Chapter 244 Is it too late for me to learn now? (Please give me a monthly ticket and a recommendation ticket!)
With three days left before the recording of the third episode of "The Voice of China", Lin Fan could no longer fool Zhang Yan, so he had to agree to let Zhang Yan bring the program crew to film the production process of his new song.
But what Lin Fan didn't expect was that Liu Zhengyan also came with Zhang Yan!
"Teacher Liu, why are you here?"
Lin Fan came forward and invited Liu Zhengyan and his group into the recording studio.
Liu Zhengyan was smiling. Anyway, Lin Fan had never seen Liu Zhengyan not smiling: "I am the visiting guest of this episode."
This time, Liu Zhengyan also took out a song he had made before, but he just re-arranged it. Anyway, the program team did not strictly require that a new song must be created from scratch. As long as it is an original song that has not been released, it can be used in the competition.
Although some viewers may think Liu Zhengyan is taking advantage of them by deliberately choosing themes that are beneficial to him and using his previous works to make up the numbers, Liu Zhengyan doesn't care because he is very confident that as long as the program is broadcast and the public hears his songs, all dissatisfaction will disappear.
This is the confidence of a well-known singer-songwriter. No matter whether there are doubts or dissatisfaction, his works will speak for him in the end.
“Then I’ll be under a lot of pressure.”
Lin Fan pretended to smile bitterly and praised Liu Zhengyan a little.
"Hahaha, your acting is a bit fake."
Liu Zhengyan was not fooled by Lin Fan at all. "Hurry up, hurry up, I know your new song must have been finished a long time ago, I can't wait to listen to it."
Lin Fan said helplessly: "Teacher Liu, the new song has just been written and we haven't started recording yet."
"That's perfect. I'm pretty good at playing instruments. If you're short of instruments when you're recording a song, I can help you for free!"
Lin Fan was speechless. This Liu Zhengyan was unexpectedly enthusiastic!
Zhang Yan and the others, without saying anything, had already set up the filming props familiarly, and were waiting for Lin Fan to start recording the new song.
Well, Liu Zhengyan is a senior in the industry after all, and he is so enthusiastic. It would be really disrespectful for Lin Fan to refuse further. Besides, there are only a few days left before the recording of the next episode, so Lin Fan has to curb his procrastination.
"Okay, then I'll trouble Teacher Liu to give me some pointers. This is my first time trying this style, and I still have a lot of shortcomings."
Lin Fan took precautions in advance. There was no other way. The sources of the songs he copied were too wide, and he could not form his own unique style. Lin Fan had to lay a foundation for copying songs first, so that the public would form an awareness that "Lin Fan has tried various styles."
Liu Zhengyan was not arrogant at all: "I can't say I can give you any advice. I have listened to all your works. They have different styles but are all very mature and good. We can learn from each other and make progress together!"
After the pleasantries, Lin Fan began to arrange and distribute the arrangement sections with the instrument teachers in the recording studio. At this time, Liu Zhengyan existed as an "audience member".
Although Liu Zhengyan thinks that it is not uncommon for a creator to compose the music and lyrics and even arrange the music himself, because Liu Zhengyan himself is like this, but the public does not know it! Especially those who do not understand music creation may not know what it means.
So, Liu Zhengyan occasionally interrupted and asked some simple questions.
“Do you compose your own music and write your own lyrics?”
"You also arranged the music yourself?"
"You don't need a professional producer to help you record songs? You played most of the instruments yourself in the past?"
After all, the camera was filming all the time, and Liu Zhengyan, as an off-site guest, really needed to interact with Lin Fan constantly, so Lin Fan patiently answered Liu Zhengyan's questions one by one.
As the two men asked and answered each other, Zhang Yan gradually felt that something was wrong.
The last time Zhang Yan was shocked by Lin Fan writing three songs in ten minutes, he overlooked some other details. However, during the questioning by Liu Zhengyan, a professional, these overlooked details appeared in Zhang Yan's eyes one by one.
In addition to Lin Fan's vigorous creative energy and strength, he actually almost took care of all the content of music creation and recording by himself! Although it is rare for one person to compose, write lyrics and arrange music, it is not uncommon. Liu Zhengyan is one of them. But Liu Zhengyan is more than 20 years older than Lin Fan!
What’s more crucial is the question asked by Liu Zhengyan.
“You, do you always create like this?”
Liu Zhengyan spoke slowly, as if thinking about how to organize his words. "Is it just writing down the music and lyrics, then arranging it, and finally recording it?"
Lin Fan looked at Liu Zhengyan inexplicably and nodded: "Yes."
Old Liu, what do you want to say? Just say it directly, okay? Liu Zhengyan was silent, Zhang Yan was silent, and everyone else followed suit, just looking at Lin Fan quietly.
Lin Fan felt a little uneasy when he was looked at, and laughed dryly: "What's wrong, Teacher Liu, isn't this how you create?"
Liu Zhengyan shook his head: "No."
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Zhang Yan also shook his head, indicating that the other guests were not like that either.
Lin Fan was a little uneasy: "Then can I ask, Mr. Liu, how do you create?"
Liu Zhengyan smiled slightly: "I have been using a music software in recent years. Well, you should know that it was developed by your former boss's company, Lianshan Software. It is a relatively versatile music production software on the market and a music production software that I quite like.
It is a music creation interface that integrates recording, editing, and composing, and has a variety of built-in electronic synthesizer tones and plug-in effects, allowing creators to use a variety of music materials to create songs.
Lin Fan: ... Mr. Liu, I suspect you took the endorsement fee! "This software can also record guitar, piano and other music materials for songs through connectors to enrich the layering of songs. With the effect plug-in, singer-songwriters can bring more changes to the recorded instrument sound effects."
Liu Zhengyan seemed to think that this was not enough, and continued: "In the past, many years ago, the conditions for creation were not so good, and it could only be done by hand.
Well, it's pretty much the same as you are now. When you get inspiration, you write down the tune, melody, lyrics, etc., complete the main song, and then slowly polish it with the help of instruments.
Of course, these software can do it, but they need to be polished over and over again. If it is created by one person alone, it will become very difficult, because a person is prone to fall into his own world. The best way is to find professional composers and bands to collaborate on composing, and through continuous polishing, create a good work.
So the arrangements in the past were relatively simple, after all, the conditions were limited. Of course, there were times when I wrote a song in one go, haha, just like you are doing now. "
Liu Zhengyan looked at Lin Fan meaningfully: "I didn't expect that a young man like you would have such a retro creative style and habits.
Very good, very good. From you, I see the new generation of musicians' passion for music creation. It also allows me to truly see your talent. You have a solid professional foundation!"
Not only Liu Zhengyan, but also Zhang Yan and other people who were awakened looked at Lin Fan with respect and even admiration, which made Lin Fan shudder! Lin Fan: ... No, no! Teacher Liu, you misunderstood! I just... I, I don't know if it's too late to learn that software now? Who can answer me? Waiting online, it's urgent!
Besides, can Lian the boss’s father give himself a discount?
We are not distant people! ...
(End of this chapter)