After Kelly Chen finished an album promotion event, she heard from Li Yaming that the phantom voice asked her to audition new songs.
Of course she is happy about this. Which singer doesn’t hope that he can have more songs? Even if Huanyin's songs are not good, she still has the right to choose not to use them.
Now that she is in Taiwan, she can stop by and try out Huanyin’s new songs without wasting any time.
But just when Kelly Chen was about to agree, Li Yaming told her that she needed to go to Yanjing to try out new songs.
“Going to Yanjing?”
Kelly Chen was stunned. She couldn't understand why she needed to go to Yanjing to try out new songs.
Her new album will be released soon. At such a critical moment, where will she have time to go to Yanjing?
And, why Yanjing? Isn't Phantom Company located in Taiwan?
At this time, Li Yaming finally revealed, "This new song is an episode of Zhou Yan's movie."
Hearing this, Kelly Chen's attitude immediately changed. Now Zhou Yan is in Hong Kong His fame has long advanced to the level of a music master. For newcomers like Kelly Chen, Zhou Yan's name is naturally like thunder.
As for Zhou Yan's new movie, Kelly Chen has also heard about it. This matter was reported in the news some time ago and the popularity is not low.
Kelly Chen is not a fan of Zhou Yan's movies, but she has also watched the two movies "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" and "The Sixth Sense", not to mention the music in these two movies.
She also knew that the episode of Zhou Yan's new movie was a good opportunity for her.
Therefore, she did not hesitate anymore and asked Li Yaming directly, "When do I need to go to Yanjing?"
"The specific time has not been determined, but it should be possible in the near future. If you are willing to go, I will communicate with Huanyin about the time soon. In addition, I also need to talk to Zhengdong about this matter.”
Foremost Records now only represents Kelly Chen's Mandarin album. If Kelly Chen sings in Zhou Yan's new movie, it will have no direct benefit to them. Li Yaming will definitely have to talk to Zhengdong Records to seek more benefits from this matter. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of time?
Li Yaming has not considered the possibility that Zhengdong Records will not allow Kelly Chen to sing in Zhou Yan's new movie, because no record company can refuse this.
The fact is just as Li Yaming expected, Zhengdong Records was very happy after learning about this matter and did not set any obstacles.
At the same time, they also said that the cooperation between Kelly Chen and Phantom Music can be carried out through Foremost Records.
In other words, Zhengdong Records gave away profits to Foremost Records.
In fact, this choice is the right one, because Kelly Chen is now in the stage of rising and needs this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. There is no need for them to care about temporary benefits.
As long as Kelly Chen's voice can shine in Zhou Yan's new movie, the profits given up now will be recovered soon.
Soon, several parties reached an agreement.
Kelly Chen put aside the publicity work at hand and made a quick trip to Yanjing.
……
Zhou Yan had just sent away Shizuka Kudo and Akina Nakamori, and Kelly Chen and Wang Lihong arrived in Yanjing.
The two of them did not agree to come together, but they arrived together by chance.
From this moment on, Zhou Yan’s work became really busy.
Because he was very busy, Zhou Yan had no time to waste, so he asked someone to take them to the recording studio directly. However, Zhou Yan did not let them enter the same recording studio. Instead, he waited in Recording Studio No. 1 and No. 2 respectively. Looking at him.
Ever since Kelly Chen came to the studio, she has been looking around curiously. The studio looks quite old from the outside, but she didn’t expect that there is a universe inside. She didn’t see the other rooms, but where she was This recording studio No. 1 is very professional and has very advanced equipment.
Assistant Xiao Lin, who followed her to Yanjing, was also very emotional, "I didn't expect there to be such a professional studio here. The key is that the outside of the studio is so confusing, it looks like a dilapidated warehouse. I was just in When I was outside, I was quite disappointed."
Her voice was not loud, but the sound engineer Xiao Liu heard it, and Xiao Liu said with a smile, "This was originally a warehouse, and it was not real until it was transformed into a studio. "It's the first time for many people to come here, and they all feel the same as you."
Kelly Chen said curiously, "When I passed by the No. 2 recording studio just now, I seemed to see someone recording a song. ?”
Xiao Liu nodded and said, “Well, we are going to record a new song, and a new person is here.”
“Is it also recording an episode for a movie?” Assistant Xiao Lin inquired.
"I don't know what to record. Studio No. 2 is not under my control."
