You've passed the college entrance examination, but can't you make it in the entertainment

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, not only Zhang Yan returned to work.

Ji Xueli and Ni Zhen also ended their vacation early and came to Li Yiran's music studio.

Starting today, Leyan will officially enter the music scene, and they must be present on such an important day.

This was the first time for Ji Xueli to come to Li Yiran's studio. As soon as he entered, he was shocked by the scale and equipment here.

"Is this the most professional music studio in Kyoto?"

Zhang Yan slapped her mouth, how could she speak?
"This place is among the best in the country, and it's definitely not bad even internationally."

Every equipment and equipment in front of you is the most advanced and professional in the industry, and many of them are purchased from abroad.

Our Li Yiran making music is no joke.

Li Yiran said calmly:
"The first step is to decide on the songs, so the musicians, mixers, backing vocalists, and mastering producers haven't come in yet. They are all the best in the country. I'll introduce them to you when everyone arrives. "

Leyan, who returned from further studies, immediately echoed Li Yiran's words and introduced to Ji Xueli:

"Yes, those teachers are very powerful."

His album production team used the same one as Li Yiran's album released last year.

Last year he watched part of the album production and was deeply impressed by the professionalism, seriousness and dedication of these teachers.

With their participation, Leyan gained a lot of confidence.

For the albums produced by other singers under Superstar, the company is responsible for venue rental and team formation, so Ji Xueli knows what to expect.

But Li Yiran has full control over Leyan's album, and he won't feel relieved if he doesn't take a look.

Before coming, Ji Xueli knew that this place would definitely be good.

But I didn't expect it to be 'not bad' at all. This place is simply amazing!
"Can I take pictures?" Ji Xueli and Li Yiran were not familiar with each other and asked politely.

He and Ni Zhen were not the only ones who cared about Leyan's new album. When he paid New Year's greetings to Ye Xinchun on the first day of the new year, his boss never forgot to ask Ji Xueli to fully support Leyan in recording this album.

He wanted to take some photos and send them to Ye Xinchun to reassure her.

Li Yiran made a please gesture:
"Of course, you can come anytime."

She understood Ji Xueli's mood.

During Leyan's most important career development period, he spent several months working on this album, and there was absolutely no room for failure. Both Ji Xueli and Ni Zhen were under tremendous pressure.

But don't worry, I won't let anything go wrong with this album.

Because I care about Leyan more than any of you.

After visiting the studio, several people came to the lounge and started the most important part of the day - sorting out the work plan.

The person present who knows best about album production is Li Yiran. She is also the director of the album, so she chaired the meeting:
"Before communicating the plan, I would like to first talk about the process of making an album."

Ji Xueli looked around and said with a smile:
"Do you want to skip this? We've all done albums."

The only inexperienced person present was Le Yan.

But he has produced singles, so he has some basics.

How about we get right to the point?
Li Yiran pushed out the whiteboard next to the wall, and while writing on it, he turned his back to everyone and said:

"You know other people, but you don't know my work habits."

Ji Xueli coughed awkwardly.

Is there anything else you can’t get used to when making an album?
Isn’t that the process?

Ji Xueli and Li Yiran met several times before, either at dinner parties or at events. Li Yiran in that environment was completely different from her now.

He had to admit that Li Yiran's aura at work was too strong.
Her simple words made Ji Xueli, who had seen the world, become nervous and did not dare to speak anymore.

Ji Xueli turned to look at Le Yan, are you okay?

This woman is incredible.
Le Yan looked at Li Yiran with admiration, grinning from the corners of his mouth to his cheeks.

Li Yiran competes high!
Ji Xueli lowered his head and sighed.

With Leyan looking so stupid, he would be bullied to death by Li Yiran when he went home and closed the door, right?

Poor.

"The first step is to decide on the song." Li Yiran tapped on the whiteboard to attract everyone's attention. "First of all, we need to determine which songs will be included in the album. Leyan can make the simplified music first, and I will record it with you. demo.”

Le Yan's face darkened.

He now has seven songs ready for recording, but it's not enough.
But the good news is that I have saved a lot of insights this month, and I hope to be able to play a few more songs when I upgrade my skills in the near future.

Moreover, although the quality of the songs he has now is good, his ideal 'title song' has not yet appeared.

This is the first problem he needs to solve.

Le Yan nodded to Li Yiran, and she continued to write on the whiteboard:

"The second step——"

In order to save face, Ji Xueli responded quickly:
"The second step is arranging the music, right?"

There are countless artists under him who have released albums, so this is not a problem for him.

But what Li Yiran wrote on the blackboard was 'polishing details'.

