As soon as I played a short section of this piece of music, many audience members in the audience sighed, "It's Zhou Yan who deserves to be the first to play such a tune."
It’s a pity that the sound recording environment at the venue was relatively poor, and Zhou Yan’s guitar was not plugged in, so he relied entirely on a microphone to collect sound, so the effect was much worse.
Solo is very different from playing and singing. If you are playing and singing, it doesn’t matter if the accompaniment is a little off. What everyone mainly listens to is the singing.
But when it comes to soloing, it all depends on the sound produced by the guitar.
Some viewers were expecting Zhou Yan to sing, but they knew this was impossible. For so many years, no one had heard Zhou Yan sing.
In this regard, many female music fans expressed their regret. It is a pity that Zhou Yan, a model like Zhou Yan, cannot sing.
Because the guitar sound was not well received at the venue, the audience consciously refrained from clapping or shouting, and tried to make the environment as quiet as possible to prevent the guitar sound from being muffled.
Some people don’t even dare to breathe loudly.
Jiao Huang was sitting in the front row, feeling the atmosphere of the scene, and couldn't help but sigh. He only knew Zhou Yan had amazing musical talent and was very popular with the public before, but he felt it firsthand today.
With such a close distance, he finally found a reason why so many people like Zhou Yan, because he is indeed talented.
Not to mention this era, even in the era when they were young, if someone could perform such a piece with an instrument, they could still attract a large number of people, which might be even more enthusiastic than today's situation.
Before the 1970s and after the 1980s, although material conditions were not as rich as today, the people's desire for spiritual pursuits was unparalleled.
Especially in the early 1980s, if you could read a few lines of poetry and play two musical instruments, you could become a celebrity in the surrounding area.
Of course, in the 1980s, Jiao Huang was already in his forties and had long passed the age of enthusiasm and unrestrainedness. He was more of an observer of the times he lived in.
After entering the 1980s, the entire literary and art circle was relatively restless, and everyone was looking for an outlet for their long-suppressed hearts.
The entire group is like a shriveled sponge, absorbing water crazily and outputting it crazily. However, after the 1990s, this feeling gradually weakened, and more people began to try to deal with their situation rationally. era.
But at the same time, more foreign cultures are pouring in like a tide.
This situation has pros and cons. The good thing is that people can build a more comprehensive worldview and learn more about other countries besides China.
The bad thing is that when we are unable to effectively absorb and find it difficult to fight against, there will be a lot of discordant voices among the people.
Jiao Huang has an obvious feeling. In the 1980s, people from all walks of life in China were still very confident. Most people had a consensus that China would enter a stage of rapid development and be in all aspects. To catch up with the Western world, and soon surpass Western countries.
But more than ten years have passed, and people's confidence has declined. Many people have developed a sense of surrender in their hearts, and have begun to indiscriminately deny their own country's culture and praise Western culture in an all-round way.
In the 1980s, Chinese literature and films were booming, and in ten years they had completed the journey that Western countries had gone through in decades or even hundreds of years.
Directors such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige all appeared at this time.
When they first entered the 1990s, they were still performing very well internationally, but this feeling only lasted a few years.
Both Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige feel a little hindered internationally.
It only took ten years for the Chinese to lose confidence. It is very difficult to determine when confidence will be re-established.
Jiao Huang is not a pessimist, but he has never been able to see where there is hope before.
The appearance of Zhou Yan gave him hope.
China at this stage needs figures like Zhou Yan to appear. Only when more and more figures like Zhou Yan come forward can the Chinese people regain their lost self-confidence.
In fact, it is obvious that Zhou Yan is taking a different path from Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige.
The same is true in music. The path he took is different from that of his senior brother Tan Dun and others.
Looking at this path for the time being, Zhou Yan is on a pretty good path, but he just doesn’t know if he will be able to make it in the end.
Of course Jiao Huang hopes that Zhou Yan can come out, so when Zhou Yan invited him to audition for "Time Traveler" this time, he did not hesitate at all and agreed very decisively.
