Chapter 30 Voice
Xu sent Fang Xiao to the school gate closest to his dormitory and reminded him: "Don't oversleep, come to the singing room at 2:30."
Fang Xiao raised his phone and showed the alarm clock that had just been set.
"Your phone is too old, it's time to replace it with a new one."
"In a few days, I'll change it when I have money."
Then I pushed the door and got out of the car, waved my goodbye, and walked towards the dormitory. Today, I only slept for three hours. After eating and drinking, I was very sleepy and needed to go back and take a nap.
The typhoon has passed, the weather is very good, the wind is beautiful, and walking on the campus path, Fang Xiao's mood is as bright as the sunshine in April. He finally took the first step on the long journey.
After having a quarrel with what Shi Lilin said, Xu Xu continued to toss the band. On the one hand, it was probably because of his extremely serious personality, and on the other hand, as she said, he finally went crazy and commemorated more than ten years of studying music.
But she obviously lost interest in music, so she did not communicate with the other two members of the band and agreed to start a company with Fang Xiao.
If Fang Xiao wants to eat alone, he can wait for the music company to come to him after the spread of "The Wine of Love", casting nets everywhere, authorizing everywhere, and slowly collecting royalties. I believe that it will not take long to get more than 100,000 yuan, but he has hundreds of golden songs in his mind. If everyone operates this way, the development space will be limited and the utilization efficiency will be low.
Moreover, China, both in the past and present worlds, has limited protection and importance to intellectual property rights. If you sell lyrics and music, you are easily controlled by others and do not receive the reward and respect you deserve. In his previous life, Lin Xi publicly complained in 2010 that the low reward for writing lyrics was shameful, and he didn't want to write it anymore.
Lin Xi, who was respected as the "God of Words", said that the low reward was shameful. It is conceivable how other musicians are in the situation. So Luo Dayou became his own boss and founded a music factory. So Lee Zongsheng was not only a producer, but also the deputy general manager of Rolling Stone and Li Guita's boss. So Lin Xi went to write books and went to commercial radio as the advertising director...
The three top musicians in the Chinese music scene have developed other careers in addition to writing songs and composing music. Fang Xiao has no reason not to imitate it, so he took the copyright of "The Wine of Love" as a bargaining chip at one time and started a company with the license.
He has a huge amount of "talent" and a deep background. It can be said that he has a combination of two swords. If he cooperates well, this company that is set up like a child playing house has unlimited prospects...
After returning to the dormitory, Fang Xiao never tossed and turned again. He fell asleep almost with a pillow. He slept until two o'clock. The alarm ringed for a long time before he woke him up.
After cleaning up, he carried the guitar and set off to the allowed singing room.
To record a more formal song, it is not enough to have lyrics and music alone. You also need to arrange the music. Since you have become the band's lead singer and you have a mature version in your mind to refer to, you naturally have to participate in the arrangement work throughout the process, because lyrics and music are just a skeleton, and arrangement is flesh and blood. The arrangement style determines the temperament of a song, and the temperament of the song will affect the audience's range and viewing.
For example, the same song is the same song, one is popular and the other is petty bourgeois, with completely different temperaments, very different audience ranges, and different evaluations.
When she arrived at the place, she opened the door and found that there was only one person allowed inside. She was sitting in front of the electronic piano and playing the piano in front of the music score.
"Where are the others?" Fang Xiao put down the guitar and said, "Don't you hate others being late the most?"
"Alene is busy decorating her new home, so she won't come today. Let's make up first." Xun stopped and said, "I told her about the band. She had no objection and said that she could not have a salary, but she was just having fun anyway."
After saying that, she smiled and added: "Alin also said that you helped her get Liu Da, so she can be a coolie for you for two months for free."
"That would be great." Fang Xiao also smiled and said, "I don't know if Lan Xiaoxi has any sweetheart. If there is, I don't mind being a Yue Lao again and saving some money."
"You are such a stingy guy with a lot of tricks!" Xun pressed a few notes on the keyboard with his index finger and said, "On the contrary, Lan Xiaoxi wants to sign a long appointment with us."
