Chapter 283 The Road to Become Popular
Zhang Wei returned to the dormitory. Ye Haotian was not there, but Zhang's special vocal training plan was placed on his desk.
"Hey!" Zhang Wei picked up the special training plan, looked at it carefully, and sighed involuntarily.
The plan was laid out in such detail. If I didn’t work hard, I would feel sorry for Ye Haotian.
“Forget it, let’s give the devil some singing skills!” Thinking of this, Zhang Wei called out to the devil: “Devil, do you have any singing skills? You can become a singer directly after learning it.”< br>
"Singing skills, of course. Do you want ordinary singing skills, advanced singing skills, or master-level singing skills?" the devil asked.
“What’s the difference?” Zhang Wei asked.
“For ordinary singing skills, once you learn them, you will probably be at the level of an ordinary singer; for advanced singing skills, in addition to being able to sing, you can also be proficient in various singing methods; as for master-level singing skills, you can directly go to Became a professor at the Conservatory of Music," the devil replied.
"I'm just participating in an amateur singing competition, and my ordinary singing skills are more than enough. What's the cost?"
"It's still the same old rules, I'll give you three choices, the first is to lose your voice for three years months.”
"Stop teasing me. You know I'm going to participate in a singing competition. Do you want me to be the first mute singer to participate in a singing competition?"
"The second option is to be deaf for three months!"
"Deaf people can't participate in the singing competition!" Zhang Wei snorted coldly.
"Then you can only exchange it with six months of your life." The devil replied.
“Why does it only take three months to become mute and deaf, but it takes six months to live? You black businessman!”
"The relationship between supply and demand determines the product price! You need singing skills now, so of course you will pay for it." Devil Tian said shamelessly.
Zhang Wei let out a long sigh. He had already said all the devilish things and he had no choice.
"Okay, six months to live is six months to live!" Zhang Wei agreed.
"Deal!" The devil paused, then asked: "Besides singing skills, do you want anything else? I have a lot of good things here related to music."
"For example, Jay Chou's composition skills, Fang Wenshan's lyric writing skills, Zhou Shen's vocal range, Zhang Xinzhe's timbre... In short, as long as you can think of it, I have it here." The devil continued to explain.
"Okay, I'll definitely come to you if I need anything." Zhang Wei dismissed the devil.
After a while, Ye Haotian returned to the dormitory and threw two boxes of golden throat treasures to Zhang Wei.
“I’m afraid you’ll be tired during the special training, so I’ll prepare two boxes of Throat Pills for you first.”
“Brother Haotian, actually, I can sing pretty well, so I shouldn’t need any special training. Training?" Zhang Wei said with a smile.
"How can it be better? You are so embarrassed to say it! You seem to have no idea how bad your singing is! You can't go up high notes, can't go down low bass, and the alto is still trembling. If it’s not out of tune, it will burn high. It’s you!”
Ye Haotian looked helpless, then took out another piece of A4 paper, threw it to Zhang Wei, and continued: "There is less than a month left before the competition. It is too late to train the high and low notes now, so we can only train the rhythm first. .
Anyway, the songs you wrote do not require high singing skills. If the singing rhythm can match the song, it can also make up for a lot of technical problems. If you want to practice the rhythm, start with this song. Let’s go!”
Zhang Wei took a look at the A4 paper and found that the lyrics on it were quite familiar.
“Amen, there is a vine in front of me, the green land has just sprouted, the snail is carrying the heavy shell, climbing up step by step! This is "The Snail and the Oriole"! Are you Did you pick it up wrong? This is a children's song! "
"That's right, it's this one! It doesn't look like it's a children's song, but if you want to sing this song well, you need to master the rhythm of the eighth rest. With your current level, you should learn this song first!" Ye Haotian said.
"Isn't it just a children's song? Who are you looking down on! Listen carefully!" Zhang Wei was so impressed that he started singing to the lyrics.
"Amen, a vine before me, anen, anen, a tender green field just sprouting..."