When he learned that he had to compete with others, he did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he took it more seriously, and finally won the role of the protagonist's father.
While Jiao Huang was watching Zhou Yan on the stage, Zhou Yan was deep in thought, and Zhou Yan had already finished playing "Waves". The audience was thundering with applause, and he also clapped.
At this time, another audience member began to shout: "One more."
But this time Zhou Yan did not satisfy them anymore and said with a smile, "Today's performance ends here. I hope everyone can have a good night. The scenery at Jiaochangwei is very good, and there are also several new attractions, which are quite good. If you have time, you can spend a few more days here.”
Come on, Zhou Yan is still here. I made a call to travel to Jiaochangwei.
Huang Youfa was very happy to hear Zhou Yan speaking for his village.
Director Zhou is a really capable person, and he is really helpful when you have a lot of work.
But what Huang Youfa didn't know was that the reason why Zhou Yan spoke for Jiaochangwei was mainly because his family had a share in Jiaochangwei's business.
Of course Zhou Yan should also take care of his own business.
After the performance, the crew began to retreat and went into the hotel to prepare for dinner.
The tourists waited unwillingly for a while and finally dispersed.
Recently, many lights have been installed on the Jiaochangmi coast. Although it is dark, tourists can not rush back to rest and take a walk on the beach.
There is also a bar in the village. Although it was built in a hurry, the environment is not as good as in the city, but the scenery is good. The bar is right on the coast. You can drink while listening to the sound of the waves, which is a unique experience.
......
When Zhou Yan and the others started to eat, it had been dark for a while in New York.
Today is a big day for Mariah Carey fans, because Mariah Carey's new single "Someone Like You" will be released today.
In fact, many people are already familiar with the new single.
Since "Young and Beautiful" swept through the major charts, Zhou Yan's fans have a high degree of overlap with Mariah Carey's fans, and the song "Someone Like You", like "Young Beautiful", comes from "Sense and Sensibility" This movie, so many Mariah Carey fans have heard this song in advance.
And before Mariah Carey announced the release of a single, there had been calls for Zhou Yan to change "Someone Like You" into a song for Mariah Carey to sing, so this time the single was released, It can be regarded as a success.
As fans of Zhou Yan and Mariah Carey, Saloli and Olivia came to the Little Bear Record Bookstore early. Normally, Little Bear Record Bookstore doesn't open until nine o'clock in the morning, but today because of the release of a new single, the bookstore opened at eight o'clock.
Of course, not all singer album bookstores will open early, but because the boss is a loyal fan of Zhou Yan, there is such an exception.
Ever since they met Zhou Yan at Little Bear Record Bookstore last time, Saloli and Olivia would come here whether they were buying books or records. Although this bookstore was not the closest to them, they would rather walk a little longer. .
Because they come so often, the clerk can already recognize them.
Seeing the two of them, the clerk smiled and said, "I knew you would come very early today. The single has been placed on the first row of bookshelves, in the middle position."
"Kante, have you listened to the new single?"
Kante smiled, "It's a secret."
In fact, Kanter took advantage of his position to listen to the new single in advance, but in order to let the two girls have a better experience, he chose to hide it.
"Haha, you must have heard it."
"And the single must be very good."
They also know Kanter relatively well. From his expression, you can tell that the single did not disappoint him.
Kant shrugged and did not speak. Instead, he ran to turn on the speakers in the store and played another song "Young and Beautiful" by Mariah Carey.
The two girls also couldn't wait to run to the first row of bookshelves and decisively took down a single CD from it.
Instead of rushing to pay, they opened the package directly, put the CD into the CD player they brought, put on the headphones and started listening to the music.
Because it is a single CD, there is only one song in it.
But after the CD was played, the music did not sound immediately, but the voice of Mariah Carey appeared.
“I am very happy to be able to meet you in the form of a single this autumn. Although many people have already watched "Sense and Sensibility", listened to the soundtrack, or listened to Y-chou album Yu Linglin, but I believe that this song can still give everyone a different feeling.”
