Chapter 147

After entering the 21st century, the development of music has become more and more diversified and complicated. In order to meet the requirements of the fast-paced Internet era, music has begun to integrate style, rock and roll, hip-hop, pop, electronics, rhythm and blues, rap and singing. In particular, electronic synthetic sound effects are popular. Compared with melody, rhythm is the king, The essence of music is changing quietly.

This is the trend of the times, undeniable, which also gave birth to a lot of excellent music; But people can't help regretting it. Is there no living space for more pure music? Have those classic retro melodies faded? Is there no market for those simple, sincere and simple music?

At the beginning of the birth of music, it expressed people's happiness, anger and sorrow, the ups and downs of life, and the Vagrancy of fate. The reason why it was so moving was that it was full of the true feelings of every creator and singer. Bob Dylan, the Beatles and others can go down in history because of this. But now, the purity has gradually disappeared.

It's like the city of sound.

The same piece of "Cleopatra" in Herbert's ears is reminiscent of the lost golden age, the lost pure music, and the sad and confused scene of tomorrow.

"It's too late, everything is too late... When I die, I won't miss it again." every lyric is so true, so sincere, so sad.

The golden age of music has disappeared forever in the long river of time, and music is also stepping into the footsteps of Hollywood. The high development of commercialization has begun to poison the purest pure land in my heart - the history of music that used to change from rock to rhythm and blues, from ballad to punk; Once the music, garbage rock, pop punk, soul pop, jazz blues and so on; Once the music, to express the deepest feelings, touch the soul of the most sensitive soft... But now, have disappeared.

"I used to be Cleopatra, I used to be higher than the roof, but all the past has gone with the wind; Now the nurse in white shoes leads me back to the guest room, with only one bed and one bathroom, a place to the end. "

Gradually moving towards the passionate melody, like the cheers of carnival, people are dazzled. The whole world is immersed in jubilation and joy, but lanli's song is with a light sadness, as if dancing alone in the turbulent crowd, lonely and lonely bitterness scattered all over the ground in the happy dance steps.

Extremely noisy and extremely lonely, extremely happy and extremely sad, in this moment, grand and magnificent outline. Break through all the shackles, break through all the defenses, break through all the protections, and hit him hard in the chest. The memories of the past 20 years suddenly surged to him, caught off guard, and in a panic.

Before the brain reacts, tears have blurred the vision. Looking at the empty studio in front of us, we can see that all the glory has gone with the wind, "a place leading to the end", how understated and magnificent.

At the end of the melody, Herbert still couldn't get back to his original place, with scars and blank eyes. That light melancholy flutters in the heart, the surging bitterness dances on the tip of the tongue, but it can't swallow. Time seems to stop in the curling cigarette.

"Herbert? Herbert

The sound of the call interrupted Herbert's thoughts. He lowered his head in a panic, covered the confusion of his eyes, and took a deep breath. "Why... What's the matter?" Looking up again, he regained his calm - at least on the surface, but the agitation in his heart still could not be calmed down.

"How do you feel?" Lan Li's voice came from the microphone, with a question in his eyes.

Herbert was stunned, and then he remembered. They're recording, they're working.

In retrospect, the singing of ritual seems to have no too many fancy skills, and it is simplified to tiktok, drag and tone, and turn off the whole voice. Even the only place where the whole song is high, he also gave up the use of falsetto, and he was like an amateur singer, who was like a voice wailing.

But it is just this simplicity that expresses the purest, simplest and most simple emotion in the song. The strong emotion bursts out in Lan Li's voice, with a trace of hoarseness in clarity and a trace of loss in warmth. All the emotions are light, light, but the waves are turbulent, let people rout.

Is this recording perfect? Of course not, Herbert can at least pick out more than two figures of mistakes and mistakes, but Herbert does not want to destroy the natural purity, after carving, it seems that some things are lost.

