Chapter 66 How does he charge?

Chapter 66 How does he charge?

Zhou Yan knew why Fang Xiu was having difficulty. Yangyin's Western percussion major started very early, but its subsequent development was very slow.

In the mid-1950s, their school had a percussion expert class set up by Soviet experts. However, it was stagnant for a few years due to special reasons. Later, it began to slowly expand the field of percussion in the 1980s.

However, Yangyin’s percussion music mainly focuses on the teaching of keyboard xylophone, marimba and other musical instruments, which is still different from the drum set.

Jazz drums have really entered the domestic performance stage for a very short time, probably less than ten years. For many people, this is a new thing.

Some rock bands will use drums during performances. This instrument is very cool to perform and is especially popular among young fans.

Western percussion also belongs to the orchestral department at Yangyin, which means that it is the same department as Yu Ran and his cello counterparts, but generally when it comes to this major, no one associates them with orchestral music.

Furthermore, their major recruits very few students every year and teaches almost one-on-one, so they have little sense of presence in the school. Some students don't even know that their school has this major.

"It doesn't matter, I'll go and find out myself."

Zhou Yan is going to go back to Jia Guoping to ask. Lao Jia knows the situation in the school better. If there are people in the school who play these two instruments, he will Should know.

If he really couldn't find it in school, Zhou Yan was going to look outside the school.

The development of percussion and electronic music in China is lagging behind now, and not many people play drums, but you can’t find them if you really want to.

Zhou Yan's requirements are not high. He just needs to find someone to support the place when the time comes, and his playing level doesn't need to be very high.

......

The next afternoon, Zhou Yan was in the classroom exchanging knowledge about orchestration with Xu Lang and his fellow juniors, and Sun Qin walked in with a smile.

"Director Zhou, something has been delivered to you."

Zhou Yan knew that the synthesizer had arrived, so he couldn't wait to follow Sun Qin downstairs to the classroom.

Standing downstairs is a tall, fat man with long, thin and curly hair. The whole person feels very uncoordinated.

“This is Hu Guanglei, I’m a kid.” Sun Qin introduced with a smile, “This electronic synthesizer was kindly sponsored by him.”

“Hello, hello.”

Zhou Yan shook hands with Hu Guanglei, and then looked at the small trailer in front of him. There were several large and small boxes on it, "Are these all?"

"The big ones are synthesizers, and the small ones are accessories. "Hu Guanglei glanced at Zhou Yan with a doubtful look on his face, "Do you know how to play this?"

Zhou Yan shook his head very simply, "No"

This answer is obvious. Contrary to Hu Guanglei's expectations, he was stunned for a moment, then looked at Sun Qin next to him, with the obvious intention of asking Sun Qin to give him an explanation.

Hu Guanglei and Sun Qin really grew up together. They were in the same class from preschool to high school.

After graduating from high school, Sun Qin went to the Directing Department of Yanjing Film Academy, while Hu Guanglei went to the Physics Department of Yanjing University of Technology.

After graduation, Hu Guanglei did not go abroad or enter a domestic graduate school like his classmates. Instead, he started a small band of his own. He usually studied some trendy music and rarely performed externally. He was a self-interested person. kind.

Being in a band, of course, couldn't support his life, so he also set up a store where he sold anything related to music.

Yesterday, Sun Qin went to the store to find him and asked to borrow a synthesizer. He did not agree at first, but later he reluctantly agreed after hearing Sun Qin praise Zhou Yan for having something in the sky and nothing on the ground. And come and take a look.

Mainly, he is also quite curious. After all, there are not many people playing electronic music in China, and most of them do it blindly.

But who knew, Zhou Yan actually said that he didn't know how to play synthesizers.

Sun Qin was also a little confused. He heard Zhou Yan talking about a synthesizer yesterday and thought that Zhou Yan would definitely use this thing, but he didn't expect that Zhou Yan didn't know how to use it.

Zhou Yan looked at the surprised expressions on their faces and asked Hu Guanglei with a smile, "Boss Hu, do you know how?"

"You know a little bit."

Zhou Yan read a hint of contempt on Hu Guanglei's face, which seemed to mean: When I was playing with the synthesizer, you were still wearing crotchless pants.

Zhou Yan knew that Hu Guanglei must have played well.

As expected, someone gave me a pillow if I was sleepy.

Zhou Yan smiled, nodded and said, "Oh, Boss Hu, you should be in charge of sales. You don't usually touch this thing. There are not many electronic synthesizers in China now. I got this myself, and I want to Groping."

"What do you want this for?" Hu Guanglei asked.

“What else can I do? In a set of music I recently wrote, there are some sounds that I can’t achieve the effect I want with traditional instruments, so I can only try it with a synthesizer.”