"It is worth mentioning that the composition, lyrics, and arrangement of this song are all done by Y himself. Yes, this is another typical Y song. I hope this song can be given to everyone who says in love Friends who have lied, hesitated, and regretted, but still want to continue to love.”
“We may have missed a lot of things, but please believe that in the near future, we will find one. A happiness that truly belongs to us.”
After Mariah Carey finished speaking, Saloli and Olivia looked at each other, and these words reminded them of Mary during this time. What happened to Ya Kelly.
Now that Mariah Carey has divorced her ex-husband Motola and has started her own life again, is she also sending this message to herself?
Soon, a familiar melody sounded.
The intro of this song is exactly the same as the original song, a simple piano section.
The prelude is not long, only twelve seconds. At the thirteenth second, Mariah Carey's slightly hoarse voice sounded.
The two girls were a little surprised when they heard Mariah Carey's voice, because the voice was different from Mariah Carey's usual singing voice.
Did her voice change, or was it a change made specifically for this song?
They are more likely to think that Kelly made changes for this song, because the voice they heard Kelly speaking just now was no different from usual.
But no matter what, this voice is attractive to them all, making Kelly sound a little more mature.
"Iheardthatyou'resettleddown
Thatyoufoundagirlandyou'remarriednow
......"
As soon as the first two lyrics came out, they created a feeling of regret , but Mariah Carey’s handling of it was not very regretful, but rather a bit of a look-alike.
Salori and Olivia originally liked this song very much, but they didn't expect that it would feel like this after it was changed into a song. It was very different from the original song.
After the vocals came in, the song became fuller, because the lyrics made the emotion of the song so concrete.
In the verse part, Mariah Carey’s voice remains in a very narrow frequency, affectionate and restrained.
But when it comes to the chorus, the pitch changes at the end of the long melody, rising directly to an octave. It feels like an emotional release, and what follows is What's more, her voice became louder and louder, and her regret became more and more obvious.
These emotions will not be so obvious just when listening to pure music.
Because the singer's voice and lyrics will very directly guide the listener in the direction the producer wants.
Different people will have different feelings about the same piece of music, whether it is in a major key or a minor key, and there are often extreme differences in the direction of the melody.
But songs are different. With vocals and lyrics, the audience's emotions will be narrowed to a relatively narrow range.
This is why many pure music will give people a very different feeling after being adapted into songs.
The arrangement of this song is very simple. Only the intro part adopts the same method as the original song. However, in the middle and later parts, all other orchestrations that appeared in the original song are missing, and there is still only the piano. The musical instrument is constantly playing a very repetitive accompaniment.
Because the singer's voice is rich and colorful enough, the simple and repetitive accompaniment is actually a very suitable decoration, allowing the mood of the entire song to rotate freely under the control of Mariah Carey.
When the whole song ended, Saloli breathed a long sigh of relief, "It's such a good song."
Olivia nodded in agreement, "That's right, This will be another song that dominates the charts.”
Saloli maintains a strict attitude towards dominating the charts, “It doesn’t matter whether it dominates the charts or not. Anyway, we have good songs to listen to. I heard this. There is also a music video for the song, I don’t know what it is like.”
“It will be played on the show at ten o’clock, and we can go home and watch it.”
"Yeah." Saloli nodded, "I have to listen to the lyrics again. The lyrics of this song are also very good."
"Y's lyrics have always been very good, such as "Yellow" and "Yellow" "youngandbeautiful" are all."
"He is a writer after all, haha, there must be no problem in writing lyrics."
When it comes to Zhou Yan is still a writer, the two of them are a little regretful, although they know it. Zhou Yan is a writer, but I have never read Zhou Yan’s works.
They also tried to look for it, but never found it.
However, there is also good news. Harry, the owner of Little Bear Record Bookstore, revealed to them that Zhou Yan may release a novel in the United States, and then they will be able to take a look at Zhou Yan's literary talents. (End of this chapter)