"Polishing the details?" Everyone except Zhang Yan repeated it curiously.

Even Le Yan frowned.

Is there such a step?

It seems that when I recorded "Little Love Song" last time, I didn't just write the songs and go straight to arranging them.

Li Yiran was not surprised by everyone's reaction, which is why she talked about the work process first.

Her working habits are different from other singers.

Li Yiran patiently explained to everyone:
“Arranging mainly solves the problem of orchestration, but there are still many details that need to be determined before that. If we don’t polish the details and pile all the work into arranging together with the orchestration, it will not only take a lot of time, but also the effect will be difficult to achieve. Less than the best.”

When Le Yan recorded "Little Love Song", Li Yiran wanted to teach him step by step, but he never expected that Le Yan would actually free up the song himself.

To put it simply, Leyan did not get the true inheritance from Li Yiran in the recording part.

But this is not important.

This time Li Yiran will teach him step by step and guide him to produce a high-quality album.

"What details need to be polished?" Le Yan raised his head and asked.

Li Yiran wrote as he spoke:
"The beat, speed, pitch, interludes, the overall framework of the music and the general emotional direction all need to be determined before arranging. Although these things are small, they are without exception very important, but many people often ignore them."

"So many?" Le Yan exclaimed.

Does it have to be so detailed?
Li Yiran turned his head and said seriously:

"I just listed a few of the most important ones. There are many others that I will tell you one by one when you get started."

Le Yan nodded and agreed.

It took him more than a month to make "Little Love Song" last time.

Although I have the original song in my mind, it is difficult to reproduce it completely. What is missing must be the details that Li Yiran mentioned that are easy to ignore.

There were only two months to produce the album this time, and the rest was reserved for album promotion.

If he could only produce one and a half songs at the previous speed, he would have to optimize and improve in various details.

"The third step is the arrangement mentioned by Director Ji." Li Yiran continued to tell everyone, "I just said that the arranger needs to solve the problem of orchestration. As the name suggests, it is to arrange the instruments. This is almost the soul of a song."

"If songwriting is like building a house, then arranging is a process of decoration and beautification. What is the style of a work, whether it uses native instruments or electronic samples, what kind of timbre is needed where, what kind of instruments are used, and what kind of voices are used. Everything must be arranged at this step, which determines what the song will look like in the end.”

Everyone nodded after hearing Li Yiran's explanation.

They only knew the word arranger, but this was the first time they understood the specific work content in detail.

Li Yiran looked at Le Yan and said seriously:
"After confirming the arrangement, it's time to write the score. Each instrument and part must have its corresponding score and music words. This most important step is completed by you independently. I am only responsible for supervision."

Li Yiran can help Leyan with every step, but he cannot participate in the arrangement step. Arrangement is the soul of a song.

If she gets involved, the soul doesn't entirely belong to Leyan.

If Leyan wants to be the producer of this album, then every song in the album must belong to him.

Seeing Le Yan frowning and not speaking, Li Yiran looked at him silently and pursed his lips.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly dropped.

Ji Xueli on the side was a little nervous.

I have long heard that Li Yiran is extremely strong, and just now he even killed his majesty as a director.

Moreover, Li Yiran is Le Yan's music teacher. Now the teacher arranges work for the students, but the students don't respond at all. She won't say anything harsh to Le Yan, right?

Ji Xueli's eyes rolled around twice, and he was about to open his mouth to help Le Yan out. Unexpectedly, Li Yiran walked up to Le Yan first, held his head, and asked softly:
"What's wrong? Are you feeling too stressed?"

Leyan raised his head and smiled:

"No, just after listening to you talk about these things, I think it was a fluke that I was able to make "Little Love Song"."

Does anyone know the steps to record a song?

He also knows how to do it.

But those theories are all messy.

After Li Yiran gave a professional explanation, Leyan suddenly realized that he still had too many shortcomings.

Can you make an album in these two months?

Was it the right choice to be a producer?

Li Yiran kissed him on the forehead and said lovingly:

"and me."

I gave up my own work and insisted on personally supervising the production of your first album just to support you.

What are you afraid of?

Le Yan and Li Yiran hugged each other as they talked, and we started to talk to each other as if there was no one around. The meeting was suspended.

Zhang Yan and Ni Zhen have long been accustomed to it. One is playing with her mobile phone with her legs crossed, and the other is picking her nails seriously.

But where had Ji Xueli seen this battle before?

Was Li Yiran taken away?

He was keeping a straight face one second, but why did he suddenly hit Le Yan on his chest the next second?
Can any of you tell me what happened?
Or am I missing something? ?
He gestured at Ni Zhen, pointed at Le Yan and Li Yiran and said incoherently:

"Is this, this, they, they, this reasonable?"

