Chapter 114 Golden Age (Part 1)

This is how the matter of forming a band was probably settled.

In the next week or two, each went home to practice, and practiced at Jiang Lili's place on the weekends... But after the neighbor knocked on the door twice, I had to change places. Although sound-absorbing cotton has been posted in many places in the house,

Working with three instruments at the same time is quite overwhelming.

Zhang Bushou really asked his father to buy a set of drums, but he didn't know how to persuade him. His father is also an indigenous resident of the county. He owns a small slaughterhouse and lives in a self-built house with several rooms.

There are no tenants in the messy house. After a little tidying up, it can be used for rehearsals. Since it is a self-built house, you don’t have to worry about the sound being too loud and disturbing other people, which is good.

Zhang Bushou's father was surprisingly supportive of his son's interests and hobbies, which almost made the fat man shed tears. He couldn't help but say: "It turns out he is really his biological father... I wrongly blamed you before."

Butcher Zhang silently lit a cigarette and then beat Zhang Bushou.

After solving the venue problem, the next step is to have a happy rehearsal

Except for the drum set, all other equipment belongs to Jiang Lili. She has an arranger keyboard of her own. Although the school provides electronic keyboards when she is in class, they are only for basic teaching purposes, and the effect is naturally relatively poor, so she simply makes her own

I brought over the Yamaha arranger keyboard I bought when I was in college, and it was just right for Ning Zhixin to use.

Those expensive musical instruments cannot be moved to Zhang Bushou's house. So every day everyone gathers at Jiang Lili's house, then moves the things into her cute Beetle, and then transfers to Zhang Bushou's house. Although it is a bit troublesome, moving it around

When doing so, Yi Yang and Zhang Bushou were extremely careful. Of course, it was unlikely that the two ladies would waste any effort.

Jiang Lili said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad, quite gentlemanly."

If it is a serious band, the drummer can probably be regarded as the skeleton. On top of the skeleton, the bass, guitar and keyboard can be regarded as flesh and blood... and the lead singer is the soul. In the beginning, this band can only be regarded as a piece of shit with a soul.

Meat.

A band that has just been formed will naturally not be able to practice too complex music.

Jiang Lili said: "It is rare for a band to use music scores. But our current level is not high yet, so let's make it simple first, step by step, how to play the drums, and Zhixin's bass sound based on the drums."

How to play the solo between the intro and the intro, how to play Yi Yang’s rhythm guitar, I’ll give you the sheet music..."

The past few years have been a battle between gods in the Chinese music scene, with all kinds of fairy songs emerging one after another. Under Jiang Lili's suggestion, I decided to start directly with a song and learn the knowledge of the band while rehearsing.

Jiang Lili said: "The priority is the drummer and the lead singer. The lead singer decides which songs you can sing, and the drummer almost decides which styles of songs you can sing."

Yi Yang said: "Well... I am the little prince of KTV singing."

Ning Zhixin giggled at the side.

Zhang Bushou said: "It's over, I have no style. Our band has no style either."

In the end, I chose Mayday's song. On the one hand, it is more popular, and on the other hand, their songs are more popular. Burning means that the rhythm is very simple. Jiang Lili said: "The movements of the four-four beats are simpler.

But it’s definitely more igniting than the four-three-shot jump, right?”

Anyway, the arrangement was re-arranged by Jiang Lili, so you don’t have to consider the original complicated solo, drum beats, and even the key can be lowered or raised. Anyway, it’s just as simple as it is, and as happy as you want.

In the end, they chose "Embrace" as their debut song.

Under Jiang Lili's guidance, everyone probably understands what the band is about, but everyone's foundation is too different to generalize.

After all, Zhang Bushou had never touched a musical instrument before, so he was not so stable when making beats. However, under Jiang Lili's arrangement, the places that needed to be added have been replaced. Basically, the whole process is made with a few clicks, which is quite simple.