Fang Xiao was surprised.
"She wants to drop out of school and concentrate on playing music."
"Isn't she just a sophomore? She can play music in class."
"She is not from the music school," Xun explained: "She is from kindergarten teacher education."
Fang Xiao was dumbfounded and made a very exaggerated and surprised expression, then moved his fingers on his head, simulating Lan Xiaoxi's puffy head, and said, "How did she get into the kindergarten teacher like that? Who dares to let her take care of the baby after graduation?"
"The college entrance examination only looks at the grades, not the hairstyle." Xun was amused by his actions and said, "She said that going to college was purely forced by her parents. She had long since she didn't want to go there. She failed four final exams last year and almost got dropped out. Instead of waiting to be dropped out, she might as well drop out on her own initiative."
"What if her parents came here?"
"Her parents have been divorced for several years, and now they have a new family. They don't care much about her and just send living expenses on time." Xun said with a little lonely expression: "She said she didn't go home last Spring Festival and stayed alone in Hong Kong. Her parents ignored her and didn't even call her on New Year's Eve."
OK! Another child with stories and tears...
Birds of a feather flock together, and everyone is divided into groups. This incomplete band has a very unique personality.
Shi Lilin is stubborn. She decided to be a thing or a person and gritted her teeth to fight to the death. Liu Chengjie said that she didn't like to play drums very much, but since she started playing, she would go all the way to the end and make a name for herself.
License is to be serious, pursue perfection, and be scrupulous in doing things. You must have a beginning and an end.
Lan Xiaoxi seems to be fanatic and has the awareness of striving for music.
I wonder what kind of personality would I have if I found another keyboard player?
Fang Xiao had met Lan Xiaoxi twice, once when she came to borrow guitar, and once when she was last night's banquet. Both times she was very silent and didn't speak much. Even if she spoke, she was very short and very introverted. I don't know if it was because of her nature or because of the wrong words, she almost broke up the guilt of Shi Lilin and Liu Chengjie.
“How is Blue Creek’s guitar level?”
"Very good." Xu Xu thought about it and emphasized: "Better than many boys, I don't think it's worse than the guitarists in Star Bar."
Fang Xiao didn't know where Xingchen Bar was, but with a permissionless personality, she said that Lan Xiaoxi's level should be really good.
"I thought about it. We only have about 100,000 yuan in funds, and there are still many things we have to do. We should not pay wages directly." Xu said: "I plan to sign a share contract with Arlene and Lan Xiaoxi. The company will earn 50% of the income from commercial performances, and each band will receive 10% of the business performances. In this way, when there is no commercial performance, the financial pressure is low, and if there are too many commercial performances, there will be no passive slacking off because of the dead salary."
This idea is indeed better than paying a dead salary, and Fang Xiao had no objection. After the two discussed for a while, Lan Xiaoxi came. She had no objection to the plan proposed by the license. She readily agreed to sign for two years first - two years were exactly her remaining college time.
Then the three of them began to discuss how to arrange the music.
Xun is a professional, has a lot of knowledge of theory, and is a versatile player. He knows bass and electronic piano. Fang Xiao has a mature plan in his mind. He can barely play a drum set. Lan Xiaoxi can learn to play the guitar by himself. He is naturally a very musical talent.
The three of them had practical things in their hearts and had different tastes about music. When they discussed it, sparks flew everywhere. After more than two hours of discussion, they tried seven or eight different styles, but they could not reach a consensus.
"Let's take a break." Fang Xiao stood up, stretched, and said, "I'll go down and buy some drinks. What do you want?"
"The milk tea you bought last time tasted good."
Lan Xiaoxi nodded too.
Fang Xiao went downstairs to buy two bottles of milk tea, and then bought himself a bottle of pure water. He returned to the singing room. After the distribution, he kicked the stool to the wall, sat down against the wall, stretched his legs, and said to Lan Xiaoxi: "Xiaoxi, please say that your voice is also very good, so why not sing a song and I'll listen to it."
