Chapter 478

As a sound recorder, Herbert's style is undoubtedly distinctive and unique. He is resolute, swift, attentive and professional. When he sat in front of the voice console, the whole world was quiet, only accompanied by music, everything was only related to music.

There is no doubt that professional skills are excellent; However, such personality often offends others unconsciously. Like minded people are naturally congenial, but more often, they make countless enemies and are pushed to the edge unconsciously.

Look at the decline of the city of sound, and look at today's recording of an unknown new singer with retired George... Herbert's situation is clear at a glance.

But even so, Herbert still continued his consistent style, skipping the long and tedious stage of politeness, directly opened the working mode, expressed his views outspoken, and his eyes fell on lenley, unswervingly.

"Of course." George nodded and said simply, but his understatement revealed his determination, "but before we go into production, we need to discuss the style of the arrangement."

For a song, it can be simply divided into melody and lyrics, but for music creation, it is not just the creation of melody and lyrics.

Humming out a melody, or even a complete melody of the main song and chorus, is called composition. What you create is the simplest and most basic melody. This is a step that anyone can complete. Even if you have no music cell, you can humming out the melody according to your own understanding, but it is not a piece of music.

After creating an original song, we need to match the chords of the song, choose the appropriate musical instruments, complete the design of the musical form, as well as the compilation of harmony and harmony, and the mixing of the final accompaniment. This step is known as music arrangement, and it is also an important part of the transformation of plain original music.

Popular songs heard in people's daily life are all finished products after arrangement. Therefore, generally speaking, a song will have three creators, composer, lyricist and arranger.

Of course, there are many cases in which the composer and the arranger are the same person.

The same original song can be changed from ballad to jazz, from rock to country, and from punk to rhythm and blues according to different instrument collocation, computer sound effect and rhythm. However, not every style is suitable. How to choose the right way of arrangement and how to adopt the right style of arrangement are the key to the success of a song.

"Simple, plain, primitive." Herbert obviously after careful consideration, almost without any hesitation, directly blurted out, "we need to peel off those cumbersome arrangements, restore the original appearance of the music as far as possible, and use the level of musical instruments to enrich the melody, but we can't make a fuss, but focus on the expression of emotion. Compared with skills, emotion is the core essence. "

George closed his jaw gently, and there was a hint of playfulness between his eyebrows and eyes. "You mean, Bob Dylan?"

Herbert nodded in affirmation. "In my opinion, Langley is the purest and most traditional folk rock. From the two songs of Cleopatra and Ophelia, we can see that in the process of his creation, Langley's lyrics actually affect the melody. The poetic lyrics carry the mind and soul, and then are transmitted through the melody. We need to preserve this special feature. "

The folk rock here is not the fusion of popular styles after the 1990s, but refers to the folk rock trend driven by Bob Dylan in 1965.

Folk rock draws lessons from the simple and direct melody of folk music, as well as the strong and powerful beat of rock music, and expresses the theme of songs containing philosophy by relatively popular means. Folk rock singers have high requirements for the aesthetic value of music tradition, and even more for the cultural literacy of literature, philosophy and history. Bob Dylan sings current affairs and politics in poetic language.

The so-called simplicity doesn't mean that the music arrangement is simple, and all creation can be completed by just relying on one guitar. In fact, in folk rock, Bob will use the instruments of rock bands such as electric guitar, drum and bass, as well as the traditional folk musical instruments such as wooden guitar, tambourine, accordion, saxophone, banjo, hand drum and mandolin, In a way of imagery arrangement, the idea is injected into it.

The simplicity and simplicity of folk rock means that melody is only an auxiliary means, and lyrics are the most important. All the arrangements, from musical instruments to melody, from harmony to rhythm, serve the lyrics - or the core of the theme. It is the essence to carry the depth of thought with songs.

But with the development of the times, the arrangement is more and more complex, and the rhythm is more and more fierce. Gradually, rock and roll began to take the upper hand, and folk songs gradually declined. Even Bob could not stop the process of the times, including Bob, as well as Joan Bates, Bob Vinton and other representative singers of the folk era, also gradually began to transform into rock and roll singers.