Studio No. 2 will record "How Long Will I Love You" today. Of course Xiao Liu knows, but he is quite strict. Don't want to reveal too much.
Assistant Xiao Lin was a little disappointed when he didn't get any information, and then asked, "What song are we trying to record today? Can you show it to us now?"
So far , Kelly Chen didn’t even know what she was going to record.
Because she is unknown, she has no idea.
When she came here this time, it was just for trial recording. It didn't mean that the song would definitely be sung to her.
“I don’t know this either.” Xiao Liu shook his head again.
Xiao Liu really didn’t know this time. He only got the news last night. Today, Studio No. 1 will try to record a new song. As for what song to record, he, like Kelly Chen, has no idea at all.
He even has less information than Kelly Chen.
Kelly Chen at least knows that the new song she is going to trial record today is an interlude in Zhou Yan's new movie.
Seeing that Xiao Liu was confused when he asked questions, Kelly Chen and her assistant lost interest in asking him for information.
The three of them had nothing to talk about, so they could only sit in the recording studio. The atmosphere was quite awkward.
This embarrassment lasted for more than half an hour before Zhou Yan finally opened the door and walked in.
It was the first time that Chen Huilin met Zhou Yan, but she was no stranger to Zhou Yan's face. When she saw Zhou Yan coming in, she greeted politely, "Hello, Teacher Zhou."
Zhou Yan glanced at Kelly Chen and nodded with a smile, "Hello, welcome to Yanjing. It's not easy to come here. It must be tiring, right?"
"It's really not easy to come here, but I believe everything is worth it."
Kelly Chen's Mandarin is not very standard, but there will be no obstacles in communication.
"Because the movie will start shooting in a while, I am very busy at work, so I can only ask you to come over in advance." Zhou Yan explained briefly, and then handed a copy of the lyrics and music score to Kelly Chen, "The song's Please spend half an hour looking at the score and lyrics. If you don’t understand anything, ask me later.”
“Okay.”
Kelly Chen took the score with anticipation. , what else to say, but Zhou Yan said, "Okay, let's see you in half an hour."
After saying that, Zhou Yan turned around and pushed the door open and left Recording Studio No. 1.
Watching Zhou Yan's back disappear at the door, Kelly Chen held the music score with a confused expression. From the time Zhou Yan came in to the time he left now, was there a minute in total?
This efficiency is too fast.
However, she just sighed a little with Zhou Yan's acting style, and quickly focused on the music score in her hand.
On the first page of the score, it was written that the song was called "athousandyears" and it was an English song. She was not surprised by this, because the reason why she was able to try out the new song was because she had been given an English song sample before. .
Although Kelly Chen has often participated in music competitions since she was very young, she has never really experienced professional music training, so her music composition ability is not very good.
Actually, a singer’s musical notation ability has little impact on a singer’s development. Many singers know nothing about music theory, but they can still sing very well, because their music perception ability is not weak, as long as they are recorded well Demo, they can sing according to the demo.
No one will stipulate that a singer must be able to sing after seeing the music score.
What most pop singers get for the first time is not a sheet music, but a demo of a song. Usually, the song demo has already been studied, and the singer only needs to refer to the demo to learn how to sing.
Even some singer-songwriters don’t have good music theory. Compared with professional composers, they are more free-spirited when composing songs.
This is not a strange thing. Early folk songs and folk songs basically did not have musical scores. They were all composed freely by folk singers, and their creative method was to hum them based on their own feelings.
Kelly Chen has some music theory knowledge, but it is not good. At least she cannot sing the song just by seeing the score like Celine Dion. She also needs to use instruments to slowly explore.
So when she saw this song, Kelly Chen did not care about the melody first like Celine Dion, but read the lyrics first, because even if she read the score, the melody was still in her head for a moment. No impression.
In her opinion, it may be easier to find the mood of the song by reading the lyrics first than by reading the music score first.
Sight-singing involves many aspects, including intonation, rhythm, song style, and the emotion expressed in the song. These all need to be studied. If you don't have good music reading and study skills, you won't be able to master them well.
After studying the lyrics, Kelly Chen thought it was good, but it didn't make her feel amazing, at least not as good as the song "Young and Beautiful" written by Zhou Yan before.
This song uses the most common vocabulary, and the expression of emotions is more direct, unlike "young and beautiful" where many lyrics are relatively obscure.