After singing the first four lines, Ye Haotian frowned slightly. Zhang Wei's singing was accurate. It fell on the beat, exactly right.
"The rhythm is correct and everything is sung correctly! Have you practiced this song before?" Ye Haotian asked.
“Not at all! When I was a child, my head teacher always came to take music classes.” Zhang Wei said.
"The music teacher is the head teacher? This is rare!"
"The head teacher is the Chinese teacher!"
"The Chinese teacher teaches music? This is also rare!"
"Chinese teacher Of course the teacher teaches Chinese!”
“The teacher in charge of music teaches Chinese?”
"Music teachers are always sick. Not only music teachers, but also art teachers are always sick. The most bizarre thing is that even physical education teachers are always sick!"
Ye Haotian nodded suddenly: "I understand. This seems to be a miserable childhood.”
Zhang Wei then said, “Okay, let’s not worry about whether my childhood was miserable or not, let’s just talk about how good my singing is.”
"You can indeed sing well. You have passed the test on this one. Let's change it to another one." Ye Haotian said.
"What song?" Zhang Wei asked.
"Let's change to a song you know, Pu Shu's "White Birch Forest". I'll play it in 6/8 time." Ye Haotian said and picked up the guitar.
When Zhang Wei was exchanging guitar playing skills, he once played and sang "White Birch Forest" by himself. Ye Haotian was also present at the time. He knew that Zhang Wei's "White Birch Forest" was not sung in time at all. superior.
The song "Birch Forest" can be played in either 3/4 or 6/8 time. But music is not a mathematical calculation, and 3/4 and 6/8 are not the same thing.
To put it simply, the rhythm of 3/4 beat is to move times and times, while the 6/8 beat is to move times and times, one is strong, weak, weak, strong, weak, and the other is Strong and weak, second strong and weak.
Ye Haotian asked Zhang Wei to sing "White Birch Forest", which was obviously much more difficult than the children's song just now.
"Okay, let's just have a birch forest! Let's get started!" Zhang Wei was not timid at all.
As the prelude ended, Zhang Wei sang: "White snow is floating in the quiet village, and pigeons are flying under the hazy sky..."
Ye Haotian's expression was shocked again. : "The rhythm is just right again. What's going on? When he played and sang before, he didn't hit the spot at all!"
The next second, Ye Haotian suddenly stopped the guitar in his hand and He asked in disbelief: "Can you sing?"
"Nonsense, of course I can sing, otherwise I would have the nerve to participate in the singing competition!"
"I can sing. Why didn't I sing well during the competition before?"
"I was more nervous during the competition." Zhang Wei said with a smile.
"Are you still nervous?" Ye Haotian looked at Zhang Wei with a scrutinizing gaze. After staring for a long time, he asked: "If I hadn't lived with you for four years, I would have thought he had changed. You're alone! What did you do in Japan? Why did you suddenly become able to sing? "
"The word "cohabitation" is not suitable for a university dormitory, right? Zhang Wei grinned and continued. : "As for why I can sing, I feel that as long as I am serious, I can always learn to sing."
"As long as I am serious, I can learn?" Ye Haotian blinked. This sentence sounded very consistent. The style of the big devil!
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The top ten competitions in the competition area will be broadcast live, and the program team also provides more assistance to the players. In addition to professional band music, they also find dancers to accompany them. In addition, the program team also provided a venue for contestants to conduct rehearsals.
In other words, in the top ten competitions in the division, you can not only sing, but also dance. This is obviously an advantage for players with strong stage performance.
Zhang Wei did not use the resources provided by the program team. The band composed of top students from Tsinghua University was not bad at all.
The more important reason is that it is easier to keep it secret if students from Tsinghua University are used as the soundtrack.
All Zhang Wei brought out were new songs, and he didn't want the songs to be leaked during the rehearsal. After all, there are still more than twenty days until the competition. In such a long time, it is inevitable that some competitors will do some sneaky things.
