen Hong's face turned red unconsciously.

Zhou Yan didn't hum too much, only finished the first seven or eight sentences, and then stopped.

"I'll just write so much for the time being, and I'll have the opportunity to write the full version when I get back and I'll give it to you. And I hummed it, and it was still out of the question. ”

Zhao has taken the lead in applauding, "Teacher Zhou, it's so awesome, if you come to play rock and roll, do we still have a way to live?" ”

Gao Song applauded and expressed different opinions, "What you said is wrong, if Mr. Zhou comes to play rock, then our domestic rock can really develop." ”

Ebel agreed with Takamatsu's statement, "Takamatsu is right, Mr. Zhou's song is too tasteful. ”

In the face of everyone's praise, Zhou Yan smiled, then looked at his watch and said, "It's not too early tonight, we have to rush back to the crew, so we will leave first." ”

Gao Song invited on behalf of everyone, "Teacher Zhou, don't be in a hurry to leave, let's make an appointment to go out to eat together, or the three of you together." ”

The others also chimed in, "Yes, Mr. Zhou, this opportunity is too rare today. ”

"That's right, that's right, we had a really good chat today, and we can be regarded as an eye-opener."

In the face of everyone's enthusiasm, Zhou Yanwan refused, "I'm really embarrassed, the crew still has work tomorrow, and I won't have a few days to come to Yinchuan this time, so I have to hurry up and get busy with my work." If you have time to go to Yanjing, I will entertain you well, if you want to find me, it is very simple, just find Muyang, they usually rehearse in my studio, you can go over and have fun if you have nothing to do. ”

Hearing that Zhou Yan could not attend the party, Gao Song and the others were also very sorry, although the contact time was not long, but Zhou Yan's talent conquered them.

In fact, when we first met, although some people knew that Zhou Yan was a well-known musician, they didn't think that Zhou Yan knew rock and roll.

Gao Song is one of them, and he thinks that although Zhou Yan is very good at writing classics and those soundtracks, rock and roll are completely different things.

But I didn't expect that Zhou Yan could really have fun.

After rejecting their invitation, Zhou Yan stood up, "Everyone, let's see you again." ”

Then Zhou Yan looked at Xu Wei again, the reason why he came to see this concert was for Xu Wei.

He actually had the idea of recruiting Xu Wei to the Zhou family, but now that there are so many people, he can't mention this matter.

In addition, if you want to sign Xu Wei, Zhou Yan doesn't want to sign the rest of the band, at most, at most, that is, to sign Gao Song.

But if only Xu Wei is signed, it is estimated that Xu Wei is unlikely to agree, and he does not want to be a villain who "beats mandarin ducks".

Zhou Yan can sign No. 43 Baojia Street, but he doesn't want to sign all the members of the Fei Band because the two bands are not the same.

The other people in the flying band, except for Gao Song, others actually didn't help Xu Wei's creation, in Zhou Yan's opinion, Xu Wei was better to fly solo.

But No. 43 Baojia Street is different, except for Zhao Muyang, the drummer, everyone else is from CCTV, and they have chemistry together, which can make the band produce a lot of high-quality songs. (End of chapter)