81 Improvisation
Beautiful scenery can make people feel better.
Starting from Urumqi and heading west, passing through the wind, flowers, cattle, sheep and cabins, five people squeezed into a car and spontaneously began to sing:
"We were passing through the grassland when the wind untied our bags. The horizon outside the window was an unsealed letter. In the back seat, you held a map in your hand. Let's vanish into the haze."
Jin Zeyu changed the lyrics casually, from desert to grassland, but the feeling of freedom remains unchanged. "Fan Lu" is 100% compatible with all travel variety shows. After this song was launched, Yuanxin and Stary have received a lot of copyright fees. Many travel variety shows and study abroad variety shows use this song as BGM.
Sometimes they secretly fantasize that after the second album is released, the songs they wrote will also be recognized like the ones they performed, and they will get copyrights that truly belong to them, so that they can call themselves original musicians in the future.
Singing in the car like this feels different from singing in the practice room or on the stage. Outside the car window is the vast sky and earth. They no longer care about the pronunciation and singing style of each word, but are more filled with the breath of wind and freedom.
"Hey! Never mind the luggage, we are the distance ourselves."
"Hey! Let what is left behind become signposts, and what is not said become codes."
"Hey!"
Pei Zijin changed the tune freely in the passenger seat, singing from R&B to angry voices. The five people improvised the chorus one after another in tacit understanding. The word "Hey" made nine twists and eighteen turns, and there were notes all the way. Even the program crew monitoring behind the scenes couldn't help but shake along in the car.
"Hey!"
The program crew's drone took off for aerial photography. On the endless grassland road, the teenagers excitedly leaned out of the car windows, waved and shouted: "It's so beautiful——"
Traveling goes best with music.
The beginning is always the most exciting time. The five members of Stary were not satisfied with singing the songs from the first album to the second album, and they started to sing whatever they could think of, including classic old songs and recent new songs. They sang so fast that they were tired in less than an hour.
The jeep sped along the road, heading towards the next rest stop for a short rest.
Pei Zijin rummaged in his backpack and opened a bottle of water, which the five of them passed around to drink. Pei Zijin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, took a sip and fed it to his second brother who had been driving hard. There was still a little bit left, so he poured it into his own mouth to finish.
Jin Zeyu tilted his head and looked at the wilted younger brothers in the rearview mirror, thinking about whether there was anything he could do for them:
“Let’s write a song.”
Pei Zijin knew what Jin Zeyu was thinking as soon as he saw his expression, and immediately found a job for the passengers.
Yan Fan and Su Chen were stunned when they heard their brother's three words "ruthless". No, didn't we just escape from the hell of songwriting? What is infinite flow?
What Yuan Xiao said will always be an unchanging truth. When a hobby becomes a job, it loses its hobby. Even if one is passionate about music and originality, after writing countless demos in a few months, he or she will want to empty his or her mind for a while.
Before they left, Yuan Xiao's last words were to always remember to find time to write songs while they were out having fun. The second album was entering the later stages, which meant it was time to start preparations for the third album.
If I can produce five or six songs before the end of this year, I can consider releasing an EP first.
Jin Zeyu turned his head and told Yu Le: "Touch the small pocket on the side of my bag."
As soon as Yu Le reached into the backpack, he knew what his brother Jin had brought. "No way, wasn't this thing placed in the hotel before we set off just now?"
Su Chen was curiously trying to see what it was, but after seeing what Yu Le was holding, he immediately covered his mouth and said, "You can't say that!"
The treasure that Jin Zeyu brought was the laser projection piano that will be launched with their second album. It is not only an exquisite peripheral, but also a must-have partner for musicians at home and on the go. This is of course one of the samples made in advance. There are not many of them in total. One was taken by Jin Zeyu for trial use first, and the other is still in Yuan Xiao's office.
This can be regarded as an advance publicity for the second album. When the edited travel vlog is sent out in the evening, the promotion of Stary's second album will also be released simultaneously. Yuan Xiao had already arranged all these before they came.
But how to introduce these configurations is up to them. Just bring them out during the trip without having to be deliberate.
"Chenchen, come here, Chenchen, come here." Yan Fan turned on the handheld camera given to them by the program team and pointed it at Su Chen who was sitting in the middle and the projection piano in his hand that looked very high-tech. This thing did not look like Yu Le's doll. It was light and small in size, and was the easiest to carry. It could be used by connecting to the mobile phone's Bluetooth.
Of course, Su Chen and the others had taken turns playing with it many times since they got it. He connected the phone, held the tablet and spread out a dark surface on his knees. Yan Fan aimed the camera at Su Chen's fingers immersed in the red laser.
"What do you mean?"
Jin Zeyu interjected: "Just write the current melody."
Su Chen knocked a few times tentatively, then nudged Yu Le and asked him to lower the window a little.
The sound of the wind suddenly became stronger, and it also inspired Su Chen. The melody in his hands gradually connected into sections, ding ding dong dong, it was a very relaxing minor tune.
Pei Zijin turned around from the front, stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers to the rhythm. The minor key became more and more relaxed. Although it was just the simplest scale, there was a special summer romance when it was performed with string instruments.
Yu Le automatically joined in and sang softly along with the melody, making up a few simple lyrics and singing whatever he saw through the car window along the way. But it was not necessarily static, like the wind, which passed by and was gone, without any need to linger.
Yan Fan whistled and placed his microphone next to the car window to sample the sound of the wind. Jin Zeyu tapped the steering wheel with his fingers and sang whatever he thought of improvising. The song went back and forth melodiously, accompanied by the brothers' finger snaps and harmonies, and his mood became simple and relaxed.
