From bar band to entertainment circle

Chapter 296
A few of us rushed to the International Circuit in a hurry. There were many promotional posters outside. The stage set up was in its infancy, and the staff were listening to the instructions to test the audio equipment.

I am no stranger to music festivals. In the years of college, Xiaqing and our group went to several music festivals to watch performances, and also participated in music festival performances, but that was a music festival for college students, not the highly professional one in front of me. music Festival.

The five of us entered the scene under the guidance of Lisa. Lisa is familiar with all the procedures of this kind of occasion. She asked us to wait at the same place. She went to the stage to ask the person in charge of the current situation and when the official sound audition will be available.

"Yun Qian, look, it's Xia Qing!" Suddenly, Li Jian patted me on the shoulder. Xia Qing holds an umbrella.

"This formation is big enough!"

I sighed, and suddenly Shen Qier squeezed my arm, "It hurts, Shen Qier, what are you doing?"

"Help you come back to your senses, or your soul will be hooked away." Shen Qi'er said fiercely.

"How can I, Li Jian, tell me, have I been seduced just now?"

Li Jian was frightened by Shen Qier's eyes and shook his head crazily, "Captain, don't ask me, I don't know anything, you ask Qingyao."

"Captain, I don't know either!" Ying Qingyao's head was like a rattle, I sighed a long time, it seems that in this band I'm just an empty captain with no real power.

"You guys, no one is reliable."

While we were fighting, the people from the Qinsheng band were getting closer and closer to us. Xia Qing took off her sunglasses and greeted us, "Yun Qian, your band is here early!"

"Well, earlier you guys."

"Haha, I was actually quite surprised. I saw the band continue on the program list. Don't get me wrong, your band has this ability."

"You too!"

I responded awkwardly, I know Shen Qier doesn't like Xia Qing very much, so I'm quite embarrassed here, even though Xia Qing once hurt me, I still can't hate her from the beginning to the end.

Xia Qing smiled lightly and was about to leave, but Han Yishen couldn't bear it any longer. He walked up to me and patted my shoulder, and said, "Yun Qian, do you still remember what I said to you? There are some things you will never forget." Can't compare to me, including your band"

Shen Qier said fiercely: "What do you want to do?"

"Take your hands away, you don't have to worry about my affairs!" I slapped Han Yishen's hand away, he is rebellious.

"Han Yishen!"

Xia Qing shouted, "Aren't you leaving yet? What else are you doing?"

Xia Qing's face was a bit embarrassed, Han Yishen sneered at me before turning around and leaving, Ying Qingyao whispered at this time: "Captain, that Han Yishen doesn't look like a good person at first glance, isn't he too arrogant?"

"He is really not a good person!"

I smiled at Li Jian and the others, "Do you think I... how can I bear this? In a society ruled by law, I can't just punch him in the face!"

"You should hit him in the face, look at his arrogance!"

Shen Qi'er clenched her fists tightly, she really had a bad temper, remembering how she defended me just now, she was moved.

I leaned into Shen Qier's ear and said softly, "Do you know that you were really manly just now~"

"roll!"

I was pushed away by Shen Qier, and Li Jian and Ying Qingyao were laughing non-stop. At this time, the piano band had already connected the equipment on the stage.

Li Jian was dissatisfied and said: "Look, why is their band in front of us? Obviously we came first."

"Forget it, let them go first. It's not that you don't know Han Yishen's background. He has more or less relationships in this circle. The organizer must give him some face."

"This is really annoying, it's amazing to be rich!"

Seeing Li Jian complaining so much, I won't do this. There is no absolute fairness in the world. Only when we become truly strong, people like Han Yishen dare not despise us, so it is meaningless for us to fight with them now.

At this time Lisa came back dejectedly, I asked her what was wrong, she said with a face of self-blame: "Oh, there are too many people tuning today, I only managed to get 15 minutes, although I don't know how to tune, but I Knowing that this time must be too hasty, so you grasp every minute and every second for a while."

I asked: "Then why did the singer take half an hour to tune? The organizer is too stupid! We have so many instruments, if we want to get the best effect, how much time is enough? Lisa, they are responsible for the sound on the spot. Where are the people? I'll go and talk to them."

"Don't go, it's useless, they said that time is running out, and they need to leave more time for those old cannon bands!" Lisa shook her head and said, we fell silent instantly, and my heart was full of anger, which was a deeper mockery than Han Yi It makes me even more angry, which can directly affect our on-site effects.

I swear: "Damn! 15 minutes, 15 minutes! We have to discuss the tuning plan now, everyone listen to my arrangement, because our time is limited, we will adjust the microphone first when it is our turn later, First adjust Shen Qier’s vocal effect, after all, the audience is most intuitive to listen to your singing voice, then the two guitars of Li Jian and I, and finally the drums and bass.”

"Why is the drum and bass last?" Lisa asked.

"For ordinary music fans, it's not easy for them to hear the bass. Although the drum sound is very intuitive, it can be fooled by a little bit. When the scene is so loud, it just sounds loud. It's okay if the mix is ​​rough in all aspects. , the guitar is different. Two electric guitars are used as the main harmony of the accompaniment. If the effect is not adjusted well, it is easy to cause the most intuitive discomfort in the sense of hearing. Adjust it, and the rest depends on the progress.”

Lisa seemed to understand what I said, and she nodded while praising me for coming up with this solution under such an urgent situation. In fact, this is not a solution, it just puts the timbre that people are most likely to ignore at the end.

If I have plenty of time, I definitely don’t need this method. As a band performing at a music festival, who doesn’t want their own sound to be better? It is true that there is nothing to do.

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"Continue with the band, you only have 15 minutes, what do you tune first?" After the instrument cable was connected, the tuner asked us.

"Voice!"

Shen Qier sang on the stage, and we accompanied her. It was easy to say, but it was really hard to do. In addition, the time was tight, and the tuner had to complete all the projects. He asked us to tune other instruments, but the vocals were still there. There are obvious shortcomings, and the two electric guitars did not meet my satisfaction. He said that we would not have much time to tune the drums and bass. I told him my idea, and he said I was a crazy person.

Originally, we were hoping to have a simple rehearsal, but the plan couldn’t keep up with the changes. We are a new band, and we don’t have much time left, so we were forced to adopt the rule of giving up just for tuning. The organizer obviously gave them preferential treatment, let alone adapting to this stage, so we can only pray for a super performance tomorrow. This is our first attempt at a large-scale outdoor performance, and I have no confidence.

(End of this chapter)