Sure enough, when he heard what Zhou Yan said, Hu Guanglei became a little interested, "What kind of sound do you want?"

"I need some sounds of Chinese national instruments, but they need to be more mysterious and ethereal. I know this It’s difficult to do, and most people can’t do it, so I can only explore slowly.”

Hu Guanglei pondered for a while and said, “Maybe I can give it a try.”

This is what Zhou Yan wants. , he smiled and said, "Boss Hu, I don't have the money to hire you."

"I know you have no money." Hu Guanglei curled his lips and looked at the small trailer again, "You even got the synthesizer from me. I borrowed it here, I don’t want your money, just let me see your music.”

Sun Qin punched Hu Guanglei on the shoulder and shouted, "Old Hu, you are so loyal."

"Your hands are so mean!" Hu Guanglei rubbed his arm and asked Zhou Yan again , "Where should I put these things?"

"Put them in our classroom."

Then the three of them moved the things to the classroom of the Composition Department and installed them. All the students from Composition 88 gathered around, They have never played with synthesizers before, so they are quite curious about this thing.

The students looked at the electronic synthesizer and asked questions. Zhou Yan threw all their questions to Hu Guanglei and asked him to answer them.

Seeing a group of composition students surrounding him, Hu Guanglei was also very happy. He could be regarded as a teacher for the professionals in the composition department.

With this pride, Hu Guanglei taught everything he had.

Essentially, an electronic synthesizer is just a music tool like other musical instruments. The key lies in the user's understanding of music.

However, unlike traditional musical instruments, electronic synthesizers also need to understand some "physical" knowledge, such as frequency, amplitude, etc.

……

Although Hu Guanglei opened a shop, he was actually an idler. Ever since he promised Zhou Yan to help Zhou Yan create the tone Zhou Yan wanted, he would go to Yangyin almost every day.

Every day the two of them discuss and try. First, they make slight modifications to the original sounds of some traditional instruments, trying to find the feeling Zhou Yan wants. They will also try to break away from the sounds of traditional instruments and create new ones. Some special sounds.

The timbre Zhou Yan wanted was in his mind, but he was not familiar with the use of synthesizers, so there was no way to make it directly. And no matter how carefully he described it, Hu Guanglei could not fully understand it. .

So the two of them could only try slowly and try to move in the same direction.

With the deepening of study and discussion, Zhou Yan became more familiar with electronic synthesizers. He was able to be to the point when describing it to Hu Guanglei, and the communication between the two parties became more and more in sync.

A week later, although many sounds have not yet been made, Zhou Yan is very confident that he will give them a few more days to complete it.

The most troublesome thing now is the lack of a jazz drummer.

Jazz drums can also be obtained from Hu Guanglei's place, but jazz drummers have a hard time getting them.

Zhou Yan asked Jia Guoping and found out that this was not played in their school.

He also asked Hu Guanglei if he could introduce a jazz drummer, but Hu Guanglei mentioned a few names, but they were all already famous people.

For example, Hou Muren was the first person to play drums in China, and he is currently busy performing across the country. How could Zhou Yan be able to hire him?

……

Ten days later, Zhou Yan still couldn’t find a drummer. He had already begun to consider whether he could use snare drums, cymbals and other instruments instead. Anyway, drums are originally made of these things. , but it’s just a bit troublesome.

At this moment, Sun Qin came to Zhou Yan.

The first thing Sun Qin said when he saw Zhou Yan was, "Director Zhou, I will introduce you to a particularly awesome drummer. Do you want it?"

Zhou Yan was lying on the piano, adjusting the score of "Memory of the Forbidden City". As he practiced during this period, he also discovered that there were still some minor problems in the music he had written, so he would make modifications whenever possible.

Hearing Sun Qin's words, Zhou Yan looked up at him, "The person you want to introduce is not Hou Mu, right?"

The same thing happened when Hu Guanglei introduced Zhou Yan to Hou Mu. Talking about Houmu people.

Unexpectedly, Sun Qin asked with a puzzled look, "Who is Hou Mu?"

Sun Qin really didn't know much about the folk art world, so he was thinking about the soundtrack during this time. He just took the time to understand a little bit.

"Then who do you want to introduce?" Zhou Yan asked.

A smile appeared on Sun Qin's face again, "Do you know Wei Hua?"

Zhou Yan nodded, "Of course."

Wei Hua used to be the host of CCTV She also hosted the Spring Festival Gala two years ago and was very famous in China. However, she suddenly resigned from CCTV the year before last and went to make music.

This incident was quite sensational at the time, but I didn’t hear anything from Wei Hua during this period. It must be that the music career was not developing well. It seems that Wei Hua released an album after resigning and received average reviews from the outside world.

Sun Qin said with a smile, "There is a young jazz drummer in Wei Hua's band. He is not much older than you. He is very good."