The entertainment industry is in deep trouble. Zhang Wei has experienced it personally before. Thinking about the two guys who pretended to be pigs and eaten tigers when he met 50 into 10, he had better be cautious. An activity room in Qingdao University is now used by Zhang Wei as a rehearsal room.
Ye Haotian took a copy of the detailed rules of the competition and said: "Have you read the format of the next game? Only one player from the competition area will directly advance to the national finals, and the second place will advance directly to the national finals. Enter the 48-hour breakout competition with other players to compete with people from other divisions for the remaining spots.
If you want to advance directly to the national finals, you need to get first place, otherwise. It’s time to compete in the 48-hour breakout tournament, with eighteen people competing for four spots!”
According to the original competition plan of "Fast Boys", there are only top 10 players in the country, so there are only 4 places available for the 48-hour breakout competition.
After the competition in all divisions, the number was increased to 12 places nationwide. Then, because a player who had previously abstained returned, and this player was the first in the division, another quota was added, and it became 13 contestants participated in the national finals.
Ye Haotian continued: "There are three rounds in the 10-to-1 competition. In the first round, each contestant goes on stage to sing in turn. The three judges decide whether to pass or to be determined. There are two places for direct passing. The remaining Among the eight to be determined, the judges will directly eliminate the two worst ones, and then the two with the lowest SMS votes will also be eliminated.
At this time, the remaining six contestants will compete in offensive and defensive competitions. After one contestant finishes singing, others can choose to challenge, and then a panel of thirteen experts will vote on-site to decide whether the attacking team or the defending team wins.
After all six contestants have finished singing, the final result will be decided. The champion and the person with the highest SMS vote will advance to the final PK to compete for the division championship. At this stage, the SMS votes will be cleared and the votes will be recounted. In the final PK, the two contestants each sing a song, and the one with the highest SMS vote will That one is number one.
In other words, if you want to win the championship, you must either become the final champion, or get the first place in the off-site SMS voting, and then have the opportunity to compete in the final PK. Then if you win, you advance, if you lose, you go to the 48-hour breakout tournament.
The other four contestants to be determined will be selected by three judges to enter the 48-hour breakout competition. The last place will be the contestant with the highest SMS vote.
According to this competition system, if you advance to the final PK, you need to prepare three songs. We also have to rehearse three songs, one in the first round, one in the ring PK, and the final champion and runner-up PK. Sing a song. ”
“I’m ready for all three songs. "Zhang Wei said as he took out the music scores and lyrics of three songs.
Ye Haotian took the music scores and lyrics and hummed a few words to them.
"The first song is a fast song! I've never heard you sing a fast song before, and I think the rhythm is pretty good." Ye Haotian said.
"After all, it will be a live broadcast. Sing a fast song to cheer up the atmosphere first." Zhang Wei said.
"The last two are love songs. The lyrics are more sadistic than the last. Do you want to be the little prince of love songs?"
Ye Haotian hummed the last two songs again. "It seems that only the first fast song is suitable for dancing. The rhythm of the following two love songs cannot be sung and danced at the same time."
"Actually, the first song does not require dancing either. ." Zhang Wei laughed, and then said: "I can learn from Zhang Wei, just sing and dance around at the same time."
"What do you mean? Are you learning from yourself? When did you start fooling around?"
"I'm talking about Zhang Wei from the Hua'er Band, the one who is giggling."
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While Zhang Wei was rehearsing for the competition, the TV station also began to broadcast program highlights from the audition stages of each competition area to build momentum for the upcoming main competition.
The ratings of Xiaoxiang Satellite TV are still very good, especially some young people who like to watch Xiaoxiang Satellite TV's programs.
During the audition stage, the materials of many weird contestants will also be collected by the program team, so many viewers come to watch the program out of curiosity.
Many of the weird draft contestants in later generations were even made into various emoticons and circulated on the Internet.
Of course, for many contestants who sing well and have a good image, cutting them into the program can also help them increase their fans and increase their exposure. Maybe some of them are lucky and will be recorded. The company took a fancy to it and handed over a contract.
