Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1903 Late night snack

Fortunately, Guan Tingting is in good condition today, and this editing and compiling system is quite powerful, so there is no need to go through the hassle of doing it before. You can add audio tracks directly on the computer screen, re-record a track to replace the previous one, and play it immediately to hear the effect. You can also freely switch between several versions for comparison.

This efficiency is many times higher than that of recording songs in the previous simulation mode. In just over an hour, "I Heard Love Has Come Back" was recorded perfectly.

"It's great." Hu Rui played the last version of the music and then sighed, "I just don't know if it will be a hit."

Whether a song is popular or not actually has a bit of metaphysics in it, just like the songs by Teresa Teng in Faye Wong's new album, not all of them were popular before, for example, "Wishing You Goodbye" was definitely not as popular as it is now.

However, Zhou Zhi is confident. "I Heard Love Has Come Back" was later covered by many people, both men and women, and the effect surpassed the original version by Lin Yilian.

Now that the original version has been replaced by Guan Tingting, it will be very difficult to surpass her, because Guan Tingting's singing style represents the future development of pop song singing, and it will only become more and more popular.

"Then let's try 'Star'. Can Tingting's voice handle it?"

"The vocal range of 'Star' is much smaller than 'I Heard Love Came Back'. Should I use the harmony singing method?"

Teresa Teng was also the focus of Guan Tingting's study when she was first learning, and Guan Tingting is also very familiar with Teresa Teng's singing style.

"No." Zhou Zhi shook his head: "If you want to go this way, you can't compete with Faye Wong. Let's do it as we said before. Three parts, three sets of lyrics, warmth, sadness, hope, three levels of interpretation. Let's try it this way first."

"We have also divided the parts for the main song. Tingting, how about you listen to it?"

Liu Yuchu is an expert in piano. He began to play a complex three-part chord on the electronic keyboard. Guan Tingting listened, nodded gently, and hummed while looking at the score. By the time the song was finished, she could already sing the three parts independently.

This is called "absolute pitch". Only two people out of a thousand have this talent and can clearly distinguish each single note in a chord complex.

Zhou Zhi is actually such a person, but without the rigorous post-training like Guan Tingting, his talent was wasted.

The few of them had a brief discussion again. For the first part of the verse, which is the bass part in Cantonese, Guan Tingting used a warm bass that was close to popular singing as the main part, and the other two parts were added as background reverberation. The second part of the verse switched to the Mandarin version of "Another Kind of Nostalgia", using a singing method close to folk songs as the main part, and the high and low parts as accompaniment. The high-pitched part of the final chorus used the "Rococo" singing method, that is, Mariah Carey's "soul aria" as the main part, and added two accompaniments, Liu Yuchu and Zhao Lexin, to create a sacred feeling of a choir, so that the audience can experience more of the synaesthesia of facing the starry sky.

In fact, the three parts are handled relatively smoothly, that is, there is no "showy" technique, but the change from sound control to part combination actually makes the showy technique more advanced.

Especially when the same person controls the range of three voices, each with its own style, and people can clearly distinguish them, this in itself is a reflection of skill.

This version actually divides one song into three parts, which are then recombined together, with two versions of chorus and harmony by Liu Yuchu and Zhao Lexin added. The details of each part also need to be adjusted, so the recording time is quite long.

Feng Xueshan and Yang He still had to go to work, so they went back to sleep early. Hu Tianyu and Hu Lidong were reluctant to leave. This opportunity to watch celebrities create was really rare, so they continued to eat skewers and watch the fun.

Mai Xiaomiao couldn't bear it any longer. This girl didn't get a good rest last night, but she didn't want to leave either. Finally, she fell asleep on the small sofa.

Zhou Zhi and several music professionals were very involved and didn't feel the time passing at all. When the final version was ready, everyone was very satisfied. At least in terms of the complexity and sophistication of the processing, this version of "Star" has surpassed the versions of Shinji Tanimura and Teresa Teng, and can be said to be standing on the shoulders of giants.

However, it is very regrettable that this version cannot be fully restored at the concert, because one person performs on three tracks at the same time. This is the result of post-processing and cannot be accomplished in the actual singing.

"When the time comes, we'll just sing out the main vocal part of each section, and record the rest as background music. That's the only way." Zhou Zhi said, "This can't be considered lip-syncing, right?"

Now that concerts are so popular, things like lip-syncing have begun to happen quietly, but they have not yet attracted public attention.

"Let's not do it. It doesn't matter if the effect is a little worse." Guan Tingting was quite open-minded and showed her absolute confidence in this version of the song. She was ready to perform it at the concert: "I'll just sing the three lead vocals then."

“Okay.” In fact, this is also another way of showing off one’s skills, mixing three languages: Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese. It seems that no other song has been handled like this before.

"Xiao Miao, Xiao Miao!" Zhou Zhi gently woke up Mai Xiaomiao, who was sleeping soundly on the sofa with a pillow in her arms.

“Hmm…” Mai Xiaomiao opened her eyes, still in a half-asleep state, and smiled innocently at Zhou Zhi in front of her: “Elbow, good morning…”

Everyone around laughed, and Zhou Zhi also laughed and said, "It's only past two in the morning. We have finished recording our DEMO. Do you want to listen to it?"

Mai Xiaomiao then quickly sat up and rubbed his eyes: "Yes!"

“When I close my eyes, my heart feels peaceful; when I open my eyes again, I’m afraid to look at the future…” This is the Cantonese version of “Star”.

"Ah, there is only solitude, the rising and setting of the sun, and so many feelings... Ah, that feeling, surging and flying, how can I express it..." This is the Mandarin version of "Another Kind of Nostalgia".

Next comes the verse part in Japanese, but at the end, the last sentence of the verse is repeated twice and then switches back to Cantonese.

"With passion, I want to find my ideal, which is peace. I will pursue my dream, even if it means going through rough and dangerous terrain..."

Although Mai Xiaomiao didn't understand two of the three languages, it didn't stop her eyes from brightening up as she listened.

When the song was over, everyone applauded: "Great!"

Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "This is just the DEMO version. We'll have to trouble Xiaopang and his team to arrange the music for the rest. With these two songs as the foundation, this album will definitely be a success."

"Let's go out and celebrate." Hu Rui said.

"Where are you going?" Zhou Zhi asked, "You are already celebrities now, how dare you run around so late at night?"

"Stop talking nonsense, let Brother Yu and Brother Dong drive, we'll take you somewhere for a midnight snack."