Zhou Yan stared in front of him. "Really? What's his name?"

Sun Qin opened his mouth and said a name, "Zhao Muyang."

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, although he I am not very familiar with rock music, but I have heard of Zhao Muyang’s name. Zhao Muyang seems to have been the drummer of many rock bands.

These days, jazz drummers are a rare talent in China, and every band is in short supply, so Zhao Muyang was recruited into so many bands.

Zhou Yan must believe in Zhao Muyang's level. "Memory of the Forbidden City" does not have very high requirements for drummers, so it should be a piece of cake for Zhao Muyang.

But since Zhao Muyang can form a band with Wei Hua, he is quite a celebrity. Would he be willing to help?

"What is your relationship with Zhao Muyang?" Zhou Yan asked.

Sun Qin shook his head, "I have nothing to do with Zhao Muyang. I have never even met him. Sister Wei Hua recommended him to me."

"Are you familiar with Wei Hua?" Zhou Yan asked again.

"We used to be colleagues." Sun Qin explained briefly, and then said very confidently, "Director Zhou, as long as you are willing, I will definitely be able to call Zhao Muyang."

Of course Zhou Yan is willing. His requirements are not high, as long as he can find a jazz drummer. He will definitely welcome someone with Zhao Muyang's level.

"How does he charge?"

Sun Qin burst out laughing, "Director Zhou, why are you always thinking about charging... Zhao Muyang doesn't charge. I heard that he is breathing The band doesn’t charge a fee either.”

When he heard that there was no charge, Zhou Yan put his hands on his hands and smiled and said, "Okay, then invite him over, and I'll treat you to a big dinner later."

......

The next afternoon, Zhou Yan While practicing "Memory of the Forbidden City" with Yu Ran in the piano room, Sun Qin took Zhao Muyang to find him.

"Director Zhou, this is Teacher Zhao."

Zhao Muyang stood next to Sun Qin. He was in his twenties, of medium height, very thin, with long hair. Wearing a pair of sunglasses.

In recent years, as rock music has become popular in China, long hair, sunglasses, and jeans seem to have become synonymous with "cool".

Many rock musicians look like they came out of a barber shop, all dressed the same.

Young people have also followed suit. Nowadays, it is common to see young people dressed like this on the streets, and there seems to be more and more trends.

They were indoors. It was still cloudy today. Zhao Muyang was wearing sunglasses, which was really strange. If you meet some people who are more concerned, you may think Zhao Muyang is impolite.

However, Zhao Muyang, who looks cool, is very shy. When he heard Sun Qin call him Teacher Zhao, he said with some embarrassment, "Director Sun, just call me Muyang."
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"Okay, Mu Yang." Sun Qin smiled and introduced him, "This is Director Zhou I told you."

Zhao Muyang observed Zhou Yan through his sunglasses and was slightly surprised.

Wei Hua asked him to come, saying only that a friend wanted to make a song and needed a drummer. On the way over, Sun Qin was always called "Director Zhou, Director Zhou."

So Zhao Muyang subconsciously thought that Director Zhou must be a very old teacher. He didn't expect him to be so young.

Will he be a teacher? He looks more like a student.

In fact, Zhao Muyang likes to wear sunglasses, not only to look cool, but also because he feels that this way he doesn't have to look at others, which makes him feel more relaxed.

Zhou Yan walked over and took the initiative to shake Zhao Muyang's hand, "Teacher Zhao, thank you very much for coming."

"Call me Zhao Muyang or Mu Yang, it doesn't matter." Zhao Muyang seemed quite scared. Others called him teacher, so he told Zhou Yan what he had just said to Sun Qin.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Then I'll call you Brother Muyang."

"Okay."

Zhao Muyang nodded. In fact, he didn't like Zhou Yan's polite tone. It was not true enough, and of course, it couldn't be said to be annoying.

"I know you are very busy, so let's get straight to the topic." Zhou Yan took out a stack of music scores from his bag and gave them to Zhao Muyang, "This is the music score for "Memory of the Forbidden City". The drums haven't arrived yet. You Let’s look at the score first. By the way, let me introduce to you, this is the violinist who will perform this time, Yu Ran.”

Yu Ran took the initiative to say hello to Zhao Muyang, “Brother Muyang, hello. "

Zhao Muyang nodded without saying anything. His attention was now on the score.

The first time he saw the score, Zhao Muyang raised his eyebrows. The drum score written by Zhou Yan was very beautiful.

There is no standard for jazz drum music, and the domestic research on jazz drums is relatively late. Some bands do not even have special drum music when playing a certain song.

This jazz drum score by Zhou Yan very clearly records the position, timing, musical expression, performance techniques and other information of each instrument component of a set of drums, so Zhao Muyang thinks this score is beautifully written.