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However, there are several basic rhythm patterns involved, which allows Zhang Bushou to get started by practicing this song.

The most powerful among them is undoubtedly Ning Zhixin... After all, she has been studying piano systematically for six or seven years. Even if she modestly says that she slacked off later, she cannot believe it... When she was elected to the literary and art committee, her speech to canvass for votes was: "

Please don’t choose me..." Then it is possible to be humble.

Sure enough, as soon as Jiang Lili explained it, Ning Zhixin understood what was going on.

"Zhi Xin, the intro, interlude and ending of this song are very simple. They are just a few basic chords. In the original version, it was played on an electric guitar. Here we just use the keyboard to adjust the tone."

"Hmm... I think we can add a bass progression here..."

"Huh? That's okay... wouldn't it be too difficult?"

"Ah... not bad."

Zhang Bushou couldn't understand the conversation between the next two people. But after all, Yi Yang had been studying for half a semester, so he could still understand what they were talking about. He couldn't help but sigh, no wonder Jiang Lili said that the great masters in a band often

It's a keyboard player.

Ning Zhixin is keeping a low profile.

Therefore, Ning Zhixin's position is clear. She is responsible for the bass sound and solo part.

The work Yi Yang does is relatively simple, rhythm guitar, a few chord changes until death, don't make it too simple.

But he still wants to sing.

Although every member of the band, except for the bassist who fainted from crying in the toilet, is cool, singing is the soul.

This song was arranged in a lower key by Jiang Lili. Although the original version is not that high, this key is currently the most suitable for Yi Yang's tone.

It's mostly taken shape.

However, the rehearsal process is rarely smooth sailing. At the beginning, Zhang Bushou was naturally the one who made the most mistakes. He took Yi Yang and Ning Zhixin into the ditch with a few clicks. Then there was a lot of laughter.

Fighting, everyone has no one

You will get weird because of this... It's just for fun anyway. Every time during practice, Zhang Bushou's mother would bring something in, sometimes it was braised pork, sometimes it was fruit, and once again it was the most outrageous, she brought it

A pot of stewed pig's feet is served.

Jiang Lili complained: "I have gained weight..." and then asked Zhang Bushou before the next rehearsal: "What delicious food did your mother make today?"

However, I have to say that Zhang Bushou is talented... According to Jiang Lili: "In fact, there is not so much talent to play drums. As long as a normal person is this thing, there should be no saying that he has no talent. If he can't play well,

It’s just that I don’t practice enough.”

After only a few rehearsals together, it was difficult for Zhang Bushou to make mistakes when playing the basic rhythms. Of course, later Yi Yang heard from Zhang Bushou's father: "That boy... was so crazy that he was still playing the drums at two o'clock in the morning.

…The drum practice was covered with foam pads.”

Yi Yang was worried that Zhang Bushou's father would be angry, but he said with a pleased expression: "It's incredible... this bastard has grown so big... and he has never done anything serious before..."

Yi Yang asked in surprise: "Uncle, do you think this is a serious matter?"

"Isn't this serious business? You think of us too conservatively..."

Yi Yang felt a little ashamed at that time, but when he looked at Zhang Bushou's father, his eyes showed more respect.

Zhang Bushou indeed feels that hard work pays off. In his ears, a song is like what Jiang Lili said: "In the ears of a drummer, music is four-dimensional."

First, there is the drum, which determines how many parts of the song will be sung. It is at the bottom, carrying the whole song forward. Then the top layer is the bass sound, which determines the chord direction and emotional trend of the whole song... and then

The upper layer contains rich and pleasant guitar sounds, keyboard sounds, and sometimes vocal harmonies. These three layers are commonly known as "accompaniment".

The top one is Yi Yang's singing.

Yi Yang is the most eye-catching talent at the top of the Oriental Pearl Tower. He is holding his brothers up and shining below...ah, I am so moved!

Just as rehearsals were in full swing, the school sports meeting also started...
Chapter completed!