In a rental house, several young people ordered some barbecue, with beer bottles piled in front of them, and they were bragging while they were still drunk.
Beside them, there were guitars, basses, electronic keyboards and other musical instruments. It was obvious that these people played music and seemed to be a band.
There are countless such folk bands in the capital. Every year, countless young musicians come to this city with dreams in mind, and every year, many young people have their dreams shattered and choose to leave.
A person like this who can’t even find a resident singer in a bar at night and can only sit in a rental house drinking beer and bragging. There is a high probability that he has no reputation at all and his level is not very good. Eight Line Band.
On TV, highlights of the auditions for the Beijing competition of "Fast Boys" were being played. These frustrated young musicians were drinking while commenting on the contestants.
“This person’s singing is okay, but he’s far behind me. He can advance to the next level. It seems that if I participate, I can easily advance!”
“ Then next time, you can sign up for the competition and get a good ranking, but don’t forget your brothers!”
"They are all amateurs in music. If I go, I won't be bullying them!"
A few people were chatting, and Zhang Wei's picture appeared on the TV. He sang the song "Suddenly Wanted" you.
In the first few words, the frustrated young people didn’t take it seriously and were all bragging. However, when Zhang Wei reached the climax of the song, several people stopped in unison and then all looked at the TV.
"Suddenly I miss you so much, where will you be, how happy or wronged I am. I miss you so much suddenly, my sharp memories suddenly blur my eyes..."
"What is this? Song? Never heard of it!”
"This song is very nice! Is it the new album of which singer? Who has released a new album recently?"
"He said this is an original new song, written by this person himself!"< br>
“What a great song, write it down, write it down quickly!”
“I was just enjoying a drink, who can remember it!”
“Don’t worry, this TV The machine has an instant playback function, but there are limitations. If the time is too long, it cannot be played back. I will play it back now. If any of you have a mobile phone, please record it quickly.”
One of them quickly took out his mobile phone and recorded Zhang Wei's singing process with disturbing pixels. Several people immediately felt like they had found a treasure and listened to it repeatedly.
“How about we practice this song and try it when we go to apply for a bar singing residency tomorrow?”
“I think it will work, and I feel like this song is also It’s quite easy to sing, let’s practice!”
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The next day, a few people went to interview for a job as a resident singer in a bar, and they sang “I Miss You So Much”.
"This song is good. I'll give you a chance to try it tonight!" the bar owner said.
The young musicians immediately expressed their gratitude.
In the evening, as the number of people in the bar gradually increased, several young musicians also sang this song.
The song gradually unfolded, and the people who were chatting in the bar became quiet one after another. The customers were attracted by the singing, and many people's eyes involuntarily turned to a few young musicians.
When the song ended, there was a burst of applause from the surrounding booths, which was considered an affirmation of the song.
After a while, as another song finished, the waiter walked up to the young musician and said, "The guest at table six requested a song and asked you to sing the one just now."
"There is actually one. The guests requested songs!" Several young musicians expressed joy.
Guests have to pay for ordering songs. For the money they pay for ordering this song, at least the guys can have a beer and barbecue after the performance!
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In the bars in Beijing, the most indispensable thing is all kinds of music, old guns, small guns and mountain guns. As long as a good song becomes popular in one of the bars, the resident bands in other bars will soon copy it.
So within a few days, the song "Suddenly Miss You So Much" was sung in bars and pubs in the capital.
As the song became popular, the source of the song was also revealed. Many people knew that it was an original song by a contestant in the "Fast Boy" audition.
In the second week, Xiaoxiang Satellite TV broadcast a 50-to-10 program in the Beijing Division. Zhang Wei's song "You Are Not Really Happy" attracted more people's attention.
"You Are Not Really Happy" immediately became a popular song in various bars in Beijing. If you can't sing this song, you will be embarrassed to be a backup singer in the bar!
The song gradually became popular, and Zhang Wei truly embarked on the road to popularity.
(End of this chapter)