Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1901 Singing
Putting aside the emotional value, Zhou Zhi believes that Guan Tingting's interpretation style with some soul music is actually more suitable for the song "I Heard Love Has Come Back".

"How is it?" Guan Tingting asked Zhou Zhi after another beautiful and low-pitched aria ending.

Zhou Zhi was still in the midst of a huge emotional shock and was speechless for a moment, but the others were already clapping crazily: "It was so beautiful! Tingting, you sang so well!"

“How about we keep doing this and record the demo later?” Zhou Zhi finally snapped his fingers: “We must get this song!”

"There is another song I also want to sing, paying tribute to Teresa Teng and Tamura Shinji," said Guan Tingting.

"'Star'..." Zhou Zhi pondered again: "This song is good, but it's not easy to sing."

“It’s a little hard to sing, but I still want to challenge my seniors.”

"Star" is the famous song of Shinji Tamura. In that era, it was common for Hong Kong and Taiwan to cover Japanese songs. This song was sung by a lot of people. Later, someone counted that 27 stars in total had sung various versions of it.

Among them, the Cantonese and Japanese bilingual version sung by Teresa Teng at her concert in 1982 is very famous. Teresa Teng's voice has some "waka" singing techniques, which makes her particularly suitable for performing this song. It is almost the pinnacle of cover versions of this song.

On May 8 this year, Teresa Teng passed away in Chiang Mai, Thailand, plunging countless music fans into grief.

In July, Faye Wong released her eleventh album, which was also her third Mandarin album. She directly selected thirteen relatively unpopular songs by Teresa Teng and named the album "Fei Mimizhiyin".

In the 1970s and 1980s, some mainland music critics criticized Teresa Teng's music as "decadent music". Faye Wong deliberately used the homophonic pun of "fei" (fei) and "fei" (fei) to pay tribute to Teresa Teng.

This album achieved extraordinary success, with hits such as "Lotus in the Snow", "You Are in My Heart", "Seeing Smoke Again", and of course the most famous song "Wishing We Would Live Long" which is the one that people will think of when they mention Faye Wong.

Faye Wong’s success is not only due to her excellent singing skills and the similarity between her voice and Teresa Teng’s, but another huge factor for her success is the perfect arrangement.

This album was produced by Liang Rongjun, who produced eight of Faye Wong's eleven albums to date. The two naturally have a seamless collaboration.

Covering old songs is always more difficult than releasing a new album, because other people have preconceived ideas, while new songs are like a blank sheet of paper with no way to compare.

Faye Wong's move is indeed quite risky.

While there are already great successes ahead of her, Guan Tingting still wants to follow in the footsteps. Plus, her current position in the music industry is not stable, so the risk is actually greater than Faye Wong's before.

"Tingting, how about we reconsider this?"

"No, I've been practicing for a long time, and I just want to sing."

I just want to sing. These four words really touched Zhou Zhi. When Faye Wong was recording her new album, she originally wanted to sing with Teresa Teng, but the cooperation had not been agreed upon. Finally, Faye Wong said, "I won't wait any longer. I'll record first." Then she started recording the new album.

As a result, after only one week of recording the album, bad news about Teresa Teng came. So for Faye Wong, this album was just to fulfill her wish, and whether it sold well or not, or whether other people's comments were good or bad, would definitely not affect her mood.

Looking at Guan Tingting now, it seems to be the case.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhi put aside all his worries: "Then sing it. Can you sing all three versions?"

"Which three versions are you talking about?" Guan Tingting asked. There are too many versions.

"There are three versions of the song that Teresa Teng has sung: the original version of "Subaru" by Shinji Tanimura, the Cantonese version of "Star", and the Mandarin version of "Another Kind of Nostalgia."

"I like the first two versions better, but I think the lyrics of the third version are just average..."

"Then let's do this," Zhou Zhi asked because he remembered the classic version by Fei Yuqing, Hacken Lee, and Zhou Shen that people in later generations had heard: "The first part of the main song is the Cantonese version of "Stars", which should be sung with a sense of warmth. The second part is the Mandarin version of "Another Kind of Homesickness", which expresses the melancholy of homesickness. Then we pay tribute to the original version, but don't show off your skills. Let's focus on a deep and steady sound."

"If that's the case, I have another suggestion." Liu Yuchu raised his hand to indicate, "Then the chorus can be performed in three parts, with three different harmonies, all performed by Tingting herself, and then synthesized together in the end."

"Yuchu, your suggestion... We agreed not to show off our skills. One person has to sing three parts and let others clearly distinguish them. It's more difficult than singing solo."

"Tingting can definitely do it. She has studied opera, folk songs, pop music, and now she has also learned Western music styles in depth. She can give it a try!"

"If that's the case, we'll have to make some major changes to the symphony arrangement." Zhou Zhi pondered, "Highlight the piano and guitar, and match the tone expression..."

"Let's go to the recording studio and give it a try!" Hu Rui couldn't sit still anymore.

"Are you going?" Zhou Zhi looked at the others, actually mainly asking Mai Xiaomiao.

"Go!" Mai Xiaomiao's voice trembled with excitement. The song "I Heard Love Has Come Back" sung by Guan Tingting just now made her feel the hairs on her arms stand up. The feeling of her soul being directly swept through by the song made her truly become a crazy fan of Guan Tingting.

Listening to the singer's performance at such a close distance is completely different from listening to it through MP3 with headphones.

"Take everything with you!" Guan Tingting and a few other girls started to pack up with laughter. This is actually the norm for musicians. Singers basically warm up their voices completely at night, and inspiration tends to emerge late at night, so recording and creation are basically done at night, and it is often like tonight, the feeling comes inadvertently.

The alcohol tonight has added a sense of "elasticity" to Guan Tingting's singing, which is not a bad thing for the expression of both songs, as it is a good opportunity to strike while the iron is hot.

As everyone continues to eat and drink, it is easy to create a relaxed atmosphere, making it easier to express true feelings.

The recording studio is actually Guan Tingting’s suite, which is also in this community, but it is upstairs from Guan’s mother’s suite, and there is also Zhou Zhi’s suite opposite.

Now the equipment in Guan Tingting's room is getting more and more numerous and more professional, so a few girls simply took over Zhou Zhi's house and used it as a place to live and rest. Guan Tingting's house has become a very professional recording studio in Shudu.