Such as "Ihavediedeverydaywaitingforyou
Darling, don't beafraid
Ihaveloveyouforathousandyears
……”
This sentence is common in many English songs.
Seeing such lyrics, Kelly Chen even felt that she could write it herself .
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After Zhou Yan walked out of the No. 1 recording studio, he went to the No. 2 recording studio.
In Studio No. 2, Wang Lihong is recording "How Long Will I Love You".
Because Wang Lihong has had this song for a long time, he is already very familiar with it, and Zhou Yan has given him the general direction before, so he performed quite well. Today's recording, Zhou Yan just needs to correct some details.
When they met again, the relationship between Wang Lihong and Zhou Yan changed. Now Zhou Yan has become Wang Lihong's boss.
However, Wang Lihong's attitude and feelings towards Zhou Yan did not change because of the change in status. In his heart, Zhou Yan was still the senior and even teacher whom he respected.
Of course Wang Lihong was very happy to see Zhou Yan again, but Zhou Yan didn't have time to greet him now. He briefly chatted for a few words and then started to work.
I tried it twice with Wang Lihong, and half an hour passed.
Zhou Yan looked at his watch and said to Wang Lihong, "Lihong, you should think carefully about the issues I just mentioned and let your throat rest for a while. We will continue later."
< br>After saying that, Zhou Yan turned around and went to Recording Studio No. 1.
After entering the recording studio, Zhou Yan asked, "How about it, can you try singing it again now?"
Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Kelly Chen showed an embarrassed look on her face, "I'm not very familiar with this song."
She spent seven or eight minutes just studying the lyrics just now, and the next twenty or so Minutes later, she was also carefully exploring the score, but she hadn't figured it out yet.
Zhou Yan was a little embarrassed when he saw Kelly Chen, but he didn’t blame her.
This is actually Zhou Yan's fault. The singers he worked with before were all very capable of sight-singing, but he forgot that not every singer has good sight-singing ability.
Zhou Yan walked directly to the keyboard without saying anything, "Let me take you through it."
Kelly Chen asked in surprise, "Do you want to sing it again?"
"It's not singing, it's humming."
Although Zhou Yan didn't sing well, he hummed pretty well. He could at least keep the pitch and the tone right. The rhythm and the emotion of the song are roughly expressed. For Kelly Chen, these are enough.
Zhou Yan didn’t waste any time and just hummed while playing.
Here, after Zhou Yan hummed a sentence, Kelly Chen suddenly became enlightened and sang directly after it.
“heartbeatsfast
colorsandpromises”
Originally, when Kelly Chen was groping, she stumbled and did not feel the charm of this song, but now she followed Zhou Yan and sang every note accurately. , and in the right rhythm, the charm of the song comes out immediately.
The person who felt the deepest feeling was assistant Xiao Lin. When Kelly Chen sang it by herself just now, she thought the song was not very good, but now it is completely different. These are two completely different songs.
Especially in the chorus, the lyrics that originally seemed very simple now sound so graceful and beautiful.
When Kelly Chen was groping by herself, she felt that the score was very difficult, but after Zhou Yan led her to hum it once, the melody was directly imprinted in her mind, and everything became very simple.
Singers like her are like this. Although her sight-singing ability is not good, she can sing it as long as she listens to it once.
By the second time, Zhou Yan didn’t need to hum, she could finish it very well and added some of her own understanding.
Zhou Yan couldn't help but nod, this song is indeed suitable for Kelly Chen.
The song "athousandyears" is very romantic. Kelly Chen's voice is clear and has a little softness and toughness. It is very picturesque. The treble part is ethereal and melodious, with a fantasy flavor, which is very suitable. Zhou Yan’s request.
There is a difference between the singing of movie interludes and ordinary songs.
Some singers have very good skills and very good vocal conditions. They may be able to give a very good performance when they stand on the stage, but it is not interesting to let them sing interludes.
Many times, when people watch a movie, they don’t care whether the voice of the singer singing the interlude has full tension or whether the scale changes are skillful and comfortable.
In fact, as a director, Zhou Yan hopes that the audience will not be too attracted by the technology embodied in the episode, but rather be immersed in the world woven together by the songs and the pictures.
Soundtracks and interludes serve the movie. If they attract the audience's attention too much, it is not a good thing.
Kelly Chen's voice and singing style have a feeling that the pictures are disconnected. Her voice is the sticking point and can connect the pictures. (End of this chapter)