In addition, unlike most of the songs that Zhao Muyang has participated in before, this song "Memory of the Forbidden City" is not so intense in rhythm, nor is it so routine, presenting a very free state.

This is a challenge for Zhao Muyang, because he needs to temporarily put aside the "strong emotions" that rock music has brought to him in recent years to adapt to the leisurely and atmospheric nature of this piece of music.

After Zhao Muyang looked at it for a while, Zhou Yan said, "Brother Muyang, if you have any questions, you can tell me directly."

Zhao Muyang shook his head, "No problem. When the drum comes, I can get started."

Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "That's good."

......

The next day, after the drum set borrowed from Hu Guanglei arrived, Zhao Muyang, Zhou Yan, Hu Guanglei and Yu Ran began to practice "Memory of the Forbidden City".

I have to say that Zhao Muyang is really good at playing drums, and after a period of contact, Zhou Yan also discovered that Zhao Muyang is not only good at playing drums, but also has a strong talent in music. I also have my own set of understandings.

Even Zhou Yan felt that it was a pity that Zhao Muyang spent all his time in a rock band every day. He could have been more involved in other music types while playing rock, which would help him develop better in the future. .

Domestic rock music will continue to be popular for many years, but in the end it can only be a flash in the pan. Many rock bands have experienced some deviations in their development. They are going to an extreme and may even be involved in some kind of self-struggle. among.

Of course, in terms of persuasion, Zhou Yan did not tell Zhao Muyang. What he had to do now was to quickly get Zhao Muyang and the others to record the music.

The key point is that Zhao Muyang is also very busy. He is also the drummer of several bands and has a lot of things to do. For Zhou Yan's song, he has delayed a lot of things in other bands.

Zhou Yan also felt embarrassed, so he kept working overtime to catch up.

Zhou Yan previously told Sun Qin that he would give him the music in half a month, but Zhou Yan skipped the ticket.

A total of twenty-two days passed from the day Sun Qin went to the classroom to find him before Zhou Yan handed over the tape recording "Memory of the Forbidden City" to Sun Qin.

Sun Qin looked at the tape and was a little excited. He also put in a lot of effort in the entire process of making "Memory of the Forbidden City". The more he put in, the more he felt when he reaped the rewards. strong.

While Zhou Yan and the others were practicing, Sun Qin also went there several times, but he had never heard the complete song.

So after getting the tape, Sun Qin couldn't wait to go back and listen to it again. He directly asked for Zhou Yan's Walkman and headphones and listened to it live.

Zhou Yan and the four of them stood in front of Sun Qin, waiting for him to express his opinions after listening.

More than four minutes later, Sun Qin took off his headphones.

When Hu Guanglei was about to ask Sun Qin how the music was, Sun Qin said to Zhou Yan, "I'll take the Walkman first," and then ran away with the Walkman.

Before Hu Guanglei could react, Sun Qin had already disappeared.

Looking at the door where Sun Qin left, Hu Guanglei scratched his head with long and sparse hair, "What is this guy so anxious about?"

Yu Ran said with a smile, "Brother Sun should be in a hurry to send it to the stage to show the leaders."

"It's not so urgent." Hu Guanglei muttered, "I'm still waiting to hear He commented that we spent more than 20 days making something and he didn’t even get a word of praise from him.”

Zhou Yan gave Hu Guanglei a thumbs up and said with a smile, “It doesn’t matter, I’ll give you the compliments.” I think this piece of music is very well done, and you deserve the most credit, Boss Hu."

Hu Guanglei curled his lips and said dissatisfied, "Since you are the composer yourself, it's boring to hear you praise me."
< br>Zhao Muyang, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, "I think it's good too."

Hearing Zhao Muyang speak, Hu Guanglei said with a smile, "Brother Muyang, I was very impressed by your praise."

Yu Ran asked curiously, "Why, Brother Hu, Brother Zhou Yan is the composer, But Brother Muyang is also a performer.”

“Because Zhou Yan is so good at praising others. He praises people every day, and my threshold for praise has been raised.” As he said that, Hu Guanglei looked at Zhao Muyang again. , "Brother Mu Yang, after today, we won't see each other for a while, right? If you don't consider taking off your sunglasses, I still don't know what your whole face looks like."

Hu Guanglei said this. I mentioned it several times before, somewhat jokingly, but Zhao Muyang never paid attention to it.

However, this time Zhao Muyang actually nodded and actually reached out and took off his sunglasses, revealing his full face.

Seeing Zhao Muyang's face, Hu Guanglei joked again, "Brother Muyang, you'd better put on your sunglasses. Seeing that you have eyes, I suddenly feel a little uncomfortable."

Zhao Muyang rolled his eyes and said again Put on your sunglasses, and then said coolly, "I'm leaving."

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