Zhang Yan lowered her head and sneered, blowing on her fingers:
"Come here often from now on. You'll get used to it if you look around more."

Ni Zhen shrugged his shoulders at Ji Xueli.

As I told you, Li Yiran is going to love Leyan to death.

Do you believe it now?
Ji Xueli stared dumbfounded at the young couple who openly acted like shit.

He had a huge worry in his mind before.

In addition to their emotional entanglements, Le Yan and Li Yiran also have heavy work commitments. In this album, Li Yiran will be at the helm of Le Yan.

Will your relationship be affected by differences in work?

That's absolutely impossible.
Do you know what we will face if you two break up?

It's a catastrophic disaster!
But looking at it today.
Overthinking, completely overthinking!
First of all, the relationship between these two people was so good that it made him speechless.

Only when the mountains and the earth are in harmony can I dare to be with you.

Secondly, they made it clear that they were using their jobs to fall in love at public expense!

He really looked down on this kid Leyan.

It turns out that Leyan is not only superior in skills in the professional field, but also a master in love life!
Le Yan and Li Yiran reluctantly separated after a minute of boredom.

Li Yiran quickly changed his identity and continued to host the meeting:

"The fourth step is recording. All instruments must be recorded on separate tracks. They cannot be mixed and cannot use electronic sound sources. I will control and follow up on this step."

If the highlight of the entire album Leyan is the arrangement, then Li Yiran's biggest role in the album is the recording session.

In addition to the quality of the song itself, sound is the second most important factor in judging the quality of an album.

Mixing refers to several instruments playing at the same time and recording at the same time.

Electronic sound sources use software to create the sounds of musical instruments.

These are all tricks to save time and effort, but Li Yiran doesn't accept any of them.

It must be recorded on a single instrument and on a single track to ensure the best quality sound.

And there are many details that need to be paid attention to when recording.

Whether the instrument is recorded internally or externally, the placement of the microphone, the environment of the recording studio, and the location of the instrument may all have different effects on the recording effect.

Therefore, the entire process requires professional musicians to accurately control and make correct judgments during repeated debugging.

At this stage, Li Yiran had to go into battle in person to feel at ease.

Le Yan pursed his lips and said:

"In other words, we need to complete the above four steps before mid-March."

Li Yiran will record "Singer" at the end of March, and needs one to two weeks of preparation time before that, so the recording of all songs in the album must be completed before mid-March.

"That's right." Li Yiran nodded, his expression becoming serious, "Time is very tight."

She must complete this step before she can safely leave to record "Singer". If the album production cycle is delayed, she will quit the variety show without hesitation.

Le Yan sighed and leaned against the sofa behind him.

Except for the fourth step of recording, everything else was his job.

In other words, whether Leyan's work goes smoothly or not will directly determine the recording rhythm of this album.

If things don't go well, he knows that Li Yiran will probably give up "Singer" for him.

This must never happen.

Le Yan secretly made up his mind to prepare for the college entrance examination in the next month and a half.

Li Yiran continued to introduce several steps after recording.

The fifth step is mixing, that is, putting all the audio tracks together, adjusting their timbre, sound field, order, and correcting possible flaws. The purpose is to let each part reflect its own characteristics and let the ears To sound more comfortable, this step will be done by the most professional mixers in the industry.

The sixth step is mastering recording. Mastering needs to adjust the playback balance of a song on different players. It also needs to adjust the balance between the songs in the entire album to achieve a unified album. This step is also the responsibility of professional teachers. .

"It's not easy. It takes six steps to make a complete album." Le Yan shook his head and sighed, "Then it's the promotion period, right?"

Li Yiran tapped his head:
"Who said there are only six steps? There is one more step."

"Anything else?" Le Yan checked on the whiteboard.

It's all ready
what else?
Ji Xueli knocked on the coffee table and said:
"There is also music video recording, which is also a very critical aspect."

Le Yan hissed in realization.

I actually forgot about this!
"The company is responsible for the music video planning and shooting. Once the album enters the arrangement stage, we can get involved and prepare." Ji Xueli looked at Li Yiran and asked tentatively, "You have to at least shoot one for Le Yan, right?"

There is not a single link in Leyan's album without you! You must play the heroine!

Le Yan also looked at Li Yiran expectantly.

Last time we filmed a tragic story, this time we filmed a sweet one?
Li Yiran put down the marker and looked at Leyan with a smile:

"Decide the song first, and then see if I participate or not." (End of Chapter)