With the change of the times, the creation of contemporary pop music has formed a routine, writing the melody with a series of notes, seconding the rhythm that attracts the ears, completing the whole score, and then filling in the appropriate lyrics, so as to complete the creation of the whole song. In short, the lyrics are no longer meaningful. It's not the melody but the rhythm that really awakens people's resonance.

It's a bit of a generalization, but it's true for mainstream music.

But in the golden age of music, the order of creation is reversed - first the lyrics, and then the melody. The lyric is the soul of the whole music, pouring the creator's thinking and understanding, rock, punk, folk, country, blues, soul, jazz and so on.

Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2016 because of his literary attainments in lyrics compilation, his reflection on society, politics and life, and the power of the whole era.

Herbert once again saw the folk rock style of 1965 in Langley, the way of emotional interpretation, the way of music creation in which ideas are reposed in melody and soul is conveyed by singing, which makes people see the glory of the golden age again.

In the face of Herbert's praise, George was not surprised, but showed his approval.

When he conceived this album, Bob Dylan's folk rock was the first one that came to George's mind. It was crazy to compare 21-year-old lenley with one of the greatest singers in American music history. But after listening to lenley's 27 alternative lists, George was firm in his mind.

As a producer, George's mind has been active since he was born in Los Angeles and Charlie boy. He has made Bob Dylan the target of this album. Even if it's incredible, there are traces to follow. But what George is more curious about is that Herbert thinks the same thing, which is too rare.

"Is it my illusion?" George said with great interest, "why do I always feel that you have a thorough understanding of the music of Langley, even deeper than me?"

Herbert was stunned, then began to laugh. "Don't you know? I recorded and produced only two single songs released by lanli at present

George's face was full of consternation.

This time, it was Lanley's turn to be surprised. "I thought you knew that in advance, so I found Herbert."

George waved, "no, of course not." Unable to hide his surprise, he simply explained, "I found Herbert because he is one of the top recording artists in the industry. I wanted to work with him long ago. Not long ago, the closure of the city of sound made the whole industry sigh. It happened that you were going to record an album, and Herbert was idle at home, so... "

It's a coincidence. It's very rare for two like-minded partners to meet. How about three? That's a miracle.

Three people looked at each other, exchanged a line of sight, and then laughed together.

It is the most difficult part to establish the style of the whole album, which may even lead to a war of words between the producer and the singer, or even a tearing force, and eventually lead to the end of "two pieces in one shot" and "going their separate ways". Unexpectedly, it took three people less than three minutes to decide. This kind of work makes people feel excited.

"What about the theme?" George raised another problem, which can be understood as: the index of music selection.

For an outstanding top album, music selection is very particular. It runs through a kind of emotion or thought. From the first song to the last song, the album forms a whole and expresses the singer's thought completely.

Beyonce's album "lemonade" released in April 2016 has won the praise of all the critics. Rolling stone even thinks it is the best album in the 21st century.

It is not only because the album boldly adopts the rare music style and melody, but also reaches the stage of pure emotion in terms of skills; For the first time, the 12 songs of the album are divided into two acts. In the first half, the husband is accused of cheating, while in the second half, the husband is forgiven. The 12 songs are all in one go, coherent and perfect in emotion and reflection.

From creation to thought, from arrangement to core, "lemonade" is really unique in the pop music world.

In the list of lanli's 27 songs, George can feel the context of lanli's creation, but in the end, he can't compare with the experience of the parties. So he looks at lanli, asks the creator for his opinions, and then according to lanli's ideas, completes the selection and arrangement of the repertoire.

Langley could feel the burning eyes of George and Herbert. The heavy eyes, full of expectations, ignited the blood flowing in his body and awakened the passion in his soul. At this moment, he also deeply felt the charm of music creation, just like acting skills, on the road of artistic exploration, constantly moving forward and deepening.

"Don Quixote." Lanli hardly hesitated. The first word in his mind blurted out, "a madman who pursues his dream, never succeeds, but never gives up."