Lan Xiaoxi turned his head to see the permission.
Through the discussion just now, Fang Xiao has discovered that she is really not good at speaking. It is okay to say a sentence or two. When she is excited, she will be inconsistent with the preface, the logic will be confused, and the words will not be meaningful. She needs permission to sort it out.
Maybe it's related to her family environment...
But he is really capable. In just a few days, such an introverted and maverick girl could become dependent on her...
"You sing it to him." Xu Shu smiled and nodded to encourage her, saying, "Maybe he will feel the feeling and write a song for you."
They were all playing music, and there was nothing to be embarrassed about. Lan Xiaoxi stood up and sang a cappella without hesitation. She sang "Wine from Love".
Fang Xiao only heard a few words and raised his eyebrows.
It is difficult to describe the sound in words or words, and can only be used to empathize with other items. Fang Xiao likes to describe the singing with wine and drinks, such as Faye Wong like Sprite, Liang Jingru like Orange Flavor Fanta, and Cai Qin like Sauce Lemon Maotai...
Lan Xiaoxi has a wide range of voice and can sing both high notes and bass. The sound quality is very strange, a little low, but not particularly low, a little mellow, but not particularly mellow. Like a drink mixed with Coke and red wine, the color looks very deep and restrained, but it tastes sweet and wine-like, which is very smooth and refreshing.
Coke is a popular and popular drink for the general public. Red wine is a universal wine. It can be used as a home banquet for ordinary people and as a concierge wine for nobles. Therefore, Lan Xiaoxi's voice can control almost all types of popular songs, and it is a very good voice.
If you have to find a female singer in your previous life to compare it, Lan Xiaoxi's talent is similar to Sandy and Lin Yilian.
With such a voice, it’s not enough to sign for two years, it’s at least twenty years…
After Lan Xiaoxi finished singing, she asked expressionlessly: "How is it?"
"Very good." Fang Xiao nodded repeatedly and said, "Xuo said right, your voice is very good."
Xun put down the milk tea, stared at him, and asked, "Then are you 'feeling from feeling'?"
Fang Xiao did not answer, but smiled and said, "Please, you can sing one too."
"No more."
"Sing a few lines, I'll listen to it, maybe I'll be inspired. You are a musician, are you still shy?"
Xu couldn't resist him, so he stood up, planned for a while, and started singing.
Fang Xiao had never heard of the song she sang, and she didn't know what it was, but as soon as she sang it, Fang Xiao laughed, and Lan Xiaoxi laughed.
Xu Xun saw their smiles and stopped singing immediately. He asked with an angry expression: "What are you laughing at?!"
"I have no malice." Fang Xiao defended his face with both hands, and then said, "I just think your voice is very special."
“Where’s special?”
"The sounds in this world are roughly divided into two types, such as some are sweet, some are bitter, some are low, some are high, some are mellow, and some are clear." Fang Xiao explained seriously: "Your voice is just sandwiched between all types. It is neither sweet, not bitter, neither low, nor high, and a little mellow, and a little clear."
"Didn't you mean that my voice is mean?" Xu Xun was obviously dissatisfied with his voice. She said with some displeasure: "Mean is mean, why should I laugh at me?"
"It's not mean, it's very special." Fang Xiao raised his hand, moved his fingers and said, "When you sing, there was something that you couldn't control, like a little mouse, running around in the sound. It was like this, very strange and a little nervous, so I couldn't help but want to laugh."
He said "things that cannot be controlled" were not real things, but a very subtle feeling. What exactly is, I can't explain clearly, Lan Xiaoxi nodded and agreed with his statement.
"I know what you said, too." Xu Xun was upset and sat down and said, "But my throat is born like this. No matter how I practice, I can't control it."
"There is a drink called salt soda. Have you ever drunk it?" Fang Xiao nodded and continued: "It is transparent, has no color, it is sweet or not sweet, it is salty or not salty. There will be a lot of bubbles when drinking it. The taste is very special. I think your throat is like salt soda."
Chapter completed!