Looking up, Herbert looks at Lan Li bathed in the light, but his young face is not in line with his age. He recalls the argument just now. Lan Li not only insists that the composition should be simple, but also insists that the lyrics and singing are part of the song, which can form a richer level; The reason why he objected was that he didn't trust Langley subconsciously. He didn't think that a 20-year-old could understand the "vicissitudes" and "loss". But obviously, he was wrong.

A guitar, a lamp, a melody, simple to some even humble, but he just stood quietly singing, as if this is the original face of music. It reminds Herbert of Bob Dylan.

"Good." Herbert spoke into the microphone, only to find that his voice was horribly hoarse, which made him pick up the hot milk, which was a little cold by now, and take a big sip. After the milk was imported, he realized - when did it come from?

But without thinking deeply, he continued, "you have to pay attention to breathing. Usually, when performing, you don't have any problem with breathing; But in the studio, all the details will be magnified. Although your breathing is very hidden and natural, the microphone can still capture it. "

This is a mistake that many novices will make. Lanli is already good. Many singers are short of breath and have problems with the rhythm and length of breath. This becomes very frustrating in the recording room - especially many rock singers are old smokers, so they change their singing methods and hide the defects of breath by shouting.

"OK, I see." Lanli nodded. The studio was new to him, even stranger than the set. There were many things to learn from the beginning. "What else?"

Herbert thought about it carefully. He could correct the way of Langley's pronunciation, and he could correct the details of Langley's high notes, but... "No more." Herbert said, then nodded slightly, thought about it seriously, and said again, "no more."

Lanli made an "OK" gesture, then bowed his head and began to think about what to do with the next recording.

Looking at Langley's serious thinking, Herbert was dumbfounded and said, "Langley, you don't have to worry too much. Ninety percent of the singers in the studio are recorded paragraph by paragraph, not the whole song in one go. Some singers are even recorded sentence by sentence. So, don't worry about ventilation. "

Lan Li showed the expression of a sudden realization, and then asked curiously, "but, sentence by sentence recording, the whole song will not become fragmented?" Lyrics and melody are combined. If the whole song is cut into innumerable pieces, the emotion will naturally split.

"For electronically synthesized music, there is no such worry." Herbert did not hide his rejection of electronic synthetic music. After a pause, the words had already poured into his mouth. He thought about it, swallowed it down, and changed the topic. "If you're ready, let's start the formal recording. You sing according to your rhythm first, we record the first part of the main song to the chorus, see the effect, understand

"I understand." Lan Li said that he received it. He subconsciously picked up the lyrics on the music stand to relieve his tension. After all, music is not a performance, not his original major, and he was still a bit uncomfortable. But after picking up the lyrics, he found that it was the score of the flamethrower band, not his, so he put it down again.

After all, Herbert couldn't help looking at him like this. "I don't know if you are an excellent actor, but I know you are an excellent singer." He didn't pay attention to Emmy awards or "Pacific War". He just learned from Andy that Langley's job is to be an actor. That's all. "You have the talent to be an outstanding singer."

Herbert was not used to praising others after all. He coughed to hide his embarrassment. He lowered his head and pretended to be busy. He didn't want to burn his cigarette to the end. He burned his finger and threw the cigarette end beside him. He was really embarrassed.

Langley was stunned, obviously did not expect Herbert's praise, and then saw Herbert's panic. He said to the microphone, "that's terrible. Andy doesn't want to hear the news."

Herbert burst into laughter and the embarrassment was resolved. "His reaction is not what I need to worry about. What I need to worry about now is the recording work. We have to speed up. There's an hourly rate here. "

"Ha ha." Lan Li burst out laughing.

It's very interesting to cooperate with Herbert. There are always many sparks between the two people's ideas. Sometimes it's Raleigh who inspired Herbert, sometimes it's the other way around; The first experience of the recording studio is even more memorable. Whether it's the historical weight of the sound city or neve8028's nitpicking, it's a new challenge for lanli. Especially when listening to his own voice coming from the headset and still singing, it's really weird - or wonderful.

"Cleopatra" and "Ophelia" were recorded much faster than expected. It took four days before and after recording. In the middle of the day, because the studio was rented by the flamethrowers all day, the two singles were successfully recorded.