Pei Zijin felt a little itchy, but unfortunately his guitar was too big and had to be placed in the trunk. Otherwise, they could play and sing together right now, and a demo of this song could be produced right on the spot.
It turns out that I should get out more often.
Yu Le dreams: "When we are ten or twenty years older, we can get an RV and travel around the world with our musical instruments and recordings."
They now have such a set of equipment, which is placed in their home study. If they don’t go to the company’s studio, they can easily make a demo at home.
But Jin Zeyu ruthlessly rejected him: "No, my dream is to retire in ten years."
The farther away from the city, the fewer cars there are on the road. Jin Zeyu said a few words to the program crew on the walkie-talkie, then lightly stepped on the accelerator to speed up.
"Oooooh!"
The feeling of being pushed back came up all of a sudden, and Su Chen seamlessly took over the camera from Yan Fan and handed over to him. The keyboard control changed to Yan Fan, and the melody and rhythm also became passionate.
Yan Fan's style is still rock as always. The street dance spirit in his bones has always run through his idol life. The most beautiful person has always been in control of Stary's edge. The most hardcore song in the second album was also created by Yan Fan.
In fact, every song in this new album has a completely different style from the previous ones. If the first album was an album that was in line with the fans' definition of a boy band, then this second album seems more rebellious and less in line with idol standards.
By the evening, when the vlog of the first day of the group variety show was edited and uploaded to the social media platform, the freedom and youthfulness conveyed in just a few minutes drove away the audience's fatigue from a hard day at school or work, as if they were flying over the grasslands and snow-capped mountains with them to the music.
Several clips were also revealed in the vlog, including the complete version of the first album and some fragments of music from the second album, and even the content of the back seat concert was released early. The shots corresponding to the two ditties played by Su Chen and Yan Fan were seamlessly connected from the jumping ten fingers to the aerial shots, allowing many fans to see that Stary's creative ability is also outstanding.
Little Satellite: ...Yuan Xin, you should have said it earlier. If you had said it earlier, our fans would have started to praise you. Why are you only showing off your abilities now? Is this still domestic entertainment?
So when the vlog ended, the comment section was filled with wailing. In the ears of the listeners, this was already the point where the audio source could be put online, but the five of them actually looked very normal. After arriving at the hotel in the evening, they calmly listened to the entire playback, and then reached a consensus even calmer that there was probably only one sentence in this paragraph that was well written and could be used.
Fans in the comment section are almost broken-hearted, it’s so good, why didn’t you release it!
Yes, after being ravaged by Yuan Xiao and Gu Yuchen for half an album, Stary has mastered how to PUA himself. Every song in the second album was carefully selected based on countless demos. The five of them have formed a habit. In order to reduce the workload for Yuan and Gu, they have to go through each song in their own small meeting before writing it, and find out the problems one by one.
It's not a bad thing to have higher standards for the music produced, especially at this stage when Stary's foundation is not yet solid enough. But the cheerful atmosphere of the boys along the way still infected many people. Yuan Xiao arranged hot searches and streaming for Stary at the company headquarters, and several related entries began to climb, further promoting and spreading the vlog clips, attracting some viewers who like slow variety shows and travel variety shows to start paying attention to the journey of these boys.
Ever since Yuan Xin found out the people behind the rumors and started to fight back against the companies behind the scenes, Yuan Xiao has increased the budget for publicity and account maintenance. Marketing accounts are like nuclear weapons, which can be used but cannot be absent. Yuan Xiao does not usually need them to gain popularity and traffic by attacking anyone, but if clarification and counterattack are required, all members must be on the battlefield.
With the clear attitude of these marketing accounts, it can also show others that Yuanxin is not something that anyone can step on. If you want to take action against the artists under Yuanxin, you should be prepared to lose the fish but not the net.
At the same time, those companies that are jealous of Yuanxin's popularity and want to bring down this big tree and get a piece of the pie will all be put on Yuanxiao's blacklist after being investigated, no matter how big or small. From then on, all cooperation between Yuanxin and them will be stopped. Yuanxiao is not a person who will swallow his anger.
It is certainly not easy to make such a decision. Yuanxin's annual copyright income accounts for a large part of the company's revenue. This part will inevitably be affected after the severance of cooperation. If Yuanxiao had not made Stary famous last year and created the two IPs "I Don't Know What to Do" and "Heart Dance Stage", he might not have the confidence to say such a thing.
As her grades got better and better, she became more and more like a well-known agent, producer and god of wealth in the circle, and Yuan Xiao's voice in the company gradually became close to or even equal to her mother's. Now thinking about it, Yuan Xiao herself feels that she has lost a lot of student spirit compared to last year. Sometimes when she returns to her original world for vacation, people around her can feel that her aura has changed a lot.
Of course, that's of no use. I still have to write papers and do internships.
At the same time, the second season of "Idol·Unnamed" was officially launched. For the first time, Yuanxin Entertainment used all its publicity power to carry out extensive publicity online and offline, on the ground and on large screens. It spread like a virus. Several major cities almost became Yuanxin pain cities, and the Yuanxin company logo could be seen everywhere.
I don’t know if it was an official effort, but the fans’ support was equally powerful. Compared to the first season last year, the majority of fans bought shares in the second season. Since the start of the show, they have not let go of any passerby who showed the slightest interest, and are committed to letting everyone see these beautiful and hardworking girls.
【Author’s words】
I'm very sorry that I set the wrong publishing time yesterday [clown][namaste] It